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Today I want to share with you a chapter from an amazing book I have been studying lately.  The book is a NY Times best seller called the Power of NOW by Eckhart Tolle.  My hope is that it will bring you some amazing value and help you create some clarity and results in your life.

Learning to disconnect from the Past Stories we tell ourselves while also not allowing our future goals to distract us from the Present moment can be a challenge.  I believe Eckart has some awesome perspective, strategies, and ideas you can use to make this happen.  I hope you will agree.

Thanks for listening and I look forward to hearing your feedback.

George Wright III

I have been traveling this week and it's given me a lot of time to reflect and ponder the importance of having a driving force in your life.  Discovering Your Life's Purpose, as Robert puts it so elequently, is such a simple but powerful thing.  

I hope you enjoy thoday's podcast.  I am going to inspire you with some sound bites from Robert and some amazing tips on how. to discover your purpose and determine yoru direction in life.

George Wright III

Please share this episode.  Thank you.

Ok, its time to go back to the basics.  In this episode of "The Daily Mastermind" podcast, I'm going to return to the basics and fundamental principles that will guide your entire life.  We will review the 12 prosperity pillars that I've put together after years of working with thought experts, that should serve as the foundation for your mindset, business, money, and lifestyle. I encourage you to adopt these pillars as philosophies to take your lives to the next level. Most importantly I want you to start visualizing and manifesting your life so lets talk about what you can do to build a strong philosphy and commitment to your quality of life.

If you are an avid reader or "student" of success, then you have probably come across the HBR Books.  I've gone through many of them over the years and they publish a bunch of books called "The HBR 10 must reads".  They are 10 must read articles on topics like Leadership, Communication, Innovation, Strategic Marketing, Sales, Teams, etc....   One of my favorites is HBR 10 must reads on Mental Toughness.   I am so focused on mental toughness in my own life and totally impressed by the topics in this book that I am going to drill down into the next 10 days with you exclusively on Mental Toughness.   Mental Toughness is something you absolutely MUST develop if you are going to be a leader or develop any type of success in your life.  If you want to learn how to overcome setbacks...coming back even stronger.  Or, if you just want to be a better leader, parent, partner, or success in life...you need to work on your mental toughness.   This particular HBR series is packed with lessons, tips, strategies on Mental Toughness and really has 10 topics that I think you will relate to and be able to apply in every area of your life.  So join me over the next 10 days and lets really dig deep into mental toughness.   Today the topic is an article called How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better...from Graham Jones.   Graham Jones is a best selling author and a top performance consultant for businesses, athletes and the military for over 20 years.  He wrote a book call Thrive on Pressure which is a great lesson for us to start with.   Ultimately this topic boils down to this...Elite performers learn to Thrive on Pressure.  I want to focus and point out to you 6 specific characteristics of Peak Performers that Graham says are keys to Thriving on Pressure.  If you can learn to adopt these traits you can see a massive increase in your mental toughness and results.   Love the Pressure

  Fixate on the Long Term

  Use the Competition

  Reinvent Yourself

  Celebrate the Victories

  The Will to Win

I'm really excite to share this topic with you today.  So many of us worry about failing in life.  As a result we don't take chances and we continue to work at job we don't enjoy, doing things that we are tired of doing, and maintaining a mediocre life.

Jim Carrey gave a commencement address back in 2011 where he made a statement that I absolutely loved.  He said, "you can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."

I really think we can learn a ton from that statement.  Take a chance on pursuig your dreams. Take a chance on doing what you love.  Bet on yourself, and you will reap the rewards.

Thanks for listening.

George Wright III

Listen to the full source here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80-gPkpH6M

• its hard
• its scary
• we doubt our abilities
• we hedge our bets or options
• we fear hurt or failure or pain

• deep commitment brings deeper trust
• the ultimate or best results/outcome only comes from best effort
• growth and transformation come from jumping into the fire of fear and doubt.

Today I want to talk with you about Habits of High Performance...but first, let me give you the Quote of the Day....   QUOTE OF THE DAY...Brendon Burchards Book, "Clarity is the child of careful thought and mindful experimentation".   Clarity is something I think many of us want, but few of us put the time into finding...   Do you ever have days where you wish you had better direction... ...where you wonder if you are on the right path... ...when you ask yourself if you are chasing the right dreams... Maybe you just sometime feel confused as to why circumstances, events or people in your life continue to cause anxiety and stress.   Ultimately, when we are faced with decisions, difficult circumstances and even critical choices in our lives.... ...this is when the need for CLARITY becomes so important.   In his book High Performance Habits, Brendon talks about one of the 1st and fundamental priorities and CHARACTERISTICS of high performers is CLARITY.   If you are struggling with direction, uncertainty, difficulty making decision...etc...then its highly possible you lack CLARITY in your life. So lets talk about clarity today and strategies for helping you gain more.   FIRST: Clarity isn't something you HAVE...Its something you GENERATE. You generate it by asking great questions...just like your thoughts... ...who are you, what do you want, how will you get there....get the point?   SECOND, Clarity will have a direct impact on your self esteem...positive and negative.   The goal is to create unambiguous and challenging goals in order to increase self esteem and performance. You know who you are...You know what you want... know how you will get it?   Brendon's book talks about 3 things: 1-Envision the Future 4 2-Determine the Feelings you are after 3-Determine what's Meaningful   The Future Four- High Performers get clear on what they want for themselves, their social world, their skills and their service to others.   I will let you read for yourself, but the key here is to determine (clearly and precisely) what you want each of these areas to manifest in your life. For example, I have set descriptors like... Self: motivation, inspiration, confidence Social: caring, present, inspiring Skills...Service...etc. You get the point. You must get clear.   You also need to determine what feelings you want. My mentor Robert Stuberg always used to have me and other go through a Values Exercise. (peace, happiness, love, recognition, success) Sooner later we all recognize that it is NOT "things" that we want. It is the "feelings" that things will give us in our lives.   Finally, Brendon talks about developing CLARITY by determining what's meaningful in your life. More importantly, he asked over 1300 individual high performers how they determined what was "meaningful". Here is what they said: Enthusiasm- the projects they have passion around Connection- to others outside themselves Satisfaction- passion+growth+contribution Coherence- does the story of your life make sense?   Add these 4 things together to create a sense of strong MEANING...which leads to CLARITY.   So, lets review....Clarity (for high performance high achievers) is created by... -envisioning future self, social, skills -finding the feelings you truly want -determining what has meaning in your life   I hope that this topic helps you to create CLARITY in your life and business. I highly encourage you to check out the book, and lets work on be INTENTIONAL with your life this week. After all, a life worth living is a life worth planning and being intentional with.   Thanks for listening. Have an amazing day.   George Wright III    

Welcome back to the Daily Mastermind...your Daily Dose of Inspiration, Motivation and Education.   My name is George Wright III, your host. and over the past 25 years, I've growing brands and businesses for some of the biggest thought leaders, celebrities and experts in the world.   I created The Daily Mastermind so that I could share some of the lessons I've learned and help Individuals, Entrepreneurs and High Achievers (like you) Unleash Your True Potential.   But to Create Your Best Life, you gotta focus on Growing all aspects of Your life including Your Mind, Body, Money, Business and Lifestyle...and The Daily Mastermind will help you to do that...   So some days I will provide a short 5-10 minute episode and other days I'll interview guests that are experts in one of those key areas so you can get the "behind the scenes" stories, strategies and inspiration that will help you to also create success in your life and business.   Today I want to talk with you about Habits of High Performance...but first, let me give you the Quote of the Day....   QUOTE OF THE DAY...Aristotle, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit."   High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard How extraordinary people become that way.   Achievement is Not Your Problem

  Certainty is Enemy to Growth

  Qualities of High Performers

Thanks for Listening.  See you tomorrow. George Wright III 6 Habits of High Performers

Most people I know are trying on a day to day basis to create a feeling of success and fulfillment in their lives.  I myself have been doing this most of my life.  However, I have learned that there are many ways that you can create the feelings and reality of success very quickly and almost immediately in your life.  It simply involved finding ways to reframe how you view or recognize the wins in your life.  It all centers around your mind and your thoughts, but you must make the decision to work on it.  Here are a few ways I will discuss today when we talk:

-focus on gratitude and the success you already have in your life.

-find ways to take small actionable steps (wins) each day to move you closer to your goals.

-learn to recognize the GAIN and not the GAP you have away from your destination goals.

BONUS:  taking your focus off yourself and finding ways to apply your unique talents (that you definitely have) in the service of others will most definitely create immediate feelings of success and abundance in your life.  And remember....when you feel like a winner, you get more wins.

Winners Win!!

Have a great day and make the decision that you will start living the life you were meant to life TODAY...It's never too late to make that decision.

OH...and share the show.  :)

Thanks for listening.

George Wright III