23 Lessons from 2025 - #1034

It’s the end of 2025 and to celebrate I thought I’d run through some of the best lessons I’ve picked up over the last 12 months.

This year has had over 10,000 minutes of episodes produced so there was a lot to choose from but I ended up settling on 23 insights from some of my favourite conversations, both inside and outside of the podcast.

Expect to learn why I try to stay out of internet drama, how not to care about what other people think of you, why you shouldn't have shame in small fears, how to use vulnerability to your advantage and show true strength, why procrastination is often about fear, what the Atlas Complex, Input-Output Delusion and The Anorexic Hermit Crab is, and much more...

Timestamps:

(0:00) Reflecting on 2025: Gratitude and Annual Review

(1:15) The Parental Attribution Error

(10:55) Advice Hyper-Responders

(19:53) We Need to Embrace Our Vulnerabilities

(34:56) How to Overcome Procrastination

(50:27) The Input-Output Delusion

(56:30) 7 Key Lessons for a Strong Relationship

(01:06:42) The Shame of Small Fears

(01:15:20) The Atlas Complex

(01:19:43) Hopes for 2026

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