season 1 Episode 8

Nietzsche

Unpacking the insights

Tom and Dorion dive back into the depths of their conversation with Friedrich Nietzsche to surface the core personal development golden nuggets that have only gotten more valuable over time.  

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Topics Discussed:

  • How Nietzsche's concepts are forerunners to today's pop positivity, encouraging us to passionately embrace life, live authentically, and fully engage with each moment

  • Why we’ve got to be active — not passive — players in our own lives

  • A closer look at the will to power, and how our state of mind and character traits can help us drive toward excellence 

  • The “why” of life — and why it’s all about self-expression vs. an endgame goal or purpose

  • Why suffering and struggle are essential components of growth and self-mastery

  • The double-edged nature of hope