UJ Ramdas - Become Happier By Expressing Gratitude Everyday

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Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

UJ Ramdas is a passionate entrepreneur who incorporates practical psychology into easy-to-use products. He is the creator of The Five Minute Journal and The Productivity Planner. UJ explains why he and his team created The Five Minute Journal and The Productivity Planner and also shares why gratitude can make you a more successful person. Key Takeaways: [2:00] What was UJ's defining moment? [3:45] What does UJ do? [6:30] Why did UJ want to study behavioral science? [9:30] You use business as a vehicle to help create a bigger impact in the world. [10:10] UJ explains the difference between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. [13:55] Why would you want to use The Five Minute Journal? [15:55] Why does The Five Minute Journal work? [20:30] Why should you journal? Every journal has a purpose. [23:55] What is the Productivity Planner about? [29:45] What's UJ most excited about in the upcoming months? [31:30] So many people want to be productive, but they don't know how to measure it. [32:05] What legacy would UJ like to leave behind? Quotes: A business is a creative vehicle for the impact that you want to have in the world. A lot of the time, we bite off more than we can chew on a daily basis. Injecting more awareness into your daily task flow is going to help you. Mentioned in This Episode: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/ http://www.ujramdas.com/ www.fiveminutejournal.com/ http://www.productivityplanner.com/ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman http://www.intelligentchange.com/ Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (jesusparlange.com– lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We can produce good things by standing on the shoulders of giants that come before us.
0:05.1	Human beings are genetic programming is thousands of years old.
0:08.2	You've got some living yet to do.
0:12.1	I won't give up on you.
0:16.9	Save these machines.
0:17.3	Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Man Talks podcast.
0:20.0	My name is Roger Nairn. And I'm Connor Bieden. Before we get started, we wanted to thank our sponsor VanCity Buzz. Do love Vancouver. Stay connected to your city with the latest in news, events, sports, music, and more with VanCityBuzz. Check out VanCityBuzz.com or search VanCityBuzz on social media. So today's guest is U.J. Ramdis. U.J. Ramdis is passionate about bringing
0:39.9	together practical psychology and business to create a better world. With the background in
0:44.2	behavioral science, marketing, and hypnosis, he's consulted with several hundred clients,
0:49.4	bringing them from confusion to clarity. He's currently based out in Toronto. He's a big fan of the
0:53.8	wilderness, eastern meditative practices, and a good cup of tea. Most importantly, though, he's the co-founder of the five-minute journal and the brand new productivity planner, which has raised over $165,000 on Kickstarter and is now shipping worldwide. We're so excited about today's conversation. Conner, is there a couple things we wanted to touch on? Yeah, I think one of the coolest things about this that you can expect is in and around
1:15.4	the idea of not only how to be productive, but how to measure your productivity, and then the
1:20.2	importance of journaling and, you know, what the real outcomes can be from just kind of keeping a very
1:26.0	short, brief, and effective journals. So he kind of dives
1:30.6	into that. He's got a background in behavioral sciences, which is really freaking cool. So you can
1:36.6	expect some little golden nuggets in and around human behavior as well. Absolutely. And here we go
1:42.1	with UJ. Ramdis.
1:47.6	Hey, UJ. Ramdis. Hey, UJ., welcome to the Man Talks podcast. Thanks so much for joining us.
1:51.0	My pleasure. Happy to be here.
1:52.4	As we do with all of our other guests, we like to kick off by asking them, can you tell us a story about a defining moment for you as a man?
2:00.8	Absolutely.
2:01.6	So mine was pretty clear to me.
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