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Season 4 - Episode 82 - We are surrounded by contrast · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

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  Hey everybody, welcome to the good morning from the Chicken
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  Coop podcast. My name is Kim Johnson and I am
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  a mastermindset, coach, creative strategist, and also happen to
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  be a farmer. This is my chicken coop and I
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  come out here every day to record a podcast to teach
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  distinctions, possibilities, new ways of thinking, and just bring
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  some joy into the world. So welcome to the coop and let's
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  start your day off in a fantastic way.
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  Hey everybody, good morning. OK, so today we are talking
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  about contrast and the power of contrast.
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  And this is, this is very, very much something that's built into
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  our everyday existence and coexistence with each other and
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  the world. So I'm going to use a story from
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  here just because it's the best way to tell you about it.
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  Yesterday, my son, I've, I've spoken about it on here.
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  He was rebuilding a motorcycle and I've been so proud of him
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  for redoing it. Well, something happened and the
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  engine on it seized up somehow and he was so upset.
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  Now this engine was not overly expensive.
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  It was like $100 and he could go get a new one at any point in
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  time. But he was so overwhelmingly
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  upset that his project went sideways and it it it actually
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  didn't go sideways because it was days like he got it running,
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  he was using it, he was having fun with it.
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  And then something happened and it seized up and no one could
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  get clarity on what happened. So yesterday he was overwhelmed
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  with the frustration that comes when you don't know something.
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  It's just there. But the contrast of having the
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  new bike and seeing how great it was compared to not having the
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  bike was he he was just getting more and more angry about it.
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  So I stopped him and I sat him down and I said, listen, did you
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  enjoy the bike while you had it? Yes, I did and that's why I'm so
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  upset. I said I understand, but that
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  that you have to think about this differently.
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  You have to change your approach with this right now.
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  So you were upset that the old bike, the beat up bike that you
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  bought didn't work? Well, yes.
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  OK, so then you decided you were going to rebuild that bike from
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  top to bottom, paint, chain brakes, the whole thing, new
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  engine. Yes.
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  OK. And did you achieve that goal?
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  Yes. So see, what I'm doing in this
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  process with him is I'm building the contrast from what was the
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  crappy bike to what he had. So he's like, OK, yes, but I
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  ruined it. I said, well, one, you don't
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  know that you ruined it. Sometimes things just happen.
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  And what if it had nothing to do with you?
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  What if it was a mechanical malfunction that was deep within
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  the engine that you had nothing to do with?
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  Essentially the only thing you had to do with it was run the
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  bike. And this was it, right?
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  That and it happened. So he stops and he looks at me
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  and he says, what's your point? And I said the point is the
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  contrast of having that brand new bike set up, the way you
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  built it, the way you wanted it has taught you something.
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  And you have to use that contrast and say, I now like
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  that bike and I can rebuild that.
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  Seeing the contrast helps you move to the next place.
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  It's like when you go to a very nice restaurant and you have
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  really fancy food and it contrasts to the food that you
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  eat every day. You're like, wow, I love that.
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  And, and listen, this shows up everywhere.
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  We don't recognize how much contrast shows up everywhere in
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  our life. If I buy flowers from the
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  supplier instead of the grocery store, guess what?
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  Those flowers last a longer time.
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  So I can look at it and I can say, oh, look at that contrast.
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  That's very big. And I can, I can say the
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  difference is immense. And I want that.
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  I want, I want to be able to see the contrast.
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  It's like picking towels. We've all done that.
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  You tuck touch sheets, touch blankets.
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  You're like, oh, I don't like the feel of that.
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  Well, how are you determining this is because of contrast?
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  You're seeing something that doesn't work compared to
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  something that does work. So back to the engine.
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  So I said to him, you know, here's the solution.
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  It's a very simple solution. You just get another engine.
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  And he was like, well, I don't know if I broke it, so I can't
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  even return it. I said no.
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  You go back and tell them you don't know what happened and
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  see, you see what happens. So make a Long story short.
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  We went last night and we returned the engine.
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  He removed it from the bike. He returned it and they deemed
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  it wasn't his fault. And so he's learned.
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  Now he says I have to start all over again.
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  And I said yes. And what did you learn the first
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  time that can help you this time?
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  And so he started to get it and he was like, well, OK, this time
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  I'll do this and this time I'll do this.
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  And I said, and what taught you that?
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  And he said contrast. And I said exactly.
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  So when you see it, you can contrast and pair.
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  You can see where you did something one way and you want
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  to change it and do it another way.
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  I can't stress enough how much contrast shows up in our world
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  every day. We just don't know it.
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  We have our favorite coffee shop.
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  Well, how did we get a favorite coffee shop?
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  Because we went to a crappy coffee shop and we were like,
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  I'm not going back there again. Or we have our favorite barista
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  and when we see the one that we don't like at the counter
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  because their coffee isn't as good, we're like, no, not them.
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  I mean, we do this constantly. So what's important is to
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  remember we live in a world of contrast.
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  It's around us all the time. It's in the news, it's
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  everywhere. You can tap into it in a
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  moment's notice. I'm in the garage this morning
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  very early, and I'm looking at all the tomatoes and I'm looking
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  at how much more they grew this year with these grow lights than
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  with the other grow lights. What is that falling under
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  contrast? Everything.
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  Everything does. So just remember, ask the right
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  questions. This is contrast.
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  First, make a statement. This is contrast.
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  So what was it or what did what happened and where did I want it
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  to go? Base it on those things that you
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  can take into your observation. And then say, oh, OK, the
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  contrast of this, I can see it. I got it.
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  All right, my friends, I hope you have a blessed day and I
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  will see you all tomorrow. Bye.