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once we learned it, our lives were transformed. And once you

learn it, watch what happens. Welcome to think Be it the

podcast. I'm Kelly Hatfield.

And I'm John Michell. So today, we've got a

topic that I think you guys will find interesting. You know, life

is all about growing, and, and evolving intellectually. And so

my, the topic today is really, do you have a system for

growing? And do you have a system for reviewing what you've

learned in the past. And with that, as the subject I'll share

with you, sort of my system, and Kelly, then utilise yours, but

you know, so I have a system where I pick basically three,

three podcasts that I follow, you know, that are relative to

entrepreneurs and, and to sports coaches. And so I have three

different podcasts that I follow. And every Monday, I look

and see what episodes what new episodes are there. And I pick

two specific episodes out of those three different podcasts.

And I listen to the episodes during the week. But, and that's

how it evolves every week for me. And I, I send myself an

email, those episodes that I'm going to listen to on Monday, so

that I really start listing, Monday at lunch, and then

through the end of the week. But the other thing I am big on is,

is recording what I'm learning. And I have a place that when I

like read a book, I'll take notes, and then I'll record the

notes in this particular file that I have. And so I'm tracking

what I'm learning. And, and lately, I've been tracking what

I've been learning every week by looking at what I'm writing in

my thinking tablet, which is this technique of thinking two

times a week. But that's how I do it. And so Kelly, tell us how

you do it. And then I want to talk a little deeper about why,

you know, reviewing what you're learning is important. So how do

you how do you do it.

So I've got part of what I do each week. So I

have a review that I do each week, and it's part of my

planning session for the following week. So um, whatever

I listened to, as far as the you know, whether it's a podcast, or

whether it was a specific training that I did, or, you

know, we've got a monthly learning team learning growth

session that we do. And so it could be the download from that.

But basically, I'll use voice notes while I'm listening to it.

Because a lot of the time I'm doing something like getting

ready in the morning, or I'm on the treadmill. So something

really like jumps out at me. I'm like, Okay, I need to, I need to

be thinking about that more deeply. I'm using I'm putting it

into my thinking session, you know, it might even be an

episode that I will go back. And because I'll timestamp it like,

Okay, I need to come back to 10 minutes and 30 seconds, because

everything from there for the next five minutes was like

really the essence of what I want to be thinking more deeply

about. Right? And so I go through that process during the

week and then on Sunday, I'm looking at okay, when I did my

thinking session, were there any like what action items were

there? You know, what were my takeaways do any of those need

to go on to my calendar for the next week, as far as planning is

concerned? Or so I'm looking at it. I haven't been looking at it

specifically in terms of what did I learn? It's more so okay,

like what were my key takeaways? And then if there were any

action items as a result of this thinking sessions, am I moving

this project forward or what I learned forward? Or how do I

move it forward by getting it on Mike? calendar and making the

space for the following week. So that's kind of my process.

Right? You know, I think probably when people

hear how we do it, they're like, whoa, that's, that's way too

complicated for me. And but it doesn't have to be, you know,

you're listening to two people that are serious growers, you

know, but you do have to have a simple system, quote, unquote,

system to grow. Such as, you know, setting up what you're

gonna grow, what you're gonna listen to, at the start of the

week, and then listen to it. By the way, that's pretty simple.

And that's powerful. But one of the things I've sort of see,

though, is that once you learn something, oftentimes you'll

forget it unless you go back, and, and read it again. And so

that's the next iteration to growing is, is capturing those

really powerful things you're learning and review them. And,

and it sticks in my head, this idea that, that it's better to

read one great book 10 times than 10, good books. And, and

I'm big believer in that. And so along that lines, you have to,

you have to record those things that you're learning so that,

you know, like I do it once a quarter, the first week of the

new quarter, I'm gonna go back and review all the notes I had

for the past quarter, and probably for the past year. And,

and it's pretty powerful. And I was and as we launched into this

whole idea I was this week looking at what I learned last

quarter, and I think the most powerful thing I learned was

what we had a podcast episode on this a while back, where you

have to tune in to reality. Because reality is the the most

efficient way things work. And so if you, you know, don't tuned

in or reality, let's, let's say you're in a business, and you're

sort of going along, but you're oblivious to are we getting more

sales are? Are more and more leads coming in? Or is the

opposite having happening, fewer leads are coming in, you know,

you've got to tune in to reality, and see, what is it

telling you, you may not like it. But the sooner you tune in

to reality, and adjust your behavior so that the results

that reality is giving you are more favorable, you're always

going to struggle, and I never, I never really got this as deep

as I do today. What do you think was this past? Say, since the

start of the year? What do you think, is the biggest lesson

you've gotten?

I would think and listen, I know, I knew this,

you know, but common sense isn't always common practice. Right?

So, um, you know, one of the key things for me, is really, I've

been able to exponentially change and I've got a great

mindset. But you know, honestly, um, you know, with everything

that's been going on in the world, and with, you know, just

all of this uncertainty, and, you know, we know that our, we

naturally are fearful, you know, our brains are geared for that.

And so, for me, it was, I got rid of every news, social media,

app, anything on my phone, I limit my intake of the news,

because I want to stay informed, doesn't need to be on in the

office, it doesn't need to be on in the background, filling my

brain with anxiety and everything, even though maybe

I'm not really listening to it, your brain is yeah, there. You

know. So I think turning that off, being very intentional

about how I consume those things, and at what time of day,

and like really dialing that in, because the life, the role of an

entrepreneur, of a business owner of it, like it's all a bit

what's happening in your mind, in your mindset. And so really

protecting that protecting what you're allowing the input that

you're allowing into your life and into your, you know, your

brain. And so, and I again, I knew these things, but you just

fall into some old patterns. And, you know, so back into my

visualization it went so that I could correct some of that

behavior that was just fine on autopilot. And it made a huge

difference.

Yeah, that's, that's great. I completely agree

with you. I mean, it goes back to what we were talking about a

while ago, you know, life is a state of mind. Yep. And so how

are you controlling your state of mind? Yep. You know, the

other thing that I noticed that was a big one for me last

quarter was that just the pure power of doing what you say

you're going to do, and how, as you and I have learned, and

coaching people, you know, everybody says they do what they

say they're going to do. And then when they when you really

sort of dig a little deeper, oftentimes, you see that they're

doing it, maybe 40% of the time. And, and this is such an aha

moment with people. And it's sort of a good or a bad thing,

you know, they discover that they're not doing it, and they

feel bad about it. But then, you know, you teach them how that if

now you're conscious of doing what you say you're going to do,

it'll make them way more conscious about what they say

they will, they will do, and then they'll actually do it.

And, and, of course, it's easy to articulate this in our life

GPS template, and that, you know, I do what I say, I'm going

to do both with myself and other people. But I see that when

people really embrace this, they typically get twice as much done

from just that mindset shift. Right?

Absolutely. Well, you know, we talk about

how precious life is, you know, and, you know, so when you're

very intentional, you know, about and having a sense of

urgency about life, about what you say yes to, and this goes

back to what you were just talking about the things that

you commit to doing and following through and doing them

the thing, you know, you begin to filter everything through

that, like, Hey, listen, is this aligned with you? No, no, can I

really get this done in the time limit? No. So So you start

editing, the things you're saying yes to, and then watch

what happens as far as momentum, if you're really have a lot of

clarity around what your goals are, what you want, you know,

what you want to achieve, how you want to show up, you know,

and then you start planning and acting in alignment with that,

and then keeping your word to yourself, the momentum, you

know, it just happens so quickly, and you get so much

more done. Because you're not doing all that fluffy stuff that

you shouldn't have said yes to to begin with. And then you're

not diluting any of your energy by being stressed about the fact

you've committed to something that you really aren't going to

do, you know, or you haven't done and you've let somebody

down, and there's this whole cascade that happens that just

shifts your energy and slows everything down. And so when you

do this, the way you just get on with that keeping your word to

yourself, oh my gosh, right. It's just everything.

Right? You know, using our technique, one of the

things I noticed is, is, of course, I feel big time guilt.

If I don't do something I say I'm gonna do, which is great.

You know that guilt is a powerful thing. And so I'm glad

it's there. But if if I actually see that I didn't do something I

said, I'm going to do, I'm going to by God do it the next time.

And if I see that I it doesn't happen again. I'm going to

change the wording in my visualization in terms of what

I'm how I'm saying it, because evidently, my subconscious mind

doesn't like how I'm saying it or doesn't appreciate the

importance of whatever it is.

It's John, it's so interesting that you say that

because in my life, GPS or visualization, I change the

wording to be I'm deliberate. And intentional about what I say

yes. And what I say no to. Yeah. So like, now I've trained myself

that in the moment, I rarely will give somebody an answer. I

slow down because my, my autopilot that 95% subconscious

happens subconsciously would be to just right in the moment.

Right? Well, that gets me nowhere. So by saving that

space, then I'm able to slow down and say, okay, here are my

goals. Here's really let me get a realistic picture. Is this

aligned? Does this make sense for me to, to commit to this?

And then I can circle back with the person and say no,

graciously, you know, I agree to do it. But I'm deliberate and

intentional. And by using those specific words, those words work

for me. You know, so I love that just again, those little nuances

where you can shift something and it makes all the difference

in the world.

Right. You know, one final thing that that that

that's interesting that I observed about life is how

beneficial, the wisdom of other people can be relative to your

life. And I was thinking I was watching this new show on on

Apple TV about Boris Becker remember, Boris Becker, the

tennis player, you know, he ended up, you know, when he won

Wimbledon a couple of times, and he, but he ended up going to

jail for tax fraud. And, and it's an interesting story. But I

remember and I don't know if I've ever told you this. But,

you know, my claim to fame in high school was, I won the

district's singles title in tennis, three years in a row,

which nobody, nobody had had, of course, this is for Texas,

Catholic high schools, which you know, means, you know, probably

any public school school kid could beat me, but, you know, I

wanted three years in a row the district and was second in the

state. And, and, you know, I never really took tennis at all

that serious, I was naturally good at it. Because when I was

in seventh and eighth grade, a friend of mine, and I just

played all the time, and we were just, we just got good. And my

main sport was football. But I'm watching this Boris Becker

thing. And I'm like, Boy, I tell you, you know, I would have

loved or somebody in my life to come to me and say, Now, John,

how it first of all, how important is tennis to you. Let

me point out something to you, you're going to be as good as

you make yourself good is not going to be how talented you

are. It's how hard you work to be good at tennis. That's what's

gonna determine it. And I know if if I heard that I would like,

well, I thought, I just thought some people more gifted. Know

that, that is generally not the case. It's who's working the

hardest. And, and, you know, I also would have probably told

myself, that, look who your coach is, he's the algebra

teacher. And he's Tom, really, you're not really a, you know,

tennis coach, if you're serious about this, get a real coach.

And, and I see how transformative sort of those two

little piece of his pieces of advice would have been. And I

would have been a much better tennis player than I was, but

also see how that plays out in people's lives. Like what you

and I teach people. And we've, we've seen it, you know, once

they get it, it's like, Whoa, it's a whole new perspective, a

whole new level of, of happiness and success from doing this

thing that somebody teaches them to do, that they had to learn

from the top book in the world on success. But you know, the

point of it, is that the wisdom of other people can change your

life. So,

absolutely, no, I think it's so important.

There's no and there's no need to reinvent the wheel. And the

cool thing is, is that we live in a time now, where you got

access to like, anything you want to learn. And, like, you

can get advice from the people at the top of their game, you

know, by Googling, you know, and doing some search searches and

starting to get that input of, you know, mentorships and

mentorship from afar and again, the wisdom of others. So no, I

love this, John, it's such a great, it's so important to, you

know, understand that.

And I'll also say chat GPT is going to change the

world. I say that with 100% confidence. I just had been

learning about chat GPT through Darren Hardy, and I'm giving it

to the 17 head coaches at the University of Texas. And

justice, just what you said, you know, you can Google it. Well,

the next evolution of googling it is using chat GPT to learn

things. So buckle up, because it's, it's coming on strong.

With that said, we'll see you next time.

Thanks for listening today. If you've had

your own aha moment from today's episode, send me or John an

email. We'd love to share your epiphany with our audience. So

email us at Kelly@thinkitbeit.com or

John@thinkitbeit.com. In the meantime, live the exceptional