#189 - Kyle Eschenroeder - How To Work Out What You Want To Want From Life

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways  Don’t create a life that pleases others, create a life that you enjoy“I think our default desires so often push us towards trying to create a life that is a spectacle, something that looks great to others but itself feels kind of empty” – Kyle Eschenroeder“If we can shape our desires even a little bit, it can create massive, massive, changes in our lives” – Kyle EschenroederYou don’t want to win in life but then find out you’ve been playing the wrong game this whole timeWhen determining your desires, be careful of short-term desiresKyle recites a quote from Naval Ravikant: “The modern devil is cheap dopamine” Instead of chasing fame, chase impactInstead of chasing an easy life, chase a life with meaningful struggleIn one study, the people who retired at 55 died significantly earlier than those that retired at 65Viktor Frankl cities three sources for meaning in life:Suffering for a cause you care aboutDoing significant workCaring for others Fame can be a dangerous drug that makes people do the wrong action because they’re chasing attention“The person who seeks fame is making their happiness largely dependent on the opinions of other people. Those people who have the power to build you up have the same power to tear you down.” – Kyle EschenroederDesiring Impact > Desiring AttentionLet fame be a by-product instead of the priority“The need to be extraordinary put this layer of disrespect on our life as it is” – Kyle EschenroederIt’s important to take a step back and release our default desire to compare our lives to the Joneses. Instead, do what is exciting and meaningful to you.

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Kyle Eschenroeder is a marketer and a writer.

You do not want to live a life that you regret at the end of it. But working out what you WANT to want is a topic no one ever talks about.

When you follow your default desires, you're much more likely to find yourself at a place in life that you didn't really want to be, or mean to get to. Today, we learn how to step into our programming and actively design our direction in life. I love this topic.

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