You Have to Make Happiness Your Priority - Naval Rakivant

[mrdestruct]

"Every man has two lives and the second starts when he realizes he just has one"

[sdtimeless]

I think if you listened to this clip every morning you’d be in a much better place to approach the world

[trizdenabram]

I would love to see confucious on the next podcast sounds like a smart dude

[beyond_hjaemmetraening]

This dude is honest and very human. Not like these "perfect" gurus with the answer to everything

[krishnapartha]

“Would I still be interested in learning this thing if I couldn’t tell anyone about it?” Mic drop.

[landonic]

The older I get the more I realize that I'm going to die eventually. I've realized heavily that life is about creating great experiences and emotions and sharing those with people you care about. And to take life to the next level I'm realizing that happiness can be maximized by being useful to other people in some way and having purpose beyond yourself. It's taking me a long time to figure this out. Hope that helps someone.

[Sorrymarcel]

Thank god im 17 gaining so much knowledge from self and others. This shit lit

[Charmer]

The 2 life vs 1 life phrase was PROFOUND! I had that realization at age 31. The last 3 years have been so much fun. Just enjoy life

[nomad__]

"Reality is neutral" : that line hit hard. 💯 our mind, which is subjective in nature will always paint a picture based on concepts, while "reality" or the present space and time just is. Most our problems arise from our grasping, our attachment to these concepts and our dissatisfaction. Meditation provides the tools to let the mind be free of it's own delusions, but I encourage this practice to be accommodated by some sort of buddhist philosophy/practice. Meditation is a strong aspect of buddhism, but it is only a piece of the pie.

[RSidd]

What I gathered from the talk is that you can never depend on others for your happiness. It doesn't mean they are out to get you, but they are also looking after their own interests. No one's coming to save you, but it's entirely upto you how you wanna structure your life so you can gain optimal results for your own well-being. Starting from the food you put in your body, physical activity, the way you dress, your hobbies and passions, how you speak to yourself everyday, your vices, etc. which are active choices that you can make everyday by disregarding short-term pleasure. It's like as if you were taking care of someone who's life depends on you. And ironically, we prioritize pleasing others over the only person who can affect any change for our betterment....ourself. And what's interesting is that once we learn to look after ourselves, we are in a much better position to help our loved ones. It's just like how the safety instructions in planes tell you to put your oxygen mask on yourself first before you put one on someone else.

[slicksix]

I really like this guy's way of thinking, im a big fan of his already.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[blueboy]

This by far one of Joe's best guests ever in the history of JRE

[rollingstone]

"The world reflects your own feelings back at you" Love that!

[Unocole]

Really loving this guy Naval as a guest.

[amberchavez]

He’s so “happy” because one u have to tell yourself that in the energy and laws and vibes ... he creates his own reality... the highest vibration comes from love joy and happiness so he just wants to vibrate as high of a frequency as he can !!! Respect !! I get it!!! I practice happiness as well

[jessmaidment]

I’ve been consciously vetting the negative thoughts and energies that pop up in my head for the last 30 years, still doing it. It’s been an incredible journey, I’ve found that if I reframe a negative thought or energy into a positive, when all these negative energies keep coming at me, I always get a positive outcome. It feels like a divine blessing every time, the Angels are around us all. I am a sovereign being, with deep love and gratitude to Almighty God for this miracle. 🙏

[financialfraternity]

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; taking this world as it is and not as I would have it; trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.

[okuhtttf]

Whenever I listen to Naval I always have a positive grin on my face because it is all so true

[BookClubDisaster]

His quote about getting sick is so true. There's something oddly zen about when you get sick and you're life is simplified into just wanting to get over your sickness. You realize you were making everything way too complicated before.

[somerandomfoo]

im 17 years old and the happiest ive been in my life, and i havent really had any idea as to why. and no matter how much i try to explain my way of thinking to people they dont seem to get it. this guy sums it up perfectly.