You Won the Lottery, You're Already Here

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There are 115 billion people Shane who have ever lived in the world. If you're watching or listening to this right now, you're one of the 8 billion people who are alive today. That's a one in 15 lottery that you've already won. It's so easy to forget that like we're fucking alive. Like how incredible has statistically improbable how and we just can't take this for granted. And we have to live our lives. How would you end this? I mean, we talked about a lot of negative stuff today, a lot of positive stuff. What's what would you put a billboard up? What do you want everybody to take away?

Shane's guest on this episode of the show is New York Times bestselling author Neil Pasricha, who returns for his second appearance on The Knowledge Project. We discuss the importance of gratitude and how simple acts can change the way you feel, where confidence comes from, the specific routines and habits you can use to counter anxiety, the recipe for building resilience, and so much more. Pasricha is the author of seven books which collectively have sold over 2 million copies and spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists, including The Happiness Equation and Two-Minute Mornings. His first TED talk, “The 3 A’s of Awesome,” is ranked as one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time, and he also hosts a podcast called 3 Books, where he uncovers the 1,000 most formative books in the world. Neil previously appeared on Episode 72 of the The Knowledge Project, one of the show’s most downloaded conversations to date. His new book, Our Book of Awesome, will be released Dec. 6.

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