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Listen in to hear how the fallout from an act of irrational exuberance on the dance floor illustrates the powerful principle that ultimate freedom isn't the absence of restrictions but the presence of the right ones. And the secret sauce fueling the approach is something you have the power to develop and wield: 

SELF-DISCIPLINE 

It’s not complicated! Self-discipline takes hold of the fact that true freedom is not in the absence of restrictions but the presence of the right ones. Those restrictions act as guardrails that help to keep you from careening off course and it starts with taking command of self (self-control), which starts in the mind. 

Proverbs 25:28 "Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control."

Self-control can be viewed as the fortified walls that maintain the integrity of your inner sanctuary. Without that wall the barbarians pour in and create chaos! And a concrete way that this manifests (walls up and maintained) is to:

All of this starts with taking command of your thinking patterns in the effort to control your will. Buy into the idea that we aren’t free just because we can choose, but only when we have chosen well. Work on amping up your ability to choose well by loading up on that AMO (see below) and adopt the mindset that self-discipline liberates! 

AMO as the “ammo” (I know, only one M!) for an effective approach to ordering your life: 

AWARENESS-MINDFULNESS-OPENNESS

AWARENESS: Stay ever aware of not just the condition of yourself and your people (family, friends) but what’s out there, what works, what does the research/data reveal, who says.

MINDFULNESS: In this sense it’s making up your mind to do things that matter by a willingness to assess and think things through from top to bottom; take command of and grant your thinking the authority to govern actions (as opposed to feelings).

OPENNESS: Be open to course correction based upon the above elements as well as the input of others (humility).

Attributions:

"Discovery" by RRAREBEAR from the Album "Essence" 2016. @rrarebearbeats

“Shanty” by tubebackr - https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr - Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/

“Ambush” by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au - Covered by the Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license

“Looking At The Night Sky” by Glitch - https://soundcloud.com/glitch - Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

“Brahe” by Punch Deck - https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck - Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

The backdrop for this episode are the ascents by world-class rock climber Alex Honnold (one featured in the documentary film, "Free Solo") of Half Dome and El Capitan, the two iconic granite structures in Yosemite National Park that are favorites of climbing enthusiasts the world over. What we discover are some profound, practical, and applicable life principles that emerge in having a close look into Alex's mindset, preparation, and experiences.

Attributions:

"Discovery" by RRAREBEAR from the Album "Essence" 2016. @rrarebearbeats

Borealis by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley - Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com - Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Ambience, Food Court, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

What grants life and mobility? What are the most effective animating/life-giving principles we can adopt and put into practice to enable us to have a better go of it and even kill the game in the various dimensions of living as a human? That's the mission of the ANIMATED podcast and perhaps this trailer will whet your appetite for what's about to erupt when the episodes start dropping, so buckle up! It's about to get real (stimulating, thought-provoking, and fun)!