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Success Secrets and Stories
Discovering Success through an Abundance Mentality
What if you could shift your mindset from scarcity to abundance and transform your life? This episode promises to equip you with invaluable tools for cultivating gratitude and manifesting success. Join our hosts John Wandolowski and Greg Powell as they are inspired by the wisdom of best-selling author Mike Hyatt and researcher Brené Brown. They uncover how constant comparisons can trick us into feeling inadequate in a world overflowing with opportunities. Learn how to combat this "never enough" mindset with Hyatt's three practical disciplines of gratitude: starting and ending your day with prayer, practicing thankfulness for daily gifts, and maintaining a gratitude journal. Greg also shares enriching stories from his travels to Thailand, offering a poignant reminder of the joy and gratitude found in simpler living.
Then, we dive into how manifesting abundance can elevate your leadership and personal growth. By expressing gratitude and setting clear goals, you'll discover how to attract joy and fulfillment in every aspect of your life. We discuss actionable insights from influential figures like Oprah Winfrey and Dale Carnegie, and explore how positivity and affirmations can make a tangible difference, even in realms like sports. You'll also learn why focusing on the future, rather than dwelling on the past, is crucial for success—think of it as looking through a windshield instead of a rearview mirror. Don't miss this enriching conversation packed with practical advice and inspiring stories designed to help you cultivate an abundant and grateful mindset.
Presented by John Wandolowski and Greg Powell
Hello everyone and welcome to Success in Secrets and Stories. I'm your host, John Wanoloski, and I'm here with my co-host and friend, Greg Powell, Greg.
Speaker 1:Hey, everybody yeah.
Speaker 2:So I can give it a chance for the music to die down a little. There you go. Love that dice note. So in this podcast we're going to cover something that I think is interesting from a best-selling author by the name of Mike Hyatt, and he had a title of an article that just intrigued me the Perceived Scarcity in the World of Outrageous Abundance. I love this title and I just wanted to introduce Mike Hyatt to our audience, and I think this podcast and we have one other one planned right now that talks about some of the things that Mike Hyatt has written and I have found really interesting, really really kind of fun to talk about.
Speaker 2:So again, the perception of scarcity in the world and outrageous abundance is just a tattletale that if you're not drawn to it then I understand, but I was drawn to it and I'm just going to go over his article. We'll capture a few different ideas at the end. Let me begin with his words of when we see what others have, is our reaction to notice what we're missing or express gratitude for what we have? He's thought a lot about this question over the years, but keeps on coming back to what the author has found in terms of a feeling of being a little jealous of all these people's vacation posts popping up on Twitter, facebook and Instagram. Let me continue in his voice. At some point, the serene beaches, the beautiful lakes and the mountaintop views started to get to me. I felt like I was missing out. Maybe you felt the same way too, but there is that strange reaction. I'm going on vacation in just a few weeks. I'm not missing out on anything, so why do I feel the way I am, greg, why don't you take the next one?
Speaker 1:Thanks, John. So let's talk about our culture of scarcity. Too often we focus on what we lack instead of what we have. According to researcher Bryn Brown, we live in a culture of perceived scarcity, what she likes to call daring greatly our culture of never enough. Brown says we start off the morning thinking we didn't get enough sleep, we go through the day thinking we don't have enough time and fall asleep at night thinking we failed to accomplish enough tasks. Whatever we have to do or get is just never enough. Throughout the day, as we interact with others, we are painfully aware of what we're missing. Aware of what we're missing, Things like looks, smarts, talent, luck, money, peace, creativity. You name it, but you know what? Here's the problem. Not only are all these comparisons discouraging and even sometimes debilitating, they distort and hide the tremendous gifts we have been given.
Speaker 2:Now, one of the things that I did notice is we've talked about Rand Brown before as a researcher of the human psyche and how we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us, and she's also another wonderful resource that people should look into as far as learning something about ourselves. But in this article, what I, what I thought was interesting, and it's done by Mike Hyatt. Mike is a bestselling author, but one of the other things he is is a journalist and he started off as a journalist. So he he talks about an interesting application of three different disciplines of gratitude and I'll admit that two of them I do and two of them I don't do To battle deceptive perception of scarcity. He has adopted three disciplines of gratitude.
Speaker 2:The first one I agree with him that I start my day with a prayer and end my day with a prayer. I don't start it very often, but my wife and I do it in the evening, so I'm pretty consistent because of the help with my wife, but it bookends the day and it really does give you an opportunity to talk about the accomplishments of what you've been able to do for that day and the hopes and dreams and wants for the family and the blessings that you can be grateful for. And the next one is the practice of thankfulness. As Mike Hyatt put it, he gets caught in the endless comparisons and that he needs to express gratitude for the gifts he does have and to find a prayer for things like a meal or the things that happen during the day. The third point is something that he does as a journalist that I don't do and and I think it's interesting if it's something that you like to do he creates a journal and he has this journal that he can go back and capture the things that he liked, those moments in time where he benefited from focusing on the good, and for those times that things weren't doing so well or going so well, he can go back to his journal and find some strength from those moments. Now, if you have that kind of approach to keeping track of records, I admire your ability, but he's a journalist and there is something to be said for creating a journal to help you process the different ideas that are going through your day, through your own life.
Speaker 2:And let me go to a specific quote from Mike Hyatt we will never have more of what we truly desire until we become thankful for what we have. And that's pretty much nailing it right on the mark, his closing statement. Let's be crystal clear ingratitude creates instant victims in our culture of scarcity. Pause, pause, yes, because we're quite easily going to fall into that trap of being a victim, that pessimistic view of the blessings that we look at every day. Now, greg, you had an opportunity to go on a trip and you had made the comment that you saw life in a different point of view. People didn't have the kind of resources that we have here, but they were happy. Why don't you give me some of the impressions that we had talked about?
Speaker 1:Absolutely, john. Yes, just recently came back from a trip to Thailand visiting our son, and I've been to Thailand six times. I've never I never cease to be amazed at how gracious and grateful the folks are there. A lot of people. They don't have the infrastructure in place from roads and thoroughfares, mass transit to support it all, but people are happy with what they have and look to make the best of what they have, versus complain and be downtrodden because they don't have the best rail system, they don't have the best highway system. They still get to work, they still get to go out to the restaurants, they still enjoy going to the beach and they've turned it the other direction. So they don't complain about what they don't have. They revel in what they do have.
Speaker 2:And the one thing that I thought was really interesting is some of the photos that you sent me were the smiles that you guys had and it is a happy place and there's joy there. Why don't you take the paragraph? I think it does a very good job of capturing what we're talking about.
Speaker 1:Thank you, john, but giving thanks for outrageous abundance inoculates us from the sense of fear, failure and discontent we sometimes experience and instead creates a path towards success, joy and fulfillment. Right, and we're all familiar with oprah winfrey. She had a quote as well. She said be thankful for what you have. You'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Speaker 2:I think that's interesting from a billionaire. I mean her perspective. I'm sure she still has that urge for trying to do more, but it's not earn more, and that perception is probably the element of leadership that we're talking about. What's that next step? So?
Speaker 1:Dale Carnegie, somebody that we've all heard about and from, has something very interesting to say. He said success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get, and I like the twist that he puts on that. John, what are your thoughts in there?
Speaker 2:yeah, I mean, we're using three different resources of trying to say that basically the same thing, you get what you want, and it's the perception of whether it's acceptable or not, whether it's satisfying or not, or whether it's joyful or not. That is all on yourself, all on yourself. The reason that I was kind of intrigued with this subject originally was a football player made this comment that I thought was kind of weird, that a football player would say that he's manifesting the abundance and the attitude of a positive environment within the team and how the team's moving forward. And I'm thinking to myself, seriously, a football player's talking about manifesting positive results. And then it dawned on me that it wasn't that unusual for this generation to be talking about how that affects them. So, greg, why don't you? I think there's a pretty good definition of manifesting abundance that I think does play very well into leadership.
Speaker 1:I will, john. In fact, one other reminder From time to time I've had rock and roll song references, and there's an old song by the Rolling Stones that says something like you can't always get what you want. If you try some time, you get what you need. Yeah, exactly so. Manifesting abundance, also known as the law of attraction, is the idea that you can draw more of what you want into your life by thinking about it and visualizing it. So I've got some steps for you here.
Speaker 1:First one take action. Set goals We've talked about setting goals here before and visualize your desires. Then take inspired action towards those desires. Trust that the universe will provide for you. Second one surround yourself with positivity. Let me repeat that this is really important. Surround yourself with positivity. Let me repeat that this is really important. Surround yourself with positivity. Remove toxic influences and create an environment that supports your dreams. Spend time with people who are positive and supportive and are in uplifting spaces. Third one use positive affirmations, repeat positive statements often to help change your mindset and boost your confidence. I think we see athletes do this from time to time. Practice gratitude Journal or practice gratitude daily to shift your focus from lack to abundance. Let go of limiting beliefs. Negative thoughts and limiting beliefs can create self-doubt and fear. So try to overcome those and then finally, visualize. Spend each day, time each day, visualizing your life with the abundance you want to try.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I mean, that list is basically what this football player was talking about and it does make sense when you go through the list and his conversation of this team. But I'm not here to talk about your past and it really doesn't matter. This is our future and this is what I want to talk about. And he changed, um, what was the interviewing process at the end of one of the one of the uh practice sessions? And I'm I'm listening to his list and it's like there's elements of what he said that's coming right off of this. And I'm listening to his list and it's like there's elements of what he said that's coming right off of this. And now I understand where it's coming from.
Speaker 2:Manifesting abundance is as much attitude adjustment and not looking backwards but looking forward. That whole thing of it's the windshield in front of you, not the rearview mirror, and the view is bigger in the front and it's tiny. Looking back for a reason, because you should be concentrating on what's in front of you. There's so many other different football terms. I can constantly go on my. Can you tell that I play football? I mean seriously. The whole thing is motivation and I found this as being very positive. So, if you like what you've heard on this podcast building your leadership toolbox. My book and ebook is available on Amazon and Barnes Noble websites, success Secrets and Stories. The podcast is available on popular formats like Apple, google, spotify and others, and the one that you're on. Thank you so much. Dr Gers's books and his MBR program. The basis of my book is on successgrowthacademycom of my book is on success growth academycom and if you wish to contact us, my email address is W A N D O 75 period. Jw at gmailcom and Greg your email addresses.
Speaker 2:I can be reached at G Powell three, seven, four at gmailcom, and the music is brought to you by my grandson, so we want to hear from you. Drop us a line, we'd appreciate it Well.
Speaker 1:Greg thanks. Thanks, John, as always.
Speaker 2:Next time yeah.