Dr. Alok 'Dr. K' Kanodia
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They try to run it.
They fail, and they're like, I need to try way harder.
I need to try way harder.
They show up at the marathon again, and then they fail again.
They say, I need to try way harder.
They show up to the marathon a third time, and they fail again.
Now you've created another problem, which is that you failed at a marathon three times, and what do you think about yourself?
You start to think, I'm never going to be able to run a marathon.
You start to think to yourself, I'm not a marathon person.
You start to feel hopeless.
Therein comes the depression.
Okay?
So skills training is outside.
And now why is this so common sense?
Why doesn't everyone do it?
And that's where we go back to this.
I overdo what I want and I underdo what I need to do.
This is what's so devastating about it.
Meditating is leveling up your brain so that you will be able to do these kinds of things in the future.
But what do you think is the actual attraction to meditating in the here and now?