Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
Great leaders in life or business who want to be a success,must think clearly, make smart choices, and stay focused on their goals. Its takes practicle thinking to grow, lead, and succeed by using common sense and taking action.
Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
THE CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND
Your biggest fight isn’t with deadlines, traffic, or a packed calendar. It’s the debate happening between your ears the tug of war between the person you are and the person you want to be.
Life is waiting for you each day, and you have to prepare for each challenge along the way toward success. It's not simple, but it can be done. Welcome to my Common Sense Motivation Episodes. I'm Chris FantasticPow. The Conversations You Have in Your Mind. Overcoming You Dedicated to my Dad, a man who's walked through more storms than most could imagine and still finds a strength to smile, fight, and keep going. Every one of us has conversations in our mind, that constant back and forth between who we are and what we want to be. It's that voice that says you should get up and move, and the other one that answers, but I'm tired. It's that tug of war between what we know we need to do and the story we tell ourselves to justify not doing it. Sometimes that conversation sounds logical. It sounds gentle. It sounds like it's protecting you. But let's be honest, that inner voice isn't always your friend. It's the smooth talking version of mister Excuses or Mr. Lazy teaming up to convince you that later is a good plan. Later is never a good plan because later becomes never. The real fight isn't out there in the world. It's not with other people, deadlines or circumstances. The real fight happens right between your ears, in your own mind. That's where every dream is born or buried. You see, discipline doesn't start in the body, it starts in the belief. You can't get your body moving until your mind decides to move first. That's why so many people struggle, because they're waiting for motivation instead of mastering the mental conversation that creates it. My dad is over eighty five years old, still teaches me this without saying a word. He's lived long enough to understand that life doesn't always go the way you want it, but you can always go the way you need. He's overcome challenges, illness, and the kind of battles that break weaker spirits. Yet he still gets up. He still tries, he still talks himself into doing what's necessary to stay healthy, both physically, mentally, and emotionally. That's not luck, that's discipline. That's decisions, that's daily victory. He doesn't chase comfort, he chases commitment. And that's a reminder for all of us. Age doesn't define your drive, your choices do. Ask yourself this. What are you telling yourself every day? Are you talking yourself into growth or out of it? Those internal conversations matter. Every I'll do it later stills a piece of your strength. Every I can't builds a wall between you and your potential. But every let's go, every one more time, every one more rep, every keep moving, that's you building momentum, brick by brick, moment by moment. The truth is we're all fighting the same fight, the one between comfort and commitment, between dreaming and doing, between knowing what's right and doing what's right. If you want to live a better life, you've got to win those conversations. You've got to tell your mind what to think, not let it tell you what to feel. You want to read more, start with one page. You want to move more, take the first step. You want to grow stronger? Say yes to effort and no to excuses. And every time you choose discipline over doubt, you build a stronger you. Every time you silence the lazy voice, you let the real you, the powerful, driven, capable you, rise up. The hardest person you'll ever have to overcome is the one staring back at you in the mirror. But when you win that battle, everything else in life becomes possible. So today and every day, talk yourself into your greatness, because a conversation in your mind will always lead you in the direction of your life. Win the conversation, overcome you, make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. Thank you for listening. For books, ebooks, or audiobooks, visit ChrisFantasticPowell.com or find them on Amazon.