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Mark Rober

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1836 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Yeah, I mean, it's like with everything, it's like moderation, like taking it to a limit.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

I think I am good at saying no to a lot, which can help.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

So it's like I don't take a lot on.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Like if, you know, I've got like five really close friends as opposed to like 50 kind of good friends, a similar thing.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

So I'll pick a handful of things that I will go deep on.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

I think where it can get tough is you're trying to go deep on everything and then you're going to get overwhelmed and burn out.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Um, but yeah, I mean, I think there's a cost for everything.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Like I probably, yeah, where it's like, if you, if you are, if you're too focused on a thing at the cost of a lot of other things, then yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

it can be a challenge.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

And I do have some, you know, I have this conversation with Mr. Beast.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

He's another YouTuber.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

He's like the biggest YouTuber in the world.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

And he's like, um, he's like, you could be me or you could be happy.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Like choose.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

And he admits he has a very dopaminergic brain.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

And like dopamine isn't interested in having things.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Dopamine is interested in getting things.

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

Like that's the reward chemical, right?

Modern Wisdom
#1035 - Mark Rober - How to Engineer a Life You Love

And he loves leveling up, but it's really hard for him.