What To Do When a Message Gets Your Attention

Scott gives three choices—say yes, say no, or sit on the fence—and recommends acting to avoid long-term regret.

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That voice in your head keeps nudging you in a direction. You hear the same message from different sources. Random conversations suddenly feel connected.

Is something trying to get your attention?

I'm a practical guy who doesn't chase unicorns, but I can't ignore what happens when life starts dropping hints. As we head into winter and the holidays, messages have a way of getting louder. Most people already know what direction they should be going. They're just not willing to lean into it. This episode breaks down how to recognize when something's genuinely calling for your attention and what to do about it before you drive yourself crazy sitting on the fence.

Featured Story

It's 36 degrees in my Daytona Beach studio with a wind chill at 31. I'm wrapped in my alpaca hoodie thinking about how this time of year shifts us into reflection mode.

I've coached thousands of people over the years, and something wild keeps happening. I'll share an insight with someone, and they'll look at me like I'm reading their mind. "Are you inside my head?" they ask. Kind of. Because we're all just humans navigating the same patterns.

For me, the universe whispers all day long. I believe God created it, so those whispers feel like guidance. You can have whatever belief you want. But after years of coaching and living, I've noticed messages come in triplicate. Three times is when I start paying real attention. Hard-headed and distracted as I am, even I can't ignore the pattern by the third time.

Important Points

When seemingly random situations and people deliver the same message within a short time frame, your path is being altered whether you recognize it or not.

You already know what direction you should be going, and if you're heading the wrong way, you know that too—you're just not willing to lean into what's obvious.

When something gets your attention, you've got three choices: say yes and go for it, say no and move on, or sit on the fence getting splinters forever.

Memorable Quotes

"Most people already know kind of what direction they should be going. And usually if they're going the wrong direction, they kind of already know that. They're just not willing to lean into it."

"If it starts getting your attention, it's real. Anything that gets your attention, it's going to take you down the road."

"Eventually you will change when you wear yourself out. When you get tired of rejecting what is obvious that you have to do, you're going to do it anyway."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Notice the pattern. Pay attention when the same message appears through different people, situations, or sources within days or a week—that's your signal something matters.

Ask what you're supposed to learn. When patterns emerge, stop resisting and get curious about the lesson or direction being presented to you.

Choose and act. Make the call—yes, no, or fence-sitting—but know that fence-sitting just delays the inevitable while causing unnecessary pain.

Chapter Notes

0:15 - Cold morning spirituality: Winter reflection begins

2:03 - Practical vs theoretical: Why I skip the unicorns

2:58 - Messages and guidance: Life's crazy sum total

4:01 - The triplicate rule: When to actually pay attention

7:45 - Three choices framework: Stop driving yourself crazy

9:22 - Eventually you'll change: Wearing yourself out

9:40 - Watch for your messages: The next two months matter

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