#138 Leaving the NHS, McMindfulness and Personal Finance 101 with Yusef Smith

Yusef Smith is one-half of Propane Fitness, a former NHS doctor and life hack specialist. We chat about; Leaving his role as a Doctor in the NHS, if you should strive for happiness or satisfaction, my beef with crystals and affirmations, the ethics of online businesses, the ills of social media, meditation, screen time, Jiu-jitsu, personal finance 101, the end of my consumerism, self-awareness and many tangents. 

 

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Propane Fitness website: https://propanefitness.com/ 

 

Books discussed

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida 

The Sweet Spot by Paul Bloom

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall 

Mindfulness In Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana

Deep Work by Cal Newport

Make Time by John Zaretsky and Jake Knapp

The Psychology Money by Morgan Housel

Mindset by Carol Dweck

 

 

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