Life and Lessons by Sean Spooner

By Sean Spooner

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Sharing the life lessons I wish I knew sooner in my twenties. Join me for daily Little Lessons episodes, plus weekly long-form conversations with some of the world’s smartest thinkers, including Chris Williamson, Johann Hari, Rory Sutherland, Nir Eyal, David Robson and more. If you want more from life, this podcast is where you’ll find the tools you need. Follow me on Instagram: @spoonerseanAnd on Twitter: @spoonerseanJoin my Newsletter Group: www.seanspooner.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Date
E207: Progress Just Kind of... Happens
Jun 30, 2025
E206: 100 Days to Q4, Bias Towards Action, Building a Lucky Life
Jun 23, 2025
E205: The Life You Want is 45 Minutes Away, People Want You To Win, You Need To Draw a Line in the Sand
Jun 16, 2025
E204: Talking in Paris, Visiting Parliament, and The Power of Doing Things Often Enough
Mar 07, 2025
E203: A Phone Call That Ruined My Month, and You Don't Need to Seek Answers
Feb 14, 2025
E202: A Mindset to Make Hard Things Easier, and Finding The Root Cause of Your Problems
Jan 17, 2025
E201: Why You'll Win 2025 One Week at a Time
Jan 10, 2025
E200: Episode 200 Q&A – My Book, Lord Sugar, Dealing With Family Illness, and My Tinder Bio
Jan 01, 2025
E199: Why You MUST Plan 2025, And Why Comfort Will Make You Weak
Dec 21, 2024
E198: 7 Lessons I Needed to Hear at 19
Dec 13, 2024
E197: How I'm Planning 2025, and If I'm Quitting The Marathon Challenge
Dec 06, 2024
E196: Act Like The Person You're Not
Nov 10, 2024
E195: You're Winning The Slow Uphill Battle of Life – Even if it Doesn't Feel Like it
Nov 03, 2024
E194: Oliver Burkeman: Working Harder Isn't Helping You! You'll Never Reach All Of Your Goals!
Oct 20, 2024
E193: Running 2 Marathons in 3 Weekends
Oct 12, 2024
E192: Rory Sutherland on Self-Improvement, TikTok Fame and 20mph Speed Limits in Wales
Aug 12, 2024
E191: Hyper-Optimisation is Ruining Your Progress
Aug 05, 2024
Little Lesson: Somebody is Waiting to Hear From You
Aug 02, 2024
Little Lesson: When Did You Last Look Up?
Aug 01, 2024
Little Lesson: Don't Chase People
Jul 31, 2024
Little Lesson: Withstanding Rejection Will Set You Apart
Jul 30, 2024
Little Lesson: Are You in Control or Are You Being Controlled?
Jul 29, 2024
E190: Monk Mode Doesn't Work – Build Slow Undetectable Progress
Jul 28, 2024
Little Lesson: Your Habits Decide Your Future
Jul 26, 2024
Little Lesson: This Podcast Won't Make You Confident
Jul 25, 2024
Little Lesson: Your Average Life Comes From Average Actions
Jul 24, 2024
Little Lesson: Most Worries Disappear When You Begin Doing
Jul 23, 2024
Little Lesson: You Won't Reach All Of Your Goals
Jul 22, 2024
E189: David Robson on How to Build and Maintain Social Connections That Last a Lifetime
Jul 07, 2024
E188: Johann Hari on the Hidden Truth About Ozempic
Jun 16, 2024
Little Lesson: You Can Make Someone's Day Today
Jun 14, 2024
Little Lesson: It Will Always Be Today
Jun 13, 2024
Little Lesson: If Someone Else Can Do It, Any Can't You?
Jun 12, 2024
Little Lesson: Changing Your Life is Painfully Boring
Jun 11, 2024
Little Lesson: If You're Doing It To Impress Other People, You Won't Find Meaning From It
Jun 10, 2024
E187: Two Mindsets To Force You Towards Action
Jun 09, 2024
Little Lesson: Everybody Has The Same Self-Doubt As You
Jun 07, 2024
Little Lesson: You Have To Be Your Own Best Friend
Jun 06, 2024
Little Lesson: Your Excuses Won't Actually Help You
Jun 05, 2024
Little Lesson: Stop Living On Autopilot
Jun 04, 2024
Little Lesson: If You Don't Know What You Want, You're Never Going To Get It
Jun 03, 2024
E186: Why You Should Have Missions Every Month
Jun 02, 2024
E185: Q&A, Finding Flow and Submitting My Book Proposal
May 19, 2024
Little Lesson: It's You Vs. You
May 14, 2024
Little Lesson: There's No Such Thing As Being "Unsure"
May 13, 2024
E184: Overdue Life Update and 3 Mindsets To Live By
May 12, 2024
Little Lesson: The More Open You Can Be, The More You Get From Life
May 10, 2024
Little Lesson: The End of History Illusion
May 09, 2024
Little Lesson: Learn The Patterns of Your Life
May 08, 2024
Little Lesson: Nobody Will Cheer For You
May 07, 2024
Little Lesson: Life Knows Better
May 06, 2024
Little Lesson: Your 20s Aren't For Comfort
Apr 22, 2024
Little Lesson: Spend Time On Your Own
Apr 12, 2024
Little Lesson: Nobody Will Fix Your Life For You
Apr 09, 2024
Little Lesson: There Are No Shortcuts
Apr 08, 2024
Little Lesson: Paul Mort – Imposter Syndrome Isn't Real
Apr 05, 2024
Little Lesson: You're On Your Way Up Right Now
Apr 04, 2024
Little Lesson: Belief Determines Your Success
Apr 03, 2024
Little Lesson: What Are You Here For?
Apr 02, 2024
Little Lesson: The Rest of Your Life Will Feel Like This
Apr 01, 2024
Little Lesson: Ben West on Becoming a Better Listener in Life
Mar 29, 2024
Little Lesson: You Have So Much to be Grateful For
Mar 28, 2024
Little Lesson: Success Isn't an Accident
Mar 27, 2024
Little Lesson: Direction is More Important Than Speed
Mar 26, 2024
Little Lesson: Hard Work Negates Self-Doubt
Mar 25, 2024
Little Lesson: Danny Buck on Having Time to Hit Your Goals
Mar 22, 2024
Little Lesson: Tell People How You Feel
Mar 21, 2024
Little Lesson: You Can Build Confidence
Mar 20, 2024
Little Lesson: You DO Have The Time
Mar 19, 2024
Little Lesson: Intensity Predicts Your Results
Mar 18, 2024
Little Lesson: Nir Eyal on How Distraction Really Works
Mar 15, 2024
Little Lesson: You Need to Keep Moving Forward
Mar 14, 2024
Little Lesson: Speak With Your Actions
Mar 13, 2024
Little Lesson: Keep The Promises You Make to Yourself
Mar 12, 2024
Little Lesson: Optional Things Get You Ahead
Mar 11, 2024
Little Lesson: Chris Williamson on Dissatisfaction Being a Feature Not a Bug
Mar 08, 2024
Little Lesson: The First Reps Are Always The Hardest
Mar 07, 2024
Little Lesson: Pick Your Discomforts in Life
Mar 06, 2024
Little Lesson: You Made a Promise to Your Younger Self
Mar 05, 2024
Little Lesson: New Beginnings Can Begin Whenever
Mar 04, 2024
E183: Change Your Life in the Next 100 Days
Feb 23, 2024
E182: Time Under Tension Builds Resilience
Feb 10, 2024
E181: Bonnie Wan – How to LOVE Your Life Again
Feb 02, 2024
E180: Ask Who Not How
Jan 19, 2024
E179: Plant More Seeds This Year
Jan 12, 2024
E178: My 2024 Goals
Jan 05, 2024
E177: Nick Butter – Running 1,000 Marathons Taught Me This
Dec 08, 2023
E176: Pick Your Discomforts and Stop Looking Up
Dec 01, 2023
E175: Reflections from Chris Williamson Live in London
Nov 24, 2023
E174: Plan Your Time, Manage Your Energy
Nov 17, 2023
E173: You Have The Tools You Need To Begin
Oct 14, 2023
E172: Success Comes to Those Who Wait Longest
Sep 22, 2023
E171: Stormzy, Rain and Running 15K
Aug 25, 2023
E170: Increase Your Reps to Increase Your Luck
Aug 11, 2023
E169: I'm Trying My Best For The Rest of 2023
Aug 04, 2023
E168: Use Contrast For a More Meaningful Life
Jul 14, 2023
E167: Add Less Gravity to Your Goals
Jun 30, 2023
E166: Does Seeing Success Make You Feel Jealous or Inspired?
Jun 09, 2023
E165: Progress is Slow – But There's No Alternative
Jun 02, 2023
E164: Direction of Travel is Everything
May 26, 2023
E163: Danny Buck on the Realities of Growing a £20m eCom Business
May 10, 2023
E162: Decide Your Life Has Potential
May 05, 2023
E161: Always Pick Taking Action
Apr 28, 2023
E160: The Future of This Podcast
Apr 21, 2023
E159: An Overdue Life Update
Apr 07, 2023
E158: Thomas Frank on What Productivity Actually Means
Mar 24, 2023
E157: I Turn 30 in Exactly 1,000 Days
Mar 17, 2023
E156: David Robson on How Expectations Change Your Reality
Mar 10, 2023
E155: The Power of External Accountability
Mar 03, 2023
E154: Moshe Bar on the Unexpected Power of Mindwandering
Feb 24, 2023
E153: Become a Professional at Life
Feb 17, 2023
E152: Dr Meg Arroll on How Small Traumas Shape Your Life (And What To Do About Them)
Feb 10, 2023
E151: Episode 150 Q&A: The Problem with Self-Help, My Life in 10 Years & more
Feb 05, 2023
E150: Floyd Woodrow on SAS Leadership Lessons for Life
Jan 27, 2023
E149: 5 Steps to Manage Your Energy and Get More Done
Jan 20, 2023
E148: Paul Mort on How To Claw Your Life Back and Find Meaning
Jan 13, 2023
E147: Why I Missed My Targets in 2022
Jan 08, 2023
E146: 8 Lessons From 2022
Dec 16, 2022
E145: These Two Questions Will Change Your Life
Dec 02, 2022
E144: Change The Way You See Yourself
Nov 11, 2022
E143: Answering Questions on Blue Tick DM Slides and Making The Most of Your Time
Nov 04, 2022
E142: Am I Living My Dream?
Oct 30, 2022
E141: This Process Will Fix Your Life and Why I'm Writing a Book
Oct 21, 2022
E140: Monk Mode and GB News Standing Me Up
Oct 17, 2022
E139: Why Instagram Verification Was Underwhelming and Designing Your Ideal Day
Oct 07, 2022
E138: It's Easy To Be Above Average
Sep 30, 2022
E137: Malleable Goals and What Losing a £2,500 Watch Taught Me
Sep 23, 2022
E136: 48 Hours in Europe and Tricking Your Mind
Sep 18, 2022
E135: Natasha De Teran – The Hidden World of Payments
Sep 09, 2022
E134: Questions on Dating, Imposter Syndrome, the Recession and More
Sep 02, 2022
E133: Tiago Forte – Build a Second Brain and Remember Anything
Aug 19, 2022
E132: Doubting Myself and Rethinking The Podcast
Aug 12, 2022
E131: Luke Burgis – How Mimetic Desire Is Shaping Your Decisions
Aug 05, 2022
E130: Calling Out My Own Bullshit
Jul 29, 2022
E129: Carole Walker – The Secrets of Westminster's Press Lobby
Jul 22, 2022
E128: Waiting For Permission Will Kill Your Dreams
Jul 15, 2022
E127: Ben West – This Podcast Could Save Your Life
Jul 08, 2022
E126: Be Slightly Above Average at Everything
Jul 01, 2022
E125: Lewis Mokler – Why Independent Musicians Are Struggling
Jun 24, 2022
E124: Half Year Review and Improving Areas Where You Spend The Most Time
Jun 17, 2022
E123: Jon Yates on Why Society Is Fractured And How To Solve It
Jun 10, 2022
E122: Getting More Enjoyment From Less
Jun 03, 2022
E121: Lessons From The Podcast Show London
May 27, 2022
E120: Confidence Is 90% Of The Battle
May 20, 2022
E119: The Importance of Solitude and Why You Shouldn't Stop When It Gets Hard
May 13, 2022
E118: Nir Eyal on Becoming Indistractable and Stealing Back Your Attention
May 06, 2022
E117: Malleable Identity and Hitting a Brick Wall
Apr 29, 2022
E116: Ollie Horton on Exactly How To Start Your Fitness Journey
Apr 23, 2022
E115: The Irreversible Path of Self-Improvement
Apr 15, 2022
E114: How To Actually Build Confidence
Apr 08, 2022
E113: Questions on Regret and Advice To My 18-Year-Old Self
Apr 01, 2022
E112: Adam Hart on How Evolution Left Us Unfit For Purpose
Mar 25, 2022
E111: Trying Something Harder Than 75 Hard
Mar 18, 2022
E110: Rory Sutherland on the Behavioural Science of Lockdowns, Tinder, EVs and more
Mar 11, 2022
E109: Stranded at the O2, Gratitude and Jamal Edwards
Mar 04, 2022
E108: Laura Watkins and Vanessa Dietzel on Finding Your Purpose and Avoiding Burn Out
Feb 25, 2022
E107: Quitting The News Cold Turkey
Feb 18, 2022
E106: Patrick Poster on the £4m Secret Life of a Gambling Addict
Feb 11, 2022
E105: Don't 'Fake It Until You Make It'
Feb 04, 2022
E104: Max Fosh on Lessons From Being a Fake Model, Facing Laurence Fox & More
Jan 28, 2022
E103: Lean Into Discomfort and Force Change
Jan 21, 2022
E102: Rick Pastoor on Finding Focus and Getting a Grip of Your Life
Jan 14, 2022
E101: 2022 Goals, Catching Covid, and Resetting My Sleeping Pattern
Jan 07, 2022
E100: Episode 100 Q&A
Dec 03, 2021
E99: Foundations
Nov 27, 2021
E98: Deciding Your Own Freedoms
Nov 19, 2021
E97: The Worst Shape Of My Life
Nov 12, 2021
E96: Avoid Big Issues With Small Actions
Nov 05, 2021
E95: Making Decisions Selfishly
Oct 31, 2021
E94: Missing $1.6M?
Oct 22, 2021
E93: Finding Happiness In The Process
Oct 15, 2021
E92: An Uneventful Update
Oct 08, 2021
E91: Advice To My Younger Self
Oct 01, 2021
E90: My Five Week Cough Solved, And A Question About Habits
Sep 24, 2021
E89: Unremarkably Remarkable
Sep 10, 2021
E88: Three Productivity Principles and The Best Night of My Life
Sep 03, 2021
E87: The Late Episode
Aug 29, 2021
E86: A Framework For Better Decisions
Aug 20, 2021
E85: Asking Yourself 'What If?'
Aug 13, 2021
E84: Purpose, New Identities, and Finding Obvious Answers
Aug 06, 2021
E83: Finding My Feet in a Post-Restrictions World
Jul 30, 2021
E82: How Young Apprentice Distorted My Priorities
Jul 23, 2021
E81: Everyone Is Making It Up As They Go Along
Jul 16, 2021
E80: Journaling, Conversations, and Getting Paid For Things You Love
Jul 09, 2021
E79: Patter Turned One
Jul 02, 2021
E78: Mentors, Resilience, Redefining Success & more
Jun 25, 2021
E77: A Myth About Happiness
Jun 18, 2021
E76: Broken Cars, Broken Phones and Broken Vaccination Websites
Jun 11, 2021
E75: Ollie Horton on Consistent Actions, Practical Productivity, Education and more
Jun 04, 2021
E74: Catchup, Bitcoin Punts and Treasure Hunts
May 28, 2021
E73: Dom McGregor on Growing a £200m Business and 4.5 Years Sober
May 21, 2021
E72: Surrounding Yourself With The Right People
May 14, 2021
E71: Ben Pearson on the Mental Health Impacts of Frontline Policing
May 07, 2021
E70: Why 'Hustle Culture' is Fundamentally Flawed
Apr 30, 2021
E69: Elke Wiss on Asking Better Questions and Getting Better Answers
Apr 23, 2021
E68: An Unexpected Consequence of This Podcast
Apr 16, 2021
E67: Chris Williamson on Identity Change, Sobriety, Cancel Culture and more
Apr 09, 2021
E66: Dealing With Events Out Of Our Control
Apr 02, 2021
E65: Cameron Rawson on The Secret Life of a DJ, Mental Health, Alcohol and more
Mar 26, 2021
E64: My Productivity Blueprint and Restructuring Things
Mar 19, 2021
E63: Thinking Bigger and Asking Better Questions
Mar 12, 2021
E62: Peter Watson on Financial Stability, Calling Out Bullshit, Business Growth and More
Mar 05, 2021
E61: Witnessing a Car Crash and Going Back to Basics on My Habits
Feb 26, 2021
E60: Ryan Murton on Gambling £100,000s, Quitting Cold Turkey, and The Future of Dating
Feb 19, 2021
E59: Elon Musk, Podcast Growth, and Missing The Past
Feb 12, 2021
E58: Tom Harwood on the Secrets of British Politics, Twitter Division, Breaking News and more
Feb 05, 2021
E57: Gamestop, Perspective and Facing Failure
Jan 29, 2021
E56: Andrew Tindall from Studying Medicine to Marketing Alcohol Brands
Jan 22, 2021
E55: Mental Toughness and Minimalism
Jan 15, 2021
E54: Billy Harris on Bio-Hacking, Productivity Enhancements, Happiness and more
Jan 08, 2021
E53: 2021 Goal Setting, Accidentally Making The News, and Attempting 75 Hard
Jan 01, 2021
E52: 6 Lessons From A Year Of Life
Dec 04, 2020
E51: Start Your New Year's Resolutions on December 1st
Nov 27, 2020
E50: Office Refurbishments
Nov 20, 2020
E49: Finding Happiness And Podcast Guests
Nov 13, 2020
E48: Avoiding Comfort
Nov 06, 2020
E47: Why I'm Looking Forward To Next Year
Oct 30, 2020
E46: Questions About Business, Partnerships and Vlogging
Oct 23, 2020
E45: Passing My Driving Test And Buying A Car
Oct 16, 2020
E44: The Eve Of My Driving Test
Oct 09, 2020
E43: Processing Your Thoughts
Oct 02, 2020
E42: 1,000 Days Sober
Sep 25, 2020
E41: Confidence
Sep 18, 2020
E40: Visiting Auschwitz
Sep 11, 2020
E39: What Happens After Episode 52?
Sep 04, 2020
E38: The One Goal I Have For The Rest of the Year
Aug 28, 2020
E37: The Problem With University
Aug 21, 2020
E36: Why I Produce Content
Aug 14, 2020
E35: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Aug 07, 2020
E34: Getting a Coronavirus Test and Visiting Edinburgh
Jul 31, 2020
E33: Measuring Success as a Feeling
Jul 24, 2020
E32: Thinking Out Loud
Jul 17, 2020
E31: How To Get Out Of A Rut And Stay Productive
Jul 10, 2020
E30: Rebranding a Marketing Agency During a Pandemic
Jul 03, 2020
E29: 6 Months to Change Your Life
Jun 26, 2020
E28: Catchup
Jun 19, 2020
E27: The Power of Being Unusual
Jun 12, 2020
E26: Reflecting on 6 Months of Life and Lessons
Jun 05, 2020
E25: Lessons Lockdown Has Taught Me
May 29, 2020
E24: Winning Your First Client
May 22, 2020
E23: Forced Reinvention and a Question About Dating
May 15, 2020
E22: Do What You Say You're Going To Do
May 08, 2020
E21: Questions About Tinder, Optimism and My Younger Self
May 01, 2020
E20: Avoiding Burnout
Apr 24, 2020
E19: Intrinsic Values and Why We Can't Rely on Motivation
Apr 17, 2020
E18: Space To Experiment and Answering a Question on Education
Apr 10, 2020
E17: Lockdown Routine and One Question To Change Your Perspective
Apr 03, 2020
E16: 7 Books That Changed My Life
Mar 27, 2020
E15: The One About Coronavirus
Mar 21, 2020
E14: None Of This Is Guaranteed
Mar 13, 2020
E13: The Power of Short Feedback Loops and Answering Your Questions
Mar 06, 2020
E12: Focusing on These Five Things Will Change Your Life
Feb 28, 2020
E11: You Don't Grow Up, You Just Get Older
Feb 21, 2020
E10: Rejected from Berghain and How We're All Making It Up As We Go Along
Feb 14, 2020
E09: Complaining Doesn't Lead To Happiness And Why You're In Control Of Your Life
Feb 07, 2020
E08: Looking After Myself to Look After Others
Jan 31, 2020
E07: Running a Business as a 24-Year-Old
Jan 24, 2020
E06: The Stories We Tell Ourselves Are Bullshit and Perspective From a Hospital Visit
Jan 17, 2020
E05: No Alcohol For Two Years and Why I Have No Goals For 2020
Jan 10, 2020
E04: Coping With Difficult Situations, Living Below Your Means, and New Years Quick Wins
Jan 03, 2020
E03: How To Hit Your 2020 New Years Resolutions and Why We're All Hypocrites
Dec 27, 2019
E02: Quitting Social Media, Turning 24 and Talking Watches with Stormzy
Dec 20, 2019
E01: 23 Years of Life Summarised and Why Now?
Dec 13, 2019