The Exercise Expert: This Popular Lifestyle Is Killing 1 Person Every 33 Seconds! (The Comfort Crisis): Michael Easter

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Is comfort killing you? And why can we never get enough of anything? Is the real way to find happiness by going against our most basic instincts? In this new episode Steven sits down with New York Times Bestselling author, Michael Easter. Michael Easter is the bestselling author of books such as ‘The Comfort Crisis’ and ‘The Scarcity Brain’. He was a senior editor at Men’s Health magazine and is currently a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His writing has appeared in Men’s Health, Outside magazine, Men’s Journal, Cosmopolitan, Vice, Esquire, Scientific American, and Women’s Health. In this conversation Michael and Steven discuss topics, such as: How to get out of your comfort zone Why your comfortable life is killing you What is meant by healthy discomfort How 2% of people are willing to push beyond their comfort zones The difference between being lonely and alone The benefits of being alone But the negative impacts of being lonely Why loneliness is a killer How to make better long term decisions Why people with higher status live longer How noisy cities cause heart attacks and depression How to fix back pain The ways that taking the stairs will improve your health Why the world is becoming increasingly unhappy How activity in nature is better for your brain Why our ancestor were so much fitter than us How we’ve engineered meaning out of our lives Addiction being a spectrum we are all on Why moderation is not easy for humans What is the scarcity brain Why expectations often lead to unhappiness Fewer problems not necessarily leading to more happiness Embracing discomfort during crises You can purchase Michael’s most recent book, ‘Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough’, here: https://amzn.to/49k91fm Follow Michael: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QGzEnd Twitter: https://bit.ly/40lW7JB 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: Instagram:http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter:http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin:https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram:http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsor: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Shopify: http://shopify.com/barlett Whoop: join.whoop.com/CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	2000 heart disease deaths a year in Europe were due to the noise that people
0:06.0	live in. Jesus. The world we live in now. That is not how humans are designed to
0:09.9	live. Michael Easter. Best selling author. Journalist. Professor of
0:13.9	psychiatry. He's on a mission. To save us from the comfort crisis. Crisis.
0:18.4	Is it really a crisis? As a species we evolved to do the easiest most
0:22.7	comfortable thing but we eventually end up paying a price for it. People are
0:25.9	burned out, stressed out, more mental health problems and we're looking for the
0:29.4	next pleasure and the industry really leans into this addiction. For example
0:33.2	slow machines. Once they got rid of handles and just put a spin button, people
0:36.5	went from playing 400 games in an hour to an average of 900. If you break that
0:40.4	down by minute, that's more than we blank. And then we engineered movement out
0:43.6	of our lives with our new job sitting in these chairs eight hours a day. Now
0:47.0	2% of people take the stairs when there is also an escalator available. And now
0:51.2	we have heart disease. The number one killer of humans globally. This drive that we
0:55.2	have to do the most comfortable thing is a problem. As people experience fewer
1:00.0	and fewer problems, we don't become more satisfied. We simply start searching
1:03.9	for the next problem. Really? Yes. We've become unhappier. You
1:07.4	should have the word love halved between 1965 and 2015. And negative words like
1:12.2	hate increased. We need to realize that it's your ancient brain working against
1:16.0	you. It's not your fault, but it is your problem. I want to take back control.
1:19.2	How do we break out of this? I call this concept being a 2% and if you apply
1:23.9	this, I guarantee you will end up healthier and learn what you're capable of.
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