700k Q&A - Negative Self-Talk, Upcoming Live Tour & Ray Dalio - #595
About this episode
I hit 700k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions from YouTube, Twitter, Locals and Instagram, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible. As always there's some great questions in here about whether Ray Dalio is coming on the podcast, how to overcome negative self talk and whether I'll be doing a live tour soon. Expect to learn how I deal with nerves before big podcasts, my very simple memorisation tactic for the books I read, whether I class myself as anti-woke, if I think young men should leave the dating market all together right now, why I stopped working as a model, what t-shirts I always wear, whether I'm worried about EMFs from AirPods, my favourite chest day routine and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 off plus an extra 15% discount on Qualia Mind at https://neurohacker.com/modernwisdom (use code MW15) Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at https://blinkist.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get $250 discount on Sacred Hunting’s trips at https://www.sacredhunting.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:10) Caring About What Others Think (02:07) Getting Nervous Before Podcasts (03:05) Concern About Burnout (05:25) Chris’s Book List (07:50) Why the Goggins Episode Had Ads (09:59) Modern Wisdom Merchandise (10:56) Cosmic Skeptic’s Meat Confession (13:07) 1 Million Subscriber Episode (13:44) Improving the Podcast (14:50) Naval or Curtis Yarvin on the Podcast (15:42) How to Ask Great Questions (18:18) Is Chris Anti-Woke? (20:02) Opinion on UK Tap Water (21:43) Why Chris Quit Modelling (22:47) Meditation for Beginners (23:58) Opinion on Decoding The Gurus (26:14) Staying Impartial as an Interviewer (28:11) Outsourcing Your Self-Worth (30:23) Modern Wisdom Live Shows (31:58) Will Chris Play Cricket Again? (32:11) The Podcast Intro Song (33:16) Important Changes in the World (34:01) Guesting on the Joe Rogan Podcast (34:40) Is Dating Worth the Sacrifices? (36:39) Tips to Increase Vocabulary (38:09) Chris Needs More Subscribers (38:17) Book-Writing in the Time of AI (39:58) Keep Going (40:08) Thank You Chris (40:17) How Chris’s Parents Feel About His Success (41:02) Does Chris Miss the UK? (42:25) Chris’s Haircut (42:49) Diary of a CEO (43:09) Does Chris Keep All the Books He Reads? (43:44) Ray Dalio on the Podcast (44:05) Avoiding Negative Self-Talk (46:03) What Would Chris Do Differently? (46:38) Baccarat Rouge 540 (47:43) What Brand are Chris’s T-Shirts? (48:25) Why Chris was Bullied at School (50:01) Recording with Cameron Hanes (50:55) Is the Mating Crisis That Bad? (52:59) Meeting People Who Have Been Impacted by the Podcast (54:47) Peter Attia on the Podcast (55:20) Does Chris Only Wear Vans? (56:32) Concern About EMFs (57:29) Do Men Care About Female Pubes? (58:26) Where Did 600K Subscribers Go? (58:39) Chest Day at the Gym (1:00:15) Life Advice (1:02:18) Will the Podcast Always Be Fulfilling? (1:04:55) Update on Stell Cem Treatment (1:06:29) Chris’s Process for Scheduling Episodes (1:08:17) Insights from Quitting Caffeine (1:10:26) How to ‘Do The Thing’ (1:13:57) How Chris Remembers Quotes (1:14:50) Should You Quit Soda or Booze? (1:15:15) Advice for Aspiring Podcasters (1:17:11) Over-Correcting Your Self-Improvement (1:19:58) Important Lessons from the Last Year (1:20:46) What Chris Looks for in a Podcast Guest (1:22:45) Gratitude Practices (1:24:07) Relationship Advice to 20-Year-Old (1:26:46) Conclusion Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - 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 - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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