Arthur Brooks | Why Your Life Has No Meaning : 1438

0:00I spent about two and a half million dollars reverse my age and losing the weight.

0:03Losing the first 50 pounds wasn't that hard.

0:04The other 50 pounds took 10 years of understanding biology.

0:08These are the people who don't entirely understand that psychology is biology.

0:13The reason that self-improvement is not very successful is because it's a series of epiphanies that then burn off.

0:19The reason is because it doesn't install in the brain in the right way.

0:22You can take your methylene blue and you can get in a cold plunge, which is suffering, which is probably good for you.

0:28But that's not what it's all about.

0:29You need to deal with what and how-to questions in your life.

0:32But if you don't have the why questions, then your life is going to run in circles.

0:35The answer is not the ashram, necessarily, or Italy.

0:39Or reach.

0:40It's the right side of your brain.

0:43You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.

0:50You really can't biohack your way around a broken gut because everything starts in your microbiome.

0:54It's tied to your immune system, your brain, your metabolism, even how well your body responds to everything you do.

0:59So your microbiome is off.