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If Not Now, Then When Will You Cross Something off Your Bucket List? with Ben Nemtin


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Ben Nemtin is a Best Selling Author of, What Do You Want to Do Before You Die and the star of the MTV show The Buried Life. Ben is also the co-founder of the Buried Life Movement. Ben and his friends embarked on a journey to cross off their impossible bucket list items. In doing so, they would also help someone else achieve one of their dreams as well. What was originally supposed to be a fun two-week road trip ended up being a ten-year-long journey helping others achieve their dreams. Find out Ben’s story on this week’s episode.

 

Key Takeaways

  • A bit about Ben and how he made his first movie.
  • Ben thought he was totally alone in his depression.
  • What was supposed to be a two-week road trip, ended up lasting over 10 years.
  • The day-to-day has a way of pushing our personal goals aside.
  • How do you get your items off a bucket list and actually get working on them?
  • Typically we wait until we feel inspired to go after our personal goals.
  • We need to get over our own personal fears.
  • How did Ben get out of his depression?
  • Ben shares a story about how he and his friends helped someone scratch something off of their bucket list.
  • Ben and his friends achieved the impossible by playing basketball with President Obama. Ben explains how you can change your core belief system.
  • What “impossible” goal did Ben and his friends help someone else achieve?
  • What does Ben wish he knew back then that he knows now?

 

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