Life and Lessons by Sean Spooner
Sharing the life lessons I wish I knew sooner in my twenties. Join me for daily Little Lessons episodes, plus weekly long-form conversations with some of the world’s smartest thinkers, including Chris Williamson, Johann Hari, Rory Sutherland, Nir Eyal, David Robson and more. If you want more from life, this podcast is where you’ll find the tools you need.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 263
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
E207: Progress Just Kind of... Happens
E206: 100 Days to Q4, Bias Towards Action, Building a Lucky Life
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E205: The Life You Want is 45 Minutes Away, People Want You To Win, You Need To Draw a Line in the Sand
E204: Talking in Paris, Visiting Parliament, and The Power of Doing Things Often Enough
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E203: A Phone Call That Ruined My Month, and You Don't Need to Seek Answers
On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I explain where I've been for the past few weeks and why I disappeared, and I discuss an important mindset on not always needing to close feedback loops.
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E202: A Mindset to Make Hard Things Easier, and Finding The Root Cause of Your Problems
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On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I share a mindset that is helping me make difficult things more en…
E201: Why You'll Win 2025 One Week at a Time
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On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I explain why you're going to win 2025 one week at a time, and I …
E200: Episode 200 Q&A – My Book, Lord Sugar, Dealing With Family Illness, and My Tinder Bio
On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, to mark episode 200, we do something a little bit different.
I sat down with my close friend Adam Horton and invited him to switch roles and interview me.
A…
E199: Why You MUST Plan 2025, And Why Comfort Will Make You Weak
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On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I tell you the story of how broken car ruined my week, I share a lesson it taught me, and …
E198: 7 Lessons I Needed to Hear at 19
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On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, to make turning 29, I share 7 lessons I needed to hear 10 years ago, w…
E197: How I'm Planning 2025, and If I'm Quitting The Marathon Challenge
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On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I give you an update on running three marathons in ten weeks, and I sh…
E196: Act Like The Person You're Not
E195: You're Winning The Slow Uphill Battle of Life – Even if it Doesn't Feel Like it
E194: Oliver Burkeman: Working Harder Isn't Helping You! You'll Never Reach All Of Your Goals!
Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and author of books including The Sunday Times Bestselling 'Four Thousand Weeks' and his latest release, 'Meditations For Mortals'.
No matter how hard you try, you're …
E193: Running 2 Marathons in 3 Weekends
On this week's episode of Life and Lessons, I tell you all about running two marathons over three weekends, I share details of the talks I've given across the UK this month, and I discuss the foundat…
E192: Rory Sutherland on Self-Improvement, TikTok Fame and 20mph Speed Limits in Wales
Rory Sutherland is an author, behavioural scientist, and vice-chairman of Ogilvy.
If you’re anything like me, you could listen to Rory talk for hours. I was lucky enough to speak to Rory for the podc…
E191: Hyper-Optimisation is Ruining Your Progress
It can be tempting to focus your self-improvement efforts on the areas of your life where things are already going well. But this isn't how you bring about meaningful change. In this week's episode o…
Little Lesson: Somebody is Waiting to Hear From You
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Little Lesson: When Did You Last Look Up?
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Little Lesson: Don't Chase People
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