Welcome back to the Daily Mastermind. My name is George Wright III and I am your host. I hope you're having a great week this week. Today I wanted to get back with you. We had a day off where we were doing some recording outside of the office, but today I wanted to get back to you and I've got a couple of episodes that I'm going to be dropping. So I hope you have a little bit extra time to catch up on some things we're doing. But before I get started, I want to start with the Daily Mastermind quote of the day. And if you have not downloaded the Daily Mastermind mobile app, I encourage you to do it on iTunes or Google Play because it's got a ton. It's just jam-packed with resources and we're getting tons and tons of downloads. So I know many of you are using it. But on there, one of the tabs is the quote of the day. And the quote of the day has some awesome pics that you can share on social media or picks that you can use to just kind of motivate and inspire yourself. And today's quote of the day is by Walter Bond. And it says, go for your dreams, don't live life with regrets. Go for your dreams, don't live life with regrets. I think that's a great quote and it's something a lot of us think of, but how many of us are acting on that? That's the key is to create some action. And that's one of the reasons why we like to create a little inspiration, motivation, and even education for you on the Daily Mastermind. Now, later today, I'm going to be dropping a masterclass we did on asset protection and tax strategies for Forex traders, Forex investors. And the reason we're doing this is I found that many of you are learning topics and learning information, but you want to have something that gives you sort of a blueprint, a roadmap for what to do. And there's so many individuals right now taking advantage of the Forex, the foreign exchange markets, as well as digital currency and Bitcoin. Many of you have seen Bitcoin go just off the charts lately, over 23,000. And so what I wanted to do is I brought in an expert, a guy I've known for 20 years named Don Pendleton, and he runs the longest running, he owns the longest running financial education company in the United States. And what he did is he took about 30 minutes, and he explained if you are a trader, now this would apply for a stock investor, Forex investor futures you know options whatever you're doing how would you structure yourself how would you structure your trading business because that's what you need to do in order to maximize your tax deductions and find ways to really benefit maximize and minimize your taxes maximize your benefits how would you structure your business how would you structure your taxes what can you write off what can't you write off and so I had him do a specific case study for Forex investors, a Forex trading business. And so be watching for that later today. We'll drop that. And that a great lead in for a question I like to ask you What is it that you doing in your business that you feel like you like to have some more information and education on see i got access to resources of the top seven eight and nine figure mentors when it comes to taxes asset protection estate planning investing marketing sales communications and i'd love to be able to get more of those interviews for you but do it in a form that allows you to have a case study of exactly what you need to use so if you have some feedback jump over to the Daily Mastermind Instagram or Facebook and DM me. Let me know what it is you're looking for. And we've got a lot of good gifts and prizes and things for individuals that contribute because we're building our content outline for 2021, and we've got some really good stuff coming. So with that said, I had an idea I wanted to talk to you about this morning. When it comes to learning to test your limits, I was working out this morning with my trainer at the gym, and I was kind of meant and I you know he pushes me and pushes me half the time I'm barely waking up but I go anyway but he was pushing me and I realized something the other day and that is that and I and I probably should have known this a long time ago but I just wasn't maybe as aware of it is that his goal is always to push me way past my limits and sometimes he has to sort of actively spot me on exercises meaning he'll help me with exercises because he'd rather push me further than I could possibly do on my own just to get me further down the road in order to make gains, right? We usually, when we're running a race or we're lifting or we're in business or we're in our personal lives or relationships, we go right to our limits. And what happens is we forget that we are capable of so much more than we're giving. You know, David Goggins talks about most people stop at 40% because a couple things happen. We are hardwired to protect ourselves from pain and discomfort. And so what happens is as we approach the finish line, we slow down. We run to the finish line. We don't run through the finish line. And so I want to just plant this seed in your head that you are capable of so much more than you're giving. Even if you feel like you're stretching yourself, it's just scientifically and physically and emotionally possible for you to give so much more. But in order to do that, you have to dig deep. You really have to dig deep in life, in all areas of your life, if you want to accomplish more and have more. Because our entire success and happiness and growth lie outside our comfort zone. Because like I said, we are hardwired to avoid pain and discomfort. Our brains are just completely hardwired to keep us from pain and agony and discomfort. And I talked about this before where I said there's this tipping point. And the tipping point happens when you approaching that resistance of where you know that you have done before and you don think you can go further and your brain starts to kind of work against you and say okay slow down slow down But there's a tipping point when you realize that you are outside your comfort zone and you have to find a way to make it work. And that tipping point is when your brain says, all right, I've tried everything I can to convince George that he shouldn't do this, that it's not good for him or that it's going to be painful. but it looks like he's going to do it anyway, so now it's time to figure out some solutions. I've got to get him through this. I've got to go to the next level. You know, David Goggins talks about that and says, you know, when you know you're not going to quit, when you know that you're going to be experiencing pain, your brain goes into all kinds of ways to help you. And what you have to do is you have to hit that tipping point where you can know that you are going to push yourself past your comfort zone. And so all of a sudden things come into your favor and help you figure out how to do it better. And we have to seek the discomfort. We have to seek finding ways to get outside our comfort zone. When we do that, what we're doing is we're conditioning and training our brain to operate in those kind of conditions. And pretty soon you'll realize just what you're capable of. And the other thing I wanted to mention here is that, and you've heard a lot of guys talk about this, girls talk about this lately, you've got to learn to find joy and validation in the process. Now, not only do I think you've got to find ways, you know, because I know that's easier said than done. You're like, how in the hell am I going to find ways to be excited about the process when it's painful and it's outside my comfort zone? Well, just keep in mind a couple things. Number one, it's been scientifically proven that you get more of a dopamine hit, which is that pleasure center of your brain, that reward mechanism while you're hitting goals along the way than you do when you finally get to your destination. That's why so many of these mega athletes and celebrities have gotten massive, massive success and they've thought, wow, is this it? And depression and anxiety sets in because the expectation we put on hitting the end goal is never, is never as great as we want it to be. And yet all along the process, if you can learn to realize that you get validation and rewards along the way, you can shift your brain to being excited about getting there along the way instead of just the destination. And guess what? By default, you'll hit your destination. And so the best way to do this is to make it a game. You know, play, life, business, all these things like a game where you enjoy every quarter and you start fresh and you hit your goals and you score the most points you can in this quarter today and then you win the day tomorrow and then you win the week this week and then you win the month this month instead of waiting one to five years to hit some type of future destination which more than likely is just going to keep moving anyway That the funny thing about my trainer I keep telling him I said man you keep moving the goalposts on me You keep telling me you know 10 reps and it 15 or you tell me 15 and then it 20 And it's this balancing act between pushing yourself further than you think you can go. And I'm telling you, every single time, I feel like a million bucks. Every single time you push yourself past your comfort zone. And even if you don't get as much as you want done, you always feel better about what you've accomplished. And so I encourage you to do that. Now, the last thing I want to mention is I want you to try to find ways to push yourself in every area of your life, your mind, your body, your spirit, your emotions, your business, not just in success, not just in money, not just in business, but push yourself mentally, push yourself physically, push yourself emotionally. And to do this, you have to be conscious of it and you have to set and identify where your normal boundaries are and push past them. So how do you do this? What's the simplest idea or solution I could give you for pushing yourself and learning to push yourself past your normal limits? Well, the number one thing I would say is don't go it alone. Don't go it alone. You know, several things you could do is it's very important that you have accountability and tracking in order to know when you're pushing yourself, right? But the way to do that is find a partner. Now, you might have a life partner, you might have a business partner, or get a trainer. Like, I have a personal trainer for business and I have a coach for, I'm sorry, personal trainer for fitness and a coach for business. You know, find a partner, find a trainer, get a coach, hire a mentor, or, you know, join a mastermind group. But the bottom line is, the key to pushing yourself is to have accountability to someone else. Don't go it alone. trying to do it alone your mind and your habits and your patterns will work against you you've got to have someone with a fresh perspective that knows maybe not so much what you're capable of they don't have to know what you're capable of their job is just to push you and hold you accountable and that's my biggest recommendation so remember it's incremental steps right don't overestimate what you can do in the short term and don't underestimate what you can do in the long term. It's incremental simple steps. And I encourage you to make this upcoming year, starting today, make 2021 the year of growth and know that even incremental steps add up over time. And those incremental steps, when you look back, will create a massive, massive, amazing, successful life for you. That's my message for today. I hope that's something that maybe gives you some ideas, inspires you a bit. And if you have any feedback, love to hear from you. Hit me up on The Daily Mastermind. Download The Daily Mastermind mobile app and look forward to talking with you next week. Once again, this is George Wright III and this has been The Daily Mastermind. Have a great day.
