November 7, 2024 • 14 mins
The law of rhythm reveals that life’s cycles—whether good or bad—are part of a natural, repeating flow. With this perspective, we can find comfort in the lows, knowing they’ll rise, and prepare in the highs, knowing they’ll shift. It’s a tool for staying steady, patient, and focused through every phase.
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So I've been trying to keep thistop of mind. It's one of the universal laws. It's the law of rhythm. I've talked about, talked about these laws before.
(00:07):
If you, if you're not familiarwith the universal laws, I think a good resource is, if you search for Bob Proctor universal laws, he has a page that has a
pretty good write up of all ofthem, but the law of rhythm, I've been trying to kind of have this in my head more often, because if you listen to this
(00:30):
podcast, you know, like, I kindof stress out, not, kind of, I stress out pretty regularly, which I don't, I don't know that's really bad, because I'm,
I'm a business owner, and thatcomes with the territory. But my problem is that I feel like I stress out about things that I shouldn't really be stressing
out about, like, daily salesnumbers and shit like that, like or even just kind of like looking at things objectively. So what I wanted to get into
(00:58):
with the law of rhythm, it'sbasically states that, like, things are, things come in cycles, you know. And you can see that all around us, you
know, like the the Earth goesaround the sun in a sort of a rhythm, not sort of, but it's, you know, it's a set time. That's why we have day and night
(01:20):
on, like, the same time, and allthis kind of thing. And like, the the seasons change on a on a rhythm, the the tides go up and down fucking there's all this
different shit. And then you cansee it in other places too. Like, like, I had this financial advisor show me, like, a historical look at the stock
(01:41):
market. And actually, itactually also had a rhythm, you know, like the chart kind of went up, and then it went down, and then it crept back up, and
then it went down. And it wasalmost like, I think it was like a, almost like a 10 year cycle, like it creeps up, it creeps up, and then it kind of caps out,
and then goes back down. So it'skind of a rhythm there as well. And then what I've been thinking about it is like, stuff like, for me, for business, you know,
(02:08):
like, when, when times are good,I tend to feel like times are always going to be good. Like, I don't, I don't really think about the bad times. Like, I
don't know, it's kind of weird.It's like, when sales go back up, I'm like, Oh, hell yeah, we got through it, like, now, smooth sailing from here, you
know? I mean, that's kind of anexaggeration, but to a certain extent, that's kind of how I think of it. And then when it's when things are low, I'm like,
(02:36):
Oh man, we're never going to getback to to getting those big sales numbers that we were before, you know, and the way I look at it, I think, is
unhealthy, and it's not asmotivating as I think it could be. So what I've been trying to do is think about it from the standpoint of the law of rhythm.
(02:58):
It's like, you know, things goup and then they go down, and then they go back up and they go back down. So it's like there's maybe not a set pattern, like
the day's changing or theseasons changing, but there is somewhat of a pattern. And I was also thinking about it in, like, your mood. So, like, some days,
(03:25):
you'll be sort of like happythroughout parts of the day, and then you're maybe angry or depressed or something throughout another part of the
day. And so your mood changesthroughout the day. And I think we, I think we just sort of go along with the ride. Well, at least I do, like, you sort of go
along with whatever it is that'shappening, and you kind of don't, I kind of don't really think, like, Man, I'm in a bad mood right now, but I was, I was
(03:54):
pretty happy this morning, youknow. So I've been trying to, like, identify that, and I I'll get to the point. So, like, the point is, is like, when I find
myself stressing out aboutwhatever, a lot of times it's, it's, you know, business stuff, when I think about that, I've been keeping the law of rhythm,
(04:15):
excuse me, uh, top of mind.Because I think, like, okay, you know, things are, things are a little slow right now, but I know they're gonna pick back up.
I just need to keep doing what Iknow I need to do in order to, you know, make things happen. So like, even if I'm doing everything that I'm supposed to
do, and the sales numbers arestill lower than I want them to be, I feel like that's the law of rhythm just happening. It's like, look, you're gonna do
(04:40):
everything you need to do to behappy or or have these sales numbers or be in a good mood, or whatever, whatever thing you want to apply that to, what if
you're in a down cycle, it'sgoing to come back up. So I've been thinking about that a lot. And when I talk to people that are, you know, having problems,
I think of. I try to bring thatup, and I'm like, Look, you're just in a down cycle right now, and, you know, you just need to get through it. So, like, what's
(05:09):
the action step for that? Ithink, like, when you're in a down, you know, I guess cycle, or down pattern, or whatever part of the rhythm you're down
at the lower end of it, I feellike it makes me feel better when, when I think, like, you know, this isn't permanent. Like, I think, like, a lot of a
(05:30):
lot of the turmoil comes inhaving this feeling like, this is where I'm at now, and this is where I'm gonna be. And so when I think about the law of rhythm,
I'm like, this is where I'm atright now, but I know this is generally followed by an uptick in whatever sales, or, you know, different moods and stuff like
that. And so that's helpful andpositive. When you're at the lower end and you're thinking like, Okay, I'm at the lower end, it's, it's gonna get better
(06:00):
from here, or, you know, maybeyou'll go a little lower, but eventually you're gonna go back up. So that's kind of a positive thing. But then I was like, so
how does, how does that workwhen you're at the at the high point? So like, if sales are really good, or if your moods really good, and you're really
happy and and then you, youthink about the law of rhythm, and you're like, all right? Well, I'm, I'm in the high point, so it's only gonna go
(06:25):
down from here, and then I gotto deal with that. So is that a positive way to think about it? And I don't, I don't really think so. But at the same time,
I started thinking about it, andI was, I was thinking, maybe that's, maybe that's a good time for you to be in preparation, at least to a certain extent, you
know, like, I'm not sure how toreally talk about it in terms of mood. So, like, if I'm if I'm really in a really happy mood, I'm not going to take the law of
(06:52):
rhythm and be like, All right,well, what am I going to do when I'm in a bad mood? But maybe you can. I don't know. I'm kind of, like, kind of thinking about
this as I'm talking but the wayI thought about it was with business. I was thinking like, how does that apply to business, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm hitting
good sales numbers, andeverything's moving along, and all the all the things that I'm doing are working, and then I think about the law of rhythm,
(07:18):
and I'm like, there's going tobe a downturn at some point. So that's, that's a pretty easy one to talk about, because you could use that time also to prepare.
You know, I guess one example, Iwas reading this book. I can't remember what, exactly what it's called. It's I'll try to remember and put it in the in
the notes, but I'm reading itright now, and it's kind of about the neuroscience of manifesting. So it talks about, you know, if you're using the
(07:48):
law of attraction, which isanother universal law, if you're using that, some people think it's like the universe has a has a, I don't know. I don't know
how to explain it, like, whenyou're visualizing, you're sort of manifesting. And there's something about the universe that brings that to you, like
the universe starts showing youthe path, or, like putting opportunities in front of you to make these things happen. But this book is more about the
(08:15):
neuroscience of it. So if you'redoing all of the practices to manifest things, which is like visualizing what you want, feeling what it feels like to
have those things and all thiskind of stuff. He talks about that it's programming your subconscious mind, so then your reticular activating system is
like looking for opportunitiesand all this kind of stuff. But in that book, right in the beginning, he told a story about how, when he was a kid, he
(08:44):
learned about manifesting, andhe he started doing that as a kid, and he was, he was trying to sort of manifest this life where he had all of these
material things, so He wanted,like a mansion overlooking the bay, and he wanted all these nice cars and all this kind of shit. And so this story started
(09:09):
out with him having all of thosethings, but he lost it all because he got it during the.com bubble. And so He manifested, I mean, quote manifested. Like,
obviously, he worked to get allthese things, but when I was reading that, I had been thinking about the law of rhythm in the way that I'm talking
(09:30):
about right now. Like, whenyou're at the upturn, maybe that's a good time to, like, realize that there's gonna be a downturn at some point. You
should be prepared for that. Andthe way he was describing his downfall. It was crazy because, like, he had so much money that he was just about to buy a
fucking Island, his own island,
(09:51):
and then all of a sudden he wentfrom, like, having a mansion and all these cars and about to buy an island, to not only. Losing everything. When the.com bubble
burst and everything went toshit, he lost everything. But he was also like, I think millions of dollars in debt. And so when you think about that, it's sort
of like, how the fuck does thathappen? Like, if you're making all this money, like, there's got to be some money somewhere, right? But in this guy's case, I
(10:20):
don't remember exactly the wholestory, but it was like he had, he had taken out, like, huge loans in order to I don't even remember, but it was just sort
of like he didn't prepare. Andso when the.com bubble burst, not only did he lose everything, but he actually went into debt, like millions of dollars in debt
(10:41):
and and so when I was readingthat, I was thinking about the law of rhythm, and I was like, I wonder if this guy had had been thinking about the law of rhythm
when he had all these things,and he was riding this high of the.com era. And I know some of you guys are young, but like, it was wild, because, like, people
were making so much money offof, like, the dumbest shit, these, like website startups that, like, didn't even have a business, and they were worth,
(11:12):
like, hundreds of millions ofdollars, and they hadn't even started yet. It was just crazy. And then all of a sudden it it just went to shit, and it like,
affected the whole economy. And,like, I wonder if this guy had thought, like, Well, according to the law of rhythm, like, this isn't gonna last forever, so
maybe I shouldn't take out, youknow, 10s of millions of dollars in debt in order to buy shit. Maybe I should, I should be prepared for the downturn, and
(11:39):
then when the.com bubble burst.Maybe he wouldn't have been so bad off, you know. So, like, I think about that in my life, and I'm not dealing with those kind
of numbers, for sure, but like,at the same time I'm I'm starting to think, like, maybe when you're on that high, high end of the of the rhythm, that's
the time to, you know,obviously, be grateful for being there, but also preparing yourself for the inevitable sort of downturn. And maybe that's,
(12:10):
you know, part of me thinksthat's somewhat negative sounding, but at the same time, it's like, it's the reality of things. It's like, you know, I
don't know that much aboutfarming and shit, but I know farmers have to prepare for the freeze and all that stuff. Like, they can't just grow all year
around. Like, if they wereoperating like that, maybe that's not a good thing for me to talk about, because I don't know enough about it, but, but I
(12:36):
know it's not like they're justfucking, you know, growing and harvesting all year around. I think I know, but I don't know. It's inevitable that things are
going to go back down like inthe daytime. It's inevitable that it's going to be nighttime, and when it's hot in the summertime, it's inevitable that
it's going to get cold again. Soif you think about that with on your you know, if you apply that to your own life, then you could, you could definitely use
(13:08):
it to prepare for those othertimes. And then when you're in the downturn, you know, you can use that as a motivation to know, like the downturn doesn't
last forever, because the law ofrhythm. Things go up, they go down, they go up, they go down. And hopefully it's like going up and then going down a little,
and then going up and then goingdown a little little, so that on a long enough timeline, you're still going up, even though you take a little dip down. Like, if
(13:35):
I look at the machine salesnumbers from 2015 to now, that's what it looks like. It's a little mountain that, you know, they'll go up a little bit, and
then it'll go down, and thenit'll go back up a little higher than it was before. So overall, I'm still moving at an upward trajectory. So hopefully that's
helpful, and it's helpful forme. I just hope I explained it well enough, but I appreciate you for listening, and I'll see you next time.
(14:11):
All right, appreciate each andevery one of you guys who are supporting the cause and continue to spread the love and yeah, stay up.
So I've been trying to keep thistop of mind. It's one of the universal laws. It's the law of rhythm. I've talked about, talked about these laws before.
(00:07):
If you, if you're not familiarwith the universal laws, I think a good resource is, if you search for Bob Proctor universal laws, he has a page that has a
pretty good write up of all ofthem, but the law of rhythm, I've been trying to kind of have this in my head more often, because if you listen to this
(00:30):
podcast, you know, like, I kindof stress out, not, kind of, I stress out pretty regularly, which I don't, I don't know that's really bad, because I'm,
I'm a business owner, and thatcomes with the territory. But my problem is that I feel like I stress out about things that I shouldn't really be stressing
out about, like, daily salesnumbers and shit like that, like or even just kind of like looking at things objectively. So what I wanted to get into
(00:58):
with the law of rhythm, it'sbasically states that, like, things are, things come in cycles, you know. And you can see that all around us, you
know, like the the Earth goesaround the sun in a sort of a rhythm, not sort of, but it's, you know, it's a set time. That's why we have day and night
(01:20):
on, like, the same time, and allthis kind of thing. And like, the the seasons change on a on a rhythm, the the tides go up and down fucking there's all this
different shit. And then you cansee it in other places too. Like, like, I had this financial advisor show me, like, a historical look at the stock
(01:41):
market. And actually, itactually also had a rhythm, you know, like the chart kind of went up, and then it went down, and then it crept back up, and
then it went down. And it wasalmost like, I think it was like a, almost like a 10 year cycle, like it creeps up, it creeps up, and then it kind of caps out,
and then goes back down. So it'skind of a rhythm there as well. And then what I've been thinking about it is like, stuff like, for me, for business, you know,
(02:08):
like, when, when times are good,I tend to feel like times are always going to be good. Like, I don't, I don't really think about the bad times. Like, I
don't know, it's kind of weird.It's like, when sales go back up, I'm like, Oh, hell yeah, we got through it, like, now, smooth sailing from here, you
know? I mean, that's kind of anexaggeration, but to a certain extent, that's kind of how I think of it. And then when it's when things are low, I'm like,
(02:36):
Oh man, we're never going to getback to to getting those big sales numbers that we were before, you know, and the way I look at it, I think, is
unhealthy, and it's not asmotivating as I think it could be. So what I've been trying to do is think about it from the standpoint of the law of rhythm.
(02:58):
It's like, you know, things goup and then they go down, and then they go back up and they go back down. So it's like there's maybe not a set pattern, like
the day's changing or theseasons changing, but there is somewhat of a pattern. And I was also thinking about it in, like, your mood. So, like, some days,
(03:25):
you'll be sort of like happythroughout parts of the day, and then you're maybe angry or depressed or something throughout another part of the
day. And so your mood changesthroughout the day. And I think we, I think we just sort of go along with the ride. Well, at least I do, like, you sort of go
along with whatever it is that'shappening, and you kind of don't, I kind of don't really think, like, Man, I'm in a bad mood right now, but I was, I was
(03:54):
pretty happy this morning, youknow. So I've been trying to, like, identify that, and I I'll get to the point. So, like, the point is, is like, when I find
myself stressing out aboutwhatever, a lot of times it's, it's, you know, business stuff, when I think about that, I've been keeping the law of rhythm,
(04:15):
excuse me, uh, top of mind.Because I think, like, okay, you know, things are, things are a little slow right now, but I know they're gonna pick back up.
I just need to keep doing what Iknow I need to do in order to, you know, make things happen. So like, even if I'm doing everything that I'm supposed to
do, and the sales numbers arestill lower than I want them to be, I feel like that's the law of rhythm just happening. It's like, look, you're gonna do
(04:40):
everything you need to do to behappy or or have these sales numbers or be in a good mood, or whatever, whatever thing you want to apply that to, what if
you're in a down cycle, it'sgoing to come back up. So I've been thinking about that a lot. And when I talk to people that are, you know, having problems,
I think of. I try to bring thatup, and I'm like, Look, you're just in a down cycle right now, and, you know, you just need to get through it. So, like, what's
(05:09):
the action step for that? Ithink, like, when you're in a down, you know, I guess cycle, or down pattern, or whatever part of the rhythm you're down
at the lower end of it, I feellike it makes me feel better when, when I think, like, you know, this isn't permanent. Like, I think, like, a lot of a
(05:30):
lot of the turmoil comes inhaving this feeling like, this is where I'm at now, and this is where I'm gonna be. And so when I think about the law of rhythm,
I'm like, this is where I'm atright now, but I know this is generally followed by an uptick in whatever sales, or, you know, different moods and stuff like
that. And so that's helpful andpositive. When you're at the lower end and you're thinking like, Okay, I'm at the lower end, it's, it's gonna get better
(06:00):
from here, or, you know, maybeyou'll go a little lower, but eventually you're gonna go back up. So that's kind of a positive thing. But then I was like, so
how does, how does that workwhen you're at the at the high point? So like, if sales are really good, or if your moods really good, and you're really
happy and and then you, youthink about the law of rhythm, and you're like, all right? Well, I'm, I'm in the high point, so it's only gonna go
(06:25):
down from here, and then I gotto deal with that. So is that a positive way to think about it? And I don't, I don't really think so. But at the same time,
I started thinking about it, andI was, I was thinking, maybe that's, maybe that's a good time for you to be in preparation, at least to a certain extent, you
know, like, I'm not sure how toreally talk about it in terms of mood. So, like, if I'm if I'm really in a really happy mood, I'm not going to take the law of
(06:52):
rhythm and be like, All right,well, what am I going to do when I'm in a bad mood? But maybe you can. I don't know. I'm kind of, like, kind of thinking about
this as I'm talking but the wayI thought about it was with business. I was thinking like, how does that apply to business, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm hitting
good sales numbers, andeverything's moving along, and all the all the things that I'm doing are working, and then I think about the law of rhythm,
(07:18):
and I'm like, there's going tobe a downturn at some point. So that's, that's a pretty easy one to talk about, because you could use that time also to prepare.
You know, I guess one example, Iwas reading this book. I can't remember what, exactly what it's called. It's I'll try to remember and put it in the in
the notes, but I'm reading itright now, and it's kind of about the neuroscience of manifesting. So it talks about, you know, if you're using the
(07:48):
law of attraction, which isanother universal law, if you're using that, some people think it's like the universe has a has a, I don't know. I don't know
how to explain it, like, whenyou're visualizing, you're sort of manifesting. And there's something about the universe that brings that to you, like
the universe starts showing youthe path, or, like putting opportunities in front of you to make these things happen. But this book is more about the
(08:15):
neuroscience of it. So if you'redoing all of the practices to manifest things, which is like visualizing what you want, feeling what it feels like to
have those things and all thiskind of stuff. He talks about that it's programming your subconscious mind, so then your reticular activating system is
like looking for opportunitiesand all this kind of stuff. But in that book, right in the beginning, he told a story about how, when he was a kid, he
(08:44):
learned about manifesting, andhe he started doing that as a kid, and he was, he was trying to sort of manifest this life where he had all of these
material things, so He wanted,like a mansion overlooking the bay, and he wanted all these nice cars and all this kind of shit. And so this story started
(09:09):
out with him having all of thosethings, but he lost it all because he got it during the.com bubble. And so He manifested, I mean, quote manifested. Like,
obviously, he worked to get allthese things, but when I was reading that, I had been thinking about the law of rhythm in the way that I'm talking
(09:30):
about right now. Like, whenyou're at the upturn, maybe that's a good time to, like, realize that there's gonna be a downturn at some point. You
should be prepared for that. Andthe way he was describing his downfall. It was crazy because, like, he had so much money that he was just about to buy a
fucking Island, his own island,
(09:51):
and then all of a sudden he wentfrom, like, having a mansion and all these cars and about to buy an island, to not only. Losing everything. When the.com bubble
burst and everything went toshit, he lost everything. But he was also like, I think millions of dollars in debt. And so when you think about that, it's sort
of like, how the fuck does thathappen? Like, if you're making all this money, like, there's got to be some money somewhere, right? But in this guy's case, I
(10:20):
don't remember exactly the wholestory, but it was like he had, he had taken out, like, huge loans in order to I don't even remember, but it was just sort
of like he didn't prepare. Andso when the.com bubble burst, not only did he lose everything, but he actually went into debt, like millions of dollars in debt
(10:41):
and and so when I was readingthat, I was thinking about the law of rhythm, and I was like, I wonder if this guy had had been thinking about the law of rhythm
when he had all these things,and he was riding this high of the.com era. And I know some of you guys are young, but like, it was wild, because, like, people
were making so much money offof, like, the dumbest shit, these, like website startups that, like, didn't even have a business, and they were worth,
(11:12):
like, hundreds of millions ofdollars, and they hadn't even started yet. It was just crazy. And then all of a sudden it it just went to shit, and it like,
affected the whole economy. And,like, I wonder if this guy had thought, like, Well, according to the law of rhythm, like, this isn't gonna last forever, so
maybe I shouldn't take out, youknow, 10s of millions of dollars in debt in order to buy shit. Maybe I should, I should be prepared for the downturn, and
(11:39):
then when the.com bubble burst.Maybe he wouldn't have been so bad off, you know. So, like, I think about that in my life, and I'm not dealing with those kind
of numbers, for sure, but like,at the same time I'm I'm starting to think, like, maybe when you're on that high, high end of the of the rhythm, that's
the time to, you know,obviously, be grateful for being there, but also preparing yourself for the inevitable sort of downturn. And maybe that's,
(12:10):
you know, part of me thinksthat's somewhat negative sounding, but at the same time, it's like, it's the reality of things. It's like, you know, I
don't know that much aboutfarming and shit, but I know farmers have to prepare for the freeze and all that stuff. Like, they can't just grow all year
around. Like, if they wereoperating like that, maybe that's not a good thing for me to talk about, because I don't know enough about it, but, but I
(12:36):
know it's not like they're justfucking, you know, growing and harvesting all year around. I think I know, but I don't know. It's inevitable that things are
going to go back down like inthe daytime. It's inevitable that it's going to be nighttime, and when it's hot in the summertime, it's inevitable that
it's going to get cold again. Soif you think about that with on your you know, if you apply that to your own life, then you could, you could definitely use
(13:08):
it to prepare for those othertimes. And then when you're in the downturn, you know, you can use that as a motivation to know, like the downturn doesn't
last forever, because the law ofrhythm. Things go up, they go down, they go up, they go down. And hopefully it's like going up and then going down a little,
and then going up and then goingdown a little little, so that on a long enough timeline, you're still going up, even though you take a little dip down. Like, if
(13:35):
I look at the machine salesnumbers from 2015 to now, that's what it looks like. It's a little mountain that, you know, they'll go up a little bit, and
then it'll go down, and thenit'll go back up a little higher than it was before. So overall, I'm still moving at an upward trajectory. So hopefully that's
helpful, and it's helpful forme. I just hope I explained it well enough, but I appreciate you for listening, and I'll see you next time.
(14:11):
All right, appreciate each andevery one of you guys who are supporting the cause and continue to spread the love and yeah, stay up.
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