Spirituality & Mindfulness

“slash modern wisdom. That's shopify.com slash modern wisdom. I spoke to David Dada, you know, Way of the Superior Man author. So illustrious, longtime author. And did his first podcast interview in over a decade, I think, a few months ago.”

Modern Wisdom · “This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162 · 12/10/2026 · at 53:18

“It has this very partsy kind of, as you were saying. That was Robert Wright's Why Buddhism is True when I first learned about that, the modules of the mind. But yeah, so yeah, this idea that you've got these different modules, but kind of the piece you're adding is, and they're all okay. And I'm okay with the modules. And I also think that resonates with this kind of approach to emotions.”

Modern Wisdom · 35 Emotions Explained By Evolutionary Psychology - Rob Kurzban - #1169 · 29/10/2026 · at 2:26:40

“and live here and make an impact was a guy named Swami Yogananda. He wrote a book called Autobiography of a Yogi, which was Steve Jobs' favorite book. Favorite book, right? Yeah, they gave it away at his funeral. And he, when he came over 100 years ago in the 1920s, he said, hey, let me try to explain these ancient ideas in ways that modern Americans would understand.”

My First Million · MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation · 28/09/2026 · at 36:51

“The samurai use this. I mean, so many traditions use this, which is visualizing their own death. And the Tibetan book of living and dying samurai. And then also, what was it? It's like the Marcus Aurelius.”

My First Million · Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight · 18/09/2026 · at 18:15

“way he phrased it, I went and started reading this book called Untethered Soul, which is kind of a fine book. It's only fine. But there was like one concept that I found was interesting. So have you heard of transcendental meditation?”

My First Million · There’s 98 days until 2027...Do this and you’ll thank yourself on Jan 1st · 25/09/2026 · at 12:54

“because I'm writing about all these weird things. And in fact, I'm just coming out with a new book, which is a sequel to that first one called The Zen Entrepreneur in the Dream, where I get into even weirder stuff that I was afraid to put in my first book. Like what? Well, just, you know, all kinds of stuff about past lives and how those past lives may have been feeding”

My First Million · MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation · 28/09/2026 · at 54:36

“Heck yeah. Get off Twitter and social media. Go read a book. Good book I recommend is Think on These Things by Krishna Murti. It's good book. Heck yeah. If you like good books, pie agency.com forward slash books, all my favorite books. Boys, I love you. This is fucking awesome. This stuff rolls. And that's it.”

Modern Wisdom · Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168 · 26/10/2026 · at 2:07:39

“ones that we know about is called Kispim, the Rite of Kispim. And there's a fantastic book written by my, my friends, Derek and Sharon, Gilbert, called Veneration, where they detail the Rite of Kispim and this idea of making contact with the spirits of dead giants and the veneration of giants.”

The Joe Rogan Experience · #2530 - Timothy Alberino · 23/07/2026 · at 21:20

“There's this old school, book. It's, it's impossible to read. It's like so dense at this point, but the title itself actually tells you everything you need to know. It's called your word is your wand. I think it's by Florence Scoville.”

My First Million · We decoded the business behind this influencer’s perfect life · 18/06/2026 · at 20:24