681 Calm Your Mind with Andy Puddicombe

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.8 • 22K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

PUSHING AGAINST A SITUATION WILL CAUSE IT TO OWN YOU. In today’s world, it’s easy to get swept into other people’s emotions. Social media, news, and even just a hectic lifestyle can make it challenging to ever feel at peace. But it’s something you need to concentrate on. When your mind is always cluttered, it’s difficult to make the right decisions. Opportunities became unclear, unfocused. I’m sure you’ve heard taking time to meditate is important for you. And sure, for those 5 or 10 minutes you may feel like your mind is clear. Then what? Meditation should go well beyond a specific time frame. It’s a practice that should be implemented throughout your day, especially when you feel a flood of emotions or thoughts. Calming your mind is a skill you need to develop and use all throughout the day - everyday. Knowing that things are often more drastic in your mind than in reality. That some things happening to you are meant to be and our resistance only makes them worse. To go deeper into what I mean, and the importance of keeping your mind calm, I’ve brought back this clip from Andy Puddicombe. If you aren’t familiar with Andy, he’s a truly unique individual. Not only did he spend time living with monks, but he studied at the Moscow State Circus and got a degree in circus arts. He shared some of his inside tips on how he keeps his mind clear and peaceful, even when he’s got a lot going on at work, or things seems to be stressful in her personal relationships. Get ready to find peace and clarity in this hectic world, on Episode 681. In This Episode You Will Learn: How you can navigate your emotions in a busy life (00:48) What Andy does when his wife is agitated (1:49) Andy’s go to mantra (2:43) How to handle tense situations (3:48)

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0:00.0	This is 5 Minute Friday!
0:05.6	I am very excited to introduce you to Andy Putacom, who is a meditation and mindfulness
0:15.9	expert.
0:17.2	In his early 20s, he made the unexpected decision to travel to the Himalayas to study meditation.
0:23.2	It was the beginning of a 10-year journey which took him around the world, culminating
0:27.2	with ordination as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in northern India.
0:32.0	He later decided he wanted to transition back into the real world, and he trained briefly
0:36.8	at the Moscow State Circus, where he then returned to complete a degree in circus arts.
0:48.6	What happens when you feel like you are about to have an emotional breakdown or you feel
0:51.9	the emotions turning or something?
0:54.2	How do you navigate the process now in a busy life?
0:57.4	Yeah, I think the beauty of training consistently is that it tends to kind of last.
1:06.9	There is a training last.
1:08.2	Yeah, the training last.
1:09.2	So there is an element, it is not like you leave the monastery and you leave your mind
1:12.4	at the monastery and all the training at the monastery.
1:14.9	It kind of comes with you and that is really the idea.
1:17.4	Same with meditation in everyday life.
1:19.5	The idea is not to make it all about the meditation, those 10 minutes because what about
1:23.8	the other 23 hours and 15 minutes?
1:25.8	Right, so how do we take that and carry into our life in the same way?
1:29.3	How do you take those years of training?
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