What podcasts say about Jett Franzen
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What Jett Franzen has said on podcasts
14 statements · 8 positive · 5 negative · 1 neutral
Unconfronted psychological shadows can subconsciously control a person’s life.
“if you can't confront that shadow and then embrace that shadow, then it's going to control your life subconsciously”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 2:34
Self-belief is especially important for young people pursuing goals.
“I think self belief is perhaps the most important thing, especially for a young person when they're trying to pursue whatever goal they have in life”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 6:43
Taking action creates evidence that builds self-belief and perceived capability.
“self belief is not going to just spawn out of nowhere. Right. You have to do something which creates evidence, which then not tricks your brain, but convinces your brain that you're the type of person that's capable of doing that”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 7:21
Increased performance pressure worsened Jett Franzen’s social-media videos.
“All of a sudden there's pressure involved. All of a sudden I really need to make this work right now. And my videos started to suck a little bit more”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 19:52
Training develops skills that can later operate automatically.
“all your training and everything like that, it was developing skills for your brain to run on autopilot”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 24:34
In America, anyone can substantially improve their socioeconomic position through agency.
“I truly believe if you live in America, it does not matter how far on the bottom you are. I believe that anyone is capable of clawing their way up the ladder.”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 34:51
Beliefs can strongly shape people’s perceptions of social treatment.
“It really shows you the power of belief”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 37:20
Constructive criticism of faults is essential to personal growth.
“The only way that you can help someone grow is by unfortunately pointing out a lot of their faults. It's not the only way, but it's essential.”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 44:22
Some people redefine success as personal virtue after failing to achieve external success.
“they move the goalpost from external success to internal virtue which they conveniently get to define”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 46:09
Lowering expectations often increases pleasant surprise and satisfaction.
“if you can just eliminate the expectations, which in all fairness, you probably can eliminate expectations, but you can at least lower your expectations, you'll be pleasantly surprised a lot of the time”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 1:01:41
Schopenhauer’s will relentlessly generates desire rather than prioritizing lasting happiness.
“The will is not concerned about you being happy at all. As a matter of fact, he almost argues, he does argue that happiness is a temporary state.”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 1:07:47
Constantly deferring life until future milestones prevents people from fully living.
“there's always something. There's always something. And that you never live your life.”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 1:12:08
Healthy narcissism can propel people toward their goals.
“if you lean into your narcissism in a healthy way, which sounds crazy, but that is the ultimate propeller to where you want to go”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 1:31:23
Unfiltered honesty is not always the best social behavior.
“I really thought that honesty was completely virtuous. And just being as raw and as honest with someone was like the best thing you could do. Which now is just not true.”
Open the episode · Why Almost Nobody Gets the Life They Want - Jett Franzen - #1130Listen at 1:55:00
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