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"Lies" by the Thompson Twins is one of my favorite songs from the 1980's. I know. It seems like a long time ago, right? But the truth is that Lies is currently the #1 hit song in the World. No, not the song from the Thomson Twins. I'm talking about the Lies that you are tuning into and believing about yourself TODAY. Listen, some of the most successful people in the World have been told Lies, but they chose not to believe them. In this episode, I challenge you to put those Lies where they belong (in the past) and start discovering your genius. Drum roll please. I'm about to sing. No joke.

Today's challenge is learning how to use your favorite songs to find the greatness inside of you or to heal old wounds. One of my favorite songs reminded and inspired me that there's something deep inside of me )there's someone else I've got to be.) What are your favorite songs telling you? Those songs could be your subconscious mind speaking to you to be more, do more, and become more. Find your true self through music when there's nobody around to support you.

Have you ever played the game "Would You Rather?" I haven't. But I saw a YouTuber do it and it was pretty ridiculous. Ironically, in this episode, I'm going to play Would You Rather with you to show you how ridiculous your "procrastination" problem is. There's only ONE thing you need to do to get sh*t done. It's nothing fancy. And there isn't anything sexy about it. But it works 100% of the time. Now, I didn't say it was easy. In fact, you might rather do something even more uncomfortable. But why would you rather do that? Haha. See you inside.

Some translation, huh? La Vida Es Movimiento means "Movement is Life" or "Life is Movement." That quote comes from one of my all-time favorite movies World War Z. In this episode, I challenge you to see and confront the Zombies in your life. How do you do that? Well, Nike tell us to "Just Do It." I don't know about you, but that doesn't inspire me to do anything. But if movement is life, then we better find something to get us moving. I am going to show you the lessons we can learn from Amazon and World War Z to finally put an end to whatever is holding you back whether that's procrastination, fear, self-sabotage, doubt, failure, laziness, or something else. It's showtime folks. I'm about to release the Zombies. Don't be scared. I've got the ultimate weapon.

Parents don't want their kids to hang around the wrong crowd. It turns out, your parents might be on to something. According to Jim Rohn, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” And according to research by a Harvard social psychologist, the people you associate with the most will determine as much as 95 percent of your success or failure. In today's episode, I challenge you to discover who you should be spending your time with and who or what to follow.

One of my all time favorite movies is Somewhere in Time, a 1980 film starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. The movie has some powerful, hidden lessons that you can use to inspire you to catapult your beliefs that your dreams really can come true, and also warn you about the destructive power of distractions. Join me as I give my interpretation of this classic movie to motivate you to go after your best life. As a bonus, I briefly talk about the 2006 movie Rocky Balboa to illustrate how your dream life is relentlessly pursuing you.

In the last episode, I explained the value of writing a letter to your future self. In this episode, I explain the value in writing a letter to your past self. To inspire you, I introduce you to one of my favorite movies, The Bridges of Madison County. You can watch it for free on TubiTV.com.

I give my interpretation of the movie to emotionally move you to talk to your past self. You might think it's easy to do this exercise. It's not. It takes a lot of courage. But it's worth it. You are worth it. Through story, I will explain why your best life may depend on it.

I love the movie Back to the Future because I am fascinated by time travel. I also loved Time Cop. Great movie. One of the things I wish I could do is travel to the future or to the past to talk to myself. Wouldn't that be great? Well, you can do that right now. Check out today's episode and learn how talking to your past and future selves may be the answer to finally putting your goals down on paper in a way you never thought of before.

NOTE TO FUTURE SELF: It's Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 3:20 AM. You are still a night owl. You almost didn't do this podcast. You have done 31 on 31 consecutive days. So, that kept you motivated to do this one. But you didn't know exactly how you would proceed. When you sat down to do this podcast, you knew that you wanted to talk about writing a letter to your future self, but you didn't know why it would be good for people to do this. After thinking about it for 15 minutes, it hit you! You got so excited about sharing your message that you were shocked when you looked up and saw that 30 minutes had passed so fast. You thought you would only have 1 to 7 minutes of material. One thing that you learned is that when the time goes by so fast, you are doing what you love and having fun with it. And that's how you want to live your life. I'm proud of myself because I'm being fearless and I'm sharing my music with the World.

Signed,

Your Past Self, Damian

P.S.: As much as I want to say that I can’t wait to see who you will become, the fact is that I am happy to say that I can wait. I love myself and my life right now. And I’m grateful that all of my family and my baby girl kitty "Girl" are all still alive. I’m learning to live in and cherish the present. It’s so beautiful.

Either I am really craving ice cream right now (which I am) or I am trying to teach you how ice cream can be the key to deciding what you want to do with the rest of your life. Ok, it's both. If you are having trouble figuring out what college, major, or profession to choose, then this episode is for you. Steve Jobs once said, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish." So, I'm taking his advice. Now, where's my double fudge ice cream?

I don't know what it is about enchiladas. But I love them. Enchiladas have nothing to do with this episode except for the fact that it's in the episode title: "The Whole Enchilada." Maybe I'm hungry, maybe I'm crazy, or maybe a little of both. I'm looking forward to Cinco de Mayo

in 4 days when I can have some chips, guacamole, a margarita, and some enchiladas.

So, if this episode isn't about enchiladas, what's it about?

It's about living the life you were born for. Are you swimming around in a small fish bowl when you are meant for so much more? No matter how small a fish you are in your pond, you can dream big and make big leaps to take you to the next level. Life is a series of leaps. The more leaps you make, the better you will be at making them. In the end, it's not just about the destination. It's about the person who you become during the journey. Join me in this journey to challenge yourself to find your zone of genius and the best enchiladas in town.