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Why You Shouldn't Take Yourself So Seriously Founder and author Deepak Chopra explains how our current challenges present an opportunity to change the way we look at existence, time and potential.

By David Meltzer

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On this episode of The Playbook, Deepak Chopra — the founder of The Chopra Foundation, Chopra Global and the author of Metahuman — shares his insights on:

  • Why people need to be perpetually surprised (and grateful) that they exist [1:48].
  • The value of our scientific way of looking at reality, which he believes is based on three invalid assumptions [7:34].
  • His biggest keys to figuring out who you are and the infinite potential you hold [12:34].
  • How the choices you make now are creating the timeline of the past and future [18:17].

Related: What Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore Learned From Loving His Career on Wall Street to Pursue His Passion

David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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