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Dec 2022
44m 10s

Ep 161 Mindset, Logic, & Spirituality

Leslie M. Thornton
About this episode

"As I grew more in touch with my weaknesses, my failures, my emotions, and I was more willing to be vulnerable and share about them, they created a stronger connection with people. It created more communities, it created more resonance in my life the more willing I was able to do that." - Zander Fryer

 

What you'll learn from this episode:

 

03:21 - Touching on spirituality, faith, and God 

06:23 - Believing in God

08:59 - An upbringing rooted in love that he owes a lot from her parents

12:14 - The power of the brain to heal your body

14:41 - Who are the truly successful people?

16:00 - What Zander considers his main job

21:10 - Important lessons from his best friends' death

26:06 - The biggest reason for suicide [and what society dictates us to feel about weak emotions]

30:30 - How to best deal with negative emotions, shame for that matter [getting through fear and failure to get to success]

32:21 - Finding wisdom in the mud of shame and negativity

34:30 - Things get easier as you shed more and more baggage

38:00 - Why do we think we have all the control over everything that's going to happen

40:00 - Who you spend your time with is the most impactful thing that can happen to you

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