By Gemma Calvert — 2020
When it comes to finding your purpose, Jay Shetty has been on a unique personal journey. But now, the former monk-turned-global keynote speaker, life coach, and podcast host is sharing the insight and wisdom he’s learned.
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Many studies have been done in the corporate world and the most successful people were interviewed to find out what was the secret. And it was repeatedly discovered that they all attributed their success not to the skill set that they possessed, but to the attitude that they had cultivated.
I’ve been told that being ambitious is a waste because I have unstable mental illness – Bipolar and ADHD. That I’ll never be able to reach any big dreams. I made my dreams my goals. I started believing in myself. I became ambitious.
Your life depends on your brain. To be the ethical, engaged, creative, successful, and lively human being you intend to be, you need your brain. You need your brain and you also need to use your brain. It is not enough to possess a perfectly good brain—you must also use it.
In my latest book Redesign Your Mind I explain how you can not only change what you think but how you think.
As we get older, it is important to maintain a childlike sense of humor and to let your inner child express itself; otherwise, life can become oppressive and difficult. I know from experience how easy it is to focus on what is troubling me rather than on what heals and sustains me.
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Real change happens when you feel genuinely inspired, turned on by possibility and unwilling to settle for anything less. It happens when you commit with all of yourself to a new way of life, to a new future. So how do you do this?
The Buddhist meditation practice is over 1,500 years old, but modern science says it has very real mental and physical health benefits.
Meditation is very handy for adapting to challenging situations.
Don’t take anything personally. This agreement gives you immunity in the interaction you have with the secondary characters in your story. You don’t have to concern yourself with other people’s points of view.
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We don’t have to reject scientific logic in order to benefit from instinct.