in ayurveda he's a topical kappa dosha person

Why?

I too am lonely but I enjoy it. I speak to my family once in a day and do my daily work till 5 pm. go out for meals and prepare my own tea and some snacks. I read ,play chess, indulge in an intraday trading, watch YT ( mostly SNL ), research a bit on the subjects concerning my profession and then go to bed early.

I listened at 75%, then I could hear each world

@@tafdiz He could be on Adderall.

John's one of the most credible guys around . By your logic all coaches should be better than the athletes they coach

What you say might be true, but let's be honest, he is selling a book here. And he is opening himself to scrutiny. And if I'm going to be sold on how to live vital life, with all the people offering advice online, my first impression does not go with the person who by the looks of things, does not follow their own advice. You can't deny the man has more weight than its optimal. Why is that? Why does a man who is the most credible guy around according to you, who knows so much about aging well, teaches it, is selling a book on it, and yet he can't find enough discipline to skip desert? Why is that? That might work on Oprah show, but I'll look elsewhere. I remain unconvinced.

Do a little self reflection if you are able, to think that your works are denied by others not because of it's contents, but by your appearance and your age. My advice to you is to open your mind to learn from anyone, maybe you can gain better perspectives. That's that.

Different people have different motivations and prioriiey; a person's priority can be on brain development and not the body; people also respond to stress differently. To say unless a person is perfect in body and mind he/she cannot be an expert in anything is writing off 99% of the population and shows flawed logic. Plus it is a lot easier to be an objective coach of others then to apply things to personally; that's just human nature.

Sure I agree. You can be very good at something you don't practice, but here I don't question his expertise I question his lack of leading by example. And since he is selling me a book, than I think its fair game. He is not a person being interviewed by some journalist on how he achieved his amazing lifestyle and he simply explains what he does. No, he is selling a book. There is a difference of how I look at one vs the other. "Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp." which sounds a lot like glorified blog post and not a book, common problem in self-help industry. In most cases its just renamed and rehashed principles far more developed by others, which are than framed in "10 way this" ,"8 ways that" catchy bullet point system. Like I said, a glorified blog post, pretending to be a book. And than off course we have to promote that.... enter "talk at google". I have seen it way too many times. This makes me very sensitive to all salespeople, immediately looking for red flags. And one pretty obvious red flag is an overweight person trying to teach you have to lead a healthy life. If he actually applied the principles he is selling and was actually high in personal standards, I find it hard that he would be overweight. It cannot be healthy, can it? I mean if he was a poet selling poetry, or painter selling painting, he could eat all the doughnut he wants and I would not find it a problem. But this is not poetry reading and he is not a painter... and so I remain unconvinced.