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Today we're talking about mindset hacks, getting unstuck by changing the channel.

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Hey, you're on air with Ella where we talk motivation, mindset, personal development,

basically everything you need to get more of what you want.

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In my quest for continuous improvement and for understanding myself better so that I can live better, be better, and create better, I have come to the profound conclusion that I, that we, share a great deal in

common with a 1980s television set. Now, should you not be able to recall what a 1980s TV set was like,

just know that it consisted of a screen, an antenna, and importantly, one to two dials

to the right of the screen that were used to change the channel when your ancestors watched TV.

I will include a photograph of this ancient technology in the blog for this show for reference.

Now imagine that the screen is what people see. The antenna is receiving, constantly scanning

for inputs from the environment, and the TV itself is capable, of course, of any number of

outputs depending on what channel it is turned to. Okay, now pause on the analogy for just a moment.

I'm talking about me, but because you are a human animal too,

I think I'm talking about you. As a flawed human, I have the capacity to be angry, resentful,

indignant, exasperated, self-righteous, petty, jealous, prideful, selfish, ungrateful. you get it, the list goes on. But equally, equally,

I have the capacity to be giving, pleasant, joyful, lighthearted, humble, gracious, kind, playful,

generous, loving, even patient. That list goes on too. I used to be of the mindset that when I was

in any one of those states, any one of those emotions, I really couldn't conceive of any other state of

being. I indulged that state as though I had no dominion, no mastery over what state that I was in. Does that

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