The More Successful You Are The Longer You'll Live! Will Storr

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 8, 2022

Duration

1h 45m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Will is an author who brings out the unexpected ways that we’re vulnerable, and how to manage those vulnerabilities and turn them into strengths. The author of six books including Sunday Times bestsellers, he’s one of the most interesting voices on how we can manage our worst impulses to succeed in the modern world. Topics: 0:00 Intro 01:26 Your early years, how was your self esteem shaped In those years? 08:55 Your book selfie, the inspiration 17:49 Would you have been happier if you were told you could succeed? 20:57 Am I actually making decisions? 27:02 How our genes control us 30:56 Story telling 42:46 Why does status matter? 57:20 Can we be to consumed by status? 01:01:02 We live longer with higher status 01:12:09 Our pursuit of status is greater and our pursuit for money 01:14:13 The part social cues play in the status game 01:20:08 How do we advance in the ‘status game’? 01:27:39 What ingredients create happiness for you? 01:40:28 The last guest question Will: https://twitter.com/wstorr https://www.instagram.com/williamstorr/ Will’s book The Status Game: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/ Will’s new book, The Status Game, is out now in the UK and in the US on the 23rd August. Others books mentioned: Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbar... Sponsors: Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3Nagd1l Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Carpets gifted from Tapi - https://bit.ly/3P10anj Chandelier & Lights gifted from Tom Kirk Lighting - https://bit.ly/3Q6vJxd

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Will Storr

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• Steven Bartlett

  host

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Will Storr and Steven Bartlett, The More Successful You Are The Longer You'll Live! Will Storr explores status, Genes, And Self-Deception: Why Success Shapes How Long You Live Will Storr discusses how much of our personality and behavior is shaped by genes, early environment, and the invisible pursuit of status, challenging the self-help myth that we can be anything we want. He explains how perfectionism, individualism, and “self-esteem culture” have pushed Western societies toward anxiety, self-criticism, and suicidal ideation. Central to the conversation is Storr’s thesis that humans are status-seeking, storytelling animals, and that our position in hierarchies measurably affects health, longevity, and mental wellbeing. He also explores practical implications for parenting, personal growth, marketing, leadership, and how to play healthier “status games.”

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