You can just go on YouTube and bam, YouTube's algorithm is recommending new things like what will happen if you throw a bowling ball off a 40 meter platform onto a trampoline. You don't actually make friends on social media ever. You just show off to the ones that you have. If you're doing that from the age of nine, your teenage years are so crucial for your development. I mean, we had MSN, but I'm so happy that I spent my teen years out there trying to pull girls and try to make people laugh and that it wasn't on a screen.
Tom Davies, better known as GeoWizard is a YouTuber, adventurer and mental health advocate. He has raised thousands of pounds for mental health and is passionate about helping other break out of their ruts.
Before his YouTube took off Tom suffered his own mental health problems, anxiety and loss of enthusiasm for anything. In the episode, we talk about the best ways to find inspiration and how to quit our bad habits.
GeoWizard is known for his straight-line missions across Wales, Dribbling a football across the length of Britain and being one of the best GeoGuessrs on the planet.
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Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:49 Richard Branson's childhood adventures
- 03:31 Problems with Smartphones
- 06:36 Effects of social media
- 07:37 The importance of youth
- 10:00 Being a voice for others
- 12:11 Growing your comfort zone
- 13:08 Traveling alone
- 14:37 Talk to yourself more
- 15:32 You can always turn things around
- 18:43 Men's mental health difficulties
- 19:00 Getting his first job
- 20:00 Humans and commitment issues
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