I am Vichin 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.

Now let me bring up our special teacher for today.

I got to know this guy a couple of months back and we've become

really good friends and I really enjoy being in his presence because he's one of the funniest

guys I know. He's got this weird sarcastic sense of humor but he's also one of the most

brilliant minds I know I can hold up a camera to him and say Ben dish out some

wisdom and then he will spew the most poetic science and philosophy and wisdom

on a topic whether it's conscious parenting or biohacking.

He's truly brilliant.

But not only is he brilliant up here. Ben Greenfield is really unique. In 2008, he was voted, America's fitness trainer of the year.

But he didn't just stop there, to most people that itself is a big achievement. There is this race called the Spartan race right it is one of the most difficult races in the world for example in one of the Spartan races you go for 72 hours in minus 30 degree weather.

This race could kill people who are not prepared.

Ben did nine of the hardest Spartan races in the world in one year.

Nine of them. And he is one of only three people in the world to pull that off.

So this man has trained his body like a well optimized machine.

But what's good about him is that he is consciously competent.

He can train you to think of your body like a well-optimized machine.

You can ask him a question about anything from intermittent fasting to neutropics to biohacking,

and he knows exactly the science, the map.

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