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The Science of Success

How One Simple Act Could Massively Transform Your Brain Chemistry Today - The Power of Kindness with John Wang

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Business, Science, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we discuss the incredible power of kindness, show how kindness triggers “the helpers high” and causes dopamine and oxytocin to flow through your brain, look at study data from 136 countries showing science behind why kindness is so powerful, we walk through several concrete examples you can use RIGHT NOW to take action and be kind to someone today, and much more with John Wang. John Wang has spent the past several years researching the scientifically proven benefits that being kind to others has on our own lives. Making us not only happier, but healthier, and even more attractive! John is also the founder of The One Kindness Challenge which transformed a personal experience into a mission to spread the healing powers of kindness. Through unique accessories called kindness bands, The One Kindness Challenge seeks to remind us to commit at least one act of kindness each day and to help spread the message of kindness wherever we go. How John’s personal challenge transformed into a missionJohn’s Lessons learned from taking homeless people out to lunch for a yearHow John’s visit to Nepal after the Nepalese earthquake changed his lifeThe evolutionary purpose of Kindness Why people aren’t kind often enoughJohns experience from practicing radical honesty for an entire yearWhat is the one kindness challenge?We walk through the feelings and experiences of a moment of kindnessKindness is triggered by the Vagus NerveHow kindness triggers “the helpers high” and causes dopamine and oxytocin to flow through your brainEven the smallest acts can trigger the same effect as large acts of kindnessConsistency in kindness it he MOST important thing21 day challenge will transform your lifeWhy kindness is more important now than everHow one Uber ride can change your life Its not about the words its about making a connectionHow social media has replaced real connection with fake connectionsHow a single smile could transform someone’s lifeWe dig deep into the science behind kindnessHow study data from 136 countries showcased the incredible power of kindnessWe walk through several concrete examples you can use RIGHT NOW to take action and be kind to someone TODAYJohn shares some incredibly inspiring stories from his own life about sharing and creating kindnessResearch data showing how kindness literally makes you live longer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Science of Success with your host, Matt Bummer.

0:11.0

Welcome to the Science of Success.

0:14.0

I'm your host Matt Bodner.

0:15.0

I'm an entrepreneur and investor in Nashville, Tennessee,

0:18.0

and I'm obsessed with the mindset of success

0:20.0

and the psychology of performance.

0:22.0

I've read hundreds of books conducted countless hours of research and study and I'm going to take

0:26.7

you on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers tick.

0:30.6

With a focus on always having our discussions rooted in psychological research and scientific fact, not opinion.

0:37.0

In this episode, we discuss the incredible power of kindness, show how kindness triggers the helper's high and causes dopamine and oxytocin to flow through your brain.

0:45.8

Look at study data from 136 countries showing the science behind why kindness is so powerful.

0:52.0

We walk through several concrete examples you can use

0:54.4

right now to take action to be kind to someone today and much more with John

0:59.4

Wang. The Science of Success continues to grow with more than 685,000 downloads,

1:05.0

listeners in over 100 countries hitting No. 1 New and Notworthy and more.

1:08.0

A lot of our listeners are curious about how to organize and remember all the information that we talk about on the show.

1:13.9

I get tons of listener emails asking me Matt.

1:15.9

How do you keep track of all this incredible knowledge that you get from reading hundreds of books,

1:19.6

interviewing, amazing experts, listening to podcasts and more.

1:23.0

Because of that I've created an awesome resource for you.

1:25.2

It's called How to Organize and Remember Everything.

1:28.0

You can get it completely for free.

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