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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

819 | Jerry Seinfeld: “You Don’t Want to Die for What You Want to Accomplish.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld stops by the show to share why he’s practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) for over 40 years. Contact your local TM center for more information. Source: Jerry Seinfeld talks Transcendental Meditation at David Lynch Foundation Gala

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0:00.0

Yo, today's QOTS, you don't want to die for what you want to accomplish.

0:06.1

Here we go.

0:30.0

Welcome back to the QOTS, I'm your host, Sean Crox and the Sean Crox and

0:37.0

.com.

0:38.0

We've got Jerry Seinfeld on the show today and today Jerry is talking about meditation.

0:45.0

More specifically, transcendental meditation, which is a type of meditation.

0:50.0

I've been doing pretty much every day for the past four years and let me tell you, it has

0:55.5

been such a game changer in my life.

0:58.0

I used to be very reactive.

1:02.0

On a scale of one to ten in terms of reactivity, I was a level 11.

1:08.0

If you sent me a negative email, I would have sent you a very negative email back.

1:14.0

Without even thinking, I would just react.

1:17.0

And over the last four years, my reactivity, my mood, I used to be incredibly moody.

1:22.0

I used to be very standoffish.

1:24.0

It is just cleared up considerably.

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No, I'm not perfect.

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Nobody is perfect.

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But it is cleared up considerably and I attribute that mainly to transcendental meditation.

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My ability to handle stress is so much better now than it ever was before because of TM.

1:45.0

I highly recommend it to you.

1:47.0

Contact a local transcendental meditation center.

1:51.0

Take the classes and start doing the meditation.

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