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About The Code of the Extraordinary Mind Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • What if everything we think we know about how the world works—our ideas of love, education, spirituality, work, happiness, and love—are based on Brules (bullsh*t rules) that get passed from generation to generation and are long past their expiration date?
This book teaches you to think like some of the greatest non-conformist minds of our era, to question, challenge, hack, and create new rules for YOUR life so you can define success on your own terms.
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is a blueprint of laws to break us free from the shackles of an ordinary life. It makes a case that everything we know about the world is shaped by conditioning and habit. And thus, most people live their lives based on limiting rules and outdated beliefs about pretty much everything—love, work, money, parenting, sex, health, and more—which they inherit and pass on from generation to generation.
But what if you could remove these outdated ideas and start anew? What would your life look like if you could forget the rules of the past, and redefine what happiness, purpose, and success mean for you?
Not Just a Book, but a Movement
Blending computational thinking, integral theory, modern spirituality, evolutionary biology, and humor, personal growth entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani provides a revolutionary 10-point framework for understanding and enhancing the human self. You will learn about bending reality. You will learn how to apply unique models like consciousness engineering to help you learn and grow at speeds like never before.You will learn to make a dent in the universe and discover your quest. This framework is based on Lakhiani’s personal experiences, the 5 million people he’s reached through Mindvalley, and 200 hours of interviews and questions posed to incredible minds, including Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Peter Diamandis, Ken Wilber, Dean Kamen, Arianna Huffington, Michael Beckwith, and other legendary leaders.
In a unique fusion of cutting-edge ideas, personal stories, irreverence, and a brilliant teaching style, Lakhiani reveals the 10 powerful laws that form a step-by-step process that you can apply to life to shed years of struggle and elevate yourself to exceptional new heights.
The 10 Laws to an Extraordinary Life
This book challenges conventional ideas of relationships, goal-setting, mindfulness, happiness, and meaning. In a unique fusion of cutting-edge ideas, personal stories, and humorous irreverence, and not to mention, humor and napkin diagrams, this framework combines computational thinking with personal growth to provide a powerful framework for re-coding yourself—and replacing old, limiting models that hold you back with new, empowering beliefs and behaviors that set you on the path toward an extraordinary life. A life of more happiness and achievement than you might have dared to dream possible.
Once you discover the code, you will question your limits and realize that there are none. Step into a new understanding of the world around you and your place in it, and find yourself operating at a new, extraordinary level in every way...happiness, purpose, fulfilment, and love.
This Book Is a Living, Breathing Manifesto That Goes Beyond a Traditional Publication
For those who want more, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind connects to a full on immersive experience including ways for you to dive into particular chapters to unlock additional videos or training and connect with each other and the author to learn via peer-to-peer learning networks.
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I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
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Levels of Extraordinary Life
- LEVEL-1: Living in the Culturescape: How You Were Shaped by the World Around You.
- LEVEL-2: The Awakening: The Power to Choose Your Version of the World.
- LEVEL-3: Recoding Yourself: Transforming Your Inner World.
- LEVEL-4: Becoming Extraordinary: Changing the World.
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TRANSCEND THE CULTURESCAPE
We live in two types of worlds - absolute truth (where everyone agrees on the same) & relative truth (ideas, models, and myths that are passing through the generation). This world of relative truth is known as the culturescape.
"Extraordinary minds are good at seeing the culturescape and are able to selectively choose the rules and conditions to follow versus those to question or ignore. Therefore, they tend to take the path less traveled and innovate on the idea of what it means to truly live."
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I read this book in the year 2018 when I stumbled upon an ESL and a self-improvement mentor by working for him as his content writer for his blogs, providing show notes for his podcast and rewriting his English as a second language teaching materials. Despite Vishen Lakhiani, the founder of Mindvalley, a self - development publishing company and hosting Awesomeness Fest event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is controversial man, but his book did make some sense to think about conventional thoughts that we were taught since we were growing up.
I think it’s possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
ELON MUSK
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Levels of Extraordinary Life
- LEVEL-1: Living in the Culturescape: How You Were Shaped by the World Around You.
- LEVEL-2: The Awakening: The Power to Choose Your Version of the World.
- LEVEL-3: Recoding Yourself: Transforming Your Inner World.
- LEVEL-4: Becoming Extraordinary: Changing the World.
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TRANSCEND THE CULTURESCAPE
We live in two types of worlds - absolute truth (where everyone agrees on the same) & relative truth (ideas, models, and myths that are passing through the generation). This world of relative truth is known as the culturescape.
"Extraordinary minds are good at seeing the culturescape and are able to selectively choose the rules and conditions to follow versus those to question or ignore. Therefore, they tend to take the path less traveled and innovate on the idea of what it means to truly live."
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I've added all the essential exercises mentioned in the book in the stash below. These mindful exercises and certain questions which you can ask yourself are indeed a gem and definitely must be included in your existing mindfulness practice or journaling habit for a more enhanced overall development. A ONE-STOP SOLUTION INDEED!
When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save money. That’s a very LIMITED LIFE. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. THAT IS—EVERYTHING AROUND YOU THAT YOU CALL LIFE WAS MADE UP BY PEOPLE NO SMARTER THAN YOU. And you can change it. You can influence it. . . . Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.
—STEVE JOBS
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WHAT IS THE IDEA OF 'BENDING REALITY'?
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There’s no point dwelling in the past and letting it define you, nor in getting lost in anxiety about the future. In the present moment, you’re in the field of possibility. How you engage with the present moment will direct your life.
This is Bending Reality.
Think of happiness in the now and vision for the future as two ingredients that can be combined, but that have to be in balance. Too much of one or the other creates imbalance and limitation. Depending on how they’re combined, at any moment in life, we can be in one of four different states of mind.
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SO THE DEFINITION OF BENDING REALITY IS
BENDING REALITY: This is the ideal state where you’re happy in the now, and you have a vision for the future that drives you. Your vision pulls you forward, but you’re happy now—despite not having yet attained that vision. When you’re in this state, there’s a feeling of growth and enjoyment. It’s about the journey as well as the destination. An interesting observation about this state is that it often seems as if the universe “has your back"!
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We always have to be Extraordinary because we never know what people are learning and how perfect they are. I believe if I'm doing good then others are doing there best. If I walk with this mindset so I think I will be able to grow. So I feel competition is must 😇. SO GROW
Introduction
“The Code of the Extraordinary Mind” is a self-help book written by Vishen Lakhiani that explores the ways in which people can break free from limiting beliefs and societal norms in order to achieve their full potential. The book argues that most people are conditioned to live within the limits of their society’s expectations, but that it is possible to transcend these limitations and achieve greatness.
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Final Introduction
The book is organized into 10 chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of breaking free from limiting beliefs and achieving success. Some key themes include the importance of questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo, the power of mindfulness and self-awareness, the importance of setting and achieving ambitious goals, and the role of positive relationships and communities in personal growth.
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Here are a few key points from “The Code of the Extraordinary"
The importance of questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo: Lakhiani argues that most people are conditioned to accept the status quo and to blindly follow societal norms, but that it is possible to break free from these limitations by questioning assumptions and challenging the status quo.
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Get yourself out of the culture space don't be a part of herd and do what most people think is right i repeat think. Create your own reality
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