282: Always Be A Beginner
CONSISTENT by Primal Potential
Elizabeth Benton
4.9 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind begins with a powerful observation: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few".
Undoubtedly, one of the ways we keep ourselves from making progress and getting what we want is closing ourselves off to possibilities that could be the very path to progress.
One of my primary objectives within the Fat Loss Fast Track is to encourage my clients to always be a beginner. I want them to set aside any preconceived notions they have an instead listen to their bodies and find their own answers as opposed to clinging to answers they've adopted from other people.
In today's episode I'm going to talk about some of the red flags of a closed mind and how you can accelerate your progress by deciding to always be a beginner.
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Always Be A Beginner
Quotes from today's episode include:
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.
Right practice, right attitude, right understanding.
Practice without effort is not true practice. For the beginner, practice needs great effort.
If you lose the spirit of repetition, your practice will become quite difficult.
It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.
There is no other way of this life than the way of this life
Resources:
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
My #1 Fat Loss Recommendation (Journaling)
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| 0:31.0 | This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Menden. |
| 0:36.0 | Through education, motivation and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and doing, |
| 0:44.0 | so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential. |
| 0:51.0 | Let's get started. |
| 0:55.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast. |
| 0:59.0 | I am Elizabeth Menden and I'm so glad you are back. |
| 1:03.0 | Honestly, I truthfully have a huge smile on my face because as I started to hit record for this episode, |
| 1:09.0 | I was just like, damn, I am grateful for all of you. |
| 1:13.0 | I am so grateful to be able to do this, to be able to share my two cents, |
| 1:17.0 | and to be a part of your journey. Honestly, I mean, I know we communicate largely through electronic devices |
| 1:22.0 | and I'm here on this end and you're there on that end. |
| 1:26.0 | But I really care about you and where you're at and what you need and what I can do to help. |
| 1:32.0 | So I'm just genuinely happy that you're back for another episode. |
| 1:36.0 | And if you're new, you're like, what are you rambling about? |
| 1:39.0 | If you're new, well done, I'm Elizabeth. Great to meet you. |
| 1:42.0 | But honestly, I am just so tremendously beyond words grateful for every single one of you |
| 1:48.0 | and for being a part of your journey and for your trust and for the relationship that we're building together. |
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