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STOP 2 THINK · July 24 · 41 min

Discovering Your Way - Episode 16

Discovering Your Way This episode is a direct pushback against the idea that there is one right path to real change. Ray and I made it clear, neither of us wants to prescribe anything to anyone, because the only change that ever actually lasts is the change someone finds for themselves. We talked about how much digital information has changed our ability to focus, the difference between the hedonic pull of the senses and what we actually intend to do, and a story about a friend's husband who transformed his health after a heart attack, not because anyone told him what to do, but because he owned it himself. In this episode: How constant digital information has reshaped our ability to focus on anything The hedonic pull of the senses, and how it quietly works against stated intention Why Ray refuses to prescribe a lifestyle change to anyone he works with The Biggest Loser statistic again, this time applied to ownership versus imposed structure A friend's husband's heart attack recovery, driven entirely by his own ownership of it Pull quote: "I don't think we should be telling anyone what to do ever." Come and join me and Ray for Episode 17, one of the rawest conversations in the whole series, recorded while I was genuinely uncertain about what came next. Follow us here. Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petecohen_/ Subscribe to The STOP 2 THINK Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/stop-2-think-newsletter-7474223126868918272/ Follow Ray on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drraysylvester/ Watch Hannah's Story: https://petecohen.com/hannah Visit Pete's website: https://petecohen.com/

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Discovering Your Way

This episode is a direct pushback against the idea that there is one right path to real change. Ray and I made it clear, neither of us wants to prescribe anything to anyone, because the only change that ever actually lasts is the change someone finds for themselves.

We talked about how much digital information has changed our ability to focus, the difference between the hedonic pull of the senses and what we actually intend to do, and a story about a friend's husband who transformed his health after a heart attack, not because anyone told him what to do, but because he owned it himself.

In this episode:

  • How constant digital information has reshaped our ability to focus on anything
  • The hedonic pull of the senses, and how it quietly works against stated intention
  • Why Ray refuses to prescribe a lifestyle change to anyone he works with
  • The Biggest Loser statistic again, this time applied to ownership versus imposed structure
  • A friend's husband's heart attack recovery, driven entirely by his own ownership of it


Pull quote: "I don't think we should be telling anyone what to do ever."

Come and join me and Ray for Episode 17, one of the rawest conversations in the whole series, recorded while I was genuinely uncertain about what came next.

Follow us here.

Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petecohen_/

Subscribe to The STOP 2 THINK Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/stop-2-think-newsletter-7474223126868918272/

Follow Ray on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drraysylvester/

Watch Hannah's Story: https://petecohen.com/hannah

Visit Pete's website: https://petecohen.com/


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