Notes

• Self talk paints our perspective of life and events
  • Language affects the way we think
  • Stoicism → What can you control? → Yourself and your reactions
  • Assertive self talk
    • "I am going to" → "I will" or "I am" or "I embrace"
• Taking action means being not willing to put up with your current situation
  • Avoid the blame game for your situation
  • Be willing to take responsibility and action
  • Instead of worrying about what others have, focus on whats important for you
• Everything that happens to you is a victory
  • People are wired to win
  • Subconscious wants and conscious wants differ
    • Make sure your victory is based on conscious
    • Reflect and ask yourself what you are trying to prove deep inside
    • "What is the real point of all of this? What is it that you get to be right about when all is said and done?"
  • Rewire subconscious
    • Have a plan
      • What to change?
      • What progress to see?
      • Why this?
      • What Steps?
• Problems in our lives
  • Don't let the negativity spread, think how you can handle it
  • Put it in perspective
    • Everyone has problems
    • How it fits in your overall life?
  • Think about its effect in the future
• Embracing the uncertainty
  • Seeking certainty is natural, as fear and risks were commonplace in the past
  • All our heroes have doubted themselves at some point
  • The "successful" people embrace the uncertainty to drive themselves forward
  • We avoid uncomfortable situations because of the fear of being judged
    • Abandon the notion that other people's opinions matter
    • Life goes on, opinion-heavy or opinion-lite
  • "I embrace the uncertainty"
• Think vs Do
  • What you think and what you do does not have to align
  • Fully immersed → internal chatter gets quiet → "Flow"
  • Doing builds self-confidence and trust
  • Fuck how you fee, ACT!
• Push yourself
  • Achievement takes going against the current
  • Noone "deserves" it, but you can make it happen
  • Be Relentless
• Expectations
  • Find the hidden expectations in your life
    • Places where you experience disappointment, resentment, anger, lethargy etc
  • Difficulties and complications in life are results of expectations
  • "I expect nothing and accept everything"
• Get out of your mind, and get into your life
  • Thoughts alone cannot transform anything
  • Don't postpone life when you "feel off"
  • What would you want to have achieved at the end of your life?
  • 2 Steps to Freedom
    1. Stop what you're currently doing
    2. Start taking the actions to propel you forward

7 Personal Assertions

1. I am willing
2. I am wired to win
3. I got this
4. I embrace the uncertainty
5. I am not my thoughts, I am what I do
6. I am relentless
7. I expect nothing and accept everything