After overcoming drug addiction, PTSD from fighting the war in Iraq with the Marines (where one of his jobs was to walk in front of our vehicles to find explosives), depression and alcoholism that pushed him to the brink of suicide, Akshay Nanavati has since built a global business, run ultramarathons, and explored the most hostile environments on the planet, from mountains to caves to polar icecaps.

Combining his life experience with years of research in science and spirituality, he wrote a book called “Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

About the book, the Dalai Lama said “Fearvana inspires us to look beyond our own agonizing experiences and find the positive side of our lives.” All the profits from the book are going toward charity.

Akshay is now on a mission to help our entire human family build a positive relationship to suffering in order to live a life of boundless bliss. 

In this episode, Karen and Akshay discuss:

• Success Story of Akshay
• Commit to Get Leads
• The fear of reaching out is going to be there. That’s okay. Try anyway. You are not your thoughts, feelings, and experiences – you are the thinker of your thoughts, the feeler of your feelings, and the experiencer of your experiences.
• Consult to Sell
• Vulnerability bridges the divide of humanity – the more real and authentic you are about who you are, the more that connects.
• Connect to Build and Grow
• Systemize everything – transcend your feelings, rise above your feelings. Remove thinking from as many areas of your life as possible.
• Success Thinking, Activities and Vision
• There are no bad or good emotions or experiences – it is up to us to decide what we do with them.
• Sweet Spot of Success