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Living With Integrity: The Path to True Freedom

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Telling a lie is something that we have all done. Sometimes it has been in a harmless way, like telling a little white lie to protect someone’s feelings. Other times it can be something much more serious. Lying can be a way to avoid trouble, avoid stressful situations, a way to protect ourselves, or maybe even protect our ego. No matter what the reason, lying always has consequences. And one of the greatest consequences is the loss of our freedom.

You see, every time we lie, we need to remember and maintain that lie. From that moment forward we now must waste our mental energy to make sure that every future conversation that we have actually supports that lie. Now imagine if you do this more than once. You now have multiple lies to remember and maintain. That is exhausting, and you now become a slave to that the story of lies.

And it’s important to remember that you can lie with your mouth, and you can lie with your mind. It’s not just the lies that come out of our mouth. It’s also the lies that we keep inside our head that keep us shackled and prevent us from being free.

To have a truly fulfilling life, we must live with integrity. Integrity is the cornerstone of freedom. We can find comfort and feel at ease when we maintain our integrity because we can now be who we really are. We no longer have to be slaves worrying about maintaining false narratives and remembering lies.

And yes, living with integrity requires patience, effort, and self-control, but once we are 100% committed to it, it also makes our decision making a lot easier.  We no longer have to fight the battle of deciding to do what is right. We just do it. And that is true freedom. The mental energy we wasted on lies, can now be used on living, loving, and enjoying life.

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Focusing On Your Goals – Lesson Learned From A Blurry Photo

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Hey, this is Marcelo and this is something that I know we can all relate to because we have all done it. 

We have all taken pictures. Whether we have used a standalone camera or our smartphone, we have all been able to capture a moment in time. 

No, I’m not a photographer and this is not a photography lesson, but hear me out for a second and this will all make sense. 

When taking a picture and looking through the viewfinder of our camera, we sometimes may notice that the image may be blurry and out of focus. So we adjust the lens, maybe change the position of the camera, adjust the lighting; we do what we have to in order to ensure that our action of snapping that photo will give us the best result possible. 

If we don’t take the time, make the appropriate adjustments, and really focus on the end result that we want, we’re going to snap that photo and end up with something that we can’t use and that we’re not happy with. 

This is very similar to how in life we all have our personal dreams and goals. And sometimes we’ll get to the finish line and look at our results just to realize that our photo is blurry. 

Too often we set our goals and dreams without really focusing on what we actually want. We are too vague with our goals, or sometimes we do things just because others are doing it or because others want us to do it. 

When setting your goals, first of all, make sure it’s something that YOU want. Once you establish that, then take the time to adjust the lens, make sure the lighting is correct, and make sure that your goal is 100% in focus and looking amazing. 

It’s your goal and it deserves the best shot possible!

If you don’t do this, you’re going to go ahead and take action, spend time, and exert energy; all to just end up with a result that you’re not happy with. 

And then you start the cycle over and over again. There’s no need for it. Just be clear on what you want from the very beginning, and that beautiful photo (you know, your dreams/ your goals) that you’ve been trying to capture will become a lot easier to achieve than you think. 

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Are Your Roots Strong Enough?

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Much like a tree without strong roots, we will fall over if we grow to high. It’s the adversities that we face in life that strengthen our roots and help us to grow further and stronger!

Instead of running away from life’s problems, face them head on and let them strengthen you.

Loss Is An Illusion

Tony Robbins Says Loss Is An Illusion – Is This True?

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I once heard Tony Robbins speaking to a lady who had recently experienced a loss in her life. For obvious reasons she was hurt. What Tony said to her surprised me at first. What he said to her was, “loss is an illusion.”

We all have experienced a form of loss in our lives and we know that it can be painful and it sure feels real. So how can this possibly be an illusion?

Hope this video helps to answer this question…

Fear and faith have in common

What Does Fear and Faith Have in Common?

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What does fear and faith have in common? They both deal with a future that hasn’t happened yet. The difference is that fear focuses on the negative future. While faith focuses on the positive future. The beautiful thing is that it’s our choice what we want to focus on. Neither the negative future nor the positive future has happened yet. So if it’s our choice, why not focus on the better of the two options?

 
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Are Your Dreams YOURS?!?

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We are often told to follow our dreams, right?

But are your dreams really YOURS?

Many of us have been pursuing dreams. It could be in our careers, our finances, our relationships, etc. But sometimes the dreams that we’re pursuing are tings that we may like and wouldn’t mind having or doing, but they may not actually be things that we’re 100% passionate about.

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Yin & Yang Misconception

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Many of us see yin and yang as being opposites (good and bad, hot and cold, happy and sad, etc), but the truth is that yin and yang are actually complements of one another. 

 

If you think about it, hot and cold are simply the extremes of the full experience of what we call temperature. And if we didn’t have one, we wouldn’t have the other. They both play an essential role. How else would we create warm, if we didn’t have a little bit of both?

 

So just a little food for thought. Our world seems to be very divisive right now. We have become either boiling hot or freezing cold. Let’s try to remember the beauty of the warmth that we once experienced and never forget that it takes both, a little bit of hot and a little bit of cold to make it happen. 

Improving Your Self Talk For New Years

The Power Of Self Talk & Your New Year Goals

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Here come those new year resolutions. Everybody is setting new goals envisioning their success, but why is it that the majority of these goals are very short lived?

This is Marcelo and I’m going to share with you something that most of us are doing that is automatically setting us up for failure. 

Scientists have discovered that our thoughts can physically change our brain structure; how are brain is wired.

Our brain is changing every day, but unfortunately it’s not always for the better. We are bombarded with negativity and to top it all off, many of us have become experts at negative self talk. Add these all together and we have formed some horrible patterns in our head that do an excellent job at keeping us away from achieving our goals. 

The good news is that we can absolutely change these patterns and rewire our brains. 

Now keep in mind that our thoughts drive our emotions which then influence our behavior. 

So right around New Years our self talk goes a little something like…

“This year I will lose weight.”

“This year I am going to make money.”

“This year I will improve my health.”

Now these things sound pretty damn positive and awesome, right?

Unfortunately, this is exactly where most of us are going wrong.

“This year I will lose weight.”

“This year I am going to make money.”

These are powerful statements, but they are only good enough to get us started, at best.

This self talk gets the wheel turning; it puts us into motion, but unfortunately it does not keep us in motion. 

Let me show you how we can easily modify these statements to make them 100 times more effective. 

But first let me preface this by saying that as humans we tend to procrastinate whenever possible; especially when we have to do things we don’t like. 

So when we use the words “will” or “going to” we are talking about something in the future. We are already subconsciously granting ourselves a little leeway, a little wiggle room; which the procrastination side of us loves. 

“Oh, I can do it tomorrow.” 

And then tomorrow becomes the day after, the day after becomes next week, and so on and so on. And this is why by the end of the year most of us haven’t accomplished any of our goals; because we are still stuck in “I will” mode. 

But what if we changed “I will” to “I am”?

So instead of saying, “This year I will lose weight.” Let’s say, “This year I am losing weight.”

Instead of saying, “This year I am going to make money.” Let’s say, “This year I am making money.”

Such a subtle change makes a big difference when it comes to breaking our old thought patterns and forming new ones where we don’t leave any room for procrastination. 

Use assertive statements to put yourself in the action right now. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. Drop your I wills, drop your I am going tos. 

Start changing your self talk to the present, to in-the-moment. 

Look at the difference between, “I will be happy.” And “I am happy.”

When you say, “I will be happy”, you are leaving room for sadness, for anger in the present. 

But with “I am happy”, that’s it, there’s no room for anything other than happiness in the right now. You are not putting off happiness till tomorrow, you are taking care of it right now!

So start making these small yet powerful changes in your self talk, and see just how much better your 2021 is going to be!

Think before you speak

Think Before You Speak

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It’s amazing how we can be careless with our choice of words. Too often we let our emotions do the talking and not realize the impact that our words have on others, especially those closest and dearest to us.

In just a few moments our words are so powerful that they can change someone’s life forever. Think before you speak!

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Words Are Like Water

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Would you agree that words are a lot like water?

Water can create life, it can create electricity, it’s an essential part of our health and we use it every day.

But water can also create massive damage, destruction, and sometimes even death.

So how are words a lot like water?

Well, words can be very beautiful and fill us with enthusiasm and life, but words can also be very mean and harmful and drain the enthusiasm and life right out of us.

And just like water, we use words every day. It’s how we communicate with others, and just as important it’s how we communicate with ourselves.

We may not have control over what people say to us, but we sure have control over what we say to others, and to ourselves.

Now why is that important??

Well, words create images in our mind.

These images impact our emotions.

These emotions impact our actions.

And our actions generate consequences.

Therefore our words play an integral part in the consequences we deal with in life.

Harness the power of words to nurture and create beautiful consequences, not consequences that will lead to regret.

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