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Feb 2025
10m 19s

How To Slow Down Your Life

Scott Lynch
About this episode

Time is our most valuable resource—it’s finite, irreplaceable, and if we’re not careful, it can slip away faster than we realize. So why does it feel like life speeds up as we get older? In this episode, I’m diving into why our perception of time changes, how routines and familiarity might be pressing the fast-forward button on your life, and the three keys to slowing things down.

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Past guests on The Motivated Mind include Chris Voss, Captain Sandy, Dr. Chris Palmer, Joey Thurman, Jason Harris, Koshin Paley Ellison, Rudy Mawer, Molly Fletcher, Kristen Butler, Hasard Lee, Natasha Graziano, ⁠David Hauser⁠, Cheryl Hunter, Michael Brandt, Heather Moyse, Tim Shriver, and Alan Stein, Jr.

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