Real quick. I recommend listening to the show on Spotify, we can listen to all of your favorite artist and podcast in one place for free without a premium account. Spotify has a huge catalog of podcast on every imaginable topic, plus he can follow your favorite podcast, so you never miss an episode premium. Users can download episodes to listen to offline wherever and whenever and easily share what you're listening to with your friends on Instagram. So if you haven't done so already be sure to download the Spotify app search for optimal living daily on Spotify or browse podcast into your library, Tab also make sure to follow me, so you never miss an episode optimal living daily. This is optimal. Living daily episode, twelve, fifty five: how to increase the volume? of your brain and make optimal decisions. Part two Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin hardy dot com and I'm just a Moloch happy Sunday welcome to the old podcast as the OECD podcast optimal, living daily I read you like a big ongoing audio boat from many different authors, but today being a continuation,

from yesterday's, I recommend listening to yesterday's episode. First, I did a book graph on Instagram. A few to go another one is coming soon, you're, not following us. There now is a good time. You can find us at old podcast, but when I was getting ready to part two Hence our optimizing. Your life How to increase the of your brain and make optimal decisions. Part two by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy, dot, extreme pain or extreme curiosity. What leads most people too Age usually is either extreme pain or extreme. Curiosity. Both is best. The palm foremost peoples at their life isn't so bad that it forces them to face some hard truths, as a world becomes increase, newly industrialized life becomes pretty comfortable for most people. People aren't necessarily happy

they getting plenty of Dover means their addiction to technology, processed foods and other salt feeding behaviors. Moreover, very few people are extremely curious. The type of curiosity that compels you to continually ask the hard questions to question the common assumptions to get to the heart of the matter your how everything is connected to see how far the rabbit whole goes. Most people don't want to face the hard truth. They prefer the comfort of was cultural. They don't want to deal with the implications of a higher or different plain of understanding. The pursuit of excellence requires an intimate relationship with both pain and curiosity grows, can't happen without nor can it happens out the insatiable desire to see how far we can go. The amount of time spent on an activity doesn't matter. Some people spend

ten thousand hours on something and don't really get any better at it there being routine, there are being pushed down taking into the pain they aren't curious enough to uproot their current assumptions and replace them with more. Expansive once in learning theory. True learning is known as disorienting dilemma, because it can be disorienting to have limited belief. Systems replaced with new ones does only happens as like the Beatles you experienced new information and experiences if you're not seeking to disrupt your own belief system, you're, not curious enough to become a master at your craft in not curious enough to become a master of life in the bargain. Michael Jordan. The life author, wrongly Lazenby, tells of one Michael really started to stand out as a player in high school was surprised. Recruiters most was the first.

Michael asked. Them was. How can I get better? He wanted to be disrupted and is Peter Diamandis has said quote if you're, not disrupting yourself, someone else is and quote. If you decided to be stocked, that's fine, but others are going to blow past you. In the case of Michael, he was dealing bells with a men's in an curiosity. He wasn't born of feed arm. He became a fiend arm as he was driven by demons of his trouble childhood and as he desired to disprove parents in coaches who undervalued what he could do and be. The question is Are you willing to intentionally Cree pain in your life, the type of pain that creates growth to grow the poet Douglas Moua? Quote good timber does not grow with ease stronger the wind, the stronger the trees. End quote only are you interested in life enough to become curious, that ever curiosity, though I need you to hire truths and more expansive connections. This level of curiosity becomes less black and white. To quote.

Around and braving the wilderness quote is definitely messy taking a new one stands, but is also critically important to true belonging and quote. You dont have to agree with everything someone says to take stock thing from it. U dont only focus on a narrow slice of ideas or people you're willing and open to both religion and science and everything else. I could see the pros and cons of all eyes as immature matures a thinker, Europe an honest in your communication, your findings, with messengers and emotions all the while your discerning and have grounding your worldview is moving forward, not just spinning encircles. Every decision matters democracy so you could make information you can consume, is extremely abandon. Amount of time you have is scarce, who you become as a person is direct, we influenced by your ability to discern and decide which choices you make an information you ingest will you consume determines? Who you become?

what you consume in food information experiences determines what you produce and how you act it Is the impact you have on the world and lives of the people around you? How you act directly, influences your personality, your personnel isn't a fixed and unchangeable thing you were born with your personality is something that continually develops. It develops as you change your brain. It develops as he changer environment. It develops as you he'll suppressed emotions and traumas. The freezer personality and keep you stock does up. I feel a phrase that says the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now, although true this quoting nor the fact that twenty years ago, you were planting something you did plant a tree twenty years ago. In ten years ago, in five years ago, in one year ago, and last week, the tree is expressed in your current conditions and personality. Your past is powerful.

Is showing itself in the person you are in the life you have. What have you been planting want something different then plant different seeds make different choices, although powerful your past isn't fixed but fluid. You absolutely can change your past memory, are inherently flexible and continually change based on new experiences. As you take in new experiences. Three curiosity, your memories change permanently own. Your past take responsibility for it, and change it by intentionally living to a higher level today and tomorrow, dont get stuck in your past. Don't let it overly define you change it own it. When you realize how powerful your choices are. You become very discriminate about every choice you make. Every little choice determines who you become every book you it matters! Why does he could have been spending that same time reading? Something else will you consumed.

Germans, who you are every choice, makes an impact, but not just on you, but the people around you. Your choice to work that extra hour has consequences. You could work that our or spend that our with a friend or child or helping someone in need or playing video games has been that out deeply engaging with your child or has been that our distracting on your smartphone. That decision, determines who you are and also determines your relationships. Your context in your environment, Are you cautiously, creating your environment, environment, unconsciously, treating you when you start intentional, making decisions knowing fully the gravity. What those decisions mean, then you can become who you want to be, then he inquired The environments that allow you the greatest freedom to transform yourself, Then you won't live a life of regret. Then your own, your past, your own, the trees he planned. Did and the present reality. You have additionally Europe

Reality and imagination, combined with your increase ability to intentionally create and act, will give you confidence. Body to plant whatever trees you want in the present seeking more fully own your future. As you own your future, you more fully own your past. These you new experiences, reshape your past. What Will you choose? You just wasn't a part two of the post title how to increase the volume of your brain and make optimal decisions by Benjamin

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