this to me again is the most important thing that you could possibly do in your
life and the rewards are endless hey this is Damon Cart from Life Mastery
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think about change and transformation what do you think about unfortunately a
lot of people think about transformation as maybe sitting down meditating and
suddenly you go through this enlightenment experience I've had some
of those and I've explored transformation in that way and then for
some people transformation is more about the physical you how do you change your
body how do you make your body stronger or lose weight and then change in
general is is pretty vague there's so many different ways that you can change
and a lot of people tend to focus on little changes the little changes they
want to make in their life but what would it be like to completely sort of
overhaul your entire life make some big changes make a full transformation and
not just any transformation but really transform into the person who you want
to be transform your life into the life that you want it to be so go more into
this later in the video right now though I want to use a
metaphor to sort of get a better idea of what it is that I'm talking about
because transformation is not just kind of sitting there and then suddenly going
through a change though that happens sometimes we have those insights and we
have those aha moments but mainly where the transformation comes from is usually
in the pursuit of something and that's why we love movies that's why we love
stories and novels is because there's a hero and that hero has something that
happens in his or her life that sort of pulls him out of their comfort zone it
pulls them out of the life that they have
known and they have to make a choice do I go with this and and go after what it
is that I want or do what I try to go back to the life that I had or do I just
resist it and reject everything inevitably the hero will take the
call-to-action and make a choice that sets that hero in a particular direction
and then you have the obstacles and then you have the climax and then there's
some sort of new resolution that happens but in that process is a transformation
and we're naturally very drawn to that story we're naturally drawn to
transformation so if we take that journey we if we take transformation the
approach to it that is a journey if we think about what would it take to go
from New York City to Los Angeles so completely different ends of the United
States which strategy would you use if you in particular were to do that what
strategy would you use because there are a few strategies to go about doing this
one of them would be I start in New York City and I just sort of find my way to
Los Angeles I'm just gonna start walking or I'm gonna start driving and I'm just
going to figure it out as I go now you might be thinking that sounds like fun
but it's not very efficient it's not a great strategy it's not very a very
focused strategy and you could probably take years with that approach just
trying to feel your way there now another approach would be to ask people
to tell you how to get there and you're going to encounter probably many
different types of people with varying levels of knowledge of how to get from
New York City to Los Angeles some people might know it pretty well
they'd be able to say okay just walk in this direction you take this turn you
take that turn but in general most people are not going to know exactly how
to get there they can maybe point you in the right direction
and say okay you need to go west that's a more effective strategy more efficient
strategy than just trying to find it yourself but it's certainly not the most
effective and there are better ways to do it now the next thing you might be
thinking is well I would fer to use a map and that's a much much
more effective way to go about finding your way from New York to Los Angeles
but maps are at this point sort of antiquated aren't they why is that well
we used to use maps a lot and I'm old enough to remember or old enough to have
used paper maps especially when I first moved to Los Angeles when I was moved
from New Orleans to Los Angeles all I had was paper map maps I would print
stuff off the internet for maps and then I would find my way around Los Angeles
and we've gotten a lot more sophisticated but let's think about that
let's think about using a map to get from New York to Los Angeles much more
effective than the other two strategies however roads change roadwork can happen
and in which case there might be detours so even with a map there could be
problems along the way things could have changed since then that was printed so
there you have somewhat of a problem but definitely more effective than the other
two strategies now what would it be like to then have a compass which actually
have a compass on my bracelet here yes a compass is really effective in the sense
that you could pretty much be dropped anywhere in the US and you know where
West is because the compass tells you where West is so you could be totally
lost in the sense that you don't have a map there's no one to talk to you have
no clear direction you can't just depend on yourself but
you could look at a compass and know at least the right direction to go in so
what am I getting at with all of this well think about how you go through life
finding your own way how do you do that do you just completely rely on yourself
and just say I'll figure it out along the way some people do what about asking
other people for help and finding your way in life this is probably would
probably what most of us do and why is that well because from the time that we
were a kid we're pretty much told what we're going to do we're told we're going
to go to school we're going to do this we're going to do that we get trained
and in depending on others to tell us what to do
so when we become adults it becomes very hard to make a transition to becoming
our own person and sure it's fine to ask people their opinion but do you really
have a felt sense within you an inner compass that tells you what's the right
direction and then when you sort of step off that
right direction you're caught you look at your compass and go oh and but this
would be a felt sense and you go oh I've kind of stepped away from what it is
that I really truly value and want to do I've stepped off my journey to
transformation I need to correct that path I need to correct that direction
most of us never develop that inner compass most of us never stop depending
on others to tell us what we should and should not do what is the problem with
that well the problem with that is we never truly fulfill our potential
because we're not truly finding out what our core values are the thing that makes
us happy the thing that taps into our our true potential out of lack of
knowing where to go out of lack of having that inner compass developed we
often depend on other people to tell us where to go tell us what to do what's
the right career who's the right person to marry or whatever it is so do I go
into business for myself do I not go into business for myself as long as
we're dependent on other people for that information and believe me there will
never be any shortage of people trying to tell you what you should do that's
been my experience there's always an expert so-called expert who's going to
tell you what you should do and what you should not do the problem with that is
is that most of the time they're not entirely correct well let's say 50% of
the time we'll be generous here 50 presents 50% of the time they're not
even correct about that the other thing is they made guide you into making a
good decision but it just still might not be the right decision for you you're
never going to know what's truly right for you until you elicit your own values
about what it is that you value most highly and then know the criteria
of how you're going to get there meaning I know what I value and I know how I
make that happen I know how I experience my values and that's going to be
different than how anybody else does it so if you're depending on other people
to tell you that it's it's never gonna fit
it's never gonna totally fulfill you like I said it might be good decisions
and the people might be well-meaning and they may guide you direct you to make
good decisions for yourself but if you never tap into that on your own if you
never cultivate that inner compass chances are you're going to despite
making good decisions or basically good decisions you're never going to quite
tap into your potential and you're never going to truly find something that
fulfills you now this is the transformation process because when you
tap into that when you tap into what it is you really value a vision comes out
of that a vision Springs out of that and a vision is vague it doesn't need to be
that detailed your goals need to be detailed and specific but your vision is
a bit vague it's more that direction it's that inner compass telling you
where it is you need to go where is it go what direction is going to fulfill
you and this is to me the most important thing that you can do in your life is to
develop that inner compass which is connected to a vision and anytime you
turn away from that vision you feel it you know it you know you've turned away
from your vision you know you've turned away from your purpose you know you've
turned away from your hero's journey so you turn back and you go in the right
direction so for this first video I just wanted to
introduce that concept to you because now you're probably thinking well how do
I go about doing that how do I develop my inner compass how do I get on to my
hero's journey how do I get on the pathway to transformation and again I
want to emphasize that that pathway of transformation is not about a
destination I know this sounds so cliche it's not about the destination it's
about who you become in the process of going in the direction and following the
vision that is truly your own that is truly based in
your core values this to me again is the most important thing that you could
possibly do in your life and the rewards are endless
and you talk about abundance and it's not just money abundance not just like
monetary wealth it's living a truly rich life that is your life that makes it
fulfilling and satisfying so in the next two videos I'm going to go into more
about how to actually put this into effect how do you apply that what I'm
talking about not just as a concept but as a real practice in your life remember
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