Steven

phone schedule to figure out like what day it is and what that means and what i have to do and what's just happened and all the podcast has gone out i've got this email from this person and there's my calendar when i'm late for by 20 minutes and although i might have the day before said to myself that this week we're going to be joyful and light and free it feels like the week hits me like a truck and then boom autopilot

People will say, well, I want to have a mansion and I would like to have a private jet and I would like to have a beautiful partner, or I'd like to have a trophy.

People will say, well, I want to have a mansion and I would like to have a private jet and I would like to have a beautiful partner, or I'd like to have a trophy.

And therefore, is it possible to possess things and to pursue the possession of things while also having a relationship with them where they don't possess you? Can I go in pursuit of getting a, what's something that one might want, a sports car?

And therefore, is it possible to possess things and to pursue the possession of things while also having a relationship with them where they don't possess you? Can I go in pursuit of getting a, what's something that one might want, a sports car?

And is it possible to then have the sports car and pursue it without it possessing me and therefore me avoiding the consequences that come with that unhealthy relationship to possession? Because in your life, there must be things that you're pursuing and you get those things. So your book sells a million copies. Your YouTube channel does exceptionally well. You pursued those things.

And is it possible to then have the sports car and pursue it without it possessing me and therefore me avoiding the consequences that come with that unhealthy relationship to possession? Because in your life, there must be things that you're pursuing and you get those things. So your book sells a million copies. Your YouTube channel does exceptionally well. You pursued those things.

The second of the five hindrances is ill will, a negative emotion such as dislike stops you from chasing a goal. Can you give me some context on this one? What do you mean by ill will?

The second of the five hindrances is ill will, a negative emotion such as dislike stops you from chasing a goal. Can you give me some context on this one? What do you mean by ill will?

It's going to come towards you.

It's going to come towards you.

As you've become more popular and you've got millions and millions of views across the internet, your TED talk, I think from one of the links that I saw had some 20 million views and it probably has tens of more millions of views all over the internet. There's going to be more and more people

As you've become more popular and you've got millions and millions of views across the internet, your TED talk, I think from one of the links that I saw had some 20 million views and it probably has tens of more millions of views all over the internet. There's going to be more and more people

sending you messages interacting with you and saying amazing things saying not so amazing things we experience this obviously as a podcaster you just you get you receive all kinds of feedback from everybody when you think about how you manage that and you manage other people's opinion of you does this tie into ill will and i guess the ultimate question is do you care what people think about you

sending you messages interacting with you and saying amazing things saying not so amazing things we experience this obviously as a podcaster you just you get you receive all kinds of feedback from everybody when you think about how you manage that and you manage other people's opinion of you does this tie into ill will and i guess the ultimate question is do you care what people think about you

Have empathy for their lack of understanding. Yes.

Have empathy for their lack of understanding. Yes.

One of the things that I've noticed in your work is that you have this huge emphasis on being able to focus oneself. And when I talked to you about this brick, I think just before we started recording, you said to me that the average person on the street might not be able to break it. But if someone was really, really strong, they might be able to break it.

One of the things that I've noticed in your work is that you have this huge emphasis on being able to focus oneself. And when I talked to you about this brick, I think just before we started recording, you said to me that the average person on the street might not be able to break it. But if someone was really, really strong, they might be able to break it.

However, the key to breaking this brick isn't strength necessarily. It's the ability to really, really focus. And when we talked about the five hindrances, they will sway us from focus. It will distract us from that ability to focus. So you've cultivated that ability to focus, which culminates in you being able to smash this brick with your hand.