If you've ever heard Les Brown speak
he'll say, "you got greatness in you" and
he says with that really beautiful
baritone voice that he's got. The reality
is, you have greatness in you and yet
most of us don't see it. Most of us don't
know it. We think that we're these average
or below average citizens of life and
the reality is there something deeply
special inside of you and today guest
mentor Wylen Benson is going to help
unlock that within you.
Hey everybody this is why Wylen Benson
and we're going to be talking today
about, how to find the greatness within
you. And, the answer to that is to look in
the mirror and I'm going to share with
you three ways that you can look inside
a mirror and find the greatness within
you. So, the first way is actually taking
a mirror and just looking inside of you.
And a lot of times when we look inside
of ourselves we see, not only you know,
sometimes we see good things.
A lot of times we see good things, and then there
are other times when we see things that
are maybe we consider weaknesses. Things
that we don't want other people to see
about ourselves, things that we wish we
could hire. We wish we could just close
the door on. And so today, I'm going to
actually invite you to look at some of
those things. Some of those things that
you maybe have considered weaknesses in
the past. And these would be things that
maybe when you think back about being a
little kid and things that you got
reprimanded for. Things that people were
always saying, "stop doing that", "slow down",
"calm down". All of those types of things.
So when you look at those types of
thing,s what is the judgment that you
find in yourself? you know, what are you
saying about yourself when you see those
things in the mirror? Well today, as we
talk about those types of things, I'm
going to actually teach you how to flip
those things that you might consider
weaknesses. How to flip those into your
strengths. So, you excited about that?
Alright, so as you look into the mirror and
you're seeing those things that maybe
you got reprimanded for as a kid and
that maybe people have judged you for in
the past, I'm going to invite you to walk
around to the back of that mirror and
just pretend like that mirror is a
two-way mirror and that when you first
are looking in it, and you're seeing
those things, you're seeing what other
people have maybe said about you in the
past and if you walk around to the back
of the mirror that all of a sudden you
can see through the mirror and you can
see yourself more clearly. And, you'll be
able to see
yourself on a deeper level. And so, as you
think about those things that maybe you
got reprimanded for when you are a kid,
or maybe you've judged yourself, or you
wish you could change, look inside and
find the gift inside of that. So I'm
going to give you an example, I was
working with a person yesterday and did
this exercise with him and one of the
things that he found about himself that
he didn't like and that other people had
judged him for or you know said that he
needed to change was he was overzealous.
That was the word that he used to
describe himself. I'm just too
overzealous. And I asked him to really
look within that judgment of himself and
find the goodness in that, because
there's a dark side, and there's a light
side to everything. So, he was able to
look inside this idea of being
overzealous and some of the words that
he came up with were, "I'm a rock", "I'm
strong", "I'm an example", "I'm committed".
And really, if you look at it and you think
about it, what is all that? if you put, if
you found a word that fit all of that
over zealous would be a really great
word to fit that. But sometimes, when we
perceive ourselves as this is not a good
thing, it's not a good characteristic, we
look at it as a weakness. But if you can
walk around to the backside of that
mirror and look through and see the
light side of that characteristic, and
all of a sudden it is a huge gift. To you,
to those people around you, to mankind. So,
that's my first invitation for you, to
look in the mirrors. First of all, to look
inside and find the things that you have
seen in the past as weaknesses and then
walk around to the backside of the
mirror, this two-way mirror, and then look
through and see what it really means. And,
find the good, find the light side of
that. And, I know you're going to find
some really awesome things about
yourself. And the cool part about that is
that, when you are so intense on
something, that tells me that, that's a
gift of yours. And
so, when you start seeing it as a gift
and a strength, you're going to be able
to wield that in a way that will inspire
other people and that will bless other
people's lives. So that's, that's the
second way, is to walk around to the
backside of that mirror and see yourself
for who you really are within that
weakness and turn it into a strength.
So the third mirror that I'm going to
invite you to look into, is the mirror of
other people. So as you meet other people,
in fact, I'm going to invite you right
now, to just as we're going through this
exercise, to think about a person that
you talk to, that when you talk to them,
there's something that they do or
there's something that you say, they say,
that really bugs you. That really gets
under your skin, that pushes your buttons.
And I know you know, there's there
somebody like that in your life. And I'm
going to invite you to pretend like that
person is standing in front of you right
now, and see them as a mirror. Allow them
to show up fully in their authenticity
and doing those things that really get
under your skin and push your buttons
and then take a moment and just look
inside yourself. Look at them as a mirror
and see how does what they're doing, how
does what they're saying, reflect me
inside? What's going on inside of me that
is bugging me? that is getting under my
skin? that is pushing my buttons? and I'm
not willing to look at it. But it's
showing up in this other person, and so
it's bugging me because I know I'm the
one that needs to change. So we can do
that in two ways. First of all, you can
see things in other people that really
bug you, and get under your skin, and you
can look at those things and think, "okay
how is that showing up in my life?" and
"I'm not willing to change it" and then
the opposite is true too. When you look
at somebody and you really are inspired
by them and you're grateful for the way
that, they show up and you see greatness
in them. That's also a mirror because you
can't recognize it unless it already
exists in you. So know that they can be a
mirror for you...
in either way. So I'm going to give you
an example of how this showed up for me.
I was in a seminar and there was a woman
up on stage and she bugged me. Like, I was
watching her walk across stage, and she
was she was speaking powerfully, and she
was very strong. She was very
strong-willed and, and just her manner,
and everything was very powerful, and it
bugged me. And it bugged me so much that
after the seminar, I actually sent her a
Facebook message. I found her on Facebook,
and I sent her a Facebook message and I
said, "you know what? I have to apologize
to you. because I was really triggered
when I was watching you up on stage.
There was something about the way you
presented that just really bothered me".
And, what I discovered and I shared this
with her in my Facebook message is that
I saw a little bit of me in you. And I
saw how you were standing powerfully in
your power, and you were sharing from a
place of confidence and just gut-level
honesty, and you were doing everything
that you felt was authentic to you. I on
the other hand, was sitting me in the
audience and I did not have the courage
to stand up on stage, and to share my
message, and to be strong and to share in
authenticity. To share authentically.
I wasn't willing to do that. I wasn't able
to do that. I didn't have the courage to
do that. And so, it really bugged me so I
shared that with her because, that was my
anchor. That was a way for me to be able
to make a switch within my own mind in
my own heart, that from that point
forward, I was going to show up
powerfully so that I didn't have to be
bugged every time I saw somebody else. Showing
up in, in their power. So that's an
example of what you can find in another
person and allow it to be the catalyst
that will help you to change and you to
become the highest and best person that
you can be. So, I encourage you to look at
those mirrors. First of all,
looking in the mirror and finding those
things that in the past you've
considered weaknesses. And then second,
walking around to the backside of that
mirror and seeing it from the other side
and looking inside and seeing who you
really are, and seeing what the, the light
side of those weaknesses are and how
those can become strengths. And then the
third thing, is to look at other people
as mirrors and find within them anything
that you are... that's bothering you, and
look inside yourself and say, "what is
that?
what is that that's bothering me? about
me?" and decide to make that change. And
also looking within people in their
greatness and seeing the greatness
within them and knowing that the only
way that you can recognize that
greatness, is because it already exists
inside of you and acknowledging that, and
being grateful for it.
Friends, don't forget you got greatness
in you it's not just Wylene that sees
it. It's not just me that sees it. We
invite you to see it, because it's there,
and it's true. It is your birthright.
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