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Passion Struck with John R. Miles

Stop Applying a Governor to Your Life w/ John R. Miles EP 31

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

John R. Miles

Mental Health, Alternative Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7779 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

So many today are living short of their potential. I believe it is because of restrictions we place on ourselves, and that is why you need to stop applying a governor to your life. Are you living to your true capability, your purpose in life, your future potential? According to a number of recent studies from Gallup, Gartner, and Bill and Melinda Gates - The majority of us are not. I believe that is because of our self-governor. And you know what that governor is? It is our MINDS!!! And when it starts facing fear or adversity, it shuts down. You can think of our governor as our survival mechanism is our safety blanket as that crutch. When things start to get very painful, your mind ends up taking control and then tells you and your body that you need to be doing something else, anything other than putting yourself into that uncomfortable place. In this episode, you will learn why as few as 15% of all people globally live their lives to their full abilities.  You will learn the three ways to recognize your self-governors and then how to stop applying a governor to your capabilities and unlocking a passion-driven life.   Enjoy! What You Will Learn In This Episode
  • Studies That Illustrate We Are Not Living Our Capability
  • What is a Governor and How is it Used
  • How We Apply a Governor to Our Life
  • John's Own Story of Applying a Governor
  • What is Keeping You From Living the Life You want
  • The Three Governors We Apply to Our life
  • Making the Choice to Accept Yourself
  • How to Get Out of Your Own Way
Quotes from John R. Miles "It (2019 Gallup Survey) found that only 15% of all those employees, 1 billion of them are actually engaged at work. You look at that another way. That means that an astronomical 85% of the planet's full-time workers are dissatisfied with their jobs."   "We are living our capability, our purpose in life, our future potential with a governor that we apply to ourselves. And you know what that Governor is? It is our MINDS. And when it starts facing fear or adversity, it shuts down."   "When you can start taking control of your mind, you can start removing the governor from your life."   "I used to think that I would really motivate myself and really live up to my full potential by telling myself day in and day out that I really wasn't."   "If you want to live your life to its fullest capability truly and to start to accomplish what you're set out to do, it might be time to take that brutally honest look at your current reality."   "Your mind knows exactly who you are; it knows your innermost fears, it knows what you're most insecure about. And it does an amazing job of taking you away from any of those things, to a place of safety."   "I'm being the best that I can be right here. Right now. I taking off that Governor and allowing myself to put away all the lies and accept myself for who I am." --- Resources From Today's Show https://leftronic.com/blog/job-satisfaction-statistics/ https://www.inc.com/adam-robinson/new-study-finds-nearly-half-of-employees-are-dissatisfied-with-their-jobs-here-are-3-ways-to-improve-your-employees-experience.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2017/10/19/study-71-percent-of-employees-are-looking-for-new-jobs/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/10/25/more-than-half-of-us-workers-are-unhappy-in-their-jobs-heres-why-and-what-needs-to-be-done-now/?sh=599eddc20247 https://news.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/212045/world-broken-workplace.aspx?g_source=position1&g_medium=related&g_campaign=tiles ----- --Follow Passion Struck on Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast/ -- Navy veteran, multi-industry CEO, and Author John R. Miles is on a mission to make passion go viral by helping growth seekers to overcome their fear, self-doubt, and adversity. He loves taking his own life experiences, lessons from his time as a CEO and Fortune 50 C-Level Executive, and the truths he has learned to help make other's lives better. His new podcast, Passion Struck, provides inspirational interviews and powerful guidance for people to take their lives to the next level. Watch as these high achievers weigh in on life's biggest questions and challenges as we journey on the path to becoming passion-struck. -- Follow John R. Miles Here: Website - https://passionstruck.com/ ​​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles ​​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Johnrmiles.c0m ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr ​​Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMiles ​​John's Website: https://johnrmiles.com/​  

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0:00.0

We are living our capability, our purpose in life, our future potential with the governor that we apply to ourselves.

0:07.4

And you know what that governor is?

0:09.1

It's our minds.

0:10.1

And when it starts facing fear or adversity, it shuts down.

0:13.7

You can think of our governor as our survival mechanism, as our safety blanket, as that crutch.

0:19.3

When things start to get very painful, your mind ends up taking control and then it tells you and your body that you need to be doing something else.

0:27.8

Anything other than putting yourself into that uncomfortable place.

0:31.6

But when you can start taking control of your mind, you can start removing the governor from your life.

0:37.1

Hello, visionaries, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders of all types.

0:42.8

Hi, my name is John Miles and I wanted to welcome you to this episode of the Passion Start Podcast, where it is my job to interview high achievers from all walks of life and unlock their secrets and lessons to become a passion start.

0:56.6

The purpose of our show is to serve you a listener by giving you lessons, tools and activities that you can use to achieve a passion driven life.

1:07.1

Now let the journey begin.

1:09.5

Welcome to Momentum Friday, an episode 31 of the Passion Start Podcast.

1:13.9

And today, I want to start off by giving you three quotes from retired Navy SEAL, David Goggins.

1:18.9

This birth quote, he says,

1:20.3

The Nile is the ultimate comfort zone, and then he goes on to say, don't focus on what you think you deserve. Hey, aim on what you're willing to earn.

1:28.1

In the third quote, and maybe the most impactful, he says,

1:30.9

You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.

1:38.1

And I decided to pick those quotes today because I happened to be listening to a podcast that featured David Goggins on it the other day.

1:45.0

And as I was listening to him, he came out with one of his most famous statistics, which is that 40% of people he believes are not living at their true capability.

1:55.2

And it got me to start thinking about some of my previous shows and some of the research I had done, I talked about the demise and people becoming entrepreneurs and an overall business fatality, not only in the US, but across all Western cultures.

2:09.2

And so I decided to dig a little bit deeper and what I found was pretty shocking that I would share with you some of these statistics from studies that I found.

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