Modern Wisdom

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  • How Marketing Reshapes Our Brains - Prince Ghuman & Matt Johnson - #180

    Matt Johnson PhD is a Neuroscientist and Prince Ghuman is a Neuro-Marketer.

    Combining the insights of Neuroscience & Consumer Psychology can help us to understand our own behaviour and how marketing affects us in unique and sometimes counterintuitive ways.

    Expect to learn why our brains don't experience reality directly, how you can make dog food taste like pate, the role of impulse in decision making, what neuroscience's definition of surprise is, how pleasure & pain affect our drive to buy and much more...

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    The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠


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    1 hr 57 min
  • Reality, Meaning & Self-Development - Daniel Schmachtenberger - #179

    Daniel Schmachtenberger works in preventing global catastrophic risk.

    As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about how to improve our entire civilisation - I wanted to find out where self development and maximising personal agency fits into Daniel's perspective.

    I really enjoyed this change of pace. The conversation is deep, insightful and considered. If you're in the right place to hear the message, this could have a profound impact on the way you see the world.

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    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Mental Models 103 - George Mack - #178

    Long time friend of the show and all round great human George Mack joins me today as we revisit the world of decision making.

    Mental Models are tools you can use to improve your ability to effectively make decisions.

    Today we are upgrading our minds as we delve into some of mine & George's favourite mental models from Warren Buffett, Nassim Taleb, Naval Ravikant, Winston Churchill, Tobias Lutke and many more.

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    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

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    1 hr 30 min
  • How To Get Better With Books - Jim Mullane - #177

    Jim Mullane is the man behind the fastest growing Instagram page focussed on self-development & books @GetBetterWithBooks.

    Developing a reading habit & retaining what you read is a goal many of us have.

    Today expect to learn the most important elements of creating a reading habit, how to avoid the most common pitfalls when starting reading, a ton of Jim's best suggestions for his favourite books including a load you will have never heard of and so much more...

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    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    53 min
  • Catch Up 105 - #176

    Jonny & Yusef join me again for another Catch Up episode.

    No agenda, no topics, just us talking about our lives & what we've been up to recently.

    Expect to learn what we think about Joe Rogan's move to Spotify, what Jonny's new morning ritual is, why Yusef is putting titanium stuff in his ears, why pigeons are having seizures and much more...

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    Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom

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    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

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    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

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    1 hr 20 min
  • Essentialism Explained: How To Focus On What Matters In Life - Greg McKeown - #175

    Greg McKeown is a public speaker, leadership & business strategist and New York Times Bestselling Author.

    Do you feel busy but not productive? Like you're overworked but under-utilised? Do you struggle with information overload?

    Success breeds options & opportunities, which often undermines the things that lead to success in the first place.

    Today Greg teaches us the art of Essentialism; how not to fall into the undisciplined pursuit of more, how to avoid the trivial many and instead focus our attention onto the vital few. This podcast could change your life, don't miss it.

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    Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Why Are The Biggest Tech Companies So Dominant? - Alex Kantrowitz - #174

    Alex Kantrowitz is a Senior Tech Reporter at Buzzfeed and an author.

    The biggest tech companies on the planet are incredibly dominant and today we discover what is inside each of them that drives their competitive edge.

    Expect to learn why powerpoint is banned from Amazon, what a one-to-one meeting with Mark Zuckerberg is like, why Apple might need systemic change if they're not going to fall behind, how Microsoft was turned around by a single man, why CeeLo Green is a good spokesperson and much more...

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    -

    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

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    58 min
  • What Is The Fitness Menopause? - #173

    Today I am joined by Jonny & Yusef from PropaneFitness.

    The Fitness Menopause is a concept we've been talking about for a while. It describes the transition from bro (or chick) lifting to a more rounded fitness regime as you leave your 20's or 30's behind and start to fully indulge your true exercising passions.

    Expect to learn why you might lowkey hate the exercise routine you're following, the story behind each of our journeys through TFM, why you have to serve your time doing brolifting first, why girls who are dancers should change their training immediately, and much more...

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    Extra Stuff:

    Check out Jonny & Yusef's site - https://propanefitness.com/

    Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast

    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 13 min
  • What Are The Real Causes Of Depression? - Johann Hari - #172

    Johann Hari is a writer & a journalist.

    Rates of depression are at an all time high and yet pharmaceutical drugs have never been more widely used. If depression is simply an imbalance of chemicals in the brain - what's going on?

    Johann is my favourite writer on depression and this episode has been 2 years in the making. Expect to learn what are the true causes of depression, how reality TV degrades society's values, how you can take back control of your mood, why I lowkey fancy Dame Judy Dench and much more...

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    -

    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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr 51 min
  • Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies - Stephen Hicks - #171

    Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author.

    Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don't really understand what they are. Thankfully Stephen does.

    Expect to learn a great primer on the foundational principles underpinning socialism and post modernism, how these movements came about, whether socialism can work in modern society, whether postmodernism came about because of the failings of socialism and much more...

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    Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/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. 

    Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast

    Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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    1 hr

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