Episode 152: Pat Flynn on Making Truth your Target

I was very grateful to have Pat Flynn join me on the Beyond Fit podcast today! I recently heard Pat talk on Mike Matthew's Muscle for Life podcast and upon sharing some emails back and forth was excited to extend him an invitation to come on the show and discuss how to pursue truth through a combination of knowledge, experience, and virtuous living. We got to discuss the philosophies of Aristotle and others as well as why even the most intelligent people use "motivated reasoning." Timestamps: 4:15- Fitness dogma. 12:57- Making truth your target. Cognitive biases. 30:58- “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” -Charlie Munger 38:52- The Golden Mean 49:59- Why fitness as a vocation Pat's Website: www.chroniclesofstrength.com Pat's Podcast: The Pat Flynn Show  Sign up for a FREE coaching discovery call https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18840460&appointmentType=18201585 Want to make the show even better? Take the listener questionnaire! https://forms.gle/mFTZXAkTB81CTUqA6