"I completely agree that the world is going to hell. There's despair and hopelessness all over the place," he says. "And yet I wake up every day and I'm pretty excited about life." The Buddha for example conquered this problem and it took him like 10 years, but you can do it in a few minutes if you focus on your own self-mastery. 'The only thing that's important is whether you try,' Dr. John adds.