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"Self-Actualization and maximizing human potential" - Andy Campbell
My guest today, Andy, is a mindset coach and human behavior specialist who teaches people how to understand their own behavior and to use their mind to create a life that inspires them (https://www.andycampbell.com.au/). If you're like me, you hear something like that and you wonder what exactly it means. The words sound a little abstract and there are so many "self help coaches" out there selling snake oil that it makes skeptical. Andy actually started the show with a story of a woman suffering from terrible guilt and grief who was "cured" during a workshop he attended (skepticism increasing). So we did exactly what this show is designed to do, we got to work exploring and dissecting this idea.
Listen, I will always believe life is far too complex and our minds are far too flawed for any quick fixes, but what Andy explained to me during the episode was far from a quick fix. He explained an approach that is rooted in fundamental laws of science and math. To sum it up in my words, Andy believes that every event, experience, and person we connect with in our lives is ultimately net neutral. Every positive charge has an equal and corresponding negative charge. So if you are in a relationship and you love your partner and all the amazing things about them, that is very real, but there are also negatives about them too. The importance of this concept is that once you accept it, it becomes much harder to stay upset if that relationship were to end, because you have a more accurate view and can acknowledge what you "lost" was net neutral.
We discussed a lot of things in this episode including authenticity, the nature of values, and even faith vs. certainty, but maybe most interesting was pressure testing this net neutral concept. We explored how far we can take it--how about the death of a child? Are we still sticking to the idea that we shouldn't be upset about the death of a child because their existence was actually just net neutral? It was fascinating and insightful to hear Andy's thoughts, because it illustrated how thoughtful his approach is and (even if you don't agree with it) that he is far from the snake oil salesmen my skepticism might have feared.
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My guest today, Andy, is a mindset coach and human behavior specialist who teaches people how to understand their own behavior and to use their mind to create a life that inspires them (https://www.andycampbell.com.au/). If you're like me, you hear something like that and you wonder what exactly it means. The words sound a little abstract and there are so many "self help coaches" out there selling snake oil that it makes skeptical. Andy actually started the show with a story of a woman suffering from terrible guilt and grief who was "cured" during a workshop he attended (skepticism increasing). So we did exactly what this show is designed to do, we got to work exploring and dissecting this idea.
Listen, I will always believe life is far too complex and our minds are far too flawed for any quick fixes, but what Andy explained to me during the episode was far from a quick fix. He explained an approach that is rooted in fundamental laws of science and math. To sum it up in my words, Andy believes that every event, experience, and person we connect with in our lives is ultimately net neutral. Every positive charge has an equal and corresponding negative charge. So if you are in a relationship and you love your partner and all the amazing things about them, that is very real, but there are also negatives about them too. The importance of this concept is that once you accept it, it becomes much harder to stay upset if that relationship were to end, because you have a more accurate view and can acknowledge what you "lost" was net neutral.
We discussed a lot of things in this episode including authenticity, the nature of values, and even faith vs. certainty, but maybe most interesting was pressure testing this net neutral concept. We explored how far we can take it--how about the death of a child? Are we still sticking to the idea that we shouldn't be upset about the death of a child because their existence was actually just net neutral? It was fascinating and insightful to hear Andy's thoughts, because it illustrated how thoughtful his approach is and (even if you don't agree with it) that he is far from the snake oil salesmen my skepticism might have feared.