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Why And How To Max Out Every Area Of Your Life

Myron Golden

1.45M subscribers

32K views · 1 month ago

OPTIMIZE HEALTH TO MAXIMIZE WEALTH | Why And How To Max Out Every Area Of Your Life You can't maximize your results in business, relationships, finances, and purpose if you're constantly operating at less than your best. In this powerful message, Myron Golden explains why optimizing your health and personal well-being can help you maximize your performance and create better results in every area of your life. The core idea is simple but powerful: When you take care of the foundation, you create more capacity to pursue your purpose, serve others, build wealth, and live a fulfilling life. You’ll learn: Why your health can affect your ability to perform at your highest level How to maximize different areas of your life Why personal growth requires intentional decisions How your daily habits can influence your results Why you need to develop yourself alongside your business How to create greater balance between health, wealth, relationships, and purpose Why maximizing your life requires taking responsibility for the areas you can control Biblical principles behind stewardship, discipline, purpose, and personal growth This message will help you take a more intentional appro

✦ What fans are saying

30 public comments · synced 1 day ago · 88% positive

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What landed

Overwhelmingly positive and curious, with fans calling the guest fascinating and asking for more, plus a few skeptics joking that everything is killing us.

lazerlegae3516gosyiiheio

1 month ago

Ben's message for a regular person is not "buy 20 gadgets." It's this: You spend 90% of your time indoors. If your air is dirty, water is dirty, light is wrong, and electricity is noisy - your body fights all day and you feel tired, you don't sleep. You can fix 80% with free things: - Open windows in the morning - Sleep in total darkness, no phone light - Get morning sunlight for 10 mins (free red light) - Filter drinking water with a simple carbon filter jug - Turn WiFi off at night - Clean with vinegar and water, not harsh chemicals. Start with air, water, light and sleep. The expensive gadgets will come later. Thank you Myron. 😊

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Jules8605

1 month ago

Bring this man back again, please! So good

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zealheals

1 month ago

So much to research for next quarter. Thanks for this lecture, Professors! Cryptic Haptic M.O.L. EMF Dirty Electricity Filter A-L-W-E-C: PM 2.5; Block Blue / Raw / Boncharge (red light); Countertop Reverse Osmosis, Carbon block, Whole-house filtration / Low D.O.C. Thank You

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Optimalcoverage

1 month ago

BEN! THIS GUY IS AMAZING!

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JohnSmith-k3e5u

1 month ago

Basically everything humans have invented makes humans sick. 🙌 True progress.

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zealheals

1 month ago

Ben keeps getting younger and younger! Thanks for your platform, Dr. Golden. 11:00 This is genius, but terrible. Never thought about that- To use science like that...wow

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DejMck

1 month ago

This is so cool wow

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Esmael-l4d

1 month ago

Thank you from Ethiopia !!!

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oburunicodemus

1 month ago

Thank you sir

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iammalaki

1 month ago

So EVERYTHING is killing us. Thanks. 😂

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SharperByMichael

1 month ago

I definitely would have watched the showing in Austin if I had heard about this story sooner. Great guest and video Mr.Golden, always delivering awesome value.

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BobbyRembert

1 month ago

Wow. This is fascinating.

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TonyAurice

1 month ago

This was amazing

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JonEleyet

4 weeks ago

Interesting how the things we need to avoid are man-made and the things we need more of are God-made .

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Letsmovevamos

1 month ago

I just love this channel, God bless

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HannahJanicke

1 month ago

nothing quite like two handsome intelligent cutie pies in the morning

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BurnaBwoi

1 month ago

This is a great convo, I'd love to see him and Dr Andrew Huberman go in depth on the neurobiology and God discussion too.

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ryanbaileyboxing

1 month ago

Paranoid quack 😂

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thinkexoticlash5999

1 month ago

So much new information I didn't know thank you guys for this!!

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gloriaarcher4448

1 month ago

Great insights!! Thank you for sharing!!

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Mhizdelightdelicacy

1 month ago

All these are so amazing and are naturally given but humans will always remain humans. They feel everything just got to bought or paid for

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Nurse_HODL

1 month ago

This is good!

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patrickwilson1808

1 month ago

That's what's up.

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rosanabeltran3815

1 month ago

El doblaje en español por favor!! Y sería muy útil que cuando Myron o un entrevistado recomiende algún libro lo dejen por escrito en la descripción. Muchas gracias por compartir contenido realmente valioso

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wambuchiclinician

1 month ago

❤❤

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icaag_7

1 month ago

Hello, God bless you. Could you please provide the Spanish audio translation?

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michaelallen6084

1 week ago

Spokane represent 🙌🏼

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Givengiftofficial

3 weeks ago

This shows how the love of money can be so the root of evil.. nobody ever cared enough about others health - but thank God what’s been in secret it keeps being exposed by the those who shine like the stars - Myron you are the blessing 🙌🏾

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baggladyjayy

1 month ago

Wow so much good info grounding being free but not done often is hilarious

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NaturallyDr.Amanda

1 month ago

Great content! 😂 This dude is on point. I have very similar ideas regarding health and wellness.

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In short

Myron Golden interviews Ben Greenfield, author of Boundless, about health optimization, why chasing longevity and status left him nearly divorced, and what actually moves the needle on daily energy. Greenfield walks through practical fixes: breaking up sitting, thermal stress, natural light, grounding, EMF reduction, and the five things he controls in his home (air, light, water, electricity, chemicals). He also explains how ultra-processed food is engineered to be addictive and how to build friction around it.

Chapters

Key points

01
Climbing the wrong mountain
Greenfield says he spent the first 12 years of his marriage chasing business, money, power and fame, and it took nearly losing his family to realize what mattered.
02
Add life to your years
He shifted from asking how many years he could put into his life to how much life he could put into his years, and from self-preservation to generational and soul preservation.
03
Junk food is engineered to addict
Ultra-processed foods are built for hedonistic palatability, right down to the crinkly feel of the packaging, so the fix is to create friction and make it hard to reach.
04
You don't need a gym
Research shows exercise at either end of the day doesn't undo eight hours of sitting, so pace at the airport, walk your phone calls, and keep a kettlebell in your office.
05
Your body is a battery
Every cell has an electrical charge; sunlight and skin contact with the earth help charge it, while phones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drain it.
06
Five things to control in your home
Air, light, water, electricity and chemicals, tackled one per month over a year rather than all at once.

Lines worth keeping

“I wish I could break the news to all of them that Jesus Christ figured that out like 2,000 years ago, but some of them still think that they got to do it again.”
Greenfield's blunt framing of the Silicon Valley immortality push.
“They're just trying to fill what CS Lewis and Augustine and all these philosophers and theologians of old would have called the eternal hole in your soul with something that is finite.”
The spiritual thesis underneath the whole health conversation.
“I had a real disconnect to those things that are truly fulfilling, because I was pursuing business, money, power, fame, when in fact all they wanted was time and love and presence.”
The personal cost that reoriented his work.
“A lot of people don't talk about this stuff because it's freaking free. You can't really monetize going outside barefoot.”
Explains why the cheapest health interventions get the least attention.
“Your skin is a mouth.”
His one-line case for filtering shower water and using natural personal care products.

What to do next

1
Create friction around the foods you overeat: hide them, move them to the garage, or throw them out.
Hyper-palatable food is engineered to be addictive, so distance beats willpower.
2
Break up sitting all day instead of relying on one gym session.
Research shows exercise at the start or end of the day doesn't offset eight hours of sitting in between.
3
Take a cold shower daily and get outside in afternoon heat if you have no sauna.
Thermal stress helps blood flow, blood sugar regulation and hormones, and Florida gives you a free sauna outside.
4
Put your phone in airplane mode and time your Wi-Fi router to shut off overnight.
Man-made EMF drains your cellular battery while you sleep, and a wall timer costs about 25 dollars.
5
Upgrade one of air, light, water, electricity or chemicals in your home each month.
In under a year you can build a clean living and working environment without doing it all at once.

Mentioned in this video

PersonBen GreenfieldAuthor of Boundless and the guest for the whole interview, described as a health optimizer rather than a biohacker.
ReferenceBoundless: The Man Who Became HumanGreenfield's new documentary about climbing the wrong mountain, premiering in select US theaters with streaming in October at boundlessdoc.com.
BookBoundless ParentingHis book on parenting and legacy, alongside four books on spiritual health and a father-son adventure guide in progress.
BookAtomic HabitsJames Clear's book is cited for the idea of adding friction to break a habit, which Greenfield used to quit nicotine gum.
CompanyShielded HealingThe company he bought an EMF-blocking lining from for the back seat of his Tesla.
CompanyBon ChargeNamed along with BlockBlueLight as a source of red light bulbs for sleeping areas.
CompanyAquaTruNamed with Aphora as a maker of countertop reverse osmosis water filters.
CompanyAir DoctorNamed with Jasper as a maker of standalone HEPA air filters, best placed in the kitchen.

This video answers

?Is sitting really the new smoking, and what should I do instead?
?How do I get fit if I can't or won't go to the gym?
?Are electric cars, solar panels and Wi-Fi actually harmful, and what can I do about it?
?What should I change in my house first to improve air, light and water quality?
?Why does chasing longevity and success leave people unfulfilled?

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Instagram Reels5:57–6:50 · 53s
“I spent 12 years climbing the wrong mountain”
A successful health guru admitting he nearly lost his family chasing money and fame is a raw, self-contained confession.
He had the body, the business, and the fame — and almost lost the only thing that mattered.
TikTok11:17–12:06 · 49s
“They engineer chips to hit you like breast milk”
A shocking, specific claim about food engineering that reframes junk food cravings in under a minute.
The most addictive substance before ultra-processed food was breast milk. Here's why that matters.
YouTube Shorts20:53–21:45 · 52s
“Your body is a battery, and your phone is draining it”
A vivid, memorable metaphor plus a free actionable habit, capped by a quotable line about why nobody talks about it.
Nobody promotes grounding because you can't monetize walking outside barefoot.