The School of Greatness - 579 Live in Abundance with JJ Virgin

Episode Date: December 21, 2017

"THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS START EVERY SINGLE DAY IN GRATITUDE.” Every day we limit ourselves without even realizing it. So many times, we think we are reaching for the stars, but we aren’t even reaching for the trees. On a previous episode, we were joined by JJ Virgin, who gave me some great advice on how we can all change our mindset. It all starts with looking at what we want, and thinking if it’s really big enough. Listen this episode and she breaks down simple ways you can open your mind and switch from living in a scarcity mindset to living in an abundance mindset in just a few moments, on Episode 579. How to move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset (1:05) Ways we limit ourselves (2:39) The importance of Gratitude (3:08) Why you need coaches (4:05) Plus much more...

This is 5-Minute Friday! JJ Virgin is one of the nation's foremost celebrity nutritionist experts, public speaker, and media personality. Her 25 years in the health and fitness industry, the past 10 in holistic nutrition and functional medicine have earned jj recognition as the go-to weight loss expert who can unlock the door to lifelong weight management through her sensible no-fail approach to nutrition and fitness now she's worked with some of the biggest performance athletes ceos a-list celebrities from around the world. She's appeared on major media shows like Dr. Phil, ABC's Extreme Makeover, and many others. She's also a four-time New York Times bestselling author, podcast host. Guys, she has done it all.

How do we move from a scarcity mindset to abundance mindset? How do we move from a scarcity mindset to abundance mindset? How do we? How do we? I actually have a really crazy exercise that I take people through that someone took me through. I had a mentor in my 20s that had me do this silly exercise. So she has you take out a sheet of paper and write down everything you want and fill it up. Like physical things or achievements or… Physical things. So I want this car, she says, I don't care, you know, just be materialistic.

You know, what kind of vacations, jewelry, shoes, everything, write it all down, fill up the paper. And I still remember sitting in the room. I remember where I was writing it down. And I remember the things I wrote on there. I wanted a teal green Jaguar. And I wanted a condo in Maui. And I thought I was like thinking huge, big, big, big. Okay. So then she says, all right, so tell me what's on your list. Right.

And there's a bunch of us in here, but she was my mentor. So I'm like listening out. She goes, oh, that's great. So I just have a question for you on the Jaguar. So why just one? And I said, well, I don't need more than one. She goes, I didn't ask you what you needed. So that condo in Maui, like why just a condo? And I go, okay, I'll take a house.

She goes, well, why did you want a condo? She goes, well, you know, I don't need that much. She goes, no, this is not what you need. Just why not the house? And I go, well, why did you want a condo? She goes, well, you know, I don't need that much. She goes, no, this is not what you need. Just why not the house? And I go, okay, house. She goes, well, why not like Maui? And it was like crazy when you start to realize that we limit ourselves every – we always do it, right? So just that way of starting to go, huh, am I –

Physical possessions, yes. Yeah, I mean, and that's just a sign of it. I mean, if you do it in one, the way you do one thing is the way you do everything, right? But I'll tell you that to me, and I always look at this, this is going to be my vegetable analogy because in health, I think, gosh, so many things would just get better if people would just get a good night's sleep and eat more vegetables. A lot of stuff gets better. You know, we're so worried about it.

Am I getting enough of this micronutrient? I'm like, eat your vegetables, right? Gratitude is to vegetables, you know, right? It's like gratitude. We think of vegetables for health and gratitude for personal development. You want to get more resilient. You know, you want to change your life. The best thing that you can do is start every single day in gratitude.

And when I looked back and went, what helped me get through all of this stuff in the hospital? The biggest thing was making sure I had my morning routine dialed. And every day it was get up and what are my things I'm grateful for? Three things, write them down. And find something. Right? Find something. If you're like, I don't have anything.

I'm like, you're awake. You're alive. Yeah. Your eyes are open. You can do it. Right. Right? Find something. If you're like, I don't have anything. I'm like, you're awake. You're alive. Yeah. Your eyes are open. You can do it. Yeah. So, those are some of the things. I've built the lessons.

But that was the big question mark is, could this be teached without you having to go through all this stuff? Right? But here's the other thing is, you never know when this stuff's going to happen. Never know. And are you ready? And how do you get ready? Well, you have to lean into fear. You have to do things that scare you. You have to get out of your comfort zone. So, and you have to actively

pursue that, otherwise you won't, which is why I think it's great to have coaches and support communities that all cheer you on from going and doing the hard things. Because in life, we tend to shy away from doing the hard things.