E197 | Thoughts Drive Actions

Your thoughts drive your actions. I am a big believer in this and it's what I discuss on this episode of the podcast. To help describe this I give an example of when I applied for the Army-Baylor PT Program.

I don't understand the science behind this, but it is very obvious to me that your thoughts drive your actions. 

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Episode Transcription:

Hey, what's going on, guys? Doc Danny here with the PT Entrepreneur Podcast and today I want to get into a topic that, maybe a little bit out there, a little bit, a bit woo-woo for everybody. And, it's something that. I've, I've been kind of like really thinking about this recently and, and looking back at specific things that have happened in my career in particular.

And a lot of this is based on just some stuff that I've even read recently up based on them, they call the law of attraction now. I. I'm not a big believer necessarily in the idea that if you think about something and you just think positively about something, that that will happen, and it'll come true.

I am a big believer in the fact that your, your thoughts drive your actions, and the more you can positively think about and visualize in particular the things that you want. In my opinion, the more likely it is that those things will happen, and I don't know why. I don't know how to explain it besides the fact that it puts you in place mentally that you're willing to work for it.

I think that's a big part of it, and I'm not sure if there's any other. Variables that go into that that maybe are well above my head, you know, and perhaps there are, maybe there's not, but, I, I want to give you an example of, of this and sort of looking back on, on this, how I, I, I did this, you know, getting into PT school.

So even when I was in undergrad, I had applied for the Baylor program. And, I'd gone through a physical and some, you know, assessments and I, did some phone interviews and submitted my packet. And it's a, and it's a challenging program to get into. There are not that many spots, and it's, it's somewhat, it's relatively challenging to get accepted.

So I was a senior in undergrad. And I remember sitting in this psychology called the psychology of stress. It was a class that I was sure I was going to get in. And it was very, very easy. And one of the things that we did was each person in the class each day.

You had to kind of tell your story of where you're from, and you know what you're, what you're doing, what you're studying, what you're hoping to achieve going forward. And, and anybody in the class, I mean, everybody got to ask you anything that they wanted to, and the instructor would kind of pepper you with questions as well.

And I remember I got a question from the instructor, said, Hey, what are you, so what are you going to do after you graduate? And. I said, well, I'm going in the Army, I'm going to be a, I, I'm going to be going to the army Baylor program, and I'll be in San Antonio for three years and then I'll, the Army will send me wherever it is that the Army wants to send me.

And I told everybody in the class that that's exactly what I was doing and that I was already in and I hadn't been accepted yet. And that's, that's as I look back like that's kind of a crazy thing to say, but I was so sure. Like, this is for me, I look back, and it's very odd. Like I was so confident. So sure.

I thought about that program so much. I mean, it was, I was obsessed with. Getting into that one program and aligned with what I wanted to do between joining the military and being able to become a physical therapist, which was exactly what I wanted to do. There was no other option for me. I didn't apply to any other school.

I didn't know what I was going to do besides that, and I was so sure I was going to get into that program, and that is the path that I was going to take, that I was willing to tell people in a class before I even got accepted that I. Had been accepted. I was going to be in that program. I was going to be in that program.

I was going to the Army, and I was going to the army Baylor program before I even got accepted. Now I look back on that, and I think to myself, like, man, how much of that was just luck? How much did that have? Just frankly, it's a silly thing to say what happens if I hadn't got accepted? I didn't, that wasn't even, that thought.

Didn't even run, you know, through my, through my mind is no thought whatsoever. I mean, not getting accepted to that program. And I think that there's something to be said for that. There's this positive visualization of you achieving a goal, and it feels familiar. You know, like I heard Conor McGregor say this one time that, when, when he won the first championship that he won, they asked him how it felt, and he said, familiar.

It feels familiar, which is interesting because you think about it, cause he never won a UFC championship before. But yet in his mind, he was so confident, he was so sure that it was what he was going to accomplish. And you've worked so hard to get to that point at prep. He had prepared so well for that moment that he was.

A hundred percent sure that he was going to win, and that's what was going to happen. And he was going to get the belt. And his response was, he felt familiar. It felt familiar. So what I want you to think about, and the reason I bring this up is too often we surround ourselves with negative people.

When we let ourselves get distracted by negative. Responses, negative emotions that we have from things that potentially, let's, let's say, a negative something does happen to you. Okay, that's great, but take a step back and realize, you know, a, what can you learn from this so that it doesn't happen again, or that you're better off going forward, but be also, if something was easy, let's put this in perspective.

If, if everything was easy and everything was smooth sailing, you wouldn't be able to appreciate it very well. You know, it's like when people get a, and they inherit when people inherit a lot of money, or they win the lottery, typically they were miserable, unfulfilled people because they didn't earn it.

They don't have this feeling of satisfaction. Right. There's a difference between climbing a mountain and getting in a helicopter and getting somebody to drop you off at the top of the hill. It's an entirely different, you get to the same place. Yes. But is the satisfaction level the same? No. You didn't earn it the same.

Way. Do you know? So when you look at some of these things that are happening to you, and let's say you've got some negative shit that's going on in your life right now, who knows? Maybe you're in, and you have a lot of student loans. You know, perhaps you don't like your job. Perhaps you're in school, and you're not sure if he made the right decision.

You know, maybe you have some personal stuff going on that is negatively affecting you. The more you can start to change the way you view that and then begin to. Surround yourself with positive people instead of negative people, the more likely it is that you're going to come out of that much better off having learned something and be successful, after you've gotten through whatever it is that, you know, stress, that is going on at that time.

And you know, one thing that I think about sometimes too, is we all have people in our life that are just super negative. And as I was thinking about this yesterday. And I had a lot of time to myself yesterday because my wife took me, our son, to a swim meet. After all, our daughter didn't want to go, and I stayed with her, and she was a bed kind of early, and when you get home too late.

So I had some time to sit there and just think, and I like to give myself some time to do that. As odd as that sounds, I, I want to let shit just settle, you know, in my brain and try to figure some things out and, and you know, I'll tell you that the people that I know that are ultra negative.

Bad shit always seems to happen to them. Always. They're still late. They always get a speeding ticket. They always have a flat tire, you know, they always have something negative to happen to them at work. Somebody was rude to them. Somebody did X, Y, and Z to them, and it's like these ultra negative people just attract these.

Negative things that happened to them in their life and the people that I know, they're the happiest, that is, have the best attitude, the best sort of mental clarity, and focus on what they're trying to do. Good shit seems to happen to them more frequently. And I don't know why. I don't know if it's the people that they're attracting that they're around or the responses that people have in response to the way that.

These people are presenting themselves versus the others, but it's the reality, you know? And, and the more you can start to work on your mindset with negative things that happen, and also focusing on, you know, working on the things that you're trying to achieve and owning those, those things, like almost to the point where you're willing to tell everybody in a random class that you already got into a program that you didn't get into to that extent, right?

Like that's kind of wild. And silly. If it didn't happen, that would have been embarrassing. But to that point where you've owned the solution, that is the outcome, the outcome that you're trying to achieve. And visualize that. And we all know how powerful that is within the sport. And the same thing applies to life with big ideas that you're trying to achieve.

And in particular business, you know, getting yourself into a distinct mental state has a lot to do with your ability to solve problems, to work in a profound work state and get a lot of work done in a short period and achieve those things that you're working on that right now, they seem really.

Difficult, challenging. And challenges are essential. You should seek those things out when things become comfortable and complacent, and you need to do something else cause you're not growing, you know? So don't ever try to get to a place where it's just a hundred percent complacent. I think that's. That's, you're just going to deteriorate in many ways like that.

So if you're struggling with something fresh, good for you, you're growing. That's awesome. We know we need stress to grow. What's Wolff's law?  So for those of you that are struggling with something right now, I hope this helps you.

I hope it helps you realize. Yup. I get it. Everybody goes through this stuff. I'm going to appreciate a lot more on the backend, and for now, I need to visualize where I'm trying to go. I need to focus on being as positive with the outcomes that I'm getting currently and surround myself with people that are the most positive people that I can find that are rooting for me.

Instead of telling me that I can't do this and trying to hold me down or stop me from doing something. That is in your corner, and I really believe in you and believe in the things that you're able to do. And the more you can do that, the more likely it is you're going to achieve the goals you have.

You're going to do them faster, and you're going to have more fulfillment with those along the way.

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