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Paul Hannam-The Wisdom of Groundhog Day

December 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Paul Hannam has started, owned and managed a number of successful businesses and he taught business and environmental management at Oxford University. His new book is The Wisdom of Groundhog Day: How to Improve Your Life One Day at a Time. Before you jump to thinking you know what he’s going to say about this – wait and listen to this episode. You’ll be surprised and intrigued by his insight and recommendations based on this movie.

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In This Interview, Paul Hannam and I Discuss…

  • His book, The Wisdom of Groundhog Day: How to Improve Your Life One Day at a Time
  • The controlled experiment of Groundhog Day (the film)
  • The life skill of experimentation
  • Investigating our behavior
  • Working on changing one variable at a time
  • Keeping a journal
  • Asking “what is my role in creating my mood?”
  • Looking inward for the answer
  • Making change 1 day at a time
  • The action of our inner life
  • Narrowing the spectrum of life through routine
  • The inner monotony
  • How you have everything you need to be happy now
  • Slowing down with mindfulness
  • Grounding yourself in your senses
  • Connecting with nature
  • The conditioned self
  • The authentic self
  • Conditioning, Circumstances and Our Mind
  • How our brain doesn’t like change
  • The 5 characteristics of our conditioned self
  • Try looking at things in a new way
  • Trying to control our inner state
  • Letting go of outcomes

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