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Start Your Transformation Now
OK, OK, so you read the headline and you were probably thinking, “Jim, what the heck is wrong with you?”
I totally get it and I don’t want you to have the kind of STD that most people dread, I want you to have another kind, well, the acronym with the letters – STD.
What does STD stand for? Easy: Surrender, Trust and No Doubt and that’s the topic this week.
In this episode I talk about:[1:16] What my definition of surrender, trust and doubt are[4:23] How control is woven into not wanting to surrender[5:19] Your greatest cause of unhappiness[7:30] Accepting what “is” in life[8:37] The energy waste of “fighting” one’s self[19:08] Allowing yourself to trust your unconscious mind[24:58] Why you can trust your unconscious mind and the universe[33:02] Trusting all is well and not doubting yourself[35:45] And, letting go of the illusion of control
I’ve never been a “control freak,” per se but I used to get into my share of control, and it’s toxic and debilitating. You probably already know that it’s just a complete energy drain and it exhausts you.
In this episode, it’s my intent to ask you to take a look at yourself and to look at the ways you’re trapped in control and maybe don’t even know it.
When you live from the paradigm I propose in this episode, STD, life becomes so much easier and free.
Listen, apply, and enjoy!
Transformational Takeaway Control is an illusion and when you get into the illusion of control you are controlled by the illusion of control.
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