ITL199: How to Shape Your Environment to Achieve Your "Best"

<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">On this week’s episode, we’re continuing our visit inside my office and discussing why it looks the way it does. <span style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext">  <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Helvetica">People have made excuses for themselves and other people based on environment. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">As an adult, you have control over your environment. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">You are never trapped, although you may choose to think you’re trapped. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">If you understand that your thinking is the foundation of everything, that gives you control. You want to achieve “the best.” <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">The objects in my office spur a specific thought. Everything has a story and lesson. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:windowtext">  <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Helvetica">Everywhere I look, I want to produce gratefulness and belief in my spirit. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I have to produce the best in writing and speaking topics. To do that, I know what kind of thinking produces the best. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">When I am in an ungrateful or aggravated state of mind, could I possibly come in and create the best? <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination: none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">•       <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">I urge you to not have the same kind of office that everyone has. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:windowtext">  <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Helvetica">Tune in to the full episode to hear about the personal letters from around the world Andy hangs in his office, and why they’re almost disappearing from view! <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext">  <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">Please send us pictures of what this episode prompts you to do with your office or workspace; also let us know the state of mind you were after. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:#1C1C1C">Questions for Listeners <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#1C1C1C">Do you have a question? 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