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Episode 807 · Jul 5, 2023

6 Wayne Dyer Habits to Create the Life You Love

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George Wright III opened a recent episode of The Daily Mastermind with a simple challenge: if you want to take real control of your life, start by examining your daily habits of thought. Drawing from a piece by Dr. Wayne Dyer on 13 habits to create a life you love, George walked through the first six, and the insights are worth sitting with.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Each habit is designed to shift your perspective, reshape the way you think, and give you practical tools to start manifesting the life you were meant to live.

Why Your Identity Is Bigger Than Your Circumstances

The first habit Dr. Dyer outlines is to believe you are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience. George finds this concept genuinely liberating. Most people define themselves by their situation, their struggles, or their current limitations. Dyer flips that script entirely. You are not your circumstances. You are not your ego. You are something far greater than whatever difficulty you happen to be facing right now, and recognizing that is the beginning of real empowerment.

How to Master Your Thoughts Before They Master You

Habit two is to become the observer of your thoughts. George has returned to this idea many times because it is foundational. You become what you think about the most, and that means you have to get serious about monitoring what is running through your mind. Negative and disempowering thoughts are going to show up. The goal is not to pretend they do not exist but to catch them, deal with them quickly, and redirect your focus. Staying laser focused on what matters to you is only possible when you are watching your own mind and not letting social media, the news, or other people's drama pull you off course.

Releasing Yourself from Limiting Stories

Habit three asks you to release your imagination from current limiting circumstances. This goes deeper than just positive thinking. George emphasizes that you have to disconnect your circumstances from your identity. You are not your story. You are not the sum of bad things that have happened to you, and you are not limited to the resources or experiences you have right now. Your current situation is temporary. You have already overcome everything life has thrown at you so far, which means you have more capability than you are giving yourself credit for. Open your mind to the possibilities that exist beyond your present conditions.

Seeing Your Goals as Already Done

Habit four is to see your wish as already accomplished. This is the visualization principle, and it works because your subconscious mind does not cleanly separate imagination from reality the way your conscious mind does. When you consistently picture your goals as already achieved, your brain begins operating as if those things are true. George describes this as activating the reticular activating system: once you commit to a vision of yourself as already living that reality, your mind starts finding ways to make it happen. The shift from "I want this" to "I am already this" changes everything.

Trusting the Power Inside You

Habit five is to believe in your own divine power. Dr. Dyer put it plainly:

It is my belief that you are never given the power to dream without the equivalent power to manifest that dream and make it your physical reality.

George connects this to a core message he has carried throughout his work: you have greatness inside you. Whether you frame it in spiritual terms or simply as untapped human potential, the point is the same. You already have what you need to create your best life. The decision to believe that is yours to make.

Breaking Free from Other People's Opinions

Habit six is to remain independent of the good opinion of other people. George does not soften this one:

I think you just need to stop giving a damn about what other people think.

Other people's opinions are a distraction. Full stop. When you are building toward something meaningful, you cannot afford to let negative criticism, unsolicited advice, or the judgments of people who are not living your life derail you. The goals you are working toward, and the people you are doing it for, are far more important than winning approval from others. Clarify your vision, trust your intentions, and keep moving.

George opened the episode with a quote from Les Brown:

Don't stop running towards your dream.

That thread runs through all six habits. None of them require perfect conditions or other people's permission. They require a decision, made daily, to believe in where you are going.

Action Steps

  • Start each morning by reminding yourself: you are not your circumstances, and your current situation is temporary.
  • Set a five-minute daily practice of observing your thoughts without judgment; notice what keeps pulling your attention away from your goals.
  • Write out one major goal as if it is already done, using present tense, and read it out loud at least once a day.
  • Identify one opinion or criticism you have been letting hold you back, and make a conscious decision to release it.
  • Reflect on where you already have the power to create change in your life, and name one specific step you can take this week.

These six habits from Wayne Dyer are not complicated, but they are demanding. They ask you to challenge deeply held beliefs about who you are and what is possible for you. George will cover the remaining seven habits in Part 2, but for now, these six are more than enough to start with. It's never too late to start living the life you were meant to live.

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All right, welcome back to The Daily Mastermind. George Wright III here with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. I hope you're having a great week so far. You know, we were talking a little bit yesterday about how you can create your life and really take control of what's happening. And today what I want to do is I want to talk to you about some habits that you can do or habits that you can create in order to create your best life. I got some real inspiration for you today from Wayne Dyer, and so I'm looking forward to talking with you. But let's start you out with the Daily Mastermind quote of the day. It's, Don't stop running towards your dream by Les Brown. Don't stop running towards your dream. That's the big thing, right? You can't lose if you don't quit. And that's a really, really great message. So what I want to do today is I want to talk to you about a great article that I read a while back from Wayne Dyer on 13 Habits to Create the Life You Love. And I'm going to split it up into a couple of days because it might go a little bit long and I want to keep to the, you know, the basically daily five to seven minute dose that I want to give you in order to help you create your best life. I mean, remember the reason I started the Daily Mastermind was to help give you that daily inspiration motivation. It's a battle in your life and in your mind every single day. So let's talk about this a little bit and how it can help you in your life. Dr. Dyer talks about sort of a realm or a place that's outside your normal level of consciousness that allows you the opportunity to visualize and create what you want in your life. And he talks about how when you get to this realization of this place and your innate ability to access this level of consciousness in your life, you truly become empowered. And maybe you've experienced this a little bit in your life, or maybe you haven't, but I've certainly learned and come to the conclusion in my life that you can access a certain energy and or influence and power greater than yourself, and it'll help you to impact and shape your life. And whether you believe in yourself or your abilities, because a lot of us struggle with that, or you believe in powers greater than yourself, it doesn't really change whether they're true. These principles are true universal principles, and they're there to basically, for you to tap into so that the greatness inside of you that can come out, whether you've discovered it or not. And I say this because no matter where you are in life, you truly are capable of more. And you need to believe that We all are You simply just have to decide to believe that and believe that you not alone that you do have greatness inside of you Plus you come to a point in your life that you realize that faith is something that outside of yourself something that you believe outside of yourself that you can implement. And you'll come to that point in your life where you'll realize that faith is just simply a decision of something that you can believe in that is more than yourself. And once you do that, you're going to see some powerful changes. So I want to run you through these 13 principles that Dr. Dyer kind of outlines. And I think it'll assist you with your perspective, your thoughts, your daily practices, and ultimately help you manifest and create that life that you love. So these 13 habits, I'll run through half of them today, half of them tomorrow. But the first one is, and this is a really great one, believe that you're an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience. And I truly love that thought. Rather than thinking that we're human beings that are having a human experience, Dyer suggests that there is much more to life than that. He suggests that we are spiritual beings more than we could possibly imagine that are having a temporary human experience. And the key here is to understand and believe that you're not your situation. You are not the circumstances that you're in. This is empowering because you're not just limited to your ego, your life, your struggles that you experience every day. And when you start to realize that, you're going to be very much empowered in your life. Habit two is to create the habit that you become the observer of your thoughts. Now, you've heard me and many other people talk about this, say it over and over and over, that you become what you think about the most. And that's why I like this habit so much. You have to become a master at monitoring your thoughts and feelings. Now you can do this and you've got to do this because you have to quickly adapt and deal with negative or disempowering thoughts. But you also can stay on track better with what you want to deal with and what you want to be focused on when you monitor your thoughts. So staying laser focused is really the key to getting what you want. And you can only do that when you're the observer of your thoughts so you don't get distracted. by things in your life, whether it's social media or situations or the news or the marketplace. Become the observer of your thoughts and stay laser focused on what important to you Habit number three is release your imagination from the current limiting circumstances Now this is important and it important that you disconnect from your circumstances but it's also important that you disconnect from the circumstances and your identity. You are not your story. You're not limited to the resources and experience that you currently have. You are not a culmination of all the bad things that have happened to you. You need to accept your situation in life is just temporary. It's just a temporary, limiting circumstance that you're in. And you're the one who's capable of overcoming kind of where you are and growing past it. But you have to believe that you're not your story and that you're determined to overcome whatever it is you're facing. I mean, let's be honest. You've overcome everything in your life so far. So open up your mind and your imagination to the possibilities and release your imagination and stay outside those limiting circumstances. That's a great habit. Habit number four, see your wish as already accomplished. See your wish as already accomplished. You've got to learn to visualize yourself as already accomplishing your goals. This sort of tricks your subconscious mind because it's not really easy, but your subconscious mind doesn't really separate the difference in what is real and what is not real, like your conscious mind does. So when you learn to imagine your goals and dreams as they're already done, then your mind can go to work making these things happen. It uses that, what we talk about, that reticular activating system inside your brain. And as you start to visualize that things have already happened, this is when you really start to become empowered because your mind goes to work thinking, well, if I'm already this person, if I already have these skills, if I'm already doing these things, then I have to start living that way. And things begin to happen for you. So see your wishes already accomplished. Habit number five, believe in your own divine power. Now, Dyer would, you know, he would say, and he'd talk about this a lot, and for me it was always a little bit of a stretch, but I really appreciate and try to recognize in my daily life something that he always says, which is, it is my belief that you are never given the power to dream without the equivalent power to manifest that dream and make it your physical reality. You know he liked to reflect on that teaching of you know many spiritual great leaders that would encourage us to see ourselves as unlimited and know that we capable of great things And so this habit five of believing in your own divine power it one you know I started out with Les Brown and Les Brown would always say, you know, you have greatness inside of you. I think that there's a choice we need to make in our life and a choice that we do have abilities and talents and things that are inside us that we do have what we need to create our best life. We have everything we need. And so believing in your own divine power, I think, is a great habit to be able to put into your life. And then habit number six is remain independent of the good opinion of other people. I love this one, and this is another one that Les Brown hits on a lot as well. It's so important today, and in today's world, to clarify what you want and picture the vision of yourself that you want to attain, but it's equally important to have faith in yourself and your intentions and not get caught up in the opinions of others. You know, other people are just a distraction. You know, these distractions are going to just keep you from moving forward in your life and creating the best version of yourself. And they're constantly going to be derailing you until you decide, until you decide that you are not going to care what other people think. Now, I think it's, you know, a real, you know, nice way of saying habit six being remain independent of the good opinion of others. But to be quite honest, I think you just need to stop giving a damn about what other people think. You have to start realizing that your goals and dreams, the things that you're working for, the people you're trying to do things for are way more important than negative criticism and things that others will have. So those are our first six habits. And I want to cover the rest of the 13 habits tomorrow. But I want to get you on this track of if you're going to take control and be empowered in your life and you're going to start to make changes and you're going to start to do the right things, you have to start reframing and reprogramming the way that you think, the way that you were brought up. And these are six amazing habits for you to be able to do that with. So that's the message I want to leave you with today. Tomorrow we're going to finish these habits up and I want to talk to you a little bit more about, you know, some success traits that you can use in your life to create more discipline. And so I'll talk to you a little bit more tomorrow. Do me a favor, share this episode with anyone that you feel might benefit. I really would appreciate it. mean the world to me and I hope you have an amazing day. Make it a great day and I will talk with you soon.

About the host
George Wright III, host of The Daily Mastermind

George Wright III

George Wright III is an entrepreneur, investor, and the host of The Daily Mastermind. Over more than two decades he has founded and scaled several multimillion-dollar companies and built a renowned seminar business that put some of the world's biggest names and brands on stage. With 25+ years across marketing, sales, and executive leadership, he's made a career of turning bold ideas into results — and momentum into lasting growth.

Today his mission is singular: empower driven entrepreneurs everywhere to master their mindset, unlock their potential, and live their ultimate destiny. Through The Daily Mastermind, George shares the Prosperity Principles and strategies that help people create massive change — in their business and in their life.

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