Episodes featuring Chris Williamson
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Chris Williamson and Alex Hormozi discuss why chasing big goals means letting go of approval from people whose lives don't reflect what you actually want.
Chris Williamson sits down with Alex Hormozi to discuss 33 truths about closing the gap between potential and results through commitment, sacrifice, and hard trade-offs.
Ben Askren talks with Chris Williamson about surviving necrotizing pneumonia, a double lung transplant, and how he used an athlete's mindset to drive his recovery.
Chris Williamson talks with Alex Hormozi about why people avoid starting new skills and how stacking competencies across fields leads to bigger returns than mastering one thing early on.
Happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky joins Chris Williamson to discuss why people struggle to feel loved and what actually builds genuine connection with others.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to explain the three questions behind a meaningful life, drawn from psychologist Michael Steger's work, and why goals you can never finish and love you don't earn matter so much.
Chris Williamson talks with Alex Hormozi about how fear kept him in the wrong career and what finally pushed him to change his life.
Chris Williamson talks with Ezra Klein about how social media algorithms are degrading American political discourse by rewarding outrage and attention over competence and genuine leadership.
Chris Williamson reads Hamlet's line "thus conscience does make cowards of us all" as a warning that too much self-awareness can freeze action. He argues that mistakes we avoid quietly cost us more than we notice.
Suzanne Venker joins Chris Williamson to argue that feminist career messaging leaves women unprepared for the trade-offs that appear in their 30s when family becomes a priority.
Ezra Klein joins Chris Williamson to discuss how social media algorithms push politicians toward outrage and away from substance, and what it takes to break that cycle.
DJ Shipley, a retired Navy SEAL with 17 years of service, talks with Chris Williamson about elite military training, the moral weight of combat rules, and the identity crisis operators face when they leave.
Navy SEAL DJ Shipley talks with Chris Williamson about how psychedelic medicine ended years of addiction, infidelity, and suicidal ideation after conventional therapy failed him.
Chris Williamson and George Mack discuss how overthinking holds back ambitious people, and why a bias for action beats more planning for most high-performers.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to explain how to break phone addiction. He argues you don't need to give up your phone, just add firm rules, phone-free zones and yearly fasts, then relearn being alone with...
Chris Williamson talks with Quinlan Walther about how the partner you choose reflects self-worth, why people repeat childhood patterns in love, and why self-trust underpins healthy relationships.
A Navy SEAL joins Chris Williamson to discuss why modern wars drag on, how lopsided rules of engagement hurt Western forces, and why unpredictability can deter conflict better than treaties.
Chris Williamson talks with Arthur Brooks about why modern life feels empty, how technology and achievement culture drive anxiety, and what practical steps can help.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to describe the daily routine most likely to drain life of meaning. He explains why avoiding boredom moment to moment makes life boring overall, and why reaching big goals often...
Joe Santagato joins Chris Williamson to talk about self-belief and drive, tracing his path from dropping out of college to selling out Madison Square Garden.