December 3, 2025 • 28 mins
Inner calm and creativity aren’t luxuries anymore—they’re performance tools. This is John C. Morley, Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, Marketing Specialist, Video Producer, Podcast Host, Coach, Graduate Student, and passionate lifelong learner, and you’re tuned into Inspirations for Your Life—the daily motivational show that helps you think differently, act intentionally, and build real momentum. Today in our “Motion Mindset: 7 Days to Build Unshakeable Momentum” series, we’re unlocking two power levers: Inner Calm, Outer Power and Creative Motion and Innovation.
Inner Calm, Outer Power1️⃣ Start the day with three deep breaths.Before anything else, pause and take three slow, deep breaths—inhale through your nose, exhale longer through your mouth—to signal your nervous system that you are safe and in control.
2️⃣ Take a 2-minute pause before big decisions.When something important hits your inbox or your ears, give yourself two quiet minutes to breathe, think, or jot a few notes so you respond with wisdom instead of adrenaline.
3️⃣ Notice one thing you can hear, see, and feel.Anchor yourself in the present by naming one sound, one thing you see, and one physical sensation; this micro-mindfulness breaks the cycle of racing thoughts.
4️⃣ Label your emotions instead of fighting them.Say to yourself, “I feel anxious,” “I feel annoyed,” or “I feel overwhelmed”—research shows that naming emotions (“name it to tame it”) helps reduce their intensity and gives you more control.
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(00:25):
Well, hey guys, it is John C.
Morley here, Serial Entrepreneur.
It's great to be with you on Inspirations
for Your Life today.
It is Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025, and welcome
to the show.
First of all, guys, if you're parched, feel
free to go get yourself some water like
my RO here or something else that might
be delicious and tasting well or a snack
(00:49):
or maybe some other beverage that you possibly
would like.
Feel free to get that and hurry on
back.
If this is your first time here, I
want to say welcome.
Thank you for joining me.
If you're coming back, and this is like
the first, second, or many time you come
back, I want to say thank you so
much for coming back.
Really do appreciate that from the bottom of
my heart.
We have a great show for you tonight.
(01:09):
So without any further ado, let's go ahead
and kick it off, okay?
I think you guys are going to really
find it to be amazing.
So inner calm and creativity, they
aren't nice to have anymore.
(01:31):
They are how you perform at your best.
This is John C.
Morley, and in this episode of Inspirations for
Your Life, we're going rapid fire through 30
calm moves you can actually use today.
I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
(01:51):
producer, keynote speaker, graduate student, and of course,
a passionate lifelong learner.
Inner calm, outer power, 30 moves.
Let's start with number one.
Start the day with three deep breaths to
flip your body from stress mode toward calm
(02:12):
before anything else hits you.
And you might say, John, what does that
do?
Plenty.
When you're in a certain mode, it means
a lot to people because you're already somewhere
and you're not judging everything.
Number two, take a two-minute pause before
(02:34):
big decisions.
So your breathing and your heart rate settle
and your thinking gets clearer.
All right?
Number three, not one thing you can hear,
see, and feel to pull yourself out of
(02:55):
the mental noise and into the present moment.
Yes, you can actually do it.
It's all about your mindset.
I think some people don't realize their mindset
because, well, they're stuck.
And they're stuck in a certain position because
that's where they are.
And they don't think they can get any
better than that.
(03:16):
So I think that's important.
Number four, label your emotions.
I feel anxious, frustrated, tired.
So they lose some intensity and you gain
more choice in how you respond in life.
Number five, take a slow walk without your
phone to discharge stress through movement instead of
(03:40):
doom scrolling, right?
The new buzzword of the millenniums here now.
Number six, turn one worry into a written
plan.
List one to three actions or mark it,
quote unquote, out of my control so it
stops looping in your head.
(04:03):
Number seven, respond.
Don't react to one trigger by catching yourself.
Taking a break and answering from intention instead
of impulse is key to your success.
But I get why some people might be
on the fence because they don't necessarily know
what to say or why to say.
(04:24):
So that's a very important thing.
Number eight, guys, schedule a short nothing time.
You heard me say that right, a nothing
time.
Today, five to 10 minutes with no tasks.
I think that's an important thing to realize.
(04:45):
And no screens to give your nervous system
a real micro break.
Do a quick body scan from head to
toe, relaxing your jaw, your neck, your shoulders,
chest, stomach, and release any of that stored
(05:06):
tension that basically is around you.
I think that's a very important thing, guys,
to understand that that stuff is around you.
Number 10, practice saying, let me think about
that to create space around requests and protect
your energy from automatic yeses.
(05:31):
Number 11, shorten your mental to-do list
to the top three outcomes so your brain
isn't juggling 20 million priorities at once.
And when we start to give our brain
a little bit of understanding, it's like, hey,
now I get it.
Now I understand how this works, all right?
(05:52):
But you have to give yourself a little
bit of time, right?
A little bit of time.
And I think that's an important thing that
a lot of people, like they just don't
get it for some reason.
And the reason they don't get it is
because, well, they're stuck.
(06:14):
They're stuck.
And you can get unstuck very easily, guys.
Very, very easily you can get unstuck, all
right?
Very, very easily.
Number 12, step away from screens for five
minutes.
Can you do that?
Each hour, letting your eyes breathe and mind
(06:35):
reset regularly.
Number 13, journal three quick lines about how
you feel or what you need to clear
emotional static from your mind.
Now, this might sound like a doozy, like
how do I even start?
Well, you just start at the top.
You start by realizing and rationalizing what's going
(06:58):
on.
I think that's a very important thing to
understand.
Number 14, listen to calming sounds or music
for a few minutes to nudge your body
toward a more relaxed state.
Number 15, can you focus on one task
(07:19):
and do it slowly and deliberately to train
your brain away from frantic multitasking?
16, let go of one thing you can't
control by naming it and consciously choosing not
to spend more energy on it anymore today.
(07:42):
I think that's an important one, right?
That we have to think about what we're
doing and how we're doing these things.
I think those are really important things that
we have to understand and we have to
rationalize.
Number 17, guys, say no to something that
feels heavy or draining so your time and
(08:06):
your nervous system aren't overloaded.
I think that's a very, very important thing
to realize.
And I understand what you're saying.
I understand what a lot of people say,
but I think the most important thing is
that you have to do what's best for
(08:26):
you at all times.
I'm not saying like just like tomorrow.
I'm not saying just today.
I'm saying you have to do this on
a regular, regular basis.
And I think that's an important thing to
understand.
And if we understand that, then maybe, just
(08:49):
maybe, we'll be able to move the right
way.
I think that's something important to know.
And I think the more that you can
rationalize that, the more that you can understand
that there is promise for you if you
can just believe in your future.
(09:12):
That's pretty cool, guys.
That's really, really cool.
You ready for number 18?
I know I am.
Number 18 is lighten your language by swapping.
I must, for I choose to.
Remind yourself, you're the driver, not the passenger.
(09:32):
I think sometimes we get bombarded and think
that we are the passenger, not the driver,
and we don't have control.
But we have more control than we actually
realize.
We have more control than we actually realize.
So if we perceive it, that's just one
(09:53):
thing to understand.
Number 19, turn one frustration into a boundary
change, a rule, a time, or an access
point so the stressor doesn't keep repeating over
and over again.
I know that we sometimes fall into these
wells.
(10:13):
We're like, oh my gosh, how do I
ever get up from this well?
And you can.
It's just that where you focus your attention,
that's where you go.
And that's a very important thing to understand.
Where you focus is where you go, not
just right now, but in the future.
(10:41):
And maybe you're saying to me, John, I
don't know what I should do.
You can do a lot.
I think sometimes people don't necessarily understand.
(11:02):
They don't understand because they get stuck on
a certain pathway.
And that pathway is something that we didn't
expect to get.
It's something that happens or appears in our
(11:23):
life.
And when that happens, things change for us.
They change.
And they don't necessarily change overnight.
They change in time.
(11:46):
And that time sometimes becomes a bit of
a mystery to people.
Why?
Because.
Because it catches us off guard.
It catches us off guard.
(12:07):
I think that's a very, very important thing.
Does that make sense to people?
And I think if we understand these things,
(12:28):
then maybe we can change a little bit.
Does that give you any insights?
Or does that make you more frustrated?
(12:51):
And I think sometimes it's OK to be
frustrated because if that happens, we're able to
regroup.
We're able to regrow.
We're able to transcend where we are at
the current moment.
That's what we're able to do.
But if we don't do that, then it's
like, uh-oh.
(13:11):
Now what do I do?
Right?
And we've all had that uh-oh feeling,
like uh-oh, right?
But if we dig deep inside and we
start to understand that we actually can become
an understanding, and when we do this, this
(13:34):
is when we notice our life starting to
change.
So we talked about the big master topic
for this week, which is motion mindset, seven
days to build unshakable momentum.
And today's granular is inner calm, outer power,
series 4, show 49, episode 5.
When we have this inner sense and state
(13:57):
of grace, we can exude so much power
and control.
Not power to be a dictator, but power
to creatively orchestrate things in our lives, things
(14:22):
that can give people new promise, new opportunities.
I think that's important to know.
Number 20, guys.
Remember one time you got through chaos?
To remind your brain, you've handled hard things
before and can do it again and again.
(14:46):
When we reflect back on the time, not
the negative experience, but the fact that we
got through the chaos.
Remember, we throw away the story except we
keep the lesson.
The lesson is we're strong, we're smart, we're
empowered, and we need to embrace that every
(15:07):
single, every single day.
We need to embrace that every single day.
Every single day, we need to embrace that,
that whole spirit, that whole concept.
(15:30):
And when we do this, it's like things
change.
And they change because our perspective has now
changed.
If you've ever looked at a kaleidoscope before,
(15:52):
anybody ever look at a kaleidoscope?
So how is a kaleidoscope me?
Does anybody know?
So you can do it yourself by drawing
something and putting it on something, or you
can make it more complicated with the prisms,
and then you put stuff inside.
(16:12):
That takes a lot more time, right?
You could take a little piece of paper,
you could take a metal cylinder, and then
you can put different things inside.
And every time you turn them, you create
a different image.
You create or change the current perspective.
(16:36):
And there's usually a prism in there.
And the prism allows us to get pretty
colors.
And when that happens, we start to understand
(16:58):
that, wow, this is much different than when
I started by just altering the light.
Have you ever worked with a hologram before?
Maybe seen holograms with technology?
Like, well, wait a minute.
This is different now.
Or if I pivot my eyes, this is
different.
It doesn't look the same the way it
(17:19):
did before.
We can change our perspective by even just
altering the way we focus or the focal
length.
If we take our finger, for example, if
you're driving, don't do this.
And you bring your finger all the way
to, OK?
(17:40):
Eventually, you bring it to, you're going to
see two.
Bring it out, you're going to see one.
Bring it in, you're going to see two,
right?
Your focal length changes your perspective.
But that's one of many things that can
change your perspective, one of many, many things.
(18:01):
And it's these slight altercations that
allow us to have a new view of
reality.
(18:23):
And when that happens, colors change, sizes change,
the depth of perception changes.
So when we think about, let's say, vision,
(18:44):
right?
Think about technology vision for a while, like
with robots and cameras.
Well, if you have one camera, you can't
get depth.
You need two cameras looking at two different
perspectives to be able to get depth.
(19:07):
So when we miss the fine details, we
actually miss the entire object, the entire scene.
Number 21, guys.
Stretch your neck, your shoulders, and your jaw
to physically interrupt the fight or flight posture
(19:31):
your body is holding.
You could take your neck.
You're sitting here, you could turn to the
left very, very gently all the way to
the left, very gently, gently, gently, gently, turning
it until you feel a little bit resistant,
just a little more.
Feel that hole, feel the stretch, feel good.
Come back slowly to center.
Again, don't do this if you're driving or
do anything that requires your attention.
(19:51):
Take the neck again, go this way to
the right side of you.
Turn all the way to the right.
Feel your neck and jaw tightening a little
bit, a little more, and bring it back
slow.
I think you're better off to do things
like that than to try to roll your
neck, because rolling your neck is not a
(20:12):
good thing, right?
But just taking that exercise and just taking
your neck, go all the way over to
the left, pivot, pivot, pivot, pivot, all the
way around.
You'll find that next time, you might get
a little bit further.
Again, backside, back a little further.
(20:36):
And that feels really good.
You could stretch your arms, stretch them up
high.
You can lean to one side, to your
right, all the way over, all the way
over, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, come back
to the center.
Come all the way back, all the way
over to the other side.
And this is all done in a chair,
by the way.
(20:56):
You could take your hands, you could take
your hands and you could push them out
toward the screen, don't hit the screen.
Push them out, so your hands are basically,
so basically take your hands and interlock them
if you're not seeing me, then flip them
over, keeping the fingernail side towards your body
and pushing out gently.
Feel that stretch, oh, oh, it feels so
(21:20):
good.
Do it again.
Together, flip, push out, oh, I'm back.
That feels really good.
Number 2022, reduce caffeine slightly if you're anxious,
(21:41):
so your body isn't confusing stimulation with danger.
Number 23, talk to a trusted person about
what's on your mind, so your nervous system
doesn't have to carry everything alone.
Number 24, create a small calm corner at
(22:02):
home or work, a chair, soft, light object
where your body learns, here we exhale, take
three deep breaths before you sleep and help
your body transition out of stress and into
rest mode.
Here we go, inhale for a count of
three, hold it for a count of three
(22:24):
and exhale for a count of three.
And you can do that a few times.
Put yourself into rest mode.
Number 26, forgive yourself for not being perfect.
We're not perfect.
Today, so your mind doesn't go to bed
in self-attack mode.
(22:44):
You don't want yourself attacking yourself, right?
Number 27, notice one moment that was peaceful
and replay it so your brain stores the
calmness, not the conflict.
This is what we call learning about the
lesson and throwing out everything else.
(23:07):
Thank your body for carrying you through the
day.
Even if it was tired or tense, to
shift from criticism to appreciation.
Number 29, decide how you want tomorrow to
feel.
Steady, curious, confident, calm.
(23:29):
So you wake up with a direction, not
just reactions.
That's important guys.
Number 30, go to bed, reminding yourself that
being calm is a skill and you're training
your body, your breath, mind, and organs to
(23:50):
be better.
It's not perfection.
And you'll go through tests and you might
fail the tests.
And I think a lot of times we
put a lot of pressure on ourselves like,
oh, I don't know how to do this.
But sometimes if we just try, we find
out that the world is easier than we
(24:12):
expected it to be.
And if expectation comes from our belief, and
if we learn how to change our belief
to be positive, that could definitely affect our
outcome.
(24:33):
That could definitely affect our outcome.
That can affect our outcome immediately.
When you turn a kaleidoscope, even a fraction
of a turn, maybe one, maybe 50 or
(24:56):
a hundred different pebbles change and the color
could go suddenly from yellow to order stripes.
That's powerful guys.
So what I want you to take out
of today's show is when you choose to
(25:17):
be calm, when you choose to be mindful
of your surroundings, you actually regain control, not
just mentally, but physically and emotionally, which means
that transpires out to people you're around.
(25:38):
And we said that if you're within three
feet of somebody, they're gonna feel your energy,
whether it's positive or whether it's negative.
How many people do you know that stop
and think about this?
How many people do you know?
Not many.
Do you know of people that say, well,
gee, I wanna be mindful for just five
(25:59):
minutes or 10 minutes.
Well, I'm too busy for that.
The people that make a decision to become
mindful are powerful people.
They're powerful, very, very powerful people.
(26:22):
Very, very powerful.
Does that make sense to you?
I hope it does.
(26:45):
Think about being mindful and when you're mindful,
everything starts to take on a new color,
a new energy, a new light, quote unquote,
a new perspective.
(27:09):
As you're listening to my voice right now,
whether you're watching me or just listening, my
voice is already starting to affect you.
You're focusing on it, you're paying a little
attention on it.
Maybe you're starting to realize that this actually
makes sense and that we can make a
very big change in our lives if we
(27:33):
take the time to be mindful.
Are you mindful?
I hope so.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John Seymour, a serial
entrepreneur.
I hope you guys have a great rest
of your day or evening.
And remember, take time to be mindful, take
(27:54):
time to master how to become.
It's a skill.
It'll repay you infinitely throughout life.
Have a good one and be well and
check out BelieveMeAchieved.com.
Well, hey guys, it is John C.
Morley here, Serial Entrepreneur.
It's great to be with you on Inspirations
for Your Life today.
It is Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025, and welcome
to the show.
First of all, guys, if you're parched, feel
free to go get yourself some water like
my RO here or something else that might
be delicious and tasting well or a snack
(00:49):
or maybe some other beverage that you possibly
would like.
Feel free to get that and hurry on
back.
If this is your first time here, I
want to say welcome.
Thank you for joining me.
If you're coming back, and this is like
the first, second, or many time you come
back, I want to say thank you so
much for coming back.
Really do appreciate that from the bottom of
my heart.
We have a great show for you tonight.
(01:09):
So without any further ado, let's go ahead
and kick it off, okay?
I think you guys are going to really
find it to be amazing.
So inner calm and creativity, they
aren't nice to have anymore.
(01:31):
They are how you perform at your best.
This is John C.
Morley, and in this episode of Inspirations for
Your Life, we're going rapid fire through 30
calm moves you can actually use today.
I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
(01:51):
producer, keynote speaker, graduate student, and of course,
a passionate lifelong learner.
Inner calm, outer power, 30 moves.
Let's start with number one.
Start the day with three deep breaths to
flip your body from stress mode toward calm
(02:12):
before anything else hits you.
And you might say, John, what does that
do?
Plenty.
When you're in a certain mode, it means
a lot to people because you're already somewhere
and you're not judging everything.
Number two, take a two-minute pause before
(02:34):
big decisions.
So your breathing and your heart rate settle
and your thinking gets clearer.
All right?
Number three, not one thing you can hear,
see, and feel to pull yourself out of
(02:55):
the mental noise and into the present moment.
Yes, you can actually do it.
It's all about your mindset.
I think some people don't realize their mindset
because, well, they're stuck.
And they're stuck in a certain position because
that's where they are.
And they don't think they can get any
better than that.
(03:16):
So I think that's important.
Number four, label your emotions.
I feel anxious, frustrated, tired.
So they lose some intensity and you gain
more choice in how you respond in life.
Number five, take a slow walk without your
phone to discharge stress through movement instead of
(03:40):
doom scrolling, right?
The new buzzword of the millenniums here now.
Number six, turn one worry into a written
plan.
List one to three actions or mark it,
quote unquote, out of my control so it
stops looping in your head.
(04:03):
Number seven, respond.
Don't react to one trigger by catching yourself.
Taking a break and answering from intention instead
of impulse is key to your success.
But I get why some people might be
on the fence because they don't necessarily know
what to say or why to say.
(04:24):
So that's a very important thing.
Number eight, guys, schedule a short nothing time.
You heard me say that right, a nothing
time.
Today, five to 10 minutes with no tasks.
I think that's an important thing to realize.
(04:45):
And no screens to give your nervous system
a real micro break.
Do a quick body scan from head to
toe, relaxing your jaw, your neck, your shoulders,
chest, stomach, and release any of that stored
(05:06):
tension that basically is around you.
I think that's a very important thing, guys,
to understand that that stuff is around you.
Number 10, practice saying, let me think about
that to create space around requests and protect
your energy from automatic yeses.
(05:31):
Number 11, shorten your mental to-do list
to the top three outcomes so your brain
isn't juggling 20 million priorities at once.
And when we start to give our brain
a little bit of understanding, it's like, hey,
now I get it.
Now I understand how this works, all right?
(05:52):
But you have to give yourself a little
bit of time, right?
A little bit of time.
And I think that's an important thing that
a lot of people, like they just don't
get it for some reason.
And the reason they don't get it is
because, well, they're stuck.
(06:14):
They're stuck.
And you can get unstuck very easily, guys.
Very, very easily you can get unstuck, all
right?
Very, very easily.
Number 12, step away from screens for five
minutes.
Can you do that?
Each hour, letting your eyes breathe and mind
(06:35):
reset regularly.
Number 13, journal three quick lines about how
you feel or what you need to clear
emotional static from your mind.
Now, this might sound like a doozy, like
how do I even start?
Well, you just start at the top.
You start by realizing and rationalizing what's going
(06:58):
on.
I think that's a very important thing to
understand.
Number 14, listen to calming sounds or music
for a few minutes to nudge your body
toward a more relaxed state.
Number 15, can you focus on one task
(07:19):
and do it slowly and deliberately to train
your brain away from frantic multitasking?
16, let go of one thing you can't
control by naming it and consciously choosing not
to spend more energy on it anymore today.
(07:42):
I think that's an important one, right?
That we have to think about what we're
doing and how we're doing these things.
I think those are really important things that
we have to understand and we have to
rationalize.
Number 17, guys, say no to something that
feels heavy or draining so your time and
(08:06):
your nervous system aren't overloaded.
I think that's a very, very important thing
to realize.
And I understand what you're saying.
I understand what a lot of people say,
but I think the most important thing is
that you have to do what's best for
(08:26):
you at all times.
I'm not saying like just like tomorrow.
I'm not saying just today.
I'm saying you have to do this on
a regular, regular basis.
And I think that's an important thing to
understand.
And if we understand that, then maybe, just
(08:49):
maybe, we'll be able to move the right
way.
I think that's something important to know.
And I think the more that you can
rationalize that, the more that you can understand
that there is promise for you if you
can just believe in your future.
(09:12):
That's pretty cool, guys.
That's really, really cool.
You ready for number 18?
I know I am.
Number 18 is lighten your language by swapping.
I must, for I choose to.
Remind yourself, you're the driver, not the passenger.
(09:32):
I think sometimes we get bombarded and think
that we are the passenger, not the driver,
and we don't have control.
But we have more control than we actually
realize.
We have more control than we actually realize.
So if we perceive it, that's just one
(09:53):
thing to understand.
Number 19, turn one frustration into a boundary
change, a rule, a time, or an access
point so the stressor doesn't keep repeating over
and over again.
I know that we sometimes fall into these
wells.
(10:13):
We're like, oh my gosh, how do I
ever get up from this well?
And you can.
It's just that where you focus your attention,
that's where you go.
And that's a very important thing to understand.
Where you focus is where you go, not
just right now, but in the future.
(10:41):
And maybe you're saying to me, John, I
don't know what I should do.
You can do a lot.
I think sometimes people don't necessarily understand.
(11:02):
They don't understand because they get stuck on
a certain pathway.
And that pathway is something that we didn't
expect to get.
It's something that happens or appears in our
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life.
And when that happens, things change for us.
They change.
And they don't necessarily change overnight.
They change in time.
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And that time sometimes becomes a bit of
a mystery to people.
Why?
Because.
Because it catches us off guard.
It catches us off guard.
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I think that's a very, very important thing.
Does that make sense to people?
And I think if we understand these things,
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then maybe we can change a little bit.
Does that give you any insights?
Or does that make you more frustrated?
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And I think sometimes it's OK to be
frustrated because if that happens, we're able to
regroup.
We're able to regrow.
We're able to transcend where we are at
the current moment.
That's what we're able to do.
But if we don't do that, then it's
like, uh-oh.
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Now what do I do?
Right?
And we've all had that uh-oh feeling,
like uh-oh, right?
But if we dig deep inside and we
start to understand that we actually can become
an understanding, and when we do this, this
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is when we notice our life starting to
change.
So we talked about the big master topic
for this week, which is motion mindset, seven
days to build unshakable momentum.
And today's granular is inner calm, outer power,
series 4, show 49, episode 5.
When we have this inner sense and state
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of grace, we can exude so much power
and control.
Not power to be a dictator, but power
to creatively orchestrate things in our lives, things
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that can give people new promise, new opportunities.
I think that's important to know.
Number 20, guys.
Remember one time you got through chaos?
To remind your brain, you've handled hard things
before and can do it again and again.
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When we reflect back on the time, not
the negative experience, but the fact that we
got through the chaos.
Remember, we throw away the story except we
keep the lesson.
The lesson is we're strong, we're smart, we're
empowered, and we need to embrace that every
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single, every single day.
We need to embrace that every single day.
Every single day, we need to embrace that,
that whole spirit, that whole concept.
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And when we do this, it's like things
change.
And they change because our perspective has now
changed.
If you've ever looked at a kaleidoscope before,
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anybody ever look at a kaleidoscope?
So how is a kaleidoscope me?
Does anybody know?
So you can do it yourself by drawing
something and putting it on something, or you
can make it more complicated with the prisms,
and then you put stuff inside.
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That takes a lot more time, right?
You could take a little piece of paper,
you could take a metal cylinder, and then
you can put different things inside.
And every time you turn them, you create
a different image.
You create or change the current perspective.
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And there's usually a prism in there.
And the prism allows us to get pretty
colors.
And when that happens, we start to understand
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that, wow, this is much different than when
I started by just altering the light.
Have you ever worked with a hologram before?
Maybe seen holograms with technology?
Like, well, wait a minute.
This is different now.
Or if I pivot my eyes, this is
different.
It doesn't look the same the way it
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did before.
We can change our perspective by even just
altering the way we focus or the focal
length.
If we take our finger, for example, if
you're driving, don't do this.
And you bring your finger all the way
to, OK?
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Eventually, you bring it to, you're going to
see two.
Bring it out, you're going to see one.
Bring it in, you're going to see two,
right?
Your focal length changes your perspective.
But that's one of many things that can
change your perspective, one of many, many things.
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And it's these slight altercations that
allow us to have a new view of
reality.
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And when that happens, colors change, sizes change,
the depth of perception changes.
So when we think about, let's say, vision,
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right?
Think about technology vision for a while, like
with robots and cameras.
Well, if you have one camera, you can't
get depth.
You need two cameras looking at two different
perspectives to be able to get depth.
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So when we miss the fine details, we
actually miss the entire object, the entire scene.
Number 21, guys.
Stretch your neck, your shoulders, and your jaw
to physically interrupt the fight or flight posture
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your body is holding.
You could take your neck.
You're sitting here, you could turn to the
left very, very gently all the way to
the left, very gently, gently, gently, gently, turning
it until you feel a little bit resistant,
just a little more.
Feel that hole, feel the stretch, feel good.
Come back slowly to center.
Again, don't do this if you're driving or
do anything that requires your attention.
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Take the neck again, go this way to
the right side of you.
Turn all the way to the right.
Feel your neck and jaw tightening a little
bit, a little more, and bring it back
slow.
I think you're better off to do things
like that than to try to roll your
neck, because rolling your neck is not a
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good thing, right?
But just taking that exercise and just taking
your neck, go all the way over to
the left, pivot, pivot, pivot, pivot, all the
way around.
You'll find that next time, you might get
a little bit further.
Again, backside, back a little further.
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And that feels really good.
You could stretch your arms, stretch them up
high.
You can lean to one side, to your
right, all the way over, all the way
over, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, come back
to the center.
Come all the way back, all the way
over to the other side.
And this is all done in a chair,
by the way.
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You could take your hands, you could take
your hands and you could push them out
toward the screen, don't hit the screen.
Push them out, so your hands are basically,
so basically take your hands and interlock them
if you're not seeing me, then flip them
over, keeping the fingernail side towards your body
and pushing out gently.
Feel that stretch, oh, oh, it feels so
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good.
Do it again.
Together, flip, push out, oh, I'm back.
That feels really good.
Number 2022, reduce caffeine slightly if you're anxious,
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so your body isn't confusing stimulation with danger.
Number 23, talk to a trusted person about
what's on your mind, so your nervous system
doesn't have to carry everything alone.
Number 24, create a small calm corner at
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home or work, a chair, soft, light object
where your body learns, here we exhale, take
three deep breaths before you sleep and help
your body transition out of stress and into
rest mode.
Here we go, inhale for a count of
three, hold it for a count of three
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and exhale for a count of three.
And you can do that a few times.
Put yourself into rest mode.
Number 26, forgive yourself for not being perfect.
We're not perfect.
Today, so your mind doesn't go to bed
in self-attack mode.
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You don't want yourself attacking yourself, right?
Number 27, notice one moment that was peaceful
and replay it so your brain stores the
calmness, not the conflict.
This is what we call learning about the
lesson and throwing out everything else.
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Thank your body for carrying you through the
day.
Even if it was tired or tense, to
shift from criticism to appreciation.
Number 29, decide how you want tomorrow to
feel.
Steady, curious, confident, calm.
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So you wake up with a direction, not
just reactions.
That's important guys.
Number 30, go to bed, reminding yourself that
being calm is a skill and you're training
your body, your breath, mind, and organs to
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be better.
It's not perfection.
And you'll go through tests and you might
fail the tests.
And I think a lot of times we
put a lot of pressure on ourselves like,
oh, I don't know how to do this.
But sometimes if we just try, we find
out that the world is easier than we
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expected it to be.
And if expectation comes from our belief, and
if we learn how to change our belief
to be positive, that could definitely affect our
outcome.
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That could definitely affect our outcome.
That can affect our outcome immediately.
When you turn a kaleidoscope, even a fraction
of a turn, maybe one, maybe 50 or
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a hundred different pebbles change and the color
could go suddenly from yellow to order stripes.
That's powerful guys.
So what I want you to take out
of today's show is when you choose to
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be calm, when you choose to be mindful
of your surroundings, you actually regain control, not
just mentally, but physically and emotionally, which means
that transpires out to people you're around.
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And we said that if you're within three
feet of somebody, they're gonna feel your energy,
whether it's positive or whether it's negative.
How many people do you know that stop
and think about this?
How many people do you know?
Not many.
Do you know of people that say, well,
gee, I wanna be mindful for just five
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minutes or 10 minutes.
Well, I'm too busy for that.
The people that make a decision to become
mindful are powerful people.
They're powerful, very, very powerful people.
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Very, very powerful.
Does that make sense to you?
I hope it does.
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Think about being mindful and when you're mindful,
everything starts to take on a new color,
a new energy, a new light, quote unquote,
a new perspective.
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As you're listening to my voice right now,
whether you're watching me or just listening, my
voice is already starting to affect you.
You're focusing on it, you're paying a little
attention on it.
Maybe you're starting to realize that this actually
makes sense and that we can make a
very big change in our lives if we
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take the time to be mindful.
Are you mindful?
I hope so.
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John Seymour, a serial
entrepreneur.
I hope you guys have a great rest
of your day or evening.
And remember, take time to be mindful, take
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time to master how to become.
It's a skill.
It'll repay you infinitely throughout life.
Have a good one and be well and
check out BelieveMeAchieved.com.
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