The questions that you ask yourself really shape your life.

So when you're dealing with ideal expectations and your ideal isn't met,

you have to be really careful about what you say to yourself.

Because what we're learning is that in an environment that can be so toxic and so intense around us,

you have to be able to command the environment on the inside of your head and the inside of your

heart because you actually are the one that's in control of your own state.

And your state is a byproduct of what you're saying to yourself about what's going on around you.

That's part of what we covered in our earlier module.

And Carl, my son is with me.

He's been giving some very interesting insights into the nature of the storm that goes on inside of people. And one of the ways that you can

clearly deal with that storm is, as you pointed out, is to focus on what you're grateful for,

because that automatically shifts the question from what's wrong with this to what's right with this. And what am I thankful for? And I learned

one great question in battles and conflicts is to say, what's great about this situation? And really,

that throws us into the subject of focus and how focus and self-talk really shapes the environment of the climate

on the inside of you.

So what are your thoughts on this?

By the way, we're working from gold medal performance, which is where we have modules

that cover this stuff in greater detail.

But what are your thoughts on this? Initial thoughts, I'm brought to an excerpt from Discipline equals Freedom by Jocko Willink.

Whenever he gets setbacks, Jocko will always say good.

And what he does is he reframes it, he cognitively reframes it in a way that's positive for him. So if they appeal or apply in the military for additional spending or something like this,

and they don't get it, he says, good, that means that we know what our budget is.

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