James Smith
British personal trainer, podcaster, and bestselling author who co-founded Neutonic, a productivity-drink and supplement brand, with Chris Williamson.
More Success Can Bring Fewer Problems Without Bringing Less Distress
Chris Williamson and James Smith argue that improved circumstances and greater achievement do not reliably relieve dissatisfaction: as one worry fades, another can take its place, while new milestones often bring less happiness than expected. They connect those diminishing returns to the pressure to keep pursuing success, and argue that achievement should not be mistaken for a measure of personal worth. Smith suggests treating success, including on social media, as game points rather than a verdict on who you are.
A Sold-Out Bali Show Became a Full-Circle Tour Milestone
Chris Williamson’s Bali tour vlog presents the final leg of his Australia, New Zealand and Bali run as a full-circle career marker: a sold-out show at Atlas Super Club, a few hundred metres from where he says he sat alone a decade earlier wondering what to do with his life. The film argues less for the glamour of touring than for its contradictions — public intimacy, crude comedy, production stress, fatigue and friendship — as Williamson and his team try to turn a nightclub built for EDM into a venue for a spoken-word show.