A story about sheep.
😀 Plus: Stealing best practices, it only needs to be true for you, and steps to self-forgiveness.
Welcome to the 146th consecutive edition of the newsletter.
Each week I share habits, mindsets and self-improvement strategies to help you create profound personal transformation.
Here are five I uncovered this week.
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On a personal note…
I’m still in Sudbury. The closing of my dad’s home is July 7th, so I am just going to stay until that is official.
I also have some systems and routines I would like to help my dad set up to eliminate unnecessary decision making that will dramatically simplify his life.
I also have to share this story about how a distracted mind can lead us to do silly things.
A few days ago my dad and I went out to run some errands. We had 5 things to do. One was to get some eggs.
I eat three or four a day, so I buy 24 at a time.
I planned to buy them at one particular store, but at the last minute, we had to stop at Costco for gas so I bought my eggs there.
But I still had to go to that other store to get organic heavy cream. I went there next, made my purchase and walked back out to the car.
As I opened the car door, I realized I not only bought the heavy cream, I also bought 24 more eggs.
I burst out laughing. I went from having no eggs to 48 in a span of 10 minutes. DOH!
What was more interesting to me was that my brain didn’t say a peep while this was happening. It sat back, quietly chuckling to itself at just how much power it yields when I am distracted.
It’s another reminder that my brain is like an untrained dog. When I let it off the leash — in this case because I was deep in thought — it will run wild and do things that are not in my best interest.
I clearly have a lot of work left to do to train it so I get more of what I want in life.
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1/ Henry David Thoreau wisdom.
One of the mindsets I have adopted that has had a powerful impact on my behaviour is to never say anything about myself that I don’t want to be true. Thoreau’s words feel like an extension of this. Never think about anything that you don’t want to have happen to you or to happen to you again.
🧠 Mindset worth stealing → We go where our attention goes.2/ Question to ponder.
What best practices are you stealing?
One person I enjoy following online is Nathan Barry. In one of his recent newsletters I took a screenshot of this passage…
The idea worth stealing here is that one of the most effective ways to create personal transformation is to study and steal the mindsets, habits and systems from those who have created what we desire.
Nathan has created a 9-figure business by studying top earners.
How could you steal this mindset and apply it to the most difficult challenge you presently face?
🧠 Homework → Find and follow 2 or 3 people who have solved a problem you are dealing with right now. 3/ Edward Thorp wisdom.
This is an incredible example of how adopting the right mindset will transform our behaviours in a particular area of life. And here is something most people don’t know. The mindsets we adopt don’t have to be true. We only have to believe they are true. For example, I believe I can teach myself anything at any age. It’s not based on science. It’s what I believe to be true —and that’s all that matters.
🧠 Mindset worth stealing → A mindset only has to be true for you. 4/ Steps to self-forgiveness.
I found this article really helpful because it provides a valuable framework for self-forgiveness.
Here were 3 takeaways I found valuable....
Self-loathing is the result of not taking lessons from past failures.
You can’t forgive yourself if you don’t accept accountability for the things you can control.
There are 4 Rs to self-forgiveness
Responsibility — Take ownership for the things that are within your control
Remorse — Guilt is important to experience.
Restoration — Repair the damage.
Renewal — Grow as you go.
🧠 Mindset worth stealing → Mistakes are easy to make. Forgiving ourself for them is not.5/ A story about sheep.
This reminds me of a truth I now know to be true.
Behaviour — good or bad — is contagious.
So if I’m going to be influenced by those around me, my job is to make sure I’m surrounded by people who are behaving in ways I desire.
🧠 Mindset worth stealing → Behaviour is like a virus. It is transferable to those within close proximity.That is all for today.
See you next Sunday my friend.
And hey — keep being awesome.
Dean 🇨🇦
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