William Green chats with famed author Pico Iyer about how to create a life that’s truly richer, wiser, & happier. Pico has written 15 books & delivered 4 TED Talks that have received nearly 12 million views. Here, he shares profound & practical insights drawn from his vast range of personal experience: he’s spent decades as a travel writer, befriended everyone from the Dalai Lama to Leonard Cohen, lost everything he owned in a wildfire; & built a remarkably peaceful & productive life in a tiny apartment in Japan.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why Pico Iyer relishes the calm simplicity of his tiny, uncluttered home in Japan.
- Why he doesn’t use a cell phone & does most of his work without a computer.
- Why going slow has become the ultimate luxury in a world of speed.
- How he structures his day to be most productive.
- Why leading business executives are so receptive to his teachings on stillness.
- Why billionaires like Ray Dalio have embraced meditation.
- What Pico discovered when a wildfire destroyed everything he owned.
- How Howard Marks applies the Buddhist teaching that everything is impermanent.
- What Pico has learned from decades of friendship with the Dalai Lama.
- How travel shows Pico the limits of what we can ever truly know.
- What advice he gives to youngsters on making a life & not just making a living.
- What the singer & Zen monk Leonard Cohen taught him about inner riches.
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📖 BOOKS MENTIONED:
- The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer: amzn.to/3XKoYGg
- Autumn Light by Pico Iyer: amzn.to/436BuAQ
- The Man Within My Head by Pico Iyer: amzn.to/43eFDCG
- The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer: amzn.to/43cyt1R
- The Open Road by Pico Iyer: amzn.to/3px9Dw3
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki: amzn.to/3XAMBRr
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