1020: Dandapani on the Power of Focus

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin speak with Dandapani, a Hindu priest, speaker on self development and entrepreneur.

The practice of ‘Unwavering Focus’. (2:54)
How can you practice concentration? (8:43)
Why learning doesn’t make your wiser if you’re not implementing what you learn. (10:02)
Where awareness goes, energy flows. (14:51)
What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? (19:19)
The concept of learning to lean on your own spine. (23:24)
What was the driving force behind him joining the monastery? The importance of the student/teacher relationship. (27:32)
What does a typical day look like at the monastery? (37:27)
Why your whole day is a preparation for success. (40:12)
What are the steps to mastering focus? (43:56)
Problems are not problems; they are subconscious patterns that need to be adjusted. (46:36)
What are the results you want, how to stay concentrated to manifest it in the mind to create physically. (48:23)
Understanding your purpose in life and ‘making the case’. (53:08)
The benefits of learning how to concentrate and knowing your priorities in life. (59:28)
Did he experience any culture shock once leaving the monastery? (1:03:15)
What are the biggest challenges he faces today? (1:09:13)
The meaning behind the 3 lines on his forehead. (1:10:30)
How does he define enlightenment? (1:12:54)

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Dandapani (@dandapanillc) Instagram/Twitter
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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	Don DePonney.
0:15.0	Oh, great conversation with that guy.
0:17.0	Love this dude.
0:18.0	Love him very much.
0:19.0	So he's an internationally renowned and highly sought after speaker.
0:23.0	And this guy, a lot of people are saying he's revolutionizing the business world with his,
0:27.0	I guess practical and simple systematic approach to balancing work life challenges.
0:32.0	He talks about how the mind works.
0:35.0	Now he's a, he's a priest now, right?
0:37.0	He's like a Hindu priest, but he was a monk for a second and he went in for like 10 years,
0:42.0	lived with him.
0:43.0	Yeah, he was a monk that was completely just trying to work on focus.
0:47.0	That's it. And that's what we talked about.
0:48.0	And it's in this guy's great conversationalist, great episode.
0:52.0	You know, every once in a while we do an episode where I learn a few truly impactful things
0:57.0	and this is one of those, one of those times.
0:59.0	Yeah, no, I think we all took something from him.
1:01.0	And he's also somebody I think we connected with after the fact.
1:04.0	This is for sure somebody that will probably be remaining in our circle of good connection.
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