This Sound Bite is a combination of building on a previous episode which was Ep 83 where we explored intuition by digging into the Trust Your Gut of the book, Trust Yourself, by Melody Wilding, and we are gathering inspiration from Robin S. Sharma’s book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.
Sharma’s fiction book is about courage, balance, abundance, and joy through eyes of the character Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life when he has a massive heart attack right in the middle of a courtroom.
Here are the Takeaways:
1. Thoughts are vital and most people don’t give any thought to the nature of their thoughts yet the quality of our thinking determines the quality of our life.
2. Stillness if the stepping stone to connecting with the universal source of intelligence.
We hope you’ll enjoy this episode!
As mentioned in the episode:
Melody Wilding, Trust Yourself
Robin S Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
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Hi there. Welcome to episode 84, which is
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a girl Take the lead Sound Bite. And A Sound Bite is a short
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episode which may be a bit more about a topic we've covered in
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one of our previous episodes or a quick inspiration, and today's
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episode is a combination of the two.
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In our episode 83, we explored intuition by digging into the
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chapter Trust Your Gut from the book, Trust Yourself by Melody
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Wilding. Today we'll build on that and
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pull some inspirational gems at the same time.
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From Robin S Sharma's book, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari The
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Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a fable and old boy.
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When I was reading it, I sure was hoping it was a true story
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of living with courage, balance, abundance and joy.
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But turns out it's affection piece of courage, balance,
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abundance and joy. The book tells the extraordinary
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story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual
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crisis of his out of balance life when he has a massive heart
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attack Right in the middle of the courtroom.
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He sold all his material possessions and headed for India
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on a personal odyssey of the South before it was too late.
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Throughout the book, the story is told of his transformation
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and is revealed to his mentee, another hotshot lawyer, John,
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about his search for the timeless virtues of enlightened
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living. And I thought you might enjoy
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hearing about some of these virtues.
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The first one we'll cover is Master Your Mind.
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The character Julian in the book says the mind is a wonderful
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servant but a terrible master. If you have become a negative
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thinker, this is because you have not cared for your mind and
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taken the time to train it to focus on the good.
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And he quotes Winston Churchill who said quote the price of
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greatness is responsivity over each of your thoughts.
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Julian explains thoughts as this.
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Thoughts are vital living things, little bundles of energy
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if you will. Most people don't give any
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thought to the nature of their thoughts, and yet the quality of
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their thinking determines the quality of your life.
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Thoughts are just as much a part of the material world as the
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lake you swim in or the street you walk on.
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Weak minds leads to weak actions.
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A strong, disciplined mind which anyone can cultivate through
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daily practice, can achieve miracles.
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If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts
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as you would your most prized possessions.
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Work hard to remove all inner turbulence.
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The rewards will be abundant. He also adds this stillness is
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the stepping stone to connecting with the universal source of
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intelligence that throbs through every living thing.
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You may remember from our episode 83, we talked about the
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practice of stillness so that you could hear your intuition
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and listen for your purpose. Julian says the secret of
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happiness is simple. Find out what you truly love to
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do and then direct all your energy towards it.
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Once you do, this abundance flows into your life.
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All your desires are filled with ease and grace.
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The 2nd virtue is follow your purpose.
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That part of the story opens with the quote from the author,
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Foster C McKellen. It goes like this.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of life you will
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be happy to live with all your life.
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Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny inner sparks of
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possibility into the flames of achievement.
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I really like this part in the story.
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When Julian says awaken your mind to the abundance of
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possibility around you start to live with more zest.
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The human mind is the world's largest filtering device.
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When used properly, it filters out what you perceive as
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unimportant and gives you only the information you are looking
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for at the time. I think I was drawn to this part
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of the story because perhaps like many of you, I'm interested
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in abundance and what that means.
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It used to mean abundance of money to me, and perhaps
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abundance of accolades in my career.
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But today, where I am in life, I see that there's a cost to be
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paid for that, and perhaps I worry too much about having
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enough or even being enough. I know in a lot of our episodes
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we've talked about finding more in life, so we have a certain
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balance, a certain alignment, and perhaps that's what
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abundance is about. Julian tells John this.
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From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life.
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Decide once and for all to be the master of your fate.
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Run your own race, discover your calling, and you will start to
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experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.
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Finally, always remember that will lies behind you and what
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lies in front of you is nothing when compared to what lies
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within you. Perhaps hearing this brings you
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a bit of peace that have brought me, and perhaps this last quote
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I gathered from the book centers you as it did me too.
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Never forget the importance of living with unbridled
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exhilaration. Never neglect to see the
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exquisite beauty in all living things today and this very
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moment is a gift. Stay focused on your purpose.
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The universe will take care of everything else.
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So as I reflect on these passages, I think abundance for
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me looks like filling my heart with love, kindness and giving
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it to others. I know my purpose right now is
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to be with you and for us to be on this journey of discovery
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together so we can all use our voices to love and inspire
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others on their journey. And on that note will end
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today's episode. Thank you for being here.
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Please join us at our Girl Take the Lead Facebook group or visit
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our Girl Take the Lead pod.com website or check out our New
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Girl Take the Lead YouTube Sound Bite videos.
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On Thursday, we'll be posting an interview with Jacqueline
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Farrington, author and Executive Coach, about speaking our voice,
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authenticity, communication and connection.
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She offers us some great insights about handling tough
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audiences or a tough someone in a meeting.
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Join us and talk to you soon. Bye.
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