Fit Soul Chapter 18 - Hope

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Ben Greenfield

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🗓️ 20 June 2021

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version.

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think.

So without further ado, here we go.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ben Greenfield. Welcome to chapter 18 of Fit Soul Book. Every week I released you a
0:06.9	chapter from my book, Fit Soul, which you can get for free at fitsolebook.com and build digital
0:13.0	and physical version. We're in chapter 18 already, chapter 18. Chapter 18. Hope.
0:20.8	Oh, how complex is the other evolving world of self-quantification. In chapter 15, I tackled
0:27.7	the world of wearables and the importance of knowing how to unplug from our rings, wristbands,
0:32.9	ankle bracelets, chips, watches, and miniature body computers to instead listen to the oh-so-subtle
0:38.4	cues from our body and its eye-nate intelligence. But beyond these computerized devices is an
0:44.0	entirely different realm. That's softer science of blood and biomarker testing. I've exhaustively
0:49.6	tackled that topic in the past in my book, Boundless, in a host of articles that I'll link to
0:54.9	on the resources page for this chapter at fitsolebook.com slash chapter 1-8. That's fitsolebook.com slash
1:01.5	chapter 18. And I highlight the important, should you be concerned about your overall health and
1:06.3	longevity of tracking variables like inflammation, glycemic variability, hormones, lipids, ketones,
1:11.7	your genes, microbiome, and more. Yet of all the varying and ever-expanding forms of self-quantification
1:17.2	that exists, there's one single asset you can possess that's far more crucial to your overall
1:22.8	health and longevity than your HDL, your testosterone, your ketones, your step count, your grip strength,
1:28.4	or any other quantifiable variable. And that is hope. The importance of hope. In the realm of
1:35.7	secular psychology, hope is defined as a motivation to persevere towards a goal or in state,
1:40.5	even when you may be skeptical that a positive outcome is likely. It often involves proactive
1:45.2	progress towards a goal, a kendo attitude, and a belief that you have some kind of a achievable
1:49.8	pathway to a desired outcome. But as a Christian, I tend to lean towards preferring pastor and author
1:55.2	John Piper's definition of hope, just a bit better than the one I just outlined. Piper says,
1:59.5	hope is a heartfelt, joyful conviction that our short-term future is governed by an all-carrying
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