It's our birthday!! I really enjoyed recording this one, enjoy! Here’s the 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
Hi Chris, best episode ever. Your obvious humility is so motivating to me. You are so knowledgeable yet are always aware of yourself. What a fine human being you are. Thank you for your channel.
Proximate & Ultimate Reasons for Human Behaviour - "Happiness comes down to the choice The discomfort of being aware of your mental restrictions. Or the discomfort of being ruled by them." - I dont think its direct Happiness but rather Safety since in an Evolutionary sense: The brain is always searching and seeking safety. It scans for threat every fifth of a second, below our conscious awareness. We make decisions continuously about our circumstances out of conscious awareness - and it is this modus operandi that drives behaviour.
You have nailed it in this episode. This reminds me of myself 5 years ago. I am working as a male nurse in a psychiatric clinic. Since i am working in this field for over a decade now, i had developed some very cynical view on the world 5 years ago. But 5 years ago we had a women who was pregnant with a boy she wanted to abort. She had constant mood swings and was in a deep crisis, because of familiy matters. She didn't know if she could raise the child when it was born because of her situation. It were the hardest 5 months of my life in terms of working with a patient. In the end she gave birth to the boy, i even had call the ambulance to transfer her to another clinic, because the boy was born a little bit to early. 5 years later she is still writing a letter of gratitude every christmas to our unit. The mother and the boy are happy and well. This changed my whole view on life and reminds me no matter how dark things seem there is always a ray of light.
Chris, I can't thank you enough for what you've produced. You, David Goggins, Robert Greene, and Ryan Holiday's wisdom have forever changed my life. Thank you for such clear-headed thinking in this age. I wish you all the best in this life, brother!❤
After completing the video, I think all viewers can associate with the immense gratitude we hold for having the opportunity to listen and learn from Chris through his content. You are truly a primary role model for myself and thousand of others. THANK YOU Chris, we all love you too :)
Hey, Chris. This video came right on time for me. I am 26 years of age. I've been doing a great deal of self development over the past couple years(getting sober and studying daily). I have realized that I am incredibly hard on myself. I am taking things easy now, and doing my best to enjoy life, looking at all of the little things. Thank you for posting these videos for free. 🙏🏻❤️
Lovely to hear someone from the North East speak so articulately, with clear integrity and having strived for personal growth. "We see the world not as it is, but as we are, or how we're programmed to see it".
"Ultimate happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions or the discomfort of becoming ruled by them". That hit me. I'm gonna take that with me for the rest of my life. Thank you Chris.
Congratulations, Chris! I believe open-minded conversations with compassion and intelligence can add so much perspective to our shaping and coping in the real world. Thank you very much, Chris, for your thoughtful podcasts. Stay well and be safe. I look forward to listening to you and your guests😊
Chris, one of the many reasons that I come here as often as I do is because you are not stirring the pot. The culture war controversy is nearly impossible to escape. Thank you for choosing to focus on more important and interesting topics.
That Hormozi quote is epic. I'm 37 so a little past that but it still applies. I'm constantly thinking about where I'll be and where I'm trying to be and it comes at a cost of appreciating the period of my life I'm in right now. So deep
I can't believe this only has 65K views; this man has put in 5 years just to filter out the best ideas that he deemed necessary in his experience. This deserves much more than this. I am really thankful to you, Chris.
Hi Chris, it’s Charlie from London. This is my first time sending a comment to you , really enjoying your thinking process on various subjects, as a child of 2 parents who survived WW2 Holocaust, in Poland and Russia, I’m grateful to be here, and in life as in sport, the “ truth about winning , is knowing how to lose appropriately “, so to all the cynics out there, loss and failure is part of life, it’s the courage to continue and try to better oneself, is where “ happiness “ can be found! Keep up your great work Chris, kind regards, cheers, charlie 🍷
Man, Chris. That last one really got me. I just quit my job to study as an artist from home. I constantly compare myself to my heroes, and all the inspiring people I see making great things online. At work, they seemed to think of me as a self-improvement guy. I'd fast, read books like Atomic Habits and Steal Like An Artist, avoid bingeing Netflix. But I always thought, "Doesn't everyone want to improve themselves?" After spending time with real people in the real world, I guess not. It might be okay for some people, but not for me.
Your optimistic, positive and proactive approach to building a better life is infectious. Thank you for the continuous stream of intellectually stimulating content, truly incredible 🏆
Chris, you made a very insightful point in this episode, which I had previously realized, but kinda forgot about for a while. That point was that with the advent of global communication via the internet, any endeavor we engage in is now directly comparable to that of the rest of the world. Instead of only having our local community to compare our achievements to, we now have the other 8 billion people on Earth to compare ourselves to. And the chance that a person will become the best at anything is 1 in 8 billion instead of 1 in several thousand or so. Those astronomical odds are enough to discourage most people from attempting to be the best at something. And that brings me to the point that I had forgotten, which is that we don't need to strive to be the "best", we only need to strive to be better than we currently are, in order to progress in our endeavors. I feel a bit more confident in myself now having heard you talk about that. Thanks.
Thanks so much for opening my eyes to the depths and the shallows of modern life. You are educating many of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s, to the social challenges faced by younger generations particularly. I appreciate you !
You're a big inspiration to me Chris - seeing someone who could've been caught up in the superficial world of image and mirages you instead dedicated your life towards the pursuit of knowledge, being from the UK culturally it is so frowned upon and I am walking down the same path so seeing you succeed has been truly inspirational
happy fifth, Chris! thanks so much for existing & letting us grow along with yourself! what you do & how you do it is invaluable, & the work you put in highly appreciated
Jesus, that ending got me deep. As someone that lives in the world of looking up at that top echelon of performers, that is exactly what I needed to hear today… thank you. Love Island to Laozi conversion is well underway! Keep doing the great work!
Thank you Chris for your wisdom. Im 45 and never thought I can get so much from someone younger. Listening to all your podcasts for some time now and they give me so much value. Thank you for your work. Greetings from Prague.
Chris, I've been listening to podcasts since the JRE was in it's 200's. Your podcast has quickly become one of the best podcasts for men (and pretty much anyone) of all time. Amazing work.
In the spirit of being more deliberate with our words, perhaps we all need to re-evaluate the definition of success. If it’s an abundance of money that detracts from our peacefulness it’s not really success. That’s what I found out for myself anyhow.
So many great messages here. I will listen again a few times..maybe more than a few to really let this sink in and stay with me. Always love your offerings. Thank you sincerely. 😊
Chris, Following you for about 4 of the 5 years. Just giving you a quick thanks for keeping it up and providing us with the super interesting discussions. My mental journey over the last 5 years has been similar to yours and it was a pleasure to have you in for the ride. Keep it up!!
Love all of these! Every point was spot on. You’re depth of knowledge and articulation has improved so much just over the last year since I first came across your podcast. And that comes across in your interviews, and the conversations that you’re able to extract out of your guests as a result. You, Rogan, Peterson, Friedman, Brand and co. are killing it. I love it, Thankyou ❤️
Out the many things why I love watching Chris' videos is that he helps me understand reality (to whatever degree we are doing) in the most balanced, wholesome manner rather than just looking at local snapshots of it which don't merge together globally. I feel that these episodes help me inch close towards the place I want to get to. Thank you, man!!
What a journey so far. Massive congratulations on all the hard work and success it's brought. Finally the pod is starting to get the attention you and the team merit. Big inspiration to me to see the post on how you started out your office with just your phone. My big lessons I take from watching this growth is: - follow your curiosity - cultivate the vibe - read more - aim big - do it for the love of the game Here's to another half decade!
I found out about you on Rogan and I am so thankful I did! The lessons talked about on this podcast have helped me a lot and have turned me onto other great people. Thank you, Chris!
Thanks so much for what you do, Chris!! I relate to you on so many levels and take a lot of comfort in hearing you talk about your own journey. That last point you made hit very close to home. For me, listening to your podcast feels like eating chicken soup when you’re sick, especially these solo episodes. Happy 5 years, here’s to many more 🎉🎉🎉
This podcast successfully manages to live up to its name. 5/5 points! Here's to the next 5 years of excellent content. Thanks for all your effort! Cheers!
Happy anniversary. I only recently discovered your site from guests you've interviewed last year. I see you as a very sincere and genuine person. I look forward to more discussions on your site.
52:30 Ignorance is bliss. Once you're aware of your afflictions, then it's a choice between denial or acknowledgement of them. Then it's either acceptance or motivation and/or action to change.
The part on vestigial pattern bias made me think of a jazz musician when improvising. Whilst practising you learn the changes to a tune, run various concepts through the tune. Practise them so deeply that they get embedded within you and then when it comes time to play, don’t focus on any of it in particular, trust it is there and be in the moment. Just found your podcast and it’s fantastic, your approach is brilliant!
What you said about time brought me back to one of my father's greatest lesson. One day, my dad was explaining eternity to my little self: «Eternity is not an infinite amount of time, but rather an everlasting "now". Moreover, it's in this world that you prepare for eternity.» Yep, he was right. Happy 5th podcast's anniversary 🥳🍾🥂
Thank you I've been preaching positivity for so many years not blind positivity but deeply introspective, sympathetic, informed and proactive positivity As much as I have the time and the bandwidth to be able to follow a podcast this long I really wish you would take these chapters and make them individual videos there is just too much all at once for people like my child to be able to consume and ponder Like as Zen student may clap their hand on their thigh for months wondering why the master still says he doesn't get it Each section on this is it's own puzzle to to be put in the context of ones own life
Thank you Chris for all your effort in having profound conversations with some of the most inspirational people! Also, I appreciate the encouragement you gave at the end there, it really resonated with me.
On the importance of vocabulary, and just writing more generally: “Type gives body and voice to silent thought. The speaking page carries it through the centuries.” (Friedrich Schiller)
Words are magic. They are spells that create our own experience. Magic, in this sense, is real. You can choose the dark side or the light side with your own words in your own mind. We all have that power.
Massive gratitude. Your podcast remains one of my favourites going on 3 years now. Well done and congrats! Here is to more content, more insights and thought provoking discourse.
Thank you for what you do sir. I appreciate the content and the thoughts you've put out. If you haven't come across him yet, I think you might enjoy Brandon Sanderson as a guest or just his work. Highest grossing Kickstarter record holder, and his novels contain a lot of deep thought about personal growth. The Stormlight Archive in particular is largely about people learning to accept their failings and grow into someone better. Keep up your great work!
Great work, Chris. You are one of 3 shows I consider worth watching. The other 2 are Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh so you are in good company. You are an excellent idea man and a fantastic interviewer. Always entertaining and always informative. I appreciate what you do and am glad that you continue to do it!
I really appreciate your podcasts and love listening to them. Your collection of explanations, thoughts, and ideas from your guest is truly beautiful work. Something that will always stay with me from your podcast is the idea that we are no different from other animals, except that we have some additional abilities. These podcasts have reinforced my understanding of spirituality and why it is important to pursue it. Congratulations mate, i hope you keep up the good work.
Improving your vocabulary is like attaining a sharper scalpel... you can cut and define ideas more precisely, go from broad concepts ('good' 'bad' 'happy') into much more complex definitions - and the understanding of that complexity doesn't exist until you can define it. I think there's a fair argument that a lot of intelligence can be explained purely by language skills (whether that be a conversational language like English or a notational language like music scores, drum patterns, or coding).
I've been drifting into a position of cynicism with time and it's easy to tell yourself that the paranoid survive, but the fact is that it's not about surviving. The paranoid survive, but the ones that THRIVE are the paranoid that are also crazy optimists and have an incredible vision and drive for the future. Yes, look at your failures and correct your mistakes, but don't forget that you can't get good without failing, and realise that hating other people won't make you any better than you currently are. It'll just make you feel momentarily better than someone else, while sinking yourself in darkness and inaction.
This episode answers my question from episode 206 - so these are some things that helped you walk through that awful middle ground and come out happier and stronger on the other side, on a new level of wisdom. I took a couple of hours to watch and digest this very digestible yet deep and rich input. This is like a buffet of intellectual superfood haha. Much love to you.
I just now realize that the picture of the buffet is the healed picture of my very old phrase that so much in life seems like an abundant buffet of so many "somewhat delicious looking" things that each are burnt or poisoned in some way. Yes there is so much abundance and freedom, but then whatever you choose, ends up being not so enjoyable or not so good for you. It seemed like this for many years in many situations. I turned it and looked at it from every angle but it just felt like a burnt buffet. I have come a long way and found several mentors, some of which you mentioned or have interviewed. I have found amazing input that healed lots of trauma and belief systems and also some behaviors. To think that I now consumed something that I would spontaneously call a buffet of palatable superfood for my mind and soul. Just the fact that this picture came up for me, and you know, my subconscious allowing me to see a healthy buffet. Wow this feels like a big moment.
Hello Chris. Thank you and congratulations. Please don't let other 5 years pass before you take off the direct lights from behind you. You should be the most illuminated thing on the screen, IMHO.
Hi, I am from Argentina...y have recently discover you...thank you for this words...y feel very identify ! Congrats for this 5 years...lets make them 10!
Congratulations Chris! Your channel has been an inspiration for me and your insightful questioning is a joy to watch. Many prayers for another 5 years, and whatever your next goal is. 👍🇬🇧🙏
Congratulations for the huge milestone, Chris. I can't imagine how much your various conversations have shaped my way of looking at the world. Can't wait for the day we meet in person. Massive thank you and love from Spain!
Happy 5th Birthday, Chris! You may have targeted this channel towards younger guys like yourself who may be high in the openness trait but felt they really needed to work on conscientiousness. However, I'm a generation (at least) older than you, and I can testify that it's never too late to learn new things. Since I've discovered this channel about a year or so ago, every week there's something cool that comes across your podcast that gives me a mental equivalent of a multivitamin supplement. The one thing I've stopped doing is regretting that I didn't know most of what I've learned from your channel when I was younger--I'm too busy basking in the incredibly full life I've got going now that I've discovered it!
Congratulations on five years and going. I've enjoyed a number of your conversations over the past few years and appreciate the intelligence and patience that you and your guests bring. If I may, I'd like to suggest a couple of books that I don't know if you've read. First is Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. This book is like the intro to Absurdist philosophy, how to make your own meaning and find happiness in an inherently meaningless universe. Whether or not you've read it or are familiar with Absurdism, several of the ideas you lay out here feel Absurdist. The second is Personal Knowledge by Michael Polanyi. The essence of this book is the difference between explicit and tacit knowledge, the difference between know-what and know-how. It goes into the knowledge that lives behind actions that don't use conscious knowledge.
Congratulations and happy birthday @chriswillx. 🎉🎉🎉 I really needed this podcast today and as always, you delivered. May Modern Wisdom continue with its success forever more. ❤
"High achievers are driven by a fear of insufficiency." The flip side of this is the desire for the esteem of your peers. I would bet most antisocial people tend to be low achievers for the same reason. However, what constitutes high or low achievement is in the eye of the beholder. The default social view is that achievement involves public esteem.
The university I got my undergrad degree had people that always loved to say "kapag namulat na ang inyong mata, kasalanan ng isarado pang muli" which roughly translates to "once your eyes have been opened, it is now a sin to close them again" which in context means once you've self actualized and realize the sins of the majority, it is now wrong to be complicit in these unconscious unconscionable sins. It is now your duty to correct them.
Such extraordinary advice shared for your 5th year! I am going to have to save and re-watch this! Thank you for the powerful force you are in the world!
Yes and ask him to clarify his stance on child adult relationships. He basically said that if I child is sexualized inside the home that child doesn't know its abuse and may not think its a bad thing and society is what tells the child is bad! Anyways that's when I stopped listening to him ...
I found this podcast just last month after reading David goggins latest book. Amazing content you have and really enjoy how insightful . keep it up ! This episode about your 5 year reflection is my fav so far.
I'm a leading world expert in my field. I've raised $4 Million dollars for my venture in 2 years and I'm 37. I like what I do, but I like me better. Im trying to invest more in my social life, as well as a life partner, while sustaining this company. I know at the end of the day, life is about people and connections more than anything else.
congratulations on hitting 5 years on YT! you’ve been very inspirational for me and a lot of other young men. keep killing it at the YT game. can’t wait to see what the next 5 yrs are going to look like for you!
Very proud of you. Your work helps a lot of people and It Will help even more people in the future, not to mention all the great and "unknown" people you have brought to the show, giving us the opportunity to know about them and their great minds.
Love your podcast. I learn lots, I have episodes to point friends to, and it feels so good to know that fellow humans are on a very good path working through all that is going on in today's world. Thanks so much for doing this.
Chris!!! Bravo👏👏👏 Mind blowing content… Your eloquent intellect on how you approach and break it all down for clear understanding is such a gift. I learn so much from your podcasts! Thank you. And Happy FXCKING Birthday!!
You made an interesting observation about vocabulary. I'm reminded of a study where people were given the collage entrance exams they took when they were younger. The aggregate scores were the same but math scores went down while verbal scores increased. Most of us don't use math after high school but we use language every day and vocabulary increases throughout our entire lives.
One of your podcasts informed me that women tend to select for the same characteristics in male friends as they do with partners. I really struggle to unsee that
"If you believe you know everything, then you must also believe the beliefs of others who dont believe what you believe, therefore your belief that you know everything also believes it doesnt believe in your belief, therefore, you end up not actually knowing what you believe, and thats the consequence of knowing EVERYTHING."-ME
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It's our birthday!! I really enjoyed recording this one, enjoy! Here’s the 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
This podcast session is almost like an outline of a really good book ;)
What resources would you recommend for improving your vocabulary and speech. Besides a thesaurus obviously.
Hi Chris, best episode ever. Your obvious humility is so motivating to me. You are so knowledgeable yet are always aware of yourself. What a fine human being you are. Thank you for your channel.
Happy birthday!
Proximate & Ultimate Reasons for Human Behaviour -
"Happiness comes down to the choice
The discomfort of being aware of your mental restrictions.
Or the discomfort of being ruled by them." - I dont think its direct Happiness but rather Safety since in an Evolutionary sense:
The brain is always searching and seeking safety. It scans for threat every fifth of a second, below our conscious awareness. We make decisions continuously about our circumstances out of conscious awareness - and it is this modus operandi that drives behaviour.
You have nailed it in this episode. This reminds me of myself 5 years ago.
I am working as a male nurse in a psychiatric clinic. Since i am working in this field for over a decade now, i had developed some very cynical view on the world 5 years ago.
But 5 years ago we had a women who was pregnant with a boy she wanted to abort.
She had constant mood swings and was in a deep crisis, because of familiy matters.
She didn't know if she could raise the child when it was born because of her situation.
It were the hardest 5 months of my life in terms of working with a patient.
In the end she gave birth to the boy, i even had call the ambulance to transfer her to another clinic, because the boy was born a little bit to early.
5 years later she is still writing a letter of gratitude every christmas to our unit. The mother and the boy are happy and well.
This changed my whole view on life and reminds me no matter how dark things seem there is always a ray of light.
Chris, I can't thank you enough for what you've produced. You, David Goggins, Robert Greene, and Ryan Holiday's wisdom have forever changed my life. Thank you for such clear-headed thinking in this age. I wish you all the best in this life, brother!❤
plus Jorden Peterson this team of great men has changed my life as well ! ❤
@@francisbikandy5788 amen 🙏🏿
"If you're the sort of person who goes to the gym 3 times per week, you're probably in the 0.1% of fitness enthusiasts on the planet.""
Minute?
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Maybe even just once a week
Wow, i am there 5 times a week every morning after taking a cold plunge. M gonna give a pat to myself now
Damn, thanks for that. I feel awesome
After completing the video, I think all viewers can associate with the immense gratitude we hold for having the opportunity to listen and learn from Chris through his content. You are truly a primary role model for myself and thousand of others. THANK YOU Chris, we all love you too :)
Hey, Chris. This video came right on time for me. I am 26 years of age. I've been doing a great deal of self development over the past couple years(getting sober and studying daily). I have realized that I am incredibly hard on myself. I am taking things easy now, and doing my best to enjoy life, looking at all of the little things. Thank you for posting these videos for free. 🙏🏻❤️
Lovely to hear someone from the North East speak so articulately, with clear integrity and having strived for personal growth.
"We see the world not as it is, but as we are, or how we're programmed to see it".
"Ultimate happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions or the discomfort of becoming ruled by them".
That hit me. I'm gonna take that with me for the rest of my life.
Thank you Chris.
Congratulations, Chris! I believe open-minded conversations with compassion and intelligence can add so much perspective to our shaping and coping in the real world. Thank you very much, Chris, for your thoughtful podcasts. Stay well and be safe. I look forward to listening to you and your guests😊
These "what I learned" episodes are some of my absolute favorite podcasts of all time. Banger after banger after banger. Thank you for these, Chris.
The "lessons learned" videos feel so dense with wisdom. I have them all in a playlist that I frequently come back with new perspective.
Chris, one of the many reasons that I come here as often as I do is because you are not stirring the pot. The culture war controversy is nearly impossible to escape. Thank you for choosing to focus on more important and interesting topics.
Felt like I was in church for a moment! Or next to a campfire! Thank you Chris. I’m 43 and loved the segment about age! God Bless!
That Hormozi quote is epic. I'm 37 so a little past that but it still applies. I'm constantly thinking about where I'll be and where I'm trying to be and it comes at a cost of appreciating the period of my life I'm in right now. So deep
I can't believe this only has 65K views; this man has put in 5 years just to filter out the best ideas that he deemed necessary in his experience. This deserves much more than this.
I am really thankful to you, Chris.
Hi Chris, it’s Charlie from London.
This is my first time sending a comment to you , really enjoying your thinking process on various subjects, as a child of 2 parents who survived WW2 Holocaust, in Poland and Russia, I’m grateful to be here, and in life as in sport, the “ truth about winning , is knowing how to lose appropriately “, so to all the cynics out there, loss and failure is part of life, it’s the courage to continue and try to better oneself, is where “ happiness “ can be found!
Keep up your great work Chris, kind regards, cheers, charlie 🍷
Man, Chris. That last one really got me. I just quit my job to study as an artist from home. I constantly compare myself to my heroes, and all the inspiring people I see making great things online. At work, they seemed to think of me as a self-improvement guy. I'd fast, read books like Atomic Habits and Steal Like An Artist, avoid bingeing Netflix. But I always thought, "Doesn't everyone want to improve themselves?" After spending time with real people in the real world, I guess not. It might be okay for some people, but not for me.
Thank you, Sterling Trucking Delivers for sharing this with me.
Your optimistic, positive and proactive approach to building a better life is infectious. Thank you for the continuous stream of intellectually stimulating content, truly incredible 🏆
Chris, you made a very insightful point in this episode, which I had previously realized, but kinda forgot about for a while. That point was that with the advent of global communication via the internet, any endeavor we engage in is now directly comparable to that of the rest of the world. Instead of only having our local community to compare our achievements to, we now have the other 8 billion people on Earth to compare ourselves to. And the chance that a person will become the best at anything is 1 in 8 billion instead of 1 in several thousand or so. Those astronomical odds are enough to discourage most people from attempting to be the best at something. And that brings me to the point that I had forgotten, which is that we don't need to strive to be the "best", we only need to strive to be better than we currently are, in order to progress in our endeavors. I feel a bit more confident in myself now having heard you talk about that. Thanks.
Thanks so much for opening my eyes to the depths and the shallows of modern life. You are educating many of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s, to the social challenges faced by younger generations particularly. I appreciate you !
You're a big inspiration to me Chris - seeing someone who could've been caught up in the superficial world of image and mirages you instead dedicated your life towards the pursuit of knowledge, being from the UK culturally it is so frowned upon and I am walking down the same path so seeing you succeed has been truly inspirational
Thank you for all the work, Chris. Have a blessed day everyone!
happy fifth, Chris! thanks so much for existing & letting us grow along with yourself!
what you do & how you do it is invaluable, & the work you put in highly appreciated
Jesus, that ending got me deep. As someone that lives in the world of looking up at that top echelon of performers, that is exactly what I needed to hear today… thank you.
Love Island to Laozi conversion is well underway! Keep doing the great work!
Thank you Chris for your wisdom. Im 45 and never thought I can get so much from someone younger. Listening to all your podcasts for some time now and they give me so much value. Thank you for your work. Greetings from Prague.
Chris, I've been listening to podcasts since the JRE was in it's 200's. Your podcast has quickly become one of the best podcasts for men (and pretty much anyone) of all time. Amazing work.
In the spirit of being more deliberate with our words, perhaps we all need to re-evaluate the definition of success. If it’s an abundance of money that detracts from our peacefulness it’s not really success.
That’s what I found out for myself anyhow.
Thank you so much, Chris! You have been a breath of fresh air.
So many great messages here. I will listen again a few times..maybe more than a few to really let this sink in and stay with me. Always love your offerings. Thank you sincerely. 😊
Love the "last thing" Now I feel special just for listening to your podcasts. A million thanks.
Chris, Following you for about 4 of the 5 years. Just giving you a quick thanks for keeping it up and providing us with the super interesting discussions. My mental journey over the last 5 years has been similar to yours and it was a pleasure to have you in for the ride. Keep it up!!
Love all of these! Every point was spot on.
You’re depth of knowledge and articulation has improved so much just over the last year since I first came across your podcast. And that comes across in your interviews, and the conversations that you’re able to extract out of your guests as a result.
You, Rogan, Peterson, Friedman, Brand and co. are killing it. I love it, Thankyou ❤️
Out the many things why I love watching Chris' videos is that he helps me understand reality (to whatever degree we are doing) in the most balanced, wholesome manner rather than just looking at local snapshots of it which don't merge together globally. I feel that these episodes help me inch close towards the place I want to get to. Thank you, man!!
What a journey so far.
Massive congratulations on all the hard work and success it's brought. Finally the pod is starting to get the attention you and the team merit.
Big inspiration to me to see the post on how you started out your office with just your phone.
My big lessons I take from watching this growth is:
- follow your curiosity
- cultivate the vibe
- read more
- aim big
- do it for the love of the game
Here's to another half decade!
I found out about you on Rogan and I am so thankful I did! The lessons talked about on this podcast have helped me a lot and have turned me onto other great people. Thank you, Chris!
Thanks so much for what you do, Chris!! I relate to you on so many levels and take a lot of comfort in hearing you talk about your own journey. That last point you made hit very close to home. For me, listening to your podcast feels like eating chicken soup when you’re sick, especially these solo episodes. Happy 5 years, here’s to many more 🎉🎉🎉
You're having (and have had) such a positive impact on my life Chris. Thank you for all your insights!
This podcast successfully manages to live up to its name. 5/5 points!
Here's to the next 5 years of excellent content. Thanks for all your effort! Cheers!
Happy anniversary. I only recently discovered your site from guests you've interviewed last year. I see you as a very sincere and genuine person. I look forward to more discussions on your site.
Didn't expect a solo episode to hit as hard, but from point 1 I'm already touched. Beautiful episode, thank you for what you do Chris.
Congratulations on 5 years, Chris!
52:30 Ignorance is bliss. Once you're aware of your afflictions, then it's a choice between denial or acknowledgement of them. Then it's either acceptance or motivation and/or action to change.
The part on vestigial pattern bias made me think of a jazz musician when improvising. Whilst practising you learn the changes to a tune, run various concepts through the tune. Practise them so deeply that they get embedded within you and then when it comes time to play, don’t focus on any of it in particular, trust it is there and be in the moment.
Just found your podcast and it’s fantastic, your approach is brilliant!
What you said about time brought me back to one of my father's greatest lesson.
One day, my dad was explaining eternity to my little self: «Eternity is not an infinite amount of time, but rather an everlasting "now". Moreover, it's in this world that you prepare for eternity.»
Yep, he was right.
Happy 5th podcast's anniversary 🥳🍾🥂
Thank you
I've been preaching positivity for so many years not blind positivity but deeply introspective, sympathetic, informed and proactive positivity
As much as I have the time and the bandwidth to be able to follow a podcast this long I really wish you would take these chapters and make them individual videos there is just too much all at once for people like my child to be able to consume and ponder
Like as Zen student may clap their hand on their thigh for months wondering why the master still says he doesn't get it
Each section on this is it's own puzzle to to be put in the context of ones own life
I'm happy that you are not doing endorsements/adds. I hate them. You are a great interviewer. Keep up the good work!
Bro, your podcasts are just making my life better, thank you so much for these life changing thought and life lessons.
Thank you Chris for all your effort in having profound conversations with some of the most inspirational people! Also, I appreciate the encouragement you gave at the end there, it really resonated with me.
On the importance of vocabulary, and just writing more generally: “Type gives body and voice to silent thought. The speaking page carries it through the centuries.” (Friedrich Schiller)
Thank you for all your efforts and success! Your voice has depth and resonance… your team is great! Gratitude
Words are magic. They are spells that create our own experience. Magic, in this sense, is real.
You can choose the dark side or the light side with your own words in your own mind. We all have that power.
Massive gratitude. Your podcast remains one of my favourites going on 3 years now. Well done and congrats! Here is to more content, more insights and thought provoking discourse.
Thank you for what you do sir. I appreciate the content and the thoughts you've put out. If you haven't come across him yet, I think you might enjoy Brandon Sanderson as a guest or just his work. Highest grossing Kickstarter record holder, and his novels contain a lot of deep thought about personal growth. The Stormlight Archive in particular is largely about people learning to accept their failings and grow into someone better. Keep up your great work!
Great work, Chris. You are one of 3 shows I consider worth watching. The other 2 are Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh so you are in good company. You are an excellent idea man and a fantastic interviewer. Always entertaining and always informative. I appreciate what you do and am glad that you continue to do it!
In all seriousness, incredible insights that aren’t “pop” knowledge!! Thank you so much for making this!! 😊
I really appreciate your podcasts and love listening to them. Your collection of explanations, thoughts, and ideas from your guest is truly beautiful work. Something that will always stay with me from your podcast is the idea that we are no different from other animals, except that we have some additional abilities. These podcasts have reinforced my understanding of spirituality and why it is important to pursue it.
Congratulations mate, i hope you keep up the good work.
Improving your vocabulary is like attaining a sharper scalpel... you can cut and define ideas more precisely, go from broad concepts ('good' 'bad' 'happy') into much more complex definitions - and the understanding of that complexity doesn't exist until you can define it. I think there's a fair argument that a lot of intelligence can be explained purely by language skills (whether that be a conversational language like English or a notational language like music scores, drum patterns, or coding).
I've been drifting into a position of cynicism with time and it's easy to tell yourself that the paranoid survive, but the fact is that it's not about surviving.
The paranoid survive, but the ones that THRIVE are the paranoid that are also crazy optimists and have an incredible vision and drive for the future.
Yes, look at your failures and correct your mistakes, but don't forget that you can't get good without failing, and realise that hating other people won't make you any better than you currently are.
It'll just make you feel momentarily better than someone else, while sinking yourself in darkness and inaction.
Congratulations. Fully deserved.
This episode answers my question from episode 206 - so these are some things that helped you walk through that awful middle ground and come out happier and stronger on the other side, on a new level of wisdom. I took a couple of hours to watch and digest this very digestible yet deep and rich input. This is like a buffet of intellectual superfood haha. Much love to you.
I just now realize that the picture of the buffet is the healed picture of my very old phrase that so much in life seems like an abundant buffet of so many "somewhat delicious looking" things that each are burnt or poisoned in some way. Yes there is so much abundance and freedom, but then whatever you choose, ends up being not so enjoyable or not so good for you. It seemed like this for many years in many situations. I turned it and looked at it from every angle but it just felt like a burnt buffet.
I have come a long way and found several mentors, some of which you mentioned or have interviewed. I have found amazing input that healed lots of trauma and belief systems and also some behaviors.
To think that I now consumed something that I would spontaneously call a buffet of palatable superfood for my mind and soul. Just the fact that this picture came up for me, and you know, my subconscious allowing me to see a healthy buffet. Wow this feels like a big moment.
My thoughts are more complex and more specific than my knowlegde of the English language can express, but I hope the idea comes across 😄
The positive part at the end really uplifted me and made my day. Thanks Chris.
Hello Chris. Thank you and congratulations.
Please don't let other 5 years pass before you take off the direct lights from behind you. You should be the most illuminated thing on the screen, IMHO.
Hi, I am from Argentina...y have recently discover you...thank you for this words...y feel very identify ! Congrats for this 5 years...lets make them 10!
Thank you for all the amazing conversations!
Congratulations Chris! Your channel has been an inspiration for me and your insightful questioning is a joy to watch. Many prayers for another 5 years, and whatever your next goal is. 👍🇬🇧🙏
Congratulations for the huge milestone, Chris. I can't imagine how much your various conversations have shaped my way of looking at the world. Can't wait for the day we meet in person. Massive thank you and love from Spain!
Thank you for stirring my cognition into a new better form.
Don't be shy of Gaiman's prose - it's just as eye-catching, if not more so given the way it contrasts with other prose.
Happy 5th Birthday, Chris! You may have targeted this channel towards younger guys like yourself who may be high in the openness trait but felt they really needed to work on conscientiousness. However, I'm a generation (at least) older than you, and I can testify that it's never too late to learn new things. Since I've discovered this channel about a year or so ago, every week there's something cool that comes across your podcast that gives me a mental equivalent of a multivitamin supplement. The one thing I've stopped doing is regretting that I didn't know most of what I've learned from your channel when I was younger--I'm too busy basking in the incredibly full life I've got going now that I've discovered it!
The things you said towards the end of this episode really moved me. Thank you for everything that you do
Congrats Chris! The best for the next 5 years! learning a lot from your experience here, thank you!
You’ve been a big influence on me Chris, I’m hoping to provide the same value to people that you do with my own self improvement channel. Congrats!
I'm with you on vocab expansion and precision of language ..... well said .
Congratulations on five years and going. I've enjoyed a number of your conversations over the past few years and appreciate the intelligence and patience that you and your guests bring. If I may, I'd like to suggest a couple of books that I don't know if you've read.
First is Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. This book is like the intro to Absurdist philosophy, how to make your own meaning and find happiness in an inherently meaningless universe. Whether or not you've read it or are familiar with Absurdism, several of the ideas you lay out here feel Absurdist.
The second is Personal Knowledge by Michael Polanyi. The essence of this book is the difference between explicit and tacit knowledge, the difference between know-what and know-how. It goes into the knowledge that lives behind actions that don't use conscious knowledge.
Congratulations and happy birthday @chriswillx. 🎉🎉🎉
I really needed this podcast today and as always, you delivered.
May Modern Wisdom continue with its success forever more. ❤
5 years , well done , keep going , thank you . Be well , E
Cynicism is a form of protection, so true.
Chris you’re a blessing. You Remind me a lot of myself
This is gold. I'm going to keep coming back to this
"High achievers are driven by a fear of insufficiency." The flip side of this is the desire for the esteem of your peers.
I would bet most antisocial people tend to be low achievers for the same reason. However, what constitutes high or low achievement is in the eye of the beholder. The default social view is that achievement involves public esteem.
The university I got my undergrad degree had people that always loved to say "kapag namulat na ang inyong mata, kasalanan ng isarado pang muli" which roughly translates to "once your eyes have been opened, it is now a sin to close them again" which in context means once you've self actualized and realize the sins of the majority, it is now wrong to be complicit in these unconscious unconscionable sins. It is now your duty to correct them.
Such extraordinary advice shared for your 5th year! I am going to have to save and re-watch this! Thank you for the powerful force you are in the world!
Please interview Dr Professor SAM VAKNIN. He is pioneering Professor of Psychology. There’s no one lil him in the field. PLEASE he is soooo worth it
Yes and ask him to clarify his stance on child adult relationships. He basically said that if I child is sexualized inside the home that child doesn't know its abuse and may not think its a bad thing and society is what tells the child is bad! Anyways that's when I stopped listening to him ...
I found this podcast just last month after reading David goggins latest book. Amazing content you have and really enjoy how insightful . keep it up ! This episode about your 5 year reflection is my fav so far.
I'm a leading world expert in my field. I've raised $4 Million dollars for my venture in 2 years and I'm 37. I like what I do, but I like me better. Im trying to invest more in my social life, as well as a life partner, while sustaining this company. I know at the end of the day, life is about people and connections more than anything else.
congratulations on hitting 5 years on YT! you’ve been very inspirational for me and a lot of other young men. keep killing it at the YT game. can’t wait to see what the next 5 yrs are going to look like for you!
Very proud of you. Your work helps a lot of people and It Will help even more people in the future, not to mention all the great and "unknown" people you have brought to the show, giving us the opportunity to know about them and their great minds.
From student parties at Riverside to Joe Rogan in Austin Texas. 700k plus subs. Fair play
This is exactly what I needed this morning. Thank you!
Congratulations on your 5-year success. Ever onwards.
To be honest man... these rare shows when you are just by yourself? Those are my personal favorite episodes!
Love your podcast. I learn lots, I have episodes to point friends to, and it feels so good to know that fellow humans are on a very good path working through all that is going on in today's world. Thanks so much for doing this.
I perfectly timed this with my bike ride. Just as I reached my front door and stepped off my bike you said ‘’anyway…’’
Thanks for the video 😊
Keep em coming. Love the content and curiosity. Happy 5th
1:06:30 that made me feel warm in my chest, thank you Chris!
Chris!!! Bravo👏👏👏 Mind blowing content… Your eloquent intellect on how you approach and break it all down for clear understanding is such a gift.
I learn so much from your podcasts! Thank you.
And Happy FXCKING Birthday!!
You made an interesting observation about vocabulary. I'm reminded of a study where people were given the collage entrance exams they took when they were younger. The aggregate scores were the same but math scores went down while verbal scores increased. Most of us don't use math after high school but we use language every day and vocabulary increases throughout our entire lives.
One of your podcasts informed me that women tend to select for the same characteristics in male friends as they do with partners. I really struggle to unsee that
"If you believe you know everything, then you must also believe the beliefs of others who dont believe what you believe, therefore your belief that you know everything also believes it doesnt believe in your belief, therefore, you end up not actually knowing what you believe, and thats the consequence of knowing EVERYTHING."-ME