The 3 ‘F Words’ That Suck Your Willpower Every Day - Dave Asprey

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Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Best-selling author and biohacking specialist Dave Asprey has spent over two decades learning seemingly impossible techniques to alter his biology and achieve the unimaginable. In this talk, the Bulletproof founder reveals the three F(-ing) things that influence our willpower. He explains how once we learn to manipulate these three factors, we gain better control over accomplishing what we set out to do. Dave has single-handedly transformed the diets (and waistlines) of thousands of people worldwide through his extensive training, and today he generously shares some secrets of his biological hacking success. You don’t want to miss this episode. Listen out for: - The biology behind where willpower comes from. - How and why most of our willpower gets wasted. - The labrador brain and how it affects our decision-making process. - How we give into terrorists every day. - How our survival instincts can harm us. ABOUT DACE ASPREY Dave Asprey is the Founder of The Bulletproof Executive, a Silicon Valley investor, and a technology entrepreneur who spent two decades and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. Dave lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his IQ, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently in less time. Dave is the creator of the widely-popular Bulletproof Coffee, host of the radio show and #1 health podcast Bulletproof Radio, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Bulletproof Diet. Bonus: - Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance & problem solving with Vishen Lakhiani in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/Silva - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am Vision Laciani, founder of Mind Dali, the School for Human Transformation.
0:05.0	You're listening to the Mind Dali podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers
0:09.0	and thought leaders on the planet.
0:11.0	It has cast a world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work.
0:18.0	We're talking about willpower today.
0:20.0	Willpower is something that I used to make $6 million when I was 26.
0:26.0	Unfortunately, I lost it when I was 28.
0:29.0	By the way, every reporter who's ever written that always forgets the second sentence.
0:34.0	No, I've really been working like everyone else, but I just had this brief moment of money
0:38.0	when I was young and didn't know how to keep it, which is a different skill than how to make it.
0:42.0	I was pushing with every fiber of my being because I was really, really tired
0:51.0	and I was using my willpower like you wouldn't believe.
0:54.0	Yeah, I was fat.
0:55.0	In fact, I was so fat that I'm like, never am I going to allow this to happen again.
0:59.0	I've had 3 knee surgeries before I was 23 and are throttest my knees since I was 14
1:05.0	and all sorts of other bad health stuff.
1:07.0	So I was pushing against all of that weight, but I said, all right, willpower, here we go.
1:10.0	I worked out six days a week and an hour and a half a day.
1:13.0	I could bench press all of my thin friends while they ate french fries.
1:17.0	And I didn't lose any weight.
1:20.0	Come my calories, come my fat, I didn't lose any weight.
1:22.0	And it just made me feel like there's a reason.
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