Neil Pasricha
30 statements across 2 episodes · 7 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 24, 2019 by Neil Pasricha · across every show →
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Dec 24, 2019
Pasricha: Work and life operate as a flywheel, not a scale
“There is no such thing as work-life balance. When you hear that word balance, what you probably picture is a scale, like one of these things where, like, one side gets, goes down, the other side goes up. More in one pot is less than another. But he said, no, i…”
Dec 24, 2019
Pasricha: Checking email twice daily maintains perceived responsiveness while preserving focus
“If you just check email from nine a.m. To 10 a.m. And four to five p.m., well, I've done this study, that gives everyone the perception that you're always on, yet you've created a 10 a.m. To four p.m. Oasis of blankness, even though you're, like, still answeri…”
Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019 negative
Pasricha: Traditional retirement is dangerous and I will never retire
“I don't believe people want to retire. I believe it's very dangerous. I believe you lose. A lot of the social connection, the stimulation of learning, and the story, which you could call an icky guy, and instead, you want to have purpose, and you want to be do…”
Dec 24, 2019
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Dec 24, 2019 negative
Pasricha: Modern Abundance Weakens Psychological Resilience and Spikes Anxiety
“We live in an era of infinite abundance, and I believe because of that, that's partly why we're seeing spiking anxiety rates, loneliness rates, depression rates, and suicide rates, because we no longer have that musculature.”
Dec 24, 2019
Pasricha: Distinguish objective facts from subjective emotional narratives
“Like, these stories become fact, and part of the language that you have to learn is learning to see the story. I failed biology is a lot different than I failed my parents. First one's a fact. Second one's a story. I'm an alcoholic is a lot different than no o…”
Dec 24, 2019
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Oct 18, 2022
Pasricha: Writing one chapter per month produced 10 books in 10 years
“The reason I've written 10 books and journals in the last 10 years is because every month I'm trying to write one chapter, so on a monthly basis it doesn't seem like much, but it adds up over time to, like, whole, full books, right?”
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Pasricha: Longer Lifespans Shift Child-Rearing Math Toward Rewarding Years
“The percentage of my life that's the hard part, the diapers, the potty training, the crying, is, is reducing as a percentage of my total life. You ask anyone what the pleasure, the most pleasure parts are of having kids? Oh, when they're, you don't have to tak…”
Oct 18, 2022 negative
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022 negative
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Oct 18, 2022 neutral
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Oct 18, 2022 neutral
Pasricha: Projects cannot maximize sales, social acclaim, and self-fulfillment simultaneously
“I think of those three
Corners of a triangle as the success triangle, or the three S's of success, and I think of them like an old school wobble board at the gym.
Meaning, I don't know if you remember those old boards, you have to try to balance on it.
Well, y…”
Oct 18, 2022 neutral
Pasricha: Decision-making energy is replenished only by sleep and glucose
“Decision-making energy is a finite resource, and you know, there's that great book called Willpower by John Tierney, and it's a finite resource. When it's gone, and there's only two ways to replenish it, which is sleep and glucose”
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Pasricha: A three-prompt, two-minute morning routine reduces daily anxiety
“In the morning, when I wake up, I don't think we talked about this last time, I do a two-minute morning practice. So I grab a pen, piece of paper, or that yellow journal right behind you, and I simply write down three statements that Pull anxiety out of me. Ri…”
Oct 18, 2022
Pasricha caps travel at 40 nights yearly with mandatory monthly family days
“We say, okay, Neil, you can go away four nights per month, four nights away from the house, four nights maximum for 10 months of the year. July, August for me is blacked out. That's 40 nights away from my house, about 10% of the year maximum. Then we have to h…”
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Pasricha: Returning to intrinsic fun after a hit increases future success
“And so, I think your answer to how you follow up success is actually rooted in that essay, which is, you go back to fun. You listen to Diablo Cody, recognize you don't have to chase that goal anymore, and just lean into the fun, and guess what the ironic part …”
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Pasricha: Threshold rules eliminated his urge to time ETF investments
“When I changed it to a rule-based approach, i.e., if X, if the number of dollars in checking account was over X, Move to Y, the savings account. The number of dollars in savings account is over Z. Move it to the investment. Those simple two rules avoided me fr…”
Oct 18, 2022 neutral
Pasricha: Living humans represent a 1-in-15 fraction of all who ever lived
“There are a hundred and fifteen billion people, Shane, who have ever lived in the world. If you're watching or listening to this right now, you're one of the eight billion people who are alive today, which means by de facto, a hundred and seven billion of the …”
Oct 18, 2022 neutral
Oct 18, 2022 neutral