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Episode 254 - The Problem is NOT the Problem · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast by Joe Watis.
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  We wish to entertain, instruct, and motivate. If nothing else, hopefully
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  we can entertain and inspire you to live a more positive life three hundred and
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  sixty five days a year. The hope you enjoy this message. John and
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  his girlfriend Mary decide to become bank robbers. Mary does the actual robbing at
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  gunpoint inside the banks, while John waits outside as the getaway driver. They
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  are initially successful, with a string of heists that make headlines, and they
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  even become folk heroes, until one day their luck runs out and they get
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  caught. At trial, the judge condemns Mary to ten years in prison,
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  while John gets only two years. However, once they get to their respective
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  prisons, they discover that due to a clerical error, John will be serving
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  ten years and Mary only two. Despite her insistence, John convinces Mary to
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  keep quiet about it. After two years, Mary gets out and she continues
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  to visit John faithfully every month, and they exchange letters and phone calls regularly
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  for the remainder of his ten year sentence. Finally, after he does his
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  time, John gets out and is joyfully reunited with Mary, They get married
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  and move to a different state and start anew leaving their life of crime behind
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  them. They raise a family with children and grandchildren and eventually reach a ripe
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  old age after having lived a happy marriage. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary party,
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  the entire family and all their friends are gathered. A great celebration has
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  had with many laughs and stories recounting their life together. The conversation turns to
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  secrets to a happy marriage. One of the guests asks Mary why she decided
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  to stick with John while he was in prison despite all of the hardships.
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  Mary answers, well, you know you have found the one when you finish
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  each other's sentences. Our happiness in life is not based so much on what
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  happens to us. It is how we respond to what happens to us.
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  This puts the true focus not on what's outside of us, but on what
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  is on the inside. We will talk about this in this week's episode of
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  Positively three sixty five, but first we have our trivia question of the day.
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  Are you ready for it? Here it is what is the longest venomous
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  snake in the world. We will have the answer when we come back.
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  Do you enjoy listening to this podcast? One of the ways we are able
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  to continue is through listener support. Simply go to www. Dot anchor,
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  dot FM, forward slash positively three sixty five. From there you can access
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  every episode of the podcast. You can also leave me a message, and
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  little as ninety nine cents a month, you can become a sponsor of this
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  program. You will learn my undying affection and have the satisfaction of knowing that
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  you are doing something to spread more positivity in today's negative world. Thank you
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  for listening, and thank you for your support financially and otherwise. Do you
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  know the answer to this week's trivia question? The question was what is is
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  the longest venomous snake in the world? The answer the king cobra. Yes,
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  the king cobra is native to Asia and it has an average length of
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  ten to thirteen feet and a record length of nineteen point two feet. It
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  is the world's longest venomous snake, the king cobra. Now you know,
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  in life, what happens to us is often beyond our control. But the
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  real game changer is how we respond. Our reactions shape our experiences more than
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  the events themselves. Facing challenges with resilience, optimism, or the problem solving
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  mindset empowers us is like holding the reins in a situation, steering it towards
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  growth and positivity. By choosing thoughtful responses, we transform setbacks into opportunities.
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  Life's twists become a canvas, and our reactions the brushstrokes. It's a reminder
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  that regardless of circumstances, our responses determine the narrative, influencing not only the
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  present, but also shaping the person we become in the long run. The
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  cockroach theory of self development. At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from
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  somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With
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  a panic stricken face and trembling voice. She started jumping with both hands,
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  desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious as everyone
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  in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach
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  away, but it landed on another lady in the group, and now it
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  was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.
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  The waiter rushed to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach
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  next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm though, composed himself and
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  observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough,
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  he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.
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  Sipping my coffee and watching with amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up
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  a few thoughts and started wondering was the cockroach responsible for the histrionic behavior.
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  If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed. He handled it near
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  to perfection, without any chaos or excitement. It was not the cockroach,
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  not the inability of those to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed
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  the ladies. I realized that it was not the shouting of my father,
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  or my boss, or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability
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  to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me. It's not the
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  traffic jams on the road that disturbed me, but my inability to handle the
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  disturbance caused by the tree a jam that disturbs me more than the problem.
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  It's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life. Thank you
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  for joining us today. Please consider taking a moment to rate, subscribe,
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  on Facebook. Just search for Positively three sixty five. We would love to
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  hear from you, so until next time, stay positive today and every day,
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  three hundred and sixty five days a year. Damn well. Preceding has
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