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Season 6 Roundup14 September 2023

5 Skills to Level Up Your Life - Season 6 Roundup

6Frameworks
12Insights

Frameworks in this episode

Insights & moments

The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.

Myth Buster· 1

Myth Buster32:00

Comparison culture isn't just six-packs and flash cars

comparison is about every metric of comparison to be human is to compare so we'll compare anything

Dr Alex George · 32:30

I had a psychiatrist tell me a few months ago um I obviously want to say who it was said they find it really hard…

Dr Alex George · 32:00

Hot Take· 3

Hot Take04:00

Investing beats inflation — it doesn't make you rich

anything above and beyond it unless you're actively involved in the investment which changes the game uh isn't going to make you rich it's just…

Cody Sanchez · 04:30

I think you want to invest to beat inflation I mean that's originally why we have investing is that the C you know the price…

Cody Sanchez · 04:00
Hot Take11:00

Money is the single biggest obstacle to a life you love

we're all about helping people build a life they love and money is honestly probably the single biggest obstacle to that path

Ali Abdaal · 11:00
Hot Take25:30

Alcohol is the biggest single thing blocking your goals

if you drink alcohol and you want to do one thing to improve your productivity outcomes your health your relationships your Fitness anything just stop…

Dr Alex George · 26:00

it's still hard not to drink because the society is kind of constructed around the consumption of alcohol almost in every different facet and way

Dr Alex George · 25:30

Explainer· 1

Explainer12:30

Pricing from your own value system decides for your clients

it's common what people do is they kind of base their price is based on their own value system but what you're actually doing there…

Robin Waite · 12:30

there are things where maybe if you haven't paid enough for it do you really value it that much

Robin Waite · 13:00

Story· 3

Story10:00

The three poetry books nobody knows Nicholas Cole published

most people don't know that I have like I don't even know three poetry books published

Nicholas Cole · 10:00

I'm not confused about which thing I do because I want do it and which thing I do that is my money

Nicholas Cole · 10:00
Story30:00

Where Ali's people-pleasing comes from

I've been reading a good book called No More Mr Nice Guy uh which is very good it's written by some therapist who deals with…

Ali Abdaal · 30:00

a good person says yes to things and is not selfish and any amount of self-care gets read as selfish

Ali Abdaal · 30:30
Story38:30

The half-arsed kickboxing classes that made zero friends

I started kickboxing lessons a few months ago but I've really half asked it and I haven't shown up to the group classes consistently and…

Ali Abdaal · 38:30

it's just that proximity thing and it's less about quality time and more about quantity time

Ali Abdaal · 38:30

Q&A· 2

Q&A03:30

"What should I invest in?" is the wrong question

the easy answer is S&P 500 but yeah I I think that's not actually the answer like what's the goal here let's figure this out

Ali Abdaal · 03:30
Q&A20:30

Would you refund a client who did the work and got no result?

no they can have a full refund I I don't want their money if they don't get the result

Ali Abdaal · 21:00

the contracts States you got to show up to all of the calls you've got to do all of the homework you've got to go…

Ali Abdaal · 21:30

Takeaway· 2

Takeaway33:30

Know why you opened the app before you scroll

the average person spends between three and four hours day on social media that's a huge amount of time

Dr Alex George · 33:30

if you're following people that trigger you don't follow them like follow people that inspire you

Dr Alex George · 34:00
Takeaway44:00

Give the reaction you want to receive

so anytime someone gives you really great news like you need like you should be genuinely excited for them if they're someone that you care…

Jemma Spann · 44:30

just reciprocating good energy from the people that you want in your life is so powerful in our 20s

Jemma Spann · 44:30