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On today's Mindset Monday, I want to talk about reaction and intention.
Those are the two words, those two qualities of living, the ways of being
that can dramatically shift and alter your life. You see, oftentimes, people live
in a reactive state and it forces us to raise our cortisol levels, right, which is
stress. We've talked about that in the past. When I'm reacting i'm not living in love,
I'm living in fear. My perception is the world is against me, right? Somebody cuts
me off in traffic, I get upset. I'm like, "Oh!" You know, raise my arms up, yelling at
them. That's a very reactive state. But when i'm living an intention, when
somebody does that, my first thought would be, "Well, they must just really be in a
hurry.
Bless them, right? Look at them for what it is. Perception shifts changes who you
are, who you're being. Now you have this calm attitude all day long as you go
throughout the day when you live in intention. To be very intentional is
pretty simple once you understand what happens when you're not. When you're in
reaction, it sends a signal to your brain and neural pathway to only use over time
your left and right hemisphere of your brain.
The problem is you shut off your prefrontal cortex. This is your rational
thinking mind, your present mind, the moment mind, the flow state happens when
you're living in a prefrontal cortex condition.
And when you're only operating from your left and right hemisphere, literally, you
become a zombie.
And most people that are constantly in reaction live in this place. So we can
live in intention much more effectively. Exercise that I do is I simply find
something in front of me, right? You're sitting with me right here. You can see
this table. Let's say, I pick that plant over on that table. I'm gonna look
at this plant and as I look at it, I'm going to start to take some deep breaths,
right? Breathing is everything.
Breathing actually is one of the fastest ways to alkalize your body too. So I look
at this plant. Breathe in. I get hyper- focused on one leaf. I'm literally
looking at this plant with such clarity and such precision when I'm breathing in,
real direct, and as I breathe out, my peripheral gaze opens up. I see the
expansiveness as the room. So pick an object in front of you right now, right?
Breathe in.
Feel the outside of the leaf in the object or whatever you're looking at and
then feel the outside of your body. Feel your feet plugging into the ground,
Mother Earth Gaia, whatever you want to call it. Really feel grounded in the
moment. And when you're here, you should feel that anxiety, that reaction, that
pain, those things that triggered you just moments ago.
Start to lower anticipate what's happening in your body as those
stressors, that stress hormone called cortisol, starts to go away. And then,
declare that you're going to live in intention. Start using language that is
intentional.
Most people aren't picking the words that really would add abundance to their
life. They're living in lack, they're living in fear, they're living in scarcity, they're
living in a 'what-if' or a 'should' world and that's not where you want to be when
you're living in intention. So maybe you have a hard conversation coming up, maybe a
boss just, you worked all weekend on a project and your boss said that wasn't good
enough, triggering you, sending you into reaction. Now you're on the phone, talking
to your significant other, telling him how bad your boss sucks and you don't want
this job. That's all reaction. And when you start to slow down and you start to
plug into intention, your life will dramatically shift. If this video was
helpful, give it a big thumbs up. I'm headed back to film more Mindset Mondays
today. Just got back from Italy. I was going for two weeks and I'm excited to be back
helping you, helping the world,
shift your mindset through intention.
Remember, we're in this together. I'll see you soon.
All our dreams can come true if
we have the courage to pursue them.
Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity. Have the courage to follow
your heart and your intuition because they somehow know what you truly want
to become.
You don't fight.