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PSALM 23 & Me: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living 3 · Dr. Derek H. Suite MD - The SuiteSpot

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Welcome back, beautiful souls.
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  Speaker 1: This is the sweet spot and you made it to win it all Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Here, on the sweet spot, we synthesize science and soul for your high performance life.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Dr Derek Sweet.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a boardified psychiatrist, specializing in sports and performance, but really I just love helping people.
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  Speaker 1: I just love helping people live their best life ever, living a life you love, whether that's in the game, in business or in life.
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  Speaker 1: Ancient wisdom has some of the most powerful insights we can apply today, and Psalm 23, which we've been sort of tackling all week, is one of the greatest.
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  Speaker 1: It's a divine message, a divine text message, we've said, meant to help us cope, perform and handle the stresses we feel today.
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  Speaker 1: That's what makes this ancient wisdom stuff so incredible that it has direct application right now.
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  Speaker 1: How powerful is that?
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  Speaker 1: Wow, wow, wow.
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  Speaker 1: So this week we're diving into this ancient wisdom, specifically Psalm 23, and we've been uncovering how it directly speaks to the challenges we face.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday, we talked about trusting the path instead of forcing things when we were making moves.
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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday, take Action.
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday we learned that fear only wins when we stop taking actions, when we stop moving.
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  Speaker 1: So the key is to keep walking through, whatever the challenges come our way.
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  Speaker 1: Remember, we talked on Monday about being led to the still waters and on Tuesday walking through the valley of the shadow, whatever it is.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the thing on Wednesday, all Wednesday, trust and movement are powerful, absolutely, but they're not enough on their own.
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  Speaker 1: If we want to win, if we want to sustain that momentum, we need structure, we need stability, we need something of a frame that can keep us on the right path, that holds us up when the pressure hits and that brings us to today's insight from Psalm 23.
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  Speaker 1: As David put it thy rod and thy staff.
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  Speaker 1: They comfort me.
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  Speaker 1: I have to be honest with you.
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  Speaker 1: When I first read this, I had no idea that it would be referring to something around living a disciplined life.
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  Speaker 1: Let's break it down A rod and staff weren't just walking sticks.
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  Speaker 1: They were the tools the shepherd used for protection and guidance.
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  Speaker 1: The rod was used to fight off danger, to defend, and the staff it was used to keep the sheep on the right track, to guide them, with a little nudge here and there.
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  Speaker 1: Together, this rod and staff, they provided both the strength and the direction that's needed.
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  Speaker 1: And the direction that's needed.
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  Speaker 1: And here's where it gets great and super interesting to me.
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  Speaker 1: We often think of discipline, structure or boundaries as restrictions, as things that hold us back, but in reality they are what protects us.
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  Speaker 1: They protect us, they're what really kind of allow us to focus, to perform and to move forward without constantly having to worry about what's outside, what other threats are coming in, because you're inside this structure and guess what your brain operates.
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  Speaker 1: The same way, and guess what your brain operates the same way.
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  Speaker 1: If Monday was about trust and Tuesday right, take Action, tuesday was about movement.
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  Speaker 1: Today is about control, not in the sense of gripping too tightly or holding on, but in the sense of having a stable system that supports your brain performance, that supports your action, that helps you to win.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a particular part of the brain I'm going to say it out loud, it's a weird phrase called the basal ganglia.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of the most underrated parts of the brain.
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  Speaker 1: You know we're always talking about the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala right, the CF, the CEO and the fear center.
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  Speaker 1: We always talk about those two.
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  Speaker 1: But this basal ganglia all right, it's the part of the brain that's like an internal playbook.
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  Speaker 1: It controls habit formation, pattern recognition and motor control.
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  Speaker 1: It's very important.
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  Speaker 1: It's the part of the brain that allows elite athletes, for example, to move effortlessly, it allows musicians to play without thinking and it allows high performers, intense CEOs, for example, to stay locked in under pressure.
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  Speaker 1: So this basal ganglia is essentially the key to your discipline and your habits.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the thing your basal ganglia learns from what you do repeatedly, and if you live in chaos, if you live in a reactive state, impulsively only responding and reacting to things, it learns to create systems that are chaotic.
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  Speaker 1: But if you create discipline systems, daily systems, routines, like many athletes and high performers do, it locks those things into your basal ganglia and makes it automatic for this part of your brain to expect this and to reinforce it.
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  Speaker 1: That's why structure isn't restriction, it's not.
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  Speaker 1: It may feel like it, but it's not.
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  Speaker 1: Structure is actually, is actually freedom, it's actually power.
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  Speaker 1: So this rod and staff from Psalm 23, that's your structure.
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  Speaker 1: They aren't holding you back, they're setting you up to win.
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  Speaker 1: When the shepherd used that rod and staff, he was protecting the sheep and he was guiding them and he was keeping the structure around them so that they could keep moving in the direction that they had to go.
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  Speaker 1: So here's my question to you what do you need?
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  Speaker 1: Where do you need some more structure?
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  Speaker 1: What do you need?
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  Speaker 1: What rod and staff do you need in your life?
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  Speaker 1: Where is there a need for the rod and staff?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's your morning routine that you need to tweak.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's how you prepare for the big moment in your career.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's your training schedule, your recovery plan, or even just setting boundaries with other people or your time.
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  Speaker 1: The rod and staff.
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  Speaker 1: They will comfort you.
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  Speaker 1: Ultimately, that's what it says in the psalm Thy rod and staff.
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  Speaker 1: They will comfort you.
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  Speaker 1: Ultimately, that's what it says in the psalm Thy rod and staff.
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  Speaker 1: They comfort me.
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  Speaker 1: So, whatever it is, remember this structure creates strength.
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  Speaker 1: The more you build right habits, the more your brain looks and locks them in and the less effort it will take for you to perform at your highest level.
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  Speaker 1: It's the routines that your basal ganglia, that part of your brain that loves routine and habit.
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  Speaker 1: It will help you perform effortlessly.
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  Speaker 1: So, do you want to win?
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  Speaker 1: Don't just rely on talent.
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  Speaker 1: Do you want to win?
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  Speaker 1: Don't just rely on motivation.
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  Speaker 1: Build a foundation that supports your success with good habits, with discipline, with a rod and staff that guides you and disciplines you and keeps you in the structure.
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  Speaker 1: Let that foundation structure carry you.
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  Speaker 1: It's the secret to winning, not all this extra fancy stuff.
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  Speaker 1: David, king David in the ancients knew that.
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  Speaker 1: So let's lock this in with an affirmation, say this with me, or just let it settle into your heart and mind I build habits that create strength.
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  Speaker 1: My structure is not a limitation, it's my power.
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  Speaker 1: I win because I prepare, I trust and I take action.
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  Speaker 1: I'll say that again I build habits that create strength.
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  Speaker 1: My structure is not a limitation, it's my power.
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  Speaker 1: I win because I prepare, I trust and I take action.
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  Speaker 1: So you see, my friends, winning isn't just about talent.
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  Speaker 1: It's about having a system, a structure, a framework, a rod and staff that holds you up under pressure.
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  Speaker 1: Start building yours today.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's it, my friends, for With it All Wednesday, stay locked in, stay beautiful, stay amazing, and I'll see you tomorrow as we continue to unpack Psalm 23.
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  Speaker 1: You know what tomorrow is?
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  Speaker 1: It's Thursday, but not just any Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: It's Trust Yourself Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what we unpack in Psalm 23,.
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  Speaker 1: You know what tomorrow is it's Thursday, but not just any Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: It's Trust Yourself Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what we unpack in Psalm 23, what the ancient wisdom has to tell us about trusting ourselves as we go through these turbulent times.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Dr Derek Sweet.
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  Speaker 1: I will see you on Instagram, on X, on LinkedIn, and I'm also on YouTube.
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  Speaker 1: Take care.