Make time your secret weapon.
Our success and happiness are often eroded by the 7 habits of highly impatient people. We are losing the ability to focus and glorify instant success. Thus we lose the ability to stick with anything and create meaningful work.
This episode goes through the psychology and philosophy of taking a slower and deeper approach to life:
From ancient stoic philosophers to the latest neuroscience. The signs are all put together in the episode that will help you focus your life and make time work towards your success.
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Episode: Instant Gratification and the Death of Mastery: How to Refocus Your Life
Chapters:
00:00 Slowing down as a key to success
01:45 The allure and pitfalls of instant gratification
03:56 Building momentum
06:40 Optionality diminishes focus and inertia
10:35 Michael Jordan vs. high school star
12:03 Modern dating and the problem with optionality
12:54 ADVERT
13:03 Social media fuels our addiction to speed
15:38 Marcus Aurelius on the power of slowing down
16:53 Evaluating daily choices that speed you up or slow you down
17:38 Slowing down for happiness and growth
20:04 Realizations of ADHD
20:45 Going "all in" builds momentum
21:26 Send off
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