When Will You Learn To Grow Up? - Mark Manson

Mark Manson is a best selling author, blogger and a movie star. You're not supposed to just get older, you're supposed to mature as well. You're supposed to leave the juvenile patterns and beliefs and behaviours behind as you shed your past self like a wise awakened crab. So why do so many people get stuck in old habits, and how can they get out of them? Expect to learn what most people don't understand about how relationships work, why so many men are enticed by Andrew Tate's message, what Mark thinks about the modern era of men's advice after being in the industry for over a decade, why he got depressed after a smash hit best selling book, how to deal with high standards for yourself and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: WISDOMSAVE10) Extra Stuff: Check out Mark's website - https://markmanson.net/ Buy The Subtle Art - https://amzn.to/3YdEBVB Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #masculinity #men #psychology - 00:00 Intro 00:45 What People Don’t Understand About Success 06:26 Methods to Ground Yourself 11:21 Choosing Your Struggles 15:57 Why Mark Got Depressed After His First Book 22:06 Experience of Quitting Alcohol 33:05 Why Gen-Z are Impressive 45:15 Mark’s Hierarchy of Audience Capture 49:31 Thoughts on the Modern Era of Men’s Advice 1:04:13 How #MeToo Affected Dating Approaches 1:12:15 What Men Need to Focus On After Their Twenties 1:18:45 Where to Find Mark - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Mark MansonguestChris Williamsonhost

Feb 16, 20231h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: February 16, 2023
Duration: 1h 19m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Mark Manson is a best selling author, blogger and a movie star. You're not supposed to just get older, you're supposed to mature as well. You're supposed to leave the juvenile patterns and beliefs and behaviours behind as you shed your past self like a wise awakened crab. So why do so many people get stuck in old habits, and how can they get out of them? Expect to learn what most people don't understand about how relationships work, why so many men are enticed by Andrew Tate's message, what Mark thinks about the modern era of men's advice after being in the industry for over a decade, why he got depressed after a smash hit best selling book, how to deal with high standards for yourself and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 10% discount on all Optimal Carnivore’s products at www.amazon.com/optimalcarnivore (use code: WISDOMSAVE10) Extra Stuff: Check out Mark's website - https://markmanson.net/ Buy The Subtle Art - https://amzn.to/3YdEBVB Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #masculinity #men #psychology - 00:00 Intro 00:45 What People Don’t Understand About Success 06:26 Methods to Ground Yourself 11:21 Choosing Your Struggles 15:57 Why Mark Got Depressed After His First Book 22:06 Experience of Quitting Alcohol 33:05 Why Gen-Z are Impressive 45:15 Mark’s Hierarchy of Audience Capture 49:31 Thoughts on the Modern Era of Men’s Advice 1:04:13 How #MeToo Affected Dating Approaches 1:12:15 What Men Need to Focus On After Their Twenties 1:18:45 Where to Find Mark - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Mark Manson
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Mark Manson and Chris Williamson, When Will You Learn To Grow Up? - Mark Manson explores mark Manson On Success, Sobriety, and Redefining Modern Manhood Online Chris Williamson and Mark Manson explore the psychological fallout of rapid success, especially how identity often lags behind sudden changes in status, money, and attention. They discuss grounding strategies like cultivating long-term friendships, resetting expectations, and focusing on meaning rather than metrics. The conversation then turns to sobriety, shifting youth culture away from degeneracy toward discipline, and the cognitive and health costs of alcohol and short-form content. Finally, they examine modern men's advice, Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson’s roles, dating dynamics post-MeToo, radical honesty in relationships, and how priorities and perspective change as men move from their 20s into their late 30s.

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