Dr. Alok Kanojia

That, to me, is the most interesting question in life, frankly.

Let me just make sure I understand your question.

The friction and joy of life is the rest of the world wants me to do all of these things.

And sometimes this...

Doesn't want to do those things.

Sometimes it does want to do those things.

When do I listen to this and when do I listen to everything that?

Yes.

Right.

OK.

Beautiful question.

So this is where I'm going to lean into the Eastern stuff for a second.

So I spent seven years studying to become a monk.

And then I went to medical school and I became a psychiatrist.

And the really interesting, I had a really weird experience of training in psychiatry because everyone was teaching me how the mind works, okay?

And this is like good teachers at like the Harvard Medical School.

And they're like, here's how the mind works.

And this is what the subconscious is.

And like there's cognitive behavioral therapy, right?

So like Aaron Beck taught us that there's like thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and all these things connect.