Ben Greenfield | The Importance of Faith and Family Legacy

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Jon Gordon

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🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

“We're not raising our children, we're raising our children's children.”

This is a quote referenced multiple times on the episode by Ben Greenfield. Ben is a world class athlete who strongly emphasizes the importance of faith and building a family culture that lasts for generations. Over the course of the episode, Jon and Ben go much more in depth on these topics, from how to raise your kids to the dangers of using psychedelics to have spiritual experiences.

Connect with Ben:

https://bengreenfieldlife.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bengreenfieldfitness/?hl=en

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You. And today, my guess is Ben Greenfield. Ben,
0:13.9	how you doing? Oh, man, I was hoping you were going to have a slightly longer intro than
0:19.8	that. I'm like right behind my house going up to an old farm road. And you asked me that
0:25.8	question, Ryan, I'm going to the steepest hill of them all, man. So I'm not having a hard
0:30.4	attack. I'm just getting up this one last hill. And I'm doing good. I live in a kind of
0:36.2	in the middle of the forest out in Spokane, Washington. So for me to get like good saw reception slash
0:43.6	sunshine, I got a hike to the top of the steep hill behind my house. And I'm good. And about
0:49.5	10 steps on there. So yeah, I love it. It's it's it's four steps or size. And you're known for
0:57.7	your fitness. So this is actually a great conversation to have while you're walking to show how fit
1:02.5	you really are. Well, I mean, that's how you get fit, right? You do a podcast where you're walking
1:08.8	up a hill. Ben, these days, what have you been what have you been doing? What have you been
1:16.0	thinking about? Oh, gosh, man, you don't you don't want to go inside my brain. You get knocked
1:25.4	over by a hurricane of thoughts, but I would say that's a really good question. I was ever asked
1:30.6	me that question. So it's kind of weird. It's like which which thought do you kind of grab a hold
1:34.4	off? And I would say, you know, I heard some really wise advice from a guy who's like a really
1:42.5	successful CEO and he's a father of 11 children and still also like skis competitively and he said
1:50.4	that he realized probably too late in life for him. But he spreads this knowledge on to a lot of
1:58.9	others. And he said he wished he'd kind of thought about this earlier. But he said that the rank
2:03.8	priority of your goals in life and the things that you focus on should be in the following order.
2:11.9	Number one, faith, spirituality, your connection to God. Number two, your connection to your spouse
2:19.0	if you're married or you're significant other. Number three, your children, your offspring,
2:25.4	your legacy. Number four, your health, your fitness, your diet, et cetera. And number five, your
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