August 22, 2023 • 16 mins
Hint: It's Not What You Think
While I was in Lake Atitlan Guatemala I had the lesson reinforced that literally anything we want in life is possible and that it really only takes two simple things.
The lake is surrounded by many small and modest villages along with some of the most spectacular resorts and villas that can rival anywhere in the world. That might not sound so special until you hear about HOW these posh places to stay are constructed.
Lake Atitlan is surrounded by volcanos, which makes most of the lake-side property very very steep. This results in most of the land only being accessible by boat and after that human power. No trucks, no heavy machinery, not even animal assistance (animals are too big). That means everything to build and maintain these structures is all humans carried often up a very very steep hillside.
Often we think that if something doesn't come easy or fast then we must be doing it wrong or it's not for us. If these gorgeous places can be built under these conditions then surely we can create anything we want in our life.
What does it take to create what we want?
It's not what you think. It's not money. It's not certifications. It's not know-how. It's not luck.
Those can all come and go and can be acquired or borrowed. What's required and what can't come from anywhere else but inside of you are these two simple things:
Vision and Commitment
If you have no vision, then there isn't even anywhere to go, so direction to start out on.
If you have no commitment then when the road becomes steep or the weather changes, you'll stop, turn around, or give up entirely.
When you have Vision AND Commitment then anything is possible and it's only a matter of time before it becomes a reality.
If you're not sure what your vision is then my best-selling book "Engineered to Love" (now available on audiobook) https://a.co/d/inqi2Kk is a great place to start. If you want results even faster and more tailor-made to you then contact me for my 1:1 and Group Offerings.
There's something you're meant to create, so why not get started today?
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Ah, welcome to the show.
Today I am talking about thetwo things that are keeping you
from having anything you want inyour life, and they are not
what you think.
And I'm bringing this episodetoday from Tulum, mexico.
This is my last stop before Ihead back to the United States.
(00:25):
Been to Costa Rica, lots ofplaces in Costa Rica Recently,
just got back from the LakeAtilan area of Guatemala, and so
today I'm going to be talkingabout a lesson learned,
something I already knew but Ireally saw in practice in the
Guatemala area, where I was inthat area for about 12 nights.
(00:47):
So a big part of going therewas for an amazing retreat that
was six nights where I wasworking with emotions and
getting over shame and desires,and it's actually the second
time I've done this retreat andI was actually an assistant,
which was an incredibleopportunity to not only
(01:08):
participate but to be able tosupport the environment, the
other people going through forthe first time and getting to
see a lot of what goes on behindthe scenes at a really large
retreat, and I'm like, oh yeah,so don't be surprised if I'm
offering some retreats or beinginvolved in other retreats more
in the future, if that'ssomething you're curious about,
(01:30):
feel free to contact me.
And I do want to thank you forlistening to the podcast and if
you're not a subscriber already,go ahead.
Please subscribe, follow andrate it five stars.
It really does help out and letsomebody else know that you
enjoy the show.
And if you don't enjoy the show, let me know why.
Send me something in the socialmedia the DMs at Justin Wake
(01:53):
PhD, or email podcast atJustinWakecom.
So yeah, so it was just reallyawesome to be.
I've never been to Lake Aztilan,I've never been to Guatemala,
and if you're not familiar withLake Aztilan, it's a really
large lake surrounded by there'sactually one active volcano,
but there's several dormantvolcanoes, and there's two that
(02:17):
look like volcanoes, that looklike fucking volcanoes, because
there's times you can go placesand they're like that's a
volcano, you're like that justlooks like a lump on the land.
But I think with volcanoes,they're very, very steep, and so
all the land around LakeAztilan is incredibly steep and
(02:39):
it makes it all very difficultto build roads, and so the main
way they get around this is theyjust they just haven't built
roads.
And you might be like Justin,what does this have to do with
what I want and I will.
I promise you I will get there.
This is going somewhere, sothey don't have roads, so
there's there must be a couple.
There's at least one point ofentry to drive down.
(03:00):
That's how I got.
I got there, but after that alot of it is through boat.
They move people, goods,everything by boat.
And also, since these villagesthat are surrounding the lake
have been there probably beforethe car, you know hundreds of
years, who knows how long sothey were designed for for human
(03:22):
traffic, not for cars and notfor heavy machinery, and so it
was very sort of disconcertinginitially.
When I got to my first hotel inthis little village of San
Marcos, la Laguna, I learned onGoogle Maps it's very important
to add the La Laguna.
There's other San Marcos thatis nowhere near Lake.
(03:44):
Го notch there and the.
The drivers like, yep, here'swhere I'm dropping you off, you
want to go down that alleyway,and About ten minutes with your,
with your luggage, I'm like,okay, and it was the daytime, so
it wasn't not too bad, but it'sliterally the only wide enough
(04:05):
for you know, two humans to togo side-by-side, pass each other
or side-by-side, and at nightIs some of these alleyways are
very creepy because they're some.
Sometimes they're completelyBoxed in.
You know, there was one next tomy second hotel after the
retreat where the the walls oneither side of the alleyway were
(04:29):
probably 10 feet on each sideand there was a little like
almost in chicainery style whereit's like you go in and then it
goes left and it's about a 20foot segment and goes right, so
it's really a confined.
It's just like right out of ascary movie type of thing.
Yet you know, it's more mebringing that in.
(04:49):
I always felt very safe.
I've always felt like thingswere great.
She's very different comparedto often when I walk around
random places in the US.
This is feeling of physicalsafety.
It was really quite amazing.
But why am I?
Why am I sharing?
This is because, well, if thecar can't even drop me off at
(05:10):
the hotel, and then Then howdoes building supplies, how does
food, how does everything getto where the hotel was like?
How was the hotel built?
And I got to see very well howthings are built.
Humans just carry the things inand so the final day I'm, you
(05:33):
know, seeing guys just with Rockand other building materials,
cinder blocks on, just put themon their back and they just, you
know, walk 10 minutes withthese and then they drop it off.
It's just human care.
So these pathways are not evenbig enough for animals, because
I don't know if you remember mycheeripo Trip up in Costa Rica,
(05:56):
but there was a trail that theyhad that forces to help pack
things up and down the trail,whereas in Guatemala, the trails
, the pathways, the alleyways,they're not even big enough for
animals to help.
So it's all human powered.
And you know, this is one thingin the village where, yeah,
okay, there at least is a road.
(06:17):
But the place where I did theretreat, this was this beautiful
retreat center.
It's only accessible by boatand it is built alongside this
really steep cliff and the roomI was staying on it was about a
10 minute walk from the base ofthe property to the top of the
property and and every Thingthat was used to build, that was
(06:42):
brought over by boat and thencarried by people To build, you
know.
So we're talking concrete,we're talking wood, we're
talking, you know, all thefurniture, hand carried up this
hill, that for me, just walking,I'm like boy.
I barely want to bring my, myluggage.
In fact, I didn't bring myluggage up at or back.
(07:04):
They just do it for you.
They know that the tourists arenot gonna want to do that.
I'll just bring in my backpackand other things.
I'd be like tired, winded andit's like, okay, how is this
possible?
Like usually, we're like, oh,things are so difficult, it's so
hard for me to get what I want.
Yet somebody wanted to build anamazing, these amazing resorts,
(07:27):
these amazing villas on theside of the spectacular lake
with views of volcanoes.
And it dawned on me like howanything is possible, how these
were created.
And I'm like, if these can becreated with these two things,
these two things, then you cancreate anything you want in your
life.
I can create a thing in my life.
Anyone can create anything andit just you know.
(07:50):
It's like sometimes we knowthings, but then we get reminded
.
We get these reminders and thisexperience was what reminded me
of what these two things are.
And you might be going like,well, justin, it's just money.
Somebody's just got the moneyto pay these people.
Yet a lot of these places youknow the villages, a lot of
these other things have beenthere for hundreds of years,
where the concept of money wasprobably dramatically different.
(08:11):
So it's not the money I meanlike well, justin, it's the
capabilities.
People are just more capable oflifting things and they have
the endurance they've been doingin their lifetime.
And it's not capability andit's sure as fuck is not
certification.
Whatever you want to do, itdoesn't matter if you have a.
You know, it's possible thatyou might require a
(08:32):
certification along the way toget something that you want, but
a certification is not going tojust give you what you want.
These two things are what'sgoing to give you what you want.
And if you want to know whatthose two things are, first
thing is vision and the secondthing is commitment to that
(08:53):
vision.
So the first thing we'retalking vision.
It's you got to know what it is.
It is you want to create.
So somebody is like I want tocreate a beautiful retreat
center.
I'm like at Elon, what's thisbeautiful, beautiful up the
mountainside?
I mean I honestly I've been toa lot of retreat centers, I've
(09:14):
been to a lot of places in theworld and this world class,
world class accommodations,world class retreat spaces,
world class yoga studios, just,and the food phenomenal dining,
all vegetarian, and I'm Iusually enjoy, enjoy meat.
I was every meal, just about,and the food was so good that I
was able to just go a weekwithout really missing having
(09:37):
meat with my meals.
And so someone had a vision that, like this is what they want to
create, but that alone, thatalone, is not going to be enough
.
The second thing is thecommitment to that vision that,
no matter what I'm going tofollow through and make this
(09:57):
vision a reality, it doesn'tmatter what might be in the way
or what might come up or whatthe timelines are, because I'm
sure there were challenges alongthe way.
In fact, even while when wefirst got there, there's a yoga
platform that has a beautifulview of the volcanoes across the
lake, and we were told thatthat one is closed because
(10:18):
during a storm it might onlycollapsed and so it needed
repairs.
And then, even during theretreat, I was a leader of a
small pod of about five otherpeople where each morning we
would discuss how things weregoing with the retreat, things
like that and my location.
We got met there for two daysand then the third day, there's
(10:41):
a little rope saying this areais closed off, and it's like,
why is this closed off?
And then I look up and I noticethat there's a tree that had
fallen over and had fallen andblocked in the pathway and it
also fallen on the little on topof the Palapa where we were
meeting underneath.
It didn't destroy the Palapa,but they needed to cut the tree
(11:05):
down, rearrange things, fix thepathway.
So shit comes up.
But if you're committed to thevision, whatever comes up,
however it comes up, you're likeI'm going to find a way because
this vision is what matters themost to me and so if you have
vision and you have commitment,anything else will just get
(11:25):
figured out.
And this really is a big partof letting go of the expectation
of it has to be done my way orthe highway, which is something
that I've recognized in myselfand I see it in so many people.
There was one woman I met atthe retreat and she was talking
about her experience withcoaches and how often she just
gets so annoyed when somebodysays something in a certain way
(11:48):
if they go like I have someadvice for you.
She said that she really hatedthat that immediately would turn
off.
She found a way that I spoke toher to be very at ease.
I wasn't even trying to coach,but she was like you say things
and they just land for me andthey work for me, which it was
(12:10):
great to get the compliment, butI'm also thinking of probably
98% of people that I've got someadvice for you is probably
complete shit and garbage.
But that 2% that could be alife changer, like it's
completely discounted when it'sI want it the way, I want it
when I want it.
Yet if we have a vision andwe're committed, whatever is
(12:31):
going to support that vision,you're going to be like yeah,
bring me that, let me take thatin.
Yes, that's helpful.
I'm glad this came into my life.
And when there's somethingthat's in the way it's going to
be, like, well, I guess this ishard, or this isn't going the
way I want, or I don't like this, so I better just give up.
It's all about okay.
Well, how can I move forward?
(12:53):
How do I continue moving?
How do I continue making myvision a reality, even if
there's this, what might seem aninsurmountable obstacle at the
time, the big tree fell down inthe path Can't get there.
You don't just focus on what'sin the way.
You focus on well, what are theopportunities to get around, to
(13:14):
get above, to get through, toget under, to get over, and
that's why it's so important tohave a vision and then to be
committed to it.
And I'm really committed to myvision of creating a coaching
practice, a teaching practicethat enables people like you and
other people that you careabout to live a life that is
(13:38):
fulfilling, joyful, easeful andfilled with love.
Get out of the fear, obligationand guilt that maybe you've
been stuck in or seen peoplestuck in.
It's not necessary.
It's not necessary.
You can just do things.
Because it's like this excitesme, this vision lights me up.
I can't wait to bring this intothe world, and not to say that
(14:00):
it's going to be easy, not thatthere's not going to be
obstacles or it's not going totake some effort, like the
effort of the many men and womenthat carry things up these
hills, the sides of the lakeAtylon, to build, to maintain,
to nourish, to keep things going.
There are going to bechallenges, there's going to be
work, yet it doesn't have to bethat hard work, drudgery of got
(14:23):
to do it or else I don't knowwhat's going to happen.
It's doing it because I'mexcited of what's possible, what
this is going to bring.
So I'd really like to ask you doyou have a vision.
Do you know what that is?
If not, maybe you're like well,how do I get a vision?
I'd really like to suggest mybook Engineer, to Love going
(14:48):
beyond success to fulfillment.
I've got some phenomenalexercises, stories from my life
of finding that vision.
Then it's the commitment to howare you going to make it happen
?
It really is as simple as going.
I'm going to just keep findingways, going to be open and I'm
not going to rest until thisvision becomes a reality.
(15:08):
When there's that and you canallow that vision to become a
reality with joy, ease and love.
That's also where there's lotsof exercises in my book and
that's a lot of what thispodcast is about.
If you're really wanting toaccelerate all of this the
figuring out the vision andfiguring out how to make it come
(15:29):
to fruition like faster, withmore ease that's where my small
group training and my one-on-one.
I don't have anything planned,but you just contact me, justin
Justin Wake PhD, on the socials,you can email me podcast at
justinwinkcom and I can let youmake sure you know what's coming
(15:50):
up, or we can figure out how towork one-on-one, because life's
too short to just be goingaround in circles not having a
vision and waiting for somethingoutside to tell you because
there's plenty of people thatare going to be happy to tell
you what to do and how to do itbecause those people have a
vision, but their vision mightnot be in your best interest and
(16:11):
it might not be aligned withthe vision you're meant to
create.
It's going to light your heartup.
It's going to let you feel likeyou're living your dream,
living your purpose and bringingthat into the world, and it's
one of those I love more andmore.
What I do, I love.
I'm here sitting in Tolumexco,where it is fucking hot and
(16:33):
humid.
I'm understanding why it's thelow season, because it's not
comfortable being out and about,but I'm out here recording
because I want to get thismessage to you, because I feel
like it's so important,especially now more than ever,
with so much uncertainty in theworld.
This is how you create.
The certainty is it's yourvision.
(16:54):
Your vision for the world iswhat creates your world
effectively.
So, with that, I'd love to hearlet me know JustinWinkPhD on
Instagram, facebook, linkedin,tiktok, then
podcastjustinwinkcom.
Let me know what is your vision.
And if you're like Justin, Idon't have a vision, let me just
(17:17):
say, Justin, I don't have avision.
I want to figure out my visionand we can work something out.
So it's been really greatsharing.
I've been really learning,growing myself along this trip.
I had an amazing journey doingsome cenote diving this weekend
when I first got to Deloom, soI'll probably talk a little bit
(17:37):
more about that in the nextepisode.
So definitely encourage you tolisten, subscribe, let people
know, and I've been recordingthe video of these as well, so
I'll probably start posting thevideos of these as well at some
point.
And yeah, thank you so much andwith that, take care and good
(17:59):
day.
Ah, welcome to the show.
Today I am talking about thetwo things that are keeping you
from having anything you want inyour life, and they are not
what you think.
And I'm bringing this episodetoday from Tulum, mexico.
This is my last stop before Ihead back to the United States.
(00:25):
Been to Costa Rica, lots ofplaces in Costa Rica Recently,
just got back from the LakeAtilan area of Guatemala, and so
today I'm going to be talkingabout a lesson learned,
something I already knew but Ireally saw in practice in the
Guatemala area, where I was inthat area for about 12 nights.
(00:47):
So a big part of going therewas for an amazing retreat that
was six nights where I wasworking with emotions and
getting over shame and desires,and it's actually the second
time I've done this retreat andI was actually an assistant,
which was an incredibleopportunity to not only
(01:08):
participate but to be able tosupport the environment, the
other people going through forthe first time and getting to
see a lot of what goes on behindthe scenes at a really large
retreat, and I'm like, oh yeah,so don't be surprised if I'm
offering some retreats or beinginvolved in other retreats more
in the future, if that'ssomething you're curious about,
(01:30):
feel free to contact me.
And I do want to thank you forlistening to the podcast and if
you're not a subscriber already,go ahead.
Please subscribe, follow andrate it five stars.
It really does help out and letsomebody else know that you
enjoy the show.
And if you don't enjoy the show, let me know why.
Send me something in the socialmedia the DMs at Justin Wake
(01:53):
PhD, or email podcast atJustinWakecom.
So yeah, so it was just reallyawesome to be.
I've never been to Lake Aztilan,I've never been to Guatemala,
and if you're not familiar withLake Aztilan, it's a really
large lake surrounded by there'sactually one active volcano,
but there's several dormantvolcanoes, and there's two that
(02:17):
look like volcanoes, that looklike fucking volcanoes, because
there's times you can go placesand they're like that's a
volcano, you're like that justlooks like a lump on the land.
But I think with volcanoes,they're very, very steep, and so
all the land around LakeAztilan is incredibly steep and
(02:39):
it makes it all very difficultto build roads, and so the main
way they get around this is theyjust they just haven't built
roads.
And you might be like Justin,what does this have to do with
what I want and I will.
I promise you I will get there.
This is going somewhere, sothey don't have roads, so
there's there must be a couple.
There's at least one point ofentry to drive down.
(03:00):
That's how I got.
I got there, but after that alot of it is through boat.
They move people, goods,everything by boat.
And also, since these villagesthat are surrounding the lake
have been there probably beforethe car, you know hundreds of
years, who knows how long sothey were designed for for human
(03:22):
traffic, not for cars and notfor heavy machinery, and so it
was very sort of disconcertinginitially.
When I got to my first hotel inthis little village of San
Marcos, la Laguna, I learned onGoogle Maps it's very important
to add the La Laguna.
There's other San Marcos thatis nowhere near Lake.
(03:44):
Го notch there and the.
The drivers like, yep, here'swhere I'm dropping you off, you
want to go down that alleyway,and About ten minutes with your,
with your luggage, I'm like,okay, and it was the daytime, so
it wasn't not too bad, but it'sliterally the only wide enough
(04:05):
for you know, two humans to togo side-by-side, pass each other
or side-by-side, and at nightIs some of these alleyways are
very creepy because they're some.
Sometimes they're completelyBoxed in.
You know, there was one next tomy second hotel after the
retreat where the the walls oneither side of the alleyway were
(04:29):
probably 10 feet on each sideand there was a little like
almost in chicainery style whereit's like you go in and then it
goes left and it's about a 20foot segment and goes right, so
it's really a confined.
It's just like right out of ascary movie type of thing.
Yet you know, it's more mebringing that in.
(04:49):
I always felt very safe.
I've always felt like thingswere great.
She's very different comparedto often when I walk around
random places in the US.
This is feeling of physicalsafety.
It was really quite amazing.
But why am I?
Why am I sharing?
This is because, well, if thecar can't even drop me off at
(05:10):
the hotel, and then Then howdoes building supplies, how does
food, how does everything getto where the hotel was like?
How was the hotel built?
And I got to see very well howthings are built.
Humans just carry the things inand so the final day I'm, you
(05:33):
know, seeing guys just with Rockand other building materials,
cinder blocks on, just put themon their back and they just, you
know, walk 10 minutes withthese and then they drop it off.
It's just human care.
So these pathways are not evenbig enough for animals, because
I don't know if you remember mycheeripo Trip up in Costa Rica,
(05:56):
but there was a trail that theyhad that forces to help pack
things up and down the trail,whereas in Guatemala, the trails
, the pathways, the alleyways,they're not even big enough for
animals to help.
So it's all human powered.
And you know, this is one thingin the village where, yeah,
okay, there at least is a road.
(06:17):
But the place where I did theretreat, this was this beautiful
retreat center.
It's only accessible by boatand it is built alongside this
really steep cliff and the roomI was staying on it was about a
10 minute walk from the base ofthe property to the top of the
property and and every Thingthat was used to build, that was
(06:42):
brought over by boat and thencarried by people To build, you
know.
So we're talking concrete,we're talking wood, we're
talking, you know, all thefurniture, hand carried up this
hill, that for me, just walking,I'm like boy.
I barely want to bring my, myluggage.
In fact, I didn't bring myluggage up at or back.
(07:04):
They just do it for you.
They know that the tourists arenot gonna want to do that.
I'll just bring in my backpackand other things.
I'd be like tired, winded andit's like, okay, how is this
possible?
Like usually, we're like, oh,things are so difficult, it's so
hard for me to get what I want.
Yet somebody wanted to build anamazing, these amazing resorts,
(07:27):
these amazing villas on theside of the spectacular lake
with views of volcanoes.
And it dawned on me like howanything is possible, how these
were created.
And I'm like, if these can becreated with these two things,
these two things, then you cancreate anything you want in your
life.
I can create a thing in my life.
Anyone can create anything andit just you know.
(07:50):
It's like sometimes we knowthings, but then we get reminded
.
We get these reminders and thisexperience was what reminded me
of what these two things are.
And you might be going like,well, justin, it's just money.
Somebody's just got the moneyto pay these people.
Yet a lot of these places youknow the villages, a lot of
these other things have beenthere for hundreds of years,
where the concept of money wasprobably dramatically different.
(08:11):
So it's not the money I meanlike well, justin, it's the
capabilities.
People are just more capable oflifting things and they have
the endurance they've been doingin their lifetime.
And it's not capability andit's sure as fuck is not
certification.
Whatever you want to do, itdoesn't matter if you have a.
You know, it's possible thatyou might require a
(08:32):
certification along the way toget something that you want, but
a certification is not going tojust give you what you want.
These two things are what'sgoing to give you what you want.
And if you want to know whatthose two things are, first
thing is vision and the secondthing is commitment to that
(08:53):
vision.
So the first thing we'retalking vision.
It's you got to know what it is.
It is you want to create.
So somebody is like I want tocreate a beautiful retreat
center.
I'm like at Elon, what's thisbeautiful, beautiful up the
mountainside?
I mean I honestly I've been toa lot of retreat centers, I've
(09:14):
been to a lot of places in theworld and this world class,
world class accommodations,world class retreat spaces,
world class yoga studios, just,and the food phenomenal dining,
all vegetarian, and I'm Iusually enjoy, enjoy meat.
I was every meal, just about,and the food was so good that I
was able to just go a weekwithout really missing having
(09:37):
meat with my meals.
And so someone had a vision that, like this is what they want to
create, but that alone, thatalone, is not going to be enough
.
The second thing is thecommitment to that vision that,
no matter what I'm going tofollow through and make this
(09:57):
vision a reality, it doesn'tmatter what might be in the way
or what might come up or whatthe timelines are, because I'm
sure there were challenges alongthe way.
In fact, even while when wefirst got there, there's a yoga
platform that has a beautifulview of the volcanoes across the
lake, and we were told thatthat one is closed because
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during a storm it might onlycollapsed and so it needed
repairs.
And then, even during theretreat, I was a leader of a
small pod of about five otherpeople where each morning we
would discuss how things weregoing with the retreat, things
like that and my location.
We got met there for two daysand then the third day, there's
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a little rope saying this areais closed off, and it's like,
why is this closed off?
And then I look up and I noticethat there's a tree that had
fallen over and had fallen andblocked in the pathway and it
also fallen on the little on topof the Palapa where we were
meeting underneath.
It didn't destroy the Palapa,but they needed to cut the tree
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down, rearrange things, fix thepathway.
So shit comes up.
But if you're committed to thevision, whatever comes up,
however it comes up, you're likeI'm going to find a way because
this vision is what matters themost to me and so if you have
vision and you have commitment,anything else will just get
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figured out.
And this really is a big partof letting go of the expectation
of it has to be done my way orthe highway, which is something
that I've recognized in myselfand I see it in so many people.
There was one woman I met atthe retreat and she was talking
about her experience withcoaches and how often she just
gets so annoyed when somebodysays something in a certain way
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if they go like I have someadvice for you.
She said that she really hatedthat that immediately would turn
off.
She found a way that I spoke toher to be very at ease.
I wasn't even trying to coach,but she was like you say things
and they just land for me andthey work for me, which it was
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great to get the compliment, butI'm also thinking of probably
98% of people that I've got someadvice for you is probably
complete shit and garbage.
But that 2% that could be alife changer, like it's
completely discounted when it'sI want it the way, I want it
when I want it.
Yet if we have a vision andwe're committed, whatever is
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going to support that vision,you're going to be like yeah,
bring me that, let me take thatin.
Yes, that's helpful.
I'm glad this came into my life.
And when there's somethingthat's in the way it's going to
be, like, well, I guess this ishard, or this isn't going the
way I want, or I don't like this, so I better just give up.
It's all about okay.
Well, how can I move forward?
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How do I continue moving?
How do I continue making myvision a reality, even if
there's this, what might seem aninsurmountable obstacle at the
time, the big tree fell down inthe path Can't get there.
You don't just focus on what'sin the way.
You focus on well, what are theopportunities to get around, to
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get above, to get through, toget under, to get over, and
that's why it's so important tohave a vision and then to be
committed to it.
And I'm really committed to myvision of creating a coaching
practice, a teaching practicethat enables people like you and
other people that you careabout to live a life that is
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fulfilling, joyful, easeful andfilled with love.
Get out of the fear, obligationand guilt that maybe you've
been stuck in or seen peoplestuck in.
It's not necessary.
It's not necessary.
You can just do things.
Because it's like this excitesme, this vision lights me up.
I can't wait to bring this intothe world, and not to say that
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it's going to be easy, not thatthere's not going to be
obstacles or it's not going totake some effort, like the
effort of the many men and womenthat carry things up these
hills, the sides of the lakeAtylon, to build, to maintain,
to nourish, to keep things going.
There are going to bechallenges, there's going to be
work, yet it doesn't have to bethat hard work, drudgery of got
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to do it or else I don't knowwhat's going to happen.
It's doing it because I'mexcited of what's possible, what
this is going to bring.
So I'd really like to ask you doyou have a vision.
Do you know what that is?
If not, maybe you're like well,how do I get a vision?
I'd really like to suggest mybook Engineer, to Love going
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beyond success to fulfillment.
I've got some phenomenalexercises, stories from my life
of finding that vision.
Then it's the commitment to howare you going to make it happen
?
It really is as simple as going.
I'm going to just keep findingways, going to be open and I'm
not going to rest until thisvision becomes a reality.
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When there's that and you canallow that vision to become a
reality with joy, ease and love.
That's also where there's lotsof exercises in my book and
that's a lot of what thispodcast is about.
If you're really wanting toaccelerate all of this the
figuring out the vision andfiguring out how to make it come
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to fruition like faster, withmore ease that's where my small
group training and my one-on-one.
I don't have anything planned,but you just contact me, justin
Justin Wake PhD, on the socials,you can email me podcast at
justinwinkcom and I can let youmake sure you know what's coming
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up, or we can figure out how towork one-on-one, because life's
too short to just be goingaround in circles not having a
vision and waiting for somethingoutside to tell you because
there's plenty of people thatare going to be happy to tell
you what to do and how to do itbecause those people have a
vision, but their vision mightnot be in your best interest and
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it might not be aligned withthe vision you're meant to
create.
It's going to light your heartup.
It's going to let you feel likeyou're living your dream,
living your purpose and bringingthat into the world, and it's
one of those I love more andmore.
What I do, I love.
I'm here sitting in Tolumexco,where it is fucking hot and
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humid.
I'm understanding why it's thelow season, because it's not
comfortable being out and about,but I'm out here recording
because I want to get thismessage to you, because I feel
like it's so important,especially now more than ever,
with so much uncertainty in theworld.
This is how you create.
The certainty is it's yourvision.
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Your vision for the world iswhat creates your world
effectively.
So, with that, I'd love to hearlet me know JustinWinkPhD on
Instagram, facebook, linkedin,tiktok, then
podcastjustinwinkcom.
Let me know what is your vision.
And if you're like Justin, Idon't have a vision, let me just
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say, Justin, I don't have avision.
I want to figure out my visionand we can work something out.
So it's been really greatsharing.
I've been really learning,growing myself along this trip.
I had an amazing journey doingsome cenote diving this weekend
when I first got to Deloom, soI'll probably talk a little bit
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more about that in the nextepisode.
So definitely encourage you tolisten, subscribe, let people
know, and I've been recordingthe video of these as well, so
I'll probably start posting thevideos of these as well at some
point.
And yeah, thank you so much andwith that, take care and good
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day.
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