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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Quiet Power of Not Reacting

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I share insights into navigating life's challenges through personal reflection. We often react to fear, anger, and frustration without understanding the root causes, spending valuable time and energy in counterproductive ways. Through personal anecdotes and practical advice, I discuss the power of self-questioning, specifically, "Have I done this before?" This simple yet profound inquiry not only fosters self-awareness and forgiveness but also guides us towards not reacting negatively to external influences. By embracing this approach, we unlock our potential for personal development, forgiveness, and achieving a more harmonious state of being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:12.0

Your thoughts, it's just like your purpose

0:14.8

or your thoughts about your purpose.

0:17.2

So you only get one action or one thought to start.

0:21.8

Everything after that's a reaction to that. In a pragmatic, metaphysical, physical

0:27.4

sense, it's all reaction. That's the whole premise of the paradigm shift of that I don't I don't have to question there's fear.

0:35.0

I don't have to question why there's fear.

0:36.6

That's a long journey that we all should go on in personal development

0:40.2

because we can't find outside of us what we can't find inside of us.

0:44.8

Fear only exists in four places, past or future, inside or outside.

0:49.8

But so many people, I believe, waste really good time, productive, accessible gracious time

0:56.4

by trying to figure out what they're afraid of, instead of just saying, hey, I'm reacting

1:00.6

to what I'm afraid of. I really don't care what I'm afraid of because I'm going to be afraid of something

1:04.4

every day.

1:05.3

I'm going to get kicked in the face about eight times a day.

1:08.6

And I just want to minimize the time of what I'm doing to react to that fear to get in my own way to interfere

1:14.6

with my potential. So you know think about getting cut off. Another hack by

1:20.5

the way you know these hacks I asked myself being cut off reminded me of it

1:25.1

when somebody does something that pisses me off or makes me worried scared

1:29.4

angry whatever gets in my way of my potential.

1:32.6

The first question I ask myself after I breathe

1:35.0

and get to center is have I done that before?

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