The LIE Behind WORKING HARD For SUCCESS and the TRUTH About INTUITION | Vishen Lakhiani
Channel: Mark Drager
Date: 2022-09-06

We’ve all heard it; hell, you’ve probably had the same thought yourself.  It’s a lie that perpetuates the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for every entrepreneur and creative.  It’s a lie that causes great people to question what they’re doing, if they have what it takes, and often makes people give up too soon.

“If you work hard enough, you will succeed.”  Or put another way, “There’s no way I’m going to fail because I’ll outwork everyone else…”

And while every successful person had to work hard to get where they are, hard work is never enough.  You’ve got to work hard in the areas that excite you most.

Today’s guest learned this truth the hard way.

Vishen Lakhiani is the founder of Mindvalley, the award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide, he’s the author of the New York Times Business Best Seller The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work, and is a speaker and activist.

In this episode Vishen and Mark talk:

Why hard work is never enough
The role intuition plays in finding your passions
Why Vishen quit his job at Microsoft in the first week to become an out-of-work actor
Why he walked away from a multimillion-dollar VC-backed startup
How the seed of every great thing he’s built (including a $100-million+ company) came from chasing down one of his passions
Welcome to We Do Hard Things, the show about facing fears, taking big risks and chasing down dreams.

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More About Vishen Lakhiani

Vishen Lakhiani is one of today’s most influential minds in the fields of education and human consciousness.

He is the founder of Mindvalley University and its 2 million-strong student base - which is now expanding across schools in Finland, Silicon Valley companies, and universities worldwide.

Vishen’s book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, made the New York Times Business Best Sellers List, and hit the coveted #1 spot on Amazon five times in 2017. It has since won several awards and been translated into 25+ languages.

Since then, Vishen authored The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work (2020) and The 6 Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Manifest Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day (Sept 2022).

Meanwhile, his mobile apps like Omvana have become the bestselling Health & Fitness app in 30+ countries.

Vishen is also the founder of A-Fest, the transformational festival described as the “TED meets Coachella” of the personal growth industry.

Vishen’s next goal is to create the #1 education brand in the world, and reach 1 billion students - so humanity can experience the biggest jump in its consciousness since the dawn of the human species.

Checkout Vishen’s books:

The 6 Phase Meditation Method
https://www.mindvalley.com/books/6phase

The Buddha and the Badass
https://www.amazon.com/Buddha-Badass-Secret-Spiritual-Succeeding/dp/1984823396

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
https://www.amazon.com/Code-Extraordinary-Mind-Unconventional-Redefine/dp/0593135822

Follow him on social:

https://www.instagram.com/vishen

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https://www.facebook.com/vishenlakhiani/



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