EP196 - Seek It In Yourselves

WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:16.640 Good Day, my friend. Welcome to Um moment with modes. Thank you 2 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:24.000 so much for downloading the show. I am absolutely delighted to be here with 3 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:32.479 you at the start of another week. epictitis joins US today, and epictitis 4 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:41.359 says seek not the good in external things, seek it in yourselves. My 5 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:49.439 friend, everything that we want is already here. The goals, their dreams 6 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:57.759 that you want are all ready here. You know, the knock on motivational 7 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:10.560 sayings and and motivational speakers and such is that the motivation doesn't last and you 8 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:19.519 know they're they're not entirely wrong. Things like motivation and discipline and will power. 9 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.439 They get weaker, they waned as the day goes on, and it's 10 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:36.120 especially hard when we're looking add things outside of us in order to keep us 11 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:45.560 motivated. I'm in the habit of losing the same five to seven pounds over 12 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:52.079 and over again. When the number on the scale gets to a certain point, 13 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.319 I can contain my sweet tooth, and when that number on the scale 14 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:05.200 comes down to a certain number, I relax said control on the sweet tooth 15 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:13.080 and those five to seven pounds come right back and the cycle begins. I'm 16 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:21.960 using the number on the scale as my motivation for proper eating. But I 17 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.960 have to get away from that focus. I have to get away from focusing 18 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:32.319 on that number and focus on why I want to lose that ten extra pounds 19 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:38.039 and I have to focus on the thought of being healthier, the thought of 20 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:45.520 feeling better in my clothes, the thought of maintaining an active lifestyle and to 21 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:51.680 live longer and enjoy my life with my wife far more important than just the 22 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:58.360 number on the scale. The same is true for anything we want. The 23 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:04.960 love you want, the success you want, the inspiration that we want is 24 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:14.719 already there inside us. There are two types of motivation, extrinsic and intrinsic. 25 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:22.800 Extrinsic motivations are the tasks that we do in order to get an external 26 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:29.759 reward, and the easiest example is money. I'm motivated to go to my 27 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:37.759 job because of the money that they pay me, but my motivation is based 28 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:44.520 on how much money they're paying me. So if the money isn't that good, 29 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:52.599 my motivation isn't that good, whereas doing the consults or Horizon School of 30 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:59.560 music doesn't make me as much money as going to the factory, but my 31 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:10.479 my intrinsic motivation helping somebody grow on their musical journey keeps me motivated and inspired. 32 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.919 I never get tired of doing consults. I don't have to sit out 33 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:19.879 in my car for twenty minutes and cyche myself up to do a consult. 34 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:30.240 Find what inspires you on the inside and all the external motivations and needs will 35 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:35.399 take care of themselves and you'll find that when you light yourself up on the 36 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:46.480 inside, that motivation and inspiration doesn't go away. carpay momentum, my friend. 37 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.920 I'll talk to you tomorrow.