#459 - Life Hacks 208
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#459 - Life Hacks 208 mentions Five Ways to Know Yourself by Shinzen Jung, Shinzen Young, and Atomic Habits by James Clear with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
I would highly, highly recommend it.
It's an entire, like, A to Z course that explains the entire thing from the very basics through to, like, the really advanced take from it what you w…
for example like um atomic habits like i've obviously read before it just takes all the popular stuff like all the popular quotes from that or the mo…
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“The excerpt mentions a PDF available for free that provides a comprehensive breakdown of mindfulness meditation, authored by Shinzen Jung.”
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“The speaker mentions being introduced to Shinzen Young by a meditation coach and references his book and method, which is described as decently complicated.”
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“The speaker mentions having read 'Atomic Habits' before and discusses how Readwise takes popular quotes and highlights from it.”
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The host mentions 'Five Ways to Know Yourself' as a comprehensive resource for understanding Shinzen Young's meditation methods. They emphasize its…
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