14 Lessons from 5 Years Of Modern Wisdom - #589
It's Modern Wisdom's 5th birthday!! 5 years ago on February 12th 2018 I launched this podcast with a conversation in my old company's office in the North East of England. Over the last 589 episodes, 1000+ hours and nearly 2000 days of working away on...
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It's Modern Wisdom's 5th birthday!!
5 years ago on February 12th 2018 I launched this podcast with a conversation in my old company's office in the North East of England. Over the last 589 episodes, 1000+ hours and nearly 2000 days of working away on this project I've learned a lot, and today I'm going through some of the most important lessons and insights I've picked up.
Expect to learn the importance of a wide vocabulary, why all amateurs are narcissists, why learning about the reasons for your actions can liberate you or destroy you, whether you should trade youth for money, if you should be known for your takes or your work, why envy not greed drives the world, how to stop getting stuck in old patterns and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:00) A Richer Vocabulary Means a Richer Life
(06:10) The Tension Between Success & Desire to Feel Like You’re Enough
(13:12) The Danger of Believing Your Limitations
(20:00) The Vestigial Pattern Bias
(27:48) Envy Drives the World, Not Greed
(31:25) Do You Want to be Known for Your Work or Your Takes?
(39:20) Would You Trade Money for Youth?
(47:13) Proximate & Ultimate Reasons for Human Behaviour
(54:31) Don’t Outsource Your Self-Worth
(59:11) The Tocqueville Paradox
(1:03:55) Don't Underestimate How Normal the Normies Are
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