Episode #203- Resiliency & The Power of Mental Rehearsal -w/Brian Tracy

Episode Notes: 

In this short, but valuable episode of Mind Wrench, we dive into the power of resilience as the key differentiator between success and struggle in both business and life. Resilience is the invisible backbone of achievement, enabling individuals to bounce back from adversity swiftly and maintain focus.
 Author & keynote speaker Brian Tracy shares his powerful insights, the concept of "mental rehearsal" – a technique that prepares you emotionally for inevitable challenges before they arrive. Tracy's straightforward wisdom reminds us that "all of life is a continuous series of problems" interrupted only by occasional crises, a perspective that helps reframe our approach to difficulties, like we experience daily in the collision business, right? 

Rather than being derailed by setbacks, truly resilient people immediately shift to solution-focused thinking.
 
 In addition, we share Tracy's "mind storming" technique, also known as the "20 idea method," is highlighted as a transformative tool for financial success. By writing down 20 potential solutions to a specific goal, individuals are pushed beyond obvious answers, often leading to breakthrough insights. This simple yet powerful exercise encourages creative thinking and problem-solving.

By adopting these strategies, shop owners can enhance their ability to handle setbacks, drive business success, and achieve personal growth. Tune in to strengthen your resilience and transform your approach to life's inevitable challenges.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro: Resiliency in Business
• 1:02 Brian Tracy on Bouncing Back
• 4:17 Problems and Crises Pattern
• 7:27 Mindstorming: The 20 Idea Method
• 8:41 Episode Wrap and Resources

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Now, there's one trait that is extremely common amongst most self-made, wealthy or successful people, and that is resiliency, or the ability to bounce back from problems and crises quickly and without losing direction or focus. Most businesses, but I would think especially collision businesses, are faced with a never-ending supply of problems and crises, aren't they Absolutely. But our own resiliency, or ability to bounce back and not break, is what makes us successful.

Speaker 2: 0:38

Welcome to the MindWrench Podcast with your host, rick Sellover, where minor adjustments produce major improvements in mindset, personal growth and success. This is the place to be every Monday, where we make small improvements and take positive actions in our business and personal lives that will make a major impact in our success, next-level growth and quality of life.

Speaker 1: 1:02

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Speaker 1: 1:49

Now there's one trait that is extremely common amongst most self-made, wealthy or successful people, and that is resiliency, or the ability to bounce back from problems and crises quickly and without losing direction or focus. Most businesses, but I would think especially collision businesses, are faced with a never-ending supply of problems and crises, aren't they? Absolutely, but our own resiliency, or ability to bounce back and not break, is what makes us successful. Mentally preparing ahead of these inevitable problems or mental rehearsal, as Goalmaster Brian Tracy calls it and explains in this clip helps us stay on track and keep our emotions in check as we focus on just finding the solutions. I recently listened to this short clip from noted author and master of teaching others how to set and accomplish goals, brian Tracy, and wanted to share it with you this week. Set and accomplish goals, Brian Tracy, and wanted to share it with you this week. Brian explains how to develop the process, as well as using his methods of mindstorming and the 20 idea method of doubling your income.

Speaker 3: 2:52

In this quick clip, here's Brian the next one, which is to develop resilience and bounce back. Developing resilience and bouncing back is one of the key qualities of self-made millionaires because, as I said right at the beginning, most things won't work. This is a very interesting point is that you're going to be knocked down over and over again, and what we know, as my friend Charlie Jones says, is you have to bounce, don't break, and when things go wrong, bounce. And so what I learned many years ago was this interesting technique of what is called mental rehearsal, and mental rehearsal says that you mentally prepare for the inevitable downturns before they occur. So you say, all right, in the course of life things are going to go wrong, but when they do, I'm not going to become upset. I'm not going to get upset, I'm not going to get mad or angry or anything else, I'm just going to take it and learn from it and pick myself up and keep going.

Speaker 3: 3:48

Sometimes I ask this question does anybody here have any problems? Everybody says, yes, everybody's got problems. Well, here's the rule is all of life is a continuous series of problems. They never end. The problems just keep on coming like the waves of the ocean. The only break in this unbroken series of problems will be the occasional crisis.

Speaker 1: 4:09

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Speaker 1: 4:17

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Speaker 1: 5:11

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Speaker 3: 5:50

So life will be problem, problem, problem, problem, problem, problem, crisis, problem, problem, problem, problem, crisis. It's like the waves of the ocean six problems and a crisis. Six problems and a crisis, which means that everybody here is either in a crisis right now, has just gotten out of a crisis, or is just about to have a crisis out of a crisis, or is just about to have a crisis. So what we have found is this the hallmark of superior people 30 years of research is how you respond to a crisis, how you deal with problems and how you respond to a crisis. And what we've found is this is superior people look for the solution to every problem. They don't allow themselves to become upset and angry when something goes wrong. They say, okay, what's the solution? And they become intensely solution oriented when you have a very intense problem, that stimulates creativity to solve the problem. So what you do is you write and define the problem clearly. If you have a problem, you say wait a minute, what is my problem, what is it that I'm worried about? And write it down. And the very act of defining a problem clearly often triggers the solution to the problem.

Speaker 3: 6:58

One last technique that I want to give you with regard to your major definite purpose, and if you only do these two things as a result of our time together, they will transform your life. You've already identified the one goal that can have the greatest positive impact on your life. Now what you do is you take that goal and you write it at the top of a page in the form of a question and you say let us say your goal is to double your income. That could have a major impact on your life. You say what are all the things that I could do to double my income in the next 12 months? Write it as a clear question. Even better, if you're earning $50,000 a year today, write what could I do to earn $100,000 over the next 12 months. The more specific the question, the better. Then you devote yourself to writing 20 answers to this question. You must write a minimum of 20 answers. Work harder, work smarter, start earlier, stay later, change occupations, upgrade my skills, whatever it is. Keep forcing yourself to write till you've written 20 answers.

Speaker 3: 7:56

We call this mindstorming. The first three to five answers will be easy. The next three to five answers will be difficult. The last 10 answers will be incredibly difficult, but I have given this exercise to people who've gone on to become millionaires. So many times I've lost track, because they often find that the 20th answer changes their whole life, and if you've ever done this once, it's absolutely staggering. More people have become millionaires with this simple idea of mindstorming, what I call the 20 idea method than any other single method of creative thinking ever discovered. Once you've got your 20 answers, pick one answer and take action on it immediately. Once you've got it. Doesn't matter what it is, just take one answer and take action on it immediately. Once you've got it, doesn't matter what it is, just take one answer and take action on it, and that will keep you thinking and acting creatively all day long.

Speaker 1: 8:41

Well, I hope you enjoyed that clip from Brian Tracy. That complete talk can be found on YouTube. Just search for Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires by Brian Tracy. For more information on resilience, be sure to check out my Mind Rich episodes, number 13, life Keep Knocking you Down. Improve your Resiliency With these Five Keys and number 54, why Resiliency Is the Key To your Success. Well, that's all I had for you today. Thanks again for tuning in. I really appreciate your support and I hope you have a great week. I can always be reached at wwwrixelovercom, where you can find all my social media links podcast episodes, blog posts and much more.