Luke Darnell

Pitmaster of Old Virginia Smoke Barbecue, and one hell of a dancer.

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

@WVUBaseball faithful! I wish I could join you and @TonyCaridi in Omaha! But while you’re there, go enjoy some of the best BBQ in the world at @PorkyButtsBBQ ! They’ll welcome you in! Make it Country Roads HQ!

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

My friends from @SLAPs_BBQ with the President today!

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

The new hooliganism. American golf fans.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

NEW blog post is up!

The Self-Help Trap: What 20+ Years of “Optimizing” Has Taught Me

The older I get, the more I think that self-help can be a trap. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease. I say this after ~20 years of writing self-help and a lifetime of consuming it.

Spend enough time in the world of “improvement,” and you’ll notice something strange: The people most obsessed with self-help are often the least helped by it. Behind the smiles and motivational quotes, behind closed doors and after a drink or two, the truth is that they’re not able to outsmart their worries.

On one hand, perhaps this unhappiness is precisely what lands one in self-development in the first place, right? I long assumed this about myself, and it’s partially true.

On the other hand, what if self-help itself is actually creating or amplifying unhappiness?

Modern self-help contains an in-built flaw:

To continually improve yourself, you must continually locate the ways you are broken.

Fortunately, there are a few perspective shifts that make all the difference. It took me embarrassingly long to figure them out.

To get started, let’s take a fresh look at an old concept.

See the link below to the full blog post 👇

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

@ChrisSedenka Hahahaha

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@tferriss audio-only is the best. love it for drives. thank you for all that you do. love the weirder episodes.

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@Footballguys Fannin Jr. or Taysom Hill today?

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@LoudGoat Merry Christmas Sir William!

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@DivaQBBQ Merry Christmas!

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

@HeathRilesBBQ @HeinzTweets Are there savages out there who like warm ketchup?

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

@ChrisSedenka I have no idea why you are celebrating this.

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

Literally could call false start on the Bills on every single play.

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

Dear @WVUfootball and @wrenbaker —-light light show shenanigans at Mountaineer Field are an absolute debacle. Please stop before people watching at home have seizures.

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

@tferriss Everything about the slow carb diet. Revolutionary. Thank you for all your hard work. Would love to know if there were any things you’d change about slow carb, or perhaps how a slow carb/intermittent fast would work

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

Best half time show ever

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@DivaQBBQ SMASH

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@tommychong ordered two weeks ago. can't get an update.

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I can apparently go back in 4 hours @united , but I probably won’t.

[Luke Darnell @LukeDarnell]

What’s point one a one time pass to the @united lounge if you can’t use it when you’re stuck here for a while??