Your Future

Your Future will be the same as your past . . . unless.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

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• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

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Transcript

Your Future

You can’t control your future . . . but—

The other day, a thought hit me out of the blue. It started with, of all things, a weed wacker.

Mine needed repair, so I looked up shops online and called one. The repair person told me to drive it over to his house. That should have been my first red flag.

Within seconds of meeting him, I knew—this was not a man winning at life.

But he said he could fix it. And my past experience with people like that? They rarely deliver. There’s almost always a bevy of excuses.

Every bone in my body told me to thank him politely, turn around, and leave.

But I didn’t.

 And that, friends, was my mistake.

I’ll spare you the back and forth text-message soap opera that ensued. Let’s just say: promises made . . . promises not kept.

But here’s where my mind went. Instead of staying stuck on the weed wacker, I started thinking about him.

How could this guy actually start winning in life?

And then this phrase popped in:
“Your life up ’til now will be your life up ’til then . . . unless.”

That reminded me of something Werner Erhard, the founder of EST, once said:
“The reason life doesn’t work is because people don’t keep their agreements.”

It’s true. Just do what you say you’re going to do—more often—and you’ll lose less often.

You can’t control your future, but you can influence it.

And one of the easiest ways is to stop overpromising and underdelivering. Stop telling people what you think they want to hear, and give it to them straight.

Make an agreement . . . then keep it. 

My guess? This guy’s got a loser self-image. It shows up in everything.
 You hear it in the little phrases:

“Sorry, I had a bad week.”

“Why does this always happen to me?”                    

 “It’s not my fault.”
  Or the vague ones: “It’ll be done soon.” Or “Give me another day or so.”

And yes—sometimes drugs or alcohol are part of the picture.

I sensed all of that and ignored my gut. But the bigger question is—how can people like him move forward?

It starts with some personal responsibility.

“My bad” has to enter their vocabulary.

People-pleasing lies have to dry up.

That’s the only way out of the dregs . . . the only way to move from losing to winning.

Me, I’ll live without a working weed wacker.

Sadly, he may never figure out why he keeps losing—right up till the day he dies.

All the best,

John