Johns: Major personal transformations typically take seven to eight years
Andy Johns · When enough is enough | Andy Johns (ex-FB, Twitter, Quora) · Sep 10, 2023 · at 59:22
Andy Johns, a former tech executive and venture capitalist, discusses the realistic multi-year timeline required to undergo major psychological and spiritual transformation.
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“There are many other examples I can pull up like that, including Siddhartha Gautama, Lord Buddha himself. That wasn't a couple weeks or a couple of months, his journey towards liberation from his own mind. If I can recall, that was also a seven or eight year journey.”
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