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Episode #448 Why most People Quit at 40% David Goggins   How is your week going so far? Are you attacking your goals or are you dealing with the same old issues? Are you feeling like you are on track or stuck?   I am finding more often than not, that most people are cycling through the same problems. …and this problems are almost entirely struggles with the mind.   Sure there are challenges and obstacles in life, but most of them involve our mind or perspective.   So…I want to focus this week on Hacks for the Mind…because I feel like the DAILY battle with your mind is the BATTLE you must win if you are going to live your best life.     Recently, I've had to deal with some super challenging situations and I’ve found myself looking to my mentors and lessons learned for advice, counsel and answers.  So, I’d like to share some of those with you…   Let me do the leg work and offer you some great perspective, ideas, tips and tricks that work for battling with your mind.   So…when I’m starting to struggle a bit there are certain mentors I go straight to based on what I know helps me cope and get on top of the situations in my life…David Goggins is right on top of the list so lets start with him today…   David Goggins is well know for his ability to push past the normal limits of his body and the average person.   David says that most people live in 40% of their best life.  In other words most people quit at 40%.   They quit their relationships, their businesses, their fitness goals, and everything else they do.   He says its like a car with a governor…explain The car can certainly go faster…and it you are my car, it definitely likes to go fast…lol But, the governor from the factory slows the car down.  No matter how much you try it wont go above a certain set speed.   This is what our brains are doing to us when we start to encounter difficulty in our lives.   Our brains are designed to keep us safe, comfortable, out of difficult situations, so it sends us signals that make us want to quit and slow down or walk away from a challenge.   The problem is that usually our minds quit at about 40% of our potential says Goggins.   I find this really crazy because our minds really are our greatest tool…but also our greatest weakness.   And to make it worse, our minds know all of our dang weaknesses and have the language that it knows will make us slow down, doubt our abilities, create fear and basically make us quit.   Your mind knows you better than anyone or anything in your life….But guess what…   Believe it or not…YOU CONTROL YOUR MIND…You are the driver of this incredible tool.   You are not your mind.  You are the driver of your mind.  The key is to NOT let go of the steering wheel.  Thats what most of us do.  We let our minds do what they want and shut us down.   And when you let go of the wheel and let your mind wander enough times, you form the habits of giving up, being lazy, “settling for less”, and ultimately a mediocre life…at 40%…you start to coast through life.   How many of you feel like you might be just “going through the motions right now?”…waiting for a break in the storm…waiting for something to change…waiting for answers?…Well you are the answer.  You have the answers inside you...   So, why does this happen?  Why do we settle and give up on our relationships, business, and all types of things in life?   Basically, its because we crave comfort and many times don’t see solutions to fix the problems so we quit.  But, this is when we need to look to give ourselves the most hope.  Because you do have the answers.  they just lie on the other side of quitting…on teh other side of the 40% mark.   See the key is to do what prosperity Principle # 3 says and ACT IN SPITE OF YOUR MOOD.   None of us wants to get up and go to the gym… None of us want to set feelings and ego aside and work through challenging relationships Noe of us want to get to work building our business after a long day at the J O B   But the truth is its only at