Your Thoughts Aren’t Yours - And You Don’t Even Know It

Most people aren't living their own life.

They're living the lives of others.

They're susceptible and suggestible to the thoughts, words, and beliefs of other people, and other people virtually control your life.

When you are manipulated and controlled by other people because you're so susceptible to their influence, it keeps you stuck, it keeps you suppressed, and it constantly makes you feel like you have no power and control over your life.

The moment you stop worrying about what other people think is the moment your life actually begins.

What if I told you that people control you? What if I told you that people control how you think, what you say, and what you do? What if I told you that other people control how you spend your money? Well, it's true.

Most people, and that means you, are a SNIAP.

This came from Zig Ziglar, the great motivational speaker and who used to be a good friend of mine.

Zig Ziglar said that most people are held back from achieving success because they're SNIAPs, which means they are susceptible to the negative influence of other people.

Now, some of you think, "Ah, no, no, no, no, no, Kevin, I'm my own man.

I'm my own woman.

I make my own decisions.

I mean, sure, I listen to other people's opinions, but I'm the person who makes the decision." No, you think that you're making a decision, but you're being completely controlled by other people's words and thoughts, and today you're being completely controlled by the algorithms that are on social media, and the videos that you're watching, and the headlines that you're seeing, and the news media that's out.

Look, it's real simple.

News media produces stories about a particular subject, let's say the economy.

90% of the news stories across all social media platforms and across all the mainstream media in a week, let's say, say that the economy's doing really bad.

When people are surveyed, they're asked, "How do you think the economy's doing?" 90% of the people say, "It's doing really bad." How do they know? Uh, "Do you still have a job?" "Yeah." "Still have your same income?" "Actually, I got a raise." Uh, "Well, how do you know the economy's bad?" "Well, it's, uh, it's, it's bad." It's only because they've been programmed.

So whatever you're being programmed with is how you believe things are.