5. Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows? Silencing the Mental Chatter with Dr. Srikumar Rao

Each day is absolutely wasted if you are not living each one radiantly alive. These are words from thought leader, Dr. Srikumar Rao, a world-renowned happiness guru and Founder and CEO of The Rao Institute which is dedicated to helping individuals live lives of extraordinary accomplishment and deep fulfillment. Dr. Srikumar is excellent at helping successful people make a quantum leap in their life to better relationships, work, and remove stress by becoming comfortable with ambiguity.&nbsp; Let’s start the path to joy by learning that not labeling something as bad or good can lead you to a life of resilience.&nbsp; &nbsp; [00:01 - 09:06] Opening Segment Let's welcome our guest for today, Dr. Srikumar Rao&nbsp; Dr. Rao gives us some background&nbsp; Being radiantly alive There are steps we can take to get to this point&nbsp; How Dr. Rao and I met&nbsp; Dr. Rao’s story Tired of the politics in the corporate world&nbsp; Teachings of the World's Greatest Masters&nbsp; Created a course in personal growth&nbsp;&nbsp; [09:07 - 18:36] Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows?&nbsp; A parable of wisdom from Dr. Rao What was meant for bad became a fortune&nbsp; Have you ever had something happen the life you thought was terrible but became a good thing Dr. Rao shares an example from one of his talks Stop and ask if this terrible thing could become wonderful The realm of despair to the realm of possibility&nbsp; Suffering begins when we label something bad and unbearable&nbsp; Example of losing your job&nbsp; Resilience comes when you stop labeling things as bad&nbsp; Stuff happens to you, stop labeling those things as adversity and you won’t have to bounce back from it [18:37 - 28:46] Your Awareness Is Like a Flashlight What Dr. Rao offers as a way of perspective Timeless lessons from the Greatest Masters Example: I suffered a great many tragedies in life, many of which never happened Dr. Rao walks us through an example of awareness <s