Why you feel stuck even when you're working hard

Did you eat anything last month? What about last week? What about yesterday? What about today? Are you gonna eat? Zig Ziglar writes, "The average person in America not only eats every day But he eats his meals on schedule. I've observed if a person gets busy and misses a meal, he generally tells anyone who is within earshot how busy he was. So busy, in fact, that they didn't have time to eat lunch. Or how many times have you heard people say, "Man, I was so tired I just went to bed and didn't even eat"? And they say it over and over again because it's a big deal to them that they missed the schedule, and they want everybody to be aware of their sacrifice He continues on,"Suppose the same individual was asked about his mental appetite. When's the last time you deliberately fed your mind? Your answer is important because you have mental appetites just as you have physical appetites." And he said, "You know what? It's funny. I've never met an individual who was hungry and heard them say, 'I'm about to starve. I wonder what I should do. Do you have any suggestions? Do you have any, any kinda idea how I can solve this problem?'" No, because the hungry person knows if he's hungry, he can solve his problems by eating From the neck down, very few people are worth more than a few hundred dollars a week. From the neck up, there is no limit to what an individual is worth. We feed the parts of us below our necks every day. But how often do we feed our minds? The part that has no limit to its value, earning, and happiness potential. Most of us feed it accidentally and occasionally, and the excuse that we give is a lack of time, which is ridiculous, because if you have time to feed the low-income part of you every day, doesn't it make sense that you should take time to feed the part which has no ceiling to its potential Wouldn't it be marvelous if it had been arranged so that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn't let the owner rest until the owner put something in it? My God. I mean, you can just stop it right there. You know, your stomach gets to rumbling. When you're hungry, your stomach gets to rumbling because you missed that 12 o'clock lunch. Your body will let you know real quick, and you'll be quick to let everybody else know, too. Yet the question that just, like, stung me is, what about your mental appetite? When's the last time you fed it? Because, see, the solutions to your problems won't come from a starved mind I love this part, man We feed the parts of us below our neck every single day. But how often do you feed your mind? Because see that part, your mind, it is unlimited in potential, unlimited in earnings, unlimited in happiness. Yet that's the last thing we think about. I love the part where he says, " Don't give me that excuse for time, because if you have time to feed the low-income part of you every day, why don't you take time?" He didn't say make time. He… Allocate time. He said take it. When you take something, you take it by force. You see it, you take it. Why don't you take time to feed the part of you that has no ceiling to its potential? Bro, that's what I'm all about. And what's crazy is it doesn't take much. This is why I bang the drum 30 minutes every day goes a long way. If you will segment your time, 15 minutes every day before you start, before the world pulls at you, if you will start your day by reading for 15 minutes. It could be from a random book. It could be a book that you're just enjoying. I don't care. This is what happened right here. I picked this book today I went to the table of contents, I picked that chapter, and read that. I hadn't read See You at the Top in probably 20 years, but how timely it is today. So what happens is this, is you feed your… I have two thoughts, man. I don't want them to run together. So number one, it doesn't take much time at all, literally. 15 minutes to read it, then reflect on it. 15 minutes or at least one page. What did you get out of this? What did it mean to you? I read that passage right there, I'm like, oh my God. Although I do this every single day, this just is supporting material for me, that when I start getting all woe is me, which part are you feeding? Are you, uh, are you the low-income part of yourself, where you're all emotional, you feel bad, your circumstances suck, you don't like the way you feel, you don't like the way you look, you don't like the kind of money you're making, you don't like the results you're getting, yet you're feeding the low-income part of yourself, the part below your neck, which has limited potential, When you should be feeding this little part right here. It's funny, it's 25, I don't know, it's probably 25% of your body Yet your mind burns the most calories, and it's starved because you're not feeding it the right things. We get so emotional, we get so down in the dumps that we feed on the lower income part. We don't fuel it, we feel it. And so we feel bad about our situations, yet we make it worse, and we fill it up so much so that we're numb, we're lethargic, and we say, "Maybe tomorrow." And that's what happens. I'm not talking to you, man, I'm talking to me Yet if you will feed your mind, I, I'm telling you, man, just this, uh, the arbitrary number, I know I bang the drum about it all the time, but this, this will change your life. I'm living proof of this. If you will just set 5 to 15 minutes aside, read from it, reflect on it, then go live it, and then at the end of the day, like recap it. How did it go? What's some tweaks and adjustments? And what's interesting is this, is because you started, like they say, you got to start your day with a healthy breakfast. It's what people always say, yet our mind is starved. We haven't fed on anything first thing in the morning, and you expect to go solve problems today? You expect to work your way out of, or are you just trying to get through the day? You're trying to get through the day because your mind is starved. A little bit goes a long way, and here's the second part I don't wanna forget about if you know that you're going to eat, then why not Learn while you're eating? Why don't you put a podcast on and listen, or an audiobook, or watch a YouTube video while you're eating. It takes what, 10 to 15 minutes to eat, if that long. If you're in sales, it probably takes you seven minutes, five minutes. But w- what if you fed your mind that five minutes while you're eating? You get a two for one, man. So don't give me that crap that you don't have time. Now, when I say read and learn, I'm not talking about what you find on TikTok. I'm not talking about the 30-second highlights. Because the inspiration and the motivation, that's, that's carbs. That's fast food, man. I'm talking about something that you can educate yourself. What is it you need to get better at? There is something you need to get better at. In your craft, You're getting lapped. At your job, you felt complacent, you felt lethargic Better stoke them fires and you begin just feeding your mind This is what I love to do. This is why, see, my mind is primed. So in the mornings, first thing I do is I read 10 to 15 minutes. I write about it, then I go work out and I think about it, and then I share it, and then I go live it. Life is my Test Kitchen. It's what I do every day, and that's what you should do every single day, too You're trying to solve life's biggest problems with a starved mind. Not gonna happen So now after this episode, , go set your timer aside, five, 10 minutes. Not scrolling, but go learn something of value, something that you can educate yourself with, something maybe you've been putting off for a little while and been like, "Man, you know, I need to get…" There's something, man, like in your profession you're, you're not really good at, you're kinda skirting around. I'm telling you, just 30 minutes every single day goes a long way You feed the low-income part of yourself. Now let's start feeding the wealthy part, the unlimited side of yourself. All right, let's get out of here. Keep it simple. Keep it moving. Never settle. Stay tough. Peace