RWH061: How To Thrive No Matter What w/ Arnold Van Den Berg

What It Covers

Arnold Van Den Berg shares breakthrough discoveries about controlling the mind through one-pointed attention, flow states, and self-hypnosis. Drawing from fifty years studying consciousness and his Holocaust survival background, he explains practical techniques to achieve peak performance in investing, business, and life.

Key Questions Answered

• •One-Pointed Attention Technique: Extreme focus on a single point releases seven neurochemicals including anandamide (bliss chemical), dopamine, and endorphins. Yogis achieve this through breathing one breath per minute versus the anxious sixteen breaths most people take. This state enables extraordinary feats from pain control to enhanced athletic performance and investment decision-making.
• •Self-Hypnosis Protocol: Count backwards from 100 to 1 while lying down to enter alpha state (8-12 hertz) within seven to eleven minutes. Progress to theta state (4-7 hertz) for deep hypnosis where beliefs can be reprogrammed. Van Den Berg uses this daily, achieving results like helping his son win championships with a sprained ankle in a cast.
• •Breathing Exercise for Lung Capacity: Practice the 4-7-8 technique - inhale four seconds, hold seven seconds, exhale eight seconds. This reduces breathing to three times per minute versus sixteen, increasing lung capacity. Van Den Berg doubled his lung capacity to 4,500 milliliters at age 86, far exceeding the 2,200 standard for his age group.
• •Truth and Character Framework: Dostoevsky discovered in the Gulag that lying destroys the ability to discern truth in yourself and others, leading to loss of self-respect, inability to love, and pursuit of coarse pleasures. For investors, discerning truth is fundamental to good decisions. Character determines survival and success more than intelligence or circumstances.
• •Daily Affirmation Practice: Repeat specific affirmations thirty times daily while in relaxed states. Van Den Berg uses "I am a loving, kind person, and I am happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise." The subconscious accepts all input without judgment - repetition programs outcomes regardless of current reality, similar to how advertising works through constant exposure.