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Speaker 1: I talk to many, many, many retired people, and some

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retirees they wake up feeling energized, grateful, curious, and excited

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about what's next. Others, sadly, they wake up feeling forgotten, anxious, bored, resentful, lonely,

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or even worried about the future. Now, yes, of course

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circumstances matter. Your health matters, money matters, loss matters. But

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there's another force at work that many, many, many people overlook,

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and it's your thoughts, your beliefs, your inner expectations. Because

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there's an old principle taught in a book I read

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a lot in the books called the hidden law of

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the mind, and it's that your thoughts become things, not magically,

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not instantly, but repeatedly, because what you think about shapes

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what you notice. What you notice shapes how you feel.

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How you feel shapes what you do, and what you

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do shapes the retired that you live. So today we're

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going to talk about how your thoughts may be creating

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your retirement right now, and how possibly tweaking them or

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changing them can begin to change everything, hopefully for the better.

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I'm worrying, Dbranski, this is life starts at retirement. I've

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produced a retirement lifestyle video once a week. Please like, share,

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and comment your thoughts below. A lot of people think

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that retirement is the finish line, when the work ends,

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the stress ends, and the problems end. The retirement doesn't

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erase the mind or the thoughts that you bring into it.

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So if someone spent forty years thinking things like life

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is hard, that nothing's easy for me, that I'm only

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important unless I'm busy or productive, that good time's never last,

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that I'm too old to start over, that other people

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are way better off than I am, then your retirement

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probably will give those thoughts more room to echo, more

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room to grow. Without a job schedule, without deadlines, without

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busyness distractions, many people hear themselves even more clearly than

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ever before. So retirement doesn't really create those thoughts. It

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just gives them room to grow. But here's the good news.

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Once those thoughts are revealed, once you kind of get

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what you're thinking, they can be changed. So that's what

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we're going to talk about. So let's make this a

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real practical video for us, and let's start it by

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saying this, there's two Let's imagine two retirees wake up

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with the exact same situation, modest income, average health, no

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work obligations, similar neighborhoods, similar age. But one thinks, Ooh,

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I'm free now I can build a meaningful life. The

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other thinks, oh, my youthful years are over. Same facts,

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different thoughts, different energy, different behavior. The first person will

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probably walk more, join groups, learn new three things, call friends,

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laugh more, stay engaged. The second one will probably withdraw it,

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sit more, complain more, isolate themselves. They're going to fear

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the future, They'll lose momentum, and over months and years.

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In particular, those inner thoughts create two completely different retirements.

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That's why thoughts become things, because thoughts become habits. Habits

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become your identity, Your identity becomes your lifestyle, and your

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lifestyle becomes your reality. So let's talk honestly about a

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few common thought patterns that really can quietly steal your

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joy in retirement. One of them, it's too late now.

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This one is deadly. I hear a lot of people

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it's too late to channel, it's too late to make

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new friends. It's too late for me to learn any technology.

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It's too late to get healthy, and it's just too

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late to heal anything from my past. So but it's

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really not too late. It's often not too late. It's

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just a little uncomfortable. Number two, Oh, my best years

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are behind me, says who. Many people have their deepest peace,

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their strongest wisdom, their healthiest boundaries, and their happiest years

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after they turn sixty. Number three, nobody needs me now.

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Need and value are not the same thing. You may

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not be needed in the same way, but your presence,

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your wisdom, your love, your humor, and your encouragement deeply matter.

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Number four. I hear this one too. I'm stuck because

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of money, and money really does create real limits. But

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some people with less money build rich lives through commune,

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through friendships, through creativity, through gratitude, purpose, through giving back,

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and simplicity. There's ways to have a fabulous retirement without

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a lot of money. Number five nothing changes. That thought

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alone guarantees stagnation. When repeated long enough, it just becomes

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a self fulfilling prophecy. Yeah, nothing does change. Not going

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to meet any new friends, Nothing's going to change. So

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now let's get even more practical. How do you shift

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your retirement experience? Not through fake positivity, although I love

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being positive, not through pretending that everything is perfect, but

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by choosing better thoughts that create better actions. So first

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one not always easy, but it's just to catch that

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automatic thought. So notice what you repeatedly say to yourself.

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Do you repeatedly say I'm old? Oh I can't do that,

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Oh I missed my chance. Nobody cares. It's all downhill

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from now. And if you get a chance, write it

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down or let the very least notice it over and

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over and overcome, because thoughts lose power when they're exposed.

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Number two, replace it then with a stronger truth. Instead

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of if you find yourself saying I'm old, I'm too old,

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try yeah, I'm older, but I'm wiser, I'm freer, and

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I'm still very, very capable. Or instead of nobody cares,

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try saying you know what, I might just need to

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reach out and connect with somebody. Absolutely, so change the

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thought into a new one. Step Number three act in alignment,

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So thoughts become things through actions. If you think I

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can still grow, then sign up for something. And if

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you think I can still connect, call someone. If you

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think my health can improve, take that walk again. Act

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in inlignment, because thoughts become things through actions and so

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just as negative thoughts can shrink your life, positive grounded

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thoughts can really expand it again. Not fantasy, not denial,

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but thoughts like there is still a whole life ahead

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of me. Thoughts like my age is an asset. I

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have learned so much, I have wisdom. Thoughts like peace

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matters more than proving I love that one I can

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simplify and enjoy. Thoughts like I can create joy on

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ordinary days. Thoughts like I still matter, Thoughts like I

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finally have the time to do what I've always wanted

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to do. Because thoughts, honestly, they create better posture, They

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create more energy, They create more openness, more resilience, better relationships,

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more health, habits, more gratitude, and over time those thoughts

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really become or have the opportunity to become a visible reality.

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So here's just a simple daily exercise. Every morning, when

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you first wake up, ask yourself this question, what kind

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of retirement am I thinking into existence today? I want

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to repeat that, what kind of retirement am I thinking

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into existence today? And then choose three thoughts. Number one,

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say to yourself, because today still matters, I can create

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something good and I'm not finished growing. Just think of

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the possibilities of that. What kind of retirement am I

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thinking into existence today? Because today still matters. I can

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create something good and I'm not finished growing. The possibilities

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are endless. And then every night ask yourself this, what

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thoughts helped me today? What thoughts may be hurt me today? Okay,

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good to know, don't beat yourself up, just something to recognize,

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and then begin again tomorrow. That's how lives are changed.

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That's how your retirement becomes remarkable, not just once, but daily,

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because retirement, although money helps or retirement, is not just money.

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It's not just calendars, it's not your pension, it's not consciousness.

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It is a mindset, a meaning. It's expectations and the

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hidden law of the mind. That book I was talking

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to you about is just about this what you repeatedly

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think you tend to move toward. So if retirement feels

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smaller than you would hope, start by listening to the

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thoughts that you say that you think that are shaping it.

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Begin by replacing them, because even now, your thoughts may

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still be creating the next chapter of your life. And

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the beautiful, beautiful truth is you can start thinking a

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better one right now. So if this Mussa spoke to

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you below, what thought do you think you need to

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release a more retirement and to be like four videos

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