Here is what happened today. Woke up at 4:50 in a daze mid dream. Reset alarm for 5:00. Laid on the couch. I then woke up at 5 an turned alarm off. Laid my head back down and boom 5:30 right there. The me from a week ago would have said fuck it. And just went right to bed.

This is the story that went through my head,

Hey, YOU, yea you probably feel tired because you were stuck in a dream. Finish that dream off and wake up in ten minutes. It will be fine and still within our goal. Don’t worry man. Just set the alarm you will wake up and not feel tired in ten minutes.

So I listened to my weak self. The one that wants to take the easy road. I am just happy I did not fall asleep for a  couple hours.That would have potentially ruined my day.

What are some of the stories people tell themselves to stay where they are in life?

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They will just say no!

That is a big one. The big one if you ask me. It is the major preventative measure people set on themselves. If you already know the answer to questions then you never need to ask the question! How many times have you not asked out a girl? Nah, she will just say no.

How many times have you not asked for a raise? He, will just say NO! And then probably fire me for asking!

The good part of knowing what they will say is that you are psychic, stupid. So now you will be rich because you now can probably accurately get the lottery numbers and will never need to ask for the stuff again people will ask you.

It probably won’t work!

You are right! again. IT won’t work because you will not even try. IT 100% will never work if you don’t give it a go. So you never do. I never do.

“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry our their dream.” Les Brown

You see because of fear, or just laziness people never try. It is always easier to stay the same. AT FIRST!

I am not good enough!

I don’t deserve what I have. I am not good enough. I am not good enough for my partner! Turn that into a question!

Am I not good enough for my partner?

I am not good enough to perform here! Wait these people paid to see this.

Am I not good enough to perform here?

You see. If you are with someone, they are choosing to be with you too I you have a certain job, or are an artist, people chose you too.

Little story about how this can play out.

Little movie in you head. A little boy , only child for now, starts growing up. And he hears no a lot in his life. His parents are lazy or too young, or both. So,he learns to stop asking for things. Then a little brother comes along. He is new in the world. He has no preconceptions. Doesn’t know that he shouldn’t ask yet. So, he asks for things. And he gets them. The big brother now feels very left out and unimportant. Feels almost snubbed. Ever time his little brother gets something that he assumed he wouldn’t get. Now he feels like he is being treated unfairly. Almost, like the little brother is blessed in some way, and always gets what he wants.

Big brother is set in his ways already and is only 8 years old. Already knows that he should’t ask for things, or to go to fiends house, or if he can have things in the house. The little brother had no idea he wasn’t supposed to ask. None at all. So he just did what he thought. And it worked.

It is no different than the study done with the monkeys and the electric pole with the bananas on the top. Shock enough monkeys and they will never try again. Not only that they will not even let new monkeys try. To protect them. To protect the new guy they will pull him off the pole and not let him get shocked. The same way you will hear the big brother say to the little brother”they’re probably gonna say no!”, or ” You’re just going to get in trouble”. He is just trying to protect the little brother. And his own jealousy.

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