We are living through interesting times where gender roles are an ongoing heated discussion. Tempers and passion flare from all sides, but what we cannot ignore is the damage being done to both boys and girls. There have been intense movements that even though they are noble they have caused damage along the way socially in the psyche of young boys and girls. If you follow Tom you’ve heard him say time and time again, we are all having a biological experience. What does this biological experience become when society and doctrine contradict and suppress the nature of our biological experiences? Dr. Warren Farrell joins Tom to discuss his latest book, The Boy Crisis, Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It. The resolution as Dr. Warren states begins with understanding different sides of the argument. Learning how to steel man the opposing sides' argument will help create a foundation where the real problem, lack of father involvement and fatherless homes, can be addressed for the sake of our boys (and girls).

“The boy crisis resides where dads do not reside.” -Dr. Warren Farrell

Whether you are a father, mother, teacher, leader or fatherless child yourself, this conversation is not to be ignored and forgotten.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Warren Farrel

1:25 | Hear Opposing Perspectives

9:04 | Steel Man Arguments

22:47 | Disposability of Men

28:55 | Missing Fathers & The Boy Crisis

31:27 | Checks & Balances Parenting

45:11 | Catch 22 of Work & Family

49:17 | Be Your Partner’s Hero

56:02 | Falling In Love With Superman

59:29 | Learned Gender Roles

1:10:39 | The Myth of Male Power

1:23:08 | Lack of Father Involvement

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It’s a new year, and people everywhere are looking for ways to improve their productivity so that they can crush their goals.

But no matter what productivity system you use, you’ll still have trouble reaching your goals if counterproductive habits are holding you back.

Maybe you have trouble focusing on one thing at a time, or aren’t sure which project to tackle first.

Or perhaps you’re constantly plagued by procrastination, always having a hard time getting past the starting block.

Whatever issues around productivity and self-management you may have, this episode of Impact Theory has you covered.

In it, I answer some of the most common questions I get around productivity, procrastination, time management, and goal-setting.

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 | Introduction

00:33 | Is Procrastination a Habit or a Symptom of Anxiety?

05:31 | How to Regain Focus on One Thing

08:11 | How to Manage a Hectic Workload

14:04 | Developing Discipline & Time Management Skills

19:08 | Coordinating Time Management With Your Partner

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In a perfect world, we can all eat exactly the same and everyone gains and loses weight the exact same way. Unfortunately, in reality you may have a friend that can kill a whole pizza, have dessert and eat extra fries without gaining an ounce of weight. Others seem to put on weight even looking at a plate of food. What’s the deal? Why is it so easy for some people to gain weight and so hard for others. Why are so many people still sold on the calories in and calories out solution to obesity and weight control? Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and bestselling author. His latest book, The Case for Keto, tackles a lot of the misinformation around calories and why some people struggle with losing weight even when calories are restricted to the point of a starvation diet. We are led to believe that overeating is the problem, but what if eating too much isn’t what’s making you fat? What if your partner's problem is really how sensitive their body is to storing fat? This interview may be the missing piece of the puzzle that will help you and the people you love make the right diet changes, today.

Check out Gary’s latest book, The Case for Keto: https://amzn.to/3sHS2AK

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction to Gary Taubes

1:27 | Overeating or Just Overweight

9:24 | Starvation Storing More Fat

18:27 | Quantify Excess Calories

24:48 | Hunger & Energy Burning

30:31 | Insulin Resistant

37:33 | Sensitivity of Fat Storing Cells

43:33 | American Carb Diet Problem

50:10 | A Fat Storage Problem

56:34 | Eat For Your Body Type

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Think you don’t have time for self-care in stressful times? What if you’re not sure whether you should take a break or continue to grind it out?

When it comes to the subject of self-care, people often have a lot of opinions - some of them make sense, while some of them don’t.

In today’s episode of Impact Theory, I’ll be answering these questions (and more) around how to effectively implement self-care in your life.

I’ll not only share what I believe to be the ultimate foundational self-care routine, I’ll also go into the reasons why you should be taking care of yourself in the first place, what to do if you have low self-esteem, and more.

So whether you’re currently living an easy life or you’re in the middle of the most stressful week of your life, I hope you get value out of this episode and most importantly, I hope you use what you’ve learned to improve your own self-care routine.

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 | Introduction

00:38 | How To View Self-Care As Essential To Success

04:40 | When To Refuel vs. Continue To Grind

08:48 | Lack of Self Love? Or Just Bad Prioritizing?

15:36 | Where To Start If You Have Low Self-Esteem

19:06 | Keeping Up With Self-Care During Stressful Times

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From crypto start-ups to volatile market scares reported everyday, you may still feel like you’re wandering in the dark trying to figure out what is going on. Aside from a top of the line curated list of interviews with leading experts in the finance industry here on this channel, it is critical that you do the research needed to get a better grasp of how cryptocurrency, defi, blockchain and web 3.0 are going to disrupt businesses in a major way. The tips and information in this episode are answers to questions from other entrepreneurs and business owners seeking to understand how to get positioned for the rapidly changing digitized age we are all experiencing. The goal of this episode is to get you thirsty enough to do your research, risk feeling stupid and gain a more functional understanding of what’s available to you in one of the biggest transfer of wealth opportunities ever seen. Do. Not. Ignore. This.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Cryptocurrency

0:42 | Tips to Learn Crypto Fast

3:47 | Coins and Blockchain Relationship

10:09 | Crypto Security & Scams

19:15 | Making Crypto Commerce Functional

23:42 | Volatility of Payments in Crypto

27:14 | Web 3.0 Revolution for Business

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What does it mean to go “into the impossible”?

For Professor of Cosmology Dr. Brian Keating, it’s all about shattering the limiting beliefs around what a human being is capable of.

In his latest book, Into the Impossible: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Keating explores this question through the lens of the pursuit of one of humanity’s highest achievements: The Nobel Prize.

Today’s episode is a wide-ranging conversation that touches on everything from the scientific method and first principles thinking, to the motivations that drive people to pursue the highest level of achievement.

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00:00 | Introduction

01:13 | The Power of The Scientific Method

11:41 | What is Truth, and Why Does it Matter?

18:17 | The Scientific Method: Inductive vs. Deductive

29:31 | Brian’s Origin Story

39:11 | Losing the Nobel Prize

47:47 | What Drove Brian to Aim At a Nobel Prize

1:00:46 | Brian’s Quest Takes a Turn For The Worse

1:09:53 | Into the Impossible: Behind the Title

1:20:01 | Disproportionate Returns & The Curse of Knowledge

1:29:48 | The Key to Pursuing Something Grand

1:32:59 | Scientific Pursuit, Happiness, & Fulfillment

1:50:14 | The Epistemic Approach to Problem-Solving

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Becoming unstoppable, going beast mode and executing at the highest level is achievable for anyone and everyone, but only if you really want it. Tom didn’t reach the level of success he’s seen this far by waiting for things to happen or doing barely enough to get by. Reaching new heights of your career and entrepreneurial journey is going to take stepping into the boxing ring with yourself day after day for a sparring match. Elite performers understand that something you have to get bloody and marred in the fight to overcome your failures, the embarrassment of failure and the lack of discipline and skill we all start out with. The only question that matters is what are you ready and willing to do right now where you are. If you want change and you want to experience success like never before, you’re going to need to do things you’ve never done before, and this motivational video is the kickstart you need to get going.

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3:07 | Sense of Urgency

5:29 | Push Beyond Mastery

7:43 | Become More Capable

10:05 | Every Day Is A New Day

11:51 | Face the Unknown

15:10 | The Truth Hurts

17:03 | Know Who You’re Becoming

20:03 | Demand Courage of Yourself

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The meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies over the past years just goes to show that even something as ubiquitous as money is ripe for disruption.

And even though crypto is a space that many of us are just beginning to understand, its principles call into question the validity of the existing fiat monetary system.

In his latest book, The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, Dr. Saifedean Ammous sets out to do just that.

Using the first principles thinking that he used to write his bestselling book, The Bitcoin Standard, Dr. Ammous analyzes the history of fiat currency, the shift away from the gold standard, and the economic, social and political fallout that came as a result.

Find out more by ordering his book here: https://amzn.to/3DRdLbf

SHOW NOTES:

00:00 | Introduction

01:28 | What is Fiat Currency?

05:57 | How Types of Money are Created

14:25 | Fiat, Self-Correction, and Hyperinflation

18:10 | What is Hard Money?

23:48 | The Transition to Universal Debt Slavery

27:54 | Fiat vs. Hard Money

33:10 | Deflation vs. Inflation

43:22 | Why the Wealthy Hold the Most Debt

46:23 | Has Fiat Currency Ruined the University?

1:01:34 | Bitcoin vs. Central Planning

1:05:26 | Why Printing Money is Destructive

1:19:28 | Bitcoin vs. Gold Standard

1:24:18 | How Bitcoin Will Consume the Bond Market

1:28:06 | Transitioning to a Crypto Economy

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Too often people have experienced life in a way that shapes their nature, their responses, and how to perceive life as it comes. Having your mind stretched and bent beyond its normal world view is scary but a treat worth exploring with guest Chuck Palahniuk. Last time he joined Tom to discuss life, death and finding meaning in your life. In this episode, we’re deep diving into how Chuck pursues new ideas, stretches himself beyond the outcomes, and allows the magic of connection to take place through the process of creating stories. Chuck discusses his new essay, People, Places, and Things, and shares the juice of how he’s able to compel such strong reactions from stories that make most people uncomfortable.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 | Introduction Chuck Palahniuk

1:28 | Shaped Inside Out

4:28 | Mental Breakthroughs

9:46 | Pursuing Creative Ideas

17:12 | Validating New Ideas

25:04 | Surprising Outcomes

29:58 | Mutual Consciousness

36:35 | Freedom at Ground Zero

40:39 | What Scares You Has Meaning

49:16 | Life Influences & Performance

1:00:35 | Allow Silence, Look for Patterns

1:07:31 | Bathos, Comic Tragedy

1:17:19 | Sincere, Not Offensive

1:32:01 | Motivated by Meaning

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Ready to experience Christmas like never before? The 25 Days of Giving has begun!! Get in the full Holiday Spirit with daily experiences and all kinds of prizes. To participate pick up your Merry Modz (https://opensea.io/collection/merry-modz) on OpenSea and join in on the festivities today, you never know what surprises await you next! Learn more on our discord: http://ImpactTheory.com/Discord Official rules: https://merrymodz.io/contest

Most of us believe that a good way to arrange our lives is by minimizing suffering for ourselves and for those around us.

In his latest book, Paul Bloom lays out an argument that human beings aren’t exactly wired that way - and that this may actually be a good thing.

Human beings will often choose their own suffering (even extreme forms of it) in order to gain everything from control over our environment to visceral pleasure.

In today’s conversation, Paul and Tom dive deep into the evolutionary underpinnings of chosen suffering, the biological roots of human morality, the relationship between sex and religion, how to live a meaningful life, and much more!

You can learn more about many of the topics covered in today’s conversation in Paul’s new book, The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning.

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SHOW NOTES:

00:00 | Introduction - Paul Bloom

06:54 | Darwinism and Control Over Pain & Pleasure

13:24 | Meditation & Getting Outside of Yourself

24:30 | Mastery and Self-Control

28:38 | Against Empathy

30:29 | Meaning and Purpose

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