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Awareness Over Autopilot (S5) S7:E1 · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hello there, guys.
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It is John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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All right, guys.
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All right.
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So we're going to kick this show off.
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Again, it is a brand new master topic.
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So again, we're kicking this off here for
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Inspirations for Your Life.
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And it's about fear to forward, choosing light,
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clarity, and momentum.
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This is, yes, season five, we're on the
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air over four years and seven days.
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So we're in our fifth year.
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It's basically show seven, episode number one.
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And today's granular topic is awareness over autopilot.
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We've talked about this a little bit in
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the past.
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By the way, I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, I'm an engineer, marketing specialist,
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video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate
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student, and a passionate lifelong learner.
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And I want to welcome you to Inspirations
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for Your Life.
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This week, we begin a powerful journey called
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fear from fear to forward, choosing light, clarity,
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and momentum.
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This isn't about hype, guys, or pretending life
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is perfect.
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It's about moving forward, even when things feel
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uncertain, or it doesn't seem perfect, right?
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Unclear or unfinished, there's never a perfect time.
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Today's focus is awareness over autopilot.
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You guys might have heard that before.
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So number one is most people don't fail
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because they aren't capable.
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They drift because they're unaware.
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And I think that's a very important thing
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to understand that.
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And they move through their days reacting instead
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of choosing busy instead of intentional.
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Number two, guys, autopilot feels safe for them.
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So they just want to stay in that
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mode, right?
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But it quietly costs clarity, energy, and also
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their direction.
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Awareness is the first real power move, guys.
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Number three, when you begin noticing how often
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you move through the day without choosing control
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returns.
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Yes, it returns.
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Number four, unconscious habits quietly shape the future.
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Yeah, they shape the future.
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I think that's something that a lot of
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people get thrown on.
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They don't really understand that premise or why
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that works a certain way.
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But it does.
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It works a very unique way.
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I think that's an easy thing for us
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to do is to just start becoming aware
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of the things around us, right?
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The things around us.
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And when we do that, it's like, I
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don't want to say life gets easier, but
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life starts to make sense, right?
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It starts to make sense.
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And that's important, guys.
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It's very important that life makes sense because
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if life doesn't make sense and you're doing
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things and they don't align with your core
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values, well, you're going to burn out and
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you're also going to be wasting a lot
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of important energy.
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Number five, guys, pausing before reacting changes outcomes.
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I've said this before, pausing.
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We want to be proactive, not retroactive.
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We used an example of the fire.
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We've used an example of different things that
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could be a relationship issue.
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If you prepare for a storm, if you
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prepare for the danger and prepare for the
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power outage or prepare for that storm, right?
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Then when the storm comes, it's like, oh,
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I'm ready.
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I've got food.
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You don't need to get 72 gallons of
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milk and 32 loaves of bread like some
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people do, which is absolutely insane.
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You're ready.
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And so being ready takes away an edge
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off people, all right?
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Takes an edge off of people.
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Number five, awareness creates emotional breathing room.
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Awareness creates emotional breathing room.
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This is why the SATS technique and Neville
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Goddard has been so amazingly effective because our
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awareness, okay, can get us to change.
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But our subconscious can get our awareness to
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change.
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And some of you guys know this, but
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our awareness, you know, faculty happens whether we're
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conscious or unconscious.
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So we have unconscious awareness versus conscious awareness.
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So conscious awareness is the things that we
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do every day and we see.
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But when things are getting crazy, it's like
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we suddenly miss stuff, right?
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Like maybe you're writing something and you miss
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something on it.
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You know why you miss it?
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You miss it because you're going too fast
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and you're looking at the entire piece, but
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you're not looking at the forest.
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You're not looking at that big piece, okay?
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So that's a very important thing to take
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into account.
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Number six, guys, patterns only control when you
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don't see them.
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So that's an interesting quinky dink.
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So when we are not aware of a
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pattern, like in, let's say, advertising, right?
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And it gets us to do something.
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But once we're made aware of what it's
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doing, right, then it's like, wait a minute.
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I don't want to do that.
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I don't want to be programmed to do
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that.
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And that's perfectly fine, right?
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Perfectly, perfectly fine.
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Number seven, clarity often begins with discomfort.
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I've said that, guys, before.
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Observation without judgment reduces unnecessary stress.
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So if we can understand that and we
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can realize that discomfort is where the egg
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cracks to get us to be successful.
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I'm not going to say it's a picnic,
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all right?
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But I am going to tell you that
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it is something pretty amazing.
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Pretty amazing because people don't realize one thing,
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the amazingness of our bodies.
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And how when we get into discomfort, the
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body goes into this fight or flight mode.
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And it's trying to protect us at all
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costs.
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But sometimes in its protection, it blocks us
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in the very thing that we're trying to
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do because of a safety system, all right?
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I think that's an important one.
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Number seven, guys, observation without judgment reduces unnecessary
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stress.
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Observation without judgment reduces unnecessary stress.
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Yeah.
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So if you don't judge, you're kinder, but
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you're also someone that is, let's say, you
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know, more in a line with people.
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Number eight, guys, stillness sharpens perception.
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When we're still, we become aware.
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We can hear things.
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We can see things.
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We're in the moment.
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We're present.
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Like when we do the breathing exercises, right?
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We're in that moment.
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We're in that moment.
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Number nine, guys, presence beats distraction.
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Your attention is your most valuable asset.
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Don't let it get distracted.
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And if something is preventing you from doing
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something, find a way to stay focused.
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I know sometimes when I'm doing work and,
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you know, it seems like, oh, I don't
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want to do this, I'll put on some
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music, some energy music, some productivity music, and
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it's amazing what happens, all right?
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Number nine, guys, awareness turns chaos into information.
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Awareness turns chaos.
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Because I said before that we can't have
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chaos when there's organization.
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We can't have chaos when there's peace, right?
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Peace and organization.
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They actually go, they go together.
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That's important, guys.
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Number 10, reflection beats reaction.
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Again, awareness restores personal agency.
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I think that's something that a lot of
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people just don't, they don't vibe with that.
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They don't understand that language or that sound
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or that dynamic, right?
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Observation becomes intention.
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Intention becomes the action.
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Number 10, action becomes sustainable
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momentum.
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Action becomes sustainable momentum.
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Action becomes sustainable momentum.
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And when we understand that action in our
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life can make a difference for us, well,
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then it's like we need to change one
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thing in our life.
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And if we change that one thing in
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our life, then it's like suddenly we get
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this epiphany moment.
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We get this aha.
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We get this, oh, now I see how
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it goes.
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Now I see how the peace goes.
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Or now I see why they said that.
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Or now I see why we're doing it
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this way, right?
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That's important.
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So thinking about you right now.
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Thinking about awareness.
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And I want to go to my good
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friends here at Merriam-Webster.
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And I want to look up the definition,
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guys, for awareness.
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So we'll go to Merriam-Webster right now.
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We haven't gone there in a while.
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And we'll look up awareness.
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So according to Merriam-Webster, the word awareness
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is a noun.
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The quality or state of being aware, and
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I quote, knowledge and understanding that something is
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happening or exists.
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Promoting a heightened awareness of the problem or
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the challenge.
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So when we raise awareness for something, maybe
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we're raising awareness for conditions outside, like in
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California, that it's very dry to prevent forest
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fires.
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Forest fires can happen, which we learn not
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just by a match dropping from somebody that
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was smoking that shouldn't be.
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Or they can drop from careless fires.
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But you know what else they can drop
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from?
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A fire can happen by a spark even
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from a motorcycle or even from the heat
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of the motorcycle.
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Because there's a little bit in there.
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And that little bit can cause, yes, a
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forest to catch on fire.
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So something else that means awareness, attention, knowledge,
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mindfulness, consciousness, observation, cognizance, understanding,
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consideration, regard, recognition, discernment, thought, watch, grasp,
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apprehension.
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I think the reason many people are not
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aware, have awareness, is because of the fact
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that they claim that they don't need to
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be.
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But if we look at the adjective, okay,
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the adjective for awareness is the word aware,
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A-W-A-R-E.
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It's an adjective.
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Having or showing realization, perception, or knowledge according
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to the folks at Merriam-Webster.
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Be aware of the danger your motorcycle could
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have on that forest.
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Be aware on eating all that chocolate could
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actually cause you to gain weight quicker without
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any kind of exercise.
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There are many states of awareness.
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I'm not going to get into that today.
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But I am going to talk about something
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that's interesting.
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You can be aware of almost anything.
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And try and experiment with me.
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Whether you're, well, if you're driving, obviously don't
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do this.
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But if you're able to do this and
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you're able to visualize with me, I'd like
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you to, just for a moment, I'd like
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you just to become aware of the temperature
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on your left wrist.
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Just be aware of that.
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Now be aware of the temperature on your
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right wrist.
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Now be aware of the temperature combined on
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the soles of your feet.
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Now become aware of the temperature of your
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skin on the back of your neck.
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Now be aware of the sensation of your
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sleeve as it's touching your skin on your
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arm.
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If you're wearing socks, be aware of the
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texture and temperature of the socks that you
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are wearing.
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Now I'm going to ask you to be
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aware of your heart.
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Don't change it.
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Become aware of your heart.
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Now you might say, John, I can't.
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You can.
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So you just become quiet.
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And if you still can't become aware of
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it, take your left or right hand, dominant
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hand, and put it over your heart.
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And as you do that, you can become
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aware, not trying to change it, of the
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heartbeat that you have.
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And just becoming aware of that will get
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us to become even more calm.
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So when we focus on something, we're aware
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of it.
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Maybe there is a fish aquarium.
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I love fish.
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And maybe you're looking at the fish aquarium.
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And I want you to be aware of
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the waterfall in the fish aquarium.
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Or perhaps the way the fish just swim
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so effortlessly through the pond or in the
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aquarium.
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How about being aware right now of the
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direction which light is coming into your home?
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Is it the north, the south, the east,
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the west?
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How about becoming aware, or your office I
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should say, how about becoming aware right now
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of how my words are hitting your eardrum
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and being converted electrically to an audible signal,
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auditory canal?
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How about becoming aware right now to how
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your feet, either in shoes or in your
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socks, how they feel, how the pressure, don't
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try to change it, how they feel touching
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the floor.
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Is it cold?
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Is it hard?
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Is it soft?
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How do you feel?
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Are you aware of that?
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How about becoming aware right now of the
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feeling of your lips touching the top and
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bottom?
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When I stop talking, I can feel it.
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How about becoming aware of your tongue?
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Maybe some of you salivated when I did
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that.
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Become aware right now of your nostrils.
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Become aware right now of your scalp.
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Become aware right now of any stress or
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tension in your body.
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And just allow that to dissipate at its
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own rate.
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How about becoming aware if you're wearing a
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ring or you're wearing a watch, how about
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becoming aware of that sensation?
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Is it tight?
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Is it loose?
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Is it just right?
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But when I tell you to become aware
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of it, you suddenly notice it.
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But when you don't notice it, it's like
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it doesn't bother you.
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But when you become aware of it, you
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kind of tune into its own world.
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How about becoming aware right now?
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Right now.
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Becoming aware right now of your posture.
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Is it straight up?
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Are you slouching?
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Are you sitting back in the chair comfortably?
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Are your feet flat on the floor?
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Are your hands on the desk, the chair?
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How about noticing your elbows?
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Are they in the air or are they
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sitting on the chair?
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If you have a beverage, become aware of
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the feeling of picking up the tumbler, the
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glass.
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Everything from the temperature, the texture of the
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glass or the tumbler.
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Now, become aware of its weight.
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When you lift it up, you'll notice it's
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not heavy, it's not light, but it has
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a weight to it, doesn't it?
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And that weight allows us to notice something.
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Now, take that bottle, again, if you're not
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driving or anything, and take it and just
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put it to your lips and drink some
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of it.
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You can feel the awareness in your lips
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and you can feel the awareness the second
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the water reaches your tongue.
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How about the awareness of how it reaches
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your tongue and how it goes to the
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back of your mouth?
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You can feel it on the top of
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your mouth and bottom.
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And as it goes down, you can feel
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it going down your throat.
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Becoming aware of things.
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So what we just did right there is
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a very simple progressive relaxation and entry to
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hypnosis.
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But you're getting aware.
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So a lot of times our body is
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getting so inundated from signals, billions of signals
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going through our heads all day.
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But we don't pay attention to all of
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them.
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So when we choose to be aware of
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something, the color of the light.
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Right now we have LED lights and there's
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a color to that light.
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I can also take here and I can
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change the light from this color all the
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way down to a warm color.
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I used it up at this color, studio
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light, because I want that white effect.
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But you can also bring it down.
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This light has the ability to bring it
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down.
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You can see the warmer tone that it
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brings.
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The whiter does do a better job for
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the camera.
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But becoming aware of all these things.
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Becoming aware right now of what are you
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hearing beside me.
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And just what we did.
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We got ourselves to tune in.
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We tuned into a certain channel.
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Just like you tune in on the TV
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or on your iPhone or any kind of
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radio or internet station, whatever you have.
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We tune into it.
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When we tune into something, we sort of
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block everything else out, don't we?
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We block everything else.
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So, ladies and gentlemen, this is how we
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move from fear to forward.
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Not louder.
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Not chaos.
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Just clearer.
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And when we can be clear, we get
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insights.
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We get messages.
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It's just having the intention and then paying
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attention to something.
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Attention is very powerful.
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It allows us to take where we are
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right now, which is in space, to focusing
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on something.
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You could put your attention right now.
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I have a — our school gave these
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caps.
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It's a lip balm.
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So I've got this lip balm here.
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You may not be able to see it
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if you're just hearing me.
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But it's a little thing of lip balm.
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And what I want you to notice right
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now is it's a very small lip balm.
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It's like maybe a little bigger than —
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I'd say maybe about just from my fingertip
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down to like just where the first crease
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of my finger is.
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Maybe a little bit further.
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And if you can picture this white little
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round barrel, the barrel is probably no bigger
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than the circumference of your pinky.
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And if you could picture right now and
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be aware of the top of this lip
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balm and possibly standing right on the top
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of it.
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Of course, you'd have to shrink yourself a
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size down.
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But you could become aware of that, couldn't
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you?
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You could become aware of taking steps on
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this lip balm.
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Now, if I took the cover off, which
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I'm just doing now, and there's a little
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thing here.
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I can actually just raise it and just
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take it and put it on my lips.
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And I do that, I can become aware
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of that, the sensation, the texture.
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Now, here's the thing.
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That's an interesting flavor.
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I can become aware of that before I
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do it.
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Now, next time I do it, I know
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what to expect.
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People become aware when they get a shot
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at a medical place, right?
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Maybe they become too aware of it.
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So when we want to, let's say, not
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sense something, we want to distract ourselves.
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Think about something peaceful, tranquil.
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When we put all our attention to something,
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we become very aware, hypersensitive in other words.
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And if you could think right now how
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it feels as you're sitting in your chair
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or your car.
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How does the chair feel on your butt,
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your backside?
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How does that feel?
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Does the pressure seem right?
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Does it seem hard?
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Is it soft?
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Is it annoying?
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Now that I've asked you to think about
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it, you're all thinking about it.
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But then it'll probably fade in a few
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moments.
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Like you probably stopped thinking about the sensation
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of your feet.
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But now that I brought it to your
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attention, you are.
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So we have the power and the choice.
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It's a very interesting lip balm.
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I'm tasting it.
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And it has like, I think it's a
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cherry, like a cherry something.
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They don't tell you on here.
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They do not tell you what the color.
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So what I usually do, because the thing
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is so small here with the writing.
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I mean, so you could take your iPhone,
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okay, and just take a picture of it.
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And then what I'll do is I will
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zoom in on it.
25:32
And it just says acetate vitamin E.
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But you know what?
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Manufactured by Snuzz USA in West Jordan, Utah.
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But I don't really have any details on
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here about anything else other than how it's
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made and stuff like, you know, a company
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in Greece.
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But it doesn't tell me like the flavors
25:59
in this, which is kind of interesting.
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So I want you to, starting today and
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beyond, become aware of things, whether it's people,
26:11
whether it's things you touch, and things you
26:14
want to bring closer into your life, become
26:17
aware of them.
26:18
I do a seminar on wealth, taking a
26:21
dollar bill out, 10, a 20, or even
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larger.
26:25
Become aware of the texture of that bill
26:27
in your fingers.
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Right?
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Pretty cool.
26:32
Ladies and gentlemen, this has been Inspirations for
26:36
Your Life.
26:37
This is the kickoff for the master topic
26:41
for today, which is going to be going
26:44
the entire week.
26:45
And if you guys missed what the master
26:47
topic is, I'm going to share it with
26:49
you.
26:49
From fear to forward, choosing light, clarity, and
26:52
momentum.
26:54
See, the world a lot of times is
26:55
designed to make us feel fear.
26:57
I'll tell you why.
26:59
It's used as a tactic.
27:00
It's not a good tactic in a nice
27:02
way, but it gets people to take action.
27:06
When people are fearful, which is what?
27:08
False evidence appearing real, and it gets into
27:10
our psyche.
27:10
You're like, oh my gosh, I better do
27:11
something.
27:12
That's why a lot of these scammers get
27:14
all the senior citizens, because they fear something.
27:17
It hasn't happened yet, but they put the
27:18
fear of you know what in them.
27:21
That's important.
27:23
So become aware.
27:25
You could become aware right now of what
27:27
it would feel like to hold a glass
27:28
of orange juice.
27:30
There's so many things you could become aware
27:32
of.
27:32
You could become aware of what it would
27:34
be to be up on stage and get
27:36
a standing ovation.
27:38
So being aware is a choice.
27:40
If it's something you don't want to feel
27:42
or don't have, disassociate from that.
27:45
Become aware of something else, something better.
27:48
I hope you guys have a great rest
27:50
of your day and evening, and do check
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out BelieveMeAchieved.com for more of my amazing
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short-form and long-form content available 24
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hours a day from any of your computers
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or smart devices.
28:03
I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, and you've been watching Inspirations
28:06
For Your Life.
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Take care, everyone.