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  Well, hey guys, good morning and welcome.
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  It's John C.
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  Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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  All right.
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  Anyway, today we're talking about Mastering Direction, Series
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  5, Show 8, Episode 4.
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  Welcome, everyone, to Inspirations for Your Life.
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  I am your host, John C.
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  Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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  podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student, and
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  a passionate lifelong learner.
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  And yes, pretty soon to be, yes, a
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  published author.
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  Really excited about that.
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  My book is in the works as we
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  speak.
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  I'm actually just working on Chapter 6 right
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  now.
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  It's probably going to be somewhere around 12
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  to 15 chapters.
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  So just kind of giving you a little
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  bit of what's going on with the book.
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  And, yeah, it's moving along.
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  So we're going to be done a lot
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  earlier than I expected.
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  I'm not going to tell you what's in
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  the book.
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  That's for you to find out later on.
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  But I do want to keep you abreast
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  of what's going on with the book.
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  So today's episode is titled Thoughts Mastering Direction.
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  Our thoughts are the foundation of our reality.
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  In this episode, I'm going to explore how
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  attention, focus, and mental discipline shape your outcomes,
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  your energy, and your daily life.
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  By mastering your thoughts, you can gain clarity,
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  momentum, and freedom from reactive patterns.
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  I've talked about this before.
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  It's better to be proactive than reactive, right?
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  Reactive is when we have to redo everything.
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  And it's not a good thing to be
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  reactive.
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  It causes a lot of stress in people's
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  lives.
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  And that's the main thing that I want
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  to share with you.
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  So we have to understand that.
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  I think that's an important thing to understand.
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  All right, guys.
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  So power of thought.
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  Number one, thoughts shape outcomes.
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  What you consistently think will determine your actions
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  and your results.
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  Neville Goddard said this, and Nightingale Conant.
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  We become what we think about most often.
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  Now, if you don't like where you are
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  right now, we'll change your thoughts, and then
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  you will change.
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  All right.
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  Number two, guys, attention directs action.
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  Where your focus goes, your energy flows.
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  I've said this before many times.
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  It's been proven with science.
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  But you can't just do it one time.
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  So that's an important thing to understand.
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  Number three, guys, mental discipline creates clarity.
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  Training the mind, reducing confusion, and enhancing your
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  decisions that you make.
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  Because when we are calmer, we're able to
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  be in a state where we can do
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  things that we couldn't do before.
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  So that's a very, very important thing to
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  definitely understand.
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  And I hope that you guys will appreciate
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  that.
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  Number four, guys, thoughts become habits.
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  Repeated mental patterns hardwire behavior over time.
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  So, again, it doesn't happen in a split
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  instant.
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  It happens over time.
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  Your nervous system kind of adapts to that.
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  Number five, focus builds momentum.
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  Concentrated efforts leads to compounding progress.
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  So kind of like the way interest compounds
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  in the bank, so does our interest in
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  our thoughts and our actions compound in actual
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  real life.
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  All right?
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  That's important to understand.
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  Number six, guys, mental order reduces anxiety.
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  Organizing your thinking brings a calmness and a
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  stability to your life and also to those
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  that are, well, around you.
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  So I think that's an important thing to
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  be aware of and be concerned about.
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  There's a part of my book.
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  I'm not going to go into it now.
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  I have a whole chapter where I talk
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  about awareness, and it's a really cool chapter.
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  I actually just finished it not too long
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  ago.
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  And so it's a really good book, but
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  the book is about two major things that
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  happened in my life that actually transformed me
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  and got me to, I'll say, wake up
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  and change the way I decided to be
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  living.
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  Number seven, guys, thought, awareness builds control.
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  Noticing patterns gives you power over reaction.
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  Noticing, and I talk a lot about that
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  in my book, when we notice something, we
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  are definitely going to be not only just
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  aware of it, but we'll also be able
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  to tune into it, the frequency of it,
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  the kinds of responses.
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  When we're just not in the moment, we're
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  going to miss what that's about.
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  If you're at a ballgame, for example, and
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  you're actually at the ballgame, it's different than
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  me telling you about the ballgame or you
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  quickly watching it on TV.
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  It's not the same as being there, having
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  the popcorn.
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  Maybe some people have beer.
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  Maybe you'll have your soda or have my
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  water or your Ballpark Frank or whatever it
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  is, your ice cream or even your peanuts
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  or whatever else they sell there.
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  Number eight, clarity begins in the mind.
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  Understanding internally leads to effective external action.
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  So when we have clarity in our mind,
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  it's like we get this jolt that we
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  can do things that we didn't do before
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  in our life.
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  So that's an important thing.
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  Understand this, number nine, reframing reduces resistance and
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  changing perspectives solve problems faster.
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  You know, a subtle shift, which I talk
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  about a lot in my book, subtle shifts
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  become monumental over time.
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  They're not monumental when you first start the
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  shift.
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  You're like, oh, this isn't even anything.
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  It's like I didn't even turn the dial
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  like a tiny bit.
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  But each day you progress a little more.
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  Number 10, guys, focus sharpens decisions.
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  Clarity leads to better, faster choices.
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  And I think that's something that a lot
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  of people don't realize is that when we
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  are emotionally connected as well as physically connected,
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  then we can make faster choices.
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  Not, let's say, choices that are rushed, but
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  choices that are more in alignment with our
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  core values.
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  Part two of this talks about emotional and
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  cognitive benefits.
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  And that would be 11.
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  Mental hygiene boosts performance.
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  Clean thinking prevents distraction and also fatigue, right?
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  That's important to understand.
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  Number 12, thoughts set emotional tone.
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  Your mindset influences your mood and, guys, your
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  interactions.
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  Yeah, your interactions with life.
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  Number 13, focus eliminates noise.
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  Concentrate attention filters out distraction.
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  Concentrate it.
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  So that's not, well, you know, I'm going
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  to concentrate for a minute.
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  That's me intentionally focusing and, you know, having
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  that belief that I'm going to be that.
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  So, for example, let's say, I'll give you
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  a perfect example.
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  Let's say there was a bee flying around,
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  which you've probably seen bees many times.
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  And let's say I want to get the
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  perspective of the bee.
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  I can imagine that I am the bee,
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  or maybe that I am sitting on top
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  of the bee with my chair and a
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  nice, cool drink and kind of strapped in
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  there while he flies around, knowing it's probably
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  a little bit bumpy, and my drink keeps
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  moving around, but also enjoying the breeze and
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  then also really taking note of all the
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  work that he does for the queen bee.
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  So you can kind of get a perspective
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  just by me saying to be aware of
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  something.
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  And the more that we practice this, the
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  more that it happens.
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  Let me give you another awareness.
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  I've got a stapler on my desk.
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  It's an automated stapler.
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  And I can become aware right now that
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  I'm literally inside that stapler.
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  I'm on the side.
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  I'm not near any danger parts.
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  I'm watching it from the side.
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  And I literally can see, as the paper's
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  going in, and I can see how the
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  sensor causes the little arm to just jet
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  the little staple down.
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  See, when we choose to become aware of
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  something, we can become aware of anything.
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  We can become a fly on the wall.
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  We can be anywhere we want.
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  But when we change our perspective, our answers
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  change.
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  Our questions change.
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  Our life changes.
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  Number 14, guys, clarity increases confidence.
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  Knowing your mind is organized builds self-trust.
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  Yes, it builds self-trust.
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  And that's something that I think a lot
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  of people don't recognize, that it builds self
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  -trust.
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  Okay?
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  That's important.
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  And I think that can make sense when
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  we choose to be intentful.
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  Number 15, thoughts shape identity.
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  The mental patterns you nurture define who you
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  become.
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  This happens in the patterns that we create.
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  Number 16, attention builds discipline.
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  Okay?
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  Attention builds discipline.
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  And directing energy consistently strengthens the self-control
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  for which we have.
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  And that's another awareness trigger, isn't it?
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  We're being aware of how something is affecting
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  us or maybe not affecting us.
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  Okay?
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  Very, very important.
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  Very, very important to understand.
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  And I will tell you that it's important
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  to understand this.
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  Okay?
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  It's important to know what's actually going on
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  and why things are going on.
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  Number 17, clear thinking reduces stress.
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  Structured thought prevents overwhelmness.
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  That may not be an easy thing to
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  grasp, but the more that you become aware,
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  the more that you sense things around you,
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  the more you're going to be like, wait
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  a minute, this actually makes sense for me.
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  Okay?
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  It makes sense.
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  Number 18, mindfulness improves accuracy.
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  Observing your mind improves decision-making.
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  Let me say that again.
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  Mindfulness improves the accuracy for which we will
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  have.
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  Observing your mind improves the decision-making.
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  So mindfulness, accuracy.
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  Okay?
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  And when we observe our mind, it improves
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  the decision-making.
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  So one is how accurate our decisions are,
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  and the other is what decisions we're actually
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  making.
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  You know, so many thoughts go in and
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  out of our head every single day, and
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  we don't pay a lot of attention to
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  them, which is okay.
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  But it's important to notice the ones that
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  are going to have a great impact on
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  our life, that are going to help us
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  become that success.
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  Okay?
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  Number 19.
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  Number 19 is thought control creates calm mastering.
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  Mental patterns reduces impulsivity.
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  So calm is the mastering, and mental mastering,
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  okay, allows us to take those patterns and
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  reduce impulsivity.
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  Impulsivity happens because maybe you're impatient.
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  It can happen for lots of different reasons.
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  But one thing it doesn't do, you have
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  to understand why things are a certain way.
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  And if we don't bother to ask the
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  why question, we're always going to be like,
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  oh, my gosh, why did that work that
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  way?
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  Why did that have that outcome?
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  If you don't care, then you're going to
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  miss that potential of learning in your life.
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  Okay?
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  You're going to miss that potential of learning
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  in your life.
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  And maybe you're going to say to me,
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  John, well, you know, I'll get it next
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  time around.
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  Well, I got to tell you something.
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  All opportunity doesn't knock twice.
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  All opportunity does not knock twice.
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  And I say that because a lot of
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  us are like, oh, you know what?
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  I can't answer the door right now, or
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  I can't get, you know, the opportunity right
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  now.
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  I'm busy.
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  Well, opportunity, when it calls, there's no call
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  waiting.
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  And opportunity doesn't leave a voicemail.
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  So have you missed it?
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  Well, unfortunately, you may not see it again.
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  You may, but don't count on seeing it
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  again because you may not.
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  Number 20, focus directs your energy.
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  And concentrate attention leads to effective action.
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  Concentrate.
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  That's the stuff that, you know, we're doing
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  conscientiously.
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  Okay?
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  That's important to know.
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  Very, very important to know.
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  Okay?
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  That's important to understand.
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  Part three is alignment and momentum of this
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  today.
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  Number 21, mental clarity improves follow-through.
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  Knowing your path ensures action.
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  When we know what to do, we just
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  do it, don't we?
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  We don't wait.
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  We don't second guess ourselves saying, oh, my
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  gosh, what am I going to do?
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  We do not second guess ourselves.
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  We just move on.
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  Okay?
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  We just move on.
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  We just continue to move on every single
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  day of our life.
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  And that's the importance that I think a
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  lot of people miss is that we have
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  to be aware of what's going on in
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  our life and in our environment.
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  Not so much what other people are doing,
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  but aware of how we interface, how our
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  actions, how our thoughts are positively or negatively
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  affecting other people.
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  And if they're negatively affecting other people, we
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  should change them.
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  Because when we're more in harmony, people want
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  to work with us.
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  Number 22, guys, awareness reduces rumination.
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  Noticing thoughts prevents endless overthinking.
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  Just noticing the thoughts, that's all you have
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  to do.
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  Number 23, clear thinking creates peace.
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  Mental organization reduces internal conflict.
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  So the more organized we are inside our
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  brain, the less likely we are to have
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  conflict.
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  That's pretty priceless, guys.
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  Conflict happens because of confusion.
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  Conflict happens because of overexerted egos from other
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  people.
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  Conflict happens because other people don't respect your
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  viewpoint.
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  And again, that's all about the ego, isn't
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  it?
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  All about the ego.
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  Number 24, guys, thoughts determine the pace.
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  Controlling your mind controls the speed of the
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  progress.
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  So you have the ability to affect the
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  potentiometer, to affect the speed, whether you're at
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  zero, whether you're at a million.
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  You have the ability to control that gas
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  pedal, right?
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  But most people don't think they do.
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  They think they just have on or off.
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  You can control how much intensity you give
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  it and how much you take away from
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  it.
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  That's a very, very priceless statement.
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  Number 25, focus builds momentum.
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  Concentrated action compounds results quickly, like the money
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  in your stock account or your bank.
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  When it compounds, our life changes majorly, okay?
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  That's important to know.
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  You have to understand that.
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  And if you understand that, you're more than
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  80% the way.
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  Because understanding and knowledge is the first component
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  to being able to make a difference.
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  If we don't know where we're going, we're
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  never going to get there, ever.
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  Number 26, guys, mental alignment creates flow.
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  Harmony in thought accelerates performance.
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  So if we're in harmony with ourselves and
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  with others, we're going to flow like a
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  beautiful river or stream right down.
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  Flows don't go up, guys.
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  They go down.
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  If we try to make a flow go
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  up, you know what happens?
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  It becomes extremely stressful, very stressful, stressful.
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  And maybe you're saying to me, John, like,
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  you know, maybe you don't get, like, why
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  that actually is.
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  Maybe you don't get that, okay?
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  And I'm going to tell you it's not
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  from what you think it is.
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  It's not from what you think it is.
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  I know that a lot of you out
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  there are saying to me, John, this doesn't
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  apply to me.
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  Well, if it doesn't apply to you, I
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  got to tell you something.
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  It probably does.
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  It's just, you're not being aware of what's
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  around you at the current moment.
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  Number 27, guys, thought.
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  Thought discipline builds strength.
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  But many people give up.
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  They just take the first thought and they
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  run with it.
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  Repeated practice, guys, strengthens mental resilience.
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  Repeated practice.
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  You want to be a good ballplayer?
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  You keep practicing pitching.
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  You keep practice hitting.
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  You keep practice running the bases, right?
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  You want to be a good musician?
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  You practice every day.
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  You learn the instrument you're wanting to play.
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  Piano being a pianist, trumpet, trumpetist, you know,
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  drum, whatever it is, percussionist, you practice that.
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  You make that, like, the air you breathe.
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  Number 28, guys, focus replaces confusion.
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  Consistent attention eliminates uncertainty.
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  Consistent.
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  I didn't say attention for one day.
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  I said consistent attention.
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  That's a key, guys.
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  Consistency is the key to everything in life.
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  But will you be consistent just for one
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  day?
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  One week?
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  One month and then just stop?
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  Because, see, once you stop, then you start
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  reprogramming yourself to now be that way, which
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  isn't good.
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  Number 29, mental clarity creates direction and clear
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  thinking identifies the priorities and the next steps.
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  So let me say that again.
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  Mental clarity creates the direction, knowing where you
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  want to go, but the clear thinking identifies
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  the priorities and the next steps that you
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  need to be taking.
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  That's key, guys.
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  Number 30, thought mastery equals freedom.
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  Control your mind and you control your life.
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  Control your mind and you control your life.
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  That sounds like such an easy thing, but
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  why is it people don't do it?
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  Oh, they get stuck in their ways.
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  They don't necessarily want to be someone who
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  is first.
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  They're afraid it might be different, right?
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  It might be different to what they're expecting,
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  okay?
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  And by being different, they don't know if
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  they're going to like it.
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  That's an important thing.
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  So we need to reflect a moment here,
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  guys.
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  Mastering your thoughts isn't about perfection, although a
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  lot of people out there think it is.
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  You don't have to have perfect thoughts.
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  It's about the awareness that you have and
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  the practice and the consistency for which you
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  have these thoughts.
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  They don't have to be perfect.
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  You're like, oh, I don't have perfect thoughts.
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  I don't care if you have perfect thoughts.
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  I care that you have consistent thoughts.
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  If you have consistent thoughts, that's the key.
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  Consistency breeds more competence.
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  Practice and consistency, they go together for competence.
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  Every thought that you choose to nurture, every
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  moment of focus that you have, builds momentum
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  toward your goals, not anybody else's, toward your
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  goals, okay?
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  That's an important thing to understand.
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  By observing, directing, and disciplining your mind, you
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  gain what we call clarity.
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  You reduce stress, and you create intentional outcomes.
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  Intentional outcomes, things that are aligned with your
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  core value and who you are as a
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  person.
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  No one should be telling you what your
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  core values are.
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  You need to figure out what they are.
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  Your core values are very similar to, let's
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  say, a company that might have a mission
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  statement, right?
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  A little bit different there, because the directors,
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  the company, they come together with, what should
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  our mission be?
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  You're just you, and you need to figure
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  out what you want to be.
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  Nobody needs to tell you what you want
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  to be.
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  You need to figure that out yourself.
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  Remember, ladies and gentlemen, freedom and direction, they
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  start inside.
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  They don't start outside the body.
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  They start inside the body.
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  The mind is the foundation of all action.
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  The mind is the foundation of all action.
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  And if you choose to be mastering it,
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  you know what you're going to do, guys?
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  You're going to master your life.
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  If you choose to master it, what's inside
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  you, you will master your life.
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  Now, again, I don't want you to be
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  discouraged and say, John, I've been doing this
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  for a while, and it's not working.
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  Well, people do it years, and it doesn't
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  work for them.
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  You probably need more practice.
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  The real reason it's not working for you
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  is you have not been intentional with your
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  thoughts.
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  Your core values might just be something you
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  got from somebody else, but they don't align
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  with who you are.
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  I invite, ladies and gentlemen, to please check
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  in short form and long form content to
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  guide your journey toward clarity, toward focus, and
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  of course, guys, toward intentional living.
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  So there's a difference, ladies and gentlemen, between
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  surviving and thriving.
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  Most people fight their entire life just to
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  survive.
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  But the key to life is to experience
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  joy, bliss, abundance.
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  And that only comes when we thrive.
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  And we can only thrive when we are
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  the person who we're meant to be, when
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  we live up to our core values.
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  Have a great one, everyone.
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  I'll catch you real soon.
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  Be well, everyone.