Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick - One From The Vault - Bargained for - Episode 82

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Starting point is 00:01:26 This is bargained for. But let's go over some dragon thoughts just to warm things up. So I wrote this down this morning in my warm up in preparation for this. And it's always interesting how relevant and connected they are to. my journal entry because it's a warm-up. It says, great morning universe. Today, I choose to be abnormal, not in the sense that will cause negative results, more outside of the ordinary, I mean, extraordinary perhaps. Why? Well, after 51 years of experience, that's me, I've just never found ordinary of any value in leveraging my goals. There was a time when my

Starting point is 00:02:12 current reality would have been perceived as impossible and abnormal. My current reality at one time was perceived as impossible and abnormal, deeply distant from ordinary. However, today, I have come to terms that this once extraordinary state has become my new ordinary, my new mediocre, as it's running on autopilot right now. It's quite boring. to be honest with you. So it's time to set my sights on a new impossible, abnormal place, a place that I can't simply try to get to. Remember, the difference between try and triumph is a little umph. This place will require an all-in, never quit, no matter what, discipline and drive. It will, for the most parts suck, but I've learned to embrace the suck, until that day that I notice that I've

Starting point is 00:03:14 gotten comfortable once again living in a state that the old me would have perceived as abnormal. Anyone feel the urge to join me in leveling yourself up to you 2.0? Well, feel free to reach out and run with me. So this is bargained for. What does it mean when we get more than we bargained for? When we bargain, do we bargain for less or do we not see what's possible? Think about the word bargain and think about what you're bargaining for in life. What's the difference between bargaining and dreaming? Because we have a struggle with both of them sometimes. We can dream small or big too.

Starting point is 00:03:57 When we bargain with our dreams, who is placing the limitations on our dreams? When you bargain with your dreams, who's putting the limitations on them, the universe or is it you? The universe of possibilities? Is it between that and you, right? Or is it you that's bargaining, right? It's coming from you. So we can reach a destination that's beyond our wildest dreams as well. So that's what's cool about dreaming big is sometimes you reach a destination that's beyond what you bargain for. If we allow that excess potential in, this can take place. By definition, to bargain refers to an agreement between two or more entities, and that could be you and another person or you and another idea or thought, including your potential, two or more entities as to

Starting point is 00:04:47 what each party is willing to do for the other in exchange for something in return of value. Typically, the process of bargaining is about getting more for doing less. Take a look at that right now. whenever you're bargaining with yourself, the universe, or someone else, you're always trying. That's the nature of a bargain. You're always trying to get more for doing less. This could get sticky. So when you bargain with your potential success or fulfillment, who is the other party that

Starting point is 00:05:21 you're bargaining with? Just become conscious of that. Can you see that you're bargaining with this learned limitation that you've been programmed with of the average success rates of society. You're basing the bargain on what you've learned, right? This is another form of what the Stoists say. In Stoicism, they refer to this as learned helplessness. So why execute the bargain? Is it a fear of failure or even more powerful a fear of success, which we usually interpret with the word overwhelm? Why do we only ask or state what our proposed outcome will be. There's the limitation. There's the bargain. Do we need approval or are we just trying to

Starting point is 00:06:04 show the universe or God that we're being realistic or refraining from greed? I know some people get caught up in that. This is what's referred to as outshining in one of my top five all-time books that I've read by Gay Hendricks called The Big Leap. Definitely recommend that. I'll put that in the notes. The very nature of the bargain comes from the expectations that we've been programmed to accept these limitations because they are within reason. Very, very dangerous to do that. And that's why people struggle dreaming big. So we tend to have a silent conversation with the universe and godly powers that states an exchange of services, behaviors, and efforts for a reasonable outcome. Are you trying to be reasonable? Are you reasonable in your goal setting right now?

Starting point is 00:06:53 Well, that is living an ordinary life. So we do this with our potential as well with God. We say things like this. I swear, God, and I guess we're not supposed to say that, I'll never drink again if you help me get through this tough time. Or I'm going to follow, this is your conversation with you, I'm going to follow my nutrition and exercise plan for 30 days in exchange for a 10-pound loss. What we don't know at that time of the bargain,

Starting point is 00:07:22 and this is the value of putting that hard, inconvenient work in. What we don't know at the time of that bargain is how powerful and impactful the results and value will be from the work that we do outside of the one-dimensional outcome that we set. See, that's why it's important to dream big, and guess what, it's free and you're allowed to do it. Why not dream big? Why not be excessive, obsessive, and out of the ordinary. It's where growth takes place. not to mention the fact that taking a step forward towards your goal takes you to a place where you can

Starting point is 00:07:58 move to the next step and build something called momentum. Typically during the bargain, we're not thinking about that and identifying that. This is why you're allowed to dream big. Because when you take a step forward, even one step, you become somebody that can take another step. You can see something else. It's called peak to peak. Once you get to the top of one mountain, your one dimensional goal, can see the top of the next mountain. And you can build momentum as well as gain confidence and clarity, evolve into a new you. This is how we acquire more than we bargain for. Are you open today to acquire more than you bargain for? So bargain away, but my hope for you today is that you become open and curious to the fact that you will most certainly get more than you bargain for

Starting point is 00:08:45 if you contend for your dreams and push into that inconvenient, hard work with red, radical responsibility today. Make sense? Makes sense.

Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick - One From The Vault - Bargained for - Episode 82

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