Beware of Shiny Objects on the Way to Your Goals

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This is Chris Albert, and I'm here to remind you of one thing. Someday, you're going to die. That's not some morbid statement or scary idea. It's solid fact. Your time here on this earth is limited.

We need to be reminded of this as much as possible for one simple reason, to live your best life while you can. This is the Warrior Soul Podcast.

You know, in this world, it's easy to get distracted and to forget who you are. It's easy to forget what your mission in this life is, and it's really easy to fall under the spell of somebody else and have them completely take you away from your own mission and just focus on theirs. What I want to talk to you about in today's Warrior Notes episode is how to stay focused on who you are, how to remember where you want to get to in life, and how to reach your ultimate objective and make your dreams come true. The path to success isn't easy. It's beset with a lot of difficulties and countless obstacles.

And I want you to understand that I'm telling you this from experience. Like many of you, I'm out there in the trenches. I'm still trying to find my way. And what I can tell you from my experience is that there's going to be a lot of opportunities that are gonna rise up, shiny new objects that you can run and pursue, either in the long term or on a day to day basis. There's going to be a lot of people who get in your way, people who try to infect you with their own dreams, people who try to take you away from your purpose.

And you have to understand when these situations arise. Because like I said earlier, success is difficult. Success is very hard. Trying to get to where you want to go in this life is the hardest thing you'll ever do. But at the end of the day, it's what we've been put here for.

And so what I wanna do is I wanna shine some light on that path for you. The first thing you need to achieve if you want to bring yourself to a destination, regardless of where it is, is a clear idea a clear idea of what that destination is. You need to have a vision. You need to know what you want out of this life. And so many of us travel through this life not really knowing what we want.

There are so many of you veterans, those of you who've just gotten out of the military, those of you who've been out of the military for a while, and those of you on active duty who are thinking about getting out of the military. And what happens is everybody comes to you with their ideas of what you should do. Their ideas of whether or not you should go to college, whether or not you should go and run the family business or find a secure job. And I talked to you about this a few weeks ago. When you go and you follow everybody else's advice, what can happen is you can end up in a position where you never wanted to be in the first place.

So it's really important for you as early as possible to develop a vision for where you want to go. Not what your parents want, not what your girlfriend or your wife wants, not what everybody wants, but what you want. And of course, if you're in a relationship, if you're married and you have a family, well, your wife does need to be a part of that. But you have to come to your own decision on where you're going to end up. Because if not, you could be putting yourself into a position of where you're gonna be extraordinarily unhappy for the rest of your life because you get locked up into a career or a job that you never wanted in the first place.

So make sure you're taking some time to write out your vision, and I have another podcast episode that I created that will that takes you through that process. Things you have to do to get to a point to where you can actually clearly define your vision. But know that it's imperative if you don't wanna be taken off your path and you don't wanna be drawn to a million shiny objects that are gonna get you nowhere. The second thing is this, you need to remind yourself of what that vision is every single day. And the reason why you need to do that is because in your day to day life, you're gonna run into a million different things.

You're gonna have to deal with a bunch of different people. You're gonna have to deal with boredom. You're going to have to deal with adversity. You're gonna have to deal with obstacles. You're gonna have to deal with times where it seems like the world is against you.

And unless you're constantly reminding yourself of who you are and who you want to become, well, then you are not going to get there. You're gonna lose yourself in the daily minutiae all the things that are just there in front of your face. You'll forget the tasks that you have to do each day to try to get yourself closer and closer to that goal. And you'll put yourself into a position where you just fall into a routine that you're following like a robot. So remember, define your vision clearly, and then remind yourself of that vision every single day.

The next thing you really need to do is to set out your own set of rules. These are standards that you're gonna determine to live by. And what I mean by that is not some kind of archaic thing where you're saying, I'm not gonna do this or I'm not gonna do that. But what you need to be reminding yourself of is is what are you gonna tolerate and what are you not gonna tolerate? What is the standard you are gonna set for yourself?

I'll tell you a few of my standards. I make sure that I'm reading at least an hour a day. I make sure that I am dedicating myself to exercise at least an hour a day. I do not tolerate anything that's less than the best from myself whenever I'm working with a client or anybody else who's ever working with me. Those are standards that I've set for myself, and they're rules that I follow on a day to day basis.

Another big one is I don't put junk or trash into my body. Those are are are big things for me that make sure that I'm staying on the path, and you have to be clear about what those things are. What are you going to tolerate from yourself? Because if you don't have these rules in place, then your standards, they become more and more flimsy. They become things that you start compromising on.

And the way compromises work, you make one compromise, and then you move on to another. And then slowly but surely, everything that you once stood for, everything that you once believed with all your heart, well that starts to go away. So you need to set those standards for yourself, and along with your vision, need to remind yourself of those standards every single day. The next thing is recognize when you're going after shiny objects. There are a lot of things in this world to distract us.

We live in the Internet age. And though you have unprecedented access to more knowledge than than most people had through the history of man, one thing you also have is a lot of confusion. That's because you're constantly getting hit with alerts, with new newsreels, the twenty four hour news cycle, with things to distract you from your mission. I did a show last week about how I see a lot of people just spending most of their time watching the news, getting mad about it, and then posting about it on social media. That's not something that's gonna help you to move forward.

And you have to figure out what those things in your life are that are keeping you distracted, that are keeping you from focus focusing on where you wanna go. So think about what you're currently spending your time on. And if it's not moving you closer to your goals, your vision, and who you want to be in this life, then make the hard decision to get rid of it. And that includes people too. There's a lot of people we let into our lives who can have a really negative influence on us, who can get us to really think negatively about ourselves and about the world, and who can mask us to the opportunities that lie in front of us.

So make sure you're getting rid of those shiny objects and those playthings because they're not helping you be who you want to become. And that's about it for this week, guys. Really short and simple. There's simple things that you can implement in your life that can constantly remind you of who you are, where you're going, who you're gonna become, and the practices that you can instill for yourself on a daily basis. Remember, a big part of this is having clarity in where you wanna go.

And I know there's a lot of you out there who aren't necessarily clear, who don't necessarily know what you want in life. And what I would say is that that's probably because you're listening to a lot of other people about what you can and can't become. And because of that, you're not seeing the world in terms of possibility. You're just seeing it in terms of limitations. What you definitely need to do if you're in that situation when you're writing out your vision is you need to take some time to really think about what you could do if anything were possible.

You need to give yourself some time to do some unstructured dreaming. Because if you don't, if you can't allow your brain to imagine all the things that you could do in this life, then you're gonna put yourself into a position where you're gonna fall back into what everybody else says you can do. So take some time to do that. I know a lot of you say you don't have time, but honestly, what's more important? If you're a young person out there who is wondering about where to go, you don't wanna end up being an old person with less time who's lived a life that never made him happy.

So think about that, guys. And if you got questions for me, if you need any insights or anything like that, don't be afraid to reach out. You can always DM me at the Warrior Soul Agoge on Instagram, or you can email me at chris@warriorsoulagoge.com. And beyond that, if you guys are looking for a little bit more support, looking for a group that can help to push you toward your toward those goals, check out the Warrior's Obituary Society. It's a group we've started here at Warrior Soul that empowers men to live epic lives worthy of epic obituaries.

We start with an eight week development program, and in that development program, we work on that vision. We work on developing those goals. And then from there, we work on specific areas of your life, fitness, personal finance, your relationships, your business, and your career. These are all things that are gonna be imperative to move you forward. And once our members are through that development program, the work just gets started.

Each week, our members come on to a live call where we talk about your goals and we talk about what you've done over the past week to get closer to them. We hold each other accountable, and we don't run any of this over social media. We have our own private forum. So if this is something that you guys think you'd be interested in, just let me know. DM me over at the Warrior Soul Agoge on Instagram or email me at chris@warriorsoulagoge.com.

With that guys, I wanna thank you so much for listening. Get out there, create those visions, and live your best life while you can.