Not following society’s norms and chasing the dream that makes you passionate and helps other people ✨

Tom- this is exactly what I was looking for! I wake up at 3:50AM (I do a morning show) and I really believe if you win the morning you win the day! I will Be getting his book! Love your show and watch it every week!

Please interview " sadhguru "

I think being 'unreasonable' in Sharma's context is the only way to stop the downward spiral of the dominant culture. When I mention a 'downward spiral', people often react by pointing to wealth creation and technological advancement. While those are true points, they're tangential to the point of a downward spiral. How dense does one have to be to equate wealth creation with ideals like attainment of virtue and, perhaps more relevantly, with ideals like an active opposition to vice? I've been an unreasonable man since my mid-teen years. It's cost me plenty in this life. In the middle of the hardest moments of my life, I've questioned whether my unreasonableness has been 'worth it'. If 'worth' is defined by the dominant culture then, no, my stance has been in vain. But, if 'worth' is defined by the kind of person I want to be in the world, and by whether the things I stand for matter in the long run... then yes, the 'price' I've paid to take such a stand has been more than worth it. Frankly, the only people who seem to understand what I just described are those who've never attained 'success' as measured by the dominant culture; or, who have attained it, but have had the privilege to walk away from it before it killed them. Untapped human potential is amazing in its own right. What keeps it from manifesting more often than anything else -- at least in my life experience -- is how we selectively attend to that potential in the context of whether it's 'profitable' or whether it reflects favorably upon us per the criteria of the dominant culture. Think about it... we've got thousands of years of philosophical writings from some enormously capable minds, yet here we are, focused on wealth creation and success in the cultural sense while, for example, roughly 19,000 people around the world (age 18 and under) die *_every day_* from hunger and hunger-related complications. And this, when there's neither a shortage of food (America alone discards enough food to feed the entire planet's starving and malnourished population) nor a shortage of logistical capability to deliver that food where it needs to go. People often ask me, "Richard, who's going to pay for it", as if 'payment' was a necessary element in the equation. That's just one instance of how concerns over wealth/profit imposes murderous consequences on masses of people; there are several other 'big world problems' where this is also the main 'limiting factor'. Tom, it's a sad indictment against the wealthiest people and nations on the planet that such unnecessary loss of life is a fact today, in 2019, and that so many people have been indoctrinated into believing that such loss of life is a morally acceptable 'collateral damage' of evolution. Nature has a lot to teach us about how to live sustainable on the planet. In contrast, we obliterate vasts swaths of nature not out of necessity, but out of a mindset that sincerely believes that it's a necessity to do so. How many indigenous people have been murdered in the process of eradicating vast forests? Countless. And who cares that this is the case enough to actually stop it? Seemingly too few given the existing structure for voicing grievances. The 'reasonable man' looks around at the status quo and tries to play by the rules of the dominant culture. By those rules, we have environmental and human decimation. Yet so many aspire to 'win' at this 'game' of culture. Why? Terence McKenna is known for admonishing us that "culture is not your friend". And Derrick Jensen has laid out a compelling case that "civilization is not, and can never be, sustainable" in a talk he gave about his then-new book "Endgame". Who's paying attention to such admonition? Too few, if the status quo offers us any sort of compelling insight. Anyway, I've written enough for one comment. Hope you found something useful in it. Taking the time to share my thoughts is the least I could do as a token of my appreciation for your KZfaq content. Love your channel. Thanks for offering your content freely.

I'm going to have to buy the book. Fascinating stuff...

Digital DAN embarrassing confession- I’ve never watched GOT

@@kelley0404 that makes 2 of us. I only hear ppl talk about it.

@@vawaken3860 watching got could have taken so much time so I never bothered about it

Yes! 👍❤

Accurate!

Sarah Groth true

Bernard Shaw

But with humility & compassion for others, right or your world will be selfcentered

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@@apitoahkhi1 ❤️❤️❤️

So true Monica! You are inspiring yourself! #LOVE

I couldn’t agree more😁

ripvanwho You put what he said in the best way!

your mum brought you up the best way she knew how to! Part of passion is also loving your mum with all her idiosyncrasies s thats what winning is about!Talking about your mum on youtube behind her back is a fault you need to work on because we dont know her and dont know what kind of a child you were! this is one sided!

Power to you!!!

@Lee 1227 ".So why dont you work on not giving unsolicited advice to people you dont know about subjects you know nothing about." Wanted to say something but couldn't have said it better myself.

You should be proud of yourself, period.

@@BYGODYOUARESPECIAL1 agree 100% to break the cycle is a major achievement and to be celebrated. I understand you 100%

Emeka Umeh I shall see how your statement is going to hold on in front of Jesus at the final judgment. Here is my suggestion for you: God takes the wise people in their own craftiness. Don't believe me, just search the scriptures for yourself. See maybe there's a way to live forever. To me that would be more priority than changing the world.

"Dead people don't change the world."💚

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Very true..i can relate to that

Wow... That's powerful 😍

I’m with ya!

Fire

I've been in the 4:30am club for over a year. Sometimes 4am. It's great.

I gotta get it

I wanna join the club

I’m reading it now and have 5:30am wake up locked in

@@billybbob18 same here 🙏💪

You are so beautiful 😁

If you are resolved, you WILL... and we will be watching;)

Facts

Sometimes PEACEFUL musicc acconpanies your LONELINESS

Alex Fan Would have been great if had the chance to give us a Nipsey interview.

Wow exactly where I heard that quote my friend this means you are on a journey to learn and grow and I wish you the best of luck.

@@ismailibrahim4769 thank you very much and it means the same for you too. The marathon continues!

yeah i to heard that. I got me some new place bro.

@Ariauna Durbin I had to think about this for a while. It's unreasonable for anyone to move one stone from one place to another. It goes for moving water, fire, and other forces of nature. But move enough of it, you start to change the landscape and then into something more. The "world" we live in comprises of the stories and empty truths we tell ourselves, are the reasons one stays in that kind of "world". It takes an unreasonable person to adapt their own "world" to themselves.

to me it took 2 hours to digest it though lol so muchbio hacks. and so much truths

Look who’s here!!

Just left one of your videos. 🙂

I agree!

Valerie Ellis Yes! That’s one of the reasons I follow him. He pays attention, doesn’t interrupt, stays present but does NOT get so sucked in as to forget his role as an investigator of the truth.

in deed, like a conductor, who leads by shaping the music, through letting the instrumentalists play ;) . Tom is one of the best interviewers on YT, for sure. Notice how he hardly ever loses the focus of what he wants the guest to comment on. Even if the guest loses that train of thought.

Same 😁

But the good thing is that when you do fulfill the promises you made to yourself, that bruised and battered self-worth slowly begins to heal: one promise at a time.

@@avi111986 thank you

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Wow I wish i replied to your comment 1 year ago, I love it

avivideos Absolutely. 100%!✊🏽

I agree he's very articulate, but out of curiosity what qualities of humility did you observe?

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Interesting where can we see your work?

Guess it's someone who can't get out of bed at 5AM ;)

@@raymondtendau2749 jeezuzz

Same here

Stay awesome 😁

Oh ok. Jk

Yes yes yes! That would be a very interesting interview.

Facts

all the way up from East Africa in Tanzanian...lets keep learnin' bro. much love to you

you are everywhere bro 😂💯 good to see at every learning platform

That's the way to go!

JUST the Average Guy IKR 🤯🤯🤯

RIP Nipsey!

@The New Paulo Coelho shut up mangina