From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is bootability.

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 Hōdengey 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.

And spent the first 18 years of my life in Virginia, spent some time in Maine for college, came back to Virginia, found my way to Atlanta

and then out to California.

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