029 | Dr. Srini Pillay: Unlocking the Power of the Unfocused Mind
The Sean Croxton Sessions
Sean Croxton
4.9 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Srini Pillay, author of Tinker Dabble Doodle Try, stops by to discuss how to get more done by giving your brain a break. Topics include:
* When daydreaming is actually a good thing and how too much focus can hurt more than it helps.
* Debunking the right brain/left brain myth and why everyone can be creative if they want to be. Plus, why so many people get their best ideas in the shower.
* Why it's so hard to make changes in your life and how to convince your brain to make it a little bit easier.
* How to use self talk: exactly what to say (and what not to say) to get the results you want.
* Why we should start paying more attention to the exception instead of the rule.
Learn more about Dr. Pillay and his new book at www.drsrinipillay.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Session number 29 with special guest Dr. Serini Palais, author of Tinker, dabble, doodle, try, unlock the power of the unfocused mind. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's what's coming up. |
| 0:11.5 | Normally, thank God that doesn't happen, but under situations of stress, the brain does the exact opposite of what you wanted to do if you use the word not. |
| 0:20.7 | So formulate the goal |
| 0:22.4 | in the positive. Anxiety is actually the dizziness of freedom. That you can't really join the |
| 0:28.9 | dots going forward, but you can join them looking backwards. Most people want to live exceptional |
| 0:35.1 | lives. And by definition, an exception is basically a low probability event. |
| 0:41.4 | It's not the rule. |
| 0:42.7 | So when you are trying to solve a difficult problem in life, always look toall, welcome back to the sessions. I'm your host Sean Croxon |
| 1:05.3 | of Sean Croxon.com. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'm super excited about today's episode. |
| 1:12.3 | I was actually a little bit nervous for this one. |
| 1:15.2 | I mean, I usually get nervous, |
| 1:16.6 | but I was a little bit extra nervous for this one. |
| 1:18.5 | Because to me, this is like a Mark Twain fan getting to interview Mark Twain. |
| 1:25.7 | Because Dr. Serini Palais' work is something that's been so instrumental |
| 1:30.9 | for me. I stumbled upon his book, Life Unlocked, way back in, I don't know, 2010, 2011, |
| 1:38.6 | and it just changed the way I look at life. It really helped me to understand something |
| 1:43.9 | about myself at that time, |
| 1:46.0 | because I thought I had a fear of failure. And what I really had was a fear of success. |
| 1:52.0 | I remember getting to that chapter and going, oh, I've got that one, and I've got that one, |
| 1:56.0 | and I've got that one, and I've got that one. And it also really helped me to understand that, you know, in the personal development space, there are so many different things that you're recommended to do. There's so many platitudes out there and, you know, sains and all this stuff and mantras and, you know, do this. You know, the power of intention, the power of focus and all these other things. And it's one thing to understand |
| 2:19.7 | that and to hear it and be motivated and inspired by it. It's another thing to understand what goes |
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