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Chris Williamson blasted pulses with some heavy unsolicited truths about the people in your life and the kind of content you consume. The host of the podcast and the fitness man shared a clip from his conversation with exercise scientist Dr. Mike Israetel, sending chills and causing a rethink in the world of associate groups and follows on Instagram. Just sit with it; it’s completely new.
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Essentially: You want to know who hit hard-toxic in your life with little interaction? Easy said than done! How many of us actually do it? Williamson goes on with such clarity that it beckons you to take copious notes. “They’re probably demotivating,” he remarks of the lifeless energy vampires we all know. The opposite is people who make you feel like you should level up: “That’s who you want to be hanging out with.” Dropped mic.
Here’s the other thing: Williamson says that same rule applies straight to your digital life: “That identical rule, unchanged maps exactly onto all of your social media.” All those videos and Instagram posts in your social media algorithm matter. The test: “You want shit in your algorithm that you look at and you’re like, I like the way this makes me feel.” For real.
The comment section was a full-blown revelation from one person to another. One netizen shared that since hearing this, they went down their following list, deleting hundreds. “Scratched the surface but I want quality not quantity,” the netizen shared, soaking up that post-clarity glow. Another respondent related it to the old saying of being the average of five people you spend most time with and stressed the importance of auditing your inner circle.
But then the next comment stole the spotlight. An MD imparted some practice-related wisdom with, “From a physician here, who is a high school drop out, and was homeless as a teenager. Even family falls into this category.” The doctor had to keep it real; condense what the majority secretly think but never actually say: Sometimes, you gotta cut back on interacting with people who bring you down, even if they’re family. The conversation that ensued was on fire: med students, and some others, agreed that had changed their perspective about relationships.
Invariably, though, not everybody was here for the deep thoughts. One blurted out “post nut clarity” (rude, but funny) with another chipping in with fitness drama about liposuction claims. Nevertheless, the greater majority of the response did suggest that people were really processing this on a personal level.
What sets Williamson’s viewpoint apart is the fact that he takes that world-to-life analogy seriously into the digital space in which we live. Knowing, though, how much time the modern man usually spends nearly 60% of his waking hours in the virtual world (a statistic that truly should belong to him, not to us), this may turn out to be so much more important than we think. It leads him to wonder: “How did that make me feel after I finish watching it?”
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From the reactions, one takeaway is assured. The message cut deep. Mass unfollowing is in effect; friendships are under reconsideration, and perhaps, just maybe, people are thinking about having that better mental state. From the gym partners that always ditch you for leg day to the IG account that just feels wrong to scroll through, this is what they are shouting: curate your life like your happiness depends on it. Because honestly, it does.