1 00:00:07,274 --> 00:00:09,614 Well, Hey everybody, Jonathan Doyle with you. 2 00:00:09,614 --> 00:00:11,624 Once again, welcome to the daily podcast. 3 00:00:11,624 --> 00:00:12,284 Hope you're doing well. 4 00:00:12,284 --> 00:00:14,174 Wherever you are listening in the world. 5 00:00:14,174 --> 00:00:15,734 I'm just going to jump straight in. 6 00:00:15,734 --> 00:00:17,234 Please make sure you've subscribed. 7 00:00:17,654 --> 00:00:18,464 If you like what you hear. 8 00:00:18,734 --> 00:00:19,844 If it's helpful. 9 00:00:20,384 --> 00:00:21,584 And please make sure you've subscribed. 10 00:00:21,614 --> 00:00:25,184 There should be a link flooding around here to book a free 30 minute. 11 00:00:25,724 --> 00:00:27,314 Coaching call with me. 12 00:00:27,314 --> 00:00:30,464 If you want to work on your business, some other area of your life, something that's 13 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:32,264 important to you and you could use some. 14 00:00:32,924 --> 00:00:35,684 Encouragement daily motivation from me personally. 15 00:00:35,684 --> 00:00:40,034 Go and book that free 30 minute zoom call anywhere in the world today. 16 00:00:40,694 --> 00:00:41,654 I'm going to jump start in. 17 00:00:41,654 --> 00:00:46,274 I want to talk to you about what I call the voice of retardation and homeostasis. 18 00:00:46,634 --> 00:00:50,084 Retardation is a word we don't tend to use very often these days, but for 19 00:00:50,084 --> 00:00:54,944 something to be retarded, it means to be held back in its development that its 20 00:00:54,944 --> 00:00:57,674 normal growth curve has been held back. 21 00:00:58,094 --> 00:01:00,554 And homeostasis of course, refers to the. 22 00:01:01,034 --> 00:01:02,504 Ancient Greek principle. 23 00:01:02,984 --> 00:01:04,064 Homeostasis. 24 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:08,444 It means that the kind of process by which something is held in its exact 25 00:01:08,474 --> 00:01:13,754 place in the human body homeostasis homeostasis refers to kind of the 26 00:01:13,754 --> 00:01:18,074 fact that in general, left to itself, our body tries to hold a regular 27 00:01:18,074 --> 00:01:20,024 heartbeat, regular blood pressure. 28 00:01:20,444 --> 00:01:23,084 You know, can you imagine if our heart rate kind of screamed around 29 00:01:23,084 --> 00:01:24,524 and jumped different sort of you. 30 00:01:24,824 --> 00:01:25,994 50 points here. 31 00:01:26,024 --> 00:01:27,134 30 points there. 32 00:01:27,764 --> 00:01:30,644 So this is kind of process by which our body is always 33 00:01:30,644 --> 00:01:32,594 trying to keep things the same. 34 00:01:32,684 --> 00:01:34,424 So I want to put these two things together. 35 00:01:34,934 --> 00:01:39,674 This force that holds us back this retarding force and this force 36 00:01:39,674 --> 00:01:41,204 that tries to keep us the same. 37 00:01:41,204 --> 00:01:42,524 It seems to be a very. 38 00:01:43,334 --> 00:01:49,484 Common human experience that growth and radical change do not seem to come 39 00:01:49,514 --> 00:01:53,354 very simply and easily in our lives. 40 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:54,284 And. 41 00:01:54,884 --> 00:01:59,114 I'm becoming aware that if you listen carefully to your inner dialogue, 42 00:01:59,144 --> 00:02:02,744 depending on your individual personality, I am very clear that all of us 43 00:02:02,744 --> 00:02:05,054 have different personal psychology. 44 00:02:05,054 --> 00:02:06,944 Some of us are optimists. 45 00:02:06,974 --> 00:02:11,354 Some of us are realists, but in general, we'll have different psychology. 46 00:02:11,774 --> 00:02:14,354 But if you start to really listen to this inner dialogue, 47 00:02:15,014 --> 00:02:16,274 You can often hear something. 48 00:02:16,274 --> 00:02:18,524 That's either doing a, trying to hold you back. 49 00:02:18,554 --> 00:02:20,324 Retarding your development. 50 00:02:20,654 --> 00:02:23,924 Or something that's trying to keep you exactly where you are. 51 00:02:24,584 --> 00:02:29,894 So, what I've begun to learn is that growth and development in our lives 52 00:02:29,954 --> 00:02:32,144 comes from getting really good. 53 00:02:32,744 --> 00:02:34,934 At recognizing that inner voice. 54 00:02:34,934 --> 00:02:39,524 How many times have I said this to you guys that I spent most of my life thinking 55 00:02:39,524 --> 00:02:42,014 that that inner voice was on our side. 56 00:02:42,014 --> 00:02:42,854 It is not. 57 00:02:43,154 --> 00:02:45,704 On our side, a lot of the time. 58 00:02:46,394 --> 00:02:51,014 Our brains evolved to do one thing and one thing only, and 59 00:02:51,014 --> 00:02:53,414 that's to keep us alive and happy. 60 00:02:53,414 --> 00:02:54,854 It's about 5:00 AM here. 61 00:02:55,424 --> 00:02:57,404 I'm going to get out of the studio in a minute and I'm going to go and 62 00:02:57,404 --> 00:02:59,054 run for probably about two hours. 63 00:02:59,534 --> 00:03:00,674 Can I tell you the truth? 64 00:03:01,094 --> 00:03:02,534 The truth is that. 65 00:03:03,014 --> 00:03:04,574 Sometimes I really don't enjoy it. 66 00:03:04,574 --> 00:03:06,254 It's dark it rain the holy yesterday. 67 00:03:06,284 --> 00:03:07,694 I think it's due to rain this morning. 68 00:03:07,994 --> 00:03:08,564 It's dark. 69 00:03:08,564 --> 00:03:09,614 It's probably raining. 70 00:03:09,944 --> 00:03:13,184 And you know, I did a run the other day, where two days 71 00:03:13,184 --> 00:03:14,714 before I'd run a half marathon. 72 00:03:14,714 --> 00:03:15,914 So I went out to do more. 73 00:03:15,914 --> 00:03:17,954 I went out to half marathons, 21 K. 74 00:03:18,344 --> 00:03:19,364 I did that on a Tuesday. 75 00:03:19,364 --> 00:03:24,254 It was a Thursday and I ran out to do, um, I wanted to do 35 K, which I did. 76 00:03:24,794 --> 00:03:25,844 But can I tell you something? 77 00:03:25,994 --> 00:03:27,374 I walked out my front door. 78 00:03:27,404 --> 00:03:28,934 I got past my letter box. 79 00:03:29,324 --> 00:03:31,424 I took literally the first step. 80 00:03:31,964 --> 00:03:32,954 And I was in pain. 81 00:03:32,954 --> 00:03:37,604 Uh, pain on both sides of my body running up through both legs. 82 00:03:37,934 --> 00:03:42,044 Uh, through my pelvis, into my lower back and what it was was inflammation. 83 00:03:42,044 --> 00:03:44,144 It was sort of inflammation from the previous day. 84 00:03:44,804 --> 00:03:48,194 So the very first step that I took was painful. 85 00:03:48,734 --> 00:03:51,674 The very last step that I took was painful. 86 00:03:52,064 --> 00:03:54,344 And I know some of you are listening, going, Jonathan, this is abuse. 87 00:03:54,374 --> 00:03:55,124 This is terrible. 88 00:03:55,124 --> 00:03:56,234 Why do you do this to yourself? 89 00:03:56,684 --> 00:03:58,124 Buddy's trying to send you a message. 90 00:03:58,724 --> 00:04:00,704 Yeah, your body's always trying to send you message. 91 00:04:00,764 --> 00:04:03,164 Most of the time, the message that it's trying to send is 92 00:04:03,494 --> 00:04:05,054 get a bag of potato chips. 93 00:04:05,204 --> 00:04:06,524 I'm going watch Netflix. 94 00:04:06,524 --> 00:04:10,604 That's the message that our body and mind likes to send us most of the time. 95 00:04:10,604 --> 00:04:11,054 Why. 96 00:04:11,744 --> 00:04:16,214 Because it's into self-preservation it's into homeostasis at best. 97 00:04:16,244 --> 00:04:18,374 And it's into retardation at worst. 98 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:20,984 The retarding force is more interesting. 99 00:04:21,014 --> 00:04:23,024 I personally think it's more diabolical. 100 00:04:23,084 --> 00:04:23,504 I think. 101 00:04:24,134 --> 00:04:25,154 I know I've got a diverse. 102 00:04:25,634 --> 00:04:29,924 Listenership here, but I think you'll all know what I mean when I say. 103 00:04:30,404 --> 00:04:32,984 That there are two forces existing in the universe. 104 00:04:32,984 --> 00:04:35,984 One that wants to see us grow, develop, and serve, and one 105 00:04:35,984 --> 00:04:37,664 that wants to send us backwards. 106 00:04:38,294 --> 00:04:40,664 And that voice plays out in our inner psyche. 107 00:04:40,664 --> 00:04:42,824 It plays out in our whole life journey. 108 00:04:43,454 --> 00:04:46,994 So today I want you to start listening for other, the voice of retardation. 109 00:04:47,414 --> 00:04:49,304 Or the voice of homeostasis. 110 00:04:49,694 --> 00:04:53,564 Those two forces are powerful, powerful forces that shape our 111 00:04:53,564 --> 00:04:55,964 destiny and really to change them. 112 00:04:55,964 --> 00:05:00,974 What you have to simply do is get really good at noticing them in the moment. 113 00:05:01,334 --> 00:05:03,434 So I woke up this morning around four ish. 114 00:05:04,214 --> 00:05:07,364 Came into the studio and, uh, yeah, as I said, everything's 115 00:05:07,364 --> 00:05:10,724 kind of like, ah, how good would it be just to go and cook bacon. 116 00:05:11,204 --> 00:05:12,134 Just bacon. 117 00:05:12,404 --> 00:05:14,324 It's to go and cook some bacon. 118 00:05:15,734 --> 00:05:18,164 And just, just lie down and read a book. 119 00:05:18,464 --> 00:05:19,424 But it's not going to happen. 120 00:05:19,724 --> 00:05:22,754 'cause I got one life and, uh, there's a lot of good stuff to do 121 00:05:22,754 --> 00:05:25,124 and they want to keep on top of these things and keep growing and 122 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:26,624 developing so I can live fully. 123 00:05:27,164 --> 00:05:27,464 All right. 124 00:05:27,464 --> 00:05:28,874 My friends, that's it for me today. 125 00:05:28,874 --> 00:05:31,334 Get good at listening to that voice, do the opposite of 126 00:05:31,334 --> 00:05:32,624 what it says most of the time. 127 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,994 And of course, there's always times for rest recovery. 128 00:05:35,414 --> 00:05:36,614 There's times where you need a break. 129 00:05:36,644 --> 00:05:37,514 Totally do that. 130 00:05:37,514 --> 00:05:38,354 I do that myself. 131 00:05:38,354 --> 00:05:40,094 Recovery is a huge part of growth. 132 00:05:40,544 --> 00:05:41,924 But that's not what I'm getting at today. 133 00:05:41,954 --> 00:05:43,064 You know what I'm getting at? 134 00:05:43,064 --> 00:05:46,364 I'm getting at that other force that wants to hold you back and 135 00:05:46,364 --> 00:05:48,074 stop you growing and developing. 136 00:05:48,194 --> 00:05:48,494 All right. 137 00:05:48,764 --> 00:05:49,904 Please make sure you're subscribed. 138 00:05:50,144 --> 00:05:52,064 Go and grab that free 30 minute coaching call. 139 00:05:52,064 --> 00:05:53,894 There should be a link on the podcast app. 140 00:05:54,344 --> 00:05:55,694 Uh, somewhere. 141 00:05:56,414 --> 00:06:01,454 If you can't find it, just email me, Jonathan, Jonathan, doyle.co dot C O. 142 00:06:01,724 --> 00:06:05,414 God bless everybody my name's jonathan doyle this has been the daily podcast you 143 00:06:05,444 --> 00:06:07,304 and i are going to talk again tomorrow