Each day is absolutely wasted if you are not living each one radiantly alive. These are words from thought leader, Dr. Srikumar Rao, a world-renowned happiness guru and Founder and CEO of The Rao Institute which is dedicated to helping individuals live lives of extraordinary accomplishment and deep fulfillment. Dr. Srikumar is excellent at helping successful people make a quantum leap in their life to better relationships, work, and remove stress by becoming comfortable with ambiguity.  Let’s start the path to joy by learning that not labeling something as bad or good can lead you to a life of resilience.    [00:01 - 09:06] Opening Segment Let's welcome our guest for today, Dr. Srikumar Rao  Dr. Rao gives us some background  Being radiantly alive There are steps we can take to get to this point  How Dr. Rao and I met  Dr. Rao’s story Tired of the politics in the corporate world  Teachings of the World's Greatest Masters  Created a course in personal growth   [09:07 - 18:36] Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows?  A parable of wisdom from Dr. Rao What was meant for bad became a fortune  Have you ever had something happen the life you thought was terrible but became a good thing Dr. Rao shares an example from one of his talks Stop and ask if this terrible thing could become wonderful The realm of despair to the realm of possibility  Suffering begins when we label something bad and unbearable  Example of losing your job  Resilience comes when you stop labeling things as bad  Stuff happens to you, stop labeling those things as adversity and you won’t have to bounce back from it [18:37 - 28:46] Your Awareness Is Like a Flashlight What Dr. Rao offers as a way of perspective Timeless lessons from the Greatest Masters Example: I suffered a great many tragedies in life, many of which never happened Dr. Rao walks us through an example of awareness The uselessness of worries  The conditioning of the mind around goals Recognize you are happy, not that you will receive it  You don’t get it because you need it but because it’s your path in life  We have no control, we never did  Setting a goal is about the learning and growth as we try to achieve it [28:47 - 38:56] Go Beyond the Duality  Dr. Rao shares perspective on the turbulence we experience Is it bad? Is it good? Don’t label it, go beyond the duality It simply happened  This too shall pass  Do everything from the space of joy  Thoughts on mental chatter  The constant, incessant internal voice  The parable of the Second Arrow Explaining through the story of a mother’s child  The second arrow is always delivered through means of mental chatter  [38:57 - 46:58] Closing Segment How would you have done if not for the pandemic? The positivity that has come out of it  How can we find you? See links below What reminded you every day that it’s still an amazing world?  Despite the fear we are in the best times we’ve ever been  There are multiple channels to discover that this is a matrix  Final Words   Tweetable Quotes: “I believe that human life is both very short and very long but each day is wasted if you are not radiantly alive.” - Dr. Srikumar Rao “Is it just possible that what you are, today, about to label terrible could turn out to be wonderful?” - Dr. Srikumar Rao “Suffering begins the instant you label an event as, ‘This is bad, this is terrible, I cannot bear it.” - Dr. Srikumar Rao   Resources Mentioned: Are You Ready to Succeed? Happiness at Work The Personal Mastery Program TED Talks with Dr. Srikumar Rao   You can connect and support Dr. Rao on LinkedIn and Twitter, or email srikumar.rao@theraoinstitute.com. Visit his website at https://theraoinstitute.com/ to learn more and join the community.    Ever Widening Circles Link: https://everwideningcircles.com/ EWC Ed: https://ed.everwideningcircles.com/ Conspiracy of Goodness Summit Oct 4th: https://www.cogsummit.com/  Donate! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=I-nvmUrlbDfU67bRoWWd