38: Weekly Wrap Up

It’s been an incredible week at Blue Spirit Meditation Center in Costa Rica and learned so much. Of course, I’ll be sharing everything I learned with you in the next coming weeks.   One thing I will share with you now, however, is the value of unplugging.    You see, this week I unplugged for the first time in a long time. I haven’t checked social media, email, and other than writing up a storm and sharing this daily podcast with you, I’ve been relatively unplugged.    I’ve learned I need to continue to do this at least once a year if not every quarter.    Unplugging helps remind me of the things that matter most in life: love, relationships, and appreciating this beautiful world.   But I'm no luddite. I love technology for its extraordinary ability to connect people and it allows me to connect with you.   And for that reason alone, I love this new age of enlightenment that we’re living in. It’s truly a beautiful time to experience the gift of the life.   I threw a lot of information your way, so I’d like to slow it down and break apart a few of topics mentioned this week.   Here's what happened this week on Your Life on Purpose:   Real Lasting Change   To make real and lasting change sometimes it takes concentrating on the present instead of keeping your eye on the finish line. So, often we finish one thing and then move right on next. So, do these three things:   1. take time to assess your wins, and reflect on growing more efficient and stronger. This helps you grow to mastery level and be like a ninja.   2. Keep a weekly (if not more often) relationship with your accountability system.   3. Teach what you are learning to someone, whether through a podcast, a Youtube video, or just teaching the kids at the playground. Okay, don’t really do that last one because that could really creep out some kids. But you know what I mean.   The Art of Staying Still   When we live knowing that our future is uncertain, it allows us to focus on the present and be here now. Under times of immense panic, sometimes it’s best to stay still. Instead of freaking out, recognize that the body rising to the occasion. So, take action, but do so in a calm and collected manner. As former Google executive Irene Au once told me, “The thinking mind is not the creative mind.”    Accountability   Setting up your own accountability system is so crucial to achieving your definition of greatness. We need multiple levels of motivation to help get us to do extraordinary things because the human body naturally wants to rest, eat fatty foods, and sleep a lot. Our mind and our soul have a different plan for our lives, however, so we need to set up accountability systems to make this happen.    Living your life on purpose is your duty. Your duty to yourself, your duty to your accountability partners, and your duty to the world.    You 2.0    Understand that you can be anything you want to be. We’re living in a new age of enlightenment. It’s a new renaissance where since you can learn anything you can be anything. The cliche that “knowledge is power” is truer than ever before.   Like Tai Lopz often talks about, follow the 33% rule and surround yourself with those you can mentor, those you are on the same level with, and those you wish to emulate.      —      All right, well that does it for the weekly wrap up. I know it’s a lot, so feel free to reach out on email or Twitter to say hello and ask any questions you have.