#143 The Art of Living - Kyle Kowalski on how to have an existential crisis, synthesizing the art of living, curiosity as fuel, his relationship with money, "killing himself to work" and "purpose washing" in big companies
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- 0:00 – Video Intro
- 0:32 – Introduction
- 1:43 – The scripts that Kyle grew up with
- 10:00 – Carrieer path as an accident
- 13:46 – Kyle’s breakdown
- 17:14 – Purpose washing
- 20:02 – “Killing myself to work”
- 22:26 – How to have an existential crisis
- 25:37 – Kyle’s final years before he left his job
- 28:09 – Giving up your current life
- 30:22 – Giving the entrepreneurial path a shot
- 34:15 – Decompressing from his career
- 37:00 – Kyle’s relationship with money
- 40:35 – Being for or against
- 43:13 – Slow and the art of living
- 45:31 – Thinking
- 48:00 – Curiosity as fuel
- 51:56 – Kyle’s purpose
- 53:38 – Getting out into the world, Kyle’s next phase
- 55:17 – Sharing the personal story
- 58:30 – Surprising trade-offs in the new approach to life
- 1:03:27 – Long-form content, Kyle’s course on synthesis
- 1:09:43 – Where can we find Kyle?
- 1:10:16 – Thanks and Goodbyes
Kyle was a marketing executive who believed in the “hard work” ethic. After an existential crisis, he decided to carve his own path as a solopreneur and started Sloww - “a trusted resource of lifelong learning”. Kyle describes his purpose as “synthesizing the art of living for students of life”.
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