Your Won Life

This episode is part 3 of the series on the book 'The Almanac of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgenson. In this episode, I summarize Naval's thoughts on Happiness. Some of the topics covered include:

• How happiness is a skill that can be learned
• The mindset you need in order to be happy
• How we can reprogram our minds to be happy
• How being present makes you happier
• The importance of focusing on the right desires to achieve happiness
• The habits that lead to unhappiness
• The habits that lead to happiness
• How not getting your desires can lead to happiness
• The mental hack to increase happiness immediately
• and much more!

If you want to learn more about Naval, you can visit his website at Nav.Al

If you want a free PDF copy of this book, you can find it here

If you want a free audiobook version of this book, you can find it here

The book 'The Almanac of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgensen is foundational knowledge!

Naval is an angel investor and sage of business, wealth, and happiness and absolute boss! In this episode, I summarize the key teachings from this book on building judgement.

Some of the key topics in this episode include:

• How to build wisdom
• The importance of making your ego smaller to become successful
• How 'redesigning' yourself will impact your life
• Where to learn mental models to make great decisions
• How accepting prepackaged identities holds you back
• What you should be learning, so that you can thrive
• The one habit that will change your life
• How to retain the things you're learning
• And much more!

If you want to learn more about Naval, you can visit his website at Nav.al

If you want a free PDF copy of this book, you can find it here

If you want the audiobook version of this book, you can find it by starting here

To watch a video on how the wretched glasses monopoly Luxottica operates, click here

The book 'The Almanac of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgensen is a game changer! Naval is an angel investor and sage of business, wealth, and happiness. In this episode, I summarize the key teachings on wealth and wealth creation.

Some of the key topics in this episode include:

• How wealth is created
• Different ways of building equity
• Skills you need to develop to build wealth
• Tapping into your uniqueness to create wealth
• The importance of finding enjoyable work to enrich yourself
• How leverage can change everything
• What to spend your time on to build wealth
• and much more!

If you want to learn more about Naval, you can visit his website at Nav.al

If you want a free PDF copy of this book, you can find it here

If you want the audiobook version of this book, you can find it by starting here

The book 'Steal Like An Artist' by Austin Kleon is a great manual on how to succeed in creativity. But it's not just for artists, the lessons he teaches in this book are universal and can be applied to life in general.

This this synopsis, I discuss these topics Kleon covers in the book:

• What good theft looks like
• How stealing can help you develop your artistry
• How to find climb up the family tree of artistry
• The importance of stealing the thinking of your heroes
• How you can honor those you copy from
• The importance of both boredom and fun in creating great art
• How be develop relationships with people who can help you develop
• How you can be mentored by anyone in history
• Other great practices to develop your artistry and mind

Here is the Ira Glass video on creativity

If you'd like to connect with Austin Kleon's work, here is his website

Here's the last installment summarizing the book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before' by Dr. Julie Smith

In this episode, the following topics are covered

• How stress can actually help you
• How to lower stress in the moment
• How to practice mindfulness anywhere you are
• How to focus on success with mental rehearsal
• How being driven by your values can instantly make your life better
• Understanding your loved ones attachment styles
• How to show up for the important people in your life
• When to get help through therapy
• And much more!

If you'd like to connect with Dr. Julie, click here

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The book 'Why Hasn't Anyone Told Me This Before?' by Dr. Julie Smith is full of great practical advice from a licensed psychotherapist. This episode covers the sections on Self Doubt and Fear. In this episode, these important topics are covered:

• How to handle criticism and use it to help you level up
• Understanding why people criticize others
• How to deal with shame
• How to build confidence
• The importance of fear in personal growth
• Stepping out of your comfort zone in growth
• How self love helps you succeed
• How to deal with anxious thoughts
• How to use your personal values to be courageous
• How thinking about death helps us to live a great life

If you want to know more about Dr. Julie Smith, you can connect with her here

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This is part 2 of my series on the book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?' by Dr. Julie Smith. This episode covers the section of the book on dealing with emotional pain.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Examining your coping strategies

• Giving your emotions names to understand what actions to take

• How to self soothe when you are struggling

• Various strategies on how to support your loved ones going through emotional pain

• The importance of normalizing grief

• How to deal with anger when grieving

• How to move forward in life when grieving

• And much more!

To connect with Dr. Julie Smith, go to her Linktree here

Shout out to my friend Siraaj Aziz, who created the instrumental for the podcast

Here's myInstagram for the podcast

The book 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before' by Dr. Julie Smith is a game changer! Dr. Smith is a clinical psychologist whose mission is to get the tools she uses in her clinical practice out to the masses. With 1.7M YouTube subscribers, 4.7M followers on Tik Tok, and 2M followers on Instagram, she's doing just that. But it's not about the numbers, it's about the great information she's spreading to the world.

This is the first part of my series covering the book. It's packed with tons of great information, including:

• How to understand and manage low mood
• How we can influence the things that affect our emotions
• How to live with your emotiions in a healthy way
• How to combat negative spiraling
• How to get distance from your negative thoughts
• How to stay connected to your goals
• The misconception of self compassion and how it can help you level up
• The 'Basics' that make or break your mental health
• What to do when you don't feel motivated
• Many different prompts and activities to help you live the life you want
• and much more!!!

Here are links to Dr. Julie Smith's various channels and her website

YouTube

Instagram

TikTok

Facebook

Linktree

We all want happiness. But how do we get it? The documentary 'Happy' goes about answering the question of what actually makes us happy. I've watched it 3 times now and I can't say enough about it!

In this episode, I touch on the major points that the documentary makes, include some of the key findings from the documentary, and I also add commentary from my own life experience.

Topics that are discussed include:

• What practices actually make us happy
• What we think will make us happy but actually doesn't
• Examples of countries and individuals who have been successful with happiness
• The importance of 'Flow State'
• Actions you can take today to increase your happiness
• and much more!

Here's a link to watch 'Happy' for free on Tubi. You can also rent on other streaming platforms.

Here's part 2 of 'Essentialism' a book by Greg Mckeown, which will help you make progress in your life and accomplish the things that truly matter to you.

In this podcast episode, I summarize more of the important teachings in the book. The topics that are covered are:

• Essential Intents- What they are and why you should focus on them

• How to say 'no' gracefully to protect your time and energy

• How to move on from your losses, and how doing so will help you make gains

• How to create boundaries with the people you work with and are in your life

• Buffers- why they matter so much in your progress

• Strategies to remove obstacles that are blocking your success

• How to stay motivated and continue to press forward

• The one question that will help you figure out what to focus on in any given moment

• and much more!!!

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Here's the full comedy video that was used in the episode: Comedy video with Paul Wood