A short-form YouTube interview where Chris Collins and guest Yogy Winder discuss how the book The Way of the Superior Man influenced Yogy's personal growth. Yogy describes experiencing severe anxiety and depression around age 31 before the book entered his life, later doing therapy after moving from Oakland to Southern California (he left Oakland at ~29). He frames himself as a leader of men and attributes increased intuition and self-awareness to the period of change.
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Oakland, California (the Bay Area).
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Five years ago (relative to the interview).
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The book that we're here to talk about today is the Way of the Superior Man.
Absolutely, Absolutely.
So this is a craft lemonade. Like, they literally yesterday were practicing making this for you.
That's a flattering thing.
They're like, we're not just serving lemonade. Cheers.
Cheers.
What do you think of the library?
Damn, that's amazing. Big eight. It's really amazing to hear, man. I love the lighting, everything. Virgil? Yes. Something special going on in here.
So how old are you when the book enters your Life?
I am 31. I'm at the point where I feel like I'm almost suicidal. Not because of some of the things that I had experienced growing up, but just the fact that the anxiety and depression was so overwhelming that I felt like I wouldn't ever get my life back.
We love talking about books that have changed people's lives, but had such an impact that they are different after reading the book and today's guest, Yogi Winder.
So how would you say that the Way of the Superior man changed your life?
Is Yoging a real name?
It's a nickname that's been given to me most of my life. Everybody calls me that. It's a family name.
What was the catalyst for it?
You know what? When I was younger, they said I looked like a little bear.
Oh, Yogi the bay.
Exactly.
I was wondering if it was like you were spiritual and you were like the yogi everybody went to. You know what, you were older than your. Or you had an old soul.
You know what? I think that might be true. The older that I get, the more experience I get in life and the more I share with people, it's starting to become a reality in that sense, too. I'm starting to realize, you know, I'm only 35, but I'm a leader of men, you know, so within my experience, I definitely feel like I lived a few lives already to. To be able to give experience and wisdom. And with wisdom, I think, only comes with time and experience. So I'm able to do that in 35 years of my life and be able to lead men not just from what I do, but in life. So maybe it is. It's almost divine that this is my name.
How long have you. Have you felt that way?
In recent years, I. I feel like. And not even to get deep too early, but when I moved here to Southern California, I went through a process of, like, therapy and everything else to really understand who I was, you know, outside of just the. The pool of my neighborhood pool of just my family. Structure the pool of influence, you know? And I got a chance to really dive in and say, who am I? And once I was able to dive into that part of myself and be okay with all those parts and heal those parts, I felt like it opened up a channel for me to understand those parts to give.
Made you more aware? Oh, 100%, yeah.
100%.
You saw another dimension. Almost.
Almost. You know what I mean? And I feel like I can almost feel it. Gave me more intuition. It opened up. Intuition. It's a good word. Yeah. Intuition, I say. That's a really powerful word that I feel like I'm very connected with.
Where did you move from?
I'm from Oakland, California. So I'm from the Bay Area. I grew up in the Bay Area in California, not far. But when you think of it from just how culturally it is, it's very different than Southern California, especially where I live now. So the Bay Area is just its own haven. You know, when I was growing up there, we didn't even know more of outside world even existed. We were so dug deep in our culture and who we are that we are like an island in our minds. So it was really interesting that this five hour drive opened up such a deeper perspective of who I am and what the world is outside of my travels, but just in a place that I've actually lived. Lived.
How old when you left?
I came here five years ago.
Okay, so you were 30?
Yep. Oh, actually six years ago, I was 29. I left when I was 29 years old.
You know what I always think about when somebody says Oakland?
