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If you aren’t happy, it’s not you, it’s your programming. So change it.

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Morning Meditation from The GratiDude

In today’s video, a young woman explains that EVERY great athlete uses meditation and visualization. Furthermore, she tells us, if your life sucks it is your programming that sucks.

Change it.

Like Steph Curry does, or MJ, or Serena Williams.

See it to be it.

When you look around at incredibly accomplished sports figures, and in this case, just talking about basketball, the mental gym does not get enough credit.

Michael Jordan talked about spending just as much time in the mental gym as he did the physical, which was a huge part of what gave him his edge.  It didn’t matter if he had missed his previous shots in a row, his visualization still showed him the next shot going in every single time.

If we saw how the sausage was made with elite leaders and athletes, and just looked at the first hour of their waking day, nobody is leaving anything to chance.

I can’t even believe the thousands of mornings that I woke up since I first was gifted a cell phone as part of my baptism into business about 28 years ago that I just blindly consumed whatever was served first thing on my phone(yum! Another shit sandwich for breakfast in the form of a stressful message! Yippee!).

I got that cell phone (which I like to call “the gift and the curse”) and soon started playing Russian Roulette with my morning thoughts. Whatever was on the phone was my first thought.

Crazy.

Once in a great while I would get lucky and have a nice new morning thought of the day on my phone like “Hi! Just thinking about you!”  But,  more time than not,  there were commercial messages, work emails, money related messages and in general, scarcity arriving in the morning via my phone, and it did not serve me very well for getting my day started.

Even if your Morning Routine is just five minutes, which is still the equivalent of hitting the tuning fork for your mind, heart, and soul, and sets the tone for your day, you are on  your way.

One to two minutes of deep breaths, and  taking  one or two minutes of thinking about connecting to something bigger than you, whether that is nature or the universe or a God or Creator, and then simply a plan of what you’re going do today, a few concrete tasks,  and commit to yourself. 

Away you go!

Your entire life would change with this investment in the morning.

Our Self Sherpa Summit that begins November 13 will TEACH YOU why and HOW to build YOUR morning program.  We will build it together over 6 weeks.   I invite you to participate if you don’t already have an incredible LIFE and morning routine!!  

If you don’t already have your own great way to start your day, I hate to tell you, but you’ve already lost before you left the house.

The primary influences and institutions that “program” us socially include: family, education system (schools), peer groups, religion, media, government, and the workplace; all of which contribute to shaping our values, beliefs, behaviors, and understanding of social norms through interactions and exposure to their respective expectations and rules. 

Key points about these institutions: 

Family:

Considered the most significant early socializing agent, where children first learn basic social norms and values from parents and siblings. 

Education System:

Schools teach not only academic skills but also social behaviors, discipline, and societal expectations through curriculum and interactions with peers and teachers. 

Peer Groups:

Friends and social circles exert strong influence on behavior, especially during adolescence, shaping social norms and identity through peer pressure and shared experiences. 

Religion:

Religious institutions provide moral codes, rituals, and community that can significantly influence personal values and behaviors. 

Media:

Mass media like television, news, and social media shape perceptions of reality and social issues, often reinforcing existing societal norms or introducing new trends. 

Government:

Laws, policies, and regulations set societal parameters and expectations, influencing how individuals behave within a community. 

Workplace:

Professional environments contribute to social learning by establishing workplace culture, expectations of behavior, and career goals.

The Game is won and lost between the ears,  and if you aren’t playing in THAT space, you’re losing.

This woman is only 34 years old, and her message is VERY clear.  If you don’t like your life, change your programming. Period.

Rewire your brain.