TOP 10 Takeaways from the new email exclusive podcast with @naval and @KapilGuptaMD.
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1. Avoid prescriptions:
"In the beginning you had a place to go (X). Then you introduce an intermediary: the prescription (this is how you get to X) ... for the rest of your life you will attempt to satisfy the intermediary." — @KapilGuptaMD
"In the beginning you had a place to go (X). Then you introduce an intermediary: the prescription (this is how you get to X) ... for the rest of your life you will attempt to satisfy the intermediary." — @KapilGuptaMD
2. Why how-tos don’t work:
"The details are not transmissible, they’re not copyable. You can be inspired to try it yourself, but without that sincerity—that obsession—you won’t get there." — @naval
"The details are not transmissible, they’re not copyable. You can be inspired to try it yourself, but without that sincerity—that obsession—you won’t get there." — @naval
3. False freedom:
"Any freedom that leads to the desire for more freedom is not freedom." — @KapilGuptaMD
"Any freedom that leads to the desire for more freedom is not freedom." — @KapilGuptaMD
4. What is freedom?
"Freedom is freedom from the mind. The only reason that any human being is not free is because of his mind." — @KapilGuptaMD
"Freedom is freedom from the mind. The only reason that any human being is not free is because of his mind." — @KapilGuptaMD
5. Freedom comes from understanding:
"Freedom comes from the understanding of where things come from. Not the conscious attempt to end them." — @KapilGuptaMD
"Freedom comes from the understanding of where things come from. Not the conscious attempt to end them." — @KapilGuptaMD
6. The paradox of problems:
"The solution to a problem is never the solution, it’s always the problem ... There are not two things, there’s only one. Everyone is taught to look for solutions, and they believe that the solution is independent of the problem." — @KapilGuptaMD
"The solution to a problem is never the solution, it’s always the problem ... There are not two things, there’s only one. Everyone is taught to look for solutions, and they believe that the solution is independent of the problem." — @KapilGuptaMD
6. The paradox of problems (cont):
"But, ingeniously, nature has hidden the problem inside the solution. And maybe it did it because it wanted human beings to look inside the problem. The definition of the problem is the key." — @KapilGuptaMD
"But, ingeniously, nature has hidden the problem inside the solution. And maybe it did it because it wanted human beings to look inside the problem. The definition of the problem is the key." — @KapilGuptaMD
7. There is no other:
"'There is no other' means that there’s no problem outside of yourself. And that all conflict is self-conflict." — @KapilGuptaMD
"'There is no other' means that there’s no problem outside of yourself. And that all conflict is self-conflict." — @KapilGuptaMD
8. You are your environment:
"A human being becomes his environment. And that is why it is absolutely critical to savagely and surgically arrange one’s environment in a way that is in accordance with where he wants to go." — @KapilGuptaMD
"A human being becomes his environment. And that is why it is absolutely critical to savagely and surgically arrange one’s environment in a way that is in accordance with where he wants to go." — @KapilGuptaMD
9. Exposure:
"The human body treats itself. It all depends upon the input. It is all about one thing and one thing only: exposure. You become that which you are most consistently exposed to." — @KapilGuptaMD
"The human body treats itself. It all depends upon the input. It is all about one thing and one thing only: exposure. You become that which you are most consistently exposed to." — @KapilGuptaMD
10. What do you want to be?
"You are attracted to what you want to be. And as you immerse yourself in it you have no choice but to become that over time." — @naval
"You are attracted to what you want to be. And as you immerse yourself in it you have no choice but to become that over time." — @naval
