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Greg McKeown

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Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

possible to actually observe yourself having a panic attack means that the observer isn't having a panic attack and the observer is you. It's such a discovery at any phase of success to discover, oh, I'm not my thoughts and I'm not my life. That's just where I am and what's happening right now, but I can observe it.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

possible to actually observe yourself having a panic attack means that the observer isn't having a panic attack and the observer is you. It's such a discovery at any phase of success to discover, oh, I'm not my thoughts and I'm not my life. That's just where I am and what's happening right now, but I can observe it.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

possible to actually observe yourself having a panic attack means that the observer isn't having a panic attack and the observer is you. It's such a discovery at any phase of success to discover, oh, I'm not my thoughts and I'm not my life. That's just where I am and what's happening right now, but I can observe it.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

I just think in some ways it's harder to do that as success becomes its own form of noise. It's so loud and there's money involved and there's fame involved and there's people involved and there's criticism involved and there's opportunity involved and there's more involved and all of those things are so loud. It's like, how do I get myself to observe again?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

I just think in some ways it's harder to do that as success becomes its own form of noise. It's so loud and there's money involved and there's fame involved and there's people involved and there's criticism involved and there's opportunity involved and there's more involved and all of those things are so loud. It's like, how do I get myself to observe again?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

I just think in some ways it's harder to do that as success becomes its own form of noise. It's so loud and there's money involved and there's fame involved and there's people involved and there's criticism involved and there's opportunity involved and there's more involved and all of those things are so loud. It's like, how do I get myself to observe again?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

How do I not just get to the next party and the next moment and the next opportunity and the next flight and the next? That's the journey, I think, to help become successful at success. And if you think about some of the horror stories of success in the past, and there's a lot to pull from.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

How do I not just get to the next party and the next moment and the next opportunity and the next flight and the next? That's the journey, I think, to help become successful at success. And if you think about some of the horror stories of success in the past, and there's a lot to pull from.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

How do I not just get to the next party and the next moment and the next opportunity and the next flight and the next? That's the journey, I think, to help become successful at success. And if you think about some of the horror stories of success in the past, and there's a lot to pull from.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

You can see why success can become such a catalyst for failure because it takes us away from the observer role where we can actually get clarity about our life. What's happening? So what? Now what? That question from the observer position seems to be the right process at all levels of success, but man, it's harder at the highest levels.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

You can see why success can become such a catalyst for failure because it takes us away from the observer role where we can actually get clarity about our life. What's happening? So what? Now what? That question from the observer position seems to be the right process at all levels of success, but man, it's harder at the highest levels.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

You can see why success can become such a catalyst for failure because it takes us away from the observer role where we can actually get clarity about our life. What's happening? So what? Now what? That question from the observer position seems to be the right process at all levels of success, but man, it's harder at the highest levels.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Well, one thought that comes to mind, or two thoughts, I guess. One is Elon Musk mentioned at one point that for every minute he spends on Tesla, that's worth a million dollars. That's what he estimates. Yeah. So think about that, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Well, one thought that comes to mind, or two thoughts, I guess. One is Elon Musk mentioned at one point that for every minute he spends on Tesla, that's worth a million dollars. That's what he estimates. Yeah. So think about that, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Well, one thought that comes to mind, or two thoughts, I guess. One is Elon Musk mentioned at one point that for every minute he spends on Tesla, that's worth a million dollars. That's what he estimates. Yeah. So think about that, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Like it's so easy to be, to, to, I mean, if a culture gets, um, if a culture gets infected with, with envy and, and you know, then, then what you produce is a lot of, um, like moral, immoral pride looking up. Of course, you can have pride looking down. You can be one up because of success and achievement. But there is a different kind of pride, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Like it's so easy to be, to, to, I mean, if a culture gets, um, if a culture gets infected with, with envy and, and you know, then, then what you produce is a lot of, um, like moral, immoral pride looking up. Of course, you can have pride looking down. You can be one up because of success and achievement. But there is a different kind of pride, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

Like it's so easy to be, to, to, I mean, if a culture gets, um, if a culture gets infected with, with envy and, and you know, then, then what you produce is a lot of, um, like moral, immoral pride looking up. Of course, you can have pride looking down. You can be one up because of success and achievement. But there is a different kind of pride, right?

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

There's a different kind of ego looking up going, well, look at them. They're all right. And it's easy for them. And if only I had that, then I'd be... So that happens too. And I think that's as blind as the opposite because it lacks all the empathy and the complexity of what life is like.

Modern Wisdom
#880 - Greg McKeown - How To Focus On What Matters Most

There's a different kind of ego looking up going, well, look at them. They're all right. And it's easy for them. And if only I had that, then I'd be... So that happens too. And I think that's as blind as the opposite because it lacks all the empathy and the complexity of what life is like.