Explosive Consulting Podcast

By Giuliano Grimaudo

I turn small businesses into revenue-generating machines so small business owners can reliably predict and control their income... more

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Explosive Consulting Podcast episodes:

January 16, 2020 Three Things I Wish I Knew About Instagram When I First Started
Three Things I Wish I Knew About Instagram When I First Started
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7min
January 06, 2020 What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About “Slow” Times
What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About “Slow” Times (And What That Actually Says About Their Business)
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3min
December 30, 2019 How to 8x your revenue (with only 2x numbers)
How to 8x your revenue (with only 2x numbers)
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4min
December 02, 2019 The ONLY 3 ways to grow your business
The ONLY 3 ways to grow your business
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2min
August 15, 2019 The Psychology of Haters: Why Haters Gonna Hate
A couple days ago, I posted about how curiosity is the key to growth, and that if there’s something you want in your life but don’t have, it’s because there’s something you don’t know
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Knowledge is they key
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I firmly believe in the truthfulness of that idea
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If I’m not making as much money as I want to be making, then (in vague terms) it’s because I don’t know HOW
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More specifically, it could be a number of things I don’t know, like: I don’t have clarity on who my target audience is, I don’t know how to scale a company, I don’t know what principles make a business resilient to economic downturn, or any number of other things
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But besides the facts surrounding the idea that KNOWLEDGE will get you where you want to go, this post is about the haters that idea surfaces: why they do it and what it means
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Let’s examine some of the comments I got after that post the other day
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12min
August 15, 2019 Curiosity: The Key to Perpetual Growth
If you don’t have something you want, it’s because there’s something you don’t know
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Can this really be possible?
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That it’s just knowledge that holds us back?
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Well, let’s look at a couple examples
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(1) Let’s say you want to lose 25 pounds
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Most people would say that you know HOW to lose weight, you just don’t have the willpower
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So that would mean, then, that you don’t know HOW to have sustained willpower to reach your weight loss goals
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Here’s another example
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(2) Let’s say your business isn’t growing, and you say it’s because of the economy
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What don’t you know?
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How to cause growth in a business despite economic conditions
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Do you see here how knowledge equals results?
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So the key, then, to getting what you WANT is figuring out what you don’t know and either learning it or paying someone else who already has
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This requires constant curiosity on your part
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If you are looking to perpetually grow, you have to cultivate a craving for learning: curiosity
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If you have a problem doing that, try focusing on the fact that your next level is out there somewhere
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There will always be something you don’t know, and knowing it can change everything
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Curiosity is what takes you from where you are now to where you could be tomorrow
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What is something you want (that you don’t have)?
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Leave me a comment below and I’ll tell you what you need to know to get there
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August 15, 2019 Setting Boundaries: Getting What You Want (Without Feeling like a Jerk)
There’s a fine line between setting boundaries and being a jerk
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Sometimes it’s hard to know where to draw that line (and to not feel bad about it)
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To lay the groundwork, let me tell you about something that just happened to me
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My wife and I went out of town to Arizona this past week (yeah, I know, end of July is not the best time of year for that LOL)
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A day or two before we left for our trip, our air conditioning went out
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Our landlord brought in a technician to come take a look at it, and he concluded that some work needed to be done
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Because it was a decent sized job, my landlord wanted to be there for it
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That’s great, EXCEPT that we were about to go out of town, and because the work had to be done in my apartment, I wanted to be there as well
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So, no big deal, it would just have to wait until we got back from Arizona right?
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BUT… here’s the catch:
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My landlord was going out of town as well and he was leaving the day before we returned
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So that meant that for both of us to get what we wanted, we would have to push the work being done until a week after we got back from Arizona
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Now, where I live in Chicago doesn’t get as hot as Arizona, but still, a week without air conditioning would NOT be pleasant (especially after spending the last few days in 100° weather)
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What would you have done?
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Would you have given in and let the technician come and do the work without you being home?
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Or would you have stood your ground and waited until you could be home for the work to be done?
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The “right” answer is: it depends
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When it comes to setting boundaries (whether it’s about what happens in your home, who you spend your time with, what information you want to keep private, and other things like that) you have to establish for yourself what is important to YOU
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7min
August 15, 2019 Big Change Through Little Promises: How Habits Are Formed
Have you ever tried to “get into running”?
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LOL
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Some people want to do it because they know they “should”, but I think most of us are like I was and want to do it to lose weight
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I had this idea of where I wanted to be at body-wise and thought running would take me there
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So many times I remember saying, “Ok, starting tomorrow, I’m going to run EVERY DAY!”
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I’d do all the things people recommended:
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Laying out my running clothes the night before
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Psyching myself up
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Thinking about how AWESOME I would look in 6 months
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And then tomorrow would come and I would run!
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“Yes! This is amazing! My life is changed forever!”
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I was exhausted, don’t get me wrong, but I was like, “I’m an Olympian!”
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LOL
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Thumbs down people
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I would run for a few days in a row and then I’d be like, “Yeah… I guess I don’t have to run EVERY day, that’s not really realistic.”
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And then the next day would come and I’d be like, “Ok, I slept in today, no worries, I’ll get back on tomorrow.”
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And then tomorrow, “Yeah forget this.”
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LOL
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I wouldn’t have that staying power you know?
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I was relying on MOTIVATION instead of getting to the real nitty gritty of building a habit
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And then the self-hate would come on
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“You’re always going to be fat”
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“You can’t even stick to an exercise routine for a week, what’s wrong with you?”
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“You should just give up”
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And you know what?
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It wasn’t until years later that I realized what I had to do
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Have you ever heard the saying, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”?
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And when you think about it, it’s a single step at a time the whole way there!
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So, in my mind, I thought that if I could break down my larger goal (of running a mile every day) into a bunch of smaller goals (like slowly increasing the amount of time I ran) then I’d be on track to reaching my larger goal
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What that meant for me was starting off running just THIRTY SECONDS each day!
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Does that embarrass you just hearing that??
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Now, think about this for a second
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Would someone going on a long journey be embarrassed to take their first step, as if they felt like they should be 100 steps in by now?
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No way!
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They would just start walking
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So that’s where I started
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The entire first week, I only ran for 30 seconds each day
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The second week, I ran for a minute, the third week was a minute and a half, and so on
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Eventually, I was running a mile every morning!
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Now why did that work?
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The breakdown of slowly increasing my time was the tactic, but what was the principle behind it?
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It’s all about keeping promises to yourself
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8min
August 15, 2019 That Voice in Your Head: Self-Talk and Success
What are you allowing you to say about you and to you?
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Uhhhh what?
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Imagine that every second of every day you have a special little companion next to you
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All he does is stand there and talk, talk, talk
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Let’s call him Ted
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Ted tells you things about the world around you, about yourself, and what you should do
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Everyone knows that this is like the voice in your head
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But I ask you to imagine it that way for a reason
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Take that analogy a step further
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How would you want Ted to talk to you?
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What if Ted was constantly telling you how stupid you are?
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Or that you don’t deserve to be happy?
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Or that he hates you?
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What if Ted always gave you reasons why you wouldn’t succeed, why you should stop trying?
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This is a powerful analogy because most of us would NEVER let someone talk to us that way!
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Imagine the negative effects that would have on you with that constantly in your ears…
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Yet, for some reason, we allow OURSELVES to do that exact thing!
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How messed up is that?
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Ok, so let’s imagine the opposite
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Ted is now rooting for you in every way imaginable
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He tells you how awesome you did on that last project
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He coaches you through that mistake you made earlier today and says he knows you’ll do better from now on
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He’s always telling you how proud he is of you and how he knows you’re going to achieve everything you set your mind to
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Wow, that feels pretty good right?
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Imagine, all day long, hearing positive stuff like that
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What could you accomplish with THAT kind of Ted by your side all day?
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When you really think about it, how many people PAY to have someone coach them like that??
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This is the true power of self-talk
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When you master the things you tell yourself day in and day out, success is inevitable
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It’s like having a coach by your side helping you through the tough times, cheering on your wins, and leading you to the championship
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The real question is this: How do you master your self-talk?
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Well a great place to start is with the exercise at bit.ly/theONEexercise
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Remember, master your self-talk & success is inevitable
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Leave me a comment below with one thing from your list (after you’ve gone through the exercise)
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6min
August 15, 2019 Taking Responsibility: How to Find Success in Every Part of Your Life Even If You’re Tired of Trying
Just a few years back, I remember being so frustrated
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I was broke, tired, depressed, lonely, and the list goes on and on
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If you feel any of those right now (or ever have) then this is for you
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I wanted so badly to “make it” – to have enough money not to worry, to feel like my life had a purpose, to find that person to spend my life with
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At the same time, I felt that I wasn’t worthy somehow, that other people had some secret that I didn’t know about, that there was something wrong with me
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I was working a decent job, spent time on hobbies I enjoyed, had some really good friends, but I just felt like I was empty
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I felt like I was running on a treadmill – going through the motions of life but never really accomplishing anything
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I knew I had to change something, but I didn’t know what
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I had tried starting who knows how many businesses, I was divorced (if that tells you anything about my interpersonal skills), and it seemed like my life was totally pointless
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And I wish I could tell you how I came across this book, but I don’t remember haha
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But in it, I read about this idea of taking responsibility
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This idea that most of your life is actually up to you
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That if you want things to change, YOU have to be the one to take action
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But I didn’t get it – I felt like I had already been trying to make things better
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But the idea of taking responsibility had another angle to it
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It was about focusing on what you CAN control
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And I realized that I was focused so externally (and quite honestly always blaming something external) that I never gave myself the power to change anything
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It’s like driving a car
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Imagine the driver is going the wrong way down a one-way street
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And he says something like, “Man, I’m going the wrong way! I hate this car!”
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LOL
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It sounds ridiculous because it is
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To say something like that is to ignore the fact that HE’S THE ONE DRIVING THE CAR
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How much he likes or dislikes the car depends on what he uses it for, how well he takes care of it, where he uses it to take him
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And it’s the same thing with life
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If you’re not happy with where your life is at or the direction your life is going, remember:
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You’re the one behind the wheel!
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That’s what it means to take responsibility
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To look at any given situation and ask yourself, “How can I take responsibility?”
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Now, that doesn’t mean my life was perfect after learning this
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It took a lot of “retraining” when it came to my thought process to reframe it this way consistently
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And even when I did start taking more responsibility for my life and making changes, I received a ton of kickback from friends and family
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People don’t like change, people want things to stay the same
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But I pushed through it and now I’m out on the other side
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Yes, I have a business that pays the bills
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Yes, I have an amazing wife who I intend to spend the rest of my life with
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Yes, I wake up in the morning knowing that my life has purpose!
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But the real change was the internal one
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Shifting my mind to see that my life was my responsibility
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Realizing that it’s within my power to change my life
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And seeing that I’m the one behind the wheel
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Leave me a comment below if this story resonates with you, and if you want to hear more about how this idea of taking responsibility can be applied
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