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JOHN VESPASIAN is the author of seven books about rational living, including "When Everything Fails, Try This" (2009), "Rationality Is the Way to Happiness" (2009), "The Philosophy of Builders: How to Build a Great Future with the Pieces from Your Past" (2010), "The 10 Principles of Rational Living" (2012), "Rational Living, Rational Working: How to Make Winning Moves When Things Are Falling Apart" (2013), "Consistency: The Key to Permanent Stress Relief" (2014), and "On Becoming Unbreakable: How Normal People Become Extraordinarily Self-Confident" (2015).

I am very happy to introduce him to listeners of ZEN commuter.  His historical anecdotes explain perfectly how positive thinking alone does not contribute to a joyful life.  It also takes a rational mind and analytical approach.  Together, these tools allow a miraculous life.

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ZEN monks and Buddhists have been using meditation for centuries.  They have come to understand from long ago that it has the ability to unleash the power of not simply the mind but the soul as well.  While meditation does have a very spiritual aspect about it there is also a very scientific reason as to why it enhances our waking life.

Today I will discuss how meditation activates your mind for the ultimate good.

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We have all experienced our brain working at its optimal level.  We remember when we have absorbed knowledge from books and classes.  We can remember when our brains were optimized to remember names and dates.  Conversely, we can remember when our brains were fuzzy and unable to process even the simplest information.  As we learned earlier in the week it has to do with brain waves.  Today I will go one step further to introduce you to a concept called binaural beats.  They are a tool for enhancing your brain.

• How to maximize your brain using binaural beats
• An overview of Binaural beats

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In western culture the concept of sleep has been misunderstood.  Many Americans consider sleep a waste of time.  Those who waste time sleeping are not go-getters.  Thankfully, that idea is changing.  Personal development writers and speakers are espousing the benefits of a restful night sleep.

Today I will assist them in helping you understand that sleep is an essential piece of optimal performance.  If you wish to perform your best when you are awake you need to spend time healing your brain while you sleep.

• The brain waves associated with sleep
• How to optimize sleep to elicit maximum brain stimulation while you rest
• How to increase REM sleep to improve brain function

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Most of us don't spend much time thinking about our brains.  Which if you think about it is not the optimal plan.  Your brain is responsible for, well, everything.  Your beliefs, your abilities and your reactions are all the outcome of your brain.  I'm not telling you anything new.  Many people don't realize that the brain has a variety of different modes, or waves.  Each of these waves have a specific purpose. 

The more amazing thing to realize is that if we learn how to switch between the different brain wave patterns we can optimize our brains and accordingly our lives.

• The different types of brain waves
• How to trigger brain waves for optimal performance
• The function of brain waves

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Today I had the benefit of interviewing John Vespasian.  He is an author of 7 books with roughly the same premise; rationality is a mindset that will foster growth.  We talked about a variety of things and I encourage you to listen to the entire interview next week when it comes out.  However, one topic we did focus on was the lack of long term thinking in America, quite possibly the world.  It got me to thinking...Why do we have such a hard time thinking about the future?  Why do we always focus on the immediate gratification.  I am not sure if it buys into our collective feelings of mortality or if we are just too pampered to think of going without immediate niceties or comfort.  Either way, I found a great article by Trent Hamm of the Simple Dollar which explains a great take on long term thinking.

The benefits of long term thinking and how to cultivate it.

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Yesterday I talked about something I talk about alot, introspection.  I talked about it on a very practical level.  We discussed how to look at 6 major aspects of your life to determine what is working and what is not.

Today we are going to follow up on what we started yesterday.  We are going to take the things that were not working for you and find ways to make them work for you.  We are going to talk about a six step process for turning negatives into positives.

a 6 Step process for changing your negative habits and processes into positive ones

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One of the most baffling perceptions I hear from people is how they want their lives to be different yet are doing the exact same things day after day.  The same steps yield the same results. That's just common sense.  Well, it's sense anyway.

If you want to change your life for the better you need to see what is working and what isn't and switch things up.

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In the least harmful way emotional eating will have you feeling stuffed at you step away from the table.  Even a little more than that you may have challenges with your weight.  On a more serious note emotional eating can lead to more serious mental health issues like Bulimia Nervosa.

It stands to reason that being able to soothe yourself without food is enormously beneficial.  Today I discus the difference between emotional and physical hunger and 8 steps to Mindful Eating

The difference between emotional and physical hunger

7 Questions to help you determine if you are an emotional eater

4 Alternative comforting mechanisms that don't include food

8 Steps to Mindful Eating

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On ZEN commuter the goal is the same every day, to become better.  To do that you need to make choices about how you are going to do that.  You can't think the same things day in and day out and expect to grow.  You have to expose yourself to new ideas.  Podcasts are the way to do that.  Today I talk about 6 Podcasts that are perfect listening for becoming smarter about health and Nutrition.

The top 6 podcasts for increasing your knowledge about fitness and Nutrition

Better World Books

Stash Teas

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