Stephen Collar

And as we age, the chromosomes shrink, right? We lose our telomeres. Loving kindness meditation actually increases telomere health. So you can calm down your nervous system and it's got an anti-aging benefit. So the other thing about loving kindness meditation, we know this as adults, this is adult development.

And as we age, the chromosomes shrink, right? We lose our telomeres. Loving kindness meditation actually increases telomere health. So you can calm down your nervous system and it's got an anti-aging benefit. So the other thing about loving kindness meditation, we know this as adults, this is adult development.

So if you want to have a successful second half of your life, you want to be happy, healthy, and joyous like 45 forward. By age 50, if you really want to enjoy the second half of your life and have a high flow and all that, you need to forgive most of the people who have done you wrong.

So if you want to have a successful second half of your life, you want to be happy, healthy, and joyous like 45 forward. By age 50, if you really want to enjoy the second half of your life and have a high flow and all that, you need to forgive most of the people who have done you wrong.

if you carry grudges into the second half of your life it tends to make you miserable over time and it blocks so humans most people don't know this but your brain development doesn't stop as a kid it keeps going and there's really cool amazing things that happen in your brain in your 40s and 50s.

if you carry grudges into the second half of your life it tends to make you miserable over time and it blocks so humans most people don't know this but your brain development doesn't stop as a kid it keeps going and there's really cool amazing things that happen in your brain in your 40s and 50s.

You actually, if you get it right, and we'll talk about what right means in a second, you unlock whole new levels of intelligence, whole new, this is in our country, right? This is pre-performance age. You get new levels of intelligence, new levels of creativity, new levels of wisdom, new levels of empathy. Now think about this from a business perspective, right?

You actually, if you get it right, and we'll talk about what right means in a second, you unlock whole new levels of intelligence, whole new, this is in our country, right? This is pre-performance age. You get new levels of intelligence, new levels of creativity, new levels of wisdom, new levels of empathy. Now think about this from a business perspective, right?

What do we know about the world today? Well, customer-centric thinking is really important because our customers matter. If you don't have empathetic employees, You're going to fuck up your company culture and you're going to fuck up your customer relationships. If you don't have wise employees, same problems. So these are all the things we actually want in people. So it really matters.

What do we know about the world today? Well, customer-centric thinking is really important because our customers matter. If you don't have empathetic employees, You're going to fuck up your company culture and you're going to fuck up your customer relationships. If you don't have wise employees, same problems. So these are all the things we actually want in people. So it really matters.

How do we unlock these things? There's only two things to do. One, by about age 50, you have to forgive all the people who have done you wrong. And how do you do that? Well, there's a lot. You can spend years in psychotherapy, give it a go, or you can do loving kindness meditation. Loving kindness meditation tends to do that work for you. The other thing you need to do is learn how to be creative.

How do we unlock these things? There's only two things to do. One, by about age 50, you have to forgive all the people who have done you wrong. And how do you do that? Well, there's a lot. You can spend years in psychotherapy, give it a go, or you can do loving kindness meditation. Loving kindness meditation tends to do that work for you. The other thing you need to do is learn how to be creative.

So to have a successful second half of your life, flow is very deeply involved in it, but just to sort of get in the door, you have to be able to be creative and you have to forgive the people who've done you wrong. Starting in your late 40s to 50s, creativity is what unlocks these new thinking styles in your brain.

So to have a successful second half of your life, flow is very deeply involved in it, but just to sort of get in the door, you have to be able to be creative and you have to forgive the people who've done you wrong. Starting in your late 40s to 50s, creativity is what unlocks these new thinking styles in your brain.

There's a bunch of brain changes, like the two sides of the brain start working together like never before. The brain starts to colonize underutilized resources and things like this. There's things that happen in the brain And loving kindness, meditation, or forgiveness plus creativity is how you really take advantage of it. And it leads to more flow also.

There's a bunch of brain changes, like the two sides of the brain start working together like never before. The brain starts to colonize underutilized resources and things like this. There's things that happen in the brain And loving kindness, meditation, or forgiveness plus creativity is how you really take advantage of it. And it leads to more flow also.

It's worse that they hated you at the beginning.

It's worse that they hated you at the beginning.

Criticism is interesting because coming up as a journalist, I've never been in a field where people are ruder. than in journalists, editors dealing with journalists. Like my favorite story is Wired Magazine. The editor is a good friend of mine still. Wired Magazine sends me to the Everglades. I'm writing about the Everglades restoration project. Largest, it's $8 billion to fix the Everglades.

Criticism is interesting because coming up as a journalist, I've never been in a field where people are ruder. than in journalists, editors dealing with journalists. Like my favorite story is Wired Magazine. The editor is a good friend of mine still. Wired Magazine sends me to the Everglades. I'm writing about the Everglades restoration project. Largest, it's $8 billion to fix the Everglades.