Welcome back to the podcast. My name is Joseph Clough and this is episode 736.

Now in today's episode, episode even, we're talking about our excuses.

Now, I don't want to be too hard in this episode, but I also want you to be in a position to be able to wake up to all the opportunities around you at any given moment to make the change that you desire.

I really believe that once we free our mind from those cages that we've even been accustomed to, imprinted upon,

lumped, through our past experiences, all those kind of things, we have the ability to break free of them once we awaken

from those illusions.

Now, quite simply, in this shorter episode, I'm sure, which is being broadcasted live on

YouTube and Facebook and so on, so on, so on any of those platforms.

Ideally, YouTube, that would be awesome.

YouTube.com slash Joseph Clough, that means I get to know you and connect with you before the live recording and afterwards.

But the way I see transformation is that we have to ask ourselves some certain important

questions to be able to release us from the things that are holding us back.

Because we can build illusionary thoughts, narratives and stories that will hold us back from

living the life that we truly desire. Now to me, you may have a big goal in a dream. You might

want to make a change in your life. You may want to let go of, say, the

imposter syndrome or anxiety. You may want to be able to get something materialistic, where it be

a career advancement, becoming a business owner, where it be money, where it's relationships.

No matter what one thing that we have, and even if, or desire, and even if we know the consequence of achieving that goal is going to dramatically impact our life in the most beautiful, wonderful way, the chances are you will find unconsciously many reasons as to why you should not do that. Many excuses,

many reasons to get ourselves out of that situation or to self-sabotage in other words. So we need

to be clear upon that. We've got to recognize it because if you allow this to be just unconscious, then you're not going to really make the changes that you desire.

Those stories and narratives as to why you cannot do something will just keep on popping up in your life.

Now where do we get reasons from? Where do we get these excuses from? Well,

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