Michael's Motivation Michael Whitehouse

I gave a talk at Toastmasters today about having done 1000 episodes across my various podcasts, and it got me thinking I should get back to this.

This has been one heck of a week. Our nation suffered an unprecedented attack. Normally, I see things happening in the news, sigh, and say "okay, so that happened."

This hit me a bit harder. It was quite distracting. Add to that all the other stress of business, family life, and all the rest, and I found myself pretty well off balance yesterday.

When we go to Mystic Dojo - Yamashita International Karate, we bow upon passing through the door. This is to show respect for the dojo and the instructors, but it is also a signal to ourselves to leave everything outside.

The news, the bills, the family, what's for dinner, when will I find time to do the thing, all of that stays outside. No matter what is happening outside, when I go inside my mind should be 100% karate and nothing else.

It's not always easy to do so, but by the end of the class, my mind is clear, and I am refreshed to be able to return to the bustling outside world.

I didn't buy it. I got it with a combination of good luck and hard work.

I got it the same way that most success comes.



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I had two conversations yesterday that really sum up the debate I had internally a few weeks ago.

The end of that debate was to be fully authentic.

I'm not going to present a cleaned up, idealized version of myself. That doesn't help you, and it's not honest with you.

Thanks Butch for confirming what my instincts told me.

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Running water. Indoor plumbing. Plentiful cheap food. Refridgeration. Safe streets. Free education. Electricity. Internet.

These are just a few reasons that now, even in 2020, is one of the best times in history to be alive.

Keep that in perspective.

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I have lived in and owned this house for a month and a half now, but I haven't truly felt like I owned it. It just felt like the place I was living now.

My wife has done a lot of work on the house, but I have mostly just worked in the house. My focus is my business and all the things I need to do to be able to pay for my share of the mortgage.

Last night, it started snowing, and I went out to do a bit of shoveling. In shoveling the snow at MY house, I started to feel like it was MY house.

As humans, we are hard wired that work should involve muscles. Things that we do only with our brains don't always feel like our work in the same way.

I think this is some of where the sense of satisfaction in good, hard, physical labor comes from. Your body feels like it did something triggering the brain to say "good work!"



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