The Art of Being Present: Finding Your Reset Point | Anish Patel

Oct 23, 2024

Wes Schaeffer

The Sales Podcast Professional Development Marketing Automation Digital Marketing Entrepreneur

"If you don't know who you are, you don't know what you want."

We discuss:
- The relationship between presence, lifeforce, and goal setting.
- How our complex society is causing widespread pain.
- The decline of intimacy and its impact on our livesWorked in investment banking on the trade floor.
One day it hit him that "something is missing here." He felt empty.
He loved traveling and dreamt of moving across the world.
Born and raised in London.
His buddy called him on his shit, and he gave it all up and bought a one-way ticket to Argentina.
He was not happy. "Life was shit but everyone accepted it and expected it."
"I needed to be on my edge, or I'm not alive."
He set up a YouTube channel and made a video series for tourists to see how fun it is in Buenos Aries.
It was hard to make money in the early days of YouTube.
He lost all of his savings, was sick, and almost homeless.
He took a random trip to the mountains alone for a few days to find peace.

Every one of us needs half an hour of prayer a day, except when we are busy – then we need an hour.” ~St. Francis de Sales

He sought financial independence, not necessarily wealth.
He was in debt and started his business at his kitchen table with a green screen.
Business exploded in 2010.
Then burnout hit. He got divorced. His friend was boasting for him.
Got into drugs, alcohol, and sex addiction for three years in Berlin.
Got into self-development and spirituality.
Business then almost magically came his way.