Know thyself
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Oct 28, 2026
Greg VoisenHOST
Well, look, you kind of break it down.
Greg VoisenHOST
You said pillar one is know thyself, right? And it's a centerpiece tool for this intrinsic genius.
Greg VoisenHOST
Let's just say that that case.
Greg VoisenHOST
So you use kind of a formula, competence times joy times drive, right? So walk us through it and share yours.
Mark C. WintersGUEST
So now I've got that context of here's why.
Mark C. WintersGUEST
And that leads me to want to do the best job I can.
Mark C. WintersGUEST
And so that's why this know thyself context is so powerful and so important.
Mark C. WintersGUEST
And the intrinsic genius model that you talk about.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
Or number 1-883-0702 is the number to dial as I speak to Stanley Beckett, author and consultant at Change Creator SA.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
This is part two of Know Thyself.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
Know yourself.
Aubrey MasangoHOST
And I'm really looking forward to this conversation.
Nikola LukšićNARRATOR
And somewhere on the outer surface would have been inscribed the famous motto,
Nahlah AyedHOST
Know Thyself.
Nahlah AyedHOST
Ideas producer Nikola Lukšić brings us the story of the Delphic Oracle and the eternal allure and fallibility of prophecy.
Nikola LukšićNARRATOR
When standing in the ruins of Delphi, I could truly feel why it was the sacred center of the universe in ancient Greece.
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Michael ScottGUEST
We're always trying to peek behind the curtain a little bit more than we can.
Nikola LukšićNARRATOR
Oh wow, this is what would have been the entrance to the temple of Apollo.
Nikola LukšićNARRATOR
And somewhere on the outer surface would have been inscribed the famous motto, Know Thyself.
Julia KindGUEST
It's really the motto of the Delphic Oracle.
Jeffrey MishloveHOST
I think they raise a few good points.
Jeffrey MishloveHOST
One of them is that you know the philosophical tradition, the Gnostic tradition, the traditions of self-awareness that Socrates championed with his motto, Know Thyself.
Jeffrey MishloveHOST
These traditions have had thousands of years to work their way into the human community.
Jeffrey MishloveHOST
One can look at them now and say they failed.
GordonPANELIST
And in modern times with the social media and the technology, and I guess they did an amazing job with how... those interactions would be they absolutely did
DarrenHOST
but you know what it didn't even matter because um as amazing was the the the the technology with the video and you can see her telekinesis it was pretty cool but um to go back to when she went to the guidance counselor gordon they start saying these um they're quoting books back and forth oh yeah these different books and then she quotes a book about I think the book's called Know Thyself or something like that right I don't know you'll watch it but you'll see it but when I knew that guidance counselor was a fantastic actor he's watching her say this thing that was It was
GordonPANELIST
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DarrenHOST
sad quote, I guess.
William HenryGUEST
You know, what immediately comes to mind, Emilio, is the placard above the entrance to the Oracle of Delphi in Greece.
William HenryGUEST
It simply said, know thyself.
William HenryGUEST
Because what that ultimately leads to is recognition that everything we seek is within us.
William HenryGUEST
And when you pull on that golden thread, that's when everything is capable of being revealed to you.
Emilio OrtizHOST
Know thyself.
William HenryGUEST
Know thyself.
Emilio OrtizHOST
Well, I just want to finalize, brother, by acknowledging you.
Emilio OrtizHOST
Also send my appreciation for giving me this opportunity as well to explore on such a deep level mysteries that I'm also fascinated with.
Mabel EvansHOST
... you know?
Stephen FryGUEST
Gnothi seauton.
Mabel EvansHOST
Ooh.
Stephen FryGUEST
[laughs] Um, I, uh, I'm not sure that I do know myself any better.
Elizabeth GilbertGUEST
It turns out there always is, and that is to tell the truth.
Elizabeth GilbertGUEST
For me, that's what it means, know thyself.
Elizabeth GilbertGUEST
I will never abandon you.
Elizabeth GilbertGUEST
I will never turn my back on you.
Elizabeth GilbertGUEST
Oh, well, yeah, you gotta-
André DuqumHOST
Hey, everyone.
André DuqumHOST
Welcome back to the Know thyself podcast.
André DuqumHOST
Our guest today is one of the world's most decorated authors, most notably Eat, Pray, Love, Big Magic, her memoir, All the Way to the River, amongst many others.
Luke DysingerGUEST
Um, I certainly wouldn't hustle the person off to the monastery right away, but I would suggest that a monastic context provides regular opportunities for asking that deeper question of connectedness with the divine, with the transcendent, ultimately with God, and if you're a Christian, with the God who became human in the person of Jesus Christ.
Luke DysingerGUEST
So, um, I, I think all those questions are very deeply interrelated, but I think the, the, the first question is going to have to be, you know, uh, rather like, you know, the, uh, the, the, the question that was asked at the, uh, at the, um, at the, uh, the Shrine of Delphi, you know, gnothi seauton.
Luke DysingerGUEST
You know, uh, know yourself.
Luke DysingerGUEST
Ask the question of what you are, who you are, and do you believe you were made for something? And as you reflect on that question, a number of other issues will arise, and the question of what you choose to give your life to will naturally appear as well.