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Show summary
We continue our 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos miniseries, and this week we discuss the harm in excessive self-critical social media comparisons and the powerful concept of incremental self-improvement (RULE 4 / Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today).
Show notes
1:59 – Comparing yourself to others is a losing game; your inner critic always wins
5:15 – Many social media platforms can drive internal criticism to unhealthy levels
6:30 – Social media consumption is harming the next generation (The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt)
8:01 – Envy blinds you from seeing what you really need in your life
9:30 – The Monkey Business Illusion (YouTube viral video)
11:02 – Incrementally improve yourself one day at a time–aim low
14:55 – Don’t be a tyrant or a slave–negotiate with yourself
21:11 – Darth Sidious, the postmodernist (YouTube clip)
22:45 – The new #10yearchallenge
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GenYChron Ep. 0022 – Exploring friendships: toxic, ideal and beyond
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Show summary
Welcome back to the 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos miniseries. In this episode we explore friendships—from toxic to ideal—while discussing the third rule of the book (RULE 3 / Make friends with people who want the best for you).
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GenYChron Ep. 0019 – The Millennial Meditations of 2018
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On this week’s episode, join us on our philosophical journey as we discuss The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, pantheism, meditating with apps, self-healing, hypnotherapy, sensory deprivation tanks and minimalism!
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GenYChron Ep. 0009 – The most livable cities, #CitiesForPeople and thoughts about happiness
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On today’s show we talk about two cities that make the top-five list on both Mercer’s and Monocle’s “the most livable cities” rankings: Munich and Vienna. Having lived in both cities, we compare our own anecdotal evidence with these two livability rankings. We also chat about how some cities in North America are starting to plan their cities for people instead of cars. To finish, we discuss how happiness is not a goal, but rather a side effect.
