How can you stay focused on your own desires?
Tom explores Principle 2: Know yourself better than anything else. Explore your purpose and define your own success. Together with guest Sabrina Jammy, a mindfulness teacher, they discuss how we can better connect with both our body and mind.
Selected Links
· Connect with Sabrina Jammy
· Connect with Tom Marshall
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· Extraordinary Life, Tom’s non-profit personal development foundation
· Tom’s Blog about his experiences with meditation
Show Notes
Tom’s personal story about why he created this principle. [01:25]
Challenges with the principle that are explored on this episode. [05:00]
What does self-awareness mean to Sabrina? [07:13]
You can better navigate a changing world if you know yourself. [08:34]
How did Sabrina wake-up to the importance of self-awareness? [09:26]
Our mind and emotions can change so quickly. Just like the ocean, we have good waves and bad waves, but our essence remains the same. [12:23]
How has self-awareness helped Sabrina stay focused on her purpose? [13:43]
Mindfulness helps prevent external influences such as social pressure from contaminating your purpose. [14:35]
How Sabrina re-defined her success. [16:25]
How did Sabrina push away the influence of others when setting up her meditation studio? [17:55]]
Focus inwardly on your bodily sensations to understand whether you’re making the right decisions. [18:30]
How can we use thinking and feeling together to create honest reflection? [20:20]
One of the biggest myths of the 21st century is that our minds and bodies are not connected. [22:13)
How does Sabrina build meditation into her daily routine? [23:25}
The danger of doing mindfulness for utilitarian benefits is you stop practicing it when you don’t receive them. [26:25]
The benefits of self-awareness only come when you can sit with both your angels and demons. [28:15]
How has Sabrina’s self-awareness helped her focus on her purpose? [28:39]
How does Sabrina make decisions when she feels conflicting desires? [30:12]
We are curious about our external world but have lost our curiosity about the world within us. [33:08]
We all just want to be seen, loved and heard. [35:15]
Sabrina’s advice for early career professionals who feel like they’re living by other’s definition of success. [36:20]
Sabrina explains her “finding your why” exercise. [36:40]
Take a breath during the day, even if it’s just for three seconds. Self-awareness will arise. [37:59]