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E167: The More Successful You Are The Longer You’ll Live: Will Storr
Will is an author who brings out the unexpected ways that we’re vulnerable, and how to manage those vulnerabilities and turn them into strengths. The author of six books including Sunday Times bestsellers, he’s one of the most interesting voices on how we can manage our worst impulses to succeed in the modern world.
In a conversation that covers everything from are we more narcissistic than we used to be to how a desire for status underpins all of our ambitions, to how to deal with low self esteem and suicidal thoughts, Will held nothing back on this unfiltered exploration of the surprising strategies we can employ to deal with the dark sides of life.
Topics:
- Your early years, how was your self esteem shaped those years
- Your book selfie, the inspiration
- Would you have been happier if you were told you could succeed?
- Am I actually making decisions?
- How our genes control us
- Story telling
- Why does status matter?
- Can we be to consumed by status?
- We live longer with a higher status
- Our pursuit of status is greater and our pursuit for money
- The part social cues play in the ‘status game’
- How do we advance in the status game?
- What ingredients create happiness for you?
- The last guest question
Will:
https://www.instagram.com/williamstorr/
Will’s book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/
Will’s new book, The Status Game, is out now in the UK and in the US on the 23rd August.
Others books mentioned:
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
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