Focusing on What You Can Control When Life Gets Hard

Welcome back to the Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation and education. I hope you had a great week this week. I wanted to talk with you this morning a little bit about how you can focus on solutions and how you can focus on what you can control in life. And so let's get you started with the Daily Mastermind quote of the day. It's from Earl Nightingale, and it's people with goals succeed because they know where they are going. People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. That is such a simple truth. Do you know where you're going? Do you know where it is that you are striving to achieve levels of growth in your life? You've got to have that path, and I want to talk to you today because, you know, I was driving back from Las Vegas this week, and for those of you that know me, You know, I hate to drive, although I do enjoy some time to think and some time to visit and some time to really get my thoughts aligned with the goals and priorities I have in my life. And so I was thinking about this because while I was down in Las Vegas, you know, I did a lot of Zoom calls. I did a lot of, you know, strategy sessions. And what I found is that a lot of people are struggling with areas that they just can't seem to get past in their life. Now, this might be relationships. It might be communication, work. It might be areas of your life that you're dealing with. And what I wanted to talk to you about today is how you can focus on what you can control, how you can focus on solutions in your life. So what I wanted to kind of mention to you is, first of all, ground yourself in this idea of what is it that you are dealing with in life right now? Because we all have struggles, and we all have obstacles, and we all have circumstances that we might be dealing with. And one of the things that I really feel is important to say right out of the shoots is that you've got to learn to accept and understand that we will have a lifelong struggle of dealing with circumstances and situations in our life. It's just part of life. It something that I think sometimes we strive so much to eliminate the problems in our life We strive so much to overcome any type of possibility or scenario that would put us into an uncomfortable situation And the sooner you realize and accept the fact that that's just part of life. And I'm not talking about growth outside your comfort zone and things like that. I'm talking about situations out of your control. things that will happen, whether it's a breakup or whether it's some type of business scenario where you have a partner that leaves you or someone that rejects you or someone that decides that it's no longer. Maybe it's even just a level of business or life that you are growing into and your current individuals, people, circumstances in your life aren't going to grow with you. But the bottom line is you might be struggling. And here's the thing, it's tough. It's difficult. It's something that you have to learn to accept is part of life. And the reason I make such a big deal about that is because so many times we're fighting so hard to not have scenarios happen in our life. And there's no way to avoid it. So we have to learn to accept the fact and face the fact that we're going to struggle in life. It's a lifelong process. So what can you do about it? What is it that you can do to work through these scenarios in your life? And I've been through a lot of different scenarios in my life along these lines of what I'm explaining to you. But if you're dealing with something right now, besides accepting the fact that it's part of your journey, part of your life, you have to learn to focus on what you can control. See, so many times we are focused on the problem, and that is the issue. We're trying to numb the problem. We're trying to avoid the problem. We're trying to analyze why it went wrong and what happened. And as long as you're in that state of focusing on the negative and focusing on the problem, you're not going to move forward with solutions. So what you have to do is you have to learn to start focusing on what you can control. What it'll do is it'll take your focus off of the problem. It'll take you into an area that you have some degree of control over. Because if you've had any type of a relationship or business scenario where you had a breakup a separation some type of major change it really hard to accept And what we do is we try so hard to figure out why it happened And it hard but it also keeps us focused on the wrong thing So you have to ask yourself, what can you control? Well, you can control what you eat. You can control how you move. You can control what you're doing with your habits. You can control with all kinds of different things. but usually it comes back to mind, body, spirit, growth, activity. You can control so many things in your life. And so it's important for you to accept this, understand this, and realize you have a lot more control than you think. And if you're not doing that, if you're not focused on those things, you're losing two major benefits. One is you're still focused on the problem. And focusing on what you can control can divert your attention to areas that you can see progress in. And second, what you'll find when you focus on what you can control, and this is what I've learned in my life, I've heard it over and over and over as a principle, and it's worked for me, is that when you focus on the areas you can control, like fitness and health and nutrition and water and sleep and functioning in a really highly optimized way, you're going to be able to deal with the problem better. And so focusing on what you can control is such a huge, huge principle that you need to learn in order to overcome obstacles. Remember, it's not about the obstacle. It's not about the situation. It's about focusing on what you can control. And then the other suggestion that I've found really successful and helpful in my life is to focus on solutions. Because when you're focused on the problem, you're coming from a place of scarcity. You're coming from a place of lack. You're coming from a place of emptiness, loneliness, whatever it might be. And that's not going to help you create solutions. But when you focus on solutions, set aside the problem itself and just try to find ways to move forward, you're going to start to move into a place of abundance. And abundance is where you're going to find solutions for your life. That where you going to learn and develop and grow into that next level Because remember you haven figured that level out yet You moving into it And whether it an obstacle a situation that you dealing with or whether it just personal growth this is what we talking about So what I really want to emphasize to you is that accept that these problems and obstacles in your life, whatever they are, they're just part of the journey. They're just part of life. They're just part of what's something that you're going to continue to deal with throughout your life. And when you focus on what you control and you focus on solutions, you're going to see yourself move through that scenario faster. You're going to move past the obstacles quicker. And, you know, I'll leave you with this final thought. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. And this is something you've heard Wayne Dyer talked about most of his life. And what you can do to apply this to this principle of getting over obstacles is that you have to learn to make a decision to see things as a positive. Even though you may have had a breakup, a separation, a business failure, something that you didn't intend to have happen, it may be that gateway to lead you to something next level, to lead you to someone that does care and respect you, to lead you to a partnership or a scenario that's going to take you to the next level, to lead you to personal growth that's going to give you what you need to become that best version of yourself. So see it as a positive. Make a decision to change the way you're looking at the problem and see it as a solution, as a potential benefit, as a positive. And watch and see what happens. I think you're going to find that you'll move through that quicker. You'll find and identify more opportunities. And I hope that's something that will give you some perspective that you can use in your life. And I really appreciate if you would share the show. That's the message I have for you today. But I really want you to put some thought into that because we all deal with situations and scenarios. and even sometimes sharing your thoughts and feelings and some of these principles with others will help you as well because when you stop focusing on yourself, you're gonna learn that you're gonna move quicker as well. Anyway, that's my message for today. I hope you have an amazing day, a great weekend. Continue to focus on your daily rituals and I will talk with you soon.