The New Way Of The Superior Man - David Deida (1st interview in a decade) - #1101
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.6 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's happening people. Before we get into the episode, I wanted to give you a disclaimer. David didn't show his face when we were recording. David's a pretty esoteric guy, decided that he's going to retreat from the world. He's living in a house in the middle of nowhere, in Florida, I think. And even though it might have been nice to have seen his face, it's completely on brand. So we've tried to make it as engaging as possible. I hope you enjoy the episode. |
| 0:21.6 | What is a man of zero? |
| 0:24.6 | Well, to me, a man of zero is somebody who has come to the point in their life where their motivation has evaporated or isn't there. They feel they still may be very active. |
| 0:41.3 | They may be married, they may have children, they may have businesses, |
| 0:45.3 | they might be creative, but under it all, there's just a feeling like |
| 0:51.3 | why am I doing this and part of me would rather not do anything kind of feeling. |
| 0:58.5 | And I noticed a lot of men feeling that I was interacting with over the years. |
| 1:04.6 | And so I wanted to address that. |
| 1:08.0 | Is this the next stage after the Superior Man? Is this a spiritual sequel to the way of the |
| 1:15.5 | superior man? It's a kind of sequel, but it's not necessarily a stage progression. So, |
| 1:23.7 | somebody might go into the phase, I'll use the word phase, of a man of zero, |
| 1:29.3 | and then after a month, a year, a decade, whatever, they may come back to being the superior man. |
| 1:37.3 | To me, what a superior man is is a man who is motivated by a deep sense of purpose, |
| 1:43.3 | and that sense of purpose might be to discover their purpose, |
| 1:47.0 | but they're motivated by a sense of purpose often to serve the world |
| 1:52.0 | or to give their gift or to make things right. |
| 1:57.0 | And when that evaporates or when they no longer feel that, |
| 2:02.8 | that's the beginning of the phase of the Man of Zero. |
| 2:06.5 | Now, it may last a very short time, may last a long time, the Man of Zero phase, |
| 2:11.2 | so they may eventually go back to, oh, a new purpose. |
| 2:15.7 | For instance, for myself, this book emerged out of nowhere as a kind of, |
| 2:20.3 | oh, I should write this book, I need to write this book. |
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