266: Unhealthy Ambition, How I Manipulated Young People, the Bubble & Live Fully NOW (SPECIAL EPISODE)

Many months ago I stopped publishing writing and podcast episodes. After spending so long feeling like I had the right intentions, I realised I had been lying to everyone, and lying to myself.   This episode shares the lessons I learnt on that journey... and my attempt to wake up from 'The Bubble.'   

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SUMMARY:  

0:00 Ego Test & Joe's wake up call
6:14 Enter the Saviour Paradox
10:16 The intention behind Constant Student
14:16 Understanding the Shadow
20:47 Joe's big contradiction and hypocrisy
28:53 Luke's story over the last 18 months
36:16 It's a mistake to 'push' people too hard
40:36 Explaining 'The Bubble' & flirting with the line of cult.
46:54 Flirting with sales tricks and tactics
50:11 How do we explain these people in history?
55:39 Is most non-fiction literature horse-crap?
1:06:50 Don't 'change the world', just... Live. Fully. Now.
1:13:51 How your crafty ego hides in your biggest realisations
1:17:08 The Instructor's Paradox - we don't teach the way we learned.
1:22:27 The confusion that came from trying to monetise my dream
1:27:35 Ego is banished by feeling and gut.
1:36:57 The case against ambition and career goals
1:41:00 Joe's Lifestyle Changes since the 'Live Fully Now' kumbaya moment.
1:56:12 Summary and Consolidation
2:06:30 Healthy vs. unhealthy ambition, and questioning the place of ambition