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February 14, 2018
We know that creating a life's vision is key to success - but how do you start? In this episode, I share the 3-step formula created by Vishen Lakhiani, founder
I went to Kuala Lumpur to record this podcast with Vishen Lakhiani, founder of the personal development company Mindvalley andNew York TimesAND Amazon bestselling author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind. Vishen is a longtime friend, and I wanted to ask him one simple question:How do you create a life’s vision? Where do you start?Vishen grew up in an Indian family that wanted him to become an engineer. Vishen ended up at Microsoft – a job he hated, but he didn’t have the courage to quit. So Vishen purposefully got himself fired just 11 weeks into the job, then moved to New York to work at a non-profit for under the poverty line.During this time, Vishen watched an interview with Jim Carrey.When Jim Carrey was broke and sleeping in a car, he wrote himself a check for $20 million. He carried that check around in his wallet. In 1994, Jim got his big break: a $700,000 check forAce Ventura: Pet Detective. The movie hit #1, which helped him get a $7 million check forDumb and Dumber. Then, Jim’s movieThe Maskhit #1 as well – making Jim the first actor in the world to have three #1 movies in the same year.The next check Jim got? $20 million for a movie calledThe Cable Guy.In the interview Vishen saw, Jim said he believed he was creating this reality in this mind. So Vishen was inspired and wrote a check for $1 billion from himself to the world. He dated the check for 50 years down the road: 2049.Since then, Vishen has failed many times, but he's always bounced back stronger than before. Today, he has built a life where he can give value to Mindvalley's 300 employees and millions students because he has a singular massive vision delivering him forward.
If I were to become the person who had all these experiences, how do I need to grow?
If you were blessed enough to be this person with all these experiences and growth, how would you give back?
Want more from Vishen Lakhiani? Download the Mindvalley Quest app and find the free Extraordinary by Design course to go even deeper into these three questions. You can also purchase his book, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind.