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Finish Strong Friday: The Secret of Purposeful Power 5/7 · Dr. Derek H. Suite MD - The SuiteSpot

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: greetings and welcome back.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Welcome back, beautiful souls.
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: You're in the sweet spot again and, yes, this is finish strong friday.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: I'm your host, dr derrick sweet.
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: As you know, I'm a board-certified psychiatrist and my specialty is in sports psychiatry and high performance.
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: So today feels pretty special because we're bringing together everything we've discovered this week about our purposeful power discussion.
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  Speaker 1: You know Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of my favorite authors.
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: I know you know this by now.
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of my favorite authors, I know you know this by now.
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  Speaker 1: He wrote what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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  Speaker 1: I'll repeat what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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  Speaker 1: And after this week's journey on the Sweet Spot together, we know exactly what lies within us, that threefold power we've been cultivating all week.
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  Speaker 1: So, as we approach the end of our week together, I've been reflecting on another author that I love, john Maxwell, and his profound observation that the way we finish determines how well we start the next chapter.
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  Speaker 1: So this is great for Finish Strong Friday.
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  Speaker 1: It isn't just about ending well, it's about creating the momentum that we need to carry us forward.
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  Speaker 1: And momentum, my friend, is a kind of power.
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  Speaker 1: Think about how you've connected with your power.
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  Speaker 1: This week it took power.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care what you did, what you faced, it took power for you to get here, to finish Strong Friday, so that you and I can have this conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Think about that.
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  Speaker 1: Think about how you connected with your power, recognizing it, activating it, aligning with it and trusting it.
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  Speaker 1: You did all that.
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  Speaker 1: Now, on Finish Strong Friday, I want you to sustain it and get yourself over the finish line.
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: So let's talk about what happens in your brain when you maintain purposeful power.
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  Speaker 1: Over time, your neural pathways actually become more efficient, they become faster, they become like lightning.
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  Speaker 1: Scientists call this myelination.
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  Speaker 1: Myelin is this sheath, this thing that covers the nerves and the neurons, and it grows and it gets more powerful.
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  Speaker 1: Once we start thinking about power and we start doing the right, positive things, our networks increase the myelination in our neural pathways and guess what?
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  Speaker 1: Our brains become like superhighways and power really flows, and it flows abundantly.
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  Speaker 1: Today I'm feeling particularly literary, so I'm going to give you another literary quote.
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  Speaker 1: Voltaire, his beautiful quote, sums up what I'm thinking Perfect is the enemy of good.
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  Speaker 1: And why am I telling you that now?
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  Speaker 1: Because people who have power want to be perfect and they set themselves up to fail.
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  Speaker 1: Perfect is the enemy of good.
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  Speaker 1: You see, sustaining your power isn't about perfection, it's about being consistent, it's about being purposeful and it's about practice.
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  Speaker 1: You want to be good at something.
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  Speaker 1: Remember we said that your neural networks, the pathways, become better by walking that path, by practicing that path.
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  Speaker 1: Think of like a forest, and you want to create a path.
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  Speaker 1: You have to walk on that area over and over again and practice walking on it, and that's how you create the path.
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  Speaker 1: And so it is in life.
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  Speaker 1: So it is with anything you want, and I know it can be drudgery, but the scriptures tell us this right that let us not become wary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap the harvest if we just don't give up.
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  Speaker 1: So this is known even in the ancient scriptures.
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  Speaker 1: This beautiful truth aligns so perfectly with what neuroscience has been telling us that the more persistent we are, the more powerful our brains become.
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: Wow, as I said, I'm in a literal mood today.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in this literary mood.
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  Speaker 1: So Cicero gave us this gem when there's life, there's hope.
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  Speaker 1: But I'd like to add to what Cicero, the great philosopher, said.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to add this where there's power, there's possibility.
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  Speaker 1: Now I feel like I'm Robert Schiller.
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  Speaker 1: Remember him.
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  Speaker 1: From those of you who can remember Robert Schiller, I think it was the hour of power and he used to talk like that, but I really do mean it where there's power, there's possibility.
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  Speaker 1: And let's break down how to sustain this power.
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  Speaker 1: We've awakened all week.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked about the physical power.
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  Speaker 1: Remember that when you're using your physical power, you do have to rest as intensely as you work so you can recover.
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: And with mental power, you do want to align your thoughts and you do want to be reflective and you want to also challenge those thoughts from time to time and reimagine yourself and change your mind on things that you need to change your mind on so that you can have mental power and then, spiritually, you can transcend anything spiritually, because we know that once you connect to your deeper purpose, once you connect to the deep spirit within you, you have a power that can give you peace that transcends the understanding of the world.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what's going on, you're in your spiritual place and you won't be greatly moved.
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  Speaker 1: So this isn't about perfection, my friend.
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  Speaker 1: It's about progression.
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  Speaker 1: As Emerson and man, I'm really in the literary mood.
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  Speaker 1: As Emerson also reminded us, the only person you're destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to remember that today's Power Move is about creating your own three-step process, a process that helps you work on your physical, work on your mental and work on your spiritual.
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  Speaker 1: We've been talking about that all week long.
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  Speaker 1: Don't be indecisive, don't waffle.
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  Speaker 1: Know that you have a physical body and that you can breathe.
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  Speaker 1: You can always control your breath in most moments.
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  Speaker 1: Know that you have a mind and a brain and you can always rethink things or change your mind about things or see it from a different perspective.
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  Speaker 1: That's power, and then you can always go to the spirit.
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  Speaker 1: What's the bigger picture?
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  Speaker 1: What does this mean?
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  Speaker 1: What is the message here?
• 7:56
  Speaker 1: Something bad happened.
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  Speaker 1: What's the message for me?
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  Speaker 1: Why am I growing through this in this way and how am I growing right?
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  Speaker 1: That's possible.
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  Speaker 1: Growing through this in this way and how am I growing right?
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  Speaker 1: That's possible.
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  Speaker 1: So, my friends, so beautiful souls, as we wrap up this week, I want you to remember that finishing strong isn't about being at an end point.
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  Speaker 1: It's a launching pad.
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  Speaker 1: Tomorrow it's self-care Saturday, and then we have Slow Down Sunday as well, and we learned how rest amplifies power Until then.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Dr Derek Sweet.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for listening all week on this beautiful discussion we've been having on purposeful power.
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  Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Take care.