The Mindset Mentor - Ep 67 - Learn When to Give Up

Episode Date: January 22, 2016

First of all - Don't ever give up on your dreams. In this episode I talk about the value of knowing when to give up on the things that do not serve you anymore. Whether that be a job, relationship, friendships, etc. We must always know when it is good to give something or someone up in order to live the life that we truly want. Want to learn more about Mindset Mentor+? For nearly nine years, the Mindset Mentor Podcast has guided you through life's ups and downs. Now, you can dive even deeper with Mindset Mentor Plus. Turn every podcast lesson into real-world results with detailed worksheets, journaling prompts, and a supportive community of like-minded people. Enjoy monthly live Q&A sessions with me, and all this for less than a dollar a day. If you’re committed to real, lasting change, this is for you.Join here 👉 www.mindsetmentor.com My first book that I’ve ever written is now available. It’s called LEVEL UP and It’s a step-by-step guide to go from where you are now, to where you want to be as fast as possible.📚If you want to order yours today, you can just head over to robdial.com/bookHere are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYoutube

Before we dive into today's episode, if you would like a free copy of our motivational ebook called Hack Your Goals, the Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Success, go to mwfmotivation.com and download it. It's already been downloaded over a thousand times, so go ahead and get your copy now. All right, I'll get you the podcast right now. Welcome to the MWF Motivation Podcast, which I am proud to say has been rated the number one podcast in iTunes new and noteworthy in six different categories, including self-help and business, and is a podcast designed to help you grow into the best version of yourself in 10 to 20 minutes. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we'll take a life topic, break it down, discuss it, and leave you with thoughts to impact your life and mind. My name is Rob Dial, and the podcast

starts now. Welcome to the MWF Motivation Podcast. My name is Rob Dial. And if you have not yet done so, please subscribe to us. However you listen to us on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud, whatever crazy other podcast players that I don't know that are out there in this world. And if you have not yet done so, please share it with somebody. And I will tell you this, if you do not follow us on Facebook or Instagram, you might not know this, but you can follow us. It's MWF Motivation on both. We just hit 200,000 downloads last week. So I want to thank you for that. I want to thank you for sharing. And today I want to talk about giving up, which is crazy because I'm talking about how well the podcast is doing. And now I'm going to talk about giving up

because sometimes you have to give up. And as they would say in Frozen, you have to let it go. And I will tell you this. I don't mean give up on your dreams. I don't mean give up on stuff that you want in your life. Don't ever give up on stuff that you want. Don't give up on things that matter. Don't give up on your dreams. But what I'm talking about is giving up on things that are getting in your way. I know that we've all been in a situation before where we realize that we need to stop something and to give it up. But it's hard to make change. It's hard to give stuff up sometimes. And this could be anything in life. It could be a job that you're in that you hate. It could be a relationship that is holding you back from being the person that you want to life. It could be a job that you're in that you hate. It could be a relationship that

is holding you back from being the person that you want to be. It could be friends that you've known for a long time and you might love them as friends, but you might need to distance yourself from them because they're holding you back or their mindsets are not matching the mindset that you have now or the one that you want to turn into. It could be the current degree that you're pursuing if you're in college and you're saying, crap, this is not what I want, but I've spent so much time putting into this degree. Could be fears that are holding you back from being the person that you want. It could be failures that you've had in the past that have now made you feel like you can't do certain things. It could be an unhealthy lifestyle that you have. It could be the foods that you eat that are

holding you back and making you gain weight. It could be the foods that you eat that are holding you back and making you gain weight. It could be the fact that your lifestyle is not going to the gym and you know you need to give that up and start going to the gym. It could be a mindset that's holding you back. Maybe you were a shy person in the past and it's hard for you to go out and start talking to people. It could be addictions that you've had or that you currently had. It could be hatred that's inside of you that you're holding towards somebody and they probably have no freaking idea, but you have to give it up. It could be hatred or resentment towards your parents or something that they did. It could be anything that's holding you back. And I know for some of you listening

right now, not everyone, but there's some of you that are out there that have something that's holding you back from getting to the person that you want to be and becoming the person that you want to be. And it's getting in the way of making meaningful steps in your life, but you're still holding onto it and letting it get in the way, even though you know that you need to get rid of it. I'm here to tell you, whatever it is that you're going through, whatever it is that you're holding on to, at some point in time, you have to just say, screw it. There's no meaning in me holding on to this. I have to let it go. Like they say in Frozen, you have to let it go. Don't keep the BS. When it's not serving you anymore, you have to make the decision.

If it's not helping you become a better person, if it's not helping you change and grow and become better, there's no reason for it to be in your life anymore. It could be anything. And you have to ask yourself this question, is this blank helping or hindering me into evolving into the person that I want to become in the future? Is this relationship helping or hindering me? Is this job helping or hindering me? Is this friendship or lack thereof helping or hindering me? Is this fear that I'm holding in my mind that's not letting me take the next step forward, is it helping or hindering me? Is this degree that I'm pursuing helping or hindering me? Is this grudge that I'm holding on to when the other person probably doesn't even know how much it pisses me off, is it helping or hindering me? Is the mindset that I'm not good enough helping

or hindering me? Is the lifestyle that I'm currently living and pursuing, is it helping or hindering me? Is this hatred that I hold inside of myself, is it helping or hindering me? It's all different things for different people. And you might not be dealing with it right now, but there's a good chance that you will have to let something go in the future. And I'm here to tell you, if it's not serving you, it needs to go. You only get one try at this life. So why continue to waste your precious freaking time

on something that isn't serving you anymore? I understand the main reason why we hold on to something is because we're afraid of changing. Change is hard. It's scary. I get it. But nine times out of 10, change is actually a good thing. So do you need to make the change? It's a couple of things I want you to ask yourself to figure out if you're in this situation or to figure out if there's something that you need to let go of. The first one is, is this negatively affecting other areas of my life? Is this relationship, is this job, is this fear, is this mindset, whatever it is, is this negatively affecting other areas of my life? That's the first question. The second question is, is it starting to make you feel poorly about yourself? You know,

does this relationship make you feel poorly about yourself? Is the first thing you think about in the morning when you wake up and it makes you feel poorly about yourself? Is the first thing you think about in the morning when you wake up and it makes you feel poorly about yourself? And the most important one, the question I'll ask you, tell you to ask yourself is what does my gut tell me? What does my gut tell me that I need to do? Most of the time, your gut feeling is always right. And what's holding you back, what's making you not make the correct decision is what

your mind is telling you. Your gut might say, I need to break up with this person is what your mind is telling you. Your gut might say, I need to break up with this person. But your mind might tell you, well, then I'm going to be lonely and maybe I'll just hold on to him for as long as I can. So what does your gut tell you that you need to do? Your gut is almost always right. You have to trust it. So that's what I'm going to ask yourself. What does your gut tell you to do? So those questions one more time is, is this negatively affecting other areas of my life? Is it starting to make me feel poorly about myself? And what does my gut tell me?

Those are the three things. So really short episode for today. I just wanted to bring that out for you guys to think about, to listen to, to realize that you get one try at this life. Why waste your precious time, one of your only non-renewable resources on something that isn't serving you and adding value and helping you become the person that you want to be. So what I'm going to leave you with is the same way I

leave you every single episode. Make it your mission today to make somebody else's day better. I appreciate you. I hope that if something's holding you back, you can find the strength to let it go. And I hope that you have an absolutely incredible, mind-blowing, amazing freaking day. Well, that's it for today's podcast. If you want the show notes for this episode, they can be found at mwfmotivation.com. Also, if you liked this episode,

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