In this episode of Mind Castle, Reagan and Austin take a look at an idea that Austin recently did in a YouTube video called "The simple idea that changed my life." This episode flushes the idea about how we approach goals and view ourselves. The main thrust is that when approaching a goal, you look beyond just the outcome, but deeper into who you must become to achieve that goal. You must become a person who is capable of achieving the goal. The idea of this came from a book called "Think Like a Monk" by Jay Shetty. Jay lays this idea out very well with a fantastic story that is given at the beginning of the episode. 

We should be more worried about our current trajectory and the systems in place than simply the outcome. Reagan brings into the discussion a segment from Atomic Habits, where he discusses how goals are good because they give us a target, but systems are what are used to accomplish those goals. He also talks about how our lives are made up of small improvements over long periods of time. One of the main benefits of this idea of becoming a better person is when approaching hardship. Trials, while unpleasant and painful, are an opportunity to grow and be stretched. Austin gives his opinion on how he can be optimistic even in hard times because he knows it is helping him become a stronger person. Later they discuss how to adopt this worldview and how it isn't for everything that is hard. Some things will break you and have nonreversible consequences. that isn't what they are discussing, they are talking about the things that stretch and require movement outside of the comfort zone. 

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