Motivation, Discipline, Drive, Success – What’s the Truth? | DTPHD Podcast 4 with Henry Chong

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HENRY CHONG is our special guest speaker on this episode. Henry is Director of Fusang Capital, a fund management company that manages the assets of multi-family offices. He is also a Director at the Portcullis Group, Asia’s biggest independent group of trust companies, providing comprehensive wealth administration to high-net-worth individuals, providing a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee, and fund administration services to individuals, family offices, philanthropies, private banks, and investment managers. Henry is a graduate of Oxford University with a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy Politics & Economics and is a founder of the Oxford Economics Society. He also holds a M.Sc. in Behavioral Science from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSC). He will be sharing with us from his deep insights in behavioral economics, finance, health, and psychology.

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DTPHD Podcast episode 4

Show Notes

1:35 The long-term psychological effects of being hard on yourself to get results

4:21 What actually happens when you force yourself to do what you don’t feel like doing

5:17 The two main types of motivation. If you rely on the wrong kind of motivation, you’ll suffer the consequences in your mind and body

7:01 The correct way to approach the “grind and hustle” philosophy

10:33 How are we treating ourselves like whipped slaves

11:17 What’s the best motivator of all?

12:07 When grit is never enough

13:27 Why we all have parts within ourselves that are at war

14:31 What are the best uses of pain for your mental health and well-being?

16:19 The key difference between pain and suffering

20:01 What’s the one requirement for happiness and fulfillment?

32:47 How a neurotic personality is created and why so many people are neurotic