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It’s time to rethink your entire life plan - Dave Evans - #1062
Dave Evans is an entrepreneur, early Apple engineer, former Electronic Arts executive, Stanford lecturer, and author.
How does someone genuinely find meaning in their life? We’re often told that when things feel empty, uncertain, or painful, the answer is to “find more meaning”. But what does that actually mean? Is meaning something we discover, like a hidden truth waiting to be uncovered? Or is it something we construct through choice, responsibility, and attention?
Expect to learn what people actually mean when we’re talking about meaning, the problem people are actually trying to solve when they say they want meaning, how to engineer more meaning into your life, what the difference between the problem-solving world and the meaning-making world is, what the red herrings are in terms of meaning, why so many people become objectively successful and subjectively miserable and much more…
Timestamps:
(0:00) How to Figure Out What You Want in Life
(5:30) What Does Meaning Really Mean?
(15:34) Making Sense of Life’s Changes
(21:05) Reframing Fulfilment to Fully Enjoy Life
(22:43) Are We Confusing Meaning With Feeling Alive?
(28:41) Has Optimisation Killed the Magic of Meaning?
(39:31) The Hidden Power of Wonder
(42:52) The Best Ways to Inject Wonder into Life
(47:03) Does Coherence Create Purpose?
(50:46) Can You Be Balanced and Coherent?
(52:32) The Secret to Finding Your Flow State
(57:06) Is Multitasking Killing Your Flow?
(01:02:40) How to Engineer Flow into Your Life
(01:09:59) The Biggest Mistakes High Achievers Are Making
(01:19:25) How to Strive Without Missing Your Life
(01:25:43) Why Community is Essential
(01:33:18) The Signs It's Time to Redesign Your Life
(01:47:05) Where to Find Dave
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Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman
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Dave Evans is an entrepreneur, early Apple engineer, former Electronic Arts executive, Stanford lecturer, and author.
How does someone genuinely find meaning in their life? We’re often told that when things feel empty, uncertain, or painful, the answer is to “find more meaning”. But what does that actually mean? Is meaning something we discover, like a hidden truth waiting to be uncovered? Or is it something we construct through choice, responsibility, and attention?
Expect to learn what people actually mean when we’re talking about meaning, the problem people are actually trying to solve when they say they want meaning, how to engineer more meaning into your life, what the difference between the problem-solving world and the meaning-making world is, what the red herrings are in terms of meaning, why so many people become objectively successful and subjectively miserable and much more…
Timestamps:
(0:00) How to Figure Out What You Want in Life
(5:30) What Does Meaning Really Mean?
(15:34) Making Sense of Life’s Changes
(21:05) Reframing Fulfilment to Fully Enjoy Life
(22:43) Are We Confusing Meaning With Feeling Alive?
(28:41) Has Optimisation Killed the Magic of Meaning?
(39:31) The Hidden Power of Wonder
(42:52) The Best Ways to Inject Wonder into Life
(47:03) Does Coherence Create Purpose?
(50:46) Can You Be Balanced and Coherent?
(52:32) The Secret to Finding Your Flow State
(57:06) Is Multitasking Killing Your Flow?
(01:02:40) How to Engineer Flow into Your Life
(01:09:59) The Biggest Mistakes High Achievers Are Making
(01:19:25) How to Strive Without Missing Your Life
(01:25:43) Why Community is Essential
(01:33:18) The Signs It's Time to Redesign Your Life
(01:47:05) Where to Find Dave
Sponsors:
See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals
Get up to $350 off the Pod 5 at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom
Get a free bottle of D3K2, an AG1 Welcome Kit, and more when you first subscribe at https://ag1.info/modernwisdom
Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom
Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom
-
Get Dave Evans' new Book - 'How to Live A Meaningful Life' here: https://designingyourlife.link/how-to-live-a-meaningful-life/chris
-
Extra Stuff:
Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books
Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom
Episodes You Might Enjoy:
#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins
#712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson
#700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: 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
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