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Finding Joy in Work and Play
This chapter explores the balance between focus and enjoyment in high-performance sports, emphasizing that successful athletes embrace a sense of flow. The speakers reflect on their own experiences in creative work, encouraging listeners to discover how to incorporate fun into their tasks for greater fulfillment.
Kevin sits down with Suneel Gupta CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company to break down some of the key concepts in Suneel’s book, Everyday Dharma. Aside from the definition, origin and concepts of dharma, Suneel discusses how to achieve sustainable peak performance by embracing simple habits, how to bolster emotional resiliiance and engagement, and how to master psychological shifts required to overcome life setbacks.
Once seen as the “face of failure” in the New York Times, Suneel Gupta understands the road to success is not always smooth. Learning from his mistakes, Suneel became the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company that partnered with First Lady Michelle Obama to deliver low-cost health coaching to people in need. He is now a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School and host of an award-winning documentary series on Amazon Prime. He is also a bestselling author of Everyday Dharma, which is all about the timeless art of finding success and joy in what we do.
Listeners can learn more about Suneel at website
https://www.suneelgupta.com/
on X @suneel and on IG @suneelgupta
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Show Notes:
* (0:00) Introduction
* (1:00) The ultimate cold plunge ice bath. Get $150 off at kevinrose.com/plunge
* (2:30) Get two months of CoPilot FREE - kevinrose.com/copilot
* (4:30) Shout out to Kevin for being one of the first to take a bet on RISE
* (5:30) What Rise is all about
* (11:55) “Authenticity has become everything. It’s no longer a factor, it’s a filter.”
* (15:30) Obama's 2004 keynote speech
* (23:30) Shout out to the one and only Tim Ferris -
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* (25:00) DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web
* (27:10) Suneel Gupta’s viral failure story
* (29:10) “Long term success can often come from short term embarrassment.”
* (32:30) Suneel’s personal story on ‘how to win and how to lost’
* (36:20) “I don’t lose. I either win or I learn.”
* (38:30) The arrival fallacy
* (43:30) The philosophy of dharma
* (50:00) Definition and origin of dharma
* (51:20) “As it turns out, when I go out and I unpack the Dharma stories, the people who really were able to find their way back to the center, it wasn't competence that got them there. It was curiosity.”
* (1:02:00) The concept of rhythmic renewal
* (1:05:00) The 55-5 rule for work efficiency in productivity
* (1:27:00) Question: When you think about these trail heads that lead back to everyday dharma, what's a diversified person look like?
* (1:30:00) The concept of seva: selfless service
* (1:36:00) Closing thoughts
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