Cool idea

What's up my friend,

 

The world is full of cool ideas...

➡️I send you cool ideas almost daily.
➡️The books you are reading are most likely filled with cool ideas
➡️The podcasts you listen to, more cool ideas

And then there are your deepest dreams…

➡️Leave your job & start a business- cool idea
➡️Have a loving, romantic, supportive, and adventurous relationship- cool idea
➡️Travel the world while working remote- another cool idea

There is no shortage of cool ideas.

But there is a shortage of…

➡️Implementation on your cool ideas
➡️Belief in your ability to manifest your cool ideas
➡️Commitment + discipline in practicing the cool ideas that you hear will transform your life

Look I know that you have a deep calling to either start a new chapter in your life, or expand your current chapter in a beautiful & intuitive way.

But you have something working against your truest mission all day, every day ==> Your mind.

There’s a part of your mind that is terrified of trying new things, and so that part of your mind catches the cool ideas that otherwise would really help you, and puts them into a box of cool ideas that never get actualized.

That part of your mind “hears” the cool idea and tricks you into thinking that you’ve actually committed to the cool idea, when in fact you haven’t. Your "familiarity" with the cool idea becomes mistaken for "embodiment."

Example...

“I’ve tried that before and it didn’t work” so many people say when referring to meditation.

My response to that is, what, you think mastery comes from "trying" something?

It doesn’t.

Mastery comes from practice.

And like most things, you suck at meditation when you are first learning, just like you suck at baking a cake the first time you try.

So many people, my younger self included, say they have monkey mind and sitting to meditate just doesn’t work for them.

NOW…

I’m not saying that “sitting” to meditate is the only way to meditate, so don’t hear that.

But what I am saying is that meditation is merely a cool idea – until it becomes a practice.

Once it becomes a practice, it becomes a very useful tool for focusing your mind, calming your nervous system, manifesting, healing and so much more.

The same can be said for any other tool that I share with you in my daily message.

Cool idea.

Until you implement.

Like the other day, I shared with you a message titled “The beauty in people and life” which was guiding you to look for the good in people, rather than looking for why others are wrong or out to get you.

Cool idea.

But its application, when let’s say, your closest sibling, mother, spouse, or even a stranger, agitates you, and you are sent into a frenzy.

In that moment, can you pause and practice seeing the good in that person? Rather than reacting to someone else’s behavior, can you be curious to learn why they are acting the way they are?

Cool idea.

What’s the point?

Well, one of the things that helps me to constantly be in a state of expansion is that I create a curriculum for myself.

Essentially, I have themes, ways of being, and specific practices that are important to me. Right now.

Important, meaning, when I practice, hone, and get better at these specific practices, my life improves.

But, none of it is a “1 shot and done” kind of thing.

It’s all about practice and I generally suck at things when they are new to me.

And so, I practice. Daily.

I write it out. I journal about it. I chat with my coach about it. I run it by my accountability partners. I reflect at the end of the day.

This is the commitment of turning cool ideas into useable tools.

So my invitation to you is to be more present and intentional when you read my daily message, listen to your books & podcasts, and extract the cool ideas that intuitively you know would most significantly improve your life, and start practicing them.

When you do that, you move from being a spectator in the stands of your life, to a player on the field, participating in the creation of the life that you deeply want.

Have a great day my friend.

Shawn

PS- One of the commitments I’ve made, and kept over the last 15 years, is attending live events.

A week in Mexico in February working on my meditation/ breathwork practice.

A week in Florida this month with Michael Beckwith & Bruce Lipton, working on my energy.

I’m considering a 2 day event in a few weeks with Krisstina Wise to work the next expansion of my money.

The events change, but the commitment has not. Live events ALWAYS add fuel to my life’s mission, so I stopped second guessing things that my mind used to attempt to use to deter me, like...

➡️Money &
➡️Time

Deep in my mind there’s a story that says…

➡️“You can’t afford that”
➡️“You don’t have the time for that”

A damn old story, but it’s still there.

I acknowledge the story, and override it with “I can’t afford to NOT be there.”

Boom. And I'm there. Every time.

Anyway, I’m hosting a live 2 day event next week to help you blow life into your life’s vision, identify & release the self sabotaging habits & beliefs that have kept you playing small in the areas that you dream of playing big in, and putting together a championship plan for 2023.

If you resonate, stop saying to yourself “cool idea” and register!

Register here and let's start crafting your championship 2023!