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Chasing Life

Letting Go of the Pressure To Be Perfect

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.47.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s the new year, a time when so many of us set out to do more, be better. It can feel overwhelming, and most resolutions end up broken. So what if this year, you tried something different? Dr. Sanjay Gupta sets out to explore surprising ways we can all let go in the new year and still live healthier and happier lives. He kicks this journey off with a conversation about letting go of perfectionism, without lowering your standards.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, we're already well into January, and well, you know what that means.

0:04.8

I'm happier now that I'm skinnier, and here's why.

0:07.7

If you do these five things, you will win with money.

0:11.4

One-

0:12.0

On a high-fat carnivore diet.

0:13.3

For breakfast, I have my coffee with some butter, of course.

0:15.9

I just made the perfect shake for steady guys looking to build muscle fast. Here's why you need two to-do lists and how that's going to help you get five times the

0:22.7

amount of work done in the same amount of time.

0:25.0

You know, I've been a health reporter for more than 20 years, and I can tell you, just like

0:29.0

clockwork every year, it's the same.

0:31.7

There is this sudden pressure to buy more.

0:35.1

I have taken 10 million supplements and tried them out so you do not have to.

0:38.4

To do more. It's very much possible to become a millionaire and it's simpler and easier than you

0:43.4

think. To lose more. Here's how to lose your love handles as a skinny fat man. You need to start

0:47.9

implementing these two exercises in your workout routine, ASAP. There's a lot of bold claims out there.

0:53.0

And frankly, making bold claims, setting goals, that's kind of the easy part. There's a lot of bold claims out there, and frankly, making bold claims,

0:55.2

setting goals, that's kind of the easy part. It's the follow-through. That's another matter altogether.

1:01.8

It's part of what I want to talk about this year. We know that New Year's resolutions are hard to

1:06.9

keep. Surveys will show that most eventually fail. But here's the thing I want to tell you.

1:12.3

When we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, failure isn't actually even the worst case scenario.

1:18.3

I developed a GI illness. I went through like five rounds of physical therapy. I had an

1:23.7

overuse injury from typing too much. I woke up one morning and I couldn't turn my head to the right because my muscles were too tight.

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