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The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Write a New Story | Mindset Monday

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Tom Ferry

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Are you carrying your past everywhere you go?  If so, your addiction to the past and placing the blame on it has been overpowering you. In today’s episode of Mindset Monday, I share why you need to write a new story and let go of the past.  Push aside the blame game on who is responsible for the life that you have and start positioning yourself as the hero that takes action towards their greatness!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Is it time for you to write a new story, your hero's journey?

0:03.6

Think about it. How many people do you know that have this massive addiction to the past

0:08.8

so much that every time you meet them, it's like they bring this baggage from the past and they go,

0:14.8

hi, my name is Tom, let me tell you all the reasons why I'm not successful.

0:18.8

Hi, my name is Tom, let me share with you all the reasons why my life sucks and I'm miserable and by the way

0:24.8

none of it is my responsibility it's everybody else.

0:29.2

The blame game that I hear from people drives me insane.. I don't know if you know someone like this

0:35.5

But here would be my one piece of advice for that person

0:38.5

Every one of us has a story in our life and the question is have you written yourself in as the hero or

0:46.0

have you written yourself in as the zero?

0:48.7

Look, I don't care for talking to a four-year-old kid or a 95-year-old woman.

0:53.2

Everybody's got a story, but here's the hook.

0:56.2

Who's writing the story?

0:57.7

And how do you want it to be?

0:59.2

You might say, Tom, you understand my situation.

1:01.2

I had a rough year last year.

1:02.9

Great, keep telling yourself that story over and over,

1:05.4

and I promise you you will repeat it over and over,

1:08.8

or you will take personal responsibility

1:11.1

and say, the past is the past, this is how I choose to be and I'm willing

1:14.6

to do whatever it takes to make it happen. It's your life and it goes way too quick.

1:19.1

It's your story. Decide Hero or Zero.

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