Chris Williamson, host of the widely popular Modern Wisdom podcast, has conducted fascinating interviews with iconic figures like David Goggins, Jordan Peterson and Andrew Huberman, to name a few. Chris has also appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. In this episode of The Keep Hammering Collective, Chris delivers incredible insight in a unique way while diving into human development, philosophy, the importance of pain and suffering, critical thinking, and ultimately, what does it mean to be an intellectual?
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00:00 Introduction and Chris’ background
0:00:43 Inspiration behind “Modern Wisdom”
0:02:46 High performance coming from a place of insufficiency
0:08:00 A negative mind will shape your reality
0:09:03 Childhood shaping adulthood
0:16:00 Thoughts are not actions
0:20:43 Chris’ progression of learning
0:23:49 Success begets success, while failure begets more failure
0:26:54 Letters to Myself, Marcus Aurelius
0:28:26 Life is what you deem it
0:31:00 Chosen vs. Unchosen suffering
0:32:44 Performance without purpose
0:37:11 Is balance necessary?
0:40:00 Success is a onesies, not an outfit
0:42:20 Chris’ future goals
0:45:55 Discipline before success
0:47:30 Influential voices for the Left
0:52:07 Centrist ideologies
0:56:58 The alignment problem
1:01:16 Why move to America?
1:03:00 The American Dream still exists
1:07:28 Joe Rogan inspiration
1:09:30 Intellectual Dark Web
1:17:50 Andrew Huberman
1:21:15 Who inspires you?
1:24:20 Childhood passion coming full circle
1:32:43 Wild at Heart and the lion in the cage
1:38:35 Men with a purpose
1:42:50 Young men in today’s world
1:54:39 Positive relationship dynamic
1:58:49 What makes a good parent?
2:01:35 Chris’ 1000 days of no alcohol
2:08:10 Advantages of not being dependent on anything
2:13:30 Closing statements
2:15:33 Sponsorships