Inner Journey with Greg Friedman welcomes back Paul David

Freeing your mind.

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You know, we often get stuck in very specific conversations And often narrow points of view.

Not

even because we're conscious of doing it.

And it doesn't matter who we're talking about.

i have seen some of the most brilliant men and women on this planet get stuck in a certain paradigm i have seen some of the least educated be the most flexible this has nothing to do with knowledge instead It has a lot to do with flexibility, with recognition.

For me personally, it's like I can't even begin to tell you the amount of times that that I have gotten myself in a situation, and I swear, as much as I rail against right, wrong, good, or bad, I swear to you I'm right, and I am adamant about it, and I will fight for it, and I will bleed for it, and I'm a fool for it.

What was that last thing? Yes, I am a fool for it.

And then, inevitably...

I will take a step back, either because circumstances force that or because I am wise enough to take a moment, to take a breath, to take a second, to take some distance energetically, mentally, physically, spiritually, whatever it happens to be.

I'm telling you, it is not survival of the fittest.

Instead, it's survival of the most adaptable.

Nobody tells you.

Nobody tells you this single most transformative habit.

It's not meditation.

not exercise or journaling or studying or going on retreats.

It is this.

It is catching yourself mid-pattern.

Now, I don't know about y'all, but I get a head of steam up,

and I don't always do that incredibly well.

It is a very, very tough thing for me a lot of times.

And if I am wise enough that second or happen to catch lightning in a bottle and I can recognize myself mid-pattern, then I'm giving myself an incredible gift.

I'm giving myself the gift of choice because now I could choose differently in real time, not in hindsight because hindsight, you know, it's groovy, isn't it? Hey, look back there.