I started you when I was 29 and totally lost in life.
I didnāt understand myself. I didnāt understand why, despite achieving success in a lot of the ways that society tells a young man that he should be proud of, that I still felt unaccomplished and hollow. I didnāt know why I was so at the mercy of otherās opinions, why my self-worth was so gossamer thin and fragile, why I couldnāt fully connect with people around me, why I never felt good enough, why my nature seemed to be so at-odds with my desire for growth.
I wanted to understand myself and the world around me. I wanted to have a roadmap through the challenges I was facing in my personal life. I wanted to be able to ask weird, niche questions of dusty academics with unpronounceable surnames that Iād found on Twitter and Psychology Today. I wanted to floss my brain with conversations that I couldnāt find anywhere else. So I built it.
Modern Wisdom has always been a project of the most personal nature to me. A thinly veiled autobiography masquerading as a series of public recordings.
Itās taken me around the world. Iāve met heroes, turned down presidents, caused uproar, ignored smears, celebrated wins, sold out theatres, doubted myself, feared judgement and broken myself in half trying to rip this fucker off the launch pad one inch at a time to get some momentum going.
Itās a beautiful thing to have a challenge that no one will come to save you from. If you donāt do this thing, it just wonāt get done and no one will care. Itās inertia in its purest form. I keep learning more every day.
Thank you everyone for the support and shares and positivity. I love you all. Hereās to the next 7 š«¶ Chris x
Iāve wanted to record this episode for 10 years. Alain de Botton joins me today on Modern Wisdom š
During the lowest points of my life, Alainās voice and lessons have probably been the first place Iāve turned to get some clarity and reassurance. He genuinely sees the human condition with a level of transparency that no one else does. Heās helped me through breakups, grief, depression, jealousy, loneliness, injury, surgery and so much more. Getting to sit down with him was a dream.
Expect to learn where bad inner voices come from, why we struggle to connect with our emotions, if there is a danger of intellectualising feeling problems for smart people, Alainās advice for obsessives who want to let go a little more, advice for an anxious person dealing with an avoidant one, why we get stuck in unhappy relationships, how to improve your self worth and much more...
I think I did justice to the completely obsessive one-sided parasocial relationship Iāve had with this man and his words over the last decade. Itās a special episode for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Itās live now x
It took 5 years, 600 episodes and 1000 videos to hit 1 million.
It took 9 months and 120 episodes to hit 2 million.
Itās taken 7 months and 80 episodes to hit 3.
For context: we gained more subscribers in the last month than the entire first 3.5 years of the show. Absolutely wild.
It might look sophisticated now, but this project has been bootstrapped so hard itās insane. For 5 years, 500 episodes and 1000 videos the āteamā consisted of me and a video guy in a Facebook Messenger Chat.
I wrote every title, every thumbnail, every description. Handled every guest booking. Invoiced every advertiser. Did every social media post. Fuck I even DMād my entire 1000-person phonebook individually asking them to subscribe to the show when we first launched.
Iām proud of whatever this has become. Iām proud of earning our stripes by ripping this thing off the launchpad and out into orbit one inch at a time.
Modern Wisdom was something I started as a side project on my couch in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I was trying to create a syllabus for understanding myself and the world around me because I was lost. I didnāt know why I behaved the way I did. I didnāt understand why my thinking got hijacked and I couldnāt connect with other people fully. And I figured that if I launched my own show Iād have an excuse to ask questions of people who might have some answers for me.
Thatās still why I do it. To better understand the human condition, my nature, the world, culture and incentives. To be ready to overcome the hardest days of my life and make more out of the joyful ones.
Life is hard and this podcast will help.
Iām not stopping. Iām gonna continue to follow my instincts and talk to people Iām interested in regardless of notoriety or popularity. Good ideas are interesting and open conversations are like spirulina for the soul in a media landscape filled with fast food for your amygdala.
Thank you so much to everyone whoās supported me and the show, I really appreciate you all. The shares, the likes, the kind messages and comments. Youāre all jacked, smart, curious, hot, unreasonably reasonable legends and I love you.
Flying to the UK for my London Live show on Thursday. Full length 45 minute Australia Tour vlog goes out on Sunday and Dry Creek Dewayne's episode drops on Monday. I love this stuff so much š
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Chris Williamson
3.5M babyyyy šā£ I'm recording a Q&A tomorrow. Ask me a question ā¬ļø
Lots of love.
Chris x
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We did it again! š Meth, pyramids & testicle transplants.
Thank you for your support everyone!
Love you lots,
Chris x
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Happy 7th Birthday to my baby š
I started you when I was 29 and totally lost in life.
I didnāt understand myself. I didnāt understand why, despite achieving success in a lot of the ways that society tells a young man that he should be proud of, that I still felt unaccomplished and hollow. I didnāt know why I was so at the mercy of otherās opinions, why my self-worth was so gossamer thin and fragile, why I couldnāt fully connect with people around me, why I never felt good enough, why my nature seemed to be so at-odds with my desire for growth.
I wanted to understand myself and the world around me. I wanted to have a roadmap through the challenges I was facing in my personal life. I wanted to be able to ask weird, niche questions of dusty academics with unpronounceable surnames that Iād found on Twitter and Psychology Today. I wanted to floss my brain with conversations that I couldnāt find anywhere else. So I built it.
Modern Wisdom has always been a project of the most personal nature to me. A thinly veiled autobiography masquerading as a series of public recordings.
Itās taken me around the world. Iāve met heroes, turned down presidents, caused uproar, ignored smears, celebrated wins, sold out theatres, doubted myself, feared judgement and broken myself in half trying to rip this fucker off the launch pad one inch at a time to get some momentum going.
Itās a beautiful thing to have a challenge that no one will come to save you from. If you donāt do this thing, it just wonāt get done and no one will care. Itās inertia in its purest form. I keep learning more every day.
Thank you everyone for the support and shares and positivity.
I love you all.
Hereās to the next 7 š«¶
Chris x
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Chris Williamson
Iāve wanted to record this episode for 10 years. Alain de Botton joins me today on Modern Wisdom š
During the lowest points of my life, Alainās voice and lessons have probably been the first place Iāve turned to get some clarity and reassurance. He genuinely sees the human condition with a level of transparency that no one else does. Heās helped me through breakups, grief, depression, jealousy, loneliness, injury, surgery and so much more. Getting to sit down with him was a dream.
Expect to learn where bad inner voices come from, why we struggle to connect with our emotions, if there is a danger of intellectualising feeling problems for smart people, Alainās advice for obsessives who want to let go a little more, advice for an anxious person dealing with an avoidant one, why we get stuck in unhappy relationships, how to improve your self worth and much more...
I think I did justice to the completely obsessive one-sided parasocial relationship Iāve had with this man and his words over the last decade. Itās a special episode for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Itās live now x
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Chris Williamson
3.25M babyyyy šā£ I'm recording a Q&A tomorrow. Ask me a question ā¬ļø
I appreciate you all.
Chris x
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Chris Williamson
3 million subscribers š
It took 5 years, 600 episodes and 1000 videos to hit 1 million.
It took 9 months and 120 episodes to hit 2 million.
Itās taken 7 months and 80 episodes to hit 3.
For context: we gained more subscribers in the last month than the entire first 3.5 years of the show. Absolutely wild.
It might look sophisticated now, but this project has been bootstrapped so hard itās insane. For 5 years, 500 episodes and 1000 videos the āteamā consisted of me and a video guy in a Facebook Messenger Chat.
I wrote every title, every thumbnail, every description. Handled every guest booking. Invoiced every advertiser. Did every social media post. Fuck I even DMād my entire 1000-person phonebook individually asking them to subscribe to the show when we first launched.
Iām proud of whatever this has become. Iām proud of earning our stripes by ripping this thing off the launchpad and out into orbit one inch at a time.
Modern Wisdom was something I started as a side project on my couch in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I was trying to create a syllabus for understanding myself and the world around me because I was lost. I didnāt know why I behaved the way I did. I didnāt understand why my thinking got hijacked and I couldnāt connect with other people fully. And I figured that if I launched my own show Iād have an excuse to ask questions of people who might have some answers for me.
Thatās still why I do it. To better understand the human condition, my nature, the world, culture and incentives. To be ready to overcome the hardest days of my life and make more out of the joyful ones.
Life is hard and this podcast will help.
Iām not stopping. Iām gonna continue to follow my instincts and talk to people Iām interested in regardless of notoriety or popularity. Good ideas are interesting and open conversations are like spirulina for the soul in a media landscape filled with fast food for your amygdala.
Thank you so much to everyone whoās supported me and the show, I really appreciate you all. The shares, the likes, the kind messages and comments. Youāre all jacked, smart, curious, hot, unreasonably reasonable legends and I love you.
Thank you,
Chris x
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Chris Williamson
Flying to the UK for my London Live show on Thursday. Full length 45 minute Australia Tour vlog goes out on Sunday and Dry Creek Dewayne's episode drops on Monday. I love this stuff so much š
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Australia you were amazing. 5000+ people over 3 nights. Thank you all so much š
Next up: Thursday 28th November at the Eventim Apollo in London. Last chance for tickets - chriswilliamson.live/london
I can't wait to see you,
Chris x
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Flying to Australia tomorrow for the start of my live tour! šš¦šŗ
Brisbane is completely sold out but there are still tickets available for Melbourne & Sydney! Get yours now at chriswilliamson.live/australia
I can't wait to see you all,
Chris x
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Chris Williamson
2.75m babyyyy šā£ I'm recording a Q&A tomorrow. Ask me a question ā¬ļø
I appreciate you all.
Chris x
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