The System Wants You Addicted & Distracted: Here's How to Break Free & Take Back Your Power | Rich Roll (Fan Fav)

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Fan Favorite: This episode originally aired on January 23, 2018. Ultra-athlete Rich Roll turned the pain of his alcohol addiction and health problems into an age-defying endurance career. His practical process for reaching spiritual, mental, and physical clarity is what empowered him to transform himself on every level. The author of Finding Ultra breaks down the steps to find out what you really want in life on this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. SHOW NOTES: Rich touches on his relationship with pain and leveraging it for success. [3:04] Rich details working to change his life amongst addiction and weight problems. [8:05] Rich recalls struggling in life after releasing his book. [16:40] Rich breaks down the process of figuring out what you really want. [23:55] Rich speaks on the process of letting go and finding clarity. [27:33] Rich reveals the impact he wants to have on the world. [34:45] FOLLOW RICH ROLL: WEBSITE - https://bit.ly/1lTmUBQ TWITTER - https://bit.ly/1Rpn19v YOUTUBE - https://bit.ly/2ROrM2G INSTAGRAM - https://bit.ly/2PuIWAU FACEBOOK - https://bit.ly/2A9vDAB VIMEO - https://bit.ly/2IXF1dk LINKEDIN - https://bit.ly/2A9Pbop CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Range Rover: Range Rover: Explore the Range Rover Sport at https://rangerover.com/us/sport Audible: Sign up for a free 30 day trial at https://audible.com/IMPACTTHEORY Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to https://www.vitalproteins.com and entering promo code IMPACT at check out ITU: Ready to breakthrough your biggest business bottleneck? Apply to work with me 1:1 - https://impacttheory.co/SCALE Tax Network USA: Stop looking over your shoulder and put your IRS troubles behind you. Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://tnusa.com/impact MUD/WTR: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off your @MUDWTR with code IMPACT at https://mudwtr.com/IMPACT ! #mudwtrpod Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact American Alternative Assets: If you're ready to explore gold as part of your investment strategy, call 1-888-615-8047 or go to https://TomGetsGold.com Ridge Wallet: Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code IMPACT at https://www.Ridge.com/IMPACT #Ridgepod ********************************************************************** Do you need my help? STARTING a business: Join me inside ZERO TO FOUNDER here SCALING a business: Click here to see if you qualify Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here. ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** Join me live on my Twitch stream. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Tom. Quick heads up. Starting February 24th, the Tom Billew Show is going to be dropping
0:05.6	at 2 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This is because we're covering topics that are
0:11.4	often breaking news, and we've got to be doing that in a very timely manner, which means recording
0:15.6	and releasing on the same day. We want to bring you the most real time, up-to-date insights as humanly possible.
0:22.6	Tuesdays and Thursdays, you're still going to get guest episodes in the morning, but the Tom
0:27.7	Billu show needs a little bit more time to get dialed in, so it will lock in Monday,
0:32.7	Wednesday, and Friday at 2 p.m. I'll see you there. I've got a personal invite for you guys to join me,
0:38.9	Tom Bill You live on my Twitch stream where I play the video game that I'm building,
0:43.3	Project Kisen, and Talk Mindset. So when you join the stream, you are getting more than just
0:48.1	gameplay. You're getting practical insights into how to shape your mind if you want to achieve
0:52.6	something extraordinary in life.
0:54.8	This is more than entertainment. It is systematic growth through gaming. You'll be joining a
1:00.5	community focused on having fun, playing games together as a community and talking about
1:05.7	mindset and the strategies for real success. Each stream is high energy gameplay mixed with real conversations around
1:12.5	mindset and success. You can ask me about business, mindset, the game itself. We are here to talk about
1:19.3	all of the entertainment focused things that we're doing here at Impact Theory. I am live almost every day
1:25.1	from 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. Pacific time. So make sure you turn on that
1:30.2	notification bell. You can find me at Twitch.tv.4. Tom Billu. That's T-O-M-B-I-L-Y-E-U.
1:40.2	All right, guys, I will see you live in stream in the morning's bright and early 6.30 a.m. Pacific time.
1:47.5	The more we learn about addiction, the more we realize that it isn't just about the drunk in the gutter or the guy who can't pull the needle out of his arm,
1:55.5	that on some level, we're all prey to some form of addictive, compulsive behavior patterns that are
2:04.2	interfering with us aligning our values with our actions.
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