Episode 81 - Making Life Magical with Dr James R Doty - Part 2

Host Helen Lee welcomes neuroscientist Dr James Doty once more to continue their empowering conversation about the ways in which you can make life more magical. They discuss the existential crisis caused by climate change and the disproportionate power held by a small percentage of individuals who prioritise money and material possessions. The conversation delves into the need for collective action to overcome these barriers and create a more equitable world.  Dr Doty is the founder and director of CCARE, the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford, of which the Dalai Lama is the founding benefactor.  He is also the author of two books: 1) Into The Magic Shop - A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart and 2) Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything. Into The Magic Shop is his award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart, originally published in 2016. And Mind Magic will be out in 2024.  He was also Clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and currently Adjunct Professor there as well as Founder & CEO at Happi AI, LLC. KEY TAKEAWAYS The world is facing challenges that are causing distress and potential harm among younger generations, particularly related to climate change and sustainability. The majority of the world's problems are caused by a small percentage of people who crave money, position, and power. Overcoming these artificial barriers and creating positive change will require the collective effort of the majority of people in the world. The distribution of wealth and resources is highly unequal, with a small percentage of the population hoarding the majority of assets while others suffer from poverty and homelessness. We need to shift how we see the world and how we perceive who are the positive contributors to our world. We are not judged by how much money we have in the bank but by how much we help others in this world. Being of service to others, caring for others and unconditionally loving others stimulate others as opposed to manifesting for self. BEST MOMENTS "We have created for them an existential crisis related to climate change and sustainability."  "The majority of the world's problems are caused by 5% or so of people who crave money, position, power."  "If you simply got rid of half of the military budget, you could send everyone in the United States to get the best education in the world."  "All the external affirmation in world is not going to make you happy, you define happiness for yourself." "When you chase things for yourself, ultimately you're going to be unhappy. When you wish to manifest, focus on being of service to others."  "I was never more unhappy in my entire life than when I had all the material wealth, there was no incredible feeling that I was doing something wonderful." VALUABLE RESOURCES To become a member of the Transform and Thrive Club and benefit from powerful monthly live sessions on Zoom video calls and multimedia coaching, check out and sign up here: www.transformandthrive.club www.leeheiss.com www.facebook.com/leeheiss https://www.facebook.com/helenleeheiss/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/transformandthriveclub www.instagram.com/helenleeheiss enquiries@leeheiss.com ABOUT THE HOST HELEN LEE Founder & Principal Coach of Lee Heiss Coaching, Helen Lee coached thousands of clients worldwide and multinationals in Asia-Pacific in the last three decades. She created a powerful ontological coaching methodology that ignites the true greatness or invincibility in people. Thoroughly tested and honed over 20 years, this methodology consistently and rapidly produces desired results. Helen was also a journalist who later ran her own communications consultancies in Australia and Asia. The Business Times listed her in its “Who’s Who of Women Shaping Singapore” while The Straits Times named her “The Leader Prodder” in a feature on Singapore’s top coaches. ABOUT THE GUEST Dr James R Doty - American neurosurgeon, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist jrdoty@stanford.edu https://ccare.stanford.edu/  Clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, an affiliate of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute Works with both the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences and a variety of scientists from a number of disciplines examining the neural bases for compassion and altruism