125: Jon Levy | How to Live a More Adventurous Life

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Behavioral scientist & expert on adventure, Jon Levy knows what makes Spartans tick. He wrote a book about it, The 2AM Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure. A big reason why people undertake challenges outside their comfort zone is to reach flow state, a zen like sense of timelessness, total absorption in an activity, and sense of mastery. The IKEA effect, loving an activity according to the amount of effort you invested in it, also explains how Spartans are made. But the real gift of adventure, Levy explains, is it’s transformative power. In this episode, Levy explains how to live a fun and exciting life and gain success in the process.

Lessons:
1. Say yes to experiences.
2. Do something a little outside your comfort zone to help induce a state of flow.
3. Take advantage of the winner effect by getting some easy victories and building momentum for larger challenges.

CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, Dr. Delle & David Deluca
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
© 2017 Spartan

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0:00.0	Okay, welcome back to Spartan Up. We are in Boston and today we're talking to John Levy.
0:05.2	Now Joe says nothing good happens after 11 PM at night, but he wrote a book called The 2 AM Principal
0:10.9	and he's going to tell us why maybe it is good and talk about the intersection
0:16.5	of science and adventure. So Joe, Johnny, Safra, Colonel Nye Marion, let's go on this adventure.
0:25.0	Oh nice.
0:27.0	Come on, was that good?
0:28.0	It was very good.
0:31.0	In New York City, we are going to the eighth floor to see John Levy.
0:37.0	What's the name of the Manor?
0:42.0	The Manor? Yes. With John Levy, who is a
0:45.6	superstar. How many books have you read? This is my first book. It's called the
0:49.6	2 AM Principal. 2 AM Principal, which we're to get into but first let's tell the
0:54.3	audience why you're an expert in some areas that could help us with success.
0:58.6	So my background is I'm a human behavior scientist. I do research mostly out of Moran Surfs Lab which is called
1:04.6	Sea Lab and he's associated with MIT, NYU, and Kellogg. So you're smart? Sometimes.
1:12.2	It depends on the day. But what I do is I do research on why we make the decisions that we make and what affects them.
1:19.0	Anything for...
1:20.0	Why human beings make the decisions they make. Exactly. So it could be we'll look at mobile... anything. 6% increased chance that you'll date somebody if they have the same initials as you.
1:34.2	It's called implicit egotism.
1:36.1	So something that reminds you of yourself is more attractive.
1:40.1	All the way through to why people use coupons or why people click on certain buttons on the internet
1:45.6	or whatever it is that you could imagine.
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