Letting Go, Finding Focus
Ryan and Russ discuss the difficulty of avoiding emotional reactions and the struggle to let go of control. They explore the impact of movies, books, and lectures on our desire to improve ourselves, and share personal strategies like living a religious life and practicing meditation to find focus and react more indifferently to failure and success.In this clip
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