My guest, author, and international speaker Mark Metry was incredibly successful, making 6 figures when he was just 15 years of age.
Yet, to fit in, he ignored his intuition to lie, becoming comfortable being someone he wasn’t, which was gnawing away at him internally, and he fell prey to social anxiety which got him to experience suicidal tendencies.
Then, an intuitive moment had him “see” the life of regret that he would experience if he continued down this path, and this changed the trajectory of his success.
He then leveraged his intuition to make the right decisions to accelerate his success, becoming an international keynote speaker, a best-selling author, and the host of one of the top podcasts in the world with amazing guests such as Seth Godin, Gretchen Rubin, Ed Mylett, J.J. Virgin and Jay Shetty. Thanks to his intuition, he continues to accelerate his success today.
Timestamps
- 00:58 - Introduction
- 02:32 - Mark's background
- 04:08 A chat about the book "Screw Being Shy"
- 04:28 - Introducing vulnerabilities
- 05:10 - Misconceptions around social anxiety hurt people
- 06:02 - A Stanford study followed those with social anxiety
- 07:28 - Relating the study to his life when being called "quiet"
- 09:22 - "Screw Being Shy" was written to help provide tools
- 11:02 - Not a fan of using labels
- 14:06 - Intuition had him make 6 figures while in school
- 16:50 - How he sees intuition
- 18:28 - Lying continuously created a fake projection
- 20:28 - "Gut feeling" tied to a biochemical reaction
- 22:28 - Intuitive hurdles take you down the wrong path
- 24:56 - Balancing your emotions with a sense of rationality
- 27:38 - Setting the stage for social anxiety
- 30:22 - Things went south when moving to a rural town
- 33:20 - Intuition helped identify that he had social anxiety
- 34:46 - Ignoring intuition led to a low point in life
- 37:15 - The intuitive moment that "sees" future regret
- 38:32 - Intuition stopped his vices and accelerated success
- 39:24 - Everyone starts a story of when they ignored intuition
- 39:52 - Change only happened when the only way was up
- 43:56 - The emotions overpower the rational part of our brain
- 44:36 - Improvement needs to come from an intuitive level
- 45:12 - Psychological trauma when younger leads to problems
- 46:32 - The trauma needs to be addressed to move ahead
- 48:06 - Stripping the emotions away from the trauma
- 51:00 - Learn to be aware of your emotions
- 52:22 - Do things physical
- 53:10 - Having some form of creative expression
- 53:48 - Having real conversations with others
- 54:52 - If you don't take action, you will fail
- 56:04 - Contact details
