Hello, friends of bootability. I don't know what it's like where you are right now, but in New York

City, we have been having some beautiful weather, and that fresh spring energy has me ready and

wanting to recommit to my goals. To help us harness some of that renewed spring energy, we're

re-airing an episode from March of last year that is all about self-mastery. So I hope you all

enjoy. From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is Budability, the weekly series where I talk

with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives

and the world around us.

I can't tell you how many times I've Googled how to become a morning person or how to become

someone who enjoys exercise while you might be a morning person or maybe really love exercise

I'm sure that you've got your own goals that seem impossible because you can't

win over your self-doubt, your laziness, your fear.

In Buddhism, we often talk about winning over ourselves, meaning we chant Namil Hōdenge

Kyo to face and overcome the tendencies in our lives that are preventing us from reaching our goals.

Today's guest, Chip Grossman of Santa Monica, has always had big dreams, especially for his career.

But he didn't always know how to overcome the things that were holding him back.

Today, he shares how his daily Buddhist practice gave him the confidence and strength to win over his fears and accomplish his dreams.

Thank you so much for coming on the bootability podcast today on this Saturday morning.

It's really great to have you here. We're going to be talking a lot about career and ambition.

So before I tell your whole story for you, I'll have you introduce yourself. So you can just share a little bit about yourself and maybe your life before you started practicing Buddhism.

Yeah, great to be here with you, Cassidy.

And my story begins in Virginia where I was born and raised, so from the East Coast originally.

Okay.

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