The Pursuit of Awesome with Charlie Harary

Don't look for meaning in your life - infuse meaning in your life. Find ways to make yourself happy in any situation.

You can't look at the past from today's perspective. The only way to move forward is to stop looking back and continuing to grow.

"I wish I would have" thoughts are an incredible drain of our energy. It drains our mental battery and sucks away the ability to be in a position to learn, grow and change. All you have is this movement. Be mindful and focus, and you will be successful.

Every time you come into the unknown, there will be fear.

Opportunity comes packaged in challenges, and we hear that voice in our heads, "Don't even try," "I'm too old," "I'm not enough." The only thing that we need to change is our mentality.

Sometimes the experiences you're going through seem unique to you - until you realize what you have learned in another area offers you insight into the other. But you need to be able to see that. You can do it. 

This episode is in memory of Reuven Ben Hadassa.

Every experience in life, even if the substance was different, doesn't mean that which you learned is lost. When you take on something new, you're doing it in a way that you couldn't have done it yesterday. Having a growth mindset allows you to take on situations in life and learn from them.

Having a growth mindset acknowledges you are capable of growth and change. In today's world, we have so many ways to learn new things and challenge the ideas we have always had. You can always go back to school. You're constantly changing and evolving. At every moment, you have the opportunity to ask yourself, am I growth-minded or fixed-minded?

The founding fathers of America stood up and took responsibility to create a better world. It wasn’t one big change at once. They were a collection of micro-changes. Each step, each day we get to choose to take responsibility to make our lives the best it can be. What changes are you willing to step up and take responsibility for?

We continue delving into freedom. When we allow ourselves to use the past as our teacher to analyze our mistakes and get uncomfortable, it can open up a world of true freedom.

Our past can become our greatest teacher. When we learn from our past mistakes for the future, we begin to release the shackles and become free.