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Wayne Dyer - "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, the podcast
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  designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, and this podcast is brought to
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  you by the Great News Podcast. Tired of all the doom and gloom
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  app. And just to make it easy, I left
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  a link in the show notes. On that note, let's jump into
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  today's quote from Wayne Dyer, psychologist, author, and one of
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  the most influential teachers in personal development.
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  He once said if you change the way you look at things, the
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  things you look at change. Read that again.
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  Things you look at change. Not metaphorically.
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  They actually change. Dyer isn't saying you imagine
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  them differently. He's saying when you change your
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  perspective, reality itself transforms.
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  And here's how. Two people look at the same
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  situation. One sees an obstacle, the other
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  sees opportunity. Same situation, different
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  perspective. But now the situation is
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  different for each person because perspective determines
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  what you see, what actions you take, and what becomes possible.
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  The obstacle person sees barriers, so they stop.
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  So the situation stays an obstacle.
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  Their perspective is creating reality.
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  The opportunity person sees possibilities, so they explore,
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  so that situation becomes an opportunity.
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  Their perspective created that reality too.
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  It's the same situation, but because they looked at it
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  differently, it literally became something different.
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  And this isn't positive thinking.
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  This isn't quantum mechanics or some far out thing.
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  Your observation changes what you observe.
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  When you look at a challenge as something that will destroy you,
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  it becomes destructive. When you look at the same
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  challenge as something that will develop you, it becomes personal
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  growth. The challenge didn't change, but
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  your perspective changed it into something completely different.
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  I spent decades teaching this. You have more power than you
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  think. You can't always change what
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  happens, but you can always change how you look at it.
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  And when you change how you look at it, what you're looking at
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  transforms. New options appear, new paths
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  open, new possibilities emerge. Not because the situation
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  changed, but because your perspective changed what the
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  situation could be or what it means.
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  So here's the question. What are you looking at right
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  now that's making you stuck, frustrated or defeated?
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  What if you looked at it differently?
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  What if you changed your perspective?
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  Because the moment you do, the thing you're looking at will
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  change too. Not maybe, it's guaranteed.
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  That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.