Inactivity breeds negative thinking and mental decline, the speaker argues. He points to wealthy people and retirees who deteriorate without purpose, and says his strategy is simple: do the opposite of what feels comfortable. Constant action, physical and social, is what keeps you alive.
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Look, I mean, for me it's simple. It's like, you know, when I sit around and relax, my life gets worse. The more time I have alone with me, the more, more thinking time I have. Yeah, right. I get this thing going and, you know, all of a sudden I could probably lose a little more weight. Um, yeah, I just need to stay active and I think I think action is really the key to any person's happiness. I've known a lot of people who either haven't had to work because they're just so wealthy or if they've retired, you know, so-and-so retired and 2 years later he was dead. And so yeah, for me, it's, I've gotta be active. I've gotta be on the move. I've gotta be doing something or else, I can slip into a negative mental state of mind. So, you know, I take action against my own, you know, like if I don't want to do something, it's probably something that's good for me. If I want to do it, it probably is bad for me, right? On a moment-to-moment basis, that's what leads me to my success.