Today I'm speaking with Kyle Kowalski — who might be one of the most well-read humans and certainly most relentlessly curious humans that I've ever met — in fact as he shares in this episode, he believes that his purpose or Ikigai in life is to synthesize lifelong learning that catalyzes human development.As the title of this episode suggests, we nerded out on so many fascinating topics — we discuss how Kyle's crisis and burnout transformed him, discovering the Concept of Intentional Living, how he created Ikigai 2.0, Navigating the Four Stages of Ego Development Theory and how they act like filters of reality, the idea of the Birth Lottery and much much more.Official Time-stamps[00:05:57] "Finding Purpose: How a Crisis Transformed Me"[00:13:57] Exploring the Crisis that Transformed a Life[00:18:44] "Discovering the Concept of Intentional Living"[00:24:47] "Ekigai 2.0: The Evolution of a Viral Meme"[00:28:48] "Phased approach to evolving money mindset"[00:42:02] "Navigating the Four Stages of Personal Development"[00:45:56] "Warren Buffett's Thought Experiment Reveals Life's Lottery"[00:52:01] "The Illusion of Free Will: Liberating Realizations"[00:59:57] "Challenging Modern Myths of Cognition"[01:08:05] "Unlocking the Power of a Synthesizing Mind"Official Links👋  Say hi to Kyle on Twitter🖥️  Check out Kyle's Sloww community 📚  Explore his popular posts + epic book summariesConnect + Follow Jonny:🐦  Follow on Twitter @jonnym1ller💌  Subscribe to the Curious Humans Newsletter🫁  Learn more about Nervous System MasteryFurther Ways to Support the Podcast:🎙️  I use Riverside to record all of my podcast conversations, it's so much better than zoom for podcasting🎧  I also use Transistor to host this podcast, it's fricking awesome, and I would highly recommend.😎  RaOptics make the world's best Blue Blockers – I wear these anytime I'm out of the house after dark, and it makes a huge difference!🤖  I use AI wizardry from Castmagic to help with each episode show-notes + timestamps

Kyle was a marketing executive who believed in the "hard work" ethic. After an existential crisis, he decided to carve his own path as a solopreneur and started Sloww - "a trusted resource of lifelong learning". Kyle describes his purpose as "synthesizing the art of living for students of life".🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERELinks:Twitter: @KyKowSloww: sloww.coHappiness BookIgikai 2.0⌛TIMESTAMPS(01:22) - The scripts that Kyle grew up with (13:59) - How to have an existential crisis (30:29) - Decompressing from his career (43:17) - Sloww, thinking and the art of living (53:37) - Kyle's next phase, sharing the personal story (01:03:19) - Long form content, Kyle's course on synthesis (01:09:33) - Where can we find Kyle? (01:10:04) - Thanks and Goodbyes 📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community📲Connect + Follow PaulTwitter: @p_millerdInstagram: @pathlesspaulPaul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): CollectiveLooking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out CrowdhealthI use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours HereI record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here

Kyle Kowalski is the Funder of Sloww.co (one of my favorite websites for synthesized knowledge + wisdom!)  Kyle is an ex-marketing executive turned corporate dropout and solopreneur who found and created his life purpose after an existential crisis. In one sentence, his purpose is synthesizing lifelong learning that catalyzes human development (LFG!!!).   In a nutshell, Kyle is learning why and how to live and publicly sharing what he learns along the way at Sloww.co. Thinking is his passion—but he's not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. He's an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more. Kyle does all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.   About Sloww: Sloww shares the art of living with students of life. Sloww currently has a Premium membership with 1,000+ global members, a weekly email newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, a social media following of 30,000+, and a website with 60,000+ monthly visitors (5,000,000+ lifetime pageviews).   Kyle's 10 Most Life Changing Ideas  Ikigai 2.0 Guidebook   Watch on YouTube About Host Sean DeLaney: For the last 15 years Sean DeLaney has been working at the intersection of elite performance, entrepreneurship and personal development. As an executive life coach, former professional athlete, entrepreneur, investor and podcast host Sean has been helping people discover their untapped potential and live their best life. He has been an advisor to INC. fastest growing companies, has interviewed billionaire business titans and personally coached CEO’s and executives. Interested in having Sean coach you? CLICK HERE I’ve studied hundreds of the world’s must successful people and compiled:13 Insights from the World’s Most Successful People – Click Here to get access  https://youunleashedcourse.com/ You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with and interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today!- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

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