Experiencing Your Life Requires Depth - Not Speed

What Drives You with Kevin Miller

Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In our culture today, the concept of “slowing down” has little attraction. We are enamored with speed. So instead of trying to sell “slowing down” let’s look at what the point of questioning our speed is. Imagine going to hike the Grand Canyon. Or another nearby attraction, Las Vegas. And imagine if your goal is speed. Do you want to just get through either of them as fast as you can? Or would you rather explore and experience what they have to offer? Now come back to our lives in general. Forget the idea of slowing down. I’m questioning our societal quest for tech and AI and travel to continually speed us up. What is the point? Is it working? Are you getting happier as a result? Let’s talk. My muse for this discussion is from my recent conversation with TJ Powers and the message in his new book, The DOSE Effect: Optimize Your Brain & Body By Boosting Your Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins. Find TJ on Instagram @tjpower. In our culture today, the concept of “slowing down” has little attraction. We are enamored with speed. So instead of trying to sell “slowing down” let’s look at what the point of questioning our speed is. Imagine going to hike the Grand Canyon. Or another nearby attraction, Las Vegas. And imagine if your goal is speed. Do you want to just get through either of them as fast as you can? Or would you rather explore and experience what they have to offer? Now come back to our lives in general. Forget the idea of slowing down. I’m questioning our societal quest for tech and AI and travel to continually speed us up. What is the point? Is it working? Are you getting happier as a result? Let’s talk. My muse for this discussion is from my recent conversation with TJ Powers and the message in his new book, The DOSE Effect: Optimize Your Brain & Body By Boosting Your Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins. Find TJ on Instagram @tjpower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to what drives you. I'm Kevin Miller. And in this episode, experiencing your life requires depth, not speed.
0:11.1	So I've realized that in our culture today, and even with myself, the concept of slowing down has very little attractiveness.
0:24.1	I mean, we're enamored with speed. So instead of trying to sell slowing down, I want to look at the point of just questioning what our speed is for.
0:31.7	Imagine going to hike the Grand Canyon or another nearby attraction there, being in Las Vegas on the strip.
0:39.0	But imagine if your goal was speed.
0:41.3	I mean, do you want to just get through either of them as fast as you can?
0:45.2	Or would you rather explore and experience what they have to offer?
0:49.9	Now, come back to our lives in general and forget the idea of slowing down.
0:53.3	I'm questioning this societal quest for tech and AI and fast travel and continually speeding us up.
1:02.1	What is the point?
1:03.3	And is it working and are we happier as a result?
1:06.5	So let's talk about it.
1:08.6	When I'm not having these discussions about human potential, I'm working
1:12.5	with people who want to integrate progress into their human potential. You can connect with me
1:18.5	at Kevin Miller.co. Here are a few sponsors. They help make the show possible and drive with me a moment
1:25.3	to consider experiencing your life requiring
1:28.6	depth, not speed. And let's see what we can learn about ourselves today.
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