Best of: Think Better and Live Longer With Ben Greenfield

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Everyone wants to perform better and optimize their life so they can live better and longer. Well, Ben Greenfield has figured out ways to do all that. Whether it’s via bio-feedback, “smart drugs,” or specialized breathing, he’s living a more enhanced life and working towards thinking better and living longer. He shares his experiences with us and tells how we can all improve our lives!

Ben Greenfield graduated high school at 15 and began college at 16. He was a tennis player in college and spent four years studying anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, pharmaceuticals, microbiology, biochemistry and nutrition, eventually rising to the top of his class, completing an internship at Duke University and the National Football League, then graduating in 2004 at 20 years old as the top senior in his class at University of Idaho. He’s now the founder and CEO of Kion and author of the best-selling book Beyond Training.

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0:00.0	Like I take a cold shower three times a day and it's only for anything from two to three minutes but icy cold shower and I take a deep breath I focus my thoughts I make myself breathe through my nose,
0:12.6	deep nasal breathing from the belly,
0:14.6	and I step into the shower.
0:16.8	And the goal is to not flinch, to not blink,
0:20.3	to not have that sharp like mammalian dye reflex intake of breath through the mouth.
0:25.9	Like you just basically go into this zone and you step into the shower and you just let it go.
0:31.5	That is excellent at producing an enhanced stress response or allowing
0:38.9	you to be more resilient to stress in that manner. I'm Sreeni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative
0:48.0	podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most
0:52.0	innovative and creative minds who started
0:54.0	movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books and created
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1:02.4	Creative.
1:03.0	com. Little things, like taking a shortcut through the park on your way to work each day can make a big difference at every mind matters.
1:37.0	May I have your attention please. can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
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1:52.2	rain again.
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2:00.0	Picture this.
2:01.0	Static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
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