Welcome back to The Daily Mastermind, George Wright III with your Thursday edition of your mastermind. I'm telling you, I'm really excited to be with you every day and I hope you're being consistent with your daily rituals, but I'm also hoping that you're consistent listening. I want to be able to provide you with information, education that you need on a weekly basis in business and personal and financial and even authors and celebrities, experts and people that I think thought leaders that can help you as we start to release these interviews upcoming. But today, I want to share with you a pretty important principle that I feel will set you up for success over the coming weeks. And it's that principle, it's a principle of perspective, action and determination. Perspective, action and determination. Now, I recently reread, I know many of you know that I'm a big fan of Ryan Holiday's books, and I reread a big section out of The Obstacle is the Way. And I want to pick some key concepts out of that, and I really highly recommend you grab a copy. You know, Ryan's a multiple-time New York best-selling author, and he's someone that has a very unique perspective on life and business based on these ideas of stoicism, which I know you've heard of if you've done anything with Tim Ferriss or if you're an entrepreneur nowadays, which most of you are. So let me walk you through some principles, thoughts, and strategies that you can use to sort of change your perspective in your life in a really big way. And they all basically relate back to this idea of perspective, action, and determination. You see, we're all facing obstacles in our life right now. And it might be a business challenge or a loss of a job. It might be relationship issues affecting your life. It might even be health concerns or communication problems. It might even be a challenge that's with someone close to us or someone that we love and really care about, but it's affecting our lives and challenging our mindset on a daily basis. But whatever the challenges that you face, because we all face them, especially if you're a producer and a high achiever, usually these are things that impact us in our daily lives, but they're things that are in our mind. They're things that get us stuck inside our head or paralyzed to move forward in various areas. And this book, this whole idea is of stoicism and the thoughts of Marcus Aurelius. They're talking about a blueprint, a solution, so to speak, for how we can not only overcome obstacles, making that obstacle is the way, as the title says, but to turn these obstacles into massive fuel for growth. Let me explain to you what I mean. What if embedded inside the problems that we facing or inherent in those problems were benefits Benefits that only you could benefit from What would you do if you knew that? I mean, let's be honest, probably nothing causes most of us, you know, the same stress. And so they're always unique. But we're paralyzed or stuck when it comes to massive obstacles in our lives. And the reason for this is that stuff that blocks us is blocking us for a reason. That fear, that frustration, depression, anger, years and years of programming that we've had inside our heads and everyone's unique, everyone's had a different life experience. It's stuff that we can't, we sort of know what to do, but we simply cannot act, right? Like, why is it that we're not doing what we need to do and we're struggling with things that are unique to us? So why is it that people can push through their problems? You know, some people can and some people can't. Why do most of us get stuck and can't seem to get past certain challenges while other people breeze through them? And maybe certain challenges have plagued you for weeks and weeks or months and months throughout your life. You know, there are men and women in life that have become famous because they've overcome their particular challenges and went on to become amazing leaders because they used their challenge to propel themselves to amazing heights. They learned how to overcome their specific things. And that's what we need to do. I mean, people like Abraham Lincoln, John Rockefeller, Margaret Thatcher, Amelia Earhart, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan. I could go on and on and on. Why and how did these people overcome massive obstacles in their life to become great? And trust me, they've all had massive obstacles and stories in their life. I mean, they really have. Well, bottom line, all great leaders and successful people find a way to turn their weakness into strength and find weaknesses in their area, in their life, whatever, into strengths. Like oxygen to fire, their obstacles become the fuel to their internal fires that they're burning. All of these people I mentioned learn to flip their obstacles upside down and turn them into fuel. And the crazy thing is, the process is actually pretty simple. But, you know, as Ryan Holiday puts it, it's never easy. We know that. It's not about just changing the way you look at things. It involves thoughts, actions, and commitment to a purpose, a philosophy in your life. That's the whole idea behind stoicism, right? That's what stoicism is all about. The most important thing to remember from the start is that most problems that are keeping us stuck are internal, not external problems in our lives. Most things that happen to us are things that we wrestle with in our mind. And because of our certain learned perception to obstacles and problems that we face that what creates the problem The key to overcoming the obstacle that you dealing with it lies in this message that the book talks about with Marcus Aurelius And let me just read you something that Marcus Aurelius said. He said, objective judgment now at this very moment, unselfish action now at this very moment, willing acceptance now at this very moment of all external events. that's all you need those three things now i don't have time to get into all the research examples and stories and trust me there is a ton of proof but holiday says overcoming obstacles is a discipline of three critical elements your perception your action and your will your perception your action and your will all three of these steps are important to really and truly turn on and and and make these obstacles in your life benefits or fuels to your life you need to start by analyzing, number one, how you look at a problem. That's your perception. Then you need to work on the energy, creativity, and approach that you use to break the problem down and turn it into opportunities through your actions. That's number two, your actions. And then finally, you need to cultivate and maintain an inner will that helps you to handle any defeat and stay consistent. Those are the three things that he's talking about. And I encourage you to read the or download the audio book, which I like to listen to when I'm doing cardio, which is not very often, but I do do cardio. But he really breaks these three areas down and helps you to understand, break them apart, develop strategies in each of these three areas. But just to give you kind of a high level, with your perception, you need to understand and recognize your power. Deal with all of your feelings and emotions and learn to focus on the present moment. With your perception, recognize your power, deal with your feelings and emotions, and learn to focus on the present moment. Now, with your responses or your actions, you'll need to understand and focus on moving forward continuously. Your forward progress is key. But you also have to be persistent, and you have to channel your energy and seize the moment to choose your direction. Channeling your energy is a real big factor. Brendan Burchard talks a lot about that as well. And then finally, the third part of that is your will. This is the third part of this process. Besides your perception and your actions, your will. And your will, you're going to need to practice self-discipline. You're going to need to practice finding peace of mind. And you're going to need to practice finding motivation outside of yourself. Things that will drive you. That how you take this perception actions and will and put it into play But I promise you that as you learn about the hundreds of stories and examples of people if you read that book just like you and me that overcame challenges and obstacles in their life it literally will help your perception and perspective to change by hearing those stories So when you realize that you're not, it's because when you realize, you know, you're not the only one dealing with problems you face and that the heroes in most of the stories of life are not superhuman, they don't have some unique rare gift, that's when you'll start to learn the becoming great is just a process. It's just a path that each of us can choose to take if we just apply the time-tested proven principles and skills in our life. You know, perception, action, will. It's just a path. It's just a process. And ultimately, I feel like it's time that each of us does recognize that our perspective is going to be the key to changing our lives. And that, you know, there are specific and proven strategies to help you to do this. But, you know, finally, and probably most importantly, you're not alone. And you can change your life on a dime and start making changes and creating that life that you're meant to live. It's just a decision. You just need to start doing the heavy lifting and put the principles and environment in place to help you to do it. So let's be willing to do what it takes to accept the road as difficult. Just know that you were looking forward to the struggle. Let's learn to struggle intentionally, right? You know you're going to struggle, so accept it, but then struggle intentionally in order to create more happiness, fulfillment, and success in your life. That's the purpose behind why I do this podcast. It's what we're trying to do by giving you this daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education every day. I'm glad you're listening to the episode. I hope these are some ideas that inspire you. I hope you'll make the effort to tune in every morning and share this podcast as well. I mean, it's going to mean a lot to me. And you'd be surprised how many people are struggling. And simply by referring the topics and ideas that we share to others, you're helping build the community. You're helping to teach yourself and you're helping other people. It's positive messages we want to share. So help me make a difference by sharing the podcast, if you would. And if you haven't already, head over to thedailymastermind.com and pick up some free stuff. When you join the community, we've got all kinds of stuff for you. Our goal is just to give you that daily dose. The Mastermind is here to help you. I hope you have an amazing week, and I hope you'll hit me up and let me know. For those of you that have hit me up, you know we've been able to have some great conversations. Hit me up and let me know what you're struggling with, what you're working on. I want to help you, and that's what drives me. That's my passion. So at the end of the day, have an amazing week, and I will talk to you again tomorrow. This is George Wright III, and this has been The Daily Mastermind. Have a great night. Thank you.
