EP159- Guard Your Mind in a world at War.

What you allow into your mind eventually becomes the life you live.

Every thought repeated becomes a belief.

Every belief eventually shapes your actions.

And the actions you repeat long enough become the life you experience.

That is why guarding your mind is not optional.

Today we live in a time where the world feels like it’s constantly on fire. Wars, political chaos, economic uncertainty, fear being pushed from every direction. Every time you open your phone or turn on the news there is another reason to believe that everything is falling apart.

And slowly… without realizing it… that constant exposure begins to shape the way you see the world.

Fear becomes normal.

Negativity becomes expected.

Hopelessness becomes the lens through which people look at life.

But here is the truth that I spoke about in this episode:

You can be aware of the world without allowing it to poison your mind.

Ignoring reality isn’t the answer. Blind optimism isn’t the answer either. But allowing the chaos of the world to dominate your internal world is just as dangerous.

Because once your mind is conquered, everything else follows.

Your motivation disappears.

Your sense of purpose fades.

Your belief in what’s possible slowly erodes.

And that’s why guarding your mind matters more now than ever.

Protect what you allow yourself to repeatedly consume.

Protect the conversations you entertain internally.

Protect the beliefs you allow to take root.

Because the world may always have conflict.

The world may always have uncertainty.

But your mind does not have to become another battlefield.

So the question becomes:

Are you guarding your mind… or leaving the gate wide open?

Think.

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Transcript

Monday Mindset And Responsibility

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Hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. It's your host, Miguel Sanchez. Welcome back to another episode. This episode is going to be short, sweet, and to the point. It's going to be something about I spoken, something I've spoken about uh uh over a year ago now, but it is something as that I go and reflect to quite often because it is one of those uh light bulbs going off in my mind moment. A wow, what a change in perspective! How can I use this to my advantage? How can I use this to better myself? But before we get into today's topic, I always emphasize on something very simple. It is Monday, it is the beginning of a brand new week. You as an individual have a responsibility to ensure that it is a good week, that it is a productive week. And I spoke about this not too long ago, but you may be telling yourself in the moment, well, that's easy to say, you know, easier said than done, because there are difficulties in my life, there are challenges that I must overcome. And I'm here to tell you that we are all going through them, and the difference between those who overcome and those who are defeated by isn't necessarily the challenge itself, it's typically your reaction to it. So, sure it's Monday, but as I said, you have a responsibility to decide how you will show up, what you will entertain, what you won't do, what you will do, what you tolerate, what you don't tolerate, and in deciding what you find important in your life and in deciding where you're going to set boundaries, my friend, that is how you have a good week, because you don't allow yourself to be overwhelmed with the world, and instead you focus on on you and the things that are most important to you and within reach this week, and and uh things that um as I like to say take you to that place of earning that one percent, it takes you to a place of growth and achievement, and it may not happen overnight, but it can happen with the consistency, right? With the compounding daily that we always emphasize on here. So, with that being said, happy Monday. And ironically, as it everything correlates to each other anytime I'm speaking about personal development or just perspectives in life, and uh the importance of of mindfulness is the thing I want to emphasize on. But as I said, there are there are ways that others have painted certain things, have worded certain things that have been so beneficial to who I am and the way in which I approach my life. And this is one of those things. It it's it's about um I it is about something that was worded like this the world most fertile garden. I believe there's an episode, I can't remember which one I should have looked into it, but I recorded an episode in the sink and probably in the single digits about the world's most fertile garden, because this was one of those things that was very adamant in my life as I was going through, you know, what I consider a personal development journey. You know, when I was going through the understanding that it wasn't the world that sucked, it was I that sucked. When it when it was the understanding that I have been neglectful to the very things that I could have been using for my growth, and it is my responsibility, it is when I heard this quote. It is uh the world's most fertile garden. And what the quote was referring to is that our mind, our minds are the world's most fertile garden. What does fertile mean? It means without discrimination, whatever you plant in it, it will grow in abundance. Think about that, right? Because that changed everything for me, because it realized that if I wake up and I choose poisonous thoughts and I plant poisonous conversations inside of my own mind, and I'm not mindful of that seed being planted, I'm not mindful of what I'm putting into my own garden. Why? Because I'm not thinking, I'm just reacting. I wake up and I'm tired of the world, I wake up and I'm tired of life, I wake up and I'm tired of my job, I'm tired of my family, and of course, we've all been there before, but as I'm emphasizing on this, what I'm emphasizing on most is what the mindfulness, the understanding that it is you that needs to decide. Wait, wait, wait, why am I planting this poisonous seed? Why am I allowing this to become the dominant way of thinking in my life? That is how everything changed for me. And I want to emphasize on something, right? Because there's a reason why I speak about the things that I do. If I speak about health, chances are I've been sick lately. If I speak about business, chances are there's something within my business that I want to share with you. But I want to emphasize on something. The reason I share this message today, emphasizing on the importance of protecting your mind from poison, is because it's so easy in today's world because I've done it, because I've placed myself in that position as of late. Unless you've been living under a rock, it it damn near feels like we're about to go into World War III. And here's the problem: when you wake up, if you are not mindful, you wake up and you're immediately feeding your mind poisonous thoughts. You know, um, Iran this, Israel that, President Trump, this, the government, this, children here, scandals here. Uh, it's it's it's overwhelming, overwhelming that to the point where if you are not careful, you will walk yourself right into a depression. You will walk yourself right into an attitude that sounds a lot like this. Well, what's the point of me even trying? And I'm here telling you that I agree with that thought. Why? Because I've got caught up in it as of late. I'm seeing everything that's happening around the world, and I'm not a a very knowledgeable guy, so I'm doing my due diligence. I'm making sure that I'm not just being fertilized and I'm being I'm making sure that I'm not um, what's the word that I'm looking for? I'm not just hoarding hate inside of me. Because if I allow the world to dictate how I feel with the things that we are being fed through social media, chances are you're not gonna feel very good. Chances are when you think about the future, optimism is not present. Chances are when you're having conversations with your friends and family, they may be leading to arguments and places of resentment. I'm not here to get political, I'm not here to get religious, I'm not here to tell you who's right or wrong. If you want my opinion on things, to reach out. I would love to talk to you about the things happening in the world. Why? Because I know that I know nothing, and I know that in my negligence I've avoided some realities of life, and I've I've said it since day one. Sure, I'm an inspirational speaker, but I don't dilute or or or try to stray away from the evil that is happening in this world, I don't shy away from conversations that are uncomfortable to have. But I protect myself, I protect myself mentally and spiritually so that those don't become the dominating thoughts of my life. Because if you think that when life is going good, it's hard to gain momentum and stay disciplined. What do you do when everywhere you go in any direction, it just feels like things are working against you? It just feels like your decisions matter little because bigger decisions are at play that make your decision in life feel insignificant. If you are not careful with those thoughts, what you are doing is setting yourself up for failure. What you are what you are doing is is placing poison in your fertile garden and not just planting a seed, but also watering it, and how you do this. I'm not staying, I'm not saying stay misinformed. I'm not saying don't make an educated opinion. What I'm saying is don't allow the poison that we are being fed through our through our current lives, through our phones, through our laptops, through our computers, through our iPads, whatever the case may be, through conversations, don't allow that to be your primary thought process. Right? Because as of late, ever since I got the flu a few weeks ago, I got curious and I started going down some rabbit holes. I'm trying to understand what's happening in the world. Why are people dying? Why are people fighting? Why is there so much hate? And I'm telling you, me, me, Miguel, the positive, motivational guy who's always optimistic about the future, still am, by the way. Just so you know, I'm still the same person. I caught myself having those thoughts. Those thoughts of like, man, why am I even trying so hard? If we're just gonna kill each other over nothing, why am I even going to try to give a good attitude to the world when the attitude of the world is one of hate and jealousy and envy and anxiety and depression and evil? Me, because I'm human and I have thoughts like that. And I share this episode with you, not so you can say, like, yeah, you know, like it's all sad, it's all bad. No, no, no. I'm here to tell you that despite the bad and the sad and the pain and the suffering, as an individual, you still have that responsibility that I spoke about in the beginning of the episode. You can ingrain those thoughts into your beautiful garden, flower it, and now you have a garden of poison, and you can wake up and condemn the world, and you can wake up and spill your hate to others, and you can wake up and curse a certain group of people, and you can wake up and tell everyone to go fuck themselves. You can do all of that, but where does that leave you? Where does that leave you, and where does that leave your life, and where does that take your story? Because from what I observe, it's not leading you anywhere good, it's not leading you to do any good, and instead you might now just be part of the problem in the system. We must be better than that. I haven't said this name in a while, but I I still follow him, I still speak to him, and and I still look up to him in certain aspects. And Andy Frisella, uh, the creator of 75 Heart, a big, a big person in my life who I obviously we've never even met, but uh he he did dictate a lot of my different understanding, and he emphasizes on this. Whether the world is falling apart or not, you as an individual still have the responsibility of showing up and being a good person. Why? Because the world is so much bigger than you think. Why? Because the decisions you make may not impact the world and what's happening around it, but it can impact the people in your life. Are the people in your life not worthy enough to you for you to become better? Are the people in your life that you claim you care about not worthy of you trying your best despite the things we are being fed through social media, the things we are seeing? It happened this morning, man. Before I even before I got up, I brushed my teeth, I unlocked my phone, and before I even put my morning message, I went through like four updates of what's happening with the war and the Epstein files and this and that. And I'm telling you, if you are not careful, you yourself will be the gardener planting all that poison in your mind and watering it, and then you'll wonder why do I feel so empty? Why do I feel so hopeless? Why do I feel like nothing matters? Why do I feel like I'm depressed? Why do I feel like I am lacking enthusiasm? Why? Well, I'm telling you why. Because in gathering information, you are not protecting your spirit, in gathering your information, you are not protecting your fertile garden. And how do you do that? Very simple. Mindfulness. Know that as you go down these rabbit holes, as you venture into curiosity, know that everything that you are are are absorbing does not need to remain within you. It does not need to taint your spirit, it does not need to dictate your energy. You know, and and it it's it's it's it's a scary world because like as I speak about the things that I'm speaking about about now to you and I share this, it's like you know, like uh, Miguel, who are you to speak about these things? Well, that's the funny thing. I don't consider myself to be anybody. If you were to start quizzing me about political affairs and the state of the world, I can't answer you very knowledgeably, but at least I can admit to that, which is why I know my opinion it matters very little when it comes to the specifics. But here's the reality of it. What I'm talking about when it comes to the fertile garden, that is not an opinion, that is a fact. And I can say that guaranteed. Why? Because I hated the world, I didn't believe in God, I was full-on atheist at one point, I cursed everything, I just I despised myself. I even I even put myself in a position where I I threatened God and said, if you are so real, take me out now. Prove to me that you are real. Tells you that tells you where I was mentally, that tells you where my maturity was. That tells you the kind of poison I've been feeding myself for years and years, and I was able to change that. Was it easy? No, I had to walk into a garden that was basically abandoned and start ripping flowers out from the roots, domestications, poisonous thoughts, insecurities, fears of the future. Every single one of those represented a plant that needed to be ripped out from my garden. And did I do that overnight? No. What I'm talking about, it was when I was 24 years old, is when I started this. I'm 31 now. It's been years of me practicing this, and I'm telling you that despite the years I've dedicated to the the betterment of myself in in such a way that I can now share it and and and spread this growth with a community. Even I almost lost myself in these last couple weeks with all the negativity of the world. So I can't imagine your average person who was already going through a difficult time just existing. I hope this message reaches open ears. I hope this message isn't interpreted as like, oh, here comes another person with an opinion about the war and the affairs. I didn't say anything about that specifically. What I'm emphasizing on is don't allow the current state of the world to dictate your bad attitude, to dictate why you show up and why you no longer try. Because perspective is everything, and because I see the current state of the world, I've never found a a bigger reason as to why I must get stronger, as to why I must get better, why because I have a wife, because I have a mother, because I have sisters, I have godchildren, I have nieces and nephews, and who am I? How am I supposed to show up for them, protect them if needed, if I just become another person influenced by the poison being fed to us? As an individual, we have responsibility, and I leave you with that. What will you do with your responsibility? What what are you doing with your garden? How does your garden look? Is it flourishing with prosperous thoughts? Is it optimistic? Do you go in there and tender to it, take care of it? Right? Because for most, the garden doesn't even exist. It's just their minds open, there's no fence around it, there's no gate stopping anything, there's no security. It's just an open field of garbage. And they continue to throw more garbage into it, and then they come in there and water it with poison, and then they wonder, why don't I feel good? Be mindful of the things you plant in your garden. And to put it into uh a better way without the analogy, the thoughts we tend to repeat dictate how we feel. How we feel dictates the actions we take or don't take. Those actions give us the the reflection that life is given back to us in the form of a of a reward system. If you are not happy with the rewards you are getting, don't try to change the system. Change the things that you are planting into your mind, change the thoughts that you are having over and over and over again. Because if not, if not mindful, your spirit will crumble, your mindset, your life will just cease to exist. All while you are still here for the simple fact that you weren't mindful. Think about that. Let's get better, man.