16 Wise Truths To Improve Your Life - George Mack

George Mack is a writer, marketer and entrepreneur. If our mind is an operating system, ideas are the apps we install to give us a greater understanding of the world. George is one of my favourite thinkers and today we get to go through 16 of the best ideas we've both discovered since the last time we spoke over 3 years ago. Expect to learn whether optimism is actually a scam, why it's so sexy to be cynical, why high agency people are the best ones to have in your life, what is the most interesting question of all time, the difference between treadmill friends and sofa friends, why most people die at 25 but aren't buried until they're 75, how to stop worrying about everyone else's opinions and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on Marek Health’s comprehensive blood panels at https://marekhealth.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) 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 #mentalmodels #psychology #humannature - 00:00 Is Optimism a Scam? 07:42 How to Reframe Cynicism 15:02 Why is it Important to Have High-Agency? 24:55 How to Spot High-Agency People 35:17 Productivity Vs Creativity 45:30 How Rick & Morty Taught George to Live a Great Life 55:31 Why You Shouldn’t Brag 59:00 The Lack of Authenticity on Instagram 1:02:00 The Key to Not Caring What People Think of You 1:06:32 Society is Ruled More by Chance than Conspiracy 1:09:31 Principles for Thinking More Long-Term 1:18:05 How to Know if You’re Early or Late to a Trend 1:23:49 What is Neglected by the Media but will be Talked about by Historians? 1:39:44 YouTube is the New TV 1:48:09 Learning from the Aviation Industry 1:52:28 Why Humans Listen to Music Repeatedly 1:56:12 The Milestone of 25-Years-Old 1:58:59 Where to Find George - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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