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3MM: Enlightenment, Potential & Men At Home

3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I’m coming back to the UK & Ireland with a brand new live show. Edinburgh, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Exeter, London, Dublin (Sold Out), Newcastle & Belfast 🚀 Get your tickets now. I’ve been thinking about how to achieve a Realistic Path To Enlightenment. As much as moving to a cave in the woods and spending a decade in silent retreat might be great for your spirit, it’s not going to be doable by pretty much anyone. If you’ve meditated enough, you...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, One of the best questions to ask yourself when faced with a decision is “what would you tomorrow want you today to do?” This has been something I’ve relied on for years to help give me perspective and make better choices. It rips you out of the moment. It stops you from relying so heavily on the confused chemical signals coming from your body and instead gives you a bit more distance. It depersonalises the decision and helps you to treat yourself like a friend...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I got nominated for a Webby Award! Let's annihilate the voting please. It takes less than 30 seconds, thank you so much 💜 “Fuck-you money” is a meme but it’s also a truth. There is an amount of wealth you can achieve when typical restrictions and conventions no longer apply to you. You don’t need to suck up to the gatekeepers. You don’t need to do things you don’t want to do. In extreme situations you don’t even need to follow the law. Similarly, “fuck-you freedom”...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I’m back from tour! after 31 hours of travel to avoid an active war zone. Thank you to everyone who came out to see me in Australia, New Zealand & Bali. It was the best tour I’ve ever done and you guys absolutely rule. UK & Ireland tickets are live for October, see you soon ✌️ This quote has been in my head so much over the last few months: “The rise of social media as the primary form is social interaction changed the way that we judge people. We once used to judge...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm in Bali. Tour has been wild and absolutely non-stop, got a week here to chill out. Final show tomorrow <3 In other news - today is the first episode from my new studio in Austin Texas! To celebrate we're starting a brand new new hang-style episode. Featuring George Mack, Shaan Puri, Michael Smoak, Tom Cruise and the McDonald’s CEO (really). Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. In other news, I finally came up with a...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, Tour the last week has been a madness. I’m in Perth for 18 hours and I’m gutted we have to leave. Thank you so much to everyone who’s come out to Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide - Brisbane, NZ & Bali next! I am certain that most capable people don’t believe in themselves enough. A lack of confidence killed more dreams than a lack of competence ever did. Self-doubt often seems to be bundled into a package deal alongside potential. Why? Is it that capable people are...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I'm in Australia!! Live tour starts this Thursday 💜 Come see me. “I struggle to believe I’m worthy of moments of joy and peace without first putting myself through a brutal schedule, monitoring my productivity levels down to the minute. Perhaps some people apply this “earn your cookie” mindset in ways that lead to healthy achievements. Not me. Mine is a mutation whereby joy and self-compassion are regularly outlawed by an internal tyrant who decides when I’ve been...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I fly to Australia this Friday! Very limited tickets left for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Christchurch, Auckland & Bali. https://chriswilliamson.live/ “Neediness occurs when you place a higher priority on what others think of you than what you think of yourself. Any time you alter your words or behavior to fit someone else’s needs rather than your own, that is needy. Any time you lie about your interests, hobbies, or background, that is needy. Any time you pursue a...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, I fly to Australia for tour next week!! Plus James Smith is supporting me. Perth & Brisbane are fully sold out - tickets still available for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Christchurch, Auckland & Bali. Come see me live. Adversity is a terrible thing to waste. Almost all of the biggest periods of growth in your life have germinated from your lowest points. Once shock, grief and sadness subside, much more energetic emotions arise - pain, resentment, bitterness, anger...

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3 MINUTE MONDAY Hi friend, It's my birthday 🥳 If you'd like to get me a present, please press subscribe on YouTube. Or feel free to reply and tell me a story about something you've enjoyed from the show or my writing over the last year, those make me smile (: When faced with a challenge, your nature might be to worry and obsess and grip tightly. The classic Insecure Overachiever mindset. Because worrying is so common in every pursuit you attempt, your successes are seen as proof that worrying...