APN28 - Deepak & Dharma

You're listening to Optimize with Bryan Johnson. More Wisdom in Less Time this is a mini chapter from Brian's book A Philosopher's Notes. You can find it on Amazon.

Deepak and Dharma Deepak's the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success wins my award for most densely packed with wisdom book. Out there reading the chapter on his seventh spiritual law, the Law of Dharma literally changed my life a few years ago. Here's the basic idea. We all have a unique Dharma or purpose or destiny. It's our job in this little lifetime of ours to one connect to that higher force that beats our hearts and keeps the planets in line. The best way to do that? Meditation as we too figure out what our unique gifts are. And then three figure out how we're going to give those gifts in greatest service to our families, communities and world. In the context of figuring out what our unique gifts are and what really inspires us. Usually tied to one another. Huh. Deepak asks a question that literally left me stunned. It was this. If you had all the time and all the money in the world, what would you do? Now, I tend to take questions like that seriously. When I pondered it a few years ago, I didn't have a crystal clear answer, but I knew it wasn't what I was doing at the time. As a result, within weeks I wound up selling the business I was running, which led to the decision to give myself a PhD in optimal living, which led to me typing these words. Now, I'm not suggesting you need to drop everything and turn your life upside down tomorrow, but it's a powerful question. And in my experience, and as so many of the great teachers advise us, as we have the courage and audacity to really step into the possibilities of our lives while working diligently, patiently, patiently, persistently and playfully, amazing things open up for us. And of course we also get our fair share of what did I do that for? Moments. But that's part of the deal. So back to you. If you had all the time and all the money in the world, what would you do? P.S. here's another awesome question to help you find your job with a capital J, as Jon Kabat Zinn likes to call it, what do you love so much you'd pay to do it? Personally, I love learning and sharing and having great conversations with inspired peeps and feel blessed to have created a way to get paid to do that on a full time basis. How about you?

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