Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Riz Ahmed cited a sample on J. Cole's track 'The Climb Back' from the audiobook The Tao of Leadership: 'Why are you doing this work? Is it to get, or is it to let go?'
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Jay asks what Riz Ahmed's dream looks like now that he has ticked boxes others only fantasise about — Oxford PPE, Hollywood stardom, an Oscar. Riz's answer is revelatory: he doesn't experience his journey as 'living the dream.' The award, the round of applause, these dopamine hits — they feel good but they're fleeting, and they don't nourish you on a soul level. [1] — Riz Ahmed "External markers of achievement — awards, applause, Oscars — are fleeting dopamine hits that don't nourish your soul. Riz Ahmed is chasing …" 14:40 What he is actually chasing is flow — the state of forgetting yourself, feeling connected to all things, losing self-consciousness entirely. He uses the image of a child fascinated by the Velcro on a shoe as the ideal state. The destination is only worth setting so you experience the journey, he says; the joy of Bait came not from its reception but from the act of reaching inside a vulnerable place and offering something up. He cites a sample from J. Cole's 'The Climb Back' — drawn from The Tao of Leadership — asking the defining question: is it to get, or is it to let go?
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