Hey there, Drew Canole Fitlife.TV, remember we're in this together and this is your mindset
Monday.
I have something personal I wanted to share with you if that's okay today.
As I sit here in the detox lounge in San Diego, I'm thinking about where I was a year and
a half ago and everything seemed great.
You know I was making good money, I had amazing relationships, I had freedom of time which
is really important to me, I was living the four hour work week but yet something was
missing and I really can't put my finger on it and then one day it hit me I realized that
my life had gotten pretty stagnant.
It was stable, I was complacent I was simply settled, I knew I had to make a change and
I really don't know what to do and then I was reminded of the story that I want to share
with you today.
Hernando Cortez, Captain Cortez and a small army left Cuba and set out to conquer Central
America.
Cortez was going to accomplish his goals no matter what the consequences.
In fact in this story, it reveals that when Captain Cortez got there he ordered his army
to burn the ships, to destroy them.
So that there was no way to escape in the minds of every single one of his soldiers
was, you know even if I wanted to leave I couldn't.
There was no plan B it was only plan A and he had to stick to his guts.
So what do you think ended up happening when they landed there and they burned all the
ships?
Psychologically it said every single one of those soldiers [up] to be a winner and unfortunately
that's not what happened they lost.
I'm just kidding they actually ended up winning the war and one of the reasons behind it was
because he commanded them to burn the ships.
So as I was reminded of this story, I wanted to share it with you to ask you what ships
do you need to burn, what things are you holding on to that are holding you back from becoming
all that you can be.
And think about that for a moment, so this story is significant to me and I want to explain
to you how I burnt the ships when I was living in Tampa Florida when everything seemed to
be going well and how did I make the necessary steps to do so, in fact I have five things
that I want to share with you right now.
The first thing is to have this goal, this purpose that burns white hot inside of you
that you cannot let go.
Every morning you wake up it's the first thing on your mind and every time you go to bed
it's the first thing that's on your mind before you fall asleep.
At the time, when I was living in Florida my goal is to move to California.
I knew that I had to separate myself from the environment in order to build and grow
as a person I just felt called.
So where do you feel called in your life, make sure that you have that goal setup so
that you can achieve the goal.
And number two you have to take action.
You know Hernando Cortez, he took action, he told his soldiers to burn the ships, I
mean how much more action do you want to take.
Me, I sold and gave away all of my furniture because I knew if I didn't have any physical
possessions holding me to where I was in Florida then I would have the freedom to move to California
and really pursue what I wanted to do.
So we have to make a decision and take action and follow up with that action we can't just
sit back and expect the universe to deliver it to us, we have to throw the ball.
And then when you throw the ball you can expect the universe to hit a home run for you but
you have to pitch you have to keep on pitching.
And number three and this is one of my favorite things is to list the help of others.
You see every single person and this is one of my mantras actually and it was really benefited
me in my own life.
Every single person in this life experience wants to help you and my mantras they want
to help me you know ultimately.
Everyday I'm proclaiming this and it's amazing what visitors show up to really help me in
an experience when I really need it and the same goes for you, you know so many people
are gifted and talented at, at one thing that is their true purpose and passion when you
can get them to live in their purpose zone and it's contributing to the benefit of you
and then you can do the same thing for them of whatever your talent whatever your gift
is, then it's awesome.
And that's when magic really starts to happen.
So number three is to [enroll] the help of others.
And then number four is to trust your intuition or some people like to refer to it as your
higher mind.
For me this is huge you know growing up there was a lot of times when I, I heard my intuition
tell me certain things, certain stuff to do and I never did it.
I didn't listen to my intuition and then months or even weeks or days down the road I realized
that I should have listened to my intuition and followed through with what it was telling
me to do.
So listen to that still small voice, get quiet daily.
You know I spent ten to twenty minutes a day really getting clear in listening for that
inner voice to give me guidance and let me know what I should be doing.
So number five is start to think outside of the box.
You know maps and compasses are great that sometimes it's that one paradoxical approach
that really sets you on a journey that is unlike anything you've ever been on.
So start to think outside of the box.
Start to develop a new way, you know Einstein said the best 'you can't solve a problem with
the same thinking that created the problem' and that's your own life.
So if you're stuck, if you're stagnant, or you're just simply settling, I encourage you
to break free in this mindset Monday, use these five tools and steps that I've laid
out before you in this video and let me know how it works out for you.
Leave a comment below this video if you have any questions whatsoever I'm here to help
you.
Remember we're in this together, Drew Canole, see you soon.