6 Important Truths No One Likes to Hear

The most important truths in life are the ones we don’t like to hear.

In fact, I managed to make an entire career out of sharing these types of truths because the stuff we don’t like hearing is often what we need to hear the most.

In this episode I have a lot of fun going through—one-by-one—six nuggets of wisdom, designed to make us all less awful humans. So saddle up bitches, I’m here to break hearts today.

CHAPTERS

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction: Important Truths No One Likes to Hear
• 00:00:32 Truth 1: If You Think You Have a Problem, You Do
• 00:02:51 The Backwards Law and Gratitude Practices
• 00:07:55 Why Your Solutions Stop Working Over Time
• 00:09:44 California Groupthink and Finding Your People
• 00:12:14 Truth 2: Sexy Results Come From Boring Work
• 00:15:41 Music School, Practice Rooms, and Perfectionism
• 00:17:29 Exercise: Consistency Beats Extreme Workouts
• 00:18:47 Truth 3: Consistency Matters More Than Intensity
• 00:20:47 Relationships Need Small Gestures, Not Grand Ones
• 00:22:32 Kevin Kelly's Parenting Advice and High Leverage Moments
• 00:26:42 Marathon Training: Run Slow to Get Fast
• 00:26:58 Truth 4: People Feel About You How You Feel About Yourself
• 00:30:06 Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Setting Your First Boundaries
• 00:31:39 Truth 5: You'll Look Back on Today's Problems With Nostalgia
• 00:34:27 Learning to Appreciate Struggle in the Moment
• 00:37:53 The Bittersweetness of Hard Times
• 00:39:33 Truth 6: The Only Common Factor in Your Problems Is You
• 00:40:43 Mark and Fernanda's Community Problem Across Three Cities
• 00:42:31 Locus of Control and The Responsibility-Fault Fallacy
• 00:45:29 Recap: Six Truths No One Wants to Hear

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