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Wise Habits Reminders

128: Russell Simmons

May 31, 2016 3 Comments

Russell Simmons Full- The One You Feed

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This week we talk to Russell Simmons about being a giver

Russell Simmons is an American entrepreneur and author. He began his entrepreneurial career in his youth, but on the wrong side of the law, selling marijuana to make money while an active member of a local gang.

He then partnered with Rick Rubin to create Def Jam Records, and signed artists like the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C. He is also The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris.

He is also a vocal proponent of meditation and veganism.
His latest book is called The Happy Vegan: A Guide to Living a Long, Healthy, and Successful Life

In This Interview, Russell Simmons and I Discuss:

  • The One You Feed parable
  • How good givers are great getters
  • Giving before you get
  • Dissociating ourselves from the results of our labors
  • How success and fame don’t necessarily make us happy
  • Improving our health through veganism
  • Improving the health of the planet through veganism
  • Corporate greed
  • The horrors of factory farming
  • His experience with Occupy Wall Street
  • The corruption in politics
  • His daily yoga practice
  • Combining yoga, meditation, and veganism
  • Remaining useful and active as we age
  • How he meditates
  • Watching our thoughts and not being afraid of them
  • His two phases of meditation
  • How innovation comes from stillness
  • What led him to yoga
  • The lesson that has taken him the longest to learn
  • How he enjoys morning meditation more than late night drinking and drugs
  • Choosing cloudiness or clarity

Russell Simmons Links

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  1. jordan rainman says

    June 5, 2016 at 9:03 am

    what is the sound track @ 19.46mins?

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  2. Laura says

    June 25, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    Next level, love Russell Simmons.

    Reply
    • Eric Zimmer says

      June 27, 2016 at 7:57 pm

      Thank you!!

      Reply

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