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    How to Find Your True Path in Life (ft. Robert Greene)

    Experience and Career

    My story was fairly clear. Like you, it goes up and down. It's never like a straight path. When I was very young, I loved writing. I believe I wrote something like a novel when I was about nine years old.

    09:38

    Finding One's Life Task

    Of course, the lesson, I think for people, because I get so many emails people telling me, I don't know what my life's task is. I can't figure out what my purpose is. Can you help me? And there are signs, I believe everybody has signs, and these signs come out.

    14:43

    The Importance of Know Thyself

    The key is, the key to everything in life is knowing what you really, truly love, what you were meant to do, why you were born, your DNA is unique.

    16:39

    Embracing Failure and Change

    I was 25, 26 years old. I was in New York working in journalism. I had a meeting with an editor after I wrote an article, and I didn't know what the meeting was for, and he was kind of an alcoholic.

    17:21

    Problem with Practice

    And was the practice painful, but not in a good way?

    19:48

    Connection to Life Task

    So, fighting that positive element, well, the first thing you have to do is it's a process, and people are so impatient.

    22:59

    Peter Pan Syndrome

    Well, syndrome, that's a bit of bullshit. It's a bit like, people like to talk about things these days because everybody's an individual.

    31:45

    Role Models and Masculinity

    And so, I don't want to stay in adolescence. I don't want to stay in this little cocoon with my mommy and my daddy and my home playing games.

    34:14

    Medicalization of Problems

    It does seem to be a growing problem. The syndrome thing makes me uncomfortable, and I'm curious what your thoughts are on this.

    36:09