foreign [Music] just imagine if we implemented into our lives all those things we already knew would make us better imagine if we became Masters not just of knowing but of transforming knowledge into motion a friend of mine Tyler will reach out every once in a while after listening to one of the episodes and we'll just kind of Riff back and forth on the content chat about the overlaps the differences most importantly you know how we can each in our own world be a little better happier and healthier Tyler recently built and sold a tech company
it is now transitioning into a new chapter of his life and in essence starting over which is something I can in many ways relate to and this morning I got a voice note and said man imagine if we implemented wholeheartedly the things we knew to be true imagine if we could execute for ourselves with the same advice that's so obvious when looking out at the world at others and I thought oh man right as someone who spent a decade thinking and philosophizing about this stuff this is uh a very real and valuable question not only
that sort of comes in a perfect time and here's why right those of you who have been listening to the channel or podcast for a long time you know this for me has been one great adventure documentation of a journey starting with the first video I ever released owed to Excellence which was essentially me promising myself just to give this Creator thing a try and not go back to what I knew to be safe to videos like running in the rain where I discuss my coming to understand the value of identifying as a person who
does the hard thing to speeches like make you proud where all I'm really doing is during hard times assuring myself that things will be fine to more recently we're sure I'm finally seeing some of that growth in 10 years of effort compounding but now grappling with brand new challenges all right since day one I've been coaching myself through the ups and the downs but what are these stories what do they provide for me or for those who listen to them well in a sense they're the Lessons Learned they paint a portrait of the ideal they're
merely information yes life gives you more when you ask more of life and yes discomfort is often the cost of admission yes you can get through life's greatest storms if you take it one step at a time and yes the challenges we Face evolve and the context changes but we are equipped to confront and handle them guess what though none of that information matters if we don't act on it if we're not using the past to recreate the present those stories are my map but even the best map in the world is meaningless unless it's
being utilized and Tyler is very simple and direct question was valuable to me and that it did two things first it made me think Eddie look back at your journey Look What You've overcome right in a number of ways you've learned you know what needs to now be done and simultaneously prompted me to ask and so now this very moment what are you doing about it I love the lesson I think there's art in our struggle and Beauty in the overcoming of our suffering but if all those lessons if the ideal remains stagnant like a
caged bird what's the point that wisdom must be set free and that only happens with the targeted deliberate effort I felt this uh sense of excitement invigoration in asking myself how can I highlight the doing where can those Wheels hit the road faster how can I delve further into those very epiphanies I love to explore something that I'm encountering now that's both fun and challenging is the transformation from I mean really being a solo Creator speaking writing producing in his Studio to sing the process as a business owner to building a support structure and systematizing
workflows right as a as a friend has said to me before a little less Mickey Mouse in order to be a little more Walt Disney and it's happening but the truth is right you don't get where you're going the same way you arrived Where You Are so how can the old lessons be turned into action now knowing my world changes the second I decide to act it's like having an unused Arsenal at my disposal knowing my foot is barely touching the pedal is power and we can all focus on that actualization of our knowledge we
can all ask what's one thing I can do today that I need to I know that I need to perhaps I wouldn't have if I didn't give myself a little push [Music] I love the idea of that simple diagram where you draw a line straight down a page and on the left side you're listing your current obstacle the things that are really bothering you or the reasons you're stuck and then on the right one single thing you're gonna do about it all it does is reinforce action and action is everything because to Tyler's point you
know I really know what needs to be done we all really know what needs to be done not how things will end or maybe what the Finish Line looks like but we know now we have a gut sense of what we need to do and we're the opportunity lies we're aware we understand so a world where we become masters of doing is a world where we transform beyond our wildest imagination and the things I talk about they can ultimately in my life become everything or wither away into nothing they can sit there as it's supposed
to an ideal and ultimately uh I wish I did all that depends on what I do with it and how I choose to act when I'm uncomfortable moving into a new space the same can be said for anyone listening to this you're equipped with at least a starting point you probably know what you don't like you're probably aware of some things that must be eliminated or left behind but knowing that is only as good as your first step so are you willing to partake in the doing in taking the little pieces of wisdom and breathing
life into them by walking out your front door by looking in the mirror entrusting in your ability to adapt to change to grow in a world of complexity let's simplify we know what must be done so let's focus on the doing [Music] and on the journey if we misstep or miss the mark adjust and move again because we know there's nothing more tragic than doing nothing at all I do something today that takes an ax to the tree of stagnation not everything but one thing when you are in motion that world seems to conform to
rearrange around you so here's to giving life the opportunity to make that happen to giving yourself the opportunity to experience it as Tyler stated just imagine if we implemented wholeheartedly the things we knew to be true not kind of or sort of but with the same or greater intensity and in many cases intentionality it took to acquire the knowledge what would that look like let's move now let's swing away let's uncover that world where your lessons translate to feet on the pavement in reality in the palm of your hand [Music] you can be your greatest
fan and also your biggest critic in fact not only is it healthy it's necessary to be there for yourself celebrate that commitment to show up but also to hold yourself accountable for growth because to be great is to know there's more in you to understand that there's greatness waiting to be extracted from the miracle that is you here are two words I want to take a look at both of them consistency and adaptation consistency first why because consistency gets you in the door it's the cost of admission consistency is you showing up for yourself day
in and day out creating Mastery and competence through repetition manufacturing a data set that will be used to guide your journey taking a a once stagnant idea and putting it into motion consistency is doing what you promised yourself you'd do when you said you'd do it why because that's who you are you create goals and then conquer those goals when your head hits the pillow at night you may be tired you may have struggled you may have swung and missed you may be wondering how things unfolded the way they did but you showed up so
celebrate that celebrate yourself be your biggest fan because the world can't take your will to step forward and cannot Seize Your consistency not without your permission so other than part one let's call consistency the commitment to show up for you now the second piece consistency's older brother adaptation see that consistency like we just talked about it will get you in the door it signs you up for the game but it guarantees nothing see where consistency puts that pen in your hand paper in front of you Pat you on the back where consistency gives you a
chance to write your story [Music] one's level of success or achievement relies on their ability to adapt to do the thing that's so hard for people to do look in the mirror and ask how can I be better I've been consistent for 30 days sure here's what's right here's what's wrong now it's time to adjust to be critical to understand that expecting more of the self does not in any way diminish the task at hand it gives you room to expand into that next version of yourself in a way that simply showing up doesn't without
a willingness to adapt you get Einstein's definition of insanity right doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results you get day after day of wondering why this square peg won't just save us all the trouble and go into the round hole without a willingness to adapt we move for the sake of moving and we work for the sake of working if we could find it within ourselves to look at the data that's been acquired day after day and use it to help guide ourselves to that North Star we'll find strength [Music] to seek out
the delta between where we are and where we want to be that is power calls for more than just showing up it calls for looking around it calls for observing and then adapting so yeah your greatest fan and your greatest critic be there for you but don't let yourself get away with good enough showing up is critical it's powerful but it's just the beginning if your eyes stay open if you're willing to both love yourself and improve yourself simultaneously all the world becomes available to you there are no mountains you can't climb or oceans you
can't cross sure the world will do what the world does it will place challenges before you but rather than those challenges being the reason you can't rather than accepting those challenges as a permanent reality [Music] they become nothing more than the next puzzle to be sold the next little adaptation that's required of you [Music] you show up you self-assess you adjust and carry right on towards that Horizon again and again so when you find yourself frustrated or up against that wall remember you are building your ideal reality be proud of yourself for showing up for
being consistent because as dire as it might seem you overcame a lot to get here but also know that the challenge at hand is not an indictment of you or your goals it's your chance to review the game plan and adjust your opportunity to do what so many fail to do not shrink from the world but adapt yourself to it grow because of it today is your opportunity to take what the world gives you and build something new [Music] thank you what if I fall the man asks looking nervously over the edge oh but my
friend a voice responds back what if you fly a little quote I heard not too long ago demonstrating our proclivity to maintain to preserve to protect to move away all together from the risk for fear that we might lose our grip on the status quo completely forgetting to think about what life could become if things worked out forgetting that life is a game of trade-offs and to fixate on never losing what you have means forfeiting the possibility it is that simple to stay is a refusal to go [Music] and we need to constantly reinforce the
idea the truth that what we aren't doing is a decision and while we place our energy and efforts on minimizing the falling and the failure someone else is stepping into it they're capitalizing on it falling again and again and again until they can fly [Music] because the danger is not in Falling it's in never taking to the sky it's becoming only a fraction of the person you are capable of becoming with the required sacrifice and courage it's an understanding that we're not wrong for initially thinking small playing to not lose thinking only to protect protect
protect that's how human beings arrive out of the factory right stock you can thank Millennia of evolution for that you're not weak for being scared you're not less than for shaking when you stand face to face with the adversity of life again this is what being human is but what we also possess is the ability to understand these default limitations and transform them to understand being scared of the world around us was incredibly valuable forever ago right when we roamed around hunting and Gathering it made sense not to inquire further when there was a shaking
in the bushes it made sense not to rationally run into the cave it made sense to fear deeply the prospect of being abandoned by your small tribe that was the only reassurance separating you from the vast unknown lurking in the darkness the wilderness but anyone listening to this today must also understand that these biological drivers are outdated the lions in the bushes are no more the caves are generally metaphorical and one's quote unquote tribe should be carefully and methodically chosen right civilization provides that cushion in what a luxury [Music] so when life pushes back and
it will and you feel like you're on that ledge you will want to turn back not because you're weak but because you've forgotten that the voice in your head screaming in fear can't see the upside it's blind to the possibility it only sees downside it only says hey this might bring about discomfort there are things out there you don't know foreign entities possibly adversaries why would you even contemplate taking that leap and that's where you step in and provide reassurance that things could go wrong but the wrong steps are one usually reversible and two provide
the wisdom that I need it gives you a chance to inject into the conversation that if things go right your life changes that this could be the beginning and that we don't live until the excitement about what life can become if things work out is greater than the fear of what life would regress into if they didn't without upside there's no hope without hope there is no purpose and as Victor Frankel has said life is never made unbearable by circumstances but only by lack of meaning and purpose [Music] we're all operating within the same parameters
same playing field but the difference is we have different soundtracks interpretations and narratives playing behind our eyes [Music] he may see the world collapsing and spend the rest of his life mourning what is gone while she may see the same Devastation and bring herself to wonder well what can I build in its place what can arise from the wreckage same circumstance different storyline different result I often cringe when I hear mindset it misinterpreted as this magical thing that becomes reality the second you close your eyes and make a wish if the Law of Attraction as
far as I'm concerned is not Magic I think this whole song and dance is much simpler than that we act in accordance to the things we believe and if you believe you're not good enough if you believe you're not worthy if you believe more is out of the question what incentive do you have to change none it's much easier to default to hating the world when that's your perspective but when you can find the discipline even for a moment to pause and ask well what if things got better what if my life could be more
that spark has suddenly given you a reason to take another step forward it's made an argument as to why that discomfort just might be worth it the magic isn't that you wished for it and so it was the magic is that you saw it as a possibility and in doing so incentivize yourself to move towards that outcome hard to gravitate towards something that has not yet been built it's hard to stand with conviction in defense of a life that hasn't yet materialized but that my friends is the beauty and mystery of life you don't get
what you want until you start living like you already have it like you can touch it taste it like it's real so when the journey feels impossible know that you are on the right track you're competing against some very formidable adversaries you're very DNA you're competing against the people around you that don't understand you're competing against the obstacles that make you question whether that conjured up castle in the air existing only in your head could ever come to fruition that is some resistance but as you step forward into the haze your single solitary acts of
courage will begin to tell a story to take shape the ones make believe will become tangible you'll see the pieces coming together and you'll see yourself is the one capable of assembling them an architect of sorts a designer one with courage and self-belief the truth is you will never completely mitigate fear be with you forever it's par for the course just need to remember that the power of purpose of meaning the value of upside and opportunity is greater than that nagging voice of fear it's not about closing your eyes to who you are or where
you've been there's beauty in all that it's merely about opening them to all you can become [Music] [Music] if someone were to tell you life is easy they'd be incorrect if they were to tell you there's a specified path contentment they'd be misinformed if they were to tell you there's a book of answers to every question you'll come across it'd be misled [Music] the point is not that life is easy predictable or defined the point is that despite the fact that it's none of those things you're capable of making something from it that from a
seemingly endless barrage of unknowns exists the pieces to build something truly extraordinary I came across a quote a few years ago from Abraham Maslow and and a concept that was in Ernest Becker's book the denial of death and the idea is we are simultaneously gods and worms and every once in a while you come across an idea that changes the way you see things that's definitely one of them right a duality that is is perpetually under tension gods and worms we're animals we're flesh and Bone eroding by the day I were given a temporary stay
on a giant rock rotating around the Sun while simultaneously equipped with the power to not only be aware of that finitude but to transcend it to dream to see things that are not yet there our minds are miraculous we are both gods and worms so what do we do about this how about use the fact that we're going to die the fact that in many ways we don't have control the fact that life is messy and unpredictable and often a maze of complete chaos to rather than shrink because of it take off the guard rails
and reach for the heavens put things into existence that do not yet exist why not go all in [Music] after all the thing about living is the saying goes no one makes it out alive no one hops on the roller coaster to constantly look at their watch to dwell on its temporary nature now it's to enjoy the ride and what is our time here but a few short rides around the Sun [Music] like life is too [Applause] when the day overwhelms or disintegrates into chaos [Music] don't fixate on the rocky nature of the world around
you but on your ability to take it all and make it mean something cherish the idea that although everything around you is dictated by natural laws and constraints your mind is bound by nothing and where you seek answers you will find them where you pursue more you will unlock it our finitude our challenges are essential to our existence they remind us that we have nothing to lose that the song will end so why not dance like it's your last time because sure in time we will be dirt for worms but that's exactly why as long
as we're here will live to in our own unique way bridge the gap between the ground we walk on and the heavens above
