Megan Forma and Mindvalley CEO Vishen Lakhiani broadcast live from Dubai on New Year's Eve, discussing how to approach 2025. Vishen argues that improving just 1% daily compounds to roughly 3700% per year, and recommends ditching rigid resolutions for continuous learning instead. Guests share practices like daily manifesting and self-forgiveness to start fresh.
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With me on our main set under this dome, Vishen Lakhiani. He's the founder of Mind Valley with all the self improvement insight you need to tackle your New Year's resolutions. And his partner on the Mind Valley podcast, model biomedical engineer, TV personality Megan Forma. Coming back to them in a moment. We've also got with us an entrepreneur who you might recognize from, from the Real Housewives of Dubai, Sarah Al Madani. And to top it all off, we are cooking up a smoky surprise for you this evening. A live cooking station with the Arab world's first pitmaster, Chef Hatem Mata. And at the hub of tonight's entertainment, DJ Brooklyn, who will be spinning the beats all night. And I will join him there later for a live DJ masterclass. All right, back on the CNN set here under the Al Wasl dome, I've got Vishen and Megan with me. You are the CEO, Vishen, of mindvalley. This is a global personal growth empire. And when I say empire, I mean empire. It is remarkable what you've done with this kind of mind, body and soul self improve organization that you've got. So as we go into 2025, what are your big tips for taking a positive view of the world, Vishen?
Well, I think the most important thing, most important thing I think people need to do as they go forward is not worry about New Year resolutions, rather commit to just embracing growth, learning something new every week, whether it's one hour or two. And as you learn, you grow. I'm not a fan of resolutions. I'm a fan of like learning. Whether it's your favorite podcast or a mindvalley course or a great book, setting aside time to learn and learn and learn.
Is that what you do, Megan, on a regular basis, set time aside?
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
I set time aside every single morning to manifest the way I'd like my day to unfold and every night that I'd like for my dreams to unfold. So it's all intentional.
Do you make New Year's resolutions?
New Year's resolutions? Yes. My New Year's resolution is to have more heart to heart time with me, to date me, to get to know me, to nurture me.
I love this because what you do spend a lot of your time doing is listening to other people. You're the co host on the mindvalley podcast, of course. What's, what's the most important lesson that you've learned this year as far as sort of tools for mind, body and soul from people that you've been speaking to on that podcast.
What I've learned is in the end of the day, as human beings, we're on Earth School to learn our individualized lessons, our customized lessons, and we're all in pain a little more, a little less. But we're all experience this Earth School, and we're all in this to help one another. Shoulder to shoulder. So I think this year it's time for all of us to go shoulder to shoulder and say, you know what? This is a tough school. We're all schoolmates. Let's help each other pass the exam.
I love this. Get shoulder to shoulder. As we go into 2025, so many of us make New Year's resolutions. And I've learned just in the past couple of days that something like more than half of us at least break them now. We've been making New Year's resolutions since way back when. Ancient Babylon and Rome. Why do we do it? And you say drop it. You say drop it. Don't make those resolutions. Why do we do that?
They don't make sense. Well, you know, gyms see a spike in attendance in Jan, and then people start dropping out in February and March and April. We should see every week, every day, as an opportunity for growth. Don't wait till January 1 or February 1 or your birthday. Every day, do 20 minutes. Something that helps you grow. You know, if you improve by 1% every day, at the end of one year, guess how much you've grown.
Don't test me here. Don't test me.
Everyone underestimates this, right? Because our minds can't process it, but it's compounding. You grow 3700%.
No way. Wow.
So every day, do something little. 20 minutes.
I got to ask you both, what are you taking with you from 2024 and what are you leaving behind? Vision.
There's. There's a lot I want to leave behind. Look, I love learning from my mistakes. I reflect on my mistakes and then I practice self forgiveness. I made so many mistakes last year.
That's good for us to hear. I'm sure those who know how successful you are, Many people around the world will have heard of Mindvalley. They'll be pretty happy to hear that you make your own mistakes. We wouldn't want you to be perfect.
Tons. Tons.
What are you taking with you and what are you leaving behind?
Megan, you know, I just had a heart to heart conversation with myself right before coming here, and I asked myself, what do I really want to leave behind, what baggage I want to leave behind this year? And that's taking things personally. I'm not going to take anything personally in this coming year. And what I'm going to keep with me is to stay grounded within myself.
I love these two and they're going to be with me all evening. Folks, from here at Expo City in Dubai for the time being. Thank you very much indeed. I can't wait. Thank you for taking the time to spend it with me on New Year's Eve. And our viewers around the world, wonderful. They bought their families, folks as well. It's wonderful to see the families here.
