S2E31 Own Your Past Change Your Future - an Interview with Dr. John Delony
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
If you want to be happy and healthy, you need to understand your past and then leave it behind you where it belongs. In this episode, Brian interviews bestselling author Dr. John Delony about his new book, “Own Your Past, Change Your Future,” and discovers how learning to unpack the weight of your past will help you to live the good life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· The 5 steps to well-being.
· The importance of owning your story.
· The best advice to change your future.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“Own Your Past, Change Your Future,” by Dr. John Delony
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/store/books/own-your-past-change-your-future-by-dr-john-delony
S2E17, Myths About Anxiety and the Life-Changing Truth – an Interview with Dr. John Delony
“What to Say When You Talk to Yourself,” Shad Helmstetter
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“You’ve got to go backwards so you can go forward.” – Dr. John Delony
“We think in pictures, but we speak in words.” – Dr. John Delony
“No life change of any sort that is sustainable can happen by yourself.” – Dr. John Delony
“The only two things on planet earth I can control are my thoughts and my actions, period.”– Dr. John Delony
“Once you change the thoughts, you can change the actions.” – Brian Buffini
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life Podcast where it's all about helping entrepreneurs think, feel, |
| 0:08.2 | and do better. |
| 0:09.2 | Here's your host, Brian Buffini. |
| 0:14.5 | Top of the morning to you, very excited. |
| 0:17.2 | We have Dr. John Deloney back in the house today. |
| 0:21.0 | We did a podcast about a month ago called Redefining, Anxiety. |
| 0:25.5 | One of my all time favorite interviews I've ever done. |
| 0:28.7 | I talked about his little quick one day read book called Redefining Anxiety. |
| 0:34.3 | We've had phenomenal feedback from all of you. |
| 0:37.8 | And we're so excited because today Dr. John has a brand new book coming out called Own |
| 0:42.9 | Your Past, Change Your Future. |
| 0:45.4 | And I can tell you as the chairman of the largest small business coach and company in the |
| 0:50.4 | world, the amount of times we've had to help somebody reconcile their past so they could |
| 0:56.4 | build their business in the future. |
| 0:58.9 | This is kind of like standard operate procedure inside our coaching business. |
| 1:03.0 | And of course, John would write a book on the subject. |
| 1:06.1 | And so John, we're delighted to have you back again. |
| 1:08.9 | We love your work. |
| 1:10.0 | We've had fantastic feedback from your last interview. |
| 1:13.8 | And we're excited to hear about your new book. |
| 1:15.4 | So thanks for pumping out the work, bro. |
| 1:17.4 | Thanks for the new book. |
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