Hi guys! Welcome to the 98th episode of the Wildly Successful Lifestyle podcast! We have had quite a week, to put it lightly. but it seems that’s par for the course lately am I right? Doesn’t it seem like there’s a new crisis created every week? Something new to shock us or to make us afraid or to make us angry? There’s no wonder mental health is a big concern and so many reasons for us to make sure we are caring for our mental health as much if not more than our physical health, at least right now. So I have created this episode for all of us…to wake us all up, to encourage us and inspire us and most of all to empower us. Because from the bottom of my heart, I believe we are each WAY more powerful than we think we are and I want to speak to that power and I want to embolden that power in each of us and since humans LOVE stories and visuals, well at least I do, I wanted to create a visual for you…I think you’ll like it…but first…I want to say…
We are each on a journey. A journey that is our very own path. One that is uniquely ours. I’m going to create a little visual in your mind. I want you to really picture this. So if you’re driving, stay aware enough to not get into an accident. Picture yourself as an eagle. You’re flying over a vast terrain with mountains and trees and every single person in the world has their very own path. When babies are born they get their path which is initially charted by their parents until you reach a certain age..maybe 13 or 14. On our paths we are forging. We may have bunches of parallel paths of people that are acquaintances so they’re alongside us. but from a birds eye view you also see there’s bunches of paths that you’re following and are also following you. Of course at the beginning, it’s your parents you are following. When you get to a certain age, you start making decisions on your own that mainly affect you .. they may initially affect others in a way….A friend of mine had a 16 year old son that said he was going to have some friends over to the house which she said was fine…but she was completely unaware of what was going on and was oblivious to the underage drinking happening. Unfortunately someone called the police who came to the house and she ended up in court on 15 counts of allowing underage drinking. She had no idea it was even going on. So sometimes your decisions affect others. But ultimately that kid is going to be making his own path and mom is still going to be on hers. Birds eye view shows you well trodden easy paths with lots of people following certain dogmas. (Religion, social media influence , politics to mention some of the biggest ones), No thinking for themselves only following the pack. And that’s ok because that is their path. It has nothing to do with you unless you let it or unless you are on one of those paths. And there are a lot of those. And I think a majority of people are on them…..But you. You’re different and you think for yourself. I know this because you’re listening to this podcast. And you understand that you have to carve your own path and things aren’t always going to be easy. Sometimes it will be easy and sometimes it will be so hard you want to give up because it feels like you are climbing the steepest tallest hardest mountain and you think you’ll never make it over but boy when you don’t give up and you make it to the top, there is a view that is so amazing you know it was all worth it. And then on the other side is often a glorious path that not many people get to see because they never even try. Some you see people that are forging paths no one has ever gone down before..the visionaries, entrepreneurs, all those wildly successful people … Ooh don’t they inspire us? And then Sometimes from a bird’s eye view you see people that are taking a really hard path and there’s an easy one right next to it but they don’t even see it because they don’t seek knowledge or information to get onto that path and usually it’s there. But in your eagle view you can see it so easily.
Now from your bird’s eye view…I want you to visualize you on your path. Are you following your dream or someone else’s? Are you taking the easy, well trodden path because it’s safe and it doesn’t require a lot of extra effort or risk? Are you following the pack, the one that is always outraged, or maybe the one that’s always up to date on the latest new Netflix series that you can watch? Are the decisions you’re making right now. The decisions of what you watch, what you read, who you hang with, what you do, the habits you’re creating. Are they forging a path that’s going to lead to your dream life? That leads to you being the star of your very own life? I know it can be hard to be on a path that is different from the crowd but think about it this way..I saw a quote that said….
Choose your hard:
It’s hard to be fit, but it’s also hard being overweight.
It’s hard to be financially disciplined but it’s also hard to be in debt
It’s hard to be consistent but it’s also hard to be uninspired
Decisions we make all day affect who we are and how our life is going to be.
Every decision you make either empowers you or enslaves you.
In fact, like Brooke Castillo says “ All of your power comes from the big decisions you make and consistently stick to”. That’s a lot of power you have in your control.
So if you’re feeling beat down or distressed, if you’re feeling like life is hard right now…I can tell you one thing for sure….Being healthy makes life easier. Being financially disciplined makes life easier, being consistent makes life easier….And those are all things you control….Some of the things going on in the world you have no control over, so worrying about them isn’t helping.
And it’s easy to say “but this happened” or “this happened”. Ok. Yes. WE are always going to have things happen but how we respond is EVERYTHING. You can respond by giving up or you can respond by using it as fuel.
Fuel to empower yourself. Fuel to build an internal strength that no one can break. Fuel to make yourself the best version of you that you possibly can. No one else can do that but you.
There’s so many things in life that can discourage us. That can be obstacles. How we deal with them is ultimately how our life will end up.
That’s the game. When you really boil it down to what matters in life. It’s all about you and knowing when all else fails You have your own back.
Protect your peace like your sanity depends on it
Protect your health like your life depends on it because it does
Protect your mind like your happiness depends on it because it does..
If you’re an adult, You’re the one forging your own path. Not your mom and dad. Not your spouse. You may be following a similar path but you don’t have to, not if that doesn’t work for you. Don’t be afraid to change directions, you’re worth it.
My challenge to you this week:
Be aware of each decision you make. Is it empowering you or enslaving you?
Is it empowering you to remain calm or enslaving you to fear
Is it empowering you to vitality or enslaving you to cravings
Is it empowering you to think for yourself or enslaving you to the pack
I love you guys and heads up…I won’t have an interview come out this Wednesday because next Wednesday will be my 100th episode and well I wanted to do something special for you! I’ll talk to you in a few days.
