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Full focus integration state (S5) S21:E7 · Inspirations for Your Life

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So welcome, everyone, to Inspirations for Your Life,
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Welcome.
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It is so great to have you here.
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I'm John C.
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Morley, a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
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producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student,
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passionate lifelong learner, and now very grateful to
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be a published author.
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And it's my privilege and pleasure to welcome
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all of you here with me today.
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And we're talking about today's final episode for
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the conclusion is How Focus Shapes Daily Performance.
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Yes.
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And so that, ladies and gentlemen, if you
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didn't know, that is our main, basically that
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is our main topic, if you will, for
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the week of rounding out.
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But our granular topic is something important, and
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that is full focus integration state.
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Do you know what that is?
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Very, very key and very, very important to
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know what that is, okay?
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So this episode of Inspirations for Your Life
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explores the final stage of attention development, where
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focus is no longer something you actively manage,
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but something that becomes fully integrated into how
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you operate.
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At this level, folks, execution, decision-making, and
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workflow begin to function as one unified unit
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system rather than separate mental tasks.
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The result is more of a stable ecosystem,
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natural and consistent form of performance that no
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longer depends on constant correction or even effort
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spikes, which we've all heard about before.
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So, yeah, that's what's going on.
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And I think it's important to understand that.
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So today, we're closing the loop, guys, on
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a full week of focus exploration.
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Yeah.
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We're not talking about improving attention anymore.
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Nope.
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We're talking about integrating it because there comes
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a point in time where focus stops being
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something you apply and becomes something you are
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operating inside of.
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I think that's a very important thing to
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know.
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This, ladies and gentlemen, is where performance stabilizes
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at its highest natural level.
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So are you ready, guys?
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Let's go ahead and break this all down
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and get right into the meat of the
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show.
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All right, guys.
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So number one is focus becomes embedded into
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natural behavior patterns.
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It no longer requires conscious activation like many
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of you thought about in the past or
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waiting for it to do something in the
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past.
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It just kind of takes over.
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So I think that's a very important thing
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to actually understand.
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It no longer requires conscious activation.
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Number two, guys, attention stabilizes as a default
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operating condition.
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And you no longer need to reset it
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repeatedly.
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I think that's an important thing because when
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you have to repeat something and reset it,
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you're probably going to eventually forget.
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And then you're going to wonder why it's
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not working the way you want because, well,
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you didn't reset it.
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Number three, execution becomes rhythm-based rather than
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an effort-based system.
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Work begins to flow in steady cycles.
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Decision-making shortens due to reduced internal conflict.
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Less hesitation leads to faster clarity.
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Workflow becomes self-organizing through repetition.
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Structure emerges without forcing control.
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And I think that's another big one, guys,
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is so many people I know, they force
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control.
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And then they wonder why it's not going
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where they want it to be.
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I think that's a very important thing to
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actually understand, is that it's not going where
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they want it to be.
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Number six, guys, cognitive friction decreases during transitions.
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Moving between tasks becomes smoother and easier.
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Number seven, output becomes more consistent across different
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conditions.
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Performance no longer fluctuates heavily.
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It just sort of like is there, goes
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up a little, goes down, but its fluctuations
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are very minor.
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Number eight, guys, mental processing becomes less reactive
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and more structured.
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Thought patterns stabilize over time.
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And I think we've said this before.
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When we have consistency and when we have
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structure, we will go far, all right?
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But sometimes people get stuck in that loop.
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They're like, oh my gosh, I don't know
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what I'm going to do.
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And I think that's a very important thing
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to understand, is that structure is absolutely the
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key.
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And so is consistency.
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If you think that you're going to get
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somewhere without structure, without being consistent, you're not.
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You're just going to get into a world
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of delusion, illusions, right?
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I think that's an important thing.
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Many people don't want to admit that they're
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in a delusion or they're in some type
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of an illusion.
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And I think that might be hard for
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some people because maybe you're seeing something, but
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that perception is changing what's really there.
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I think that's an important one, guys, because
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our perception changes our reality.
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Number nine, attention holds longer without conscious correction.
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Focus becomes naturally sustained, but this does not
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happen, guys, overnight.
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And I said this to you guys before.
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It doesn't happen overnight.
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And the reason I say it doesn't happen
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overnight is because it's about you.
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It's about where you are in life.
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And I think that's a very important thing
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to realize, is that it's about where you
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are in life at this given moment, not
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where you're going to be later, not where
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you were yesterday, but where you are in
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life at this exact given moment and time.
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Yeah, that's key.
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Number 10, energy usage becomes more balanced throughout
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the day.
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There are, let's say, less sharp peaks and
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drops.
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So that's always good because now you can
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have that ebb.
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You can have that flow, not have those
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jagged edges.
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Maybe there might be one or two or
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a minor one, but it won't be like
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it was before.
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And I think when we have interruptions like
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we talked about before, we get distracted, but
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we not only lose focus, our motivation wanes
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because our confidence goes down.
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Number 11, guys, task switching loses its disruptive
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effect.
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Transitions no longer break momentum when we are
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in the zone.
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And getting in the zone is about a
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state.
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It's about a feeling that all of us
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maybe come to be around.
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It's about that kind of a condition, okay?
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I think that's important to know.
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I think it's important to know that it's
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truth.
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It's truth.
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Truth is the reality.
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But your truth does not happen overnight.
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And when you don't get where you want
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to be overnight, like, oh my gosh, it's
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never going to work.
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No, it's not never going to work.
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It's just not going to happen overnight.
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That's the truth, guys.
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Not going to happen overnight.
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When you're in the zone, you're not disruptive,
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okay?
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Things can come to try to take you
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off your path.
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But when you're centered and when you're grounded,
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it's like it quickly fades and you go
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right back to what you're doing.
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Almost as if it was a blip.
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But that happens when we're grounded and when
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we are centered in ourselves.
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Number 12, guys.
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Execution feels continuous rather than segmented.
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Segmentation is about different parts, right?
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But it's about who you are.
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And who you are is something that I
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think most people don't realize.
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They don't realize that you can be who
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you want to be if, if, if, you
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actually do the right things, okay?
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When you do the right things, you become
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part of an ecosystem that literally changes every
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single time.
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And you grow and you become better with
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who you are right now.
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I think that's a, I think that's a
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whirlwind.
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You know, sometimes when we have the floor
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taken beneath us, like, oh my gosh, what
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am I going to do?
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How am I going to react?
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Instead of that, think about what can I
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learn from this experience?
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What can I do better next time?
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What can I avoid?
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What can I do to get back on
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the track that I once was on?
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And I think anytime somebody gets interrupted or
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disrupted from something like, oh my gosh, what
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the heck am I going to do, right?
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What the heck am I going to do?
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That's important, guys.
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That is very, very important.
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Important to know, important to understand, right?
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That's the key here.
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Number 12, guys, execution feels continuous rather than
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segmented.
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Because as I said before, when something is
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segmented, it's like disjointed.
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It's like it starts, it stops.
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It starts, it stops.
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And there's not a continuous connection.
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If you ever think of, let's say, an
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example I can give you is a gutter,
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okay?
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So gutters, for a long time, they would
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have to seam them together, the soffits.
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Well, now they have something that they do
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seamless gutters.
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And seamless is a lot better for the
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leaves and for the water.
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So this way, there's nothing to get stuck
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from any kind of abrasions or any bumps
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or any levels.
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So that's important.
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So execution feels continuous rather than segmented.
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And your workflow flows as a connected process,
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not as a disjointed set of tasks.
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So when we realize that what's in our
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life is connected to us and the world
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around us, it's like an epiphany happens inside
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of us.
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We get the insight to go where we
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want to be.
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We get that thought of inspiration that says,
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you know what?
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We need to do this instead.
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That's what we need to do.
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But if you're going to look for the
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answers all at once, they are not going
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to come all at once.
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Let's just be pretty honest about that.
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When you can understand that they won't come
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all at once, you'll be like, all right,
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I get it now.
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I get how this works.
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Number 13, guys, mental clarity remains stable under
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varied conditions.
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External pressure has less impact now.
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But you see, it's like, think of it
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like this.
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You know, if you have a pump, right?
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Swimming pool is the best example.
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And sometimes if the water, let's say the
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pool, for example, is at a different level.
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So if the pool is higher than the
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pump, the water is going to flow down
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from gravity.
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If the pool is lower and the pump
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is higher, well, then the water is not
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going to flow up to the pump so
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easily.
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So you've got to make sure the pump
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is primed or there's going to be no
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water in the basket.
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If there's no water in the basket, it's
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going to be like, and eventually you could
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burn the pump out.
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So that's what we call priming the pump.
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And even when there is gravity feed, you
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still might need to prime the pump because
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there isn't any suction there.
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The water does that.
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So priming a pump in the literal sense
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is very similar to us priming our own
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pump, to us becoming grounded, to us becoming
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aware, here we are, aware of our current
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situation.
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And when we are grounded, guys, life seems
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to have a natural flow.
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A natural flow that many people didn't even
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know existed.
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Number 14, productivity becomes less dependent on motivation
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cycles.
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Okay.
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Always says, oh, you got to get motivated,
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John.
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So motivation only lasts for a certain period
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of time.
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If you lose that, then it's like, well,
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what do I do now?
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Motivation is not what keeps you going.
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The discipline is what keeps you going.
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Motivation can get the pump primed, but it
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won't keep you going.
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Won't keep the engines running.
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It might get it started, but it won't
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keep it going.
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Number 15, focus no longer competes with distractions
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internally.
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So when we have distractions outside, that's one
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thing.
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But when there's distraction inside our body, it's
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a lot harder to dismiss them because they're
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inside us.
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And they're part of us.
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Competing thoughts weaken the influence.
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And when the influence gets weakened, we're like,
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oh, where's my confidence?
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My belief just kind of tanks.
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A lot of people do that because they
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see other people around them doing that.
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So what do they do?
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They copy them.
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Number 16, work becomes easier to structure mentally.
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Organization happens as part of thinking.
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Part of thinking.
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Attention no longer fragments easily under loads.
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Cognitive scattering is now reduced.
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When we decrease the amount of load on
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our brain, our brain can function more efficiently.
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It can use less energy.
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Our body does use energy, okay?
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And so when we learn how to do
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that, we become less stressed.
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We become more in line with synchronicities, which
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don't just happen for any reason.
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They're linked to us and what we're creating.
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Cognitive scattering becomes reduced and may eventually become
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eliminated because now we are grounded.
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Now we are paying attention to something.
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The thoughts are not diverting to something else.
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All right?
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How many times have you taken a test
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maybe when you're younger or maybe still in
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school like myself and you take the test
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and you're wondering what Jimmy or Bobby are
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doing or you're wondering what you're going to
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be doing after the test.
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Like you're going to go over somebody's house
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or you're going to go play or something
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like that.
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I remember that.
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And then it's like we have to get
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through the test first.
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And once the test is over, then we
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can go play.
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But the test has to come first.
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But sometimes doing that test is like your
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mind's like, okay, I got to get my
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mind back on track.
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And when I get it back on track,
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I keep it there.
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I can always go play.
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But this test is today.
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This test isn't coming again.
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I need to do well in this class.
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This is my midterm.
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This is my final.
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I need to focus.
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Number 18, guys.
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Performance becomes predictable regardless of the environment.
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When we're able to know our performance can
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be at a certain level, that's giving ourselves
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control.
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That's allowing us to manage the inputs to
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control the outputs.
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If you're doing something and you're working with
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a machine and you're putting too much in,
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let's say you're putting in papers to get
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folded.
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If you put too many in, what's going
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to happen?
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The machine's going to get stuck.
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It's going to jam.
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Same thing happens with a shredder, right?
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You put too many in, it gets stuck.
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Then you have to either take it apart
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or the better one, you push the reverse
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button and it goes and reverses out.
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Number 19, guys.
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Thinking and action become closely aligned.
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They actually converge together.
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And delay between the thought and the execution
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suddenly reduces.
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And you don't know why, but all you
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know is you feel better.
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You feel more in control.
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You feel less stressed.
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You feel more empowered.
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Number 20, guys.
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Mental resistance during task becomes minimal.
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Friction is reduced significantly.
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And when friction is reduced significantly, we're going
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with the ebbs and the flows.
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We're using less energy.
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Number 21, attention self-corrects when drift begins.
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Recovery becomes automatic, guys.
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It becomes automatic.
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It's an inborn behavior that we learn in
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our life.
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We're not born with it.
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When I say inborn, it's the fact that
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our body has learned how to process this
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autonomously.
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So we learn a lot of different patterns
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in life.
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And we learn how to respond to certain
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patterns based on our previous experience and our
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new experiences.
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So that one, we stay safe.
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And two, we're able to manage the situation.
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And three, we're able to master it and
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become more efficient.
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Number 22, guys.
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Workflow transitions happen without disruption.
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When you go from one stage of a
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production line to another, there's always going to
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be some type of a tobacco or a
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delay.
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But what if you could move from one
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to the other and the delay would be
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very minor or non-existent?
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That'd be amazing.
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And you can do it if you become
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in alignment.
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Alignment with what?
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Alignment with your core values.
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So it means you've got to have good
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core values, the core values align, and then
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you could become grounded.
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Momentum, guys, is preserved naturally.
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It happens because of your state, because of
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your mind, because of your organization.
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It's like, oh, I get this now.
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It makes sense.
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And then you're able to move forward from
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there.
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Number 23, guys.
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Execution becomes less dependent on conscious effort.
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Actions feel more automatic.
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And when they're automatic, does that mean that
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they're right?
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Not always.
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So we have to check ourselves and make
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sure the actions are really autonomously helping us.
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People think just because things are happening without
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thought, it means they're right.
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It doesn't.
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So we have to be accountable and know
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that what we're doing is actually benefiting our
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ROI, benefiting our greater good or the greater
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good of all concerned as well.
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Number 24, guys.
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Cognitive load decreases during sustained work periods.
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When we understand something and we're in a
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work period and we know what to do,
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our stress levels go down.
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Our efficiency levels go up.
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Our energy burn goes down.
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Our relatability goes up.
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Our confidence level goes up.
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The mental strain is reduced.
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And I think when we learn how to
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reduce mental strain, that's almost a home run,
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if it isn't a home run.
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Number 25, guys.
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Output reflects internal system stability.
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Rather than emotional state, which a lot of
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people rely on as an emotional state, but
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we have to look at the output and
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notice that the results can become consistent.
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Not that they may be, they will become
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consistent if you're aligned with your core values.
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And your core values incorporate the fact that
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they're only being done for the greater good
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of all concerned.
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Number 26, guys.
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Focus no longer requires intentional maintenance.
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It becomes part of our baseline behavior.
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Think of it like a computer.
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It becomes part of our post, power on
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self-test.
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It becomes part of our environment.
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And when that happens, it's like, hey, you
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know what?
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This isn't so bad.
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This was easy.
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I don't wanna say the words easy to
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you, but I wanna say that it'll be
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easier.
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Easier, easier.
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Number 27, guys.
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Task completion becomes more predictable and reliable.
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When that happens, stress goes down.
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When that happens, ROI goes up.
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When that happens, leadership potential starts to grow.
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And work, ladies and gentlemen, finishes with less
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variations.
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In other words, work finishes with consistency.
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With consistency, not unpredictability.
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Number 28, guys.
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Performance remains steady under changing conditions.
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External variables have reduced impact.
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So when we have different inputs or different
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configurations, we can still use those and manage
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successful output.
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That's key, guys.
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It's very, very key to understand that.
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Number 29, guys.
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Attention, execution, and workflow begin operating as one
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coherent system.
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When we have learned skills, we're younger.
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And we still do this today.
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You might say, Chi, how does timestables help
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us?
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How does color help us?
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They're all part of our baseline system that
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allows us to grow, that allows us to
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learn.
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This is why we start with basic education.
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Because we have to prime our pump, right,
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with things we can link to easily.
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And as we get older, there's more stuff
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that we can latch onto.
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Therefore, we become more knowledgeable because we can
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attach more complicated things to things we already
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know.
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Separation between them, guys, virtually disappears.
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And some people think it's magic, but it's
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not.
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It's true synergy.
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Number 30, guys.
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Full integration is achieved when focus becomes your
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identity, not an effort.
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Identity happens when you're in alignment with your
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core values.
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That blows my mind.
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So the key is not working harder, not
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doing more.
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It's working smarter.
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But smarter means making the choices that flow
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with your core values.
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Not just today, not just tomorrow, but every
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single day of your life.
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At this point, guys, performance stabilizes at its
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natural peak.
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Natural peak.
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In closing, guys, I want to say that
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so the final insight is very simple.
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Okay?
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You are not trying to control focus anymore.
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Let me say that again.
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You are not trying to control focus anymore.
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No more.
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You are, however, now operating as someone whose
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systems already includes it as part of its
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baseline, as part of its initial software load.
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That is where performance stops fluctuating.
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That, ladies and gentlemen, is where execution becomes
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a natural flow like nature.
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That, ladies and gentlemen, is where stability becomes
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permanent.
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And when we align with those things and
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we start to see, wow, this is happening,
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you'll feel like you're putting no effort in.
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Because everything is just flowing with the universe
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and that's aligned with you.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur.
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This has been Inspirations for Your Life.
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I thank you so much for being here
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and choosing to be part of this great
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show and all my great content at BelieveMeAchieve
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.com.
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And we'll catch you real soon.
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Have a great night, everyone.