On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Maybe it's the prophet by Cleal Juberan maybe it's The Giving Tree by shell Silverstein maybe it's meditations of Marcus or Ilias one of my favorite books of all time you know but I think just being a minimalist is is so powerful build your life around a few things even in work I mentioned it rather than pushing at a thousand pieces of mediocrity do one thing incredibly well you know even if it takes five years ten years there's a chapter called make your project X in the wealth money camp by and the example is the Duomo in Milan you know how long they spent on it in this world where we want to do something in an hour and they get the rewards or maybe a week maybe a month it took 600 years to create the Duomo that these are values of a unspoken age 600 years of calibrating refining optimizing to create the Duomo and so that's what a project X is rather than doing lots of things you do one thing maybe it's one work of art Michelangelo took four years of working on the chapel of the Sistine ceiling but he got the job done so minimalism is very powerful.

That one, The Giving Tree makes me cry.

And today we're going to dive into his new book, which is called Can't Hurt Me about mastering your mind and defying the odds.

I've had a beautiful fortune of actually diving into this book this weekend.

So in that book, it's a raw, very humbling version of David Goggins.

I went down to the grassroots, to the soil, to the sewer of my life.

It's the stuff that we don't want to talk about. It's the stuff that we don't want that person next to you in line knowing.

I went down to the grassroots, to the soil, to the sewer of my life.

It's the stuff that we don't want that person next to you in line knowing.

And I had to have the courage to say it out loud to people.

The only way we can go forward is to go all the way back.

The only way you're going to fix yourself is to go all the way back to the beginning, to your childhood, because that's where everything starts.

And when the world started sort of going upside down, I thought this is interesting. I am going to approach this topic because I thought, well, this is actually what's happening right now. And everyone was using the word. A lot of people weren't using it correctly. And that's where that came from.

She takes on our modern challenges of entitlement in Don't You Know Who I Am? How To Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism and Entitlement.

Let's dive into, we've been talking about for all of you who are listening and watching and loving this conversation, Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday. It's already number one New York Times bestseller.

The best things about Ryan's book is they're just, he's a great storyteller. The stories are unique, fresh.

Go grab a copy of the book. We will put the link in the bio section and all other places.

If you haven't read Obstacle Is The Way or Ego Is The Enemy, which are two of my favorites, then go and grab those with this one too.

What are your top three favorite reads in your own life and your own journey?

The movie goer by Walker Percy because it's about like any great book including nonfiction it's about a person goes on a journey and We're all on a journey and that book gets it

The moviegoer by Walker Percy, because it's about like any great book, including nonfiction, it's about a person goes on a journey and we're all on a journey and that book gets it.

And then I read The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. That was the jumping off point for me.

And then I read The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. That was the jumping off point for me because that helped me understand that there is a separation between who I am and my mind.

And I'm really glad you said that because I love how in the book, and I share this with you because I'm born and raised in London.

And I found that really refreshing and the book's called Life Will Be the Death of Me. It's out April 9th.

My entire book is about my relationship with my psychiatrist and my kind of, for lack of, I hate the word journey because The Bachelor ruined that around 10 years ago.

So it's all been like blah, blah, blah, but I figured, you know what? I've made a career out of oversharing. This is something worthwhile because not everybody can afford it.

And then I was like, oh wow, this is going to be something people can look to who have the same feelings.

The book's called Life Will Be the Death of Me. It's out April 9th.

My entire book is about my relationship with my psychiatrist and my kind of, for lack of, I hate the word journey because The Bachelor ruined that around 10 years ago.

So it's all about that. So he said, hey, why don't you come and talk about at Wisdom 2.0?

And I was like, all right, well, I may as well start promoting the book since, you know what I mean? That's what the book is about.

I can admit now that I was driven not just by logic, but by some reflexive wish for other people's approval, too.

This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think. It can put you on the established path...and keep you there for a long time.

Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even considering to swerve because what you risk losing in terms of other people's high regard can feel too costly.

There's a beautiful section in Michelle Obama's new book Becoming. If you haven't read it, it's incredible. I recommend it that I think resonates really clearly here. I'd love to share with you the following are her words, not mine.

I can admit now that I was driven not just by logic, but by some reflexive wish for other people's approval, too.

This may be the fundamental problem with caring a lot about what others think. It can put you on the established path. The my isn't that impressive path and keep you there for a long time.

Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even considering to swerve because what you risk losing in terms of other people's high regard can feel too costly.

This episode was inspired by a conversation I was having recently with Glennon Doyle. So the author of Untamed and Love Warrior.

The author of New York Times bestsellers, Love Warrior, which was Oprah's book club selection,

I wrote a book called 'Radical Confidence,' which is a 10-step program to becoming the hero of your own life.

It's like a muscle. You wouldn't go to the gym and want glutes still after doing a couple of squats, right?

So I love that you said build. So I've got a line in the book. It's like a muscle. You wouldn't go to the gym and want glutes still after doing a couple of squats, right? I mean, I do want that to happen.

The only person that can affect that is you.

I had every intention to help women that felt like I did. I had that North Star, I knew what I was trying to do. I gave it my all and so if now no one likes it, I'm not going to feel badly about myself because I showed up.

I can stop making excuses because I think there are a lot of excuses.

And I talked about this in my last book, Food Fix, where in prisons, if they give prisoners healthy food, the violent crime goes down by 56%.

Pick up a copy of Dr. Mark Hyman's newest book, Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time.

This is an episode I'm so excited about where we will dive deep into how to save our health, our economy, our communities and our planet. One bite at a time with a discussion about his latest book, Food Fix.

It was a, it was really the culmination of life's work to connect the dots between everything we love and care about and how they're connected in ways that we don't imagine, but that we actually solve the problem of food.

We solve the problems of chronic disease, of the stress on our economy, of the disintegration of our communities, of racism, of environmental destruction, climate change, national security, kids education.

And I created a Food Fix action guide. It's free. They can go to foodfixbook.com and download it.

His amazing international bestselling books, Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

And you say one of the chapters in your 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is happiness equals reality minus expectations.

His amazing international bestselling books, Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.

And you say one of the chapters in your 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is happiness equals reality minus expectations.

I've been a big fan of her books, her work.

I'm talking about Laura Lynn Jackson, the author of these two incredible books, The Light Between Us and Signs, The Secret Language of the Universe.

If you haven't read these books, I highly recommend you grab a copy right now.

My first book, The Light Between Us, was really about the truth I found out about how connected we all are and what that can mean for our lives and the lives of those around us.

The book 'Change Your Brain, Change Your Life' and it's a really good overview of brain health.

'Change Your Brain, Change Your Life' which is kind of an overview of brain health.

It talks about the brain, it talks about how to keep your brain healthy, it talks about different brain types and brain disorders.

And then he has 'The Brain Warrior's Way', which is really interesting.

There's a really good book out there. It's called The Glucose Revolution. It's very well written. You can read it in like three, four hours about how to manage your glucose curve.

If you haven't read it already, we talked about this last time, Russ' self-help book. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. I highly recommend.

He's also the author of the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller, IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.

That's why I wrote a book. I don't read that much, but I was like, I could write a book.

And then while I have this title, IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, right? You're your own worst enemy or your own biggest fan, you pick, whatever it is.

And it was like, man, this was... That's why I love that book is it's really me. Like that was me talking to a therapist for a week and a half in a book.

I hope everyone who's listening and watching is gonna go back and listen to Watch and write notes... go and grab a copy of Russ's book. IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD.

Nicholas Sparks is here.

I have heard such stories at my book signings, right? Where's my Noah or where's my John from Dear John?

I have heard such stories at my book signings, right? Where's my Noah? Where's my John from Dear John?

I'm talking about Roxy Nafusi, the author of Manifest, Seven Steps to Living Your Best Life.

If you don't already have this book, make sure you go and order a copy right now. We have the link in the caption, in all the details. Make sure you go and grab a copy.

And I think that's the part that I'm most intrigued by is that I think this word's been thrown around for a long time and it's kind of been a bit ethereal and not as tangible.

But my favorite ones were step three, align your behavior. Step six is probably without a doubt my favorite one out of all the seven which is turn envy into inspiration.

So like anyone who's a skeptic, I challenge them to pick up the book and not feel better about their lives afterwards.

And anyone that's read it, anyone that connects with your work and knows we know each other will message me and just say, this book was awesome.

Obviously my first book, Manifest, was seven steps to living your best life. Step two is remove fear and doubt.

Step four of my Manifest book is Overcome Tests from the Universe.

In 1996, there was an event that occurred called the Mount Everest climbing disaster, when over about two days, eight climbers caught in a blizzard lost their lives.

And as the best selling author in his book, Into Thin Air, talks about an over focus on the goal of summiting likely caused most of that loss of life.

In 1996, there was an event that occurred called the Mount Everest climbing disaster, when over about two days, eight climbers caught in a blizzard lost their lives.

And as the bestselling author in his book Into Thin Air talks about an over focus on the goal of summiting likely caused most of that loss of life.