September 27th was when I found out that my movie wasn't going to do 100 million at the box office. It's so crushing dude it was totally so crushing um yeah I was in an aloft in Tempe Arizona and since then I've driven by that aloft on a regular basis. "I used my grandiosity which is like a specific technical psychological term my narcissism" he says of his self-loathing.
Tucker Max is a writer and entrepreneur.
In this conversation, we spoke about why Tucker wanted to get famous, his emotional abandonment, why Tucker is always early on trends (like writing on the internet, Austin, and now psychedelics), what it’s like to raise children, and the moment he thought he was going to die.
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) Starting Journey At 27
(6:33) Academia Is A Scam
(18:00) Best Dressed Professions Feel Worse
(19:38) Getting Famous
(30:50) Tucker’s Emotional Abandonment
(35:07) The Moment Tucker Thought He Was Going To Die
(38:33) Why Did Tucker Face His Issues?
(44:22) Body, Mind, Soul, Gut
(47:00) Thinking + Feeling
(54:49) Why Are Younger People Waking Up?
(59:22) Why Is Tucker Always Early?
(1:04:55) Raising Children
(1:24:56) Poopy Daddy
(1:28:39) Lying About Santa
(1:31:21) God
(1:48:02) It’s Going To Get Better For Young Men
(1:53:55) Challenge
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuckerMax
Website: https://tuckermax.com/
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