Episode 149: Overcoming the Blocks that Stop You from Achieving Your Goals – Transcript
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Hi, folks, welcome to episode 149 of the Wealth On Any Income podcast. This is where we talk about money tips, techniques, attitudes, information and provide inspiration around your business and your money. I'm your host, Rennie Gabriel. In past episodes, we spoke about how to understand the numbers from your business, how to measure the level of pleasure based on where you spend your money, how to track your money in 5 to 10 seconds. What determines how close you are to Complete Financial Choice®, and how to run your business without being in your business. Last week, I spoke about 6 attitudes that separate the wealthy from the ordinary.
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Today, again, there is no guest, I call these filler episodes when I don't have a guest booked. I'll be speaking about how to overcome the blocks that stop you from achieving your goals. Whether in relationships, business, or finance - it's how thoughts feelings and values operate in our lives or your life. As you may know, after two divorces and a business failure, I was flat broke at age 50 and started all over from scratch. I maybe had about $3,000 to my name. But by the time I was aged 58, after investing in some apartment buildings, with my wife and a realtor, I no longer had to work for a living. I was able to do this by saving $18,000 and at $500 a month for three years. That's how I did it. It did not take a lot of money, but it did take a little bit of discipline and a commitment. Now, I could have paid off my credit card debt with that money, but instead, I invested the money. It was based on changing the attitudes I grew up with and adopting the attitudes of the wealthy.
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Now many people think thoughts are powerful. Maybe you do too. But let me go through a little story about how I discovered thoughts are not powerful. Many years ago, I decided it would be helpful to lose some weight by jogging. I had this thought that I could set my alarm for 30 minutes earlier than I usually get up like 5:30am. And I could go jogging for about 20 or 30 minutes. Well, the alarm went off. It was dark, it was cold, and I didn't feel like getting up. So I didn't. I told myself I can go jogging on another day. The reality is that your feelings are going to be far more powerful than your thoughts. Your feelings are going to dictate what you will or won't do 98% of the time. The feelings that alcoholics have, the feelings that Overeaters Anonymous have are the things that create their problems. Well, then what can you do to overcome the feelings that prevent you from doing what will support you? What will allow you to take the actions that will produce the results you want in your life? This is where the wealthy people operate from. They tap into their beliefs, attitudes, and values. They value integrity. Or let me rephrase that. If they value integrity, they will give someone else their word, or they'll ask for the support and ask to be held accountable. In my Wealth On Any Income book, I list 43 values that you can choose from to see which are the ones that are a fit for you. Now, I know there are far more values than that, but at least this is a start.
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So let's get back to my example of jogging to lose weight. Knowing that relying on myself to get up and go jogging at 6am was not working. I went to the house of a neighbor that I know who goes jogging. I said to him, 'Ron, I'd like to start jogging. Can I go with you the next time you go?' He said yes and he said to meet him at six o'clock the next morning. When I said to him, 'I'll see you tomorrow morning'. That's the same thing as my giving someone my word and I honor my word. I do have integrity. Now the next morning when the alarm went off at 5:30 and again, I didn't feel like getting up. I still got up and I got to Ron's house at 6am. Now, I used one of my values - integrity - to overcome the feeling that was preventing me from doing what I knew was in my best interest.
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Anyway, if you're feeling stuck, and there are some legitimate reasons for that, you know, there may be a fear that you have a failing or, or a fear you may have of succeeding. You may have some anger or resentment that's taking up headspace, instead of an excitement to get started on your goals, you may feel frustrated that similar things in the past have not worked out. Or there may be some feelings of disappointment in yourself for procrastinating. If you want a breakthrough, there are some questions you can ask yourself. But it's even better if you let someone else ask you these questions.
Now, I often say wealth creation is a team sport, not a solo sport. And the reason for that is you can have all the information you need, you could know all the great books that can support you. But no book, not even my great book can do the two things that are vital to your success. One - no book can interrupt your faulty thinking, you may be playing some old tapes in your head, and the book cannot interrupt you and say that's not true. Let me tell you what I see. Only a person can do that. Only a committed listener can do that. Whether it's a co-worker, a friend, or a coach that you've hired. Two - No book can hold you accountable to the actions you said you would take. If you're stuck, a book cannot get you unstuck. Again, that takes another human being who can ask, Did you do what you said you would do? If you didn't? What was it that got in your way? What do you really want? I'll leave you with those questions. And that's all for today. Another short episode.
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