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The Science of Success

The Power of Storytelling, Loving Yourself, and Using Fear as Your Compass with Kamal Ravikant

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Business, Science, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we discuss the Daily Practice that works to develop self-love, how fear is often the signpost for what we most need to do next, lessons from a 550 mile pilgrimage through Spain, how seeking too much knowledge can be counter productive, and much more with our guest Kamal Ravikant. Kamal has worked with some of the best minds in Silicon Valley, hiked to one of the highest point in the Himalayas, mediated with tibetan monks, earned a US army infantry patch, and walked 550 miles across Spain. Kamal is the best selling author of several books including Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It and most recently Rebirth: A Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart. We discuss: How a 550 mile pilgrimage through Spain transformed Kamal's life and taught him many powerful lessons How everyone who is great goes through some kind of fall before they truly rise and start to shine The Daily Practice that works to develop self love How Kamal leveraged neuroplasticity to pull himself out of a deep depression How Kamal spends 10 mins per day to develop real self love Why you have to work every day consistently to love yourself The BEST piece of advice Kamal has ever received in his life "Life is from the inside out” and how that wisdom transforms everything Why practice means you have to do it frequently Why loving yourself is the opposite of being egotistical and selfish The paradigm shift of life happening to you vs life is happening for you "Rejection is God’s Protection" The difference between “success” vs “success and fulfillment” If something scares you, there is magic on the other side How are fears from within are often a signal where we need to go, what we need to do next You have to take a jump first, and then you sprout wings Why we can’t overcome fear, but we can use it to our advantage Why gaining knowledge doesn't make you better, but applying it does How seeking too much knowledge can be counterproductive How Kamal re-evaluated his definition of success and realized that we are the effort not the outcome Why Kamal decided to write a fictional self-help book and how stories can help you learn The amazing power of forgiveness, and why self forgiveness is so important Why you should ask "If I loved myself, would I do this?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Science of Success with your host, Matt Bonner.

0:10.0

Welcome to the Science of Success. I'm your host. Bonner. mindset of success and the psychology of performance. I've read hundreds of books

0:24.1

conducted countless hours of research and study and I'm going to take you on a journey into the

0:28.9

human mind and what makes peak performers tick. With a focus on always having our discussions rooted in psychological research and scientific fact, not opinion.

0:38.5

In this episode, we discuss the daily practice that works to develop self-love. How fear is often the signpost

0:44.6

for what we most need to do next. The lessons from a 550-mile pilgrimage through

0:50.3

Spain, how seeking too much knowledge can often be counterproductive, and much more with

0:55.5

our guest Kamal Ravakan.

0:57.7

The science of success continues to grow with more than 700,000 downloads, listeners in over

1:02.2

100 countries, hitting number one new and noteworthy, and more.

1:05.2

A lot of our listeners are curious about how to organize and remember all this information.

1:09.1

I get tons of listener emails and comments asking me, Matt, how do you keep track of all the incredible

1:13.8

knowledge you get from reading hundreds of books interviewing amazing

1:16.3

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You can get it for free by texting the word smarter, that's SMAR, T-E-R to the number 4-2-2.

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It's a guide we created called how to organize and remember everything.

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Again, all you have to do to get it is to text the word smarter, that's SMARTR,

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to 44222. Or you can go to science of success dot. co that science of success dot co and put in your email.

1:46.0

In our previous episode we discussed why you should not follow your passion.

1:49.5

The two biggest pitfalls people struggle with trying to build careers they love, the incredible importance of deep work, why deep work is so valuable and how we can cultivate it, as well as how you can structure your lifestyle to attain autonomy and mastery with Cal Newport.

2:03.2

If you want some tools and strategies to start your new year off right,

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