#616 - 800k Q&A - Diary Of A CEO, Alex Hormozi & Body Positivity

27:40Add vet what's a core value that guides your life right? This is more direct. I feel like this is Chris Bots right in his wheelhouse. One of the core values that guides my life is to always strive for growth and improvement. I believe that we should never stop learning and growing that we should always be open to new ideas and perspectives. This helps me to stay motivated and to keep pushing myself to be the best version of myself. A bit of repetition there, Chris. But not far off. For me, curiosity is just the most effective one. And the reason is that it's so inbuilt in me and it keeps my ego small and it helps me focus on satisfying my innate desire to learn and that always guides me towards stuff which is satisfying and useful because if it wasn't interesting to me it wouldn't do either of those things and the presumption is that if I find it useful and interesting maybe some non -insignificant cohort of other people will do too and that's the hope for what happens with all of you guys.

28:51RemiHids .me. What are your favorite references for solo monologue type podcasts? I don't know what you mean there. When I do the lessons type podcasts, that is usually coming from me, taking my favorite learnings from newsletters that I've done, which you can sign up for at chriswillx .com slash books. And I use Apple notes. If you're for the structure, it's always Apple notes. Will Connolly, chances of you getting Chris Brown on the podcast after he shared you on his story. Yeah, Chris Brown shared a video of me quoting Holmosey to Holmosey and then quoting a lander boton to Holmosey to like 150 million people the other day.

29:34Didn't expect C breezy to be into bro philosophy, but here we are. Chances of me getting him on the podcast? I don't know. Would anyone be interested in Chris Brown? He's massive time, but I don't know what like other than being, you know, a very successful performing artist and having a history with Rihanna, I don't really know what he's done, but maybe I guess.

29:57The Rufus, what was your experience on Diary of the CEO? Like, so we got tons of questions about that Instagram reel and this Diary of the CEO thing. I really enjoyed it. It was an intense period because I'd been with Homo Zin Vegas the day before, two days before, and then went for dinner with Stephen the night before we recorded for five hours until God knows what time got up the next day packed ready to go, recorded DiRiver CEO and went from there to LAX to fly from LA to Qatar 16 hours direct. So it was kind of a whirlwind. The operation that Steve's got there despite the fact that we kind of do the same thing the daily experience of what's going on is very different for both of us.

30:43You know, Stephen's got a really sophisticated team, which is very enviable and like it's a machine to watch. So that definitely gave me a little bit of a nudge to say, look, perhaps you should relinquish a little bit of control. You don't need to do that every single thing because Stephen is able to farm that out to other people that are competent and good at what they do, and his life hasn't come crashing down around him. So the operational side of things was interesting. Seems a good interviewer. We've known each other for quite a long time, and he gives a lot of space, which I enjoy. You don't ever feel rushed, which is good.

31:27The recreation of his house studio thing in LA was hilarious. So I enjoyed seeing how that worked. And we spoke about all of the stuff that I'm interested in. We spoke about the whole bro philosophy stuff inside about life, lessons that I've learned, mating problems, challenges for guys, challenges for girls. And it's performing really, really well, which is nice. Like it's good when new people hear things that they're maybe unfamiliar with, and it opens their eyes. And for every single person that is here off the back of that episode, welcome. So, designs by Jesse, how do you use your knowledge from your podcasts in your personal life?

32:10I try and apply it as much as possible because mental masturbation is not particularly good for anyone and if you are very much in your head, just constantly being cerebral, you can end up having that happen and awful lot. Trying to think how can I apply this? does this grow any corn, as I said on Steven's show? Show me how I can use this. What, how does this impact my daily actions? Seems to be a good prompt and it works for me, but it's difficult. Like, you know, there's way, way, way more knowledge than there is time to apply it and memory capacity to remember the thing that you're supposed to apply to stuff.

32:52Add Ham 0 8 7 7. Are you planning on getting Jonathan Height to the show? Let's ask Chris bot again, Chris bot. Are you planning on getting Jonathan Height to the show? I would love to have Jonathan Height on the show. He is an incredibly insightful thinker and I'm sure he would have a lot of valuable insights to share. I'm definitely looking into it and hopefully I can make it happen soon. Looks like Jonathan Height is also coming on the show. Thanks Chris, but I wonder If there's anyone that Chris but let's see this would you bring Bring Hitler on the podcast

33:33No, I would not bring Hitler on the podcast Chris spots got spine. I like this guy We have found that somewhere in between Imangadze Jonathan height and Hitler is a line that Chris but will not cross so So let us keep going. High Chris, what is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self 10 years ago? Okay, let's try, let's see if Chris can come up with this. He's already really stuck his flag in the ground about Hitler. High Chris, what is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self 10 years ago? One piece of advice I would give to my younger self 10 years ago is to take more risks and be more open to new experiences.

34:10Life is short and it's important to take chances and try new things. Don't be afraid to take risks and step outside of your comfort zone. not far off, that would definitely be one of them. Probably just have faith that everything's going to be fine because I operate a lot of the time from I have operated from a place of fear. Scarcity concerned that I'm gonna look stupid or that everything's gonna come crashing down or it's all gonna fall apart or or the sort of rampant imposter syndrome thing. Nothing really, that didn't improve my performance. None of that, almost none of it. I contributed to getting from where I was to where I am.

34:56So I could have gotten rid of all of it and just enjoyed the experience more. So I think fearing less would have probably been a good piece of advice. Almost everybody that's listening to this is going to be absolutely fine, no matter what they face. every single challenge that you have come up against up to now, you have surpassed. By virtue of you being here, the fact that you are sat here listening to this means that you've survived. So therefore, why would you presume to all of the things that you fear right now have any validity either? They probably don't.

35:30Majuse WTF are opinionated women less attractive? Oh, that's interesting. Are opinionated women less attractive. I would say very dependent on what opinion it is. Like if it's a strongly opinionated woman about the Jews may be more difficult to get turned on. Opinionated women less, I don't think it mediates attraction massively. It's not strongly opinionated. It's just opinionated. No, I would say no. Opinionated women know. Women who have absolutely no opinion at all are so passive that they basically become like a maid, you want something, right? You need, you're having a conversation and if what do you think about this, what's your opinion on such and such, and it's just, if there's never any response, what are you going to be attracted to?

36:23Like, you're not having a conversation, it's like speaking to a mirror or an empty room, I suppose. Strongly opinionated women, I guess, sometimes that might be correlated with high disagreeability. That, to me, is less attractive. Highly disagreeable women for some of my friends, they love that kind of spark and that kind of push back and push and pull type thing. That's not my bag, but for some people it is. On average, I would say opinionated women, relatively neutral, very heavily opinionated women, sometimes, maybe less good. Behind the catchlights, male -slash -female relations divide, grow, further, or do you expect a positive tipping point when?

37:08I think this is will, male and female relation, the divide between men and women and their relations grow further or do you expect a positive tipping point? Another really great question. I would like to think that it's going to turn around. This is heavily going to be mediated by what people learn. I think that the way that we go about our relationships, increasingly, I'm believing the fact that the way we go about our relationships is mimetic. So we see the way that other people behave. We see the sorts of behavior that we believe is acceptable by the kinds of behavior that other people do around us.

37:48And then we model that for what we want in our relationship. and what you end up with is kind of like a curve that goes either up or curve that goes down. Almost like the COVID are number because as more of one particular type of relationship occurs, publicly you get more people emulating that, which shows more people, which shows more people, and so on and so on.

38:12I don't know. To be honest, at the moment, it could go either way. I'm not massively, I'm not today, I've woken up and I'm not feeling massively confident about it. Other days I do feel a little bit more confident, but today I think that there needs to be a rather large cultural flashpoint. Almost like, not like a reverse me too, but like kind of like how me to sort of capture the culture so much, but something that brings everybody together and makes and realize that you're not supposed to be sure there's adversaries that women should care about men falling behind, that men should care about women feeling lonely and retreating into careers and the challenge of blending a career with maybe wanting to be a mother, but they're not being sure if that's just the patriarchy, conning them into it.

38:59All of that kind of needs to happen and it really needs to happen right now. So that's the plan, that's what would fix it. Whether or not it's going to happen anytime soon, I don't know, but it can't keep going like this for much longer or else it would go to be so far apart that no one can ever have a conversation again. Cammy .brown, do you think growing up in a working class environment has been more of a plus than a negative? I would personally say that it's been a massive plus to me. It's helped to keep my feet on the ground. It's meant that I basically have no materialistic desires at all.

39:36I, in terms of the negatives of it, you don't understand just how grand your plans could be. I'm never going to build a business or grow a company to the size of somebody who was around completely unbounded blue sky helicopter thinking belief entrepreneurs, you know, the parents spent all of the time with them between the ages of five and 20 or something, because I just, I don't have that fundamental model. But I think from a personal level, it actually helps you to be much more satisfied with a much lower level of materialistic success. So yeah, I, you know, there are positives and minuses on both sides.

40:18I would say personally that I'm glad that I had the working class upbringing that I did. Craig Pollett, do you agree with Steven Pinkers claims that now is the best time in human history. I'm going to ask Chris Bott. Does he know who Stephen Pinker is? Does he understand that it's the best time in human history? I think Stephen Pinker makes some valid points, but I don't necessarily agree with his overall claim that now is the best time in human history. Interesting. There are still many challenges and injustices that need to be addressed. I think it's important to recognize that while there have been some improvements, there is still a lot of work to be done.

40:53Chris Bott went woke there a little, didn't he? Injustices, challenges and injustices. There are challenges and injustices, but yeah, it's objectively by far the best time to live in human history. However, think about the base of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If you've got all of the bottom stuff, the food, the shelter, the social connection sorted, even if it's through social media, you actually have the opportunity to deal with an existential crisis. No caveman 30 ,000 years ago was wondering whether he was enacting his logos forward and speaking his truth, contributing to the universe and the astral realm in the best way possible, because he was worried that he was going to be killed or stabbed or freeze to death tomorrow night.

41:34Oddly, an existential crisis is a luxurious position to be in. It's just not one that is necessarily often given a whole lot of sympathy. It's like, oh, poor little, comfortable 21st century people complaining about the fact that they can't enact their logos and master their universe properly. it is still difficult. Getting to that stage of development is one that very few humans have had to deal with before, so we don't have a massive amount or we don't have an equivalent amount of advice on what to do when you get there. So from a foundational perspective, yes, best time to exist in human history by far, medical advances, safety from climate, etc, etc, etc.

42:14Psychologically, actually probably coming off the other side of that. Oh, maybe, Maybe, actually now I'm thinking about it, maybe 20 years ago was better. I wonder whether, again, this is on average, are you talking about places that are in your extreme poverty? For people that are mostly listening to this podcast, I would maybe be tempted to say that 2004 was perhaps a slightly more psychologically stable time than now. That is wild to think that it might have been better 20 years ago. That's the first time I've ever thought of that. Interesting. Bradley Ronmack, will you ever be a pickleball world champion?

42:57No, I won't, but I'm good friends with Zayn Navratil, who is the current number three ranked men's player in the world. And I've tried to play him on the courts just over there. And the guys on the table. I eat the difference the chasm between me a casual recreational pickleball player and him is unbelievably vast so I'm going to say no Ling Mikhailian will you invite Posey Parker to modern wisdom? This is the lady who has been involved in a bunch of kind of like protests and riots in Australia at the moment. I think she's doing some stuff to do with feminism. I'm not familiar with her work, but I am kind of interested in learning more stuff about her.

43:42I feel like I've got in my watch later playlist on YouTube. I feel like I've got more stuff from her. CL, I just want to say thank you. I've watched some of your videos and had a really good discussion afterward with my teenage son. It's helped me understand the world as he sees it. That's very cool. That's awesome. Thank you. I love how diverse the people that listen to the show is as well. It's, that's really great. And if your son is, you know, even taking 1 % of the best stuff that comes from the show, I'm sure that he's going to be an absolute killer. Mike, congratulations, Chris. What are the steps you went through to build your social circle or that you would follow now if you were to start from nothing at 20, how about 30 or 40?

44:24Okay, so I'm going to Chris bought this, but we'll just do it from 20. What are the steps that you went through? Come on, Chris bought. Let's give us an interesting one. one of the steps that you went through to build your own. If I were to start from nothing at 20, I would focus on building relationships with people who share similar interests and values. I would also try to get involved in activities and organisations that I'm passionate about, as this is a good way to meet like minded people. Additionally, I would make an effort to be open and friendly to everyone I meet, as this can help to build strong connections.

44:52Finally, I would make sure to stay in touch with the people I meet and nurture those relationships over time. That's not bad. That's not bad from Chris Bott, especially the last thing which is to keep in touch. I went to places that had people in that were like the sort of people that I wanted to be friends with. So I wanted to be friends with people that did fitness. So I started doing CrossFit. I wanted to be friends with people that are red and were into sort of rationality and existential risks. So I joined the Leicesteron community out here in Austin. Keeping in touch is a really, really important point because it's not just about meeting someone.

45:29It's about keeping on top of that and you would not believe how many people suck super hard at maintaining friendships. Even if you meet somebody and then just drop a message a couple of days later, Hey man, great to meet you. You fancy going for a coffee next week. It's not going to work every single time, but it makes such a huge difference and it means that over time you will start to grow that social circle out and that's been a big help for me. So seven out of ten responds from Chris Botter. O .G. listeners are fortunate enough to know your original motivations behind the podcast, but as you reach almost one million subscribers, speak to guests with their own content, contentions, and get clipped down into endless short -from videos, what do you think a new subscriber might misunderstand about your motivations or your character, what gets lost in translation amongst the masses?

46:18That is an elite question. What do you think a new subscriber might misunderstand about your motivations or your character? So it's kind of what I said before, like I'm way too blue -pilled and in the eyes of the manosphere community, it's like I'm just cooking for women because I'm playing the politically correct, correct role because I can't wait to get like a hosting slot on fucking channel for or something. And then for somebody that comes from a more left -leaning perspective or someone that is part of the Fiat 500 Club or a Guardian reader, I'm going to look like a raving misogynist, bigot, budget, and retake.

46:56So I think there are a lot of ways that people could misunderstand this if you are getting clipped down into endless short -form videos. That being said, I honestly feel like the conversations that I have on the show are, it would be struggle, it would be hard for me to be more reasonable, it would be hard for me to find guests that come on and are more caveated. I feel like I'm finding the line of where guests say things where I'm like hang in a second like is that really what you think Do we need to play devil's advocate here? Have you got a reference for that? I Would hazard a guess that given the fact that the difference between the comments on Instagram and the comments on YouTube Specifically on the diary of a CEO podcast YouTube people that have maybe either watched the full thing or heard what I've done before interpreted it, it saw a different person, saw a different video, right, to what they saw on Instagram.

47:51But this is what I was saying before, that the more content that gets put out there, the more opportunities there are for people to misinterpret, misconstrued, artificially manipulate what it is that you've done or said, and claim that that is you, right, they're that this is the tip of the iceberg and you don't know the bigger -todd raving racist or whatever it is that's looking below the depths.

48:21Tate said that he realized as his platform grew that he had to be more careful about the things that he said because it reaches more people which basically gives it a greater opportunity to be misconstrued. So maybe you do need to just be more precise as you keep on growing. But at the moment, you know, I'm really, really happy with how everything is gone. I'm confident that at some point within the next few years there will be some sentence that falls out of my mouth that I say in a bundled way that is taken in a bad manner. But you go, okay, there's a thousand hours behind me of me not being the raving like like Jew hating, misogynist or whatever that I'm being accused of, probably easier to presume that it was an error or imprecise speech than me finally unveiling my KKK membership.

49:18Jordy Shaw. High -cress. You mentioned to read more articles on Substac. You mentioned you read more articles on Substac than books these days. Can you share your top Substac articles you must read before you die, List? I might put this together. I might do an article list as an addition to the reading list. Certainly, substacks that you should check out, Rob Henderson's is fantastic. Gwinda Bogels is fantastic. Astral Codex 10 by Scott Alexander is great. Experimental history by Adam Masriani is also great and pirate wires by Mike Salana. All great reads. Andrea with the bangs. You've mentioned the idea that words and declarations mean more than actions in the edge of social media.

50:07What does this mean to you? How do you prioritize practicing what you preach in your own life? This is kind of the same as what I said before that you can do the mental bastivation thing and come out on the other side realizing that you've learned an awful lot and enacted basically nothing. I try as best I can to live out the strategies that I care about. I'm so far from perfect, right? I literally couldn't be further from perfect, but the bar is set so high. Like, perfect is beyond unreachable. Prioritizing practicing what I preach is just how can I apply this? Does it grow corn? What does this look like when I try and take it and make it actionable.

50:49And this is the same with everything that you learn if you just allow all of the content to come over you, to wash over you. And then eventually you're going to hear something that goes, oh, holy fuck, I can't not see that. I can't and see it. Okay, build the habit around that one. Don't try and force the habit on the thing that sounds like you should do it, but you have absolutely no desire to think about the thing that hits you through the heart and you go, I roll over and spend 45 minutes every single night checking my phone before I go to bed. Okay, practice that. Put it outside of your room.

51:20Or I do, you know, X, Y and Z, whatever it is, take the thing that resonates, apply it as hard as you can. Don't miss two days in a row. That's a rule. Uh, Greg Lunt, how big is your team and in what areas are you looking to expand? Let's see if if Chris bot knows how big the team is.

51:45My team currently consists of myself, my video editor Dean and a few other people who help with the podcast and other projects. We're looking to expand our team in the areas of content creation, marketing, and social media. He's got our other skis. You knew about Dean, that's good. A few other people who help with the podcast, that will be Ben. We just brought on a new guy called Chase. He is looking after some of the YouTube stuff. And I would love to get a business manager and a producer on because it would make life an awful lot easier. Adam, question, will people stop buying books now you can just listen to podcasts with the author going into greater detail about the book?

52:17I find myself doing this a lot. I would say yes to degree, but when you do listen to an author where even a three hour conversation only scratches the surface of a book, there will be times where you just have to go out and buy it. And this is why the podcast tours for authors are being so successful because it is the front end of their funnel. It's capturing people with cool stuff and then they dig down and watch more. Mark Cushen, two guests I'd really like to see on the show True Jodie and Darren Brown any chance. So me and Brian, True Jodie, have been talking for quite a while. I think we'll probably do something before the end of the year.

52:57Darren Brown, I would absolutely love to bring him on. I think he's fascinating, but I don't have an in with him yet. So hold on tight. Jason Brady, do you think Homozi is the Navale of his generation? I think Navale is the Navale of his generation. Homozi is a really, really impressive operator. I love the bro philosophy stuff. I love the fact that he's got real world applicable evidence that he's done these things, that he's not just laughing about it and he's not just doing the mental masturbation thing, but Navale is a different breed of human. He is, his insights are phenomenal. And I really, I very much miss him being more active on the sort of content creation circuit.

53:39But hopefully that'll change. And if it does, I will be sat here waiting, waiting for him, waiting to, to pounce with an email, fit and Nancy, looking back, how did you make it so big and so quick in the podcast world. I don't think I did, man, like it's taken half a decade and 600 and something episodes to get to really even a remotely appreciable size, what anybody cares about what I'm doing. So I don't think I have made it very quick. There are people whose ascension has been basically vertical. Brett Cooper launched the podcast, I launched her channel a year ago, a couple of months ago, and she's at two million subs.

54:24But I don't, I don't not care. I got to love the fact that the show is growing, and I love the fact that people resonate with what I care about. But nothing's changed. Me and Dean always felt like the podcast was under -subscribed because the conversations that we were having were sometimes very different to what you could get, because I was finding people that to me were personally interesting, and they weren't doing the circuit. it. So because nothing's ever changed, it's very strange that what we do is the same thing. It's the same Facebook messenger thread that we talk back with and forward on about thumbnail amends and what guests are coming up and stuff.

55:02The only thing that's changed is the fact that we've done it for so long that there's now this army of people that watch. The most important things that have happened in terms of growth, if that's the question, are just being consistent, being consistent, finding big guests, having good conversations, and getting better at doing the craft, which happens because you've done it consistently. That guy Pete, you refuse to invite to gatherings. I've seen Pete comment on a bunch of different episodes and his comments usually are pretty good. How has deep diving into evolutionary evolutionary psychology affected how you navigate relationships in real life.

55:42True to form, that guy peed. Good question. Let's see what Chris bot says. How is deep diving into evolutionary psychology affected? How you navigate relationships in real life? Exploring evolutionary psychology has helped me to better understand underlying motivations behind human behavior. Good. This is enabled me to better navigate relationships in real life by being more aware of the underlying dynamics of play. Okay. It has also helped me to be more mindful of my own behavior and to be more conscious of how my actions might affect others. Yeah, that was a bit shit. It is difficult in some regards, like I said before, there is a period where you don't see people as people.

56:18You see them as just a collection of inputs and signals and incentives that are kind of manipulating them, like a marionette on strings. And that's a little disconcerting because you start to see code instead of seeing matrix and it can feel disquieting, manipulative in a way, not that you're necessarily being manipulative, but when you start to deconstruct why people do the things that they do, it takes you out of just the enjoyment or the natural sensation of just being with the person doing the thing, always asking that question, even if you asked it before, now having the answer kind of, it's jarring.

57:03So, you people that are into the EP stuff, I think that this is just a price that you have to pay. There's that, a London bottom quote, the one that Chris Brown shared, loneliness is a kind of tax you have to pay to a tone for a certain complexity of mind. I wonder whether discordance is a kind of tax you have to pay to a tone for a certain depth of evolutionary psychology insight, we will see. L's, have you ever, or would you ever record a podcast and dislike how it went enough to not post it? You know, I've never been asked this question before and I thought that this would be something that would have come up.

57:41There are a bunch of podcasts that I've recorded that have never seen the light of day. Most of the time it is because the guest just wasn't having a particularly good day for one reason or another. and my goal is to keep producing content I would listen to. If I ask myself, would I listen to this podcast? Would I enjoy listening to this podcast? And the answer is no. I'm asking for a lot from you. Even at two -time speed, you know, you're still giving me 45 minutes of eating day. I can't, in all good conscience, I can't put out an episode that doesn't add value. And if it doesn't make the guests look good, because they weren't performing particularly well.

58:20Well, it's not a positive for them to reach cumulative couple of million followers across all platforms, burbling and bumbling and stumbling over their words. Stoicism, underscore, enjoyer. I'm 13, holy fuck, okay. What should I do with my life? What books to read? What business to start? That's what you might be focused be. PS, big fan of your podcast since 80 ,000 subs, mind blowing to see you've 10xed so quickly.

58:57We were at 80 ,000 subs three years ago, two years ago, two and a half years ago, we were 80 ,000 subs. So you've been listening since you were 11 or 10. What should I do with my life at 13? Look, I don't want to be patronizing. I think that you're asking the right questions, which is very important, but I think that just getting on with sinking into the experience of being a human, all of the main learnings that you're going to get are going to come from socializing, interacting with other people, having real world experiences. I would spend as little time as possible on the internet. I would spell as little time as possible on your phone and on social media.

59:45I would find it, I mean, you sound like you're fucking 21. Stoicism, enjoy. So I would maybe try and hang out with some people that are a little bit older than you. They're going to be on your level. You do not need to start business at age 13. It would be cool if you could. Maybe there's something that you can see where you have access and you can leverage the fact that you are so much further ahead at such a younger age. If you were to start a business, I would be looking at something that you have a specific piece of technical advantage in. So insight to around what other 13 -year -olds want at this age and then how can I get this out onto the internet, leverage it, you need something that isn't going to cost a lot.

1:00:25So a digital course would be great. You don't want to really be doing drop shipping, like sending a bunch of fidget spinners to your parents house so that you can try and sell them in school, trying to arbitrage bottles of prime, I wouldn't focus on that. But dude, I mean, you're asking questions that are, the people that are literally twice your age haven't asked themselves. So keep on thinking deeply. Focus on enjoying life, have as many experiences as possible. In terms of books to read, essentially isn't by Greg McEwan, way of the superior man by David Data, Atomic Habits by James Clear, probably something to do with health and fitness, which would be great.

1:01:04The align method by Aaron Alexander, Kelly Staretz, new built -to -move, Pete Riteers, new Outlive, business to start something online, what should my main focus be just enjoy life, bro. You don't get like the child years back. So, keep listening to modern wisdom, but other than that, get off the internet, enjoy life, and you are going to be an absolute killer in no time at all. Night to League, Did you ever think you would become a famous million sub -youtuber on your first day starting your channel? The first first first day starting my channel was in 2017. We recorded a failed episode that never went out when the podcast was called Mind and Matter.

1:01:45I had no idea what was going to happen. I always wanted to just have interesting conversations and now there's just more people watching. So I have no complaints. Little broomstick, how much of the current toxic elements of the pilosphere, pilosphere, manosphere do you believe are attributable to young men being left out of dating and sexual relationships early as teenage and young men? I 13 to 25 before men enter prime earning years. I don't quite understand men being left out of dating and sexual relationships. Okay, so is the fact that younger guys aged 13 to 25 are having less dating and sexual encounters, contributing to the proliferation of red pill, black pill, etc.

1:02:34and the manosphere stuff. Yeah, perhaps I think a good part of what's going on with Migtail, black pill, in cell culture, red pill, manosphere, high value, low value man. And then on the other side, sort of Bospich, leaning culture, R -slash female dating strategy, all of that tradwife, all of those movements on both sides, maybe slightly less tradwife. What's happening is these are copes from both sides of the aisle on we are struggling in the mating market. We need to find a solution for it. The solution is band together of the shed hatred of an outgroup, usually point the finger at the other sex.

1:03:11So yeah, actually, Certainly, certainly the toxic elements of it would be eased an awful lot if young guys were having real world interactions with women because they would realize that it's not the group of girls that the internet tells you are out there waiting for you to hijack all of your earnings and run off with your brother and your left leg, then they're very, problem is that because not many guys have got real world experience to disprove that, how are they going to actually have any advice other than what they've read on the internet? So yeah, I think that might be right. Fit Barba YYC.

1:03:57What's it like living with a maniac? Like Zach Talander. Zach is fantastic to live with. We get on very, very well. He is a great influence on me and he helps to keep me upbeat and positive. and I think that I helped to make him nice and focused. So it's not as maniacal as you might think. Xavier, can you please invite Lex Friedman? Lex came to my birthday a couple of weeks ago that Michael Mallis did at his house, which is very nice of him, and he will be on the show eventually. The guy is busy. He's trying to make robots to save the world and automate his luncheon. Whatever it is, he's doing big things.

1:04:35So it'll happen, it's just a case of one. Wake up. What's the number one bad habit that has held you back for the longest time. This sounds like a good Chris Pop question. What's the number one bad habit that has held you back for the longest time? The number one bad habit that has held me back for the longest time is procrastination. I often find myself putting up tasks and projects until the last minute, which can lead to stress and poor quality work. I'm working on becoming more mindful of my time and making sure I'm taking action on the things that are important to me. I would have said probably my phone.

1:05:04Phone does cause me to procrastinate, but just phone use. I don't like how much time I spend on my phone. I wish I didn't. I don't spend, you know, forever out. I don't know what my average screen time is today But it's more than I want and the story that I tell myself around my phone use is also like that sucks. It's not good Erray honest opinion of Dubai ever see yourself living there Chris bot come on. Let's Do this honest opinion of Dubai ever see yourself living there I I think Tobias is an amazing city with a lot to offer. It's a great place to visit and explore, and I could definitely see myself living there one day.

1:05:41Culture and architecture are fascinating. The city has a lot of energy and vibrancy. Yeah, I think it's a good place to live and work, and I would love to experience it for myself one day. I've been, I've been Chris Bott, I've been fucking tons of times. I could see myself living there, but it would probably mostly be for the tax, to be honest, it's great for short trips, but starting a family there, probably not. There isn't a massive amount of sort of nature or at least nature in the way that I know unless you think that sand is nature It's not very How do you say appropriate for dogs and a big dog person?

1:06:18I really like it and a lot of my friends that are out there I loving it, but I don't think they're probably going to settle down there So I could see myself living there for a short period of time, but in terms of settling down for forever home probably not Ben 7, have you ever suffered with anxiety or depression? Come on, Chris Bot. This is a nice up front question for you to ask. Yes, I have suffered with anxiety and depression in the past. It was a difficult time, but I was able to get through it with the help of therapy and medication. This is just a lie. I'm afraid. I'm now in a much better place and I'm grateful for the support I received.

1:06:55Didn't do really any therapy, never been been medicated. So, Chris bought his, he's having a bad day so far. I have suffered with anxiety and depression, mostly depression throughout my twenties. This rough man, like, you know, being ashamed about the fact that you feel sad and you have nothing to feel sad about was the worst part of it. So, you know, my depression would manifest by me being in bedbound for a few days at a time, maybe once every few months. And because I was the owner, director of my own company, no one could tell me where I needed to be. I could make excuses, I could get other people to go and do stuff for me.

1:07:39And then it would usually happen in between two appointments or events or whatever, I actually had to be there, where I couldn't not be there. And I would just spend this time, line bed, eat shit food, not open the curtains, not want to do anything, hate myself, just real, real low mood. And it would happen consistently, like a lot throughout my 20s. Sleep pattern was a massive, massive contributor to that. And fixing the sleep pattern, fixing awful lot of everything that happened downstream. Always thought that I was depressed for a good chunk of it turned out I was heavily, heavily sleep deprived and then a bunch of other things too.

1:08:20But it's not fun and I'm very, very glad that I'm in a place now where there's still that person still in me, but the voice and the tenor of them are much more quiet. I do sometimes wonder what would happen, and what will happen if I enter one of those stages what I've still got the show to do. And if I've got to, you know, turn up and try and have a conversation with somebody, maybe it's a big guest or maybe it, I don't know, I don't ever want to come and put on a face and pretend that everything's fine and dandy in my own life to you guys because I've tried to be really truthful and open and vulnerable.

1:09:08But I also don't wanna be the guy that comes on and goes, I may as everything going today and me to respond to the guest and say that I hate myself and I spent the last three days in bed with curtains closed eating Papa John's. So yeah, I am very glad that the progress that I've made and I do not miss that texture of my own mind. My Iron Man journey, why is there so much body positivity around and plus sized women, but so little for men. Chris bot, come on, let's see. Step into the fire, Chris bot, tell us, why is there so much body positivity? I think that there is a lack of body positivity for men because the traditional gender roles and expectations that have been placed on them, men are often expected to be strong and muscular, and any deviation from this can be seen as a sign of weakness.

1:10:02I think it's important to recognize that all body types are valid and to celebrate the diversity and sportsies, Chris bought, come on. That's a really good question. I've asked this question a ton. I did a video with Zach a little while ago about how the comparison between women's lingerie photos on a website and male underwear photos and all of the guys were peeled out of their mind and all of the women were bigger girls. are the barefaced answer is that body positivity is a virtue signal that proselytizes to the world about the fact that you care about people of all sizes, especially women of all sizes, but there is no movement which is praising like bigger men.

1:10:54There is a lot of movements that are praising bigger women, therefore all of the body positivity is aimed toward the group that looks like it needs help. Guys have had it good for so long. Why should a guy that isn't in shape be given any sort of recompense? It is usually all done to the women. Another part of this, which I've spoken about a ton and I really love this concept, is that male self development sees the person as mutable and the world as immutable. so it's the males job to change himself, because the world's not going to change for him. Female self -development sees the person as immutable and the world as mutable, which is you are already perfect as you are.

1:11:34The world needs to change around you. And I think that this is massively patronizing to women. Like, if I was a woman, and that was what the world was telling me, you don't need to worry. Let us move all of these obstacles out of your way with Marvel, series, and movies, or Disney, or whatever. I think, fuck you. Like, I'm a competent, an agentic person that can do her own shit. I don't need you to do this for me, but given the fact that body positivity is warping the world around women of different sizes and men for the most part are being told like, better get in the gym, buddy. Emily may start.

1:12:12Do you think people have too high expectations of relationships now. Maybe two degree, yeah, actually, and this is on both sides of the fence, I think that it is very, very easy to presume that because you have access to such a huge pool of partners, there is always going to be something more optimal for you, right? You're going to look over the shoulder of whoever you're with to just see what's coming next. Next thing is what Logan Uri called it. People want their soulmate, their sexual paramour, they want their best friend, they want the future partner and razor of their children, they want the pillar of their community.

1:12:58But who are we to say that you shouldn't ask for that from a relationship? I don't know. Obviously, if you have two high standards, it means that you're going to end up either alone or permanently unsatisfied. So individually, it's suboptimal. Society, it's suboptimal because it means that fewer and fewer people are getting together. It's very difficult. Like it, I'm struggling to find a way to say you shouldn't do it because it sounds a lot like me saying you should settle. I'm like, well, I'm fucking hell. Like that doesn't seem like very firm ground for me to stand on. But basically to a degree, you will have to compromise.

1:13:30There is going to be someone out there that is 90 % or 95 % right? But if you don't like the fact that they slurp their tea on a morning or that they wear bell -bottom or fled jeans instead of tight jeans or something like, look, is this really a non -negotiable for you? Or are you just nitpicking because you want to try and find 100? Because 100 may be out there, but it's basically going to be impossible. So two degree, yeah, maybe dialing that back would be a good idea. J. Jay... Jay Singh 1989. Top 5 books for self -development. I am going to ask Chris Bot, what he thinks the top 5 books for self -development are, because you can't weadle his way out of this one.

1:14:14Number 1. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Not bad. Number 2. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Never Reddit. Number 3. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Never Reddit. Number 4. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Red Half of it. Number 5. The Alchemist by Paulo Kuehler got like one and a half right alchemist would probably be in there. Atomic Habits, Essentialism by Greg McEwan, let's say the alchemist because Chris Bott said it. I'm not sure what I put in there. The APU understood the universe by Steve Stuart Williams.

1:14:51And let's say the wave of the superhuman by David Data. However, there is a list of 100 books You can read before you die if you go to chriswillx .com slash books. Go on. Escaping mediocrity, how do you judge the potential of a guest? Interesting person breath of knowledge, breath of knowledge, yes. It's whether or not I'm interested in them, whether or not I want to hear them say things on a podcast. At the moment, what I'm realizing is someone's ability to communicate is probably the tightest bottleneck of all of the different things. You can have someone that has amazing insights, but if they're really struggling to get them out of their mouth, it's basically un -listenable.

1:15:35And you can have someone that's got, you know, acceptable, moderate lessons about life and the world, but a really, really great candor and the way that they speak and they are compelling storyteller, they're phenomenal. So, I think optimizing toward good storytelling, good communication is great, which is why, yeah, am I going to be interested in this person is the best litmus test because that's going to take into account all of that stuff above. Holy wall, can I offer you a free sports massage when you're in Sydney, James Convouch, presumably James Smith? Sure. For the people that don't know, we've been advertising for dates for the tour and a lot of listeners are in Australia.

1:16:21So it would seem that I'm going to Australia and Sydney at some point. David Vertlib, advice for social anxiety slash public speaking.

1:16:33I have only done a little bit of public speaking, so I'm not massively familiar with that. given the fact that I'm about to do a live tour, probably gonna have to spend a good bit of time getting over that. For social anxiety, no one cares what you're doing. Nobody cares about you at all. Every single person is completely wrapped up in that on lives. When you walk into a room, no one's looking at you. When you drop a glass of Coke down the front of your top, no one cares, no one remembers. When you leave within 20 seconds, no one gives a shit. There is nothing more liberating than realizing how indifferent the rest of the world is to what you're doing.

1:17:16You are the centre of your own universe and you basically don't even exist in anybody else's. That should be the best answer, the best antidote to social anxiety that I can think of. Doctor Direct, that's a good name. A lot of you podcasters at the top have the same sponsors, do you truly believe in their products? So I'm guessing that this would be stuff like athletic greens and Better help and maybe I don't know what else man scaped so Every single sponsor that I have on the show I use Athletic greens I use every single day element I use every single day man scaped I don't need to use every single day thankfully But I use it on the days that I need to use it I do, you truly believe in their product, I do.

1:18:08I can't speak for all of the rest of the guys, but there are more people that want to sponsor the show than slots I have on the show. Therefore, I mean, the luxurious position of being able to choose who comes on the show, who I'm going to get sponsored by. Which means that I can say no to anybody that I don't believe in. I wear gym sharks stuff. I train in it. Anybody that's seen me training in Austin knows that I just basically live in their stuff. of anyone that's seemingly traveling knows that I've got element or athletic greens with me. You know, it's, I understand that the, there's probably a bit of skepticism around the fact that why is it that all of the big podcasts use the same sponsors?

1:18:45But the reason that they have the biggest budgets are because they're the ones that are the most successful and the reason they're the ones that are most successful is usually because they're the best. So it's a little bit circular, but yes, I do. In short, I do. AJ Cretia, what do you think about physical appearance and attraction. It's fundamental. I don't believe that you can fake attraction. That would be way too blue -pilled. Let's see what Chris butt says. Chris butt says that, maybe I am a blue -pilled cuck. What do you think about physical appearance and attraction? Don't say something stupid.

1:19:19I think physical appearance is important, but it's not the only factor when it comes to attraction. I think that there are qualities to look for that go beyond physical appearance, such as kindness, intelligence, and a shared sense of humor. Not going to get hard off the back of having a shared sense of humor. I don't think ultimately to find someone who can connect with on a deeper level. Physical appearance and attraction are fundamental. That being said, people can be sexy in ways that aren't to do with their physical appearance. It can be the way that they hold themselves. It can be their manner.

1:19:49Like girls that have got a little bit of sass are hot. But it's not to do with necessarily their appearance. It's a huge lever, like the thing that you are attracted to, the way that it shows up, remembering the almost all of your senses are dedicated to the visual field. It's a big deal, so, yeah, massive. Curlin TX, what's the scoop on marriage contracts, prenups and dowry, what's the future look like in that arena? Can laying out your plan for the future and boundaries for your person, progeny and property make the XX more secure and the XY has defined goals. That's for the AMA. I thought that pre -nubs were relatively watertight and since I've started delving further into the world of why guys specifically are avoiding marriage and in some of the threads that I've been involved in, people have said, you know, I'm not going to get into a relationship so that a woman can take half of my thing and I well meaningly said, well, just want it to get a prenup.

1:20:55And then it seems that these things kind of don't really count for much and that the judge can just throw them out. If they want to, which kind of begs the question, like, what's the point of them? So I need to do a lot more reading on this. So I can't give you an answer, but I'm glad that you've asked the question because it's something that I really need to learn about. Benjamin Kutty, his real name is Chad Williamson. those who know StarDusk, I don't know StarDusk and I don't get that reference. So if someone wants to explain it to me, please do. Dave Novel, population collapse is the most interesting news subject for me that I've learned about in the last 12 months.

1:21:32What's the most interesting news subject you've learned about over the last 12 months? You stole mine, Dave, because for me it is what I'm captivated by. I was already on the mating crisis stuff probably 18 months ago. So I can't say that from the last 12. Let's say the impact of hormonal birth control on women's psychology or maybe intracetual competition and the difference between how male and female coalitions and friendships work.

1:22:01Jalal becht. I want to start a writing business. I'm decent at writing, but I don't know how to start any advice. I don't know what you're going to sell as writing. Is this copywriting? Do you want to get paid to be a writer on Substack? First thing that you need to do is have an audience. You need to be able to reach people that could maybe want to pay you to write stuff. So build up something. If you're going to be a writer, it would be best to do that off the back of a platform that is heavily geared toward writing. So sub -stack, start a sub -stack, write one blog post every week for the next six months, promote it, get into that content creation game, and see where you go from that.

1:22:38You will naturally start to accumulate people. And if you don't, if you're not picking up people or if you're finding the writing thing too hard, maybe writing isn't right for you. Joan, no, Jan, Janan, Nevik. Best friend is aiming down how to deal with close friends unwilling to move forward. Chris bot. Come on now. Something good.

1:23:04It can be difficult to watch your close friends struggle and feel like they're stuck in a rut. The best thing you can do is be there for them and offer your support, let them know that you are there for them and that you're willing to listen and help in any way you can encourage them to take small steps toward their goals and celebrate their successes, no matter how small, remind them that they're capable of admiring their goals and that you believe in them, achieving their goals and that you believe in them. Not bad from Chris Botte there. I don't think that that's too far off. Another side of it is it's not your job to drown whilst trying to keep somebody afloat who doesn't want to swim.

1:23:35You can continue to encourage, to cajole, to coerce, someone to improve themselves, but there are upper bounds. And after a while you realize that you're basically exchanging your growth for their loss. And after a while it may be best to find new friends. Beyond Rasmussen, Chris, I was wondering how many of your listeners are female and never thought of your podcast as Foreman, but recommended your podcast to a female friend and she apparently thought it was sexist, which I don't understand at all. So I'm curious if it is just her or if women don't tune in at all. Very good question. Around about a third of the listeners a female.

1:24:19So I maybe they're all sexists. Maybe every woman that's listening to this right now is a sexist. But yeah, it's between a third and a quarter of the audience, our female. For me personally, I have never tried to make this podcast for any sex. I am a guy, so my insights around male psychology are always going to be deeper, but this year I would hazard a guest that were probably not far off 50 -50 on male to female guests. So many over the last few months of all of the intersectional dynamic stuff, you know, people from researchers from different backgrounds, PhDs, you know, fucking, this is your brain on birth control by Dr.

1:25:03Sarah Hill. No guy really in the right mind should be interested in that, apart from the fact that they're potentially getting into a relationship where it's their mother or their sister or their friend or whatever. My point being, I really try hard to just follow whatever I'm interested in and whatever side of that falls on, so be it. However, a lot of girls tune in and to those of you that are here, I praise you and your estrogen for blessing us with your time. Thank you very much. Untold encounters, hey Chris, congratulations on the ancient of the thousand subs. You definitely deserve it because of the great content you create that has made me think differently and better about life decisions.

1:25:40Thank you very much. Question, I remember your conversation with Mary Harrington where you said you have have not looked into surrogacy and some of its ethical problems. Are you planning on having a conversation with Katie Faust since she has been talking and researching the ethics and problems of surrogacy and gamete donation and how they could be potential children's rights violations? I am not familiar with Katie Faust. However, I have a list and she is getting added to the list. So thank you very much for that. S -Don, Chris, been an OG listener since lockdown 2020 and I'm genuinely so stoked to see you grow.

1:26:17I wanted to ask, with the increased success, you still seem to be the same person. How have you fought off the keeping up with the Jones' mentality that is so prevalent in the US and also in the UK, such as buying a Rolex, a sports car, and designer clothes, etc. Also, do you see yourself living in Austin, slash the US long term, or can we see return back to the tune. A few things. First off, designer clothes have never attracted me. I dress almost exclusively for comfort and convenience and fancy clothes basically get less uncomfortable. So it's been easy. I am actually kind of interested in buying a nice watch just because I've become a fan of the watches themselves.

1:26:56Sports car, I don't know. I get ubers everywhere in Austin at the moment. I have no real sense of self -worth that gets taken from material desires. I have none of it. I don't judge myself based on the lebutons that I'm wearing or the jacket that I've got or the brand of car that I drive. I like nice things, but I like nice things inasmuch as they functionally facilitate what want to do with my life. You know, in future, maybe I'll get to the stage where buying a Rolex or a sports car or something isn't as so high of a bar to get over that I'm going to be bothered about it. But there's stuff, other stuff that I would spend my money on.

1:27:48I did investing companies. I would pay for experiences for me and my friends. I would spend on growing this show and And like I took a good example, the Vegas trip that we did for David Goggins towards the back end of last year flew me and all of the production team out to Vegas. A bunch of friends came in from Dubai, a bunch of staff came in from the UK, other friends came in from America, Michaela and her husband and a bunch of other people. And we went out on a night out, we went to Cirque du Soleil, we did a ton of stuff. That is the best way that I could spend my money compared with buying a Rolex or a and it costs less, it costs less than all of those things.

1:28:28And yeah, I still don't have it now, but I've still got the memories, I've got some of them. It was a slightly heavy weekend. Ben Middleton, keep up the great work. Question, would you ever have a guest on who couldn't bring in, couldn't bring much to the table intellectually, no modern wisdom, but potentially would bring in huge views for your show? So I don't have a problem with someone who doesn't bring much intellectually, as long as they're interesting. Like it's not just intellectuals that are interesting. optimizing for people that are just big names that I'm not interested in is something that I really don't want to do.

1:29:01I think I managed to see a clear of doing it so far. I'm trying to even think like who who would be the thing is that most of the people that would bring in huge views would be interesting to me in one form or another because by the fact that they've got such a gravitas around them, they're probably living an extraordinary life in one form or another which I could learn a lot from and then we could dig into it and everyone would get to find out about what their lives like. So I would have someone on who doesn't bring much to the table intellectually but I would almost never bring someone on who I wouldn't.

1:29:35I'd straight up wouldn't bring somebody on who doesn't interest me. Like what's the point? Like it's my show. It's my, my, it sounds so much. The only child in me is coming out. This is my show, my show. No one else gets to tell me what to do. It is my show. I've always followed my instincts with it. I've always brought people on who I'm interested in, which is why you've been subjected to endless numbers of human nature and evolutionary psychology, because that's what I'm interested in right now. Previously, it was existential risk before that it was crossfit, before that it was life hacks, after that it was productivity tips.

1:30:09That's the way that I'm working. So, intellectually versus interest, I think, is the way that I'm framing it. Peter Kapusi, you mentioned that you're doing 240 minutes of zone cardio week, zone two cardio week I think that's supposed to be. Is there a certain reason you do this type of cardio? What is the benefit compared to other forms of cardio training for you? Doing 180 and this is Andrew Heubman. He's just, Heubman is speaking out of my mouth here. Pete Ratier said the same thing. Basically, you want to get about three hours of zone two, which is probably 125 to 140 beats per minute of cardio in per week.

1:30:47It's good for heart health. I wanted to be more calm. I wanted to have a lower resting heart rate and a higher HIV. That's the best way to do it. Red beard, how should you deal with pride after a glow -up? Let's see. What Chris Bot has to say about this? You big cook.

1:31:06I think it's important to recognize that a glow -up is a positive thing to be proud of yourself for the hard work and effort you put into achieving. However, it's also important to remember that it's not about physical appearance, that there are many other aspects of life that are just important. Celebrate your accomplishments, but also remember to stay humble and kind to others. Bit, bit mincey, that wasn't it. How should you deal with pride after a glow -up? I don't know, man. I mean, a lot of people struggle with imposter syndrome, which is basically the opposite, right? It's that you've had the glow -up and you still see yourself as the glowed down the worst version of you.

1:31:39So maybe do the thing that Homosie said actually which is starting around with people that are like get into a room with bigger people so to speak. So if you do have a glow up get some hotter friends and then you're gonna feel ugly again. Maybe that would work. Christopher S. Huge congratulations Chris. Yours is honestly one of the most intellectually honest and diverse podcasts in the game. Thank you very much. In the War of Art, Steven Pressfield writes that our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some kind of ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.

1:32:14You've spoken about the influence this book had on you. So my question in regards to balancing practically with the concept of going pro, what advice would you give to a writer, for example, who hears as though they were put on the planet to write, that he lacks the financial security to commit wholesale to be so creative a vocation. Or, more specifically, how did you balance the output that eventually springboarded your growth with your previous professional commitments? Appreciate you, appreciate you too, Christopher, good name. It's hard, man, like there are literal material, fucking like physical constraints on how many hours you have in a day, and creativity gets constrained out more by that.

1:32:52If you're working in a job while trying to do the writing thing, while trying to deliver life, while trying to bring up blah, blah, blah. It's going to be tough. What advice would you give to a writer that feels as though they were put on the planet to write, yet lacks the financial security to commit wholesale, to so creative evocation? You've just, like, dip your toe in one step at a time. If you are risk averse, I am massively risk averse. I did the show alongside running the business for basically the first four years of it. And then finally, after I'd proven to myself that it was going to be able to work, I was able to take that step.

1:33:25I could let go of thing that was my sort of security, I could move into the thing that was going to be much more risky. I think that is probably the best place to start. In terms of balancing the outputs, accept the fact that this is going to be hard. This is why most people can't do the thing that you're trying to do. Most people can't become a writer because they can't deal with the discomfort of doing both reliable work to keep the lights on and creative work to build the writing career at the same time. Some people may have a rich father or win the lottery or, you know, fortunately, sell a business and then they can pivot.

1:34:04If that's not you, the price that you have to pay to get to the life that you want is eating shit and doing two things that are both kind of difficult and sapping at the same time. And on the other side of that, hopefully you get something that's right and is a much better life for you. But even Even if you don't, you've closed the loop of wondering, wonder what would have happened if I tried to commit for two years to become a writer whilst I was working in that factory. However, Danny Johnson, if you were to appear on Diary for CEO, what question would you leave for the next guest? Did appear on Diary for CEO Danny?

1:34:42I wonder if this was posted before that one went live. The question I asked was one that I stole from a friend, guy called George Mack. And the question was, what topic currently overlooked by the mainstream media in future will be studied by historians? Fucking good question though. Etsy bags. Would you ever start to know any fans? Chris Bart, come on. Say yes. Say yes. Say yes? No, piss. I wouldn't start to know any fans, I believe. Everyone should be able to express themselves in whatever way they choose, but I'm not comfortable with the idea of monetizing my content in that way. Chris, but it's sex neutral.

1:35:23What are you talking about? Apparently not, sorry mate.

1:35:28Javray, no so, best platform to learn skills like marketing, et cetera, not just getting educated by uni. I would say YouTube, you know, almost these books, bloody hell, read those. Read $100 million offers and $100 million deals, which is gonna be out soon. There you go. So, Javray, no, that's Javray again, you're not having to, sorry, Javray. Jargon Junky, can you do a session with Rian Stone? You both talk about similar things. I saw a quote from Rian that said something like, after a life of privilege, equality feels like persecution. It was basically saying that somebody that has had an unseen undetected position of privilege for a good amount of time, when the field is asked to be evened, it feels like they're being pulled back.

1:36:32And I thought that was really interesting, but I'm not super familiar with anything else that they do. So I'd have to look into it. Peter, sadness. Not a question, but I'd like to thank you, Chris. Your podcast really helped me in understanding myself in the world we live in. Thanks to you, my health is much better than before, as well as my self -confidence. Thanks to episodes with Goggins or Joker Willink. Thanks. Peter, I appreciate you. Thank you very much. Hamza, L, Azawi. What businesses, slash income sources do you have if you don't mind sharing? Yeah, sure. So, I've got the show. We've got that on audio on YouTube.

1:37:08I have a number of properties in the UK, so I guess like real estate. I have some very basic bitch investing, which is just an S &P tracker that I dollar cost average into every single month, filling up my what in the UK we have a thing called an interest fee free stocks and shares, ISA, which allows you to basically lump a particular ton of money in per year and you're allowed to do that tax -free and then the downstream benefits from it are also tax -free so I'm maxing out that. Also I go Amazon affiliate stuff which is fucking pennies, anyone that thinks that they can make money off Amazon affiliates is moving far more traffic than I am.

1:37:52That's it really. Life gets paid for by the show and the sponsors that I work with, YouTube AdSense Revenue is good. It's okay. I would have loved to have been a part of YouTube before the ad apocalypse or whatever it was called. I can't imagine how much money people were making that. But I don't know. I feel like I am leaving probably quite a lot on the table in terms of monetizing and stuff. I've never been that good at building businesses. I only realized this recently. Being a businessman, self -identified businessman for ages. is I don't have that hunger brain to really, really get after it and just make tons of money, which is good, as we've said today about the materialism thing, but it also makes me think, well, how much am I just leaving on the table?

1:38:38I'd earn it and do anything with it. So, I don't know, we'll see. I do want to monetize a bit more about appropriately after a while. Pete DeGene, could you share again why you prefer element and why you take it daily awesome content. Keep it up. Thank you. Prefer it. Prefer it to what I'm not sure. I take it daily because it is better for you on a morning than a coffee. Your adrenal system, the caffeine that salt acts on is active for the first 90 minutes of the day. Your adenosine system isn't. So having coffee first thing in the morning is pointless. You're just ramping up your like adenosine, ramping up the amount of caffeine that's in your body.

1:39:17while it's not binding to the adenosine receptors, and you might as well just take something that tastes really, really nice and is refreshing and optimizes your hydration and your appetite and your brain health and does everything else. And then you can have your coffee or your caffeine or whatever if you hours later. Quama dreams, do you have do nothing day or are you constantly working or thinking about working? Let's see what Chris bot says. Are you, do you have do nothing day? Are you constantly working? I think he's working. I tried to take at least one day a week to do nothing. Horse shit, Chris bot, absolute horse shit.

1:39:57Chris bot got it wrong. I tried to take one at least one day a week to do nothing and just relax. I think it's important to take time to recharge and give yourself a break from work. On these days, I like to spend time with friends and family, read a book outdoors, or just take a walk and enjoy the outdoor. I only got two pieces of family, Chris bot, Both of them live in the UK, that's mum and dad, so I don't get to do that. I do like to spend time with friends and family. I like to take little breaks, go and play pick a ball, be in nature, do stuff like that, but no. I'm usually always thinking about something, but I enjoy it.

1:40:27Revitalizing to me is thinking about things, but pressing the gas pedal of how much to work and how much to not work is important. How in Z -Boy do you think there is a connection between the masculinity crisis and recreational weed? Come on, Chris Bot. Let's get a good question in here. I don't think there is a direct connection between the masculinity crisis and recreational weed. However, I do think that recreational weed can be used as a tool to help people relax, reduce stress, which can be beneficial to those struggling with masculinity issues. Chris Bot's a stoner. Who knew? I actually think that there is, I think that there's a good bit of evidence that suggests that guys that are using screens that are on a combination of pharmaceutical prescription, painkillers and or recreational weed.

1:41:18I think it is probably causing them to just optimize for comfort and convenience. I would love to see some stats around it, but off the top of my dome, I'd say yes. Okay, I think that's enough for today, but before you go, I want to say a big thank you to Zachary and Miguel from aiship .co. They were the people who made the Chris bot for me. I don't know whether you thought that was cool today. I think it's really funny to kind of ask a language learning model version of me, the questions. If you think I should keep doing that on the next few Q &As, then just say so. But that was great. So Zachary and Miguel from aiship .co, if you need an AI solution, they can do all sorts of things.

1:41:55You can check out the site, it's linked in the description below aiship .co. And that's it. I'll see you at 900K.