Modern Wisdom

#638 - Kevin Kelly - 22 Habits To Follow For A Happy Life

Jun 8, 2023

Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired Magazine and renowned futurist, shares life-altering wisdom from his new book. He emphasizes the importance of avoiding the billionaire trap, cultivating optimism, and turning bad days into good ones. Kelly explores how irritating traits in others can reveal our own weaknesses, and the value of rigorous testing in decision-making. He advocates for living in the moment and the significance of celebrating small victories, encouraging us to embrace a life of continuous self-exploration and personal fulfillment.

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Episode guests

Kevin Kelly

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Reflect on What Irritate You in Others to Understand Yourself

02:45

The Benefits of Mock Ups, Perfectionism vs. Shipping, and Writing Out Loud

01:20

The Importance of Kindness and Celebrating Life

01:55

Wealth vs. Richness

00:46

Intro

5min

Radical Optimism: Embracing Uniqueness for Growth

18min

Understanding Self Through Reflection and Irritation

3min

The Importance of Rigorous Testing in Knowledge and Policy Making

3min

The Curiosity of Questions

6min

Prototyping Life: Experimentation and Empowerment

21min

Celebrating the Golden Years

9min

Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine, a futurist, author, and public speaker known for his insights on technology’s impact on society.

Working out how to live a good life is complex. However, having rules from someone much older and wiser than you can make this a lot easier. Kevin has condensed a lifetime of insights into a few hundred sentences in his new book, and today we get to go through some of my favourites.

Expect to learn why you should do everything you can to avoid being a billionaire, how to have a more optimistic outlook on life, whether you can trust websites with the word ‘truth’ in them, why you are more likely to be defeated by blisters rather than mountains, how to understand yourself better, the best way to turn bad days into good ones, why what irritates you in other people is a lesson about you and much more...

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00:00 Intro

05:38 Why Should We Be Optimistic About the World?

10:23 ‘Don’t Be the Best, Be the Only’

17:06 Dealing with Bad Days is the Secret to Moving Forward

20:27 How Your Weirdness Will Bring You Success

23:52 A Great Way to Understand Yourself

26:53 Why You Should Ignore Websites That Have ‘Truth’ in the URL