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You're 54 Minutes Away From Never Being Broke & Lost Again | Vishen Lakhiani

Today, I talk to Vishen Lakhiani. Vishen is an author and entrepreneur in the ed-tech space. He is the founder of Mindvalley, an education technology company building a new model for human education that aims to give everyone the same quality of life. Mindvalley creates tech and platforms that power online academies in areas that traditional education ignores. These include mindfulness, personal growth, wellness, spirituality and more. His quest is to help move humanity to a more holistic, integrated education system that caters for the whole being. Vishen, joining us again for another soulful conversation, strongly believes that compassion is what gives us real and genuine happiness. As he explains why compassion is the foundation to achieving all things positive in our life, how self compassion reinforces self love which leads to self care, and the disciplines we must practice so we can attain genuine happiness. We also dive into the definition of sadness, changing our perspective to turn sadness into love and compassion, and the importance of having a vision of the future, of having a clear idea of the path you want to make and take. No matter how far and long our life goals may be, self compassion and being compassionate towards others will eventually lead to having a peaceful, content, and well-meaning life. What We Discuss: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:31 What was your first meditation experience? 00:06:53 How do you use meditation in your life? 00:13:18 Compassion is something you do for yourself 00:18:48 When did we lose compassion? 00:22:03 Compassion as a technique and a quality of being 00:24:08 What is happiness? 00:28:40 Channeling sadness into love and compassion 00:29:53 How do you stop sadness from turning into guilt? 00:33:45 How to avoid having narcissistic tendencies 00:35:34 Have a vision for the future 00:42:21 Don’t get held back by old things 00:47:46 What defines a good meditation? 00:50:02 Testing the parameters of your destiny

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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Vishen Lakhiani explains his six-phase daily meditation method and the practices behind it

  1. Vishen Lakhiani describes how reading The Silva Method at 14 led him to heal his skin in five weeks and qualify for the US Open Taekwondo Championships, starting his lifelong interest in the mind.
  2. He distinguishes active meditation, a 'power tool' like the Silva method for specific problems, from his six-phase practice, a daily 'coffee maker' that puts you in a peak state.
  3. The first three phases (compassion, gratitude, forgiveness) are presented as training love for others and then for oneself, which he says guards against narcissism, guilt and shame.
  4. Phase four focuses on a vision for the future, where he advises focusing on the what and why rather than the how, when and who, and getting clear on quality of life rather than a specific job.
  5. Lakhiani closes by suggesting people pursue what they'd do even unpaid, and offers a six-question evening check-in plus a bonus of 500 meditations with the book.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Meditation is a tool for getting good at life

Lakhiani, citing Emily Fletcher, says the point is not to get good at meditation but to get good at life, and he likens meditation to a coffee maker for daily use and an electric drill for specific problems.

Compassion benefits the person practicing it

Lakhiani says compassion is something you do for yourself, citing HeartMath findings on heart resonance and a story of tipping a waitress 50% because empathy reframed a chaotic breakfast.

Kindness is now a recognized strength

He cites a Gallup study of 10 million employees in which feeling cared about by someone at work correlated with engagement and productivity, and says kindness is now 'the ultimate flex'.

Happiness isn't the goal; blisscipline is

Lakhiani says you needn't force happiness or push away sadness but should nurture positive emotions, pointing to the positivity quotient study showing higher PQ links to better work and team function.

Forgiveness counters guilt and shame

He says forgiving yourself and others is the number one way to reach monk-like brainwave coherence, and that a daily forgiveness practice means he no longer beats himself up over mistakes.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

Compassion is not something you do for other people. That's a great side effect. Compassion is something you do for yourself. It changes the way you function and show up in the world.

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Compassion is the flex in today's society.

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So narcissism is self-love without love for others.

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Your business, your job, your career is nothing more than a vehicle for your growth and the life that you want to lead.

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The human mind has diminished in its ability to experience and increased in its ability to evaluate, and our evaluation is this was either good or this was bad, rather than this was my experience.

— Jay Shetty

First meditation experiences and the Silva MethodActive versus passive meditationCompassion as a practice for yourselfBlisscipline and positivity quotientForgiveness, guilt and shameVision for the future and manifestingLifebook and quality-of-life goals

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