321: Neil Pasricha - You Are Awesome, Intentional Living, Becoming Anti-Fragile
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Neil Pasricha (IG: @neilpasricha) is a New York Times bestselling author that is all about living intentionally. His current work focuses under the themes of gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, and trust.
Neil gives over 50 speeches a year at places like TED, SXSW, and Google. He also hosts an Apple “Best of 2018” podcast called 3 Books where he's on a 15-year-long mission to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world.
Neil's book, You Are Awesome, is launching today.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Building resilience by tearing away the layers
- Will it matter on my deathbed?
- Reveal to heal
- 3 simple prompts to start your day
- Don’t Look Back In Anger Theory
- Practicing gratitude in the mornings
- How Neil’s blog (1000 Awesome Things) became therapeutic
- Gratitude builds a shield of resilience
- Do you suffer from decision fatigue?
- The idea of practicing untouchable days
- Battling cellphone & social media addiction
- Becoming anti-fragile
- More failure = more success
- Purposeful failure increases learning
- What is benign envy?
- Sharing your failures
- The Spotlight Effect
- How to develop confidence
- Are you spending enough time alone?
- The path of pain and punishment
- 168 hours a week
- Neil’s thoughts on parenthood
- Intentional living inspired by Neil's wife, Leslie
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Related links:
Neil Pasricha - You Are Awesome (book)
Follow Neil Pasricha on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
3 Books with Neil Pasricha (podcast)
Neil Pasricha - Two-Minute Mornings (journal)
Neil Pasricha - The Happiness Equation (book)
Neil Pasricha - The Book of Awesome
Neil Pasricha - The Book of (Even More) Awesome
Listen to Neil Pasricha previously on TUHP (episode #265)
Adam Atler - Irresistible (book)
Buffer: Social Media Management
Mark Manson - The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck (book)
Listen to Mark Manson previously on TUHP (episode #293)
Listen to Gretchen Rubin previously on TUHP (episode #037 and #207)
Related episodes:
318: Michael Hyatt – Achieve More By Doing Less, Work Productivity Hacks, The Power Of Constraints
312: James Altucher – Reinvent Yourself, Defining Freedom, Comedians See The Truth
286: Cal Newport – Digital Minimalism • Create Time For Solitude • Stop Socializing On Social Media
242: Sarah Knight – You Do You • Happiness In Imperfection • Managing Anxiety
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| 0:00.0 | There's a study done from the universe in Malawi that shows high achievers do this more, |
| 0:04.3 | which means if you're listening to the show, I'm thinking you're probably a high achiever. |
| 0:07.0 | Listen to this, you're already on podcast, you're listening to the ultimate health |
| 0:10.1 | podcast, you want ultimate health, right? |
| 0:12.0 | You are following along. So you're already |
| 0:13.6 | someone that's like trying to achieve more, right? You're not like |
| 0:16.1 | vegging out on the couch watching Netflix watching some housewives type show or something. You're |
| 0:19.6 | looking to improve your health. So you're already a high achiever. Guess what? |
| 0:22.4 | When you fail, you think it's on you even |
| 0:25.3 | more than low achievers. Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 321 |
| 0:37.2 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:42.2 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and informative We are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:43.0 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and informative conversations about health and wellness, |
| 0:47.0 | covering topics of nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. |
| 0:52.0 | And this week Neil Pasricia is back on the show. |
| 0:54.4 | He's a New York Times best-selling author |
| 0:56.7 | that is all about living intentionally. |
| 0:59.0 | His current work focuses under the themes of gratitude, happiness, |
| 1:02.8 | failure, resilience, and trust. |
| 1:05.2 | Neil gives over 50 speeches a year at places like Ted, |
| 1:08.6 | South by Southwest, and Google. |
| 1:10.6 | He also hosts an Apple Best of 2018 podcast called Three Books, where he's on a 15 year long |
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