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- 0:31Howdy, this is Mia. Today I'm going to talk to you a little bit more about core values.
- 0:37One of the things I think we forget as we get older is that our core values
- 0:43do change a little bit, but the main parts of them don't.
- 0:46Core values are something that shows your morality, can be your ethics,
- 0:51your integrity, and it's your own personal power.
- 0:55Your core beliefs are things that you do when no one's watching.
- 0:58If you say your core belief is to be loyal,
- 1:02but then you go out to strip clubs or watch a bunch of porn or go flirt with
- 1:07a bunch of people or even just chat with other people online,
- 1:11if you're a man chatting with other women, if you're a woman chatting with other
- 1:15men, in inappropriate ways,
- 1:17then you are not following your core belief of being loyal.
- 1:21Core beliefs are unstoppable. It's something who you are no matter what.
- 1:26If you say you're loyal to someone, you're loyal to someone even when nobody's watching.
- 1:30If you say you're honest, you're honest even when it hurts.
- 1:35You're honest even when you have to tell somebody the hard truth.
- 1:38If a core belief of yours is that you don't steal, you don't steal when people
- 1:42aren't looking. If something happens, you return it.
- 1:45That's a core belief. Core beliefs are soul-shifting.
- 1:48It is truly part of who you are as a person. And if you can find someone that
- 1:53aligns with your core beliefs and be friends with those people.
- 1:57That maybe your partner or your spouse is similar, core beliefs are,
- 2:01I think, bigger than hobbies.
- 2:03I think people look for hobbies. They'll go find somebody that likes to play
- 2:06pickleball, but yet they don't find someone that's loyal. And oh my gosh,
- 2:10they got a pickleball partner that, well, there you go.
- 2:14They didn't have a similar core belief. Core beliefs are truly internal, and that is hard to find.
- 2:20I think there's a lot of different places you can go. You can do disk profiles
- 2:24to kind of find out what your core beliefs are and if you line with people.
- 2:27But it is different than anything else. It's more than just having a positive mindset.
- 2:34We're talking about morality. We're talking about integrity.
- 2:37We're talking about personal power.
- 2:39So it's from how you treat people and how you talk to yourself.
- 2:44People with strong core beliefs will be the same no matter when other people are around.
- 2:49So if you go to a restaurant by yourself and you're rude to a waiter,
- 2:53but yet when you're out there and you're out there with a person or you're on
- 2:56a date, you're super nice, you don't have a core belief of treating other people
- 2:59nicely or treating other people with respect.
- 3:02And so a core belief, you should be that way no matter what.
- 3:06It doesn't change when you're with different people. Your belief system determines
- 3:10who you're going to become.
- 3:11It's going to determine what kind of life you're going to lead.
- 3:14And this belief system is powerful.
- 3:16And no one can tell you what is a right and a wrong core belief. Now, society will.
- 3:20If you have a core belief that it's okay to steal from people,
- 3:23society will say, no, it's not, and put you in jail.
- 3:26If you find that it's a core belief that it's okay to hurt someone,
- 3:30society will disagree and put you in jail. So there are core beliefs that are
- 3:34influenced for sure by society, but there's core beliefs on our own that we can influence.
- 3:39One of the things I do love about church is that it helps create core beliefs
- 3:44and rules and boundaries for people that are in a very high moralistic way.
- 3:49Now, not everyone follows them, and I can't say just because you go to church
- 3:53you're going to be a moral and ethical person that's got integrity,
- 3:56etc., but it does give you a foundation.
- 3:59I wish church was involved in more people's lives and more children's lives and more adults' lives.
- 4:05But that's the way it is. But when you have good ethical behavior,
- 4:09it doesn't matter if you go to church. It will help strengthen your belief system,
- 4:13but the good people that have the core values that are strong,
- 4:16that are ethical, they radiate that.
- 4:18You can tell when someone has a core belief and is honest and is ethical and
- 4:24upholds that and is spiritual, even if they're not at church every Sunday.
- 4:28It transcends who they are.
- 4:30So there's a difference between achieving success and becoming someone that you're proud of?
- 4:36Because I think that in life, sometimes we think that, oh, I have a core belief
- 4:40that I'm going to be successful, but are you going to be proud of who you become
- 4:43in order to get that success?
- 4:44And some people will sell out their core beliefs on the road to success.
- 4:49They will sell out their soul, basically, and who they are in order to achieve who they want to become.
- 4:57And if you sell out yourself, if you sell out who you are now,
- 5:01You're going to not recognize yourself when the success actually happens.
- 5:05Core beliefs are invisible. So it's kind of a rule that you set for yourself.
- 5:09I've always said that if you're not a cheater, you never will be.
- 5:13So I was a person that didn't cheat at anything.
- 5:16I don't cheat at schoolwork. I don't cheat on my partners. I don't steal. I don't lie.
- 5:22That's a core belief for me. For some people, it's not. Some believe that it's
- 5:26okay to cheat. Some people don't understand the implications that cheating causes.
- 5:31And if they don't have that as a core belief, it's going to be okay for them.
- 5:34And then the people that have the core belief that cheating's not okay have
- 5:39issues reconciling why someone would do that or how someone could do that.
- 5:43Well, it just wasn't their core belief.
- 5:46And then some people have a core belief that health is the most important thing you can have.
- 5:51Whereas other people, their core belief is they want to spend Friday nights,
- 5:54Saturday nights, and Sunday nights sitting on the couch eating popcorn and watching
- 5:58TV because their core belief is to spend quality time with their family.
- 6:01And there's a disconnect there if you have a person that says,
- 6:05my core belief is I got to be working out every day and I don't want to sit my butt on a couch.
- 6:09Those are two different core beliefs. So just remember your core beliefs,
- 6:12if you want to have the right people around you, have the core beliefs aligned.
- 6:16Now, hobbies don't have to align, but your core beliefs should.
- 6:20They're going to shape your identity.
- 6:22They're going to shape your behavior. And honestly, you're going to have boundaries
- 6:26related to your core beliefs.
- 6:28Your habits are going to change, your emotional tone.
- 6:30But if you can find people with the same core beliefs to surround yourself with,
- 6:34you're going to be a much happier person. You may want to keep the right people
- 6:37around you because if you can find people with the same core beliefs,
- 6:40you will have less internal conflicts with those.
- 6:43I do believe that the people that are around you that you surround yourself
- 6:46with have to have similar core beliefs because that will impact you.
- 6:50It's the core root of your character. It's the compass of decision making.
- 6:55Everything comes from your core beliefs. You have beliefs that will guide you,
- 7:01your purpose, your thought process, your integrity, your drive.
- 7:04All that comes from core beliefs.
- 7:07Now, you can, if you change your core beliefs, you can change who you are.
- 7:11A lot of people will go into the prison system and they've done some bad things.
- 7:15And in prison, they'll get reformed and change their core beliefs and come out
- 7:20a different person. Someone could go into rehab and come out a different person,
- 7:24but they had to change a core belief.
- 7:26They had to go deep inside, heal deep inside, and change a core belief.
- 7:32Heck, you could have been cheating on your spouse and you come out reformed
- 7:35after you get burned really bad and you change your core beliefs.
- 7:39But you have to do a lot of work to change a core belief because it's so deep
- 7:43down inside you that it's tied to a lot of other beliefs.
- 7:47So the core belief, just remember, it's deep. It's in your soul.
- 7:51There are more moral and ethical core beliefs. And here's some of them.
- 7:54Just doing the right thing matters even when no one's watching. I said that earlier.
- 7:59I think taking full responsibility of your actions is just as important.
- 8:03But it is a core belief to take responsibility for your actions.
- 8:07If you're one of those people that projects and blames other people,
- 8:10it's not a good character.
- 8:13Blaming other people for your actions and your bad decisions means you're not emotionally mature.
- 8:19Honesty, being a foundation, is real power in life too. If you can be honest
- 8:24with yourself and if you can be honest with others, you're going to have real power in life.
- 8:28People like people that are honest and people like people that are vulnerable
- 8:32because people feel like they can trust them.
- 8:35If you say, I don't lie, cheat, or manipulate, you've got to do it when other
- 8:38people aren't watching as well.
- 8:40My word is my bond. My word is my oath. If I tell someone I'm going to be a
- 8:44certain way, that's how I'm going to be.
- 8:45If I tell someone I'm showing up on time, I'm showing up on time.
- 8:48Nothing's going to stop me.
- 8:50So just remember, if you can commit to being who you say you're going to be,
- 8:54you're going to be a much happier person as well. And here's the thing.
- 8:57If you start telling people you're going to show up on time and then every time
- 9:01you show up 15 minutes late, you're not just breaking a bond to them and your
- 9:05word to them. You're breaking it to yourself.
- 9:07And do you really want to disappoint yourself?
- 9:10You've got to look yourself in the mirror every single day, and some people
- 9:13can't. Some people, if they honestly, they go do mirror work and they stare
- 9:17at themselves, they're ashamed.
- 9:18Some people look at themselves and they don't want to look at,
- 9:20they don't like who's looking back.
- 9:22And if that's how you feel, maybe it's time to look at some of your core values,
- 9:26your core belief systems, and rework them.
- 9:29But I will tell you, it's going to take some work, because you're going to have
- 9:32to dive in deep as to why you've allowed things to become and take place in
- 9:36your life that you don't enjoy.
- 9:38Why you become who you don't want to be. Do you treat people with kindness?
- 9:43Is that your standard? Or do you yell at people on the highway if they cut you off?
- 9:47Do you treat staff like waiters and cleaning people and landscapers with kindness?
- 9:53Or are you yelling at them to get your way because you're a toddler that likes
- 9:57to throw a temper tantrum?
- 9:59Everyone's a person. Everyone deserves respect. So whether it's the janitor
- 10:04at the school or the mechanic or the grocery checkout person or the bag person
- 10:09that's bagging your groceries, treat people with respect.
- 10:12You don't know what they've gone through.
- 10:14You don't know what they're living through that day. But maybe you being nice
- 10:18and genuine and kind and caring can help them for that day.
- 10:22And if we all just remember that and treat each other with a little bit of respect,
- 10:26as a core value, can you imagine how happy and how good the world would be?
- 10:31I choose to see the best in people every day.
- 10:33I choose to see the best in situations. And when bad things happen,
- 10:37I still find the best in the situation and find a lesson in it. Negativity is a choice.
- 10:42Positivity is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose to live in joy.
- 10:46Every time I hear somebody saying to me that, realistically,
- 10:49you have to do this. No, I don't.
- 10:52Because I live in joy, and I live in positivity, and I live in possibility. I own my energy.
- 10:58I give love to everyone.
- 11:01Not everybody gives me love back, I will say, but I do give love and caring
- 11:05and consideration to everyone.
- 11:07Don't expect everyone to give it back, but maybe next time they'll be a little
- 11:11bit kinder to the next person they run into just because I gave them love too.
- 11:15I think we as women are all about giving love.
- 11:18I think we as women give more love than anyone.
- 11:21We have that power. It is powerful to be able to give love.
- 11:25I'm not saying go sacrifice your needs for others, but I'm saying there's a
- 11:29lot of things we can do just to help other people that doesn't take away from
- 11:34who we are and may add to who you are, may help fill up your cup.
- 11:38I'm the kind of woman that I'd want to look up to.
- 11:41I want to be that woman. I want to be the woman that my kids look up to.
- 11:45I want to be someone that my friends can look up to, and they can find joy in
- 11:50my joy and I can find joy in their joy and we can live happier and better because we know each other.
- 11:56We're only here for a little second on this planet.
- 11:59Life has gone so quickly. It's a speck of dust on a beach.
- 12:03But in reality, that speck of dust can make shine and sparkle and you can make
- 12:10it the best life possible.
- 12:11One that is really truly worth living so that you feel joy every day,
- 12:16and that your core values and your integrity.
- 12:19Can transcend generations. Remember Honest Abe? Everybody remembers Honest Abe
- 12:24because he was so truthful. Honesty is a blessing.
- 12:27When people talk about your honesty hundreds of years later, that's a true thing.
- 12:32Integrity will build trust in your relationships and business and love and community.
- 12:37Trust is currency, and that trust is so important.
- 12:41And you see it with people that have cheated, that have been recognized nationally for cheating.
- 12:46You see it in people that have stolen money, the Bernie Madoffs, they're never trusted.
- 12:52You know, and people, I mean, there's even congressmen getting in trouble for mortgage fraud.
- 12:57Once they've gone through that, I don't think the trust ever comes back.
- 13:00I mean, Bill Clinton is still the butt of most people's jokes,
- 13:03I guess pun intended on that.
- 13:05But yeah, him and his cigars, I mean, come on.
- 13:08There are people that you lose trust, you never get back. So keep your character,
- 13:12keep your morals. Your morals and your identity will shine through.
- 13:16Who do you really want to be? Do you want to be the person that nobody trusts,
- 13:19that nobody believes in?
- 13:20Or do you want to be the person that, you know what, they can always lean on
- 13:23you and they can always count on you because you have ethics,
- 13:26you have morals, and you have integrity.
- 13:27You're going to be the one grounded and centered that people know who you are.
- 13:32The fake people, I will tell you, they don't go far. They last.
- 13:35They might be a shining little star for a little bit and they fizzle out so quickly.
- 13:39But the ones that are true and honest, they're the ones that deliver.
- 13:43They're the ones that stick around.
- 13:45Ethical behavior will also protect your spirit. You never have to second guess.
- 13:49If you're not lying, you have no lies to cover up.
- 13:52People that lie, they don't even remember what they're lying about,
- 13:55and then they get caught in lies because they keep lying.
- 13:57People that steal, you know what, it comes back to get you.
- 14:00I swear, there is something with karma that will come back and get you.
- 14:04People that play dirty tricks, that cheat, that lie, that steal,
- 14:07it just all comes back to get them.
- 14:09Not that I wish karma on anyone, I truly don't, but in the reality,
- 14:13that's kind of like checks and balances of the universe.
- 14:16You know, you could have a short-term win, but long-term, you're going to suffer.
- 14:19It breaks your inner alignment. It breaks your soul.
- 14:23I think the positive characteristics that you have, the joy, it will radiate.
- 14:27People are going to be drawn to your presence because your energy is clean.
- 14:31Your energy is safe. Your energy is productive.
- 14:35Being a woman of character is true ultimate power too. It's truly stepping into
- 14:40your feminine, truly loving other people.
- 14:42It's a power move. I think it's sexy. I think sometimes it's rare with women.
- 14:46And I think women care too much about the fake plastic facelifts and big lips and Botox.
- 14:53And they don't realize that their sexiness and their true power is their character,
- 14:57who they are as a person. You know, we are unstoppable.
- 15:00It is rare to find a truly genuine person that is unstoppable.
- 15:03But if more women could be that way, we could change the world together.
- 15:07Because if you're truly who you are, if you're positive, if you bring love,
- 15:12if you bring caring, and if you're honest with people, even when it's uncomfortable.
- 15:15Because I will say sometimes honesty is very uncomfortable.
- 15:19But if you're honest with people, eventually it will come through and everybody
- 15:24will know that you always tell the truth and that's just who you are. You have integrity.
- 15:29And you're pure, and your love is pure, too. But don't compromise your values
- 15:34for others. I've seen that happen time and time again.
- 15:37People will mute themselves in order to stay in relationships,
- 15:39and the reality is if you have to mute yourself in a relationship,
- 15:42it's not the right relationship.
- 15:43Don't change your core values for other people. You may struggle to set boundaries,
- 15:48but those boundaries have to protect your core values.
- 15:51You have to have integrity. If you have friends that like to go and steal things,
- 15:55don't hang out with those friends. If they lie a lot, don't hang out with them.
- 15:59If they're partiers and one of your things is not to party, don't be going hanging
- 16:03out with them either. Find your group. Find your clan. Find your tribe.
- 16:07Find the people that you want to be with that match you. You're still going
- 16:10to need boundaries even then.
- 16:11Don't feel shame if you've tolerated stuff in the past, though.
- 16:15I had to learn this one. I put up with a lot of things that I probably shouldn't have in my past.
- 16:20I've allowed people to do things that go against all of my poor values.
- 16:23What I've realized is that I muted myself in order to not make waves,
- 16:28to create a peaceful atmosphere so that there was no conflict.
- 16:32I can't do that anymore. I won't do that anymore.
- 16:35The reality is that you don't feel shameful about what's happened because if
- 16:40you've done anything, you've learned a huge lesson about your core values and who you are as a person.
- 16:45So take that shame and turn it into a lesson.
- 16:48Take it and say, I'm not shamed of it, but I did learn a great deal from it and I've grown from it.
- 16:54Don't cycle in and out of guilt or regret on any of that, on any emotional drama.
- 17:00Take each thing that you have that happens that maybe didn't go the way you
- 17:03wanted to, just learn from it and take that in as a core value.
- 17:07If you keep attracting people that don't respect you, there's something you
- 17:11need to fix in your core values.
- 17:12If your outer life is too chaotic, then your inner beliefs are completely misaligned.
- 17:17Your core values are not functioning.
- 17:19If you have chaos in your finances, look on on
- 17:22your insides if you have chaos in your health look on your insides
- 17:25and start aligning things to work for you in a better
- 17:28way look into new ways to heal yourself look into new ways to make more money
- 17:32but do something that will help you realign you can do things to strengthen
- 17:37your belief system i think you need to redefine your standards when you level
- 17:41up in life and redefine standards that can help your strengthen your belief
- 17:44system what kind of woman do you want to be? What kind of man do you want to be?
- 17:48What values do you live by? I think sometimes journaling here will help as well.
- 17:52If you can write down what you want and who you want to be, even if you're not
- 17:56there yet, and redefine and recreate yourself into the person you want to be, an authentic person.
- 18:02Don't do it just to make money. Do it because this is who you truly want to
- 18:06be. And practice that moral discipline.
- 18:08It's moral discipline every single day.
- 18:11You've got to keep your word to yourself. You've got to keep your word to others.
- 18:15One of the things, you know, sometimes people set goals. They say,
- 18:18I want to make a million dollars in a year. Last year, they made $10,000.
- 18:21Now, I'm not saying it's not possible.
- 18:23But I want you to set a goal that you can hit and that you will hit so you can
- 18:29keep your word to yourself. So maybe you say, instead of, I want to make a million
- 18:32dollars in a year, why don't you say, I want to make $10,000 in a month?
- 18:37Then the next month, maybe you say, I'm going to double it. By the end of the
- 18:39year, you'll be at a million dollars or more. So try that.
- 18:43Make sure you can keep the word to yourself and hit every single thing you're
- 18:47going to do, because then you're keeping your word, not just to others,
- 18:50but to yourself. And don't gossip.
- 18:52One of the things I know is that people that sit around and talk about others,
- 18:55they don't go very far in life.
- 18:57If you want to really up your game, start talking about concepts,
- 19:00and then from concepts, start talking about ideas, and then take those ideas
- 19:04and turn them into plans and create things.
- 19:08You know, playing dirty and gossiping is such a waste of time as playing around
- 19:12on your phone or sitting around watching TV all day long.
- 19:16I mean, how are you succeeding with that? But if that's your core value,
- 19:20that's your choice. gratitude and optimism, grace, joy, all of these things,
- 19:25they give us such a passion for life.
- 19:27Train your brain to go after the light instead of the dark.
- 19:31Train your brain to follow the positive path, and it will lead you out of any
- 19:36darkness that you're in.
- 19:37I think we need to rewire our limiting beliefs as well. I had a podcast about
- 19:41limiting beliefs, and rewiring limiting beliefs is important.
- 19:44So surround yourself with people of character, people with similar core values.
- 19:48I think, as I wrap this up, I think that's one of the most important things.
- 19:52Because the people around you, if you can surround yourself,
- 19:56whether it's your spouse or your partner or your friends,
- 20:01family, or even your children should have similar core beliefs to you,
- 20:04the people you surround yourself will take you higher or they can pull you back down.
- 20:09Solid core beliefs that are moral and ethical with integrity, they will take you up.
- 20:13Whereas ones that are victimhood and complaining and negative,
- 20:17they will bring you down. And it's your choice.
- 20:19You get to choose who you surround yourself. I'm a woman of grace.
- 20:23I have a lot of grit, and I want to be great. I walk in integrity.
- 20:27I choose light. I speak truth. I give people so much love, and I love well.
- 20:34I'm proud of who I'm becoming. I'm proud of other people around me,
- 20:37and I truly feel like my purpose is to love people and care for people.
- 20:42That's who I am. I do things that I'm passionate about. I try to avoid things
- 20:46that I'm not passionate about.
- 20:47But it's up to you. We all have limited time on this planet.
- 20:51Do you want to make your time beautiful or do you want to make your time negative?
- 20:55It's your choice. Beliefs are rooted in truth and love. And some people love negativity.
- 21:00Life reflects in every room you walk in, your goals, your relationships, your energy.
- 21:05It all begins with you. So believe in who you are. I think if you can love yourself.
- 21:09If you can find core values that strengthen, yes, who you are as you level up,
- 21:14as you grow into the person you want to be, you will find and attract the right person for you.
- 21:19You will find and attract the right job for you.
- 21:22You will grow into the healthy body that you've always wanted to have.
- 21:25And your children will grow with you if you have children still.
- 21:29So why don't we, instead of focusing on other people, instead of gossiping about politics,
- 21:34instead of constantly complaining about the weather or things that are going
- 21:38wrong in our lives, we go back, we look at our core values, we level up,
- 21:41we turn ourselves into the best version we are, and then we bring everyone that
- 21:45we know and love around with us.
- 21:47And if they don't want to come, that's okay, you can let them go.
- 21:49But the ones that come with you, I hope you enjoy the ride.
- 21:52This is Diva Mia. Have a wonderful day.
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