The Code Of The Extraordinary Mind 10 Unconventional Laws To Redefine Your Life And Succeed On Your Own Terms Lakhiani Vishen Rodale Books 2016

To my family: Kristina, Hayden, and Eve. You’re the most important thing in my life. And to our parents, Mohan and Roopi, Virgo and Ljubov, for allowing us to forge our own beliefs and question the Brules, even as kids. CONTENTS Before You Begin: Know That This Is Not Your Typical Book Introduction PART I: LIVING IN THE CULTURESCAPE: HOW YOU WERE SHAPED BY THE WORLD AROUND YOU CHAPTER 1 Transcend the Culturescape Where We Learn to Question the Rules of the World We Live In CHAPTER 2 Question the Brules Where We Learn That Much of How the World Runs Is Based on Bulls**t Rules Passed Down from Generation to Generation PART II: THE AWAKENING: THE POWER TO CHOOSE YOUR VERSION OF THE WORLD CHAPTER 3 Practice Consciousness Engineering Where We Learn How to Accelerate Our Growth by Consciously Choosing What to Accept or Reject from the Culturescape CHAPTER 4 Rewrite Your Models of Reality Where We Learn to Choose and Upgrade Our Beliefs CHAPTER 5 Upgrade Your Systems for Living Where We Discover How to Get Better at Life by Constantly Updating Our Daily Systems PART III: RECODING YOURSELF: TRANSFORMING YOUR INNER WORLD CHAPTER 6 Bend Reality Where We Identify the Ultimate State of Human Existence CHAPTER 7 Live in Blissipline Where We Learn about the Important Discipline of Maintaining Daily Bliss CHAPTER 8 Create a Vision for Your Future Where We Learn How to Make Sure That the Goals We’re Chasing Will Really Lead to Long-Term Happiness PART IV: BECOMING EXTRAORDINARY: CHANGING THE WORLD CHAPTER 9 Be Unfuckwithable Where We Learn How to Be Fear-Proof CHAPTER 10 Embrace Your Quest Where We Learn How to Put It All Together and Live a Life of Meaning Appendix: Tools for Your Journey The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: The Online Experience Glossary Sources Acknowledgments BEFORE YOU BEGIN: KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL BOOK In fact, I would be hesitant to call this a personal growth book. It’s more of a personal disruption book. This book forces you to rethink aspects of your life that may have been running on autopilot for years. Which means that within months of reading this book, you may find yourself no longer accepting certain aspects of your current reality. Your relationships, your career, your goals, your spiritual beliefs may all be forced to change as you come to understand that many of your beliefs and past decisions were never taken on by choice—but were installed by default. This book is designed to disrupt the way you see the world and to give you the tools to shift the world through cognitive changes in your mind. In short, it creates an awakening. Once you see the patterns this book unveils, you cannot “unsee” them. Depending on your worldview, you will either love this book or hate this book. That’s by design. It’s because we grow through discomfort or insight. But never through apathy. In addition to the ideas it contains, this book is also unique in several ways: NEW WORDS: This book contributes more than 20 new words to the English language. I had to create new words to describe (sometimes humorously) the new models for living that you’ll be introduced to. Words are powerful, as they influence how we see the world. Once you understand these words, your perspective of certain things will change. THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE: This book comes with its own customdesigned app with hours of additional content, practices, training, and more. Do you especially like a particular idea from one of the thinkers I mention in the book—for example, Peter Diamandis? You can use the app to dive in deeper and listen to my full interview with him. Do you really enjoy a particular technique I share? The app will let you play a video