Life-sucking Lie #1: I Don’t Have Time
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2015
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
It’s not the box society puts us in that limits who we become, it’s the box we put ourselves in.
There's no secret to success. No magic bullet. No pixie dust. Success in any endeavor is about doing the work, every day and not running for cover when things get hard. Because they always will. Even when it's right.
Taking fierce, consistent action, though, is easier said than done. Especially when that action potentially exposes you to failure, or being judged or ridiculed, or cast out of a family or group or community. So our “seemingly” rational brains assume into existence all sorts of reasons not to act.
This week's Good Life Project Riff is the first in a series about the lies we tell ourselves that keep us from doing great work and living extraordinary lives. With each new offering in the series, we’ll do a bit of myth-busting and box-breaking, then offer something to do. Sometimes, multiple things.
Today, to kick off the series, we're starting with something we've all said, many, many times...
Life-sucking Lie #1: I don’t have time
Sure, there are some people for whom this claim is legit. But as you're about to discover in this week's Riff, that person is likely not you. And, not to worry, we won't leave hanging. Jonathan will also share 4 key elements to reclaiming time and turning time into an ally in your quest to live an extraordinary life.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not the box that society puts us in that limits who we become. |
| 0:07.0 | It's the box we put ourselves in. |
| 0:09.4 | Hey guys, this is Jonathan Fields from Good Life Project and today I have another Good |
| 0:14.0 | Life Project riff. |
| 0:15.4 | Short and sweet thought piece that kind of takes you inside something that maybe will help |
| 0:19.7 | unlock one of the paths or processes or secrets to a life well lived. |
| 0:26.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by Camp GLP. |
| 0:29.6 | That is our once a year gathering for entrepreneurs, makers and world shakers. |
| 0:33.4 | We literally take over an amazing sleep away camp to create summer camp for adults with |
| 0:38.9 | a strong focus on really creating a fantastic life and also building something deeply meaningful |
| 0:45.3 | in the world. |
| 0:46.3 | That sounds awesome of you. |
| 0:47.8 | Check out the details at GoodLifeProject.com slash camp or just check the link in the |
| 0:53.4 | show notes. |
| 0:54.6 | I'm Jonathan Fields. |
| 0:55.9 | This is GoodLife Project. |
| 1:00.8 | So we are the primary authors of the thoughts, words and limitations that tend to do the |
| 1:06.2 | most damage to our potential. |
| 1:09.1 | It's the stories we tell ourselves, the lies that stop us from taking action. |
| 1:13.6 | There's no mystery to success in any field. |
| 1:16.8 | It's a process of moving through what I call the thrash, honing direction and then acting |
| 1:21.4 | consistently every single day. |
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