4 Breakthroughs: Be Decisive, Salt Lake City, Super Smart People, and Dealing with The Doubters

Hey, everybody, it's Brendon Burchard. And welcome to another episode of the Brendan Show. In this four breakthroughs episode, you continue your journey of following me around the world as I try to inspire others to achieve their goals faster, to improve their lives, and to reach motivation and high performance in all that they do. In this episode, we have the key takeaways that I shared with some of my highest level clients this last week. I take you on a journey out to Salt Lake City to talk about some big moves I'm trying to make in my brand. Then we jump over to Philadelphia, which happened less than 12 hours after salt Lake City, to interview some of the world's preeminent psychologists. And then we finish with the listener question of the week, which is, Brendan, how do do you deal with the doubters and the haters and keep motivated even when people don't believe in you, brother? That is all part of four breakthroughs this week. Part one, be decisive. I was with my Mastermind members in Phoenix, what, less than a week ago, which is hard to imagine because I was doing that three day event with my Mastermind members. Then I hopped onto a plane, flew up to Salt Lake City, did a, you know, multiple six figure deal, then flew over to Philadelphia and interviewed some of the world's preeminent psychologists in positive psychology. And all of that happened literally within like a 24, 48 hour period. It was just like craziness. It was awesome. But I'd like to start this four breakthrough session with this conversation that I had with my Mastermind members towards the end of our three day meeting. Now, if you're not familiar with what a Mastermind is, it's essentially as a thought leader. You bring together your highest end clients and you basically get them in a room and you facilitate a process in which they're able to share their goals with each other, learn from one another, and most importantly, learn how to amplify their business. So it's really about Masterminds are essentially about them learning new strategies from both me and from each other, getting feedback on what they're doing, and creatively brainstorming what they're doing so that they're clear on their path, they're motivated to get there, they have the capabilities and the tools to get there, and they most importantly have perspective from the other members in the group that can help them achieve their journey a little bit faster. That's basically the idea of a Mastermind. I hope you're in one. I've been in them my entire life. More or less of getting people together and brainstorming and having that set up as like an official type of group. Some masterminds I've been in, I didn't pay other Mastermind members. I was a, you know, paying member. And I just recommend that you get in one at some point in your life. It's important. I'm very diligent in selecting who's in my Mastermind because, you know, we only have like, I think 50 some members. Usually I limit it to, depending on, you know, the incoming year of new Mastermind members. So it's something I'm very selective about. So you want to get around really high level achievers. And with this particular group, my kind of takeaway message was something I thought I'd share with you as well. After listening to everybody and hearing where they're at and what their goals are and sharing some of my best marketing strategies, period. One of the takeaways that I was just sharing with the group is just be decisive, be swift and be consistent. If you're decisive and swift and consistent, the fruits of the world belong to you. The fruits of the world are more abundant. You're able to not only achieve what you want, but you're able to share greater abundance with the world as well. When you're allowing yourself to follow that intuition, to serve that dream, to see things through. And so many people have a big idea, they have a big dream, but they're never decisive to begin it. They keep waiting for the perfect time or waiting for perfection or waiting for permission, and they're not decisive. And I know there's something in your heart when you're listening. I know the reason you like the Brendan show is cause I challenge you. At least I hope that's a big piece of it. And I hope that you'll share this podcast with other people who need a challenge. And if you're in that place right now where you need a challenge, my challenge to you, at whatever level of leadership or abundance or service you're providing the world right now, is I challenge you to be more decisive. You know what to do. Do it. You already had the inkling in your heart. Execute. You already have that dream that has been sowed in your heart or gifted to your spirit from on high. And now it's about honoring that and seeing that thing into fruition. And the time for hemming and hawing or questioning or wondering is over. And at some point you have to step up and say, this is my time. I'm going to do this. Decisiveness means okay, that no longer. This right now, that no longer. That means when you're being decisive, you know what you're no longer going to do and you know what you're going to do, and you execute on that immediately. There's this concept that I remember learning from Evan Pagan that I really love, this phrase of speed of implementation and just deciding to implement quickly. When I have an idea, I implement that thing so fast, it makes my team's head spin. It makes my friends go, what are you doing? It makes the marketplace, oh, this is new from Brendan, I guess, and that's powerful. I'm not this, you know, old lumbering brand in this market space. I hope, you know, I'm always sort of like at the forefront of what's happening. And maybe it doesn't always appear that way in the public facing things of what I'm doing, but in our tests, in how I have my clients implement, in what we're working on and trying, we're usually so far ahead of the pack. And it's not because I'm special or smart. Let me give you an example of like live casts doing live promotions online. You know, we were in that first group of people to be doing that. Matter of fact, I think we were in the first five ever to do a million dollar live webcast. And I mean, you basically had like, you two, the band, you know, you had two or three Internet marketers and that was it. I mean, we were way up front, it was like, oh, we can go live, let's try it. And it was a hot mess and we had no idea what we're doing, but we were decisive. Okay, we're gonna do that. Let's do it. Win for Friday. You know, I don't say, okay, we're gonna do that seven months from now. It's okay. We're gonna reinvent our funnels. Great. The funnels are gonna be done next week. Okay, you have two weeks. Let's go. And it's just being decisive and just going. Because here's the thing, when you understand learning, you become more decisive. What do I mean? When you take upon yourself the identity of a learner, you execute faster. When you think that you have to be perfect, you don't execute. And that is a critical foundation, I really believe, of high performers identities. The reason they're able to be so decisive and execute so quickly and have such high speed of implementation is because they go, hey, let's just get this out there and see how it goes. Because they understand almost everything that we do is Beta. It's just trying it, seeing it, testing it, honing it, and knowing that there's always a tomorrow, always a next week, always a next month to hone, to improve, to perfect, to make it better, and not worrying about having it perfect right out the gate. Now, I know that flies in the face of what a lot of people teach and preach about. Well, you've got this brand and everything has to be perfect and buttoned up and everything else like that. And I go, yeah, maybe in some things, maybe in something or with some clients where it's high level corporate stuff and they expect everything to be buttoned up. But not in the general marketplace. I mean, the general marketplace not only likes novelty, they like to see change. They like to see that you're out front and trying things. And if you're ever just like, oh, Brennan, sure, you can say this. Cause you're brand new. I'm like, please, I advise a bunch of the Fortune 500 companies. I'm pretty familiar with how major decisions are made, how things are rolled out. And I'm blessed to have launched some of the biggest products and programs in my own industry, but also with other big, huge brand names. And I can tell you that being decisive about where to go, how to go, and when to go is everything. And so get in the game and be decisive. If there's been something you've been thinking about doing, stop screwing around and get at it. And that message was delivered to me a long time ago that really made a difference. I remember there was a. An early mentor of mine in the online marketing space. Many of you guys know Frank Kern. And Frank Kern basically said, he said, I have two rules. Don't be a wimp. And he had, he used a lot more colorful language in this, as you can imagine. Don't be a wimp and stop screwing around. And it was just like two great simple rules. You know, I would use different language than Frank would, but Frank's a great friend and a great mentor over the years to me. And I can share with you that the challenge in itself to be bold and to get at it has really made a difference. And I just call that being decisive. Just decide and get at it. The other two elements I shared with you is be swift and be consistent. So it's not just, you know, be decisive, it's be swift, get at it quickly, speed of implementation. But what I mean specifically when I say swift is know the needle movers and get at those. I mean, don't try to do a hundred things. Pick five Things and, and be swift at executing those five things quickly. And so if you read High Performance Habits, you know, the concept of pqo, which is prolific Quality output, know what matters and get at those things, just, I mean, get right in there. And every regret that I have in my brand came from not being swift enough. You know, for example, I was advising a lot of the major youtubers and they were getting millions of subscribers, my clients, and most of them through vlogging. And I just wasn't swift in executing vlogging. And I look back, I was like, ah, I should have started that three years ago. But I was focusing on the core of what my brand and business was in terms of teaching and training. I didn't get on that train quick enough. And I'm happy with where we're at. And you know, looking back, I was very grateful for buttoning down the hatches and building these funnels and courses that really work. But I know a lot of people who get stuck there and they never go into new areas swiftly enough. And I would say in the number one area in my brand or career, I didn't get swiftly enough to would be vlogs. So I'm learning these lessons just as much as you. And that's part of this Brendan show is just kind of sharing, like what I'm learning, experiencing along the way, and I hope you enjoy that. But that last piece, being consistent, oh, I was always good at that. If one thing has helped me, it is being as consistent as possible in the marketplace. I've had my ups and downs of times when I have been or not been consistent, you know, with major projects like the Motivation Manifesto or with High Performance Habits. Those two books, oh my gosh, they required all of me and pulled me away from the consistency I'd like to have. But over the span of 10 years, I'm probably one of the most consistent voices in the industry. If you just look at the pqo, the Prolific Quality Output. And I'm really dedicated to being consistent. Not just because, hey, you know, I'm this disciplined person, but because I know my audience and my customers rely on that. What do your customers rely on you being consistent with? Because if you don't know that answer, you're probably not aligned yet with pqo, Prolific Quality Output. You're not sure what to create to be consistent with in the first place. There's always something, and it's usually the linchpin of a business in which they have to be consistent with something. What is that thing that you need to be consistent with. What do you need to be decisive with right now? What do you need to be more swift with right now? Part two. Salt Lake City. You know, I love flying to Salt Lake City because it just brings me right back to my roots. You know, when you fly into Salt Lake City, those mountains you're looking at, that's the Rockies, baby. And I'm a Rocky Mountain kid, I'm from Montana, but you know, the Rockies extend all the way up, as you know. And it's just, ah, seeing those mountains just brings me right back. I landed, I don't remember, nine, ten o' clock at night. I think it was in Salt Lake City right after my mastermind, I literally finished my mastermind. Get on a plane, go up to Salt Lake City to do this major deal, and I land there, get to the hotel. And one of my rules is when I land and get to the hotel and get settled, the first thing I do is I put on my running shoes and I'm out the door. And I'm either going for a walk, depending on how I feel, or a short jog and a walk. But usually the rule is outside for at least 90 minutes, doesn't matter if it's day or night. And what that helps me do is my body adjusts to where I'm at. It helps me take in some fresh air after being in airports or the plane. And it helps me just kind of sort my thoughts through. It's almost meditative for me because, you know, with travel comes a lot of stress and, you know, just a lot of noise. And getting out in nature and outside is a huge part of just my sanity. Matter of fact, as I'm recording this right now, I flew into this town. I'm in Santa Clara, California right now as I record this. About to do my experts Academy seminar. I flew in last night, got everything settled, got some dinner, and boom, I was out the door. And I was out for two hours last night, just walking and thinking, calling some friends, calling my wife, but just being outside. And then of course I came in and slept like a baby. Because part of the reason people don't sleep is they're looking at screens all the time and they're not getting any fresh air and they're not letting their body feel the evening. So I was out and about last night as well. As that aside ends, let's jump back to Salt Lake City. So I've finished my walk, go back to my hotel room in Salt Lake City. I prepare for the next day's conversations. And go to bed, wake up, and I go to one of my clients there who I'll be helping with their personal development programs. It was such a reminder to always think big. This company is a billion dollar company. I walked into the doors and just looking at this big building that they're in, I asked to meet with my client and she says, oh, let me check. He's in this building. I said, what do you mean? She said, oh, we have like five or six buildings around here. And I thought this was the main building. So there's five or six buildings. Okay, great. Client ends up meeting up with me. I run into the CEO who is showing around this contingent of executives from China who run a $3 billion company in China. And the CEO kind of makes a big deal of me being there and introduces me to people, and we have this great, beautiful conversation. And it just reminded me that you can be a great person and build a great business that's bigger than you imagined. You know, because as I'm speaking with the CEO, you know, he's come through a lot of hard times and was going through a hard time at the moment. A lot of difficulties and stresses as he's taking on more and more responsibilities as the, you know, just carrying that mantle and that weight of CEO of a billion dollar company. And I saw it in his face and heard it in his voice, that double twinge of, oh, my gosh, this is a lot. I hope I can do well. But also, isn't this amazing? I get to do this. And I always love that, that dual tone. I always know when I'm working with a high performer, when there's a little bit both, it's like, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh. And, oh, you know, that's what I want you to feel. Whatever you're doing, I want you to push a little bit more so you feel both. Because if you don't feel both, you're probably not operating at the outer limits of your potential yet. You're comfortable. You're not taking on anything that's making you go, whoa, okay, can I handle this? And that was one thing I always heard from my 300 plus interviews with high performers. When we conducted the world's largest study of high performers, Many of you know that story from high performance habits. I always heard that in those interviews as people were like, ooh, okay. And there was confidence there and there was enthusiasm there, but there was also a recognition and an honoring of the fact, like, this is going to be hard. You know, I do hope that I'm capable. They had confidence, but they also recognized that this was a struggle, this was a stretch, that this was going to be a learning journey, that they had to honor the struggle. So are you dreaming big enough? Part 3 Super smart people So I finished my meeting in Salt Lake City. I have a couple other meetings right after that with one of my great friends who kind of drives me around, introduces me to some incredible people. And then I'm at the plane out to Philadelphia. I land around midnight, I think it was. Or something like that, maybe. No, no, later. Yeah, well, I think I got the hotel in Philadelphia at like 1:30. What do I do? Land, unpack my bags and you know what it is? Put those shoes on and go outside. Now I'm downtown Philly and walking around and I hadn't been down there and for a while and it was just unbelievable to see all the cranes and all the new buildings and that center Philly sort of area, how much it's been growing is just incredible and exciting to see. And of course there were some strange rangers out and about at night as I was walking around too. It was fun. 1:30 in the morning, Philly downtown was definitely an interesting place. For sure, it was fun. But like I said, I get outside. Why I got to get that fresh air, got to feel that nighttime. And remember, I'm in a different time zone now from Salt Lake City to Philly. So I'm taking care of myself. You know, part of high performance habits is always just knowing that protecting your energy, ensuring your physical, mental and spiritual health is at its top is so important. And so that's why I take that walk. Even though I could just go to bed, I know my sleep won't be as good as if I get outside and get some of that night air on me. That's going to help me adjust and sleep. And I, you know, by the walking, it helps also calm me down. It's meditative. And so when I do that, I don't listen to anything. I'm just out and about with my thoughts. I come back home, I don't look at my screens, I don't look at my computers, I don't look at anything. You know, I'm brush the teeth in bed. And I hope that inspires something for you. Because if you're struggling, so many of my clients struggle with sleep. And it's such an easy solve. It's like, wait, you're struggling with your sleep and you don't know why, because you're holding your, you know, you're lying in bed holding your phone above your head, looking at that screen at nighttime, all that novelty going by as you scroll through, novelty sparks dopamine in your brain. So that molecule of dopamine bouncing around which excites the brain and you're wondering why you can't sleep. You fall asleep quickly, but you wake up in the middle of the night and you're unsure why. Well, of course you've bouncing around all these hormones from the excitement of dopamine. Even if you don't feel the excitement, it's happening and you're not going to sleep solid throughout the night. And so stop ending your night in front of screens, man. Get outside, get that night air on you. You know, let's go back to the roots of humanity and realize no wonder people went to bed earlier. It's because they're not in these boxes with all these lights shining at them before bed. So I take good care of myself, which is important because I know the next morning at 7am I got to be up and you know, by whatever 10am I am going to be interviewing some of the smartest people on the planet in my field. And so it's important for me to end the night whale. Always be prepared for the next day. Always be prepared for the next day. So wake up immediately feeling, you know, the sleep. The. I'm used to seven or eight hours of protected sleep, but because I flew in late, it was harder to get that. Now remember I'm coming off a three day seminar, flying to another city for a full day of meetings and flying there. I'm feeling it and I'm like, oh my gosh, I gotta interview the smartest people today. What do I do? I hit that yoga and I do 35 minutes of just opening up my body and my breath because I know I've got to deliver that day. Then I start reviewing my notes and getting myself ready, order a good breakfast, reviewing my notes, getting myself ready, talking to myself. Literally, like imagining some of the questions I'll say to some of these folks. Go downstairs. And then I'm in interviews. And these are no joke interviews. I'm interviewing the leading positive psychologists in the world right after Larry King does. So Larry King is interviewing some of these folks. I'm interviewing some of these folks. So I know there's this. I'm like, oh my gosh. I'm, you know, on equal footing here or trying to be with the greatest interviewer of all time, Larry King. I'm like, oh my gosh. So. And I'm Interviewing people like Marty Seligman. And many of you guys know if you know positive psychology or if you heard the phrase positive psychology. Marty is the father of positive psychology. He was especially the first, you know, apa, that's the American Psychological association president, who really said, hey, look, we need to not just focus on malady and mental disorder and the negative traits of people to try and understand what's wrong with them. We need to spend equal amounts of time and even more understanding what's right with them. What is human virtue? What are people's strengths and the positive traits and habits and mindsets that help people succeed, not just those that make them fail, but those that make them extraordinary, those that make them great. And he really turned that conversation in psychology on its head. And it changed literally everything about how we examine and look at human behavior today. And so Marty also, you know, famously coined the phrase learned helplessness about why people quit and give up. And the sort of mental and self talk that is happening with people when they just learn to be helpless, they give up on themselves and, and why that happens and how to overcome that. And that that pioneering research led to a different understanding of human behavior. So Marty's been, you know, the lead psychologist and person for literally decades now. And he's over at UPenn and so I got to interview him and he was, of course, unbelievable. I mean, he just slayed this interview. I can't wait. I'll actually play it for you all in an upcoming episode of the Brennan Show. It was unbelievable. And then after that, some leading psychologists, I mean, I don't know, I'm going to tease a little bit of this because we'll, we'll play some episodes of this in future episodes. But the leading psychologist in goal attainment theory, like, how do you achieve your goals better? The leading psychologist in four or five different topics, including one of my probably favorite ones about positive emotion, the power of positive emotion and love. That's Barbara Fredrickson for those who dork out psychology interviewed her. And then Angela Duckworth, who wrote the book Grit and if you haven't read it, great book about passion and perseverance leading to longer term success. She's phenomenal. And we had a great interview and I love everything she's doing at the character lab. These were outstanding interviews. I'll play them for you later on at some point and make sure I announce it. But you know, I don't really do interviews on the Brendan Show. It's usually these solo rounds. But I just felt that those were such extraordinary things. But I wanted to kind of share with you that these high performance habits I'm always talking about, they come into play. Simple things like going for a walk at night, simple things like opening your body and stretching in the morning. Simple things like preparing your notes, those things all matter so that when you get to the performance situation, you're primed and ready to deliver well. And I was also coached by my main man, Danny Southwick. Now, if you don't know Danny, you probably met him at some of my events. Danny kind of helps me run up the research division at High Performance Institute. He is currently at University of Pennsylvania in writing up his PhD program and he's a master's of applied positive psychology graduate. An incredible guy. Helped me with a lot of the research and the reviews of high performance habits and all the structure behind it. Amazing guy. But he gave me this great feedback during one of the interviews. It was kind of like a different level of energy that I'm used to. You know, very, very thoughtful, very quiet, very cerebral. It was fantastic. But after the interview, Danny pulls me aside and says, hey, Brendan, don't be pulled into anybody else's energy here. Don't forget to do your thing. And it was such great coaching because I find myself so often drawn into other people's energy, and I'd like to hear it and connect with it. And especially as the interviewer role, I just want to listen and ask questions. But there's also me, like, who I am and the enthusiasm and positivity that I like to give during any shows or things I'm part of. Because remember, I'm the charge life guy. I want to show the charge. And he was basically saying, hey, you know, you got a little more pep in your dude. And I was like, oh, yeah. And I got caught in my cerebral brain and it was like, hey, dude. Also, be the fun alive. You pay attention to your energy. And I think that that is always the best coaching. At the end of the day, the best coaching I've ever gotten from anybody is to be reminded to be my full self, the way that I am, to energetically check myself. So, my friend, how's your energy been today? Is it you? Is it sufficient to deliver the excellence you want in the world? Is your energy where it needs to be? And if it's not authentic and alive and vibrant, how can you make it so? Part four the doubters. Oh, this great concern about the doubters. I hear this all the time. Brendan, how do you deal with haters? How do you deal with this or how do you deal with that? First and foremost, I just don't worry about it that much. And that solves all the problems. You know, if you're constantly worrying about other people's opinions and thoughts about yourself, how are you ever going to live a quality life free from drama, free from the insanity and the crazy self talk that emerges when you let other people's opinions shape your own thoughts, feelings and actions? It's truly an insane thing to guide your life based on other people's opinions because their opinions are not you. Their opinions are rarely fully informed and their opinions are very rarely lasting. So let them go focus on the next thing because that's what they're going to do. They're actually not thinking that much about you as you think they are. They make a snap judgment, they're gone. Now they're looking at friggin Instagram, you know. So stop thinking there's any permanence to other people's opinions about you and in the first place. And once you realize that, you stop worrying about it. There's no permanence in other people's opinion. And there's also no power if you don't give it power. But I also think that a reason a lot of people are actually asking this, they don't psychologically realize what's happening. A lot of the concern about other people's opinions actually comes down to not a thought of just do I fit in? And there is a sense of, you know, I want to belong here. But it's actually more tactical than that Is that a lot of people worry about other people's opinions because they're silently hoping for permission. They're hoping to be acknowledged and seen and validated so they can be more who they want to be, so they can pursue the things that they want. But I just always shared this. Permission is not required. So allow me to return to an oldie but a goodie. The Motivation Manifesto. I'd like to read you a section of the Motivation Manifesto to close out this podcast. It's on begins on page 144. If you happen to have the book. If you don't have it, get it. If you heard last week's four breakthroughs conversations I spoke about the sort of insanity I think that ensued after an article in which Meghan Markle was quoted from her former blog about recommending the Motivation Manifesto. Long story short, Travel and Leisure released this article saying the five books that Meghan Markle recommends everybody should read in their lifetime. And these are books that she had written about on her former blog, which I guess she shut down before she gets or got married, depending on when you listen to this to Prince Harry. And her recommending that book really brought it back into the forefront for a lot of my customers who are like, oh my gosh, Brendan, I love this book. And I've released a vlog on YouTube talking about that book and I hope you'll check it out to give context to this section here. It's really important because this section not only applies to you worrying about what other people think, but writing this section helped make sure that I was going to release this book. It was for me as well. Sometimes writers are doing that. They're writing a section for themselves to overcome their own stuff. And this is certainly one that I did in the motivation manifesto, beginning on page 144. If you don't have it, please go support the book. Get it on Amazon. This book will change your life. People carry this book around more than any of my other books. It's, you know, I designed it to be like a Moleskin notebook. So it feels exactly like that in terms of the outside. I designed it to feel like a notebook, but you know, other people's phrases. Like, it feels like you could carry around this little mini bible of motivation. And people refer to that all the time online. And you'll hear why in this language of what I'm going to share with you. It will help you overcome your fear of what other people think. So this is the section again on page 144. Permission is not required. Those who fail to advance in life are often immature. They are over reliant on others for their care, happiness and success. And so they believe that other people should help them make their choices or approve of their plans and actions. They still want mom and dad to point the way and give a nod of approval at each tentative step. They want their teachers to give them smiles and stars. They want their lovers and friends, their bosses and coworkers, their church and their culture to approve of their actions and be their constant cheerleaders. And the moment they don't get positive support urging them on, they stop. If they don't receive some sort of permission to be themselves or chase their dreams, they do not take those actions. They are trapped by a fear of criticism or abandonment. A long look across their lives reveals a tendency to be always waiting for permission and approval from others. Like a teenager waiting for permission to go out. That is their eternal state of life, waiting for the nod of others. Great men and women don't give a damn if anyone approves. They rarely seek permission from the world because they know that the masses, bound by mediocrity, will never approve of anything that breaks convention or smacks of boldness and magic. They know that society has an abiding mistrust of mavericks only, of course, until the maverick gathers abundance, power and prestige. The great are clear with people about what they want and why. And if others criticize or judge their ideas, they take any useful feedback, discard the rest, and carry on. When people get upset or ask, who do you think you are? The bold answer. With strength and a readiness to defend and fight for their dreams, they do not limit their vision based on how many people nod. The belief that others do not need to grant them permission is palpable in their lives. Over and over, they began tasks, projects and initiatives without anyone's sign off. They didn't need a certificate, a letter of approval or a content smile from a caregiver. They moved. Let us remember the sad but sure truth. The only permission ever granted by society is permission to follow its norms and traditions. No one will grant us permission to advance quickly because they fear being left behind or made a fool for clinging to a world already fading in relevance. With this knowledge, all that we can do once we have an idea for progress is share it openly with people consulting intelligent sources. That might make our path more successful. But we mustn't forever await approval, gather information and go and go quickly. The most common sticking point is that we all desire to gain permission from those we trust and love. What of the woman who wants to move to a new city to chase her career ambitions, but faces an unsupportive spouse? As with all relationship questions, there is no easy answer. All we can hope is that even should she compromise for a period of time, she will ultimately proceed in some way to follow her dreams. She must find a way to honor both her desires of love and growth. We must anticipate that taking actions that do not meet the approval of others will bring discord. People won't like our boldness. They will call our struggles crazy. There will be sadness and resistance from some who see us moving forward without their permission or without them. This is a reality that must be faced by all those who seek to realize their dreams and potential. Will we choose other people's opinions, preferences and approval over our true hearts, desires and growth? The answer to the question will dictate much about the emotional joy and satisfaction we sense in life. Perhaps it's time to remember that a higher Power granted us all the permission we need to follow our heart. The universe, nature and God gave us power. It is not our duty to give it away by letting our choices be directed by others. That two pages is found between 144 and 146 in the motivation Manifesto. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you support the book. That's it for this week's episode of four Breakthroughs. 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