1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,199 Speaker 1: That's impossible. 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 2: Let me tell you what I believe. It's your weakness, 3 00:00:04,759 --> 00:00:13,400 it's not your technique. Don't think you know The Impossible 4 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:15,640 Life Podcast and yes, sitting on a winning lottery. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 3: Second, an idea that is fully formed, fully understood, that sticks. 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,679 Speaker 1: This is the Impossible Life Podcast because Nick and I 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,640 are attempting to live impossible lives. What we know is 8 00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:34,880 that nothing is impossible. So instead of using impossible as 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,719 an excuse to not try, we'll use the pursuit of 10 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:42,320 impossible as an accelerant for greatness. If something's never been 11 00:00:42,359 --> 00:00:46,119 done before, that just means it's unexplored. If they tell 12 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:49,399 you it's too hard, it's just waiting to be simplified. 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:55,119 Impossible as a default label used by uncourageous people unwilling 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,719 to take a risk. The real truth is this. The 15 00:00:58,799 --> 00:01:03,439 solution to any impossible task starts with this question, if 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,159 I had to what would it take? What would it take? 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 4: Welcome to another episode of the Impossible Life Podcast. I'm 18 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,159 your co host, Nick Surface, and I'm looking across the 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,280 demn so authoritative that people have to ask him permission 20 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:19,719 to name their son Garrett. That's right, friends, The foment 21 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:26,000 off you see you, Garrett Akleback, a man who recently 22 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:27,760 gave permission to himself. 23 00:01:29,799 --> 00:01:31,799 Speaker 1: I knew where I did. 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it is a pretty obvious. 25 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: What Nick. What Nick is talking about, if you don't know, 26 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,560 is that my wife and I just found out recently 27 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:46,000 that we're having number four, which is oh, since I 28 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,879 bring moment, you know, number four. It's a lot of 29 00:01:48,959 --> 00:01:51,920 kids and we're probably gonna keep going so U but 30 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,400 found out we're having number four, our first little boy, 31 00:01:55,799 --> 00:01:58,439 and he shall be my namesake. 32 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: So all right here, I have so many things I'm 33 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:04,200 looking forward to seeing and with that. First of all, 34 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,959 as a guy who loves you and is one of 35 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,080 your best friends, I am so amped for you because, 36 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,560 like I, having girls is awesome. We both have girl 37 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,280 like multiple daughters, and it is wonderful. They are their 38 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,919 own kind of wonderful. But also we're men, and doing 39 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,080 stuff with my son, like going hunting with my son 40 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,919 and seeing him get into the same stuff is that 41 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,800 I'm into has been unbelievable. So I'm very excited for 42 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,159 you to get to share that because I know your 43 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,000 girls they are into super girly stuff, and I know 44 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:31,800 that by your natural is not into those things. So 45 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,919 I'm just I'm amp for you, and I'm also curious 46 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,240 to see how this kid lives up to your name, 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,120 because you know, he's gonna come out with a rest intensity, 48 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,439 faced level twelve out of the womb. He probably won't 49 00:02:42,439 --> 00:02:44,960 even cry because crying is weak. He's gonna come out 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,759 and just you know, look at the doctor with a riff. 51 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,599 Speaker 1: Either that or he'll come out with a giant smile 52 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,280 on his face like my wife and either is okay. 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 2: Or it'll come out flexing. That would be something. 54 00:02:55,479 --> 00:02:58,199 Speaker 4: Anyways, I look forward to seeing how this child enters 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,039 the world. All right, So gee, today we're gonna tall 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,319 like this is tools and tactics. Man, we have not 57 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,919 had tools and texts for the past couple of weeks. 58 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,280 So thank you all for being patient with us. Life 59 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:10,000 was crazy, but we are glad to be back and 60 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,360 we're going to answer a question that people wouldn't Everybody 61 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,400 like this ge how to live motivated every day Because 62 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:17,840 we have a saying on this podcast called today matters. 63 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:20,319 And it's not something that we say because we think 64 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,919 it sounds cool. It's like a legit, Like when I 65 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,560 see I'm like, yeah, today really does matter. 66 00:03:24,599 --> 00:03:26,479 Speaker 2: It's important. What are you talking about, man, It's just 67 00:03:26,479 --> 00:03:29,080 a standard Wednesday, a standard Wednesday. 68 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:32,319 Speaker 1: What if you lived every day of your life motivated? 69 00:03:32,759 --> 00:03:37,240 You know, people like motivation. I do too, so probably 70 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,199 why some of you listen to this podcast or why 71 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,120 you watch YouTube or listen to certain music. You like 72 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:44,400 the way it makes you feel, and you feel like 73 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,960 when you feel a certain way, you can do a 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,479 certain thing. And motivation is a form of energy. But 75 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:56,120 just like how some people think they have to, you know, 76 00:03:56,199 --> 00:03:59,719 just drink caffeine or eat sugar to get motivated or 77 00:03:59,759 --> 00:04:03,080 to feel like good, to feel energy in their body. 78 00:04:03,199 --> 00:04:05,599 Some people have also learned that, you know, if I 79 00:04:05,639 --> 00:04:07,960 exercise every day, if I drink lots of water, if 80 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,639 I eat high quality food, I don't need so much 81 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,000 of that stuff anymore. I have energy all day long 82 00:04:13,039 --> 00:04:15,879 because I take care of myself. And in that same way, 83 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:20,040 there's a way to have the sort of spiritual or 84 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,759 deep emotional energy, which is motivation. It's like, man, motivation 85 00:04:24,959 --> 00:04:27,000 hits you in a just in a different form of way. 86 00:04:27,439 --> 00:04:30,120 It's not just exciting like it is excitement, but it's 87 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,639 more than that. And because the things that you listen 88 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,319 to the things that you watch when you get When 89 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:37,800 whatever motivates you motivates you, whether it is a YouTube 90 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:40,480 video or music, it starts to like hit you. And 91 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,560 it's more than just getting excited. It like hits your heart, 92 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:45,240 you know. It starts to connect with you in a 93 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,600 different way. And what I'm saying is in that same 94 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,160 way where you can eat right, be healthy, and you've 95 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,600 got energy all day long, there's a way to live 96 00:04:53,639 --> 00:04:55,839 where you have this type of motivation all the time. 97 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, And because I mean what you're saying, and I 98 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:01,240 believe you said when we're warm up, is that motivation 99 00:05:01,399 --> 00:05:04,079 is energy, right, And so it's like you can literally 100 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,600 energize yourself. And there's a key there's a key tool 101 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,240 that we're going to get into. We've talked about a 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,800 lot gie. You introduced it to me. I use it regularly. 103 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:14,680 It is incredibly powerful. I don't know that I've ever 104 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,120 heard anyone else say it. It's the zoom in zoom 105 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,160 out tool, which is like the tool for perspective. Can 106 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:22,720 you like this is really important to have for in 107 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,560 order to live motivate? 108 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: Can you explain it is zoom in, zoom out, It's microscope, 109 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:30,040 telescope Okay, that's a different way of thinking about it. 110 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:36,000 Microscope telescope. Understand that different, you know, forms of visual enhancement. 111 00:05:36,079 --> 00:05:39,879 Microscope telescope allow you to see different things. If you 112 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,680 hold a microscope up to the moon, it's not going 113 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,839 to do much for you. If you hold a telescope 114 00:05:44,959 --> 00:05:47,720 up to you know, some whatever you put on a 115 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,360 petri dish not going to do much for you. There's 116 00:05:50,399 --> 00:05:56,920 different ways to bring different thoughts, different ideas, different visuals 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,240 into focus. Okay, So it means I can be looking 118 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:03,720 at the same material, be in the same environment, but 119 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,839 where I microscope telescope, where I zoom in zoom out 120 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:10,879 my mind, I can look at different things. And so 121 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,120 that the way I use zoom in zoom out is 122 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,959 it's really more it's kind of related to timeframe orientation. Yeah, 123 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,639 zooming in is about being in the moment. Okay, Like 124 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,120 when I go hunting. Okay, like literally, when I go hunting, 125 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,360 I'm real zoomed in and it's a great time for me. 126 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:30,519 It's one of the things I love about hunting. It's 127 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,279 also one of the things I love about golf. It's 128 00:06:33,319 --> 00:06:36,600 harder for me in golf because sometimes my thoughts get distracted. 129 00:06:37,199 --> 00:06:39,759 But when I'm hunting, I'm not thinking about anything else. 130 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,560 And as someone who lives zoomed out all the time, 131 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,439 being zoomed in for a little bit of time for 132 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,079 a short season, it feels really good. And zoom in 133 00:06:50,199 --> 00:06:52,480 is where like, hey, I'm not thinking about tomorrow, I'm 134 00:06:52,519 --> 00:06:54,519 not thinking about next year. I'm not thinking about all 135 00:06:54,519 --> 00:06:57,040 these big things. I'm locked in right now when I'm 136 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,560 zoom when I'm hunting, literally zoomed in, all I'm doing 137 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,959 is I'm thinking about right now and my eyes are 138 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,439 focused on what's around me. I use zoom in for 139 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,560 special moments, when I go on a date with my wife, 140 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,839 when I go on vacation, I have to tell myself 141 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:16,160 to zoom in because I've got so many other things 142 00:07:16,199 --> 00:07:19,879 I'm thinking about, but what matters most, because again, that's 143 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,720 what zoom in zoom out is. It's this tool where 144 00:07:22,759 --> 00:07:26,040 I'm saying I can direct my thoughts, I can direct 145 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,920 my focus, my awareness to hear because this is what matters. 146 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:33,800 I'm telling myself what matters the same way you select 147 00:07:33,839 --> 00:07:38,639 a tool microscope, telescope. Microscope's not the correct tool to 148 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:40,759 look at the moon. I want to look at the 149 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:44,000 moon right now, let me get my telescope. Okay, that's 150 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,839 the way this works. When I go on a date, 151 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:49,160 I don't need to be thinking about my thirty year 152 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,600 plan and playing mental chess in my mind. Not the 153 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,360 right time. Okay. When I go on a date, I'm 154 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,439 thinking about my wife, how wonderful she is, how much 155 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,480 I love her, listening to what she has to say. 156 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:05,519 So I'm zoomed in in that moment. Zoom out is okay, 157 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,519 let me look at my entire life. Let me look 158 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,279 at today as it relates to everything in my life. 159 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,879 And that allows me in the same way where I 160 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,920 want to catch meaning, where I want to catch value 161 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,040 from a date when I zoom out. What I'm doing 162 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,600 is because sometimes like today sucks. You know, I always 163 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,680 say today's today. I always say today matters. But sometimes 164 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,639 in a moment, I'm really feeling like today's not so great, 165 00:08:28,879 --> 00:08:31,079 really feeling like I just got kicked in the mouth. 166 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,399 And when I get kicked in the mouth, I'm not 167 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,200 going to zoom in on the pain. If you want 168 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,399 to make pain worse, zoom in on the pain. If 169 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:39,279 you want to see the purpose of pain, zoom out. 170 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,879 And so when I go through difficult things, and this 171 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,879 is part of this is something I've had to learn 172 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:47,200 to use. For someone who has chosen a life of adversity, 173 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,759 I have to have the ability to zoom out and 174 00:08:49,799 --> 00:08:53,080 look way down the road and turn this pain into 175 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,720 purpose to see the meaning in this, to see where 176 00:08:55,759 --> 00:08:58,679 I'm going. And when you zoom out, like when you 177 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,759 look at a moon through you know what you don't see. 178 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,879 You don't see your neighbor's house. You don't see unless 179 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:09,360 it goes right across the moon. You don't see airplanes 180 00:09:09,399 --> 00:09:11,679 in the sky. You don't see all these other things. 181 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,440 You're just looking way out. You're looking way down the road. 182 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,360 This is all that matters to me. So what zoom in, 183 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:24,480 zoom out is is understanding. I can use different views, okay, 184 00:09:24,639 --> 00:09:26,279 the ability to zoom in or zoom out. I can 185 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,720 use different views to focus on what I want to 186 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,360 focus on. And that is a choice. We talk about 187 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,080 this all the time. God is sovereign, man's responsible. I 188 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,679 get to choose my thoughts. I get to choose my attitude. 189 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,879 I get to choose what I think about. I get 190 00:09:38,879 --> 00:09:41,960 to choose what I give meaning to. And if you 191 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,840 are letting life select your glasses for you, select your 192 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:49,519 lens for you. You're going to be frustrated at the 193 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,559 wrong times. You're going to be distracted when you need 194 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,480 to be focused. Zoom in zoom out is being intentional 195 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,639 about here's the lens that I want to use, and 196 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,080 it helps you get to where you want to go. 197 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,480 It is a setup for motivation, and that's really what 198 00:10:00,519 --> 00:10:03,039 we're talking about today is how to be motivated every day. 199 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,080 You need to have this tool, and we're going to 200 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,000 talk about more than just zoom in zoom out. How 201 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:09,240 do I get motivated every day? Yeah? 202 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,919 Speaker 4: Now, gee, I want to. I want to highlight for 203 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,720 people and they because you used. 204 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: I love how positive you are. It's one of the 205 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:16,360 things I appreciate about you. 206 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: I choice. 207 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, it is a choice. You use your zoom in 208 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:22,679 tool for such positive things. And you gave one example 209 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:24,360 of like, hey, I could be zoomed in because some 210 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,559 days suck. I think by default most people they don't 211 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,159 really have the zoom out tool. Like this is what 212 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,120 you hear when people Usually it comes from like a 213 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:35,600 near death experience or when somebody close to them dies. 214 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 That's when people kind of step back and go, like, man, 215 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:40,759 what does life really mean? They don't think about like 216 00:10:40,919 --> 00:10:43,960 people get zoomed in by default to what, Oh I 217 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,440 don't I like my job sucks, my boss is a jerk. 218 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:49,120 I don't have enough money, man, I don't really want 219 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:51,159 to do this, like I don't I don't like this. 220 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: I don't really feel like working out. 221 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 4: Man, I really should lose some and this it's all. 222 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,279 It's all by default, just being sucked into moments and 223 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,360 not giving them any meaning. 224 00:10:59,639 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: And it's you always got to get you just it's 225 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:05,840 just framing it correct correctly. That's a term that people use. 226 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:09,240 It's a psychology term, right framing. What's the what's the 227 00:11:09,279 --> 00:11:11,320 right way to look at this? Okay, when I stand 228 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,519 in front of my ice bath this morning, you reframe. Okay. 229 00:11:14,759 --> 00:11:16,559 If all I do is zoom in and look at 230 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,440 the water, it's like, man, this is terrible. I just 231 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,879 got to zoom out, Like you know, it's like on 232 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:25,039 your iPhone, go from one x two point five X. 233 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,960 Pull pull back, pull back just a little bit, get 234 00:11:29,039 --> 00:11:31,200 some more of the picture in the frame. All I 235 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,080 gotta do is get, you know, three minutes past my 236 00:11:34,159 --> 00:11:38,320 ice bath to see what's what's next? And what's next 237 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,039 is when I get out of here, I feel amazing. Right. 238 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,720 So it doesn't have to just be zoom out in 239 00:11:43,759 --> 00:11:46,840 your life, but it's knowing, in any moment, how do 240 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:49,720 I need to feel? You know what I want to do? 241 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:51,519 You know what you should do when you step into 242 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:55,720 the batter's box, both literally or figuratively in life. You know, 243 00:11:55,879 --> 00:11:59,159 I want to zoom past maybe my last strikeout. I 244 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,840 want to bring into frame who I know that I am. 245 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:04,879 I want to bring into frame all of the preparation 246 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:08,559 that I've had coming into being in the batter's box. 247 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,440 I want to bring into frame a lot of the 248 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,240 great wisdom I've received from coaches, all the preparation that 249 00:12:13,279 --> 00:12:15,080 I've prepared. Mind, I'm going to look at those things 250 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,799 as I step into the batter's box. And then as 251 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,639 I'm stepping into the batter's box, then I zoom in 252 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,600 completely to just one pitch, right, And so is this 253 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,519 ability to change frames as you need it. As I'm 254 00:12:27,519 --> 00:12:30,320 walking into the batter's box, I'm thinking about, man, this 255 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,120 is this is my moment, this is who I'm supposed 256 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,159 to be. And then you step into the batter's box, 257 00:12:34,639 --> 00:12:36,720 just like stepping up to your ball in the fairway. 258 00:12:36,879 --> 00:12:39,200 Hopefully your ball's in the fairway. Just like stepping up 259 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,200 to your ball in the fairway, I don't see nothing 260 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,559 else except this swing. 261 00:12:43,759 --> 00:12:46,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, very good. A lot of people would call that. 262 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,759 Speaker 4: Being present is the kind of like pop culture hippie 263 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:49,360 version of for. 264 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: Sure, but we're saying zoomed in. 265 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:51,279 Speaker 1: Okay. 266 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 4: So the reason I wanted to explain that tool because 267 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,639 it's so important. I think, I think a lot of 268 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,840 people and we're going, this is literally this is a 269 00:13:00,039 --> 00:13:02,080 it's technically three sets, but it's really a two step 270 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,840 process to live motivate every day. What we're hoping that 271 00:13:04,879 --> 00:13:06,200 you take out of this is that you have a 272 00:13:06,279 --> 00:13:09,480 higher awareness of motivation. I think some people look at 273 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,559 motivation like it's the weather. Like some days it blows 274 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,879 in you're like, man, I feel really motivated today, and 275 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,639 other days you're like, dude, I just can't get going, 276 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,240 and you just kind of go like, well, but I 277 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,039 guess today is just going to be sort of like 278 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,000 a blad day, and it's like, No. 279 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:24,159 Speaker 2: You need to be aware of your motivation and. 280 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 4: Understand that the same way you eat food every day, 281 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,039 the same way that you should be you know. I 282 00:13:28,039 --> 00:13:29,840 hope you read your Bible every day and you pray 283 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:31,679 every day. I hope you tell your wife and your 284 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,000 kids you love them every day. You need to look 285 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,240 at motivation like you have to be aware of your motivation. 286 00:13:38,159 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: When you and I were. 287 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: Prepping, we talked about this. There's so many things that 288 00:13:41,039 --> 00:13:43,519 we talk to people about doing. If it's me, like 289 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,279 my time management practice of looking ahead at the day 290 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,039 and deciding how you're going to show up, and then 291 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:49,840 looking ahead at the month and the week, what am 292 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,080 I doing? I'm zooming out. I have like regular zoom outs. 293 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,600 You talk about it all Yeah, you talk about it 294 00:13:55,639 --> 00:13:56,919 all the time whenever. 295 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: You know. 296 00:13:57,279 --> 00:13:59,039 Speaker 4: With your daily declarations if you listen to I think 297 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:01,840 it's episode one seventy for where you give your daily declarations, 298 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,679 which is what you wrote for yourself. It is zooming 299 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,120 out and reminding yourself of everything that's true. And it's 300 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,120 not sexy, but man is it effective. 301 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,759 Speaker 1: That's exactly what it is. Awareness. It's the takeaway from 302 00:14:13,799 --> 00:14:17,440 this episode of understanding. You need to be intentional about 303 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,519 your motivation. The same way. We were talking about principles 304 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:22,399 a bunch recently, and I'm sure we'll talk about that 305 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,679 more soon, but when with principles, like you see it 306 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,639 when you like, you have to have awareness for it, right, 307 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:31,279 because what's the revealer for principles? It's patterns. I got 308 00:14:31,279 --> 00:14:35,120 to see what's happening here, see the patterns of your motivation, right, Like, 309 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:37,799 don't just say like, oh man, it's weird, like I've 310 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,919 just been tired today. Well what'd you do? You know? 311 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,840 Get a wood strap? Use our code? By the way, 312 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,159 who use our code for? Whoop? What's that supposed to do? 313 00:14:46,159 --> 00:14:48,240 It is supposed to give you information that brings awareness. 314 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:50,639 Why are you feeling the way that you're feeling? Okay? 315 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,039 But then what do you do with that information? Why 316 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,679 it's not like well I guess I just know what happened. No, 317 00:14:55,679 --> 00:14:58,080 now you can make better choices. Why don't you feel 318 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,720 great every day? Why don't you feel like stre motivated 319 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,240 every day? What if you got up and treated every 320 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,080 single day like it was the most important day of 321 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,200 your life? What if you treated And this is one 322 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,600 been one of my takeaways, like, I this is an 323 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,120 area I'm still learning an aspire to be great, And 324 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,679 I'm not being humble in that I don't think I'm 325 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:17,120 great in this area. But I've met people who are 326 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,559 who are very this is politicians or very influential and 327 00:15:21,639 --> 00:15:23,840 very successful people. They have a good they do a 328 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,600 really good job of when you meet them and talk 329 00:15:25,639 --> 00:15:27,240 to them, they make you feel like you're the most 330 00:15:27,279 --> 00:15:31,120 important person. That's just that's not just some natural gift 331 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:35,000 that they have. They understand how to connect with people right. 332 00:15:35,039 --> 00:15:37,000 And what they do is they zoom in in that moment, 333 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,799 they listen, they care, right, and so you can do 334 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:41,679 that with every single thing in your life. So let's 335 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,080 jump into it. You've got to be motivated every day. 336 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,879 How do we do it? How do I get motivated 337 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,799 every single day in my life? Well, let me give 338 00:15:47,799 --> 00:15:50,399 you number one. Okay, the first step that you have 339 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,240 to do. Think, let me give you this different motivation, 340 00:15:53,399 --> 00:15:57,919 this different definition of motivation. Motivation is the ability to 341 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,399 bring meaning to every single thing that you do. So 342 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,840 that's step one. Step one is connected every single day 343 00:16:04,279 --> 00:16:06,440 to the thing that matters most in life. That's why 344 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,960 we're talking about zoom and zoom out. When we were prepping, 345 00:16:10,399 --> 00:16:12,919 I use this example to Nick. This is one of 346 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,679 the things I love about Michael Jordan. And you'll see 347 00:16:15,679 --> 00:16:18,919 this and people who aspire to greatness. You know what 348 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,399 people who've achieved greatness are they seem to be. These 349 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,720 people are just so motivated. I guess it's just, you know, 350 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:29,240 some genetic thing that they have for motivation. No, it's not. 351 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,759 I love this story about Jordan and he talks about this, 352 00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:35,919 and it's from his HBO special right where he. 353 00:16:35,879 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: Took the last dance. 354 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:39,159 Speaker 1: Yeah I was nice, say thank you, thank you from 355 00:16:39,159 --> 00:16:42,320 the last dance. He talks about this. This dude, you know, 356 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,279 late in his career, wouldn't let rookies beat him in 357 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,639 one set of suicide sprints. That's not just because he's 358 00:16:49,679 --> 00:16:53,799 a crazy person, because he made sure everything mattered. When 359 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:56,200 he's on the court, he treats it like it matters. 360 00:16:56,399 --> 00:16:58,600 And when he's in practice and he's just doing a 361 00:16:58,639 --> 00:17:00,759 warm up, he says, nobody going to beat me in 362 00:17:00,799 --> 00:17:04,920 this Why? Why? Because he has connected every little thing 363 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,400 to the thing that matters most. It's not being motivated. 364 00:17:09,759 --> 00:17:11,799 Isn't just saying like, well, one day I'd like to 365 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:14,160 win a championship and let me just like meditate on 366 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,680 this moment of winning a championship. He zooms in, zooms out, 367 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,200 and he brings back. He takes all of that energy. Right. 368 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,039 This is what I've talked about, similar to purpose compression. 369 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,039 Take all of the value of your life, bring it 370 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,200 into this moment. It's what I did when I was 371 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,799 going through buds and seal training. I didn't even just say, like, well, man, 372 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:35,440 I got to I guess I gotta make it through 373 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,799 today to become a Navy Seal. I went further than that. 374 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,759 I said, everything that I know I'm supposed to do 375 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:45,480 in my life, greatness, God's plan for my life, all 376 00:17:45,519 --> 00:17:47,839 of it is on the other side of this. And 377 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,160 that wasn't even I wasn't even putting myself in a 378 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,039 position because I knew it was possible, and it was 379 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:54,039 possible that I might not make it through seal training. 380 00:17:54,279 --> 00:17:57,240 There were things that I couldn't control. But of the 381 00:17:57,319 --> 00:18:00,680 things I could control, I said, everything in my life 382 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:04,079 is on the other side of this. And that's what 383 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,000 motivation is, is when you can bring meaning to something 384 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,839 when you feel like let me, let me use a 385 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:12,319 different analogy, and I'm just trying to put in layers 386 00:18:12,319 --> 00:18:14,759 here to help people see this, hear it, feel and 387 00:18:14,839 --> 00:18:17,480 understand it. One of the analogies I use for people 388 00:18:17,599 --> 00:18:20,279 when they're talking about motivation or discipline. Like you don't 389 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:23,599 have a discipline problem, you have a purpose problem. Like 390 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,279 I say, if I told you you have to get 391 00:18:26,319 --> 00:18:28,279 up and meet me for a marathon tomorrow morning at 392 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:31,240 four am, you'd probably be unexcited about that, unless that's 393 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:35,079 your profession. However, if I told you, if you don't, 394 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,640 if you do not meet me at four am tomorrow 395 00:18:37,759 --> 00:18:40,359 to run a marathon, something terrible is going to happen 396 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:43,400 to your family, you would immediately become motivated. And you 397 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,119 would even if you're not a runner, if you don't 398 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,079 run it all in your life, you should probably change that, 399 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,920 by the way, But if you don't run it all 400 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,200 in your life, you would figure it out. You'd get 401 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,000 really motivated. Why because if I told you, if I 402 00:18:54,039 --> 00:18:55,799 showed you a picture, if I told you your family's 403 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:58,160 held hostage and something, you know, like a scene out 404 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,319 of the Dark night right, you have to If you 405 00:19:01,319 --> 00:19:03,160 don't do this, something terrible is going to happen. You 406 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,880 wouldn't be thinking like, man, I just got to get 407 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,279 motivated for this. No, you may become extremely motivated, immediately motivated. 408 00:19:09,319 --> 00:19:13,240 Why because the meaning was clear, and so your ability 409 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:16,319 to get motivated is your ability to get clear on 410 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,640 why the thing matters. And so that's what the first 411 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,880 step of how to be motivated every day is. You 412 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,519 must connect every day to the thing that matters most. 413 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,200 That's what zoom in, zoom out is. It's taken today 414 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,079 and connecting it to your life. But let me let 415 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,720 me break it down an even smaller step. It's not 416 00:19:32,799 --> 00:19:37,119 just connecting every day. It's connecting everything right, every little thing, 417 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,559 this next thing that I'm going to do right the 418 00:19:39,559 --> 00:19:43,119 same way that I didn't seal training, this evolution, this 419 00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:46,200 set of of doing logs, or this set of running 420 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,839 boats down the beach, this is where I choose my destiny. 421 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,960 And when you can feel that way in a moment, 422 00:19:52,279 --> 00:19:56,079 you are unleashed. You are fully capable. Yeah. 423 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,759 Speaker 4: No, there's a big, a big assumption there is that 424 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,279 people actually know what matters most in their life. And 425 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,519 I think for people out there, I don't feel like 426 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:10,680 people give enough consideration to things like we want to 427 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,680 be like, man, I really want to know my purpose, God, 428 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,440 what's my purpose? 429 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 2: I'm just not hearing anything. 430 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 4: I guess I just and they're like they're ready to 431 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,599 move on because they didn't get it in five minutes. 432 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:21,680 Like when you really start to deeply consider and look 433 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,200 back and see where God's moved in your life, and 434 00:20:24,279 --> 00:20:27,440 you sit there and you seek right with all your heart, asking, 435 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,720 you will find seeking, You will find knocking. 436 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 2: The door will be open to you. 437 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 4: Like that was not Jesus. That's pretty verbab, that's pretty 438 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,920 obvious what Jesus encouraging us to do. But when you 439 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,240 start to realize what matters most in your life, I'm 440 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,680 going to give an example of the guy who I 441 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,000 think was the most motivated human that we've ever had 442 00:20:43,039 --> 00:20:45,279 an example of in the Bible of Paul. When you 443 00:20:45,319 --> 00:20:47,480 know what matters most in your life, that's how you 444 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,119 can connect everything that you said. Because for example, I 445 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,519 have three businesses. Gee, I get through the bookkeeping for 446 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:54,680 all three of my businesses. What a blessing? Do I 447 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,799 love bookkeeping? No, it's actually one of the things that 448 00:20:56,839 --> 00:20:58,319 I feel the least motivation about. 449 00:20:58,599 --> 00:20:59,279 Speaker 1: But you know what I do. 450 00:20:59,319 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 4: Whenever I have something like that, I sit back and 451 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,240 I go, Man, I'm a man of God. The purpose 452 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,920 of my life is to advance the Kingdom of God, 453 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,119 to bring men back to dominion, and to change the 454 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,039 perception or the mindset of what it means to be 455 00:21:10,079 --> 00:21:11,680 a godly man. Like this is something that I've spent 456 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,920 a lot of time considering. It is why I'm on 457 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,400 the earth. Because I have that clarity. I understand. I 458 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,079 need to exemplify that. I can't just say like, hey, guys, 459 00:21:19,079 --> 00:21:20,440 I think this is a good idea and not live 460 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,720 it out. Well, what kind of man of God has 461 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:26,000 his house is and in order? Not a very wise one, 462 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,200 not a guy who actually knows his father, because if 463 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,559 you know God, God is very ordly. So I sit 464 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:32,279 there and go, man, I need to have good books, 465 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,079 I need to be on top of all this stuff. 466 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,519 And so like that's a small thing that becomes a 467 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:38,880 big thing, because what do we like to say, how 468 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,920 you do anything is how you do everything. And recently 469 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,400 our brother James said that to me as I was 470 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,960 doing a terrible job putting on the golf course, and 471 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,480 it irritated me enough that I started focusing on my 472 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:50,079 putting and I parted the last two holes. 473 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 2: So praise Lord. But listen to this from Paul. 474 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 4: This to me is the ultimate connecting your small thing, 475 00:21:55,519 --> 00:21:57,680 your small things, to the big thing that matters most. 476 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,680 This is his perspective and Titus one, one, three. This 477 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:03,200 is how he introduces himself and tells you everything about 478 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,519 how he sees his life. Paul is servant of God 479 00:22:05,559 --> 00:22:07,880 and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith 480 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,519 of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that 481 00:22:10,599 --> 00:22:11,400 leads to Godliness. 482 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 1: It's a pretty big thing. 483 00:22:12,839 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 4: In the hope of eternal life, which God, who does 484 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,920 not lie, promised before the beginning of time. So he's saying, look, 485 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,559 God's had this great lot, this great plan that He's 486 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:23,359 had from the beginning of time. It was before he 487 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,079 created the earth, and which now at his appointed season 488 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,480 he is brought to light through the preaching and trusted 489 00:22:28,559 --> 00:22:30,640 to me by the commandment. 490 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,079 Speaker 2: Of God, our Savior. 491 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 4: This is how this guy gets up after getting stone 492 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,039 multiple times. He gets whipped, he gets treated. If you had, 493 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,200 if you had the true belief that God had given 494 00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:43,359 you this secret of the fount from that he had 495 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,759 put in place from the foundation of the earth, how 496 00:22:45,839 --> 00:22:47,920 much motivation would you have on a day to day 497 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,200 basis to go and do what you did. And people 498 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,039 be like, oh, well, that's good for Paul. Guys, wake up, 499 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,799 like we're still running in the same race that Paul 500 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,559 is this was not just something for him. There's people 501 00:22:58,559 --> 00:23:00,599 out there that need what we have. There's a purpose 502 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,160 for your life. There's people that you've been called specifically 503 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,720 to serve. That God has created you, He's given you, 504 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,720 He's put you in the garden like Genesis two fifteen, 505 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,519 it's your patch to work it and keep it. 506 00:23:09,759 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 2: If you don't realize that, you're going to struggle to have. 507 00:23:12,279 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: Much much motivation because you're going to feel like it's 508 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,559 you know, you're going to default to, well, I'd like 509 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:18,920 to have an easier life. I'd like to be more comfortable. 510 00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:21,039 I'd like to have enough money for retirement or whatever. 511 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,400 Stupid distraction. And I'm choosing those words very intentionally because 512 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,680 in the light of eternity, they are stupid, but they 513 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,559 are necessary. But they're they're in light of eternity, they 514 00:23:29,559 --> 00:23:32,359 don't matter. And when you can actually realize what matters most, 515 00:23:32,599 --> 00:23:35,960 it changes your entire way of operating and being and doing, 516 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,079 and it works in all areas. 517 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: I hope that this episode will be something that people 518 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,319 will continually come back to, like, let this be a 519 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,160 reminder for you. You can come back and turn this episode 520 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,680 on whenever you need to, not just to feel motivated, 521 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:49,799 but to know how to get motivated, because you must 522 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,160 understand that motivation is a choice. And that sounds silly, 523 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,319 Like if you're feeling unmotivated, you're like, well, i'd like 524 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,480 to be motivated. I'm not. Right now, let me tell 525 00:23:58,519 --> 00:24:00,920 you how motivation is a choice. Let's go right on 526 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,519 to step number two. Right. Step number two, right one 527 00:24:04,599 --> 00:24:07,119 is connect motive, Connect every day to the things that 528 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,680 matter most in your life. Step two is generate momentum. 529 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,759 And so this is almost like an enhanced version. It's 530 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:15,039 taking the next step. It's zooming in on what step 531 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:19,319 number one is generate momentum. This is your ability to connect, 532 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,559 meaning to the tiniest of things. Okay, so zoom zoom 533 00:24:22,599 --> 00:24:25,440 in and then zoom in again and zoom in again. Right, 534 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,519 take your whole life when you know what matters. Nick 535 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:29,359 hit that that's really the that's the key to this 536 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,880 is the foundation to it. But then keep zooming in 537 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:34,359 until like when I get up in the morning, I 538 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,240 do a set of push ups, and what I think 539 00:24:36,279 --> 00:24:38,559 about that set of push ups is that this set 540 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,039 of push ups my destinies on the other side of this, 541 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,039 And that sounds silly. To say, like, man, my life 542 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,640 hinges on this set of push ups. But why because 543 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,200 I know on the other side of this push ups 544 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,079 is the next step and the next step and the 545 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,160 next step, and to get to where I'm supposed to 546 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,680 go in my life, my destiny is a journey of 547 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,759 one foot in front of the other, and all I 548 00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:59,200 have to worry about is what is the next step. 549 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,799 So when you have gotten clear on your story, when 550 00:25:01,839 --> 00:25:04,119 you know why you're doing what you're doing, that's where 551 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,920 you can say today matters, and whatever that next thing 552 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:10,400 is for you, this matters. This creates the motivation momentum 553 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,119 in my life. I do push ups in the morning 554 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,000 because it gets me started. I also like push ups. 555 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,799 Push ups isn't something I don't like. I like push ups, right, 556 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:21,359 but it is harder than just sitting there drinking my 557 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,680 coffee or being comfortable. It is an ounce of adversity 558 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,519 to do a set of push ups, but I like it, 559 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:28,079 and I say, you know what, this is how I 560 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,640 start my adversity in the mornings, right, I'm just going 561 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,519 to do some push ups and that creates a little 562 00:25:32,519 --> 00:25:34,960 bit of momentum. And you could say, like, oh, it 563 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,119 doesn't matter it's the worst thing you could say in 564 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,920 your life. Just remove it from your vocabulary. If you 565 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,680 hang out with me, you'll get laser stare from me. 566 00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:44,519 If you start saying saying like, oh, it's not a 567 00:25:44,519 --> 00:25:47,240 big deal, because it's a really big deal. That's why 568 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:49,279 you're not where you are where. It's why you're not 569 00:25:49,319 --> 00:25:50,880 where you want to be in your life because you 570 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,160 keep saying it's not a big deal. It's a really 571 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,759 big deal. That little set of push ups, it's a 572 00:25:55,799 --> 00:25:57,599 really big deal. Let me tell you. It's the power 573 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,000 of your words. It's the power of your thoughts. Think 574 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,839 about this. You know what is motivation again, It's the 575 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,039 ability to give meaning to these little things every time 576 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,000 you say, every time you say or you think it's 577 00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:13,640 not a big deal, you're killing your motivation ability, like 578 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,480 the ability to generate motivation and momentum in your life. 579 00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:18,880 It is a skill set. It's a skill that I 580 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,279 spend a lot of time refining because I know how 581 00:26:21,319 --> 00:26:23,960 great motivation can be for you. What if you could 582 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,160 create it out of thin air. You can create it 583 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,960 out of thin air when you can say this really matters, 584 00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:32,519 So connect the meaning because when you're saying it doesn't matter. 585 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,759 You are dividing yourself. Well, sometimes it does matter, sometimes 586 00:26:35,839 --> 00:26:39,799 it doesn't. So quit saying in your life this doesn't matter, 587 00:26:40,039 --> 00:26:43,400 because it does. You're saying. When you say it doesn't matter, 588 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,599 you're saying like, oh well, I'll just maybe next time. 589 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,519 That is the worst thing you could say in your 590 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:51,160 life is push it to next time, push it to later. 591 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,240 You've got to get motivated right now. Connect the meaning 592 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,839 to the moment, because one thing leads to the next, 593 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,000 leads to the next. Momentum is one of the most 594 00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:01,799 powerful things that you you want to change your business. 595 00:27:01,799 --> 00:27:03,960 Get momentum in your business. It's hard to get, but 596 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,240 get it. Get momentum in your marriage, get momentum in 597 00:27:06,279 --> 00:27:08,880 your life, get momentum in your fitness. And it all 598 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:09,920 starts with the next thing. 599 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, so good, Gee, last thing I want to touch 600 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,440 on before we wrap up here. Momentum eliminates distraction. 601 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,559 Speaker 4: You gave the example of if you're driving one hundred 602 00:27:18,599 --> 00:27:20,519 and thirty miles per hour in your car, you're not 603 00:27:20,599 --> 00:27:22,319 looking at what the side streets are because you're just 604 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,160 zipping by them. And one of the things I've I 605 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,759 was saying to you is as I think one of 606 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:29,720 the biggest distractions is just apathy, and that comes in 607 00:27:29,799 --> 00:27:32,000 the form of like just joking around you. 608 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 2: And I like a joke. I probably like one. I 609 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,599 like jokes more than you. 610 00:27:35,839 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 4: But what I was saying is as we've as I've 611 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,559 continued to grow and mature, and as I've gotten clear 612 00:27:40,599 --> 00:27:42,680 on why God's put me on the earth, I find 613 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,160 that jokes are a lot less useful because you get 614 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,039 real serious about your purpose when you understand why you're there. 615 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,279 And I think it's we talk about it all the time, 616 00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:52,839 and we're going to continue to talk about it because 617 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,920 I think you can be distracted to death. You can 618 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,759 be distracted by sports scores, by jokes, by stupid memes 619 00:27:58,039 --> 00:28:00,839 like your sister I was actually she texts she had 620 00:28:00,839 --> 00:28:03,920 something go viral on TikTok and it was the stupidest thing. 621 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:06,160 And yet your sisters put out so many things that 622 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,720 are meaningful, like hey, here's some real information that can 623 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:10,880 help change your life. And what we have is we 624 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,119 have people that want to rot their teeth with candy 625 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:15,200 but don't want to eat some good like steak and 626 00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:18,119 vegetables for their proverbial mentality. 627 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: I said to you, jokes in humor to me, are 628 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:25,119 like ketchup. I like Ketchup. Now I don't need ketchup. 629 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,400 Ketchup doesn't make me any better. But I do like 630 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,400 a little bit of ketchup from time to time. But 631 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,519 what if ketchup was the entree. That's disgusting. Right, Don't 632 00:28:33,559 --> 00:28:35,440 let these things be a distraction in your life, and 633 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,680 also understand that you don't need them. They're a nice 634 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,720 to have. Humor is great, it's nice. Levity makes things 635 00:28:40,759 --> 00:28:43,880 taste better, that's all good. Don't make it the main thing. 636 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,720 Let's wrap up here on point number three, right, so 637 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:49,799 it's connect every day to the things that matter most 638 00:28:49,799 --> 00:28:53,200 in your life. That's step one. Step two generate momentum, 639 00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,920 and then step three. The final step is defend your momentum. 640 00:28:57,599 --> 00:28:59,799 Like when you have momentum in business, when you have 641 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:02,440 minimum in your life, you have momentum in your health, 642 00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:06,000 when you have momentum spiritually, you'll realize how hard, how 643 00:29:06,039 --> 00:29:08,240 hard it was to get to that point. When you 644 00:29:08,319 --> 00:29:10,240 get in really good shape, when you have a great diet, 645 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,400 whatever it is, wherever your momentum is at, when you 646 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,960 finally get that thing, you'll realize how valuable it actually 647 00:29:16,079 --> 00:29:18,119 is and in the same way that we talk about 648 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:21,000 one of the things to get past fear is to 649 00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:24,119 understand what your fear is costing you. Well, understand what 650 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,799 your lack of momentum has cost you, how many how much? 651 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,039 How much time have you wasted? Stop starting in life right. 652 00:29:30,319 --> 00:29:33,400 Once you have speed, then you want to maintain it. Man, 653 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,519 I'm going really fast. I want to keep going where 654 00:29:35,519 --> 00:29:37,960 I'm going. When you're going one hundred and thirty miles 655 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,759 down the hot one hundred thirty miles an hour down 656 00:29:39,799 --> 00:29:42,440 the highway, you're not reading the street science, You're just 657 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:46,119 really focused on what's locked in. So realize, I want 658 00:29:46,119 --> 00:29:47,960 to keep going this fast in my life. I want 659 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,480 to stay motivated all the time. So you won't be 660 00:29:50,599 --> 00:29:53,279 so quick to like take an exit or slow down 661 00:29:53,599 --> 00:29:56,319 or stop, because you realize, this is what I've fought 662 00:29:56,359 --> 00:30:00,480 so hard for. When motivation didn't just come from watching 663 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,039 a YouTube video, but when you learned how to build 664 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:06,319 and create, create momentum, build your motivation. When you've learned 665 00:30:06,359 --> 00:30:08,440 how to do that, you realize I don't ever want 666 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:09,240 to stop this again. 667 00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:12,599 Speaker 2: Thank you very much for listening. 668 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,519 Speaker 3: Guys, Remember to share, like subscribe if you think that 669 00:30:16,559 --> 00:30:19,039 this would be something that someone would enjoy. Please send 670 00:30:19,079 --> 00:30:21,079 it to them. We appreciate it all. 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