16 Lessons From 700 Episodes - #702

To celebrate 700 episodes of Modern Wisdom, I broke down some of my favourite lessons, insights and quotes from the last hundred episodes.

Expect to learn how your expectations define your happiness more than your circumstances, what monothinking is, why the Abilene Paradox is my favourite new idea, the problem of taking advice from super successful people, how to actually achieve enlightenment, my favourite mindset hack for doing the right thing and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (00:53) Expectations Define Happiness (06:15) The Increase of Mono-Thinking (09:42) The Abilene Paradox (12:28) Stop Taking Advice From the Super-Successful (15:34) Realistic Path to Enlightenment (20:33) Make Decisions For Tomorrow’s You (24:44) Let Go of Fear & Ego (28:55) Why People Lack Empathy For Men (39:38) How to Measure When a Story Goes Truly Mainstream (40:52) Why More Women Support Body Positivity (46:10) Productivity Dysmorphia (51:11) The Problem with Monk Mode (58:35) Post-Content Clarity (1:03:48) Would You Consume Your Own Content? (1:08:13) Be Willing to Be Disliked (1:09:05) Choose Your Suck

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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

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