The 200% Life

Do your kids believe in Santa? How do you explain various characters to your kids during the holiday seasons? Are they beginning to ask questions about Santa? If they haven't yet, do you know what you are going to say when they ask you if Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc. are really real? This week, Hallie asks me about how I share the magic of the holidays with my family. We also talk about what we can learn from the truth about Santa, and how he can give us both presents and presence inside our internal experience. See full show notes.

In this bonus episode, Hallie interviews Manal Keen, CEO of our company The Founder & The Force Multiplier. Throughout their conversation, Manal opens up about what Business Meets Spirituality means to her, times she failed forward, and how she bounced back by centering herself through running and meditation. Hallie and Manal get deep into why we should find comfort in the fact that we will always fail at something, how valuable it can be to subtract things out of your life, and how to set goals intentionally by being true to your authentic self.

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As we enter 2023, Hallie and I wanted to share a few very important things to keep in mind so you and your company can both survive and thrive given the current economic climate. This week, we talk about how looking at your output and the output of the whole team can help you gauge efficiency and get rid of the things that are holding you back and wasting time and energy. We also talk about how important it is to help employees and team members understand how they win and contribute to the overall company goal. Bottom line? Creating a higher level of output per employee, along with clear expectations and wins, will help you thrive now and into the future. See full show notes.

Today’s bonus episode we'll be sharing a message that Adam sent to our Project | U participants about preferences. Adam explains how our “preferences” include the little things, like how we want the weather to be, and how even those small desires can pull us away from our higher self. We will never be able to get rid of these preferences completely. However, we can learn how to separate these from our goals by letting go of the outcome and bringing joy and enthusiasm to every moment.

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Whether you are being chased by a bear or worried about the workday ahead, fear and stress can leak into your life and drain you of energy, preventing you from fully living in the present moment. But there’s a better way: you can learn how to leverage fear in a way that works for you and drives you to succeed. This week, Hallie and I tackle the difference between psychological fear vs. primal fear, and how the two have a profoundly different impact on your life. We also talk about how you are the executive producer of your life, and you get to decide how to direct it.

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Wouldn’t it be nice to feel like you’ve won the lottery every day, regardless of your external circumstances? This week, Hallie and I discuss what consciousness feels like and how it plays into leadership and playing in the business part of the world. We talk about how to get to the state where you are okay with everything that is happening and stepping into witness consciousness. We talk about the idea that all life is suffering, and why that can actually help us have fun and just enjoy the ride.

Today’s bonus episode is a recording of a speech Adam gave at Livian’s annual Advance conference, titled The 200% Life. In his speech, Adam touches on the many facets of living a 200% life, from the difference between our inner and outer worlds, to recognizing the little voice (or the ego) inside your head, to detaching yourself from the outcome and realizing that vacations don’t solve anything. This episode is a great place to start if you are beginning your spiritual journey, or the perfect reference point to return to if you need a few reminders in your current journey.

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Kenyan long-distance runner and champion Eliud Kipchoge once said that only the disciplined ones in life are free. That’s a powerful statement and one that not a lot of people are willing to sit and think about. This week, Hallie and I tackle the topic of how discipline really equals freedom, and how if you aren’t disciplined, you are a slave to your moods and emotions. We discuss how people think they want time to do whatever they feel like, but what they are really searching for is absolute peace and freedom from the ego’s nagging voice. We share how we build discipline in our lives, and why having total freedom can feel very chaotic and the opposite of free. Then, we give you a challenge to build more discipline (and ultimately freedom) in your life in just 30 days. See full show notes.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your inner experience, so how can you make sure it’s a good one? This week, Hallie and I broached the concept of optimistic nihilism, and how we can dare to surrender to the reality that death is an event that happens to everyone, no matter how rich, happy, or successful they are. Don’t let your impending death make you give up! Instead, leverage death to help you become more present and observe your emotions, rather than getting tangled up in them. We also talk about how our ego tends to take us away from the reality of situations and share a beautiful quote from Sri Nisargadatta Mahaaraj about seeing life and death as a succession of events. See full show notes.

As you read this right now, are you performing that action because it is part of your destiny, or is it a choice you made out of free will? This week, Hallie and I do some major self-inquiry on the existence of free will. We don’t quite come up with a finite answer, but rather peel back the layers behind the question. As deeper inspiration comes from consciousness and we have a more connected experience with our inner world, it’s fun to explore whether we truly act a certain way of our own accord, or if our entire life is already predetermined in some way — from the small decisions to the big life-changing ones. See full show notes.