Karan Bajaj is a bestselling author and aspiring Yogi. His new book, The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, is out May 2016, and he’s on the podcast to talk about living your life like a story. We discuss traveling the world with no plans, stripping out the noise of external influences and pressures, being the protagonist of your life, and staying true to who you are.

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Show Notes:

-Why you should live life like a story

-How to simplify your life

-Staying true to who you are

-Differentiating between truth and noise

-Karan’s 4-1 Rule for taking a year off

-The year he spent traveling the world with no plans

-How to go on a Hero’s Journey

-How he got a year’s sabbatical from a big corporate job

-Why you should read his new book

Question of The Week:

How is your life a story? What is the lofty unattainable goal you are striving for?

Exercise of the Week:

Plan an uncomfortable vacation.

Links:

-The Yoga of Max's Discontent

Extended Truth Challenge: