We're playing off that Jimmy Stewart movie today because you can actually create a wonderful life. And right now—when everyone else is busy looking that way—you can go the other way and make it happen.
I'm sharing three stupidly simple ways of thinking that should empower you to make any change you want. No more drifting in the winds of life. It's time to start driving through it instead.
Fair warning: it's so simple that the complicated nuance gets in the way. But that's what makes us human.
Featured Story
I have a friend who writes a book every single year. Done just before Christmas. He keeps telling me, "Scott, you should try it."
He's right. I should. I'm on my seventh book and haven't finished any of them. Trust me, I get it.
But people actually do this. Friends have written entire books over Thanksgiving weekend. Four days. Book done on Monday. Boom.
You know why this works? Because right now through mid-January, everyone's busy. Your boss is busy. Your friends are busy. They're all looking that way while you can go the other way.
You can write your book. Start a new business. Clean out your garage if you want to keep it that simple. This is the perfect time to do anything you want when nobody's paying attention to you.
Important Points
• Everything begins when you become aware of what you want and accept that it's up to you to go get it—in my coaching program, I make people answer nine questions daily for 21 days, and they fight me on it until they see how awareness creates change.
• If you believe your dream can be real, all you have to do is start living it right now—want to be a writer, sit down and write, you are one just like that, want to be in shape, go to the gym and be in shape, the click is a millisecond in time.
• You are the boss of you, which means you can decide to go on a diet on Monday and not do it because the boss said you didn't have to—nobody else has to give you permission to start or stop anything.
Memorable Quotes
"Most people are drifting in the winds of life. True happiness arrives when you start driving through life instead of drifting in those winds."
"If you believe your dream can be real, as soon as you start living it, it will be. The trick is the click. The click is a millisecond in time and you get it and you make things happen."
"You're the boss of you. You can decide to go on a diet on Monday and you don't have to do it. You know why? Because the boss said you didn't have to."
Scott's Three-Step Approach
• Become aware of what you want and accept personal responsibility to go get it—answer the same questions about your life daily until you become so aware that changes naturally start happening and you can't help but take action.
• Believe your dream can be real and start living it immediately without talking about it on ChatGPT or anywhere else—if you want to be a runner, go out the door and run, you are one just like that, could it be that easy, yeah it could.
• Recognize you're the boss of you and stop planning, start doing—forget wishing and hoping and dreaming, just start with little bits of happiness and work toward your dream every single day because you decided to.
Chapter Notes
0:15 - Why this is the perfect season to create change
5:26 - The awareness that changes everything explained
6:08 - When believing your dream makes it instantly real
8:10 - The ChatGPT trap and why talking kills dreams
9:15 - You're the boss of you: permission not required
10:15 - Drifting versus driving through life
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