On Mindfulness - A Conversation
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Conversation details the founding of The Huffington Post as a hybrid platform for journalism plus user contributions, recounts a 2007 collapse from exhaustion that sparked the “third metric” of well‑being, cites Thrive proof and 170 million copies of The Alchemist as evidence of mass longing, notes CEOs adopting meditation and Richard Davidson’s neuroscience on compassion, reports a near‑death heart operation that reframed priorities, argues for device‑free bedroom practices, and debates ebook pricing and how mindfulness boosts creativity and productivity.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:37Put your devices aside
- 7:10What is success
- 10:41How different is mindfulness now
- 12:43The place of death
- 14:35The finishing line
- 17:26What is heaven
- 18:49The present moment
- 20:56The awakening moment
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