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This week’s guest is Dr. Bob Choat. As a former recon special force marine, Bob recognized the importance of psychology and physiology early on and leaned into his innate curiosity to pursue 2 post-doctorates - one in clinical psychology and one in neuropsychology.
I like to use that part as my personal mission in terms of teaching others. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a day. But if you teach him how to teach others how to fish, then you feed the whole world.
Bob: Begin with the end of the mind on what you want to learn. Break it down into its components. For example, I learned Aikido in a single weekend. Your ability to simplify complexity into simple terms enables you to accelerate the learning process.
The art of saying no, I think is becoming ever more prevalent. Opportunity, cost of learning and expanding your horizon outweighs the song. I love to zoom in on the key components, which is your ability to say no in addition to saying yes.
When you realize that your path no longer serves you, how do you say no? One of the things about human nature is that we like to complete things. If it doesn't fit with where you want to go, say no.
I think Benoit and I are equally so a fan of intuitive movement. Really kind of like leaning into that gut feeling and seeing what feels like the right next step. Do you have any specific examples of a time where you followed your intuition and said no to an opportunity?
Recently at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, he felt each throw, each progressive throw. He wasn't focused on the other competitors. He just focused on being the best that he could be. That's the mindset that the most elite athletes will continue to do versus the ones that self destruct.
"Each one of us, come into this world like that golden Buddha. You, me, we all have that golden self. The problem is that our society, our caregivers, wants to protect us. And then we protect ourselves in the same way, like the clay on the golden Buddha. And then we lose our innate curiosity. So transformation begins by uncovering that kind of stuff.” - Bob Choat, Ph.D.
This week’s guest is Dr. Bob Choat.
As a former recon special force marine, Bob recognized the importance of psychology and physiology early on and leaned into his innate curiosity to pursue 2 post-doctorates - one in clinical psychology and one in neuropsychology.
He is also the author of “Mind Your Own Fitness”, and the forthcoming books, “Unleash the Champion Within” and “Self-Mastery for the Home-Based Entrepreneur”.
Bob is also a grandmaster in martial arts, the highest honor given to senior instructors, with 5 black belts and several 5th degrees, including Kenpo and Jeet Kune Do. Not to mention, he’s also involved extensively in parktour, also known as free-running, and hypnosis.
After selling his company, Bob leaned into his curiosity again and decided to dive into the executive coaching space through NLP, also known as Neurolinguistic Programing, and became a Master NLP Trainer after dedicating over 40 years to the coaching industry.
As someone who recently turned 70 years old, Bob’s exceptional level of curiosity and his ever-expanding knowledge, and almost fairy-tale-like lived experiences are so inspiring, and something we would love to continue to embody on our show.
We hope you enjoy this week's Discover More with us and Dr. Bob Choat.
Show Notes:
Bob’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobchoat/
Bob Choat’s Website: https://bobchoat.com/
Mind Hack Academy: https://mindhackacademy.tv/
The School of Transformation Podcast: https://theschooloftransformation.com/
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