Dr. James Doty
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 29 Jul
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Well, you end up the way I did, which is you have everything and you're incredibly unhappy.
And this is why I was telling you about the story about the woman because I was 12.
And she taught me a visualization technique or manifestation technique, which is actually the origin of where this book came from.
So at 12, she said, I want you to write down 10 things that you want.
Well, again, unfortunately, in Western capitalist society and a 12-year-old, you sit there and think of what people want.
Well, yeah, I wanted a Rolex watch.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because a friend of mine's father had one, and it looked so amazing to me, right?
I wanted a silver Porsche Targa.
I wanted a mansion overlooking the ocean, et cetera, et cetera.
And I wanted a million dollars, which nowadays would probably be about $100 million.
But anyway, and I got absolutely every one of those things, and I was more miserable than I had ever been.
And the interesting thing about that is that, and this is in some ways the point of this book, because, again, the average person thinks they know what they want.
They don't understand what they need.
And that's the critical aspect here.
So as you know, there's what we call hedonic happiness.
So the list I just gave you relates to pleasure and hedonic happiness.
I want, it will make me feel good about myself, I, I, I.
That is the worst thing you can do if you want to manifest the best.
Really?
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