Special: 19 Lessons From 400 Episodes - #400

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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To celebrate 400 episodes on Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last 3 and a half years. Expect to learn why perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control, Seth Godin's best advice for beating imposter syndrome, the biggest lessons I took from Jordan Peterson, how Ryan Long can predict the future of the internet, why framing is everything, Morgan Housel's best investment advice, why I'm adamant that Jonny Wilkinson has taken ayahuasca, how to keep promises to yourself and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:58) “You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything” (04:17) Perfection is Procrastination Masquerading as Quality Control (06:25) “You do not serve people from your cup, you serve them from the saucer which overflows around your cup” (08:22) “Do people love you for who you are or for what you do?” (10:20) “When the barbarians are at the door, we’ll be debating about what gender they are” (14:46) “Don’t try to beat the market, just dollar cost average into it” (17:46) Consistency is Even Rarer than Talent or Enthusiasm (19:57) “Loneliness is a kind of tax you have to pay for a certain complexity of mind" (23:22) Imposter Syndrome is a Feature, Not a Bug of Growing as a Person (25:37) Never Lie (29:37) “The wise of every generation discover the same truths” (32:24) “The bleeding edge of Internet culture can predict downfalls 6–12 months before most normies even realise” (37:28) Your Framing is Everything (41:22) Don’t Practice What You Do Not Want to Become (48:30) You Are Not Your Thoughts (51:35) Action is the Antidote to Anxiety (54:03) Joy Has to Be Found Today, Not Tomorrow (58:22) Keep Promises to Yourself (1:01:20) Most Problems Are Easily Fixed Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is me. To celebrate 400 episodes
0:09.4	of Modern Wisdom, I wanted to do something special and decided on breaking down some of
0:14.4	my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last 3 and a half years running the
0:18.6	show.
0:19.6	Today, I expect to learn why perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality
0:24.2	control. Seth Godin's best advice for beating in post-A syndrome. The biggest lessons I
0:28.8	took from Jordan Peterson, how Ryan Long can predict the future of the internet, why
0:33.2	framing is everything. Morgan Housel's best investment advice, why I'm adamant that
0:38.7	Johnny Wilkinson has taken loads of ayahuasca, how to keep promises to yourself and much more.
0:45.3	I have to say it's really meaningful to hit 400 episodes while I'm out here in Texas,
0:51.6	which is pretty much the podcasting centre of the universe, and I'm getting to meet
0:55.9	tons of people having conversations with guys and girls that listen to the show out here
1:01.1	and all of this growth has been because of you supporting the show. So if you have listened
1:07.3	or tuned in or shared it with friends or supported me in whatever way you can over the
1:11.8	last few years, a big thank you very, very much. It's incredibly meaningful to me. I adore
1:16.8	doing this and it feels like we're just getting started. It definitely feels like there's
1:21.8	an awful lot of headroom for modern wisdom still to take up. And yeah, roll on episode
1:27.4	500. I will be posting a list of all of these lessons on the modern wisdom locals community.
1:32.8	So if you want to go and check that out head to modernwisdom.locals.com you can join over
1:38.2	1500 other people who all listen to the show and think about the same things that you do
1:43.2	modernwisdom.locals.com. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens
1:50.3	and their brand new AG1. One scoop of Athletic Greens contains 75 vitamins, minerals and whole
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