Declaring War On Your Thoughts, Feat. Levi Lusko, with Joel Marion – BTI 11
Born to Impact
Joel Marion
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2018
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Levi Lusko is an acclaimed global speaker, bestselling author, and the pastor of Fresh Life church, a multi-site church with campuses in Utah, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming that impacts tens of thousands of people every single Sunday.
In this episode Joel & Dan sit down with Levi to discuss his latest book, I Declare War: 4 Keys to Winning the Battle with Yourself, with an important focus on our thought life and how it impacts literally every other area of your life for good or bad.
Topics discussed include:
-Taking personal responsibility and recognizing that more often than not, we are our own worst enemy
-How “declaring war” draws a necessary line between you and the version of yourself that you do NOT want to be
-How to end self-sabotaging behavior where bad moments become bad days, or worse, a string of bad days
-The critical difference between being grateful for everything, and being grateful in everything
-The “TSA on your brain” strategy for safe-guarding your mind against unproductive thoughts that do not serve you
-The ultimate power source to tap into to ensure you are successful with overcoming a negative thought life
And so much more.
If you are going to live a positive life where you develop into the person you were born to be, you have to ruthlessly protect your thought life. This episode shows you how to do that, with clear actionable strategies... you aren’t going to want to miss it.
Even more, be sure to subscribe to the Born to Impact podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!
After listening, to learn more about Levi and to connect with him directly, follow him on Instagram (@levilusko), visit his websites www.LeviLusko.com and www.FreshLife.Church, and be sure to pick up a copy of I Declare War wherever books are sold.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | as part of this whole reflection and personal responsibility. |
| 0:03.6 | The top three causes of frustration in your life |
| 0:06.6 | are what? |
| 0:07.4 | Me, myself, and I. |
| 0:09.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:10.6 | And you're not alone with that, by the way, brother. |
| 0:12.4 | There's a lot of people in the world, including me. |
| 0:14.7 | That's right. |
| 0:15.7 | Well, and I think it's so easy to blame your parents. |
| 0:18.7 | And I'm not saying, you know, people, |
| 0:20.0 | so those people listen to this |
| 0:21.2 | who have had legitimately crummy parents. |
| 0:23.7 | And, you know, maybe your dad did abuse you |
| 0:25.5 | and maybe, you know, that boss was a jerk |
| 0:27.9 | and maybe the company was, you know, cruel and soulless. |
| 0:31.0 | And yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:32.4 | But at the end of the day, what are you going to do? |
| 0:35.6 | And what are you going to do with the short little life you have? |
| 0:37.8 | You know, do you want it to be a pity party |
| 0:39.6 | and a big sob story? |
| 0:40.8 | And you want to go around with this chip on your shoulder |
| 0:43.6 | because the truth is there's been a lot of people |
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