A Conversation of Hope With Brett
Positive and hope-filled; with simple, practical steps to live your best life.
A Conversation of Hope With Brett
Tapping Into Your Superpower
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This episode explores the power of monitoring your thoughts and filling your life with positive input. The host shares a powerful story of kindness, a motivational excerpt from Blessed and Unstoppable, and highlights top podcast picks for growth. Listeners are encouraged to do a random act of kindness and be intentional with their mindset this week.
Referenced Podcasts:
Caroline Leaf - 5 Neuroscientific And Slightly Hilarious Cheat Codes to Hack Life
Jim Cathcart - If It is to Be, It is Up to Me
Victoria Osteen - Be a Peacemaker
Welcome to A Conversation of Hope with Brett. This podcast is all about you. The mission? To remind you that you are a masterpiece. To inspire you to dream again. To equip you with simple, actionable strategies for success. Strategies you can start using today to begin your journey toward the incredible life you deserve. Brett will be sharing insights from his latest books, along with colorful stories of trust over adversity. He wants to remind you of the champions you are going to be. No matter your text or current struggles, Brett firmly believes that your best days are still a good. He's grateful you're here, and hope says to give him all each week to help you create a life you are meant to live. Even says, give him a year of listening and you'll see the difference. So buckle up. Let's get started.
SPEAKER_01Hey, welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you for tuning in to a conversation of hope. Last week's challenge was honoring the great women in our life. The challenge was to send a text or make a call to a woman in your life that has made a big difference. Speaking out words of life to someone like your mom, wife, daughter, etc. Most likely made their day, month, or maybe even their year. So many times we think positive thoughts about someone special in our life, but we don't always say it to them or text them. Think about it, you randomly got a text from someone you love today telling you how much they appreciate you and all you have done for them. It would truly make your day. You have the power to make somebody's day each and every day, and it costs you nothing. This week we are talking about monitoring your thoughts. In my opinion, this is truly one of the most important things we can do to have a great life. First, take a moment to listen to the dialogue in your head. Are your thoughts filled with confidence and belief? Telling yourself I can do this? Or is your self-talk sabotaging your potential, keeping you from walking in your destiny? This concept is so so so powerful in creating a victorious life. Your input determines your output. What you feed your mind shapes your life. Are you filling your mind with positive books, music, shows, friends and relationships that lift you up? Or are you allowing negative things to enter your mind and take root? If you're not intentionally focusing on positivity, you cannot and will not reach your true destiny. When you actively surround yourself with positivity, you won't just walk in victory, you'll radiate that positivity to everyone around you. Hats off to you, because if you're listening to this podcast, you understand the power of positive going into your mind. One of the easiest ways to do this is to turn your drive time into listening to positive audiobooks or podcasts. When I heard this concept, audio university from Zig Ziggler, it changed my life. If I'm not listening to positive music during my drive times, you can bet I'm listening to a podcast or an audiobook. I love this concept because I can be growing myself daily and not taking away any time from the ones that I love. The time is your greatest asset, and by using this time to become more positive, it helps you show up better in every area of your life. A person that is constantly growing is typically much happier than someone who is stagnant. I wanted to read from Dr. Billy Allsbrook's book Blessed and Unstoppable. This book is in my top five all time of books. If you haven't had a chance, go to doctor Billy Allsbrook dot com and pick up a copy of his book Blessed and Unstoppable. It really is spectacular. So here's just a segment from his book. This was a chapter that he has Adopt the Mindset of Unstoppable. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Second Corinthians ten five. Billy Allsbrook goes on to say Having big dreams, goals and ambitions is awesome. Shooting for the stars is a step towards greatness. However, it's one thing to aim high, it's another thing to be able to do it. What separates champions from the rest is that they are mentally wired differently. They have a belief system that sees failures and setbacks as part of the process towards achieving success. Winners absolutely hate losing. They despise every ounce of the experience, but this doesn't mean they are bad sports when life doesn't go as planned. True champions are always gracious and respectful in defeat because they frame it properly. They know how to anchor the emotions of a loss and convert it into motivation, becoming more hungry and determined to succeed. On the days the will to train is not there, they tap back into the pain of defeat and feed off of it. Champions understand what gives them the advantage is their mindset. They discipline and condition their mind to do the impossible. For you to turn your dreams into reality, you're going to have to master the psychology of winning. Day in and day out, you must conquer the battlefield of the mind. Refuse to entertain self-limiting beliefs in any way, shape, or form. Carry yourself differently, prepare differently, and most of all, see failure differently. To become unstoppable, you must constantly have the inner soundtrack of victory blaring from your spirit. Superachievers maintain a growth mindset which empowers them to see pain, losses, and setbacks as learning opportunities. Never look at defeat as permanent, but rather see it as temporary. Winning is a mindset. Success involves taking risks and being able to function outside the comfort zone. Destiny is a journey that consists of ups and downs. Sometimes life is going to hit you with a brick, and when it does, your mindset will either make you or break you. You're a champion, and champions don't lay down. They don't let up, and most of all, they never give up. By adopting the paradigm of unstoppable, temporary defeat will be no match for you. And that was from Billy Allsbrook's book, Volume 1, Blessed and Unstoppable. Absolutely fantastic book. If you get a chance, please make sure that you get that book. Alright everyone, it's time for a joke break. Where do pirates get their hooks? From a secondhand store. Oh yeah, that just happened. Oh my goodness, sorry, that was very corny. I came across this great story of a dad who confronts a bully by treating him like a son. When the father heard that his son was being bullied at school, he took a more compassionate approach to confronting the problem. At first, Aubrey Fontaine was angry to hear that his eight year old son Jordan was being picked on at school by another boy named Tamron. But instead of fighting fire with fire, he decided to invite the boy out for some one on one time together. With permission from Tamron's family, Aubrey picked up the boy in his car and drove him around Houston, Texas as they sat in the car. Aubrey gently asked Tamron why he was fighting with Jordan. To the father's surprise, Tamron said it was because other kids were bullying him at school for not having clean clothes. A quick phone call to the boy's mother revealed that the family was homeless and having trouble finding stability. Without hesitation, Aubrey took Tamron out shopping for new clothes as if he was buying for his own son. Afterwards, the two spent the rest of the car ride laughing and singing along to the radio. We have no clue what these children are going through these days because a lot of us don't care, says Aubrey, and this is not an uncommon story for a lot of people. So I spent my day yesterday shopping and teaching this young man about self respect, integrity, morals, confidence, and other things that consist of going from a troubled youth to a great man. Then Aubrey sat Tamrin down across from his son and asked them to talk things out. Though the two boys initially spent a few minutes awkwardly sitting across from each other, Aubrey eventually got them to settle things as men and start a conversation. Now the boys are best friends. Jordan and Aubrey have been spending their days playing video games with each other at Aubrey's tattoo shop. They are even planning on a sleepover for the near future. Additionally, Aubrey started a GoFundMe page for Tamron's family, and in just a few days it has raised over twenty three thousand dollars. Things really turned out phenomenal, says Aubrey. More than I could have ever imagined. Wow. What an amazing story of a wise father who instead of just going after the boy, he wanted to see the root cause of this and took the time to do that. That is just so awesome. Alright, y'all, let's recap my top three podcast episodes of the week. Cause like you, I love listening to podcasts and I'm always trying to learn and grow. Number one. Five neuroscientific, slightly hilarious cheat codes to hack your life from Dr. Carolyn Leif. She is amazing and she's a brain scientist. She has over 18 great books out there. Anything you can get a hold of with Dr. Carolyn Leaf will definitely pay off in spades. Number one, she says, asking a favor helps people like you more. You make people feel needed and they feel loved. Asking someone a favor can be a great way to get to know someone better. Number two, talk to yourself in the third person. Instead of saying I'm overwhelmed, say, hey Brett, you can do this. You've done it in the past. Brett, you're good to go. You got this. Number three, the three-second eye contact rule. This will have people find you more confident. When you first talk to someone, make that contact for three seconds. Too little eye contact makes you seem shifty, and too long is kind of creepy. Three seconds is the sweet spot. Number four, pausing as a superpower. Pausing for a few seconds before responding makes you seem more confident and caring. And then number five to round it out, be generous first. Give the other person a compliment or give them your time. This actually deepens a meaningful connection with that person. Number two, be a peacemaker with Victoria Osteen. Matthew 5 9 says, Blessed are the peacemakers. Are we willing to let other people be right when we know they're wrong just for the sake of peace? Would you rather hold your peace than prove people wrong? Live in a place of peace, a place of wholeness. God is fighting your battles for you. God has ultimate control of every situation. Being right is overrated if it steals your peace. That was a fantastic podcast from Victoria hosting on being a peacemaker. My number three, if it is meant to be, it's up to me by Jim Kathart. Some of the things he talked about in his podcast are taking full responsibility for how your life turns out. Many people blame circumstances or luck for where they're li they're at in life. Jim was at a seminar one time when everything changed in his life. He was challenged to write down a dream he wanted in his life. He wrote down he wanted to be a motivational speaker. He had no speaking experience and he never had done any of that before. But since he wrote it down and really took ownership of his life, he has given over three thousand speeches and wrote twenty eight books. That was the day he said that he decided to take charge of his life. He calls it the day you decide to become pro and go all in. When you decide to go pro, all your standards will rise. You stop keeping score of others and you just focus on you. You learn from everyone. Alright, let's bring this episode home. Weekly challenge. Do an unexpected act of kindness for the one you love. Share what you do at gpx freedomgmail.com and then I can share it with our entire community so we can inspire each other. One thing I did today before I was recording this podcast, my daughter was having a little bit of a down day and she was not feeling as happy as she usually does. And so as a dad, I'm thinking, what in the world can I do? She loves flowers, so I went out and bought a bunch of flowers for her, and got a really neat card and just pumped her up with some words of life in that card. But that was random and she was not expecting it at all. But let me tell you, as a dad, I would do anything in the world if my kids are hurting just to help them be happier. And the good news is I think it worked, so she's pretty darn happy right now. Alright, here we go. I want to remind you, yes, you, you are a masterpiece, you are a one-off. Only you can give the world what you have. You are a winner, you are a champion, your best days are ahead of you and not behind you. Have a magnificent week, y'all. Thanks for listening, and I promise you, every week I'll give you everything I got. I am so excited about the next episode, I can't even tell you. So make sure you tune into that. I'm already getting pumped about recording that one for y'all. And once again, thanks for tuning in. I really, really appreciate it and have a fantastic week.
SPEAKER_00Thank you once again for listening to a conversation of hope with Brett. Brett wants to remind you that you are loved and appreciated. If you found value in this episode and know someone who could use a little hope and encouragement, please like and subscribe. Be sure to check out the show notes believe to Brett's top free podcast of the link. And don't forget, Brett is not finding a free copy of this book. Just send the female to dpdx freedom at female.com. If you're facing a tough challenge and would like another perspective on how to navigate it, feel free to email us at gtdxfreedom at gmail.com. We love to have it. Until next time, wishing you and your family an incredible life. And ultimately, a great life. Because you, yes, you deserve it. God bless.