Here we are on day 3 of How To Increase Positivity in just 3 days.
First, a little accountability and follow-up. This is day 3, people. If
you're doing the math, that means that there should be 2 others that came
before this. I would encourage you to do them in order. So, if you're catching this
video first, you can watch it if you want to but please take on challenges for day
one and day 2. Remembering day 1, we talked about gratitude. You did the
gratitude power-up with 30 items for which you're grateful half of those are
from your hard list. As you take that seriously, it powers you up for day 2
which was a creation day challenge. And the the challenge for yesterday for day
2, was to upgrade your life in 3 areas before the day was over. How did
that go for you? I am so eager to find out. Make sure you leave your comments
either here on YouTube in the comments below the video. Or go on over to
instagram where you can connect to the conversation there as well. Let's spread
this around a little bit. So, having done day 1 and day 2, you are ready for
day 3. Here's our day 3 objective. Our objective for day 3 is to shift
our focus from ourselves to others. There's a lot of reasons why this is
powerful and important. We are social beings. We're designed that way. Our whole
economy is based off of a presumption that everyone has strengths and
weaknesses. My weaknesses get covered by your strengths. And my strengths help to
cover your weaknesses. And we create exchanges that way. I'm really not very
good at making clothing, for example. So, I get somebody else to make these clothes
that I wear. And then I give them money for that. Well, what am I going to do to get
money? I'm going to to do what I do well. Which includes
helping you to be more positive in 3 days so that's why we have an exchange
in the first place. Now, acknowledging that we're social beings helps us to
tune in to why this is such an important day. Here's the mantra for day number
3. "It's not about me". Does that sound weird as a mantra? I want you to say it, I
want you to think about what it means. "It's not about me." It's about us. We get
so stuck in our own skin sometimes that we set up this illusion that there's me
and there's you. There's us and there's them. And that has us treating each other
terribly. We need to dissolve some of those boundaries and see that we are all
part of the same great family. We are all residents of the same planet which is
actually quite small when you get out there in the universe and look at it. We
share this space and we need each other. So, the objective to shift our focus from
ourselves to other people and the mantra is, "It's not about me." Now, let's get to
the challenge. Actually, before I even share the challenge with you, I'm getting
excited just as I think about offering it to you today. This is going to cause a
little bit of a stretch. That's okay. Notice that you might have to get out of
your comfort zone to do this a little bit. But for sure, you're going to have to
stop thinking about yourself so much and shift your focus to other people which
is going to have a profound effect not only on your positivity but on your very
mental wellness. This is important. So, pay attention and get past any barriers that
you have to to do this. Here's the challenge: Make a meaningful difference
in the lives of 3 people outside of your immediate household today. Today,
before this day is out. And if it's evening or nighttime right now,
you're going to have to scramble a little bit to figure out how you're going to do it.
Before this day ends, find a way to make a meaningful difference in the lives of
those 3 people. I'm not here to tell you how to do that or what to do or to
dictate how that happens. That is up to you. And I trust you to
find some way to do that. Here's what you're going to have to do in order to
accomplish it. It's not about you but you've got to look inside of yourself to
find the skills and the abilities and the talents and the gifts that you have.
Because that's what you're going to use to go out there and make a difference in
the lives of these 3 other people. "Now, does it have to be a huge difference
Dr. Paul? Does it need to be a life changing experience for them?" Well, not
necessarily. This could be a little thing. It could be a big thing. You decide that.
And they will decide that how much of a difference it makes. You know sometimes
we do things when we think, "That's not a big deal."
Well, it may not be a big deal for you because it comes so naturally to you. But
to them, it's huge. Find a way and ask yourself that question. "How can I make a
meaningful difference in the lives of 3 people outside of my immediate
household today before the day ends?" I tell you what, you take this thing seriously,
it's going to change some things not only about your positivity in this short
3-day period but it's going to change your life in some significant and
important ways from what you learned from this experience. And there we go.
That's the 3-day challenge. Take it seriously. Complete every challenge.
Interact here on YouTube. Leave your comments or go over to Instagram. Well
we've got a discussion going on there as well. Share this challenge with some
other people too because I bet you can think of some people who could use a
little more positivity. And they would love to be able to accomplish it like
you have in 3 days.