1 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: What's going on, Emily Body Here? You are listening to 2 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: five Minute Friday, and it is a good Friday because 3 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: I am heading up to Boston for some fun stuff 4 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: this weekend that I hope if your local I get 5 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: to see you at. I chatted about this last Friday, 6 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: but I'll be stopping by a myriad of places, including 7 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the Bandit pop up at one nineteen Mulberry, as well 8 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: as Nike's Women's Community Night on Saturday night and a 9 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: shakeout on Sunday morning. I'm going to link all of 10 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: this goodness in the show notes for anyone else who's 11 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: local to the area. With that said, it's also a 12 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: good Friday because I am making it a good, good Friday. 13 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: That's what I want to talk about for five Minute 14 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: Friday Today. I'm seeing how many times I can say 15 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: the word Friday in the first minute of this podcast. 16 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: Apparently I digress. This morning, I got an email that 17 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,639 Speaker 1: really bothered me and I went to text my best 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: friend to vent about it. And as I opened the 19 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: text message in that moment, I made a choice to 20 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: tell her about a small win that I had at 21 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: the gym where I added weight to my overhead press, 22 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: which felt very exciting, and I felt super strong, and 23 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: so I told her about that and focused on that 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: and decided not to give any energy at that moment 25 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: to the thing that had been frustrating me. And I 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: realized by making this choice, by choosing to focus on 27 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: the good, that good things started to flow toward me. 28 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: I had a really nice morning and really great lunch 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: with a friend and got back to some unexpected good 30 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: news in my inbox later that day and was just 31 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: reminded of what I already know. That energy attracts like energy. 32 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: I feel like that is the theme of twenty twenty 33 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: four here, and I know I say it all the 34 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: time on the show, But where your focus goes, energy flows, 35 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to say this again. I know you've probably 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: heard it before. Where your focus goes, energy flows. And 37 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: so I choose to stay focused on the things that 38 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: serve me. And it's not always easy, right in fact, 39 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: in this life where most of our thoughts every day 40 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: are negative. Seriously, according to a research conducted by the 41 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: National Science Foundation, I think the statistic is around eighty 42 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: percent of our thoughts are negative. The brain has a 43 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: built in negative bias that causes us to focus on 44 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: bad things which isn't there kind But you are the 45 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: person who gets to break the system. And so this 46 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: prompts the question do you want to what is it 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: that you want and what is within your control to 48 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: go after it? There's power in your perspective and you 49 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: have that power. Let me empower you on this Friday. 50 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: So my thought prompt for you is where are you 51 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: focusing your attention and your energy and is that giving 52 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: you the result that you'd hoped for? Where are you 53 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: currently giving your focus and is it giving you the 54 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: results that you want? And now a listener question. 55 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: Hey Emily Rachel from New York here. I love your 56 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 2: podcast and was hoping you can help answer my question. 57 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: I guess I struggle with motivation sometimes and my everyday 58 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: routine can seem repetitive and mundane most days. So I'm 59 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 2: wondering how do you motivate yourself or I guess, how 60 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: do you hype yourself up to go about your daily 61 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 2: Monday through Friday routine. Any insight would be helpful. 62 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, Hi Rachel, thank you for this. I first 63 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: want to disclaim that I don't every day wake up 64 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: with abundant amounts of energy and everything that feels absolutely 65 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: effortless because I have a strong why. That's not exactly 66 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: how it works, but what I do have is that 67 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: strong why, which helps me show up on the days 68 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: where my energy or my motivation also feels like it's 69 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: wearing off a little bit. And so I have two 70 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: big tips for anyone who feels like their motivation is 71 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: going out the window when you're feeling a little bit blah. 72 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: The first is what I just mentioned, having a strong 73 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: connection to your why with anything that you're doing within 74 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: your life. You want to live each day in purpose, 75 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: on purpose, right, and so knowing that you certain goals, 76 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: ask yourself, what is it about these things that makes 77 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: me excited? And perhaps there's something in your life that 78 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: you're not all that jazzed about. Maybe you are at 79 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: a certain job right now that really does feel like 80 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: a job, but that job affords you the opportunity to 81 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: do certain things, or perhaps provides you the money that 82 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: you need to do the things that otherwise excite you. 83 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: There is a why for everything that you're doing, so 84 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: find a strong connection to that, and that why will 85 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: help you show up day in and day out. And 86 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: then the second thing is have some sort of a 87 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 1: regular check in process with an accountability partner. So, yes, 88 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: the day to day can get a bit mundane, but 89 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: maybe it's a little easier if before you get going 90 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: with your workday at nine am, you text a friend 91 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: and you tell them to highlights of your morning or too, 92 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: highlights from the past forty eight hours. These little gratitude 93 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: moments and an accountability buddy combined can be a super 94 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: beautiful and helpful force. And you don't need to do 95 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: anything drastic. I just said, list two good things from 96 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: the past twenty four hours. It won't take that long, 97 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: and it'll give you that little extra boost of positivity 98 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: to show up and do something that otherwise you're not 99 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: all that amped about. There's power in numbers, there's power 100 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: in relationships, and trust me, you are worthy of a 101 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: climate of support. Make sure you're following along over on 102 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: social at Hurdle podcast I'm over at Emily a Body 103 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.