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The majority of our programs, habits, and the way we think are created by emotional experiences in our past. Think about a hot stove. When you are a kid and you touch that stove and burn yourself, your brain automatically associates a hot stove with pain. Then as you grow older, you don’t think to yourself, “There is a hot stove. Remember when we were young and touched that stove, it hurt really bad. Therefore, I’m not going to touch it.” Your brain just kicks in and protects you from touching it based on a past emotional experience.

As we grow older, we learn that our brain is a powerful tool and we can reprogram it. Those who master changing their programs are some of the most successful people out there. When you were a kid you were constantly told not to trust strangers. Not only were we told, but we were given an emotional pain to associate with that, such as how strangers would harm us. The repetition of that warning and negative emotional association impacts us as adults as well. That is why the majority of us are nervous around people we don’t know because we don’t trust them yet.

But even though that is an emotional belief that we have, we can see how it holds us back. Those who realize this limitation and work on getting over it, understand the power that the mind has. They will rewire their brain with a new belief, and intellectual belief.

If you have beliefs that are holding you back in life, try to trace them back to when you first developed those beliefs. What happened? Was it an intellectual or emotional response to an experience? Once we understand how our brain works, we can rewrite these self-limiting beliefs and discover an exciting world that lives outside of your comfort zone.

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Today is an interesting topic because we literally help you realize how to Get Your Shit Together! One of the reasons why we are always feeling stuck is because we don’t challenge ourselves much anymore. We take things in our life as it comes in while trying to put in as little effort as possible. Have you ever wondered how your classmate from High School is a millionaire by the age of 25 while you are sitting in your 1 bedroom apartment eating cup of noodles?

In today’s world, everything is given to us and everything has made it easier for us in this day of technology, so it’s not surprising when we start applying the same program to our personal lives. When we start doing this, we stop ourselves from expanding our mind and we fall under the fixed mindset.

Fixed mindset people would make any type of excuses as possible when something challenging presents itself. They are mainly close minded and would generally stay within their lanes. They wouldn’t try to expand their knowledge which results with them saying “I don’t know how to…” more often than they should. They are very self-critical and tend to stick with the knowledge that they have.

On the other hand, Growth mindset people are totally opposite. They are eager to learn and will find a way one way or another to gain that knowledge. They will be the first ones to take a risk and is always ready to learn, because they understand the value of themselves. They are very open minded and will listen to other suggestions. Instead of saying “this is good enough”, they will keep enforcing “how can we make this better?”.

All it takes is little changes in our lives to start shifting from fixed mindset to growth mindset and to take a step forward toward GETTING YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!

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Welcome back to the 101^st episode!

Journaling is a very powerful thing as it provides a sense of credibility as we start acknowledging what we are writing down. For some, it’s to reflect back on what you did on this day in future, others it’s to figure out what they want in future, or what’s been holding them back. Every single individual is going to get a different outcome, but the one thing that everyone in GYST crew felt was that this won’t give you any type of relief. You are not necessarily going to come out of this and feel great. You might even come out more confused, but it will give you a clear direction of what you want from your future.

Before you start writing think about what thoughts are going through your mind? Are you excited? Nervous? Scared? Anxious? Why are you feeling those thoughts? What do you hope to gain out of this journaling exercise? When was the last time you journaled?

Now when you start journaling, pick one of the prompts below that instinctually jumps out at you. Don’t think, don’t feel. There is one that is calling to you, go with that one!

1. Considering my current state of affairs (job, savings, investments, health, friends, relationships), what will my life be like in 5 years if I continue with this trend? How do I feel about that?
2. Something I would love to do, but I’m not sure I can be? How does that make me feel? Who is someone that I can connect with for help?
3. Considering my current state of affairs (job, savings, investments, health, friends, relationships), what advice would I give to myself 10 years ago?
4. This year what I want most is? Why don’t I have this in my life already? What are 5 things I can do to get it?
5. The highest high I have ever been in my life was when…? The lowest low I have ever been in my life was when…? Why did I pick those two moments? Describe them in detail using feelings.
6. A regret that haunts me the most is…? What do you wish you would have done differently? Detail the experience, the feelings it caused then and continues to today.

Now that you’ve finished, how do you feel? What are you thinking? Is this valuable to you?

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No one wants to end a friendship, but sometimes it just happens. As we evolve, grow, and our interests change, sometimes we just tend to slowly drift away from people that we once valued so much.

As children, it’s a distance that tends to end friendships. Either someone moves away, or is in another class next year. We make new friends and then soon move on. It’s so much easier as a kid than an adult.

As adults, we get emotionally involved and often times friendships ending lead to a great deal of hurt. Most of this hurt can be attributed to expectations we have on friendships and hold others accountable to. If I would be there for someone night and day, no matter what, I would hope that the other person would feel the same. And when they don’t, we get hurt, and we drift apart.

If you feel a valued friendship slowly fading, talk to the other person about how you feel. They could feel the exact same way. Or most likely, they didn’t even realize that they were making you feel this way. If they really are a friend, shouldn’t you speak up and talk to them about how you feel? Is the friendship that important to you?

Understand, however, that there is a clear distinction between drifting apart and being disrespectful. If you make several attempts to communicate, and the other person isn’t reciprocating, as painful as it may be, as many unanswered questions as there may be, let go… and move on.

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