Summary: Sharing Wisdom Cliff’s brother is at a point in his life where he needs encouragement without pressure. Cliff sent him the book, “The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success” by Andy Andrews. His brother loves the book and re-reads sections of it often. Cliff asked Tracy about his books, “Restored” and “Just Believe”. Tracy suggested Cliff send his brother “Just Believe”. It is based, in part, on ten principles ascribed to by Napoleon Hill and his philosophy of success in your life. Listener Comments and Reviews Tracy shared an iTunes comment from a listener and an email from another listener named Trey telling how this podcast has changed their thinking and is helping them to reshape their lives. Trey says he is taking control of the questions he feeds his subconscious. Trigger Thoughts Tracy has started writing a new book titled, “Trigger Thoughts”. When something happens in our lives and we react a certain way, that reaction is based on the “truths” stored in our brains. We can examine those reactions to discover, what in our past, causes that reaction. To react differently, we need to determine how we feel about the thing that happened and if our “truth” needs adjusting or rewriting, then that is what we do. We retrain our brain to react appropriately to that situation and we can then trigger our real truth. Overcoming Guilt and Resentment To overcome feelings triggered when we feel self-guilt, depression, revenge or resentment we should have the words, “It is forgiven” come to our mind, instead of our old trigger thought “Somebody has to pay or be punished.” Cliff asked for clarification regarding the “guilt” feeling. Cliff told of attending an event based on, “Growing Kids God’s Way” at which the phrase “constant state of potential guilt” was explained. Tracy explained this was a case of a struggle with self-worth. When we feel we are not worthy we need to remember: We are okay. We are not perfect, but nobody is perfect. We are each a unique person. There is only one of us and we have value. We all effect people around us – it’s how we affect them that matters. Our experiences, our lives are valuable lessons to someone. To recap, we have automatic triggers and we need to have our subconscious help our conscious self to recognize the trigger and adjust our thinking to change our reaction. Inspirational Quote of the Day “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV ~ God via Paul the apostle Things to remember Find your trigger. Adjust/rewrite your reaction based on truth. You are valuable – you have worth. News and Updates Tracy will be speaking at the BlogWorld Expo in June (5th – 7th), Cliff recommends you attend if you can. Question for Listeners What Trigger Thoughts did you find in your life? Leave a comment below or contact us using one of the methods below and let us know. Contact Cliff and Tracy Cliff can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/GSPN • 859-795-4067 Tracy can be reached at – Send Email • twitter.com/tracyjtrost • facebook.com/DirectorTracyJTrost Listen to the podcast live on Thursdays at 1pm CST at www.TheSuccessfulLifeMindset.com If you would rather read a summary of each podcast, you can do so on our site here: www.TrostMovingPictures.com/category/podcast/ Remember, live your life to its fullest potential!
