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This week I (Chris) discus happiness and balance with hobo ecommerce entrepreneur James Ferrer of tokyowheel.jp.

I caught up with James in between Jiujitsu training and surfing in Phuket where he’s been living for a few months. James is a super positive guy with a great business mind and he’s always a joy to be with. Spending a few days with him in Phuket totally reset my brain into making happiness more of a priority in my life, so I sat him down placed a mic on the table and coaxed the wisdom out of his smiling mouth.

• Cultivating “turning point” ideas
• Health and Happiness as a key to being smarter and more productive
• Putting happiness on your todo list
• How working the minimum amount is good for business – creating a buffer for more high level business thinking
• Having fun/relaxing but not becoming complacent
• Being fully engaged and “fixing” oneself as a formula for happiness
• Avoiding stress habit reactions by using the anxiety buffer

Mentioned in this episode

Nico’s cafe in Penang, Malaysia http://sitigun.com/
James Ferrer @jamesferrer tokyowheel.jp

Previous post: The Anxiety Buffer

And honorable mention to Tynan’s post “how to always be happy”.