#56 -Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity

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Watch and share your comments on the YouTube Video Version Here Today's we are talking with Ruben Chavez  creator of Think Grow Prosper and the Think Grow Podcast (highly recommend listening to his podcast!) ──── My links: My Website Santi Younger Follow Me On Twitter Show Notes (easier to navigate on the YouTube video) - 01:04 on social media - 02:16 what is Ruben's podcast about  - 05:28 what started Ruben's journey into philosophy? - 09:49 the philosophy of politics - 11:59 landscape of humans thoughts and ethics - 12:28 how to live in the world - 13:51 there are no new problems - 15:07 Jordan Peterson - 15:24 clean up your room - 16:51 Jordan Peterson as a psychometrician  - 18:03 personality vs political beliefs - 18:46 the big 5 personality traits - 19:37 Jonathan Haidt - 20:52 there's wisdom in different political views - 22:33 on goals and desires - 23:52 on being a philosophical generalist  - 24:37 big history & sapiens  - 25:23 Jonathan Haidt - the righteous mind - 26:30 desires and the 2 two schools of thought - 27:05 Tao Te Ching (Dàodé jīng) - 28:08 Jim Rohn quote: “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” —Jim Rohn - 28:24 flexibility in our goals to adapt - 30:04 how to deal with contradictions, two opposing views that both make sense. The answer there is in "balancing" both - 30:40 quote by Khe Hy @khemaridh "The paradox of goals: If you achieve them, you get bored. If you don't, you're unsatisfied. Ergo, you bounce between being bored and unsatisfied." - 32:22 chaos and order - 33:44 flow modern version of Wu wei "non-action" - 35:36 on truth - 35:47 Jordan Peterson vs Sam Harris conversation - 37:06 pragmatic view: what's true is what is useful - 37:11 Yuval Noah Harari: intersubjective reality - 39:04 religion as an intersubjective reality - 41:29 lobsters - 42:00 the laws of nature, vs human laws - 43:34 truth in fiction books - 45:01 different fields of study describing a mountain - 45:34 various sources of truth, different fields, different perspectives - 48:34 why do we call fiction fake? - 49:39 good stories are like statistics - 51:13 Harry Potter is relatable because we see ourselves in him - 52:56 parenting and teaching kids about scary emotions - 58:53 what does it mean to become an adult - 01:02:01 life stages and feeling like an adult - 01:04:48 parenthood is like programing - 01:05:44 does parenthood changes life philosophy? - 01:06:43 On having an obsessive personality - 01:08:19 how to deal with contradictions? - 01:09:16 the ability to change beliefs - 01:09:52 Quote: “This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.”  ― Orson Scott Card - 01:11:03 A Theory of Everything Book by Ken Wilber - 01:13:45 things are in constant change - 01:14:58 on Ruben's book - 01:18:28 we trick ourselves to rationalize our beliefs - 01:22:41 the overlap across philosophies - 01:25:12 where to find more of Ruben's work

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Here we are once again. The new name is The Creative Stoic Podcast. If you've been a listener for long enough, you'll know that this podcast has gone through 2 name changes. Why do I do this? Because I want to be biased towards action. The way I see it, there are 2 ways to get creative work done. 1) Spend months, or years trying to find the perfect name for what you want to create. Planning every single thing with the risk of never starting. 2) Just start. Correct things as you go, people don't even care that much as you do. Just do things, and improve them when you have a clearer vision of things. I thing The Creative Stoic Podcast captures what this podcast is all about.  Let me know your thoughts on the name change, send me a message: Instagram: instagram.com/santiyounger Contact Me: santiyounger.com/stoic-contact Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/santiyounger Newsletter: santiyounger.com/newsletter

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