Download or Stream the speech now, on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Deezer, Amazon MP3, YouTube Music 

WHAT CAN I DO (Motivational Speech) Fearless Motivation – WATCH FREE:

LYRICS: What Can I Do (Motivational Speech) Fearless Motivation

You failed…
You are NOT a failure.


You messed up?
 It’s OK, your whole life isn’t messed up.


You made a mistake?
 Your entire life isn’t a mistake.


This is just a small moment in time, in the context of a long life.


Every failure, every mistake, every major mess-up can be the best thing that ever happened to you… If you LEARN from it.

It could, literally be the moment that changes your entire life for the better.
 A moment you decide “NO MORE”
. A moment you declare “NEVER AGAIN”
. A moment you demand BETTER from yourself.
 A moment you reject low standards of living and demand HIGHER STANDARDS for the rest of your life.

What can you LEARN from the situation?


What can you TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for?


What can you do better next time?


What CAN you do?


I want you to burn that phrase into your brain:
“WHAT CAN I DO?”


No matter what the situation is, no matter how big the challenge seems… always ask “What CAN I do?”

In asking the question you are open to there being an ANSWER.

If you’re willing to look for the answer and willing to FIGHT for the solution, it is only a matter of time before you find it.

I love failing. It forces me to DIG DEEPER. To work HARDER. To analyze my life.
 Failing forces me to be BETTER. Failing forces me to GROW.

When I fail: I LEARN MORE.
When I fail: I GROW MORE.
When I fail: I GET HUNGRIER!


Failure means I AM PUSHING MYSELF TO THE LIMIT.

It’s a LOSS. It’s NOT a life sentence.
 In the game of life you can lose several times but still be a CHAMPION!


FAILURE IS NEVER something that should stop you from going after your goals and dreams. It’s something to LEARN FROM.

FAIL.
LEARN.
GROW.
TRY AGAIN!

You don’t like how you look?
 What CAN YOU DO to make it better?
 Are you unhealthy? Are you sick or unwell?
 What can you do better to start FEELING BETTER?

There’s always SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
 What CAN YOU DO?

What area of your life are you not satisfied with?
 Is there an area you are ashamed of?
 Is there an area of your life where you are living below your own standards?
 What can you do to make that better?

Are you underperforming financially?
 What can you LEARN to make your financial situation better?
 Can you work HARDER or LONGER or SMARTER?
 What CAN you do??

How are your relationships?
 Can your relationship with your partner, or friends, or family be BETTER?

Don’t ask what THEY can do to make it better… What CAN YOU DO to make it better?



Questions you should ask yourself:

What CAN I DO to make my life BETTER?
What CAN I DO to improve MYSELF so I am better for EVERYONE I CARE ABOUT?
What CAN I DO TODAY?
What new habits can I implement every morning?
How can I improve my health?
How can I improve my business?
How can I improve my relationships with my friends and my family?
WHAT CAN I DO?

No matter what the situation and no matter how hard it seems you CAN ALWAYS make it better.


You make it better with INTENTION and EFFORT.


Set the INTENTION to improve those areas of your life you are not satisfied with and put in the EFFORT required to make them better.

Start with the question
: WHAT CAN I DO?


There’s always something you can do.


If you liked that, you’ll love this playlist on Spotify:

The post What Can I Do (Motivational Speech) Ask Yourself This Every Day appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

If you want to be miserable, here’s a great list… 15 tips that will show you exactly how to be miserable for the rest of your life…

Number 1. Compare Yourself To Other People
 


If you really want to be miserable for the rest of your life, this is first on the list. Compare yourself with EVERYONE and then make sure you judge yourself if you’re not as good as them in ANY AREA.

It doesn’t matter that you were born UNIQUE. Ignore everyone who says you should focus on your own strengths and do the best you can. If you want to feel worthless: COMPARE.

Number 2. Judge Other People And Assume The Worst in Everyone


Only happy people think the best of others and reserve judgement until they know all the details. Always assume the worst in other people. 
 
It doesn’t matter that the majority of people are good deep down… carry the resentment of anyone who has ever done you wrong – around EVERYWHERE and assume everyone else is like that.

Number 3. Don’t take ANY RISKS


Like most parents and all schools teach you: Play it safe. Don’t take ANY RISKS doing what you really want to do, instead SETTLE for a life you don’t want by taking no risks, and therefor getting no rewards and you will achieve your goal of being miserable and having an enormous amount of regrets.

Number 4. Don’t Listen To Your Heart or Follow Your Intuition


Instead listen to the government, the main stream media, social media comments, teachers, haters, bullies, basically everyone that has an opinion on how YOU should be living your life.

Suppress that innate knowing inside you – that WE ALL HAVE. It will only guide you in the wrong direction – to happiness and peace.
 
You want misery? Never listen to yourself.

Number 5. Don’t Believe In Yourself


One sure way to success in life is to believe in yourself… so, just don’t.
 Think the worst of yourself. Always doubt yourself.
 Even in the most meaningless of tasks – believe you will fail… and YOU WILL.

Number 6. Watch More TV, Especially The News :)


The news is really fantastic for making you feel like a doomed piece of crap.

There’s no better outlet for making you feel like a worthless slave to the system than sitting down and consuming a completely exaggerated view of everything that is wrong with the world.
 Believe everything they tell you as well. I mean, it’s not like they are driven by the agendas of their advertisers. They’re creating perfect content for the purpose of your FEAR and MISERY. A little main stream media a day keeps the joy away.

Number 7. COMPLAIN more than you WORK

A trait most miserable people share is that they complain MUCH more than they work. In fact they even complain about their work. It doesn’t matter what problem they’re talking about, it’s always someone else’s fault. They’re probably in the comments right now complaining about this video.

If you you to be just as miserable as them, team up – 2 miserable people can be far more miserable than only one.

Number 8. Don’t Read Any Books ESPECIALLY Self Development Books!


Stay away from all things self development, especially those best selling self development books of all time.
 Yeah, they might have changed millions of lives, and helped create more abundance, joy and freedom, but that’s not what you want – you came here to learn how to be miserable – so don’t read anything… Unless it’s the news.

Number 9. Don’t Develop Yourself


Anything to do with self development has to go.

Anything that makes you BETTER will not make you miserable… so, exercise, that makes your physical body better – instead be a lazy slob and sit down as much as possible.
Meditation, Reading, Learning, Seminars, EVERYTHING that makes you better. Eliminate it.

Number 10. Get Up Late, Don’t Have A Morning Routine.

Spending time alone causes you to think clearly, have creative thoughts, life changing ideas, peace of mind. Avoid it at all costs.
 Sleep in and make sure you are frantically rushing out the door, stressed out of your brain. This will help you come home at the end of the day super depressed.

Number 11. Don’t Exercise

Regular exercise has been proven to improve overall health and enhance your mood. It gives you more energy and confidence. This is not good. To remain miserable avoid all forms of exercise.

Number 12. Don’t Eat Healthy Foods… Actually Completely Neglect Your Health


Eating healthy foods not only makes you healthier… it also gives you more energy and clarity of thought… of course, if you want to be miserable you should eat as much processed foods as possible.

Avoid healthy eating.

Number 13. Never Meditate.

Meditation is for hippies. Yeah, sure, it reduces stress… gives you peace of mind, clearer thoughts and helps with productivity – but we don’t want that. We want to feel stressed, as stress makes us miserable – so make sure you never meditate, especially daily.

Number 14. Never Say Sorry or Admit You Were Wrong


This is important, because more and more people now are starting to realise if they just say SORRY every time they do a normal human thing like stuff up, or be a jerk… then it usually repairs the relationship and takes a huge burden of stress away from their life.

You should instead hold on to all resentments… NEVER ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG… and make everyone else feel like they are in the wrong.

Make sure your EGO is always winning every argument, especially with those you love and you will be guaranteed to be one miserable sack of something.

Number 15. Spend More Time On Social Media


Social media is a fantastic cesspool of judgmental people that will no doubt love to give you their opinion on everything to do with your life, and everything you believe in.

Aside from that it is fantastic for comparison and self-judgement.
 As the famous quote we just made up goes: “The more time you spend on social media, the less social and more miserable you become”
 Hope this list really helped you in becoming as miserable as you possibly can.

Leave a thumbs up on this video, or comment if you have no intention of following any of our advice.

The post How To Be Miserable For The Rest of Your Life (REALLY GOOD ADVICE) appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

Download or Stream the speech now, on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, YouTube Music, Deezer, Amazon Music
LIKE IT OR NOT (Motivational Speech) – Copyright: Fearless Motivation
Speakers: Corey Jones, Chris Ross

LIKE IT OR NOT (Motivational Video) Fearless Motivation – WATCH FREE:

Transcript – LIKE IT OR NOT – Motivational Speech – Fearless Motivation

Earl Nightingale once said: “We are all self made, but ONLY the successful will admit it”

Whether you like it or not, YOU ARE SELF- MADE.

Whether you BELIEVE IT or not – YOU ARE SELF MADE.

Whether you ADMIT IT or not – YOU ARE SELF MADE.


But that’s just it… Usually it’s only the people who ARE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE that will admit they are the ones responsible for getting themselves there.

If you’re not where you want to be YOU MUST sum up the courage to accept YOU… AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE for your here, your NOW and your FUTURE.

Taking responsibility for your FUTURE is the FIRST STEP in taking control of your life. If you’re always pointing the finger at someone else or believing other people have control over your destiny YOU ARE POWERLESS. TAKE BACK YOUR POWER.

I know… I KNOW! We are all going through hell right now.

I know there are circumstances that ARE NOT YOUR FAULT that have knocked you from where you COULD HAVE BEEN to where you are now… I KNOW IT IS HARD!

I KNOW IT IS HARD… But understand this… It will ALWAYS BE HARD unless you summon the courage to stand up and DO SOMETHING

I know things are HARD RIGHT NOW… The world is a great big giant mess. But within that giant mess… SOME are finding SOLUTIONS. Some are finding SOLUTIONS… but MOST ARE FINDING EXCUSES! Some are innovating… MOST ARE COLLAPSING.

Wherever there is a challenge, that’s where we see the real characters stand up.

There’s OPPORTUNITY EVERYWHERE. It might not be what you planned. It might not be what you want for this moment in your life… but there’s always choices.

The choices you make – MAKE YOU
The choices you fail to make – MAKE YOU
The actions you take – CREATE YOU
Whether you like it or not, YOU ARE SELF MADE.
Whether you BELIEVE IT or not – YOU ARE SELF MADE.

YOU ARE CAPABLE. You are, and will always be a product of your choices, your discipline, your commitment, your ACTIONS. You will always be SELF MADE.

Now that you know that, start making choices to create the BEST SELF you can, with the circumstances, the people and the environment you are in RIGHT NOW.

DECIDE to be one of the RARE few to accept the CHALLENGE of taking FULL RESPONSIBILITY for your future. EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE!

You are capable! You don’t need anyone else to get where you want to get, and you don’t need to BLAME anyone for where you are now!
DECIDE TO OWN YOUR SELF!
BE SELF MADE WITH PRIDE!

Ask yourself:
What can I DO BETTER?
What have I NOT been doing that I SHOULD BE DOING?
What am I missing?
If I was looking down on my own life, what improvements would I suggest?
What is a MUST IN MY LIFE?
What are 3 things I can do right now – 3 actions I can take, that have the potential to change EVERYTHING in my life?
Write the answers to these questions down, openly, honestly, as if no-one will ever see them.

Read everything you wrote down. Think about it. Spend time thinking about all those areas you can improve.

Then, get out there, make the choices you MUST MAKE, take the ACTION you must take – be on the lookout for opportunities and on the HUNT for results.

You are SELF MADE. You will always be SELF MADE. Commit to creating a SELF that you’re PROUD OF, regardless of what is going on in the world.

The post Like It Or Not This Is The Truth! (You Are Self Made) Motivational Speech appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

See also: These Albert Einstein Quotes Are Life Changing

Transcript: 20 Things Napoleon Hill Said That Changed Millions of Lives

“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.” – Napoleon Hill

Without DESIRE there is no FIRE. The fire within can only come out when YOU really want it to…

That is why the START of anything GREAT is the moment YOU DECIDE you HAVE TO HAVE IT. That burning desire from within… that moment when YOU DECIDE: THIS IS IT!

That is the start of something great. Do whatever you can to find that spark, to get that FIRE WITHIN burning.

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” – Napoleon Hill

NOTHING is over for the person who REFUSES to give up.

There is no failure to the person who DOES NOT QUIT… there is only DELAYED SUCCESS.

If it isn’t happening right away: DO NOT QUIT. Have patience for the fact that it hasn’t showed up yet, but impatience in working TOWARD IT.

Persist… and eventually it will be YOURS!

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill

“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.” – Napoleon Hill

Most people strive for a life of little or no struggle. No-one seeks pain or challenges and nor should they… but that is precisely where GROWTH lies. In the challenges and the struggle that come from PUSHING for what you really want in life.

Those who refuse to go after what they truly want in life have failed by default.

Sure, they might not have to suffer through setbacks… they won’t have to live with the embarrassment of failure… but they will have to live with something much worse… and that is REGRET.

If you’re really pushing to become the VERY BEST VERSION of yourself… there is going to be FAILURE… there is going to be HEARTACHE, EMBARRASSMENT and everything in between… but if you refuse to quit… if you persist… not only will you succeed in getting to your goal… but you will EARN something much more valuable: PRIDE and CHARACTER.

Pride and character only come from GROWTH. GROWTH only comes from pushing yourself. You can’t buy it, you have to EARN IT.

“Tell me how you use your spare time, and how you spend your money, and I will tell you where and what you will be in ten years from now.” – Napoleon Hill

How can you tell what your future will look like? Have a look at your daily habits.

If they are strong, your future will be strong.

If they are designed to move you TOWARD a life you want… you will move toward a life you want. If they are not… you won’t.

You have to be INTENTIONAL about how you spend your time and your money.

Create a plan of daily action that will, over time lead to strong habits…. Habits that will move you closer to your goals.

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” – Napoleon Hill

Goals are great, but without deadlines they are WISHES, HOPES… DREAMS.

Dreams can only come true if you get serious about them… and the first step to getting serious about your GOALS is to set a DEADLINE for when you must achieve it.

It should be difficult enough to reach to get you MOVING immediately… but realistic enough to attain.

It should be a struggle to attain it… but not impossible.

Another way of saying it is: The person you are right NOW should not be able to achieve it. You will have to GROW into someone else entirely by pushing yourself, in a positive way to make sure it is achieved.

That is a GOAL!

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” – Napoleon Hill

Defeat comes to all of us. Most of us give up.

Don’t be like most. When temporary defeat visits you – take responsibility. What can YOU DO BETTER?

How can you USE the failure as a lesson. How can your PLAN or PATH be clearer next time around?

DO NOT GIVE UP.

SHOCK everyone with your persistence and staying power. Then shock them with your results the second time around.

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.” – Napoleon Hill

Napoleon hill believed there were NO LIMITS.
Most of the greatest people in history refused to entertain the limits of the majority. If they did… they’d never have been great and we’d perhaps never know they existed.

REFUSE to accept limits of your family, friends or society.

If it’s never been done before… believe you can be the FIRST.

If no one believes in you… BE THE ONE WHO STARTS.

It is very clear that MINDSET is the greatest asset you can have if you want to do great things with your life.

Develop that mindset, believe in yourself and become unstoppable.

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” – Napoleon Hill

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top, because most people settle.

Most people settle before getting on the ladder. They settle in their job, they settle in relationships… they settle in their health.

They refuse to put in the effort at the start, and so their life… getting through the day becomes a giant effort.

Be one of the few who aren’t afraid to take the harder path EARLY ON so you can enjoy the easier path later in life. Keep climbing that ladder, and when you get to the top, see if you can inspire someone else to work their way up too.

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.” – Napoleon Hill

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” – Napoleon Hill

This life of yours is exactly that… YOURS.

It’s YOURS to create whatever you want of it. If you want a great body: that’s YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. If you want a great MINDSET: YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

The government can tax you to the hills… but no one can tax your mind… that is ALWAYS something YOU CONTROL. No one and no event can conquer you but YOURSELF.

Take care of your mind, there is nothing more important. Nurture it with positive thoughts, with teachings that help you to GROW, with anything and everything that makes you feel better, stronger as a human being.

There is nothing more important.

“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.” – Napoleon Hill

“Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.” – Napoleon Hill

“Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” – Napoleon Hill

No one ever got ahead by acting like they knew everything about everything.

Be humble enough to know you DON’T KNOW everything

Be curious enough to SEEK new knowledge EVERYWHERE you go. In books, in teachings and in EVERYONE you speak with.

There’s always something to learn, from everyone.

Surround yourself with mostly people that will either enhance your future, or make you feel good in the present.

“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” – Napoleon Hill

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill

“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.” – Napoleon Hill

What is your favourite lesson from Napoleon Hill? Share with us in the comments.

The post 20 Things Napoleon Hill Said That Changed Millions of Lives appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

From Aristotle to Zeno, the intellect that was exuded during this period was so ahead of its time their ideas and principles still hold immense value to this day.

If you want to enhance your level of thinking, take note of the 7 Rules of Wisdom: 

1. Expand Your Horizons

The universe is much larger than the office cubicle.

Only those that dare to step outside of their comfortable homes will know what lies beyond the horizon.

Changing your surroundings, can change your thinking.

As Seneca said, “Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.”

If you really seek enhanced wisdom and personal growth you must step beyond your local boundaries, whether that’s relocating or traveling.

The further you go, the more you will gain.

2. Fool’s Gold | 7 Laws of Wisdom

The most foolish among us place their worth on their wealth and not on their value.

Money cannot buy wisdom and unchecked greed will destroy any person in time.

Epicurus, summed this up so simply. “If a little is not enough for you, then nothing is.”

Focus on building your intellect and virtue. Realize money is just a tool, not your score in life.

People who focus only on money allow their other faculties to crumble and any foundation built on sand, will soon see the sea.

3. Know What You Control

Marcus Aurelius was at one point the most powerful man on earth, despite his status he noted;

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

In the modern world anxiety and stress have become silent killers.

If you allow yourself to be overwhelmed by things that you have no control over, your life will end long before your death.

Accept what you can’t control and focus your power on what you can change, if you want to make real progress.

4. Kindness Counts | 7 Laws of Wisdom

Only the strongest and most intelligent people have the capacity for kindness.

Cato the Younger summarized “I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid.”

It takes a deep level of understanding to be kind to others, and it takes even more to be kind to those that don’t deserve it.

Getting angry with someone is easy, but holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, it will only harm you in the long run.

Not only is kindness better for humanity, it is a much wiser way to approach hostilities and life in general so always remember, kindness counts.

5. Value True Friendship

Friendship is one of the most beautiful things because you can only experience it if you put yourself on the line, open up and share the embarrassing parts of your story.

Cicero explained this emotional equation by saying; “Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.”

The definition of friendship is a state of mutual trust.

So clear out the fake friends and focus on people that you can trust if you want to live your best life.

6. Sound Mind

If you live in any modern city, alcohol and drugs are never far away.

The scary thing about alcohol and drugs is that they actually work, they will actually help you escape pain, but escaped pain, never made anyone stronger or wiser.

As Pythagoras explained: “Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.”

True freedom is only achieved by overcoming the struggle within, we all have difficult moments, some more than others, but overcoming these moments is where wisdom and strength is formed.

7. This Life Is Yours

The moment you accept that this life is your responsibility, that no one is coming to save you, that no circumstances are responsible for how you think.

You will begin to approach life differently.

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.” – Plato

Things will go wrong, but blaming others or making excuses will only corrupt your own thought processes.

You can create any life you want when you choose to accept the responsibility of creating it.

It’s time to begin working on your greatest masterpiece. Your life.

The post The 7 Laws of Wisdom – These Genius Minds Will Change Your Life (Ancient Philosophy) appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

The wisdom of Albert Einstein is well documented, but what is the meaning behind his quotes? Here’s our take:

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

There is perhaps no stronger trait one could have, than that of a strong imagination.

Imagination is EVERYTHING… because without it we can not create ANY-THING NEW.

Imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions, because without it we are guaranteed to repeat the same patterns, make the same mistakes and live the same life over and over again.

WITH IT, there are NO LIMITS… there’s no limit to what we could attempt, no limit to how high we could soar, how big we could dream…

Sure, our dreams might end in the dust… but what if they don’t? Would you rather LIVE having tried to reach the life you WANT… or die with regret?

We need to let go of our need to fit in… fit in to this small box society placed us in… and we must imagine the life we really want… then, when we are certain what that life is, we have to go for it…

We only get one shot at this miracle of human life… live it fully and exactly how you want!

Sure, we all have dreams… the problem is MOST PEOPLE stuff their dreams in the closet when things get hard… when life presents challenges most people turn to what they know… they turn to what is EASY… but the easy road… and the KNOWN will never lead you to your dreams.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“He who can no longer pause to wonder… and stand rapt in awe… is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” – Albert Einstein

It really is that simple. It really is a choice. No matter the circumstances of our life we can choose to see everything around us as a miracle.

The very fact that we are here, in a human body, is said to be a ONE in FOUR HUNDRED TRILLION chance. Very few of us believe we are a walking miracle…

Sadly so many people are walking around, living their life in their head, pessimistic of the future and bitter from the past, so much so, that they are missing the miracles in the present.

Open your eyes and open your heart to the magic all around you. The miracle of human and animal life. The miracles of nature. The miracle of YOU and what you’re really capable of when you let go of caring what other people think of you…

Choose, from this moment on in your life… to SEEK and find the miracles around you.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – Albert Einstein

They say the only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes… you can add to that list – the impossibility to please everyone.

The simple fact is… when you want to change… as in, when you want to BETTER YOUR LIFE… there will be opposition, and unfortunately, that opposition is most likely to come from people close to you.

Many people won’t like your advancement because it will remind them of their lack of it. Many people won’t agree with your direction because it will remind them of their lack of it.

No matter WHAT or WHO the opposition… you must stay true to you, and true to what is right. Do the right thing, by others, and most importantly by yourself.

Those who matter will come around eventually, and those who don’t, don’t matter.

Live your life with purpose, intention, FULL OF SPIRIT and make no apologies to mediocre minds for dreaming and living big.

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein

Yes, we must dream big. Yes, we must try new things… but if life is not going the way you planned, perhaps it is time to try a different approach?

You don’t need to change your GOAL, but you might need to change the road you take to get to it.

Never stop learning and developing yourself. You will find a way.

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

The very fact you’re committed to grow, learn more and BE MORE almost guarantees you will make mistakes and fail, somewhere, somehow along the way.

Remember, it is only considered a failure though… if you give up. Keep at it, learn the lesson and allow it to serve you.

Don’t let anyone discourage you because of mistakes… it is a guaranteed trait of all winners and curious seekers.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – Albert Einstein

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein

Never stop questioning… everything in your life.

Be so present, and in touch with yourself, that you can feel when it’s time for change.

Never lose that child-like curiosity to learn more, develop more, and discover more. Never lose HOPE that your best is yet to come. Never lose that knowing, that you are a miracle. Never lose that presence… that not many have…

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

Add value, wherever and whenever possible… not just in your work life, but in ALL interactions… with everyone… then, you will be a success… you will have more riches than money can buy.

What is your favourite Albert Einstein quote? Let us know in the comments.

The post These Albert Einstein Quotes Are Life Changing! (Motivational Video) appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

We cannot call something a distraction unless we know what it is distracting us from.

Let me say that again. You can’t call something a distraction unless you know what it distracted you from.

If you don’t plan your day, somebody is going to plan it for you. The social media companies, the news, your boss, your kids, somebody is going to take up that time in your day unless you decide in advance how you want to spend your time.

We need to talk about the leading cause of distraction. The leading cause of distraction is not what is happening outside of us. Because what I discovered in my five years of research is that most distraction begins from within. We call these “internal triggers”.

What are internal triggers? Internal triggers are uncomfortable emotional sensations that we seek to escape from.

You see, in fact, all human behavior, all human behavior, everything you do, you do for only one reason: the desire to escape discomfort.

So calling yourself indistractable doesn’t mean you never get distracted. That’s impossible. The difference between an indistractable person and a distractable person is that an indistractable person understands why they got distracted, and has the tools to do something about it.

There’s a wonderful Paulo Coelho quote. He said, “A mistake repeated more than once is a decision.” If we keep getting distracted by the same stupid things day after day, week after week, month after month, we are choosing to be distractable.

An indistractable person looks at why they got distracted with this methodology I’ve developed and understands the source of the problem to make sure that they don’t keep getting distracted by doing something today to prevent getting distracted tomorrow.

To understand distraction, we really need to understand what that word even means. When people say they got distracted, what does that actually mean? I didn’t understand the real definition of the term “distraction” until I started along this line of research. The best way to understand what distraction is, is to understand what distraction is not. If you ask most people what is the opposite of distraction, they’ll tell you it’s focus, of course, right? Hmm, not exactly. You see, if you look at the origin of the word distraction, the opposite of distraction is not focus, the opposite of distraction is traction, that both words come from the same Latin root “trahere”, which means “to pull”. So traction, by definition, is any action that pulls you towards what you said you were going to do, things that you do with intent, things that help you live out your values and become the kind of person you want to become.

Now, the opposite of traction is distraction. Distraction, by definition, is any action that pulls you away from what you plan to do, anything that is not consistent with your values, anything that pulls you away from becoming the kind of person you want to become.

So this isn’t just wordplay. This is incredibly important, because I would argue, any action can be either traction or distraction. Let me give you a great example. For years, every time I would get into work, I would sit down at my desk and I would say, “Okay, I’m going to get started on that big project, I’ve got to focus, I have to concentrate, I’m not going to get distracted. I’m not going to procrastinate.” I’m going to get started on that big project that I’ve been putting off. Here I go, I’m going to do it right now. But first, let me check some email, let me scroll this Slack channel. let me do all these other tasks that feel work related.” But really, I didn’t realize that I was allowing distraction to trick me into prioritizing the easy and urgent stuff to trick me into prioritizing the easy and urgent stuff as opposed to doing the important work that I knew I had to do.

So even tasks that feel like they’re work related, if it’s not what you plan to do with your time, they are, in fact, distractions. And in fact, they’re the most pernicious form of distractions, because if we play a video game at our desk, well, we clearly know we’re off task. But when we think we’re working on one project, when we think we’re doing one task that seems to be the right thing to do because it’s work related, but really, we’re putting off doing more important work. That is a much more sinister form of distraction. Conversely, just as anything can be a distraction, anything can be traction. So don’t listen to these chicken-little tech critics that tell you the sky is falling and that technology is addicting us and hijacking our brains. It’s rubbish.

There’s nothing wrong with playing a video game or watching a movie on Netflix or enjoying social media, if it’s what you PLAN to do with your time. You see, the difference between traction and distraction is one word. And that one word is “forethought”. The time you PLAN to waste is not wasted time.

So if you want to take a walk, take a nap, scroll social media, pray, meditate, whatever it is you want to do with your time is totally fine as long as you do it with intent, as long as you have planned ahead as to how you want to spend your time. You can otherwise turn a distraction into traction by planning ahead, by using forethought.

So now that we understand the difference between traction and distraction, we need to ask what drives us towards traction or distraction.

We have two kinds of triggers. The first kind of trigger is called an “external trigger”, and it’s what people tend to blame, the usual suspects like the pings, the dings, the rings, anything in your outside environment that can lead you towards traction or distraction. We can get back to those in just a minute. But first, I want to focus on what’s even more important than the external triggers.

We need to talk about the leading cause of distraction. The leading cause of distraction is not what is happening outside of us, because what I discovered in my five years of research is that most distraction begins from within. We call these “internal triggers”. What are internal triggers? Internal triggers are uncomfortable emotional sensations that we seek to escape from. You see, in fact, all human behavior, all human behavior, everything you do, you do for only one reason: the desire to escape discomfort. In fact, even the desire to feel pleasure is, itself, psychologically destabilizing. This is called the “homeostatic response”.

If you think about it, if you go outside and it’s cold, well, the brain tells you, “Oh, this is uncomfortable, you should put on a coat.” When you walk back inside, the brain says, “Oh, it’s too hot in here, take it off.” If you feel hunger pangs, you eat. If you’re full because you ate too much, you stop eating. And so physiologically, everything we do is about a desire to escape discomfort. This is called the “homeostatic response”. It’s pretty common sense.

But what most people don’t realize is that the same phenomenon occurs with our psychological sensations. Think about it. Where do people go when they’re feeling lonely? Well, you check a social network like Facebook. And what about when you’re uncertain? Before you scan your brain to see if you know the answer, you’re Googling? And what about when you’re feeling bored? Oh my goodness, so many solutions to boredom, right? Check the news, check stock prices, sports scores, Pinterest, Reddit, all kinds of solutions to take care of this uncomfortable sensation of boredom, because we don’t like those internal triggers, they don’t feel good, and we look for escape from them.

So here’s the fact of the matter:

TIME management is PAIN management.

And if all human behavior is about a desire to escape discomfort, if you don’t understand what is that emotional itch, what is the uncomfortable sensation you are looking to escape, whether it’s with too much news, too much booze, too much football, too much Facebook, it doesn’t matter; we have to first start by mastering these internal triggers, so that we can gain control over them, as opposed to them controlling us.

So now that we understand the difference between traction and distraction, and we understand that we are driven towards traction or distraction by internal and external triggers, we can actually plot out the four points of how we become indistractable. It starts, first and foremost, by mastering the internal triggers, by understanding the deeper reasons why we look for escape from those uncomfortable sensations. The next step is to make time for traction.

Over the past five years research in my book, I’ve talked to thousands of people, and many of them have complained to me about how distracting the world is, how they can’t get anything done because social media this, and did you hear what happened in the news that, and their boss wants this and their kids want that, and they tell me how distracted they are. But when I asked them, “Okay, but what did you get distracted from exactly? Let me see your calendar. What was it that you plan to do?” They haven’t a clue. Sometimes they’ll show me their calendar.

And I’m guilty of this as well. I used to do this several years ago before I wrote this book. My calendar was blank. I’d have maybe an appointment here and there, but for the most of my day, I didn’t have anything planned. What I did have was a super long to-do list with all kinds of tasks I wanted to check off. What I’ve since discovered is that running your day with a to-do list as opposed to a calendar, is just about the worst thing you could possibly do for your productivity. Instead of keeping it to do list, which we tend to tick off the easy stuff and the fun stuff as opposed to the important stuff, when we keep a calendar, not just a calendar, a time box calendar, we utilize this fundamental truth that we cannot call something a distraction unless we know what it is distracting us from.

Let me say that again. You can’t call something a distraction unless you know what it distracted you from. And so if you don’t plan your day, somebody is going to plan it for you. The social media companies, the news, your boss, your kids, somebody is going to take up that time in your day unless you decide, in advance, how you want to spend your time. There’s a reason we call it spending time and paying attention. The same type of language that we use to describe spending money and paying with dollars and cents, because our time and attention has value. And so if you just give it away to whoever wants it, don’t complain when you haven’t gotten done what you wanted to do with your time, and frankly, with your life.

So, this comes down to turning our values into time. What does that mean? Fundamentally, we have to ask ourselves, what are our values? So what are values anyway?

Values are attributes of the person you want to become, meaning you have to ask yourself, how would the person I want to become spend their time?

Now we can ask ourselves within these three life domains of you, your relationships, and finally your work. How would the person I want to become spend their time starting with you? So whatever is important for you in terms of personal values, how much time would the person you want to become spend on reading, on yoga, on prayer, on meditation, whatever it is that’s important to you, heck, playing video games, if that’s important to you, that’s part of your values, and the way you want to take care of yourself, wonderful, but plan that time in your schedule.

Next, our relationships. We are going through a global loneliness crisis, because over the past several decades, and this didn’t start with social media, but since the 1990s, social scientists have told us that the time that people devote to planned activities with their friends has markedly decreased. And so we can bring that back. We can make sure that we spend time with our friends, loved ones, and family members by putting time for it in our schedule.

If part of your value system involves being a devoted spouse, or a loving parent, or an available sibling, do you have that time to connect with the important people in your life scheduled and held on your calendar? And then finally, when it comes to our values around our work.

You see, work is split up into two kinds of work. We have what we call “reactive work” and “reflective work”. Reactive work is how most people spend most of their time at work. It’s responding to emails, answering phone calls, messages, slack notifications, reacting to what other people want you to do with your time. Now, that time is clearly part of many people’s jobs, but what we neglect to do is to carve out and protect time for reflective work.

Listen, if you want a leg up on the competition, if you want to do your job better than anyone else can, let me give you a little secret. Make time to think. You know why? Because it’s such a rare skill; nobody’s doing it.

Nobody’s making time in their day to work without distraction, to allow you the time to reflect, to plan, to strategize. You have got to have that time held and secured on your calendar.

So the second step to becoming indistractable is to make time for traction by keeping a time box calendar and then doing what we call “doing a schedule sync with the important stakeholders in your life.” So this will not only change your work-life balance, it’ll also change your relationship with your life partner. For example, when you can sit down with your schedule once a week, takes maybe 10-15 minutes, and review that physical artifact of your schedule, this is how we make sure that we live up to our obligations to others and to ourselves. The third step to becoming indistractable is to hack back our external triggers. So external triggers, again, are these pings, dings, and rings, anything in our outside environment that can lead us off track towards distraction rather than traction. And so there’s all kinds of things that we can do. Many of these things are really common sense.

Two thirds of Americans never change their smartphone notification settings. What? Can we really complain that our smartphones are addicting us when we haven’t taken five minutes to turn those notifications that don’t serve us, off?

So the critical question is to ask ourselves, when it comes to all of these external triggers, all of these pings and dings, which external triggers serve me and which am I serving? And to critically evaluate in all the different external triggers in your life, not just on your phone, but on your computer, at home, at work, meetings, emails, all of these external triggers, which are serving you and which are you serving? And it turns out that there are, in fact, thousands of free tools that we can use to hack back technology. And I used that term very deliberately. “To hack” means “to gain unauthorized access”. Does anybody not know that the big tech companies and the big media companies are in the business of harvesting our attention?

This isn’t something new to social media. If you think about newspapers, cable TV shows, all of them sell your eyeballs to the highest bidder. They sell them to advertisers. And there’s nothing necessarily wrong with the news or television or social media as long as you know what you’re in for. And the good news is, as opposed to television and newspapers, you can actually hack back with interactive technologies.

So there are all kinds of tools that we can use. For example, when I scroll Facebook, I love Facebook, but I don’t need to see that newsfeed. There’s a free Chrome extension called Facebook Newsfeed Eradicator that does exactly what it says. It gets rid of that newsfeed so that you can check Facebook without looking at this wall of noise. Instead, you can go to specific friends and see what’s up on their specific pages. Another great tool is YouTube DF. I love YouTube videos. You’re probably watching me on YouTube right now. But do I really need to see all those ads, all those extra videos that are put there in order to keep me watching and watching? No, I can install a great Chrome extension called YouTube DF. DF stands for “distraction free”. And this free Chrome extension will scrub out all the superfluous stuff around the video, so that you can just see the video you’re watching without a lot of the tricks that they use to keep you hooked. But this is really the tip of the iceberg.

We can learn how to hack back these external triggers in all different facets of our life. How to hack back meetings, how to hack back email, how to even hack back working from home when so many of us are working at home and our kids might distract us from time to time, what do we do to make sure that we can hack back all the various distractions in our life, so that these external triggers lead us towards traction rather than distraction?

Finally, the fourth step to becoming indistractable is preventing distraction with pacts. Pacts implement this psychological technique of making a precommitment. Now, a precommitment is when we decide, in advance, what we want to do to prevent ourselves from doing something we don’t want to do. And there are three types of pacts. We have effort pacts, price pacts, and identity pacts. Effort packs are when we put some bit of friction in between us and something we don’t want to do.

So for example, in my household, for many years, I found that my wife and I were going to bed later and later every night. She was scrolling her iPad and I was on my computer. And so one night, we decided to use some of these techniques, and we decided to get ourselves a $10 outlet timer. Now, this outlet timer, you plug it into the wall outlet, and anything you plug into it will turn on or off at any time of designated day or night. So in my household, at every night at 10 pm, my internet router shuts off. In fact, today you can buy internet routers with this functionality built right in, so some devices can stay on while others turn off. And this is an incredibly effective technique to make a pact with yourself. Now, could I get back online somehow? Of course, I could find a way to cheat. But I’ve inserted a bit of mindfulness because of the extra effort required so that I can think for a minute and say to myself, “Wait a minute, is this really important, is this really consistent with my values, or is this leading me down the path of distraction rather than traction?” So that’s one example of an effort pact. A price pact is when we put some kind of monetary disincentive on the line. And then perhaps the most powerful of the three types of pacts is what we call an “identity pact”. And identity pact comes out of the psychology of religion.

Research has shown us that when we have some kind of name, some kind of moniker that we identify with, it becomes much more likely that we’ll reach our long-term goals.

So for example, when someone calls themselves a devout Muslim or an observant Christian or even, for that matter, a vegetarian. A vegetarian doesn’t wake up in the morning and say, “Hmm, I wonder if I’ll have a bacon sandwich for breakfast?” No, a vegetarian knows that they don’t eat that because they don’t eat meat. They are a vegetarian. Well, we can adopt a similar mindset and use this psychological hack ourselves by labeling ourselves as indistractable.

When you think of yourself as the kind of person who strives to do what they say they’re going to do, the kind of person who lives with personal integrity, you can call yourself indistractable. And that moniker has been shown to help us stay on track and achieve our long-term goals. One of the things I learned over the past five years of researching the psychology of distraction, is that distraction is not a new thing. Facebook and the internet and the iPhone didn’t invent distraction.

In fact, Plato, the Greek philosopher, talked about distraction over 2500 years ago. He called it ‘akrasia’ in the Greek; the tendency that we have to do things against our better interest. And Plato wondered why is it that despite knowing what to do, we don’t just do it. And if this was difficult in Plato’s day, it’s even more baffling today. In previous generations, people could say, “Well, I don’t know what to do. I don’t have access to the information to tell me some kind of secrets.” But there are no secrets. Who doesn’t basically know how to lose weight? You have to eat right and exercise. Who doesn’t basically know how to improve your work performance? You have to do the work, especially the hard stuff that other people don’t want to do. Who doesn’t know that to improve our relationships with our family and loved ones, we have to be fully present and invest in those relationships?

We already know this stuff. What we don’t know is how to stop getting in our own way. How do we stop getting distracted?

You see, there are typically two types of people when it comes to dealing with distraction. We have what we call the “blamers” and the “shamers”. The blamers blame things outside themselves. “It’s Facebook, it’s my boss, it’s the modern world these days that makes me so distracted and unable to accomplish my goals.” And then you have the shamers. The shamers, they don’t blame things outside themselves; they shame themselves. And here’s what it sounds like.

This is what I used to do all the time. “Oh, maybe there’s something wrong with me. I’m not very good at focusing. Maybe I have an addictive personality. Maybe I’m this, maybe I’m that. There I go again, doing this thing that I said I wasn’t going to do once again. There’s probably something broken in my brain.” And that’s almost never the case. Both techniques are not very effective. The blamer blames things outside of themselves that they have virtually no control to change.

We can go back into some time machine before these technologies existed. And even if we could, there was no magical time without distraction. The shamers really harm themselves with that mindset because the more shame we feel, the worst we feel. And ironically, when we feel shame, a very uncomfortable emotion, many people escape that sensation with guess what? More distraction to take their mind off of how crummy they feel about themselves. So we don’t want to be blamers. We don’t want to be shamers.

We want to be what we call “claimers”. Claimers claim responsibility not for how they feel. This is a really important point. Most people don’t realize you cannot control your feelings, you can only control how you respond to those feelings, that the reason we get distracted, the reason we procrastinate, it’s not a character flaw, there’s nothing wrong with you; it’s simply that you don’t have the tools to deal with those uncomfortable feelings in a healthy manner to lead you towards traction rather than distraction.

You see, many things in the world these days are not your fault. You didn’t invent Facebook, you didn’t invent social media, you didn’t create what’s happening in the news today; these things aren’t your fault. But managing your response to the discomfort that you feel every day that can lead you towards distraction is your responsibility. Many people will classify distraction as certain behaviors. Playing a video game, that’s bad, that’s distracting, but doing your work is somehow good. But that can’t be right. I would argue that any action can be either traction or distraction, whether it’s something we do with intent, with forethought.

So for example, if you sit down at your desk, and guide your work life based on what’s on your to-do list, you’re going to have attention for doing the things that are urgent, easy, or fun, as opposed to doing the stuff that’s actually important. You see, distraction tricks us by us thinking that what we’re working on is what we think we should be doing: checking emails. slack notifications, whatever it is that seems like a work related task.

What we’re doing is allowing distraction to trick us into doing what I call “pseudo work”: these things that we feel like we’re being productive by doing these work-related tasks, but if it’s not what we plan to do with our time, working on that big report, finishing that proposal, whatever the case might be, not doing the work we’re avoiding, that is, in fact, a more dangerous, insipid form of distraction because we don’t even realize we’re getting distracted.

So being indistractable is really the skill of the century. Look, if you think that the world is distracting today, just wait a few years. All trends point to the fact that the world will become an increasingly distracting place.

As technology improves and becomes more ubiquitous, there will be more potentially distracting things in the world. Whether it’s virtual reality or augmented reality or who knows what other kinds of reality, the temptation to get distracted will only increase if you are looking for distraction and you are not armed to deal with it. Which is why becoming indistractable really will be the skill of the century.

Look, I think, in the future, there will be two kinds of people in the world. There will be the kind of people who allow their time and attention and their lives to be manipulated and controlled by others. And there will be the kind of people who stand up and say, “No, I will decide how I spend my time, how I spend my attention, how I live my life. I am indistractable.”

So you hear a lot of people these days saying that technology is addicting us, that it’s hijacking our brains, and there’s basically nothing that we can do about it. And I want to tell you right now that you are much more powerful than you think. Look, I wrote the book on how companies get us hooked. The book is called Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products. And I know every which way that these companies are designed to manipulate your time and attention. And I will tell you, these techniques that the tech companies use are good; they’re not that good. Meaning if we use a few simple techniques to regain control over our time and attention, we are much more powerful than the tech companies.

One of the worst things that you can do is to believe that you are somehow addicted. Now, some people are in fact addicted. If you think about alcohol, for example, alcohol is highly addictive, but is everyone who has a glass of wine or a beer with dinner an alcoholic? Of course not. Very few people are actually addicted to alcohol, and very few people are actually addicted to social media. Now, short of people with the pathology of addiction, the rest of us have to understand that there are things that we can do right now that are very simple to do to make sure that we can control these technologies, as opposed to these technologies controlling us.

The study of what people will do when they feel bored is fascinating. In fact, a study by Timothy Wilson at Harvard found that a significant proportion of people would rather shock themselves with an electrical shock they were told would be painful, than to sit alone in a room and feel boredom. Now, this study reveals to us that there are steps that we will take to try and avoid this uncomfortable sensation, that we would rather have some kind of stimulus than to be stuck alone feeling this uncomfortable emotional itch.

So what this tells us is that we have to find ways to cope with discomfort in a healthier manner. Because many of us, when we feel bored, lonesome, indecisive, fatigued, uncertainty, we reflexively look for some kind of escape. whether that escape is by turning on the television or checking our phones or doing something to take our mind off of that discomfort. Instead, what we can do is we can use those internal triggers, those uncomfortable emotional sensations as rocket fuel to move us forward towards traction, as opposed to trying to escape them with distraction. How can we do that? Well, we have to start with understanding that feeling bad is not bad.

I think that there’s a very popular myth in the self-help communities these days, that somehow if we feel any kind of emotional discomfort, we have to escape it as quickly as possible; that if we feel lonesome or bored or indecisive or anxious or fatigued or stressed, God forbid, we should have to feel those sensations. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

The default human condition is not to be perpetually happy, to be always contented; quite the opposite. Our default state is perpetual disquietude, is always wanting more. And if you think about it, what drives entrepreneurs, artists, politicians, what drives people to change the world is this uncomfortable desire for more, to do something better. That’s what has always driven our species forward. And if you can harness that discomfort and use it to your advantage, this is how we get ahead, this is how we make the world a better place, by understanding that discomfort and dealing with it in a healthy way, as opposed to trying to escape it with distraction in an unhealthy manner.

So there’s a technique called “progressive extremism” that can really be a useful tactic if you’re trying to change your life in a positive manner. And this acknowledges the fact that temporary fixes are pointless. What’s the point of getting in shape by going on some kind of fad diet so you can fit in your wedding dress for just one day, if you’re not maintaining a healthy lifestyle forever? The point of getting in shape is to have the benefits for the rest of your life. So instead of having some kind of crash diet, which we know people tend to bounce back from and with a vengeance, instead, what we want to do is to train ourselves with this technique called progressive extremism.

What does progressive extremism mean? Progressive extremism means that we are going to remove some kind of unhealthy behavior in our life for the rest of our lives, nut we’re going to do it in a very small way.

Here’s how it works: So for me, when I decided I wanted to eat less processed sugar, I didn’t say, “That’s it, I’m never touching processed sugar ever again.” Instead, what I said was, “I am going to cut out one food that’s refined sugar for the rest of my life.” But it has to be easy. So the first food I started with was candy corn. Now, I don’t know if you like candy corn, I don’t really like candy corn all that much. I would eat it kind of on Halloween when my daughter would bring it back from trick-or-treating. It’s kind of the dregs of the Halloween haul. And so I decided one year, “You know what? I’m eating these things not because I like them, but because they’re just here. Well, they’re never going to be here ever again.” And so I pledged myself, “I’m never going to eat another candy corn for the rest of my life.” No big deal, I didn’t really like him to begin with. And then I was ready to do a bit more, to progress. So the next thing I said I’m not going to eat ever again, was I excised sodas, sugary sodas in the house. Now, I told myself I could drink sugary sodas outside the house, just not in the house. That was the first tiny baby step that I was going to take along this path of progressive extremism. When I was ready, about a month later, I decided to excise more and more and more. And so today, after years of doing this, there’s all kinds of things that I just don’t eat. And what we’re doing is leveraging an identity that we know that people who say that “they don’t” versus those who say “I can’t”, are much more likely to stick with their long-term goals.

Because when you say “I don’t do something,” for example, “I don’t eat meat, I am a vegetarian,” versus “Oh, no, thanks, I can’t because I’m on a diet,” you’re much more likely to stick over the long term. So when you regularly review this list of “Wow, look at all the things that I don’t have in my life anymore, starting with candy corn, sugary drinks,” whatever the case might be these small, simple things that you’ve removed from your life over years, and this takes time and commitment, what you’ll find is that you’ll be very proud to have this entire list of things that you don’t really miss anymore, because you took this path of progressive extremism. So if there’s one mantra that summarizes my five years of research into the psychology of distraction, it’s this: that the antidote to impulsiveness is forethought.

You see, our species has an amazing gift that no other animal on the face of the earth has, which is that we can see into the future. We can predict what is going to happen with greater fidelity than any other animal that roams the earth. And so we should use that capability because if you wait till the last minute, you will lose. If you wait until the cigarette is lit in your hand, you’re going to smoke it. If you wait till the chocolate cake is on a fork on the way to your mouth, you’re going to eat it.

If you sleep next to your cell phone every night, of course, it’s going to be the first thing you pick up in the morning before you say hello to your loved one. So don’t wait to the last minute. What I discovered in my five years of research, is that people who are indistractable, they don’t have a lot of willpower, they don’t have a lot of self-control; what they have is a system. They plan today to make sure they don’t get distracted tomorrow. By mastering the internal triggers, making time for traction, hacking back the external triggers, and preventing distraction with pacts, this is how anyone can become indistractable.

The post If You Can’t Focus & Get Distracted Easily: WATCH THIS appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

But what if I told you being an introvert could be a source of ultimate power and understanding.

Stay tuned for the following six points if you want to learn what incredible advantages introverts have and how you can learn from them to better yourself.

6 Superpowers Every Introvert Has (And How You Can Use Them Too) 

Number One: Understanding of Self

It’s no secret introverts tend to go through a much greater period of self understanding and even suffering as they struggle to understand their place in the world.

But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. It’s through this constant self analysis that introverts become interested in ways they can think more effectively.

They seek a deeper understanding of how their own mind works. Why they think the way they do, and how this correlates with the world around them.

Human potential is truly limitless and every effort to enhance your own cognition is a great investment.

No single human being has ever been able to comprehend the entire universe. So we should take note of the introverts diligence.

Perhaps with a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other the world could be a better place.

Number Two: Meaningful Purpose

When making a major decision introverts may take longer. This is because they carefully analyze every outcome before settling on a final decision.

Although this may seem time wasting, once a final decision is made introverts tend to stick with that choice through thick and thin.

In this way a simple philosophy can transform into a life purpose.

A once unsure individual can become an unstoppable machine working towards their vision of the future and their purpose in life.

This enables introverts to stick doggedly to a belief, long after others have quit. Creating results in areas others deemed impossible.

With this level of determination towards any outcome, truly anything is possible.

Number Three: Creative Force

As Albert Einstein said “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”

Many of the greatest artists in history were introverts. Some were even so secluded that their brilliance was never fully revealed until many years after their deaths.

Less need for social interaction and a more introspective modus operandi enables introverts to go deep into the creative process.

If you want to create something groundbreaking, forget the world. Lose yourself in the process with no distractions.

This is where miracles are made.

Number Four: Powerful Connections

An introvert’s trust is hard to attain. Not only are they reserved in general, but they prefer more meaningful relationships over meaningless small talk.

Introverts aren’t as in need of small talk as extraverts, meaning the connections they forge aren’t built on trivialities.

They are built on trust, mutual understanding and shared beliefs therefore the bonds they create are much stronger.

Introverts know your best friend isn’t the one you have the most fun with.

It’s the one you can trust with your life.

Number Five: Working Alone

The single-mindedness of introverts drives them to take on challenges others wouldn’t normally attempt by themselves.

Many introverts have taken a single concept or idea and turned it into a hugely successful enterprise.

Of course human interaction is critical, but introverts tend to speak after their idea is in motion. Whereas extroverts often seek assurance from others beforehand which can delay or even suspend an idea that otherwise would of been incredibly successful.

So if you have an idea that you believe in. Trust your instincts and get after it. Most people play it safe so the more opinions you ask for, the more likely you’ll be talked out of what you are attempting.

Number Six: The Simple Life

For introverts a great book, a quiet space and a lack of unnecessary social interaction is like winning the lottery.

Get comfortable in your own skin first, if you want to have a happy existence. Learn what helps you be more productive and what doesn’t. As quite often the answer is more complicated than you originally assumed.

There really is no perfect formula, it’s up to you to understand what you do well and how you can use that to contribute to society, whether that’s to change the world for the better or to make money.

Whatever it is you want in this world, it’s all in your head. 

The post 6 Superpowers Every Introvert Has (And How You Can Use Them Too) appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

Speaker: BRUCE LIPTON, Author “The Biology of Belief”

TRANSCRIPT: Bruce Lipton On How Your Thoughts (STRESS) Cause Illness and Disease.

And now it turns out that stress, the problem that fear generates, stress is responsible for up to 90% of all disease. We have to learn to let go of the fear. Consciousness needs to change. It’s chronic fear chemistry itself that is the cause of the problem. Change your mind, you change the chemistry. And therefore, you become empowered. I’d like to discuss today the concept of how fear influences our biology.

What we understand from the nature of epigenetics is that the composition of the blood is actually what controls our genetic activity. That the composition of that blood, the chemistry of it is based on the perceptions that we hold in our mind. And when we start to hold a perception of fear, we release different chemistry in the blood to prepare us to protect ourselves from the fear that we believe is going to affect us.

So I go, “Well, what happens?” I say, “When we hold a picture of fear, one of the things that happens is we start to get mobilized to forget our body to respond to that fear.” And most of us know that mobilization is related to the adrenal system, the fight-or-flight system built into our body. So I say, “Well, what happens physiologically when we’re experiencing fear in our mind?” And the answer is, “The brain releases elements such as stress hormones as cortisol or norepinephrine as well as agents that affect the immune system such as histamine or cytokines.” Like, “Oh, so, what is the collective response of the chemistry of fear in the blood?” And the answer is, “It redirects the flow of energy in our body.”

Understand this, that the blood is controlling the energy because that’s where all the nutrients and the resources are. And normally, when we’re not in fear, the blood is more or less concentrated in our viscera, the organs that actually help the body grow and repair itself and maintain itself. So, the blood energy is now being used to maintain our biology. However, if we live in fear such as the old concept of being chased by a saber-toothed tiger, the question is, “Where do you want the blood?” Well, since the adrenal system helps us in fight-or-flight, the adrenal system is going to redirect the blood flow into the arms and legs because those are the organs that we use to escape the fear.

So the first thing that happens when fear is present in our mind is that the stress hormones go in the blood. They actually cause the blood vessels in the gut to shut down. Why? Because we don’t need to use the energy to grow and maintain the body when we’re chased by that tiger. When the blood vessels in the guts squeeze shut, the blood is now forced to the arms and legs which are necessary for the fight-or-flight response. And centers it because, in a state of fear, some people experience what are called butterflies in the stomach. That butterflies in the stomach is the physiological consequence of the stress hormones causing the blood vessels to squeeze shut in the gut, pushing the blood to the arms and legs. And that’s where we need the energy of the system.

So number one, when you’re living in fear, you shut down the growth and maintenance of the body as you prepare for fight-or-flight. Number two, there’s another effect as well. And that is when fear hormones are put in the body, again, we want to conserve all the energy possible to run away from that tiger. So we shut down any mechanism that is not necessary in a fight-or-flight response.

This is particularly important in regard to the immune system. The immune system is like an internal adrenal system. The immune system protects me from threats on the inside. The immune system uses a lot of energy, as you well know because if you’ve ever been sick, you realize how little energy you have. You may not even have enough energy to get out of bed. So, the significance here is important. When the stress hormones are released in the body to conserve the energy for fight-or-flight, the stress hormones shut down the immune system. And this is very vital because the usage of that energy by the immune system is so high, it would interfere with the fight-or-flight response. So, a significant aspect is this. Not only do we redirect the flow of blood away from the viscera, which maintains our body, we also inhibit the immune system, which is protecting the interior of our body.

Now, if it’s just a run away from a saber-toothed tiger, 10 minutes and you escape the tiger, then the system can return to normal. But what happens in chronic fear? The fear of life of every day that we’re not being supported. The answer is this. Then chronically, we are shutting down the maintenance of the body which opens us up to infections and inflammations and all other problems. And while we’re open to those infections, guess what? We also now shut down the immune system, which is protecting us from those infections. So when I say we shut down the growth of the maintenance of the body, we shut down the immune system for a 10-minute escape from a tiger, no problem. But in today’s world, stress is not 10 minutes. It’s 24-7 365. What is the consequence of a long duration of living in fear?

And the answer is the body starts to become sick and starts to fall apart. Now it turns out that stress, the problem that fear generates, stress is responsible for up to 90% of all disease. And so, while we were thinking genes were causing the diseases, no. It’s the consequence of stress and the chemical consequence of that shutting down growth, shutting down the immune system, opens up the body for a failure. And this is why disease is the result of chronic fear.

So the relevance is this. We have to learn to let go of the fear. We have to recognize that most of the fear is just programming, people scaring us with beliefs about this is going to happen and that’s going to happen. And when we hold those beliefs in our mind, those beliefs are translated into the chemistry of stress, which then impacts the body in a very negative way.

So, consciousness needs to change. We have to stop the fear thoughts, we have to switch into healthier thoughts. If there’s a picture of fear, this is actually debilitating you. So in your mind, every time a fear comes up, if you change it into some other story, change it to some other vision, change it into visions of happiness, joy, anything you would rather do because the fear itself is the cause of the illness and the fear is a result of consciousness.

And it’s not actually real in most cases. It’s a belief. And if we change that belief surrounding the fear, we are then empowered to return back to a healthy vital system where the blood is flowing back into the viscera, maintaining us and the inhibitions on the immune system are stopped. In this process, we can then have a life of full health and happiness especially when you recognize that over 90% of the diseases facing this planet are all coming from fear. It’s up to us. We can change the fear. You consciously must redirect that fear and change it by replacing it with thoughts of love, happiness, joy, health and all those wonderful visions. Because in that mindset, the chemistry will actually enhance your vitality. It’s chronic fear chemistry itself that is the cause of the problem. Change your mind, you change the chemistry. And therefore you become empowered to survive and thrive.

The post Bruce Lipton Explains How Thoughts Cause Disease In The Body appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.

Speaker: Ed Mylett
Full Interview here with Tom Bilyeu

Transcript of the Interview:

I had a really good friend of mine, I went to lunch, and he said, “I don’t know who this guy is here, in front of me.” And he goes, “Let me ask you a question. Honestly, right now, what are you grateful for?” And at the lunch, I said, “Jack shit. Nothing, brother. There’s nothing good in my life right now.” And I’m not exaggerating this to you, when I tell you this, and this is a factual story.

As I’m mouthing these words, two people walked in with an older man, both of them clearly were fighting cancer somehow. Both had lost their hair, one of the ladies had a bonnet on, and they were barely moving, and both walked by our table and gave me the most warm greeting, the warmest smile, as a stranger. And he goes, “That’s pretty freaking pathetic. You can’t find anything in your life to be grateful for right now?” And on the drive home, I’m not kidding you, I started to stack gratitude. I started to take inventory, because if you can find things to be grateful for in that space, man, is your life going to be rich when there really are external things to be grateful for.

So, my first mechanism out of that space, was honestly, to stack the things I was grateful for, and I started reinforcing it over, and over, and over again. And, what happens is, there’s this reticular activating system in our brains. And all of a sudden, because that’s the messaging I was giving myself, all of a sudden, all of these things start to come into my awareness that I’m grateful for. I start to magnetize to myself some people that I needed to find into my life, and that was the next layer. I started to see things to be grateful for: my health, my fitness, people who loved me, and what it is, it changed my state.

When I stacked gratitude, I changed what I did in the morning, and I changed what I did in the evening. And so, somehow, by grabbing control of my morning, and by grabbing control of my evening, I got some measure of control over the middle of my day. I was an out-of-control person back in those days, meaning this: I woke up worried, stressed, fearful, and I immediately start thinking about a bill I had to pay, something that was wrong, and I’m in a state of reaction to begin every … I’m talking about within six minutes of waking up, six seconds, most people listening to this, that’s what they do. I said, “I’ve got to grab control of my morning,” and I set up routines, in my morning. Maybe they served me, maybe they didn’t, but they were things I could deliver on doing for myself.

That which you do not hate, you will eventually tolerate. And I think that identifies most people’s lives. In other words, they… Average becomes sort of like this slow asphyxiation. It’s almost like an anesthetic, and that, over time, we become kind of a immune and dulled to the average that we’re becoming. I know this is true, at least for me. You probably experienced it yourself, too. And so, over time, we minimize where we’re at. In other words, “I’m a little pudgy,” instead of being, “No, you’re a fat ass.” You don’t magnify the degree to which the pain ought to be affecting you.

And so, really what he means in that, is, “Listen, you’re going to get out of your life what you’ll accept.” That’s really difficult for people, I think, to understand, is, “Look, what you think you’re worth, and what you’re going to tolerate, is absolutely what you’re going to bring into your life, and what the outward part of your life’s going to look like.” I live by that. I let myself feel the pain and the difficulty of being not where I want to be, and whatever that area is, whether it’s spirituality, my relationships, my money, I let myself feel that pain. Because, as you know, there’s two motivators, right? There’s the gaining of pleasure, wanting to go get something, chasing the dream.

But then there’s the avoidance of pain. And, for a lot of champions, that’s a pretty big driving force for them. And so, at least for me, I leverage both of those things on me, to get myself to take action.

There’s this thing people think, that like, “I’ll be happy when…” Once I get this big amazing home, or once I get this car, or once I get this relationship or an amount of money, then I’ll allow myself some happiness. The problem is, the finish line always moves. You never arrive there, right? The other part is, people think, “Well, if I enjoy myself now, I’m going to lose my drive.” In other words, if I can just wire myself with enough pain all the time, I won’t lose my drive or ambition. The truth is, there’s no correlation between the two at all. There’s no relationship between you feeling complete pain all the time, and losing drive.

And so, I talk about living in a state of blissful dissatisfaction and, the more we can begin to reward ourselves with bliss, we’re not going to lose our dissatisfaction. We’re not going to lose that. For me, our brains, this dopamine hit you get when you do something successful, if you constantly cheat yourself out of that hit, bio-mechanically in your body, less and less in the future, will you want to achieve the next level, the next dream, the next step.

And that’s why so many people stall out in life. They got to a certain point, and they cheated themselves out of the bliss, out of the celebration. It’s important that we celebrate our wins, we celebrate our lives, because it causes us to want the next bite. It keeps us hungrier, not the reverse. And so for me, I want to live in a state of being grateful and blissful now, not waiting for some future place or date that may never arise.

Self-confidence is really self-trust. So the first thing is, the people that I know that are really happy, are very self-aware. In fact, the best entrepreneurs I know, are very self-aware. They’re aware of their short-comings. They want to improve them. They want to get to the next version of themselves all the time. And so, for me, self-confidence comes… because I didn’t have it. I think anytime you meet somebody like yourself, or myself, who might now appear self-confident, it’s because I really had to find tools and resources, because I was so insecure, and shy, and introverted, so I had to find techniques and resources to build that up in me.

And for me, it’s very simple, it’s the promises that I keep to myself. If I have a habit, over and over, of beginning to stack one on top of the other, of keeping promises I make to me, not other people. In other words, the minute you begin to get external in your life, worrying about what other people think about you, you’ve lost all control, and it never fills you up. People’s admiration, people’s gratitude towards you, will never fill you up. It’s your own, it’s your own, inside. And so, for me self-confidence comes from keeping the promises I make to myself.

And, the other part of it is, being aware I’m doing it. In other words, most people don’t give themselves enough credit, all the time. They’re very aware of these 20% things, and not aware of the 80, and that’s why the dosage is so important too. You’ve nailed it. It should be 80-20, because people get addicted to this, “I’m not good at this. People don’t like this about me. I don’t feel good,” instead of focusing on the 80, and stacking up. “Well, I did eat what I said I was going to today. I did get up when I said I was going to. I made the amount of phone calls. I treated people in such a way I promised myself.” It’s not just doing those things, it’s rewarding. It’s being aware of it, and stacking that up.

When I work with athletes, the successful athletes I work with, when they’re in a slump, it’s never that they can’t hit a ball anymore, or make a shot, or swing a golf club. They’ve lost their self-confidence. Somewhere along the way, they’ve lost the ability to focus on the things they are great at, and stacking those promises they made to themselves. And the way I get them to break their slump, is not correcting their swing, or getting them positive, it’s getting them to acknowledge the small promises, showing up to batting practice early, hitting that extra bucket of balls, beginning to reward themselves for the extra promises they keep to themselves, puts them back in a state of self-confidence. All of a sudden, they’re hitting the ball great again.

Full Interview:

The post If You Are Struggling: WATCH THIS – This Is How You Turn Your Life Around appeared first on Fearless Motivation - Motivational Videos & Music.