Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

What you are neglecting is aging you

21 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Vishen Lakhiani argues that people obsess over Botox and cosmetics while ignoring what actually ages them: diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management. Sleeping less doesn't boost productivity; it damages your brain, makes you sick, and shortens your life.

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people are just becoming more and more obsessed, especially with social media around, by looking incredible. And how can we reverse aging? Because people are so focused on external looks, they neglect the most important aspects of lifestyle. They inject Botox, mesotherapy. They do all forms of modalities to look good on the outside, and they neglect how they're meant to look on the inside. So everything from their diet to working out to the supplements that they're taking or they're not taking. Stress is another big thing. You know, they don't even look at that as an aspect of a decrease in the way your cells age, as well as sleep. It's this hustle culture, hustle mentality where people prefer to be productive than to sleep. And, you know, the saying, well, I'll sleep while I'm dead.
It's really dumb advice because you're not being more productive. You're more likely to experience illnesses. Days of low productivity because of not giving your— even your brain recovery time, and you'll die sooner.
Absolutely.