Trust Your History

Have you ever stopped to consider how many times you've faced seemingly insurmountable challenges—and conquered them anyway? This profound reality check forms the backbone of this week's discussion as I explore a life-changing quote from Vex King that landed in my inbox courtesy of my wife.

The quote strikes at something we all experience: that peculiar amnesia about our own strength when facing new obstacles. "So you're telling me every time you thought you couldn't get through something difficult, you did, and now you're back here thinking you won't succeed. Trust your track record, my friend." These words serve as a powerful reminder that while fear makes us forget, our personal history tells the truth about what we're capable of handling.

What hard thing are you facing today? Before you surrender to doubt, pause and reflect on your track record. Your brain may have forgotten how powerful you are, but your history hasn't. Remember, fear is just a story your mind tells you—not your destiny. r, and trusting the strength you've already proven you possess.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey everyone and welcome to this week's episode
of the I'm Michael Noon Podcast.
Thanks for joining me.
Ah, great, here we are Anotherweek.
Another week going by, but it'sgreat, you know, a lot of good
things are going on.
Anyway, I'm going to jump rightinto it.
Today I want to talk about thisquote my wife sent to me by Vex
King.
It's a really powerful quoteand I hope it new venture.

(00:23):
I've talked about it.
It's a big old coffee shop.
You know my wife, lawyer, I'm awriter.
I mean it's like you know we'reso far removed from that world,
but you know what we're in itand it seems to be going really
good right now we're reallyexcited.
But anyway, every once in awhile still, that fear right,
that fear kind of kind of creepsin.
I talk about fear, a lot.
Fear is what really holds usback.
But here's this quote, and thequote is as follows.

(00:43):
It says so you're telling meevery time you thought you
couldn't get through somethingdifficult and you did, and now
you're back here thinking youwon't succeed.
Trust your track record, myfriend.
I mean isn't that powerful?
Isn't that so true?
I mean, really think about that.
Let that sink in for a minute.
I mean, how many times in yourlife have you been convinced
that you couldn't handle whatwas in front of you?

(01:04):
Maybe it was a breakup, a jobloss, a health scare, or a
moment when everything felt likeit was all just falling apart.
I mean, it was in those momentsdoubt felt louder than hope,
fear shouted over faith.
And yet you're still here.
You got through it.
Maybe it didn't emergeunscathed, maybe you had to
crawl through it, you know,piece yourself back together,

(01:28):
and maybe it took longer thanexpected, but you made it, and
that matters.

(02:02):
So why, when a new challengeappears, do we suddenly forget
how strong we are?
Well, the truth is we haveshort-term memory when it comes
to our own strength.
See, it's human nature to fearthe unknown.
Now, I've often spoke aboutthis in the past.
We are wired for the path ofleast resistance.
Our brains are wired forsurvival, not for risk.
So when we're standing at theedge of a new challenge, it

(02:24):
really feels unfamiliar.
Our inner critic starts, youknow, whispering or sometimes
even yelling right, this is toobig, you're not ready.
You've never done this before.
Stop, you know, don't pass, go,turn around, head back.
But your past holds the truth.
You have done hard thingsbefore.
You've probably done it overand over again.

(02:46):
Your track record proves thatwhen things got tough, you
didn't quit.
You may have stumbled, cried,paused, doubted yourself, but
you didn't give up.
Think back.
See, that's resilience.
There's that word, again, Ioften talk about so much.
See, that's power, that's you,and this is something that

(03:07):
really science backs up.
See, research has showed andI've often spoke about this in
the past that resilience is notjust a trait you're born with.
It's not.
Some people are born with moreresilience than others.
It's a skill that you actuallydevelop.
There was a study by Dr DennisCharney and Dr Stephen Southwick
.
I read this article a few yearsago.

(03:27):
I think it was the Timemagazine.
I read it and it's always kindof stayed with me because it
really highlighted thatresilience involves specific
skills, such as emotionalregulation, optimism and social
support, which can be learnedand strengthened over time.
Again, resilience is somethingyou're not.
You know, it's not like beingborn with blue eyes.
It's something that you developand you can continually get

(03:48):
better at.
You know there was anadditional.
There was a study I think waspublished in the.
It was a mental health journalthat found that basically,
individuals with higher levelsof psychological resilience had
53% 53% lower risk of death overa 12-year period compared to
those with lower resilience.
For me, it's obvious.

(04:09):
It's because you've putyourself through the test,
you've been able to overcomethings, you're a fighter and
that, to me, is why you want to.
You know you, you, you sort ofbe able to extend your life.
So the thing is, when youanchor yourself in evidence and
not in emotion and this is whatI'm talking about here right,

(04:31):
don't look at the emotion, lookat the evidence, look at the
past.
When you anchor yourself inevidence and not emotion, when
that next big thing threatens toknock you off course, you know
you have to take that time toremember, you have to pause, you
have to reflect.
You got to go back.
What have I overcome in thepast?
That one time I thought Icouldn't do?
You know how did I make itthrough?

(04:53):
What strengths did I uncover inmyself during that time?
Again, your brain is kind offorgotten how strong you are,
but you got to remind yourselfand write them down, speak them
out loud, remind yourself thatfear is a story your mind is
telling you.
It's not prophecy.
The thing is, you don't needblind faith in this.
You need memory, you needevidence.

(05:13):
You already have the evidencebecause you've done it before.
It doesn't have to be somethingamazing.
It doesn't have to be somethingamazing.
It doesn't have to be somethingremarkable.
It doesn't have to be thisgigantic thing you overcome.
There are things in the pastthat have knocked you off.
If you haven't been knocked offanywhere, then you're obviously
not living a life anywhere youhave.
Something has happened and yougot through it.

(05:35):
So the next time you catchyourself thinking I can't do
this, just replace with I'vedone hard things before.
I'll get through this too.
Remember, remind yourself yourpast self is actually cheering
for you and your future self iswaiting on the other side,
stronger, wiser and deeply proudthat you didn't let doubt win

(05:56):
this time.
Trust your track record, myfriend.
Trust your track record.
All right, and that's all I gotfor you today.
I hope you guys are having agreat week, hope you're having a
great weekend and, as always, Igot another level of love for
you.
We'll see you next time.