S2E04: The Power of Not Conforming - by Earl Nightingale
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
To really succeed in this life, we must break free of our constant need to conform. In this episode, Brian introduces the fifth in a series of unheard recordings by personal growth legend Earl Nightingale. Earl explores what motivates us to live the way we do and explains how our choice of environment has a powerful impact on the success we experience.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why people conform to their environment.
· How to break through that conformity.
· Why a clear direction and worthwhile purpose are vital to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Episode 61, The Strangest Secret – by Earl Nightingale
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/strangest-secret-earl-nightingale-061/
Episode 287, A Worthy Ideal – by Earl Nightingale
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/a-worthy-ideal-by-earl-nightingale-287/
Episode 298, The Miracle of Your Mind – by Earl Nightingale
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/the-miracle-of-your-mind-by-earl-nightingale-298/
Episode 302, Cause and Effect – by Earl Nightingale
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/cause-and-effect-by-earl-nightingale-302/
Episode 306, Truth and Honesty – by Earl Nightingale
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/truth-and-honesty-by-earl-nightingale-306/
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“I believe the overriding force which motivates us as individuals is the thing I call choice of environment.” – Earl Nightingale
“Motivation to my mind is closely linked to environment. Our reaction to environment can be said to be the tendency to act, think and talk like the people by whom we're surrounded.” – Earl Nightingale
“People are not broke at 65 because they've been denied the opportunity to achieve financial independence, but rather because they've conformed to a group which does not stress its importance. They have conformed to their environment.” – Earl Nightingale
“Although there's no such thing as an average man, the trouble seems to be that we act as though we're average.” – Earl Nightingale
“We must look at ourselves objectively for what we really are: distinct individuals with unlimited opportunity for development in the free world.” – Earl Nightingale
“With a purpose, a goal, a man will frequently do more and travel farther in a year than he might otherwise in a lifetime without one.” – Earl Nightingale
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, a podcast dedicated to helping you live your best one. |
| 0:07.0 | Here's your host, Brian Baphini. |
| 0:10.0 | Well, top of the morning to you, welcome to It's a Good Life with Brian Baphini. |
| 0:17.0 | I have a great program for you today. |
| 0:20.0 | Another hidden treasure. I've never before heard content recording of the great Earl Nightingale. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, if you haven't yet listened to some of the recent episodes from what we call Earl's Vault, |
| 0:31.0 | Episode 61 is his, just signature presentation, the strangest secret. |
| 0:37.0 | But we've also had Episode 287, which was a worthy ideal, Episode 298, the miracle of your mind. |
| 0:44.0 | Episode 302 was cause and effect, and 306 was truth and honesty. |
| 0:50.0 | Now, in today's episode, Earl discusses environmental conditioning. |
| 0:54.0 | These recordings are decades old. They're beautiful. They're principal based. |
| 0:59.0 | We do want to thank Diana Nightingale, Earl's widow, for giving us the honor here to play these never before |
| 1:05.0 | her recordings of the great Earl Nightingale. This man has impacted and changed my life. |
| 1:10.0 | I know he will impact and change your life too. Please enjoy. |
| 1:25.0 | All kinds of studies have been made regarding motivation. |
| 1:34.0 | What motivates people to do the things they do, live the way they live, achieve the things they achieve? |
| 1:40.0 | And while there's certainly no pad answer to so large and complicated a question, |
| 1:44.0 | I believe the overriding force which motivates us as individuals is a thing I call choice of environment. |
| 1:51.0 | Some people make this choice consciously, but I'm certainly a great majority of people make the choice unconsciously as a result of environmental conditioning. |
| 1:59.0 | Now, when I've finished here, I'd like you to answer this question for yourself. |
| 2:04.0 | Have I chosen my present environment as a matter of deliberate decision, or am I in my present environment as a result of not having thought much about it? |
| 2:14.0 | As an example, let me repeat the statistics regarding the financial condition of man reaching age 65. |
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