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The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161

Modern Wisdom

Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.

Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org

Expect to learn the most valuable lessons from over 500+ personal development books, why understanding values are so hard, which popular self-help advice turned out to have surprisingly little substance behind it, why intelligent people seem particularly vulnerable to overthinking, how people tell the difference between hype and legitimate effective strategies or innovation and much more…

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Why Have We Become So Disillusioned With Self-Help?
(05:00) Is Self-Help Just Old Advice Repackaged?
(06:55) The Biggest Self-Development Strategies That Aren’t Backed Up
(08:59) How to Find the Right Self-Help Strategy
(12:56) Should We Focus on Intrinsic Values?
(18:18) How to Work Out What You Actually Value
(20:47) The Science of Building Habits That Stick
(25:42) Are You Setting Goals the Wrong Way?
(27:42) Why Is Focusing on Fear So Important?
(38:13) How Your Mental State Controls Your Performance
(40:36) The Relationship Between the Mind and Body
(42:27) The Best Ways to Combat Overthinking
(50:22) Can Anyone Rewire Their Thinking?
(55:25) The Peak Productivity Formula
(01:00:07) How to Become More Efficient
(01:03:05) Why Everyone Needs ‘Glad You Did It’ Activities
(01:08:26) Is Willpower Enough to Solve Your Problems?
(01:12:16) The Power of Positive Thinking
(01:20:38) How Much of Self-Development Is Following Your Focus?
(01:22:02) The Self-Development Strategy You Shouldn’t Ignore
(01:26:55) Where to Find Spencer

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