John R. Miles

impact in your life much more than you consciously realize.

Similar to what you were saying about your public speaking and these things left

to their own accumulation, grow and grow over time and then cascade into other parts of your life.

So I think this example that you have here in this whole section of the book was really good because you, as you discussed it, that's the same way that you go through it in the book, which I think is a really good way for people to see

The initial beliefs and how you turn those beliefs around.

And I really did love that thing that you just talked about, which was the perspective shifts and developing a portfolio of those, which is a really unique way to think about it.

So for the listener, I just wanted to point out that Nir's book is really divided into three parts.

And the part that we've been discussing in depth right now is the power to see what you believe.

The next section I wanted to dive into is what you call anticipation or the power to feel what you believe.

And I love that word feel and how you start out the next chapter about we're already living in a simulation.

So

If we're all living in subjective simulations, what determines whether life feels meaningful or bleak?

A little bit later this afternoon, my wife and I are heading to Reggae Rise Up, one of my favorite festivals of the year.

And the reason I'm bringing this up is a number of years ago, I was at Reggae Rise Up when I needed to get a water.

And the only product that they had, which I didn't even realize was water at the time, was this crazy looking bottle that said liquid death.

I love that in this chapter, you bring up the whole liquid death phenomenon because

Like when I taste it, it doesn't taste any different from any other water.

It tastes exactly the same.

And I think that's what the blind tests have said.

But interestingly enough, it's a great example of people's beliefs in how a product like this came out of nowhere.