Simon Sinek: "Strong Thigh Muscles = More friends", This Is Why You Can't Make Friends!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 123 minutes

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An optimist’s guide for fighting the loneliness epidemic taking over the world Simon Sinek is a renowned leadership expert and the founder of ‘The Optimism Company’, which provides programmes for leadership development. He is also the best-selling author of the books, ‘Start With Why’, ‘Leaders Eat Last’, ‘The Infinite Game’, and ‘Find Your Why’. In this conversation, Simon and Steven discuss topics such as, how loneliness impacts addiction, why people are struggling to make friends, the truth about TikTok and depression, and the link between thigh muscles and popularity. (00:00) Intro (01:38) Simon's take on the times we are living in (05:04) We don't have strong role models anymore (10:06) Why isn't there demand for friendship therapy (12:53) What really is a friend (15:37) The most important metric for longevity (17:50) Have we lost the skill of making friends? (21:46) Why national service is so important (30:24) The importance of belief (36:05) Remote connection vs in person (38:57) Is the office outdated? (43:47) The importance of acts of service (45:41) Is the rise of individualism hurting us? (49:05) What direction should young people be directing their life towards (51:34) Andrew Tate's approach validating young people (53:40) Are friendships the same as relationships? (57:53) Having our priorities wrong (01:12:31) What is Simon struggling with (01:17:17) Where does inspiration come from? (01:20:49) Techniques for public speaking (01:26:46) The difference between validation and insecurity (01:31:40) Companies misunderstand what service means (01:37:33) How to have those difficult conversations (01:45:03) We undervalue stories (01:49:10) Connecting with people (01:52:01) Last question You can purchase Simon’s book, ‘The Infinite Game’, here: https://amzn.to/4bYWNte Follow Simon: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3z0riRb Twitter - https://bit.ly/45jgWrz Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: NordVPN: https://nordvpn.com/doac ZOE: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO2024 for 10% off Colgate - https://www.colgate.com/en-gb/colgate-total Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You want to know why we're lonely?
0:02.0	Because we've architected our lives to be lonely.
0:05.0	We are social animals.
0:06.0	Of course it's hurting us.
0:08.0	And so the question is, what can you do?
0:11.0	And this is the one thing that I learned that was the greatest
0:13.2	lesson I ever learned in my life. The true skill that we've lost and
0:16.1	everybody's guilty of this was Simon Finnick, the best-selling author,
0:20.2	sought after speaker, an unshakable Optimus is back,
0:23.6	with one solution that aims to solve
0:25.6	some of the biggest issues we face today.
0:28.2	Everyone's looking for BioHAC for all the problems that we're facing today,
0:30.8	rising suicide, rising anxiety, depression, addiction, mental health.
0:34.3	And there's one bio hack that's better
0:35.9	than all of the things that we're trying,
0:37.6	which is friendship.
0:38.6	But we are not good at making friends
0:40.5	and we're not good at looking after friends.
0:41.9	There's an entire industry to help people become better leaders.
0:44.8	They help us maintain better relationships.
0:46.6	And there's no industry to teach us how to be a better friend.
0:49.4	And yet people with close friendships are healthier, they live longer, they better deal with stress,
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