150. What the Personal Development “Gurus” got Wrong

Bedros Keuilian Podcast Show

Bedros Keuilian

Self-improvement, Education

5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Most people think personal development is about sound bowls, journaling, and ice baths but none of that matters if you're still driven by impulse, emotion, and unresolved trauma.In this episode of The Bedros Keuilian Show, I break down what real personal development actually looks like. I share my own journey building emotional resilience and self-mastery and how I evolved from operating as a human animal to becoming my higher self.If you're stuck, sabotaging your progress, or just tired of surface-level growth hacks, this episode will show you how to do the real work, level up your life, and stay there.MAN UP SCALE BUNDLE: $29 (100% Goes to Charity)Get your Digital Man Up book + Audiobook + 2 Exclusive MASTERCLASSES & Support Shriners Children’s Hospital. https://www.manuptribe.com/limited-offerREGISTER FOR THE LEGACY TRIBEGet the Life, Money, Meaning & Impact You Deservehttps://bedroskeuilian.com/legacytribeJOIN MY FREE 6-WEEK CHALLENGE:Transform into a Purpose-Driven Manhttps://bedroskeuilian.com/challengeTHE SQUIRE PROGRAM: A rite of Passage for Your Son as He Becomes a ManA Father and Son Experience That Will Be Remembered FOREVERhttps://squireprogram.com/registerTruLean Supplements | https://www.trulean.com/pages/bedrosGet 50% Off Trulean Subscribe & Save BundleUse Code: BEDROS Few Will Hunt Apparel | https://fewwillhunt.com/Get 20% Off Your Entire OrderUse Code: BEDROSOPEN A FIT BODY LOCATIONA High-Profit, Scalable Gym Franchise Opportunity Driven By Impacthttps://sales.fbbcfranchise.com/get-started?utm_source=bedrosPODCAST EPISODES:https://bedroskeuilian.com/podcast/STAY CONNECTED:Website | https://bedroskeuilian.com/Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bedroskeuilian/LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bedroskeuilianTwitter | https://twitter.com/bedroskeuilian

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0:00.0	What personal development is, is a constant seeking out of the higher self by peeling away the layers of human animal.
0:10.9	Welcome to the Bedroofs Koolian show.
0:19.0	What's the difference between me and you?
0:23.8	Back with Q was rolling with Lorenzo and a Benzo, I was banging with a gang of instrumental.
0:29.0	Personal development is the biggest joke there is.
0:31.7	In fact, truly most of personal development today is a big, fat joke absolute waste of time energy and money if you're
0:38.3	investing into any kind of sound bowls and journaling tools and ice baths and all these things
0:44.7	because the modern day personal development program is really just flexing on Instagram.
0:50.7	Guys, welcome to the Bedros Koolin show. I Bedros-Culian. Today's episode is dedicated to
0:55.2	personal development and actually getting it right. And what personal development is, but how it
1:01.0	has morphed to an absolute joke in today's digital world of flexing on social media and showing
1:08.5	that you're doing something to heal yourself and to elevate to the higher
1:12.6	self. So I started thinking about this because more and more you're seeing YouTube videos and
1:18.3	Instagram posts about someone, you know, they put their yoga mat out, they set up their camera,
1:24.5	they're journaling, they're dipping their face in the banana water like Ashton
1:29.8	Hall, they're doing the interpretive dance, then they hit the sound bowls, and then they end up
1:35.2	doing into a deep meditation, and all of that could be really good for you if the intention
1:40.9	behind it is actually producing an outcome.
1:45.0	But in reality, most of these people, in my personal experience, are just doing it for the gram.
1:52.0	They're doing it for the gram.
1:53.0	And when I think about what self-development is, what personal development is, it's really something that is designed to take a person to their highest level of potentiality, right?
2:03.7	Think about this. When you and I are born, we're not born with our highest potential. If you were,
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