#200 Choose Your Struggle with Joe Rogan

Podcasts are one of the most accurate windows into a person

That's the bright side of tragedy -when you come through it, you really have an appreciation for the moments without tragedy.

I like to pop a heavy edible before a flight and just sit there to check out the dark corners of my brain...because that's when you learn things, when you can't go anywhere

That Nike slogan, 'Just do it,' is one of the greatest slogans of all time...Go fucking do something and then in the middle of doing it, it will become easy.

You get so much more benefit out of a struggle that you choose to embark on versus a struggle that life throws upon you

If you try to watch late-night television now, after podcasts, it seems so corny and so stupid...They're just throwing these phony questions at these people and the host probably doesn't give a shit about the guest's new television show or their new album or whatever...

It's hard for people to be themselves - they don't like themselves. They don't like what they are and so they like to pretend that there's something more exceptional to them instead of working at it.

People need a certain amount of conflict and a certain amount of struggle and they create that struggle if they don't get it in some sort of an organic form

Joe Rogan's podcast gets about 190 million downloads per month

The freedom of being able to just say who you are and be authentic... the freedom to do that has got to be something that will enhance all aspects of your life

Too many people are trying to curate a life of total passivity and calmness. That shit's nonsense.

You are not your past. You might have done some things in the past that you wish you hadn't done - don't dwell on them, you learn from it.

Humans have the tendency to run from boredom and discomfort by pulling out our phones

Get out there and hustle...It's important not just for success, but it's important for your head, it's important for your friendships, and it's important for your life.

Hiding is one of the most fundamental traits of a human being. We project some image aimed to appear to others a certain way in order to protect ourselves.

Hiding certain elements of your humanity so that you appear in a certain way is fucking exhausting and ultimately you're fishing with the lure that isn't your real self

Those weird days where things are shitty, one of the things that does is it really makes you appreciate the good days

It's thought that doing hot yoga mimics the benefits of using a sauna

Being alone in nature is the ultimate perspective enhancer

The world we live in now...it's going to be, within the next 50 years, total transparency with every single thing you do. You're going to have to get used to the fact that there's no privacy.

The real impact of the internet is only 20-25 years old...it's still very young

Know the way specifically, you know the way broadly. Know the way broadly, you know the way specifically.

But fuck man, just spend some time in nature...Just be with yourself and mind the stillness.

In the human world, there's never been a thing like a podcast before

Joe only has 3 people who work for his podcast team

One YouTuber, who's only 7-years-old, makes $20 million/year reviewing toys

Privacy, I think, in a hundred years will be a hilarious concept

I don't think we're programmed to be steady and stable because there's never been a time in human history where life has been super peaceful and easy going

Discipline equals freedom

It is SO IMPORTANT to examine and assess all the ways that you validate yourself externally which allow you to love yourself internally

Athletes in particular...they're all on a script....they all say the same shit.

Every time I've gotten better at stand-up, it's almost directly connected to bombing

I think we're all addicted to the fallacy of control...we're always in some modicum of chaos