March 21, 2025 • 18 mins
A shift of perspective can change everything! In this episode of Change Chasers, we explore how reframing challenges, setbacks, and uncertainties can unlock new opportunities. Learn how faith, mindset, and intentional action can help you see obstacles as stepping stones and pivot your perspective to stop stinkin' thinkin'!
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(00:09):
Well, hello.
Hello.
Welcome back friends.
If you were here for episodeone, then praise the Lord.
I didn't run you off with, uh,being boring or making you feel
like I wasted your time.
And so welcome back.
Uh, we are in episode two now,and so with this I say welcome.
Two perspective shift thepodcast where we are going to be
(00:34):
shifting our perspective intoday's episode of Change
Chasers.
And so hopefully, ideally today,we will lean in together and
explore ways that we cantransform our thinking, shift
our mindset and live life moreintentionally.
And so welcome.
I'm grateful to be on thisjourney with you of.
(00:55):
Chasing change.
My name is Mandy Ledford and I'mtrying to host this thing.
I'm just giving it a go, right,and seeing if I can be a
blessing to somebody's day andor just even trying to pursue
change on my own and grow as Iam going.
Today we're going to be divinginto a powerful topic that's
called the pivot of perspective.
(01:19):
And so when I stop and I thinkabout the question that I'd love
to ask you all is, what if Itold you that the way that you
view, view, I mean a situation,any situation could be the key
to unlocking peace, progress,and even purpose.
Ooh, triple three, pee threatright there.
(01:40):
Right?
Peace, progress, and evenpurpose in your life.
And so having the idea ofthinking about that, it's not
necessarily.
About changing our circumstancesalways, that that might not even
be possible, right?
I mean, real talk sometimes, noteverything is always possible.
And so it could allow you tohave the idea about changing how
(02:02):
you see them, how do you seeyour circumstances?
And so unlocking the idea of.
How do we pursue peace,progress, and even purpose for
our lives?
And so sweet friends, maybeyou're driving down the road.
If so, then I hope you have a afew good little steering wheel.
Little tap, tap taps and, woo,that was a good word.
Or maybe you're wanting to graba cup of coffee and sit back and
(02:26):
get comfortable and let's seehow together we can pivot our
perspective.
All right, here we go.
Hot.
Take number one.
Hot take is what does it mean topivot your perspective?
And so when I stop and I thinkabout this as I was preparing to
(02:48):
just come and hopefully add somevalue to your life and your day
is a pivot of perspective, is,in my opinion, a deliberate
decision to change how you.
Interpret a situation.
It's about reframing challengesand adjusting your attitude and
finding new ways to look at oldproblems, right?
And so when we stop and we thinkabout different ways that maybe
(03:12):
we can try to grow as we'regoing, right, and I want to give
you the idea of, imagine you'reholding a glass of water and you
can see that the glass itself ishalf full, or is it half empty?
Right.
And so the glass hasn'tnecessarily changed, but it's
your perception of it thatshifts your eer emotional
(03:34):
response with it.
And so the idea of thinkingabout, you've heard that before,
do you see a glass half full ordo you see a glass half empty?
And so what is your perspective?
And so here's the truth, when Istop and I think about
perspective isn't fixed.
It's flexible perspective isn'tfixed.
It's flexible.
And when you learn to pivot, youempower yourself to handle
(03:56):
life's obstacles with grace andresilience.
That's one of my favorite Rwords.
I love the word resilience,along with rescued, restored,
and redeem.
Can somebody gimme an amen inthe corner?
Right?
But whenever we can know how tobe empowered to be able to
handle life's obstacles withgrace and resilience.
(04:17):
It's such a game changer.
And so as I wanted to share astory that I've heard with you
guys of, given you maybe a pivotin perspective, an idea of
hearing.
Hmm.
Who are you in this story?
So as the story goes, there aretwo shoe salesman.
They're sent to a remote area toassess the market potential.
(04:41):
One sent back a report saying,no one here wears shoes.
No opportunity.
The other sent back.
No one here wears shoes.
Unlimited potential, right?
I mean, how cool is it?
It's the same exact situation.
They're seeing the exact samepeople, the exact same future
(05:04):
customers, per se.
A number two saw it that way,right?
But they had two completelydifferent perspectives.
And ultimately two differentoutcomes in the story.
So in that, are you the shoesalesman so to speak, that saw
no opportunity?
Or are you the one who saidunlimited potential?
(05:27):
Right.
We come on, come set up shop.
'cause we can do all the thingsand help all of these people.
Just some little something tomaybe make you go, Hmm.
What's your perspective?
My hot take Number two is whyperspective matters.
I believe that our perspectiveshapes our reality.
(05:48):
And with that I'm gonna give youthree, we three reasons.
I almost said three reasons.
I can't say my Rs, but to giveyou three reasons why this
matters.
Point number one is perspectiveaffects your emotions even if we
don't want it to whew y'all itstraight up can.
And so how you see a situationdirectly impacts how you feel
(06:11):
about it.
If you feel challenges asopportunities for growth, then
you'll feel empowered ratherthan defeated.
But if you don't, you won't.
Right?
Point number two, perspectivedrives your decisions.
Your mindset influences yourchoices.
A negative outlook often leadsto hesitation or even giving up
(06:33):
while a positive perspectiveencourages action and
perseverance.
Point number three, perspectivechanges relationships.
Hmm.
Boy, isn't that the truth Everknow about y'all?
But I have dated some fuddy dudsin my day and we, um, we just
didn't make it'cause ourperspective.
Changes our relationships.
(06:54):
But ideally, my point I wannamake here in all seriousness is
that how you see others affectshow you interact with them.
So shifting your perspective canlead to more empathy,
understanding, and even strongerconnections.
And so I've got some questionsas we're kind of diving in and
thinking about like, how do wefit into this whole idea of.
(07:17):
How do we respond, right?
What is our perspective?
What are we putting into action?
What are we allowing to have?
And I mean, straight up occupyand precious real estate in our
mind.
What is it that we are thinkingabout?
How are we reacting?
And so when I think aboutperspective, I think about
(07:38):
what's one situation in yourlife that could benefit from a
new perspective.
So maybe that's a question thatyou might wanna jot down and
think about and just allow it tobe something that makes you go,
Hmm, what's one situation in mylife that I could benefit from a
new perspective?
I'm joining you on thatquestion.
(08:00):
Sweet friends.
All right.
My next hot take number three ishow to pivot your perspective.
Whew.
That's not always easy, is it?
Especially if it's dealing witha, a trying or difficult
situation or maybe even asituation that is absolutely
completely out of your control.
(08:21):
And so you may be like, Hmm, Idon't know.
How do I pivot my perspective?
Well, let's get practical.
You can actually change yourperspective.
I don't know if you've reallyever thought about that, but we
do have that power y'all to beable to think differently.
I like to always say.
Don't be stinking thinking orstop the stinking thinking.
(08:44):
It's gotta be stinking andthinking together.
I mean, you know, you gotta dropthe G on both words and have it
with that southern little twangand slang.
No stinking thinking, right?
And so in three steps ofthinking about how we can
actually change our perspectivethough, is number one, recognize
your current lens.
Pause and ask yourself.
(09:06):
How am I viewing this situationright now?
Is it helping or is it hurtingme?
Because I believe personallythat self-awareness is the first
step.
So maybe if you're like me andyou're trying to grow as you go,
maybe, maybe the good Lord abovehas also been telling you to
practice the pause.
That's something really real,and it's probably gonna turn
(09:28):
into its own podcast episodedown the road because.
Y'all, I'm, I'm a work inprogress.
I told y'all that on episodenumber one, hot Mess Express,
driving the bus some days,right?
That I need to learn to practicethe pause.
And in doing so, then it allowsme to give myself the
opportunity with someself-awareness of saying, Hey,
how am I viewing this situationright now?
(09:51):
How am I allowing this to affectme?
Is my attitude helping me or isit hurting me?
My point number two is sometimeswe need to reframe the story,
change the narrative that you'retelling yourself, right?
Instead of this happening to me,try to say, Hey, this is
happening for me.
(10:13):
Look for the lesson oropportunity in the challenge.
That's just one of the things Itry to do.
I'm always trying to put apositive twist on whatever.
Curve ball or difficult lifecircumstances that may be thrown
my way because I believe y'all,that we get the opportunity to
see things as an opportunity forgrowth, right?
(10:33):
It could be a privilege to beable to sharpen us so that we
can be the men and women that wehave so wonderfully been created
and called to be.
My point number three is that wecan seek gratitude.
Gratitude is one of the mostpowerful tools for shifting
perspective.
So even in the hard times, man,y'all, if we, if we're always
(10:57):
looking for something to have apositive attitude and a positive
mindset, then y'all, we can findsomething.
Always, always, always findsomething to be grateful for.
And whenever we're looking forsomething to be grateful for.
Then I have, I mean, I've livedit like it is real talk, just
sharing this, that it willcompletely change my outlook and
(11:20):
I hope the same for you thatthis inspires you to stop and
think about like, man, I am, I'mhaving a hard time.
I.
And it's, you know, you justdon't even have a clue what's
going on in my life.
Maybe that's your, maybe that'syour real reality right now, and
I will say to you, I'm sorry ifyou're having a tough time.
If your days are long and hardand dark and dreary, then I want
(11:41):
to encourage you of knowing thatif you can just allow yourself
to practice, pause, reframe.
The story and seek gratitude,man, it'll be a game changer in
your life.
I'm living proof of trying to dothese things.
I believe that we can beovercomers.
There's a quote that I love thatsays, only God can turn a mess
(12:02):
into a message, a trial, into atriumph and a victim, into a
victory.
And so I just think that that'sjust an awesome approach of
living life too, of allowing Godto be.
God, right?
He doesn't necessarily need meto try to fix all the things and
do all the things.
He is faithful, and I truly amgrateful.
So that's one of my attitude ofgratitude, gratitude mindsets on
(12:26):
there.
And so I wanna give you thisexample though of, you know,
just real life, modern dayliving.
Let's say that you are stuck intraffic.
I don't know about y'all, butI'm not a fan of going through
downtown Atlanta.
For those of you that live inGeorgia and you travel through
Atlanta, it can sometimes taketwo, three hours to get through
and it's just not enjoyable tome personally.
(12:48):
But so for this lesson andtrying to think about, okay, how
can we pivot perspective.
And let's say that you are stuckin traffic.
And so instead of focusing onthe frustration, we can think of
it as a chance to listen to apodcast.
Hey, maybe change chasers.
Go ahead and stream'em all.
Um, or your favorite, you know,song music, maybe a audio book,
(13:10):
like whatever it is.
Some way of trying to consumesome content that can just make
your day better and change yourmindset.
And so I would encourage you,maybe next time you're stuck in
traffic.
Hey, maybe that's an opportunityto stop and pray.
Maybe listen to some contentfrom podcast or audio book, or
(13:31):
maybe even it's a time just tohave a quiet moment to yourself.
All right, hot take number four,real life stories of perspective
shifts.
And so thinking about personalgrowth through failure.
I'm gonna share with you that afriend of mine once got laid off
from her job, and at firsty'all, she was absolutely
(13:51):
devastated as we would all beright if we get laid off from
our job, it would be reallyscary and hard and difficult.
Um, all of the uncertainty as wetalked about in episode one.
But instead of spiral,spiraling, like just feeling
like, oh, out of control andgetting tore up from the floor
up, as I like to say.
She pivoted her perspective andsaw it as an opportunity to
(14:13):
pursue a career that she wastruly passionate about, a dream
big that she had always wantedto do.
So today she's running her ownbusiness and she says that that
job loss was the best thing thatever happened to her.
That was a pivot in herperspective, right?
And then it's allowed her now tofind joy and peace, and she
(14:34):
loves getting outta bed andgoing to work every day.
And then I also think about thepoint of modern day application
as sometimes y'all, we need tofind some strength though in the
midst of adversity.
And so finding strength inadversity is not always easy.
But an example of this comesfrom someone who battled a
(14:54):
serious illness.
And so instead of focusing onthe pain, they viewed their
journey as a way to appreciatelife's small moments and
strengthen relationships withloved ones.
What a pivot of perspective,right?
Gosh, that it would be not easyat all, no doubt.
But what we focus on is what hasour future, and so ideally
(15:17):
thinking about how can we havebetter relationships, that is
something we can control, right?
I.
And so my hot take number five,I'm excited to share with you
guys is your call to action.
And so that does mean a call toaction.
That's how I'm ending thesepodcasts.
Al is that before we wrap up, Ido wanna leave you with some of
(15:39):
these thoughts.
Maybe an opportunity for you tobe able to challenge yourself
and think about in this comingweek of how can you see things
differently.
And what can you learn from eventhe most difficult situations in
your life, right?
The uncertainty of things andhow can you release for peace?
(16:01):
Whew, that one's its own doozyof a deal, right?
But then also the question andthinking about where are there
opportunities for me to grow andfor me to be able to be the man
and woman.
Man or a woman that God's calledand so graciously created me to
be.
And so I wanna encourage you toremember that the pivot of
(16:24):
perspective doesn't meanignoring difficulties.
It simply means that you'rechoosing to see them in a way
that empowers you.
I love that word empower y'all,don't you?
I mean, it just gets me fired upand I'm like, yes, let's go.
'cause when people make us feellike we matter, oh, that changes
everything for me.
So I want you to hear this.
(16:45):
You matter and you can dowhatever it is that you so
desperately desire to do.
Empower yourself to not havestinking thinking, to pivot your
perspective and to be able toshift.
Don't drift to say, Hey, let'sgo.
Alright, God, what are we gonnado today?
So in my closing hot take, Iwanna leave you with this
(17:06):
thought that your perspective isone of the few things in life
that you actually can control.
So I hope that you'll use itwisely, and you'll discover that
even the toughest situations canlead to growth, gratitude, and
unexpected blessings.
(17:37):
Thanks for tuning in to today'sepisode.
Sweet Friends, I'm so gratefulto be able to talk with you
about Perspective Shift.
If you found this episodehelpful, I will ask, will you
please share it so that it mightbe a blessing to someone else
and allow your friend wholistens to have a fresh
perspective themselves.
And don't forget to subscribefor more insights and hopefully
(17:59):
some good old inspiration.
Until next time, I'm Mandy, andI am so thankful and grateful to
get to remind you that sometimesall it takes is to change your
life.
Man, y'all is a simple pivot inperspective, keep chasing change
(18:20):
and living with purpose.
Goodbye sweet friends.
Well, hello.
Hello.
Welcome back friends.
If you were here for episodeone, then praise the Lord.
I didn't run you off with, uh,being boring or making you feel
like I wasted your time.
And so welcome back.
Uh, we are in episode two now,and so with this I say welcome.
Two perspective shift thepodcast where we are going to be
(00:34):
shifting our perspective intoday's episode of Change
Chasers.
And so hopefully, ideally today,we will lean in together and
explore ways that we cantransform our thinking, shift
our mindset and live life moreintentionally.
And so welcome.
I'm grateful to be on thisjourney with you of.
(00:55):
Chasing change.
My name is Mandy Ledford and I'mtrying to host this thing.
I'm just giving it a go, right,and seeing if I can be a
blessing to somebody's day andor just even trying to pursue
change on my own and grow as Iam going.
Today we're going to be divinginto a powerful topic that's
called the pivot of perspective.
(01:19):
And so when I stop and I thinkabout the question that I'd love
to ask you all is, what if Itold you that the way that you
view, view, I mean a situation,any situation could be the key
to unlocking peace, progress,and even purpose.
Ooh, triple three, pee threatright there.
(01:40):
Right?
Peace, progress, and evenpurpose in your life.
And so having the idea ofthinking about that, it's not
necessarily.
About changing our circumstancesalways, that that might not even
be possible, right?
I mean, real talk sometimes, noteverything is always possible.
And so it could allow you tohave the idea about changing how
(02:02):
you see them, how do you seeyour circumstances?
And so unlocking the idea of.
How do we pursue peace,progress, and even purpose for
our lives?
And so sweet friends, maybeyou're driving down the road.
If so, then I hope you have a afew good little steering wheel.
Little tap, tap taps and, woo,that was a good word.
Or maybe you're wanting to graba cup of coffee and sit back and
(02:26):
get comfortable and let's seehow together we can pivot our
perspective.
All right, here we go.
Hot.
Take number one.
Hot take is what does it mean topivot your perspective?
And so when I stop and I thinkabout this as I was preparing to
(02:48):
just come and hopefully add somevalue to your life and your day
is a pivot of perspective, is,in my opinion, a deliberate
decision to change how you.
Interpret a situation.
It's about reframing challengesand adjusting your attitude and
finding new ways to look at oldproblems, right?
And so when we stop and we thinkabout different ways that maybe
(03:12):
we can try to grow as we'regoing, right, and I want to give
you the idea of, imagine you'reholding a glass of water and you
can see that the glass itself ishalf full, or is it half empty?
Right.
And so the glass hasn'tnecessarily changed, but it's
your perception of it thatshifts your eer emotional
(03:34):
response with it.
And so the idea of thinkingabout, you've heard that before,
do you see a glass half full ordo you see a glass half empty?
And so what is your perspective?
And so here's the truth, when Istop and I think about
perspective isn't fixed.
It's flexible perspective isn'tfixed.
It's flexible.
And when you learn to pivot, youempower yourself to handle
(03:56):
life's obstacles with grace andresilience.
That's one of my favorite Rwords.
I love the word resilience,along with rescued, restored,
and redeem.
Can somebody gimme an amen inthe corner?
Right?
But whenever we can know how tobe empowered to be able to
handle life's obstacles withgrace and resilience.
(04:17):
It's such a game changer.
And so as I wanted to share astory that I've heard with you
guys of, given you maybe a pivotin perspective, an idea of
hearing.
Hmm.
Who are you in this story?
So as the story goes, there aretwo shoe salesman.
They're sent to a remote area toassess the market potential.
(04:41):
One sent back a report saying,no one here wears shoes.
No opportunity.
The other sent back.
No one here wears shoes.
Unlimited potential, right?
I mean, how cool is it?
It's the same exact situation.
They're seeing the exact samepeople, the exact same future
(05:04):
customers, per se.
A number two saw it that way,right?
But they had two completelydifferent perspectives.
And ultimately two differentoutcomes in the story.
So in that, are you the shoesalesman so to speak, that saw
no opportunity?
Or are you the one who saidunlimited potential?
(05:27):
Right.
We come on, come set up shop.
'cause we can do all the thingsand help all of these people.
Just some little something tomaybe make you go, Hmm.
What's your perspective?
My hot take Number two is whyperspective matters.
I believe that our perspectiveshapes our reality.
(05:48):
And with that I'm gonna give youthree, we three reasons.
I almost said three reasons.
I can't say my Rs, but to giveyou three reasons why this
matters.
Point number one is perspectiveaffects your emotions even if we
don't want it to whew y'all itstraight up can.
And so how you see a situationdirectly impacts how you feel
(06:11):
about it.
If you feel challenges asopportunities for growth, then
you'll feel empowered ratherthan defeated.
But if you don't, you won't.
Right?
Point number two, perspectivedrives your decisions.
Your mindset influences yourchoices.
A negative outlook often leadsto hesitation or even giving up
(06:33):
while a positive perspectiveencourages action and
perseverance.
Point number three, perspectivechanges relationships.
Hmm.
Boy, isn't that the truth Everknow about y'all?
But I have dated some fuddy dudsin my day and we, um, we just
didn't make it'cause ourperspective.
Changes our relationships.
(06:54):
But ideally, my point I wannamake here in all seriousness is
that how you see others affectshow you interact with them.
So shifting your perspective canlead to more empathy,
understanding, and even strongerconnections.
And so I've got some questionsas we're kind of diving in and
thinking about like, how do wefit into this whole idea of.
(07:17):
How do we respond, right?
What is our perspective?
What are we putting into action?
What are we allowing to have?
And I mean, straight up occupyand precious real estate in our
mind.
What is it that we are thinkingabout?
How are we reacting?
And so when I think aboutperspective, I think about
(07:38):
what's one situation in yourlife that could benefit from a
new perspective.
So maybe that's a question thatyou might wanna jot down and
think about and just allow it tobe something that makes you go,
Hmm, what's one situation in mylife that I could benefit from a
new perspective?
I'm joining you on thatquestion.
(08:00):
Sweet friends.
All right.
My next hot take number three ishow to pivot your perspective.
Whew.
That's not always easy, is it?
Especially if it's dealing witha, a trying or difficult
situation or maybe even asituation that is absolutely
completely out of your control.
(08:21):
And so you may be like, Hmm, Idon't know.
How do I pivot my perspective?
Well, let's get practical.
You can actually change yourperspective.
I don't know if you've reallyever thought about that, but we
do have that power y'all to beable to think differently.
I like to always say.
Don't be stinking thinking orstop the stinking thinking.
(08:44):
It's gotta be stinking andthinking together.
I mean, you know, you gotta dropthe G on both words and have it
with that southern little twangand slang.
No stinking thinking, right?
And so in three steps ofthinking about how we can
actually change our perspectivethough, is number one, recognize
your current lens.
Pause and ask yourself.
(09:06):
How am I viewing this situationright now?
Is it helping or is it hurtingme?
Because I believe personallythat self-awareness is the first
step.
So maybe if you're like me andyou're trying to grow as you go,
maybe, maybe the good Lord abovehas also been telling you to
practice the pause.
That's something really real,and it's probably gonna turn
(09:28):
into its own podcast episodedown the road because.
Y'all, I'm, I'm a work inprogress.
I told y'all that on episodenumber one, hot Mess Express,
driving the bus some days,right?
That I need to learn to practicethe pause.
And in doing so, then it allowsme to give myself the
opportunity with someself-awareness of saying, Hey,
how am I viewing this situationright now?
(09:51):
How am I allowing this to affectme?
Is my attitude helping me or isit hurting me?
My point number two is sometimeswe need to reframe the story,
change the narrative that you'retelling yourself, right?
Instead of this happening to me,try to say, Hey, this is
happening for me.
(10:13):
Look for the lesson oropportunity in the challenge.
That's just one of the things Itry to do.
I'm always trying to put apositive twist on whatever.
Curve ball or difficult lifecircumstances that may be thrown
my way because I believe y'all,that we get the opportunity to
see things as an opportunity forgrowth, right?
(10:33):
It could be a privilege to beable to sharpen us so that we
can be the men and women that wehave so wonderfully been created
and called to be.
My point number three is that wecan seek gratitude.
Gratitude is one of the mostpowerful tools for shifting
perspective.
So even in the hard times, man,y'all, if we, if we're always
(10:57):
looking for something to have apositive attitude and a positive
mindset, then y'all, we can findsomething.
Always, always, always findsomething to be grateful for.
And whenever we're looking forsomething to be grateful for.
Then I have, I mean, I've livedit like it is real talk, just
sharing this, that it willcompletely change my outlook and
(11:20):
I hope the same for you thatthis inspires you to stop and
think about like, man, I am, I'mhaving a hard time.
I.
And it's, you know, you justdon't even have a clue what's
going on in my life.
Maybe that's your, maybe that'syour real reality right now, and
I will say to you, I'm sorry ifyou're having a tough time.
If your days are long and hardand dark and dreary, then I want
(11:41):
to encourage you of knowing thatif you can just allow yourself
to practice, pause, reframe.
The story and seek gratitude,man, it'll be a game changer in
your life.
I'm living proof of trying to dothese things.
I believe that we can beovercomers.
There's a quote that I love thatsays, only God can turn a mess
(12:02):
into a message, a trial, into atriumph and a victim, into a
victory.
And so I just think that that'sjust an awesome approach of
living life too, of allowing Godto be.
God, right?
He doesn't necessarily need meto try to fix all the things and
do all the things.
He is faithful, and I truly amgrateful.
So that's one of my attitude ofgratitude, gratitude mindsets on
(12:26):
there.
And so I wanna give you thisexample though of, you know,
just real life, modern dayliving.
Let's say that you are stuck intraffic.
I don't know about y'all, butI'm not a fan of going through
downtown Atlanta.
For those of you that live inGeorgia and you travel through
Atlanta, it can sometimes taketwo, three hours to get through
and it's just not enjoyable tome personally.
(12:48):
But so for this lesson andtrying to think about, okay, how
can we pivot perspective.
And let's say that you are stuckin traffic.
And so instead of focusing onthe frustration, we can think of
it as a chance to listen to apodcast.
Hey, maybe change chasers.
Go ahead and stream'em all.
Um, or your favorite, you know,song music, maybe a audio book,
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like whatever it is.
Some way of trying to consumesome content that can just make
your day better and change yourmindset.
And so I would encourage you,maybe next time you're stuck in
traffic.
Hey, maybe that's an opportunityto stop and pray.
Maybe listen to some contentfrom podcast or audio book, or
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maybe even it's a time just tohave a quiet moment to yourself.
All right, hot take number four,real life stories of perspective
shifts.
And so thinking about personalgrowth through failure.
I'm gonna share with you that afriend of mine once got laid off
from her job, and at firsty'all, she was absolutely
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devastated as we would all beright if we get laid off from
our job, it would be reallyscary and hard and difficult.
Um, all of the uncertainty as wetalked about in episode one.
But instead of spiral,spiraling, like just feeling
like, oh, out of control andgetting tore up from the floor
up, as I like to say.
She pivoted her perspective andsaw it as an opportunity to
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pursue a career that she wastruly passionate about, a dream
big that she had always wantedto do.
So today she's running her ownbusiness and she says that that
job loss was the best thing thatever happened to her.
That was a pivot in herperspective, right?
And then it's allowed her now tofind joy and peace, and she
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loves getting outta bed andgoing to work every day.
And then I also think about thepoint of modern day application
as sometimes y'all, we need tofind some strength though in the
midst of adversity.
And so finding strength inadversity is not always easy.
But an example of this comesfrom someone who battled a
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serious illness.
And so instead of focusing onthe pain, they viewed their
journey as a way to appreciatelife's small moments and
strengthen relationships withloved ones.
What a pivot of perspective,right?
Gosh, that it would be not easyat all, no doubt.
But what we focus on is what hasour future, and so ideally
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thinking about how can we havebetter relationships, that is
something we can control, right?
I.
And so my hot take number five,I'm excited to share with you
guys is your call to action.
And so that does mean a call toaction.
That's how I'm ending thesepodcasts.
Al is that before we wrap up, Ido wanna leave you with some of
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these thoughts.
Maybe an opportunity for you tobe able to challenge yourself
and think about in this comingweek of how can you see things
differently.
And what can you learn from eventhe most difficult situations in
your life, right?
The uncertainty of things andhow can you release for peace?
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Whew, that one's its own doozyof a deal, right?
But then also the question andthinking about where are there
opportunities for me to grow andfor me to be able to be the man
and woman.
Man or a woman that God's calledand so graciously created me to
be.
And so I wanna encourage you toremember that the pivot of
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perspective doesn't meanignoring difficulties.
It simply means that you'rechoosing to see them in a way
that empowers you.
I love that word empower y'all,don't you?
I mean, it just gets me fired upand I'm like, yes, let's go.
'cause when people make us feellike we matter, oh, that changes
everything for me.
So I want you to hear this.
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You matter and you can dowhatever it is that you so
desperately desire to do.
Empower yourself to not havestinking thinking, to pivot your
perspective and to be able toshift.
Don't drift to say, Hey, let'sgo.
Alright, God, what are we gonnado today?
So in my closing hot take, Iwanna leave you with this
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thought that your perspective isone of the few things in life
that you actually can control.
So I hope that you'll use itwisely, and you'll discover that
even the toughest situations canlead to growth, gratitude, and
unexpected blessings.
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Thanks for tuning in to today'sepisode.
Sweet Friends, I'm so gratefulto be able to talk with you
about Perspective Shift.
If you found this episodehelpful, I will ask, will you
please share it so that it mightbe a blessing to someone else
and allow your friend wholistens to have a fresh
perspective themselves.
And don't forget to subscribefor more insights and hopefully
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some good old inspiration.
Until next time, I'm Mandy, andI am so thankful and grateful to
get to remind you that sometimesall it takes is to change your
life.
Man, y'all is a simple pivot inperspective, keep chasing change
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and living with purpose.
Goodbye sweet friends.
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