I am Mission Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley Podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and

thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work.

Hey Mind Valley fans, thank you for joining the Mind Valley Podcast.

This is a really special episode.

I wanted to do something new, something slightly interesting for you guys.

So as you know, when I was writing my book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind,

I ended up speaking to many incredible men and women

across the planet doing great work in the world and who are also really

obsessed with their own personal growth.

In other words, everything from their fitness regiments to the way they think, to their

meditation, to their sleep, to their eating, matter to them.

And one of the people whom I interviewed, who just completely impressed me, blew my mind,

not just because of how she thinks about these things, but the impact she's made in this world is

Ariana Huffington. Ariana Huffington is a living legend. She built up the

Huffington Post which went from a simple website to a massive media giant

that's a major force in American politics

as well as other areas such as health and wellness.

Huff post has become so dominant in health and wellness.

Ariana was telling me that they get more

eyeballs for their wellness section than their politics section and naturally

Ariana herself loves this field so Ariana's story goes something like this. She came home from work one day,

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