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Energy Economics: Your Focus is Your Money Flow – Pedram Shojai with Dave Asprey : 758

Nov 10, 2020

Pedram Shojai, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and bestselling author, dives into energy economics and focus in this enlightening discussion. He shares insights from his latest book, emphasizing how aligning attention with intention can lead to a fulfilling life. Shojai explains the interplay between energy, time, and money, urging listeners to reclaim their focus in a world filled with distractions. The conversation also touches on mindful living, the balance of indulgence, and strategies for enhancing vitality through meditation and conscious health choices.

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ANECDOTE

Pre-Pandemic Intuition

Pedram Shojai felt an urge to leave city life two years before the pandemic.
This intuition led him to move to the mountains, a decision that proved fortuitous.

INSIGHT

Crisis of Consciousness

Society faces a crisis of consciousness, where attention is the currency of the information age.
People are mined for their minds, highlighting the need to reclaim focus.

ADVICE

Energy as Currency

Recognize that time, energy, and money are the primary sources of stress.
Focus on energy as the true currency, as it fuels the meaningful use of time and money.

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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Pedram Shojai, O.M.D., a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Master Herbalist and acupuncturist. We talk about his new book, “FOCUS: Bringing Time, Energy and Money into Flow” and how you can bring your attention in line with your intention to get the life you want.

Pedram is a New York Times bestselling author of “The Urban Monk” and founder of Well.org. He is an acclaimed Qigong Master and Taoist Abbot with a practical approach to modern living.

In our unpredictable and continually changing world, we are constantly in a state of figuring out how to sow our seeds for a happy life, which necessitates tending to the needs of our health, career, family and friends, passions, and desires. Unfortunately, time never seems to be on our side, and if anything, often it seems out of our control.

But what if you had the ability to take control of how you trade your energy for time and to increase your body’s “energy budget?”

“Once you get your life lined and you figure out where you want your energy to go, it's like cash in the pocket,” Pedram says. “It doesn't hurt to have more once your economics are fixed, and that's where I think a lot of people lose it is their focus is everywhere so their life is everywhere, and they don't get the life that they say they want because they're just not focusing on their priorities. They're not focusing on their life.”

Your life circles around an exchange of time, money, and energy.

“In Chinese medicine we say the Qi follows the Shen, the spirit,” Pedram says. “Spirit is the attention housed in the heart. So where your focus goes, your energy goes, and if you can sustain your focus, the energy that you're generating through the cells of your body, through the mitochondria, through this miraculous thing called life, continues to go to where your focus goes, and then the material universe starts to assemble around that.”

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