
Will Chou's Personal Development Show Podcast
Sharing what I learn on my own journey from knowing nothing to learning how to achieve happiness, wealth, performance, and success with data, real stories, history, and science. The info comes from the best in the field, from athletes to billionaires to businessmen to artists to historians to scientists. The knowledge is sourced from the vast amount of books, interviews, videos, documentaries, and other research I’ve consumed.
Latest episodes

Feb 15, 2018 • 1h 7min
Why Defeating Shame & Vulnerability May Be The Key To Success: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
Brené Brown is a University of Houston research professor who has spent decades studying shame and vulnerability. For most of human civilization, men have hid behind the mask of masculinity, concealing any signs of shame and vulnerability because they believed that a man should never show weakness. But it turns out that Brené found that… Continue reading Why Defeating Shame & Vulnerability May Be The Key To Success: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
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Feb 9, 2018 • 1h 1min
What It Takes To Be A Billionaire: A Passion to Win by Sumner Redstone, Book Summary & Review
One of my life goals is to read all the books written by billionaires. That’s a tall order considering there are over 150. If you want a quick book to start with on the list, A Passion to Win by Sumner Redstone, is a good choice. Here’s a thorough book summary… If you prefer listening to reading,… Continue reading What It Takes To Be A Billionaire: A Passion to Win by Sumner Redstone, Book Summary & Review
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Jan 5, 2018 • 25min
How To Identify Fake Excuses that Are Limiting Your Potential Even If You’re A Procrastinator
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” -Benjamin Franklin One common, frustrating theme I have found when talking to people who have mediocre lives is that they’re all excuse-generating machines. Every time I try to give reasons that their obstacles are solvable and tactics to do so, they come… Continue reading How To Identify Fake Excuses that Are Limiting Your Potential Even If You’re A Procrastinator
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Dec 1, 2017 • 13min
How To Deal With Information Overload: 7 Innovative Strategies
Oh, the frustration and stress that comes with information overwhelm. You feel like there’s so much to consume yet so little time. How do you even begin to deal with all the articles, videos, books, and information out there? I have felt this way many times before and it sucks. I feel overwhelmed because there is simply… Continue reading How To Deal With Information Overload: 7 Innovative Strategies
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Dec 1, 2017 • 31min
How To Make Friends Without Having To Influence Them
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is one of the only books that exist on how to make friends. And it’s wildly successful, selling millions of copies. But after reading the book and the reviews, I realized there were critical components on how to make friends that were missing. People complained about… Continue reading How To Make Friends Without Having To Influence Them
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Nov 14, 2017 • 45min
How To Develop Persistence: Tactics To Never Give Up
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. -Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba If you’ve been studying successful people for any decent length of time, you know how important never giving up is. Life is long and you never know what may turn in your… Continue reading How To Develop Persistence: Tactics To Never Give Up
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Nov 3, 2017 • 24min
How To Become Mentally Strong: Advice From The World’s Best
A year ago, I stumbled on an article on how to be mentally strong that got a ton of comments and shares. It confused me. Why do all these people care about this? I didn’t care about being mentally tough. I wanted money and happiness. And I didn’t see how mental toughness would help me with that… Continue reading How To Become Mentally Strong: Advice From The World’s Best
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Nov 1, 2017 • 43min
The Luck Vs. Hard Work Debate: What Matters Most In Life Success
What matters in life in order to success? The standard debate goes something like this, “What bring success in life: luck vs hard work?” But that’s the wrong approach. Both are at play. It is not one or the other. Also, there are more factors you can leverage to succeed. Today, I cover the following topics: How… Continue reading The Luck Vs. Hard Work Debate: What Matters Most In Life Success
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Oct 24, 2017 • 30min
How To Overcome Shyness and Social Anxiety While Still Being Your Natural Self
Imagine finding yourself in the only social event you will go to for the day, ready to talk to people. You’ve prepared yourself for the moment. You know you’re deathly shy and scared of talking to new people. But if you don’t take action in this one moment, you will regret it. There won’t be… Continue reading How To Overcome Shyness and Social Anxiety While Still Being Your Natural Self
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Oct 19, 2017 • 1h 3min
How To Stop Overthinking (And Everything That Comes With It: Self-Doubt, Self-Loathing, Internal Misery, and Zero Action
I got a question: “I’m driving myself to insanity with over-thinking, self-analysis, self-doubt, self-loathing, internal misery and zero action. What do I do?” Well, you’re talking to the king of overthinking. I’m definitely in the top 1% of overthinking and over-analyzing everything (I mean just look at this blog). I didn’t think I was that… Continue reading How To Stop Overthinking (And Everything That Comes With It: Self-Doubt, Self-Loathing, Internal Misery, and Zero Action
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