Fix Your BS (Belief Systems) to Create Success, Happiness, and Fulfillment with Greg Pursley

0:01Boom! Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire. I are brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals with great shows like Online Marketing Made Easy. Today, we'll be breaking down how to fix your BS belief systems to create success, happiness, and fulfillment. To drop these value bombs, I are brought Greg Persley into EO Fire Studios. Dr. Greg graduated with a doctorate at 23. Life took some unexpected turns. Now he uses his knowledge to help others create a life they love to live. and Fire Nation will talk about this belief system.

0:38We'll talk about how it affects life and success. We'll talk about the step-by-step process about thinking our way and so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Greg and our sponsors. Business Made Simple, hosted by Donald Miller, is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Business Made Simple takes the mystery out of growing your business. Join my friend, Donald Miller, each week as he shares value bombs on topics like The Secret to Making Better Marketing Decisions. Listen to Business Made Simple wherever you get your podcasts.

1:14Belay has spent over a decade helping thousands of leaders increase efficiency and productivity by leveraging flexible staffing solutions. Download Belay's Delegation Guide and learn six specific things that busy leaders must start delegating today. Text FIRE, that's F-I-R-E, to 55123 to download the guide and get started. Dr. G, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. What's up, Fire Nation? So glad to be here. Something that I totally believe is that everyone has the potential to be as successful as they want to be.

1:57In fact, I really believe the greatest travesty of life is that a majority of people actually settle for a life instead of stepping into building a life they actually want to build on their terms, not something that's been told to them by a family member or parent or teacher. And that's what most people live. They fall into some sort of pattern and then they live this life that they're not really content or happy with or fulfilled with. And I think everyone has the potential to be as successful as they want to be. Well, Fire Nation, it's time to step into your life. And we're going to help you do that by fixing your BS, your belief systems to create success, happiness, and fulfillment.

2:45And Dr. G, that's what we're going to talk about right now, fixing our belief systems to create that success, that happiness, that fulfillment. So first and foremost, what the heck is a belief system? A belief system is really an acceptance of something. It's where you've repeated something in your head or somebody else has told you something enough that you accept it. I call it a connection. You've connected this equals that, this experience, this emotion, this idea equals this other experience, emotion, or idea. Like, I can't do that because, or I'm not good enough because, and you've connected these things.

3:23So a belief is literally just something that you have taken as truth, and majority of your life is run on habits which come from your belief. How exactly do my belief systems affect my life? How do they affect my success? Well, there's studies that point out that a majority of people, 99 % of their day is run on habit because they're not paying attention. And so your beliefs turn into your thoughts, your thoughts turn into your emotions, your emotions turn into your actions, and your actions are generally the habits of your beliefs. So you end up with the same repetitive results day after day, which then builds up into your life.

4:07And you end up somewhere and most people end up where they don't want to end up into the future. And they're hoping for a better life. They're hoping for a better future. But you have to understand a belief is actually the subconscious mind. It's the subconscious or automatic thought processes. The things that you believe are not something you really think about. Most people don't. The conscious mind is what you actually use to think. And so if you repeat something or repeat a thought with enough emotion, repetitively enough, your subconscious mind will start to change and you'll start to believe something different, which will then automatically change your physiology, which is your emotions, which then changes your actions.

4:47And that's actually how it works. It sounds so simple, which it is, but people put a lot of emotion and ego in the way. And because they can't get out of their own way, they end up fighting against themselves instead of allowing their abundance or their full potential to be seen. Now, I personally love step-by-step processes because that's how I operate. I know a lot of people in my audience feel the same way. So let's talk about the steps to fix our BS, our belief systems. Well, the first step to really anything, especially this, is really to become aware. Become aware that maybe the things that you've taken and accepted as truth aren't really true.

5:29They're just true to you, and that's what a belief is. So you have to become aware. You have to acknowledge the fact that maybe there's some other part. So the second one would be acknowledge some other way of looking at this. Dive back into, well, is that true? Is that belief true for me at this stage in my life? Is there another way of looking at it? Once you acknowledge it, then you have to accept it. You're like, okay, cool. This is something that maybe I should relook at. then you have to appreciate or have gratitude for it. Appreciate the fact that you've been through what you've been through.

6:06Appreciate the fact that you are where you are. Because unless you appreciate it, you're really going to get to the next step with a negative emotion. And you really don't want to make decisions or do the next step, which is take action or act with negative emotions. You want to appreciate everything you've been through, all the things you've learned, all the understanding that you gain. So you can say, you know, how can I use these as seeds to where I can develop into someone greater with my new actions? And so you take actions from that new found appreciation. Fire Nation, step-by-step processes, that's how you can start to operate in a new and more powerful way.

6:50I love that fact of becoming aware. I love acknowledging what is happening in your life, in your world. And then, listen, I'm an action taker, Fire Nation. By pressing the play button today, you're an action taker. It's exciting. Accept it. Acknowledge it. Move forward. And we have a lot to talk about around money, around success, when we get back from thanking our sponsors. Fire Nation, the holidays are near, and I know you're rocking your year-end goals. It's crunch time. And if you're ready to hit your revenue targets and finish the year strong, then I've got the perfect tool to help you fill your pipeline, nurture prospects, and close deals.

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9:55To see where you could benefit from delegating, Belay is offering a free download of their delegation guide. They outline six specific things that busy leaders must start delegating to take their leadership and results to the next level. Text FIRE, that's F-I-R-E-2-5-5-1-2-3 to download the guide and get started. Delegate to Belay so you can focus on what matters most. Now, Dr. G, most of my listeners want to make more money. A lot of my listeners want to find more success. Some want both of those things. I mean, it's pretty natural for entrepreneurs to desire money, to desire success. So how can we use our belief systems to do both of these things, to make more money and to find more success?

10:37Well, first people have to define what success is to them. Um, most people define success as achieving some sort of goal. And I don't believe that's what success is. I believe success is movement towards a goal. So that way you're, you give yourself the opportunity for the goal to change the end result to, to move, because as you learn about yourself and you do become more aware of what really does light you up and what acting on your highest passion really is at as much as possible, then you'll start to realize that maybe the goal you had set in the beginning was not big enough, or maybe it was in the wrong direction because you set it at that time.

11:18And now you're a new person, you're a new person every day. So that's really, I mean, you have to define what success is to you. To me, it's movement toward and end results. That way it gives you the opportunity to change the end result. Now, as far as money goes, We grew up in in our society. We grew up with Thoughts and beliefs about money that were handed down to us um And when you accept those beliefs about money, you might say yes I want money because you come into the age of going wow money buys me things and I like things and I like Opportunities and money is something that I can use as a tool But then you have these beliefs about money that are the money is the root of all evil or wealthy people are pigs or when you're rich people take advantage of everyone.

12:06And if you truly believe that, then any sort of financial success you start to achieve, you will self-sabotage because it's conflicting. You start to have more money. And instead of paying attention to the emotion of saying, I have this wealth and abundance of cashflow coming to me and I'm using that wealth and abundance for good and wealthy people are actually good and they have the best options available to them so they can make not only improvements in their own life, but their family and their community and their city and their region. And they can make the biggest impact. When you start to change your beliefs about that, then you start to realize that, well, it's a must.

12:49It's an absolute must. It's an obligation to become wealthy. And it becomes more of a fun game. If you look at the most successful, financially successful people, they get to work and they work harder than when they had to work because it becomes a game and they get to do it for fun. So you have to really dive into what are my beliefs about money. And I always talk about your own value and how you view yourself. If you don't view yourself as valuable, you will never out-earn the amount of value you put on yourself and your skills and the worthiness that you feel. And I'm not talking about being better than anyone.

13:29Just saying that you go, you know what? I really deserve to have wealth because I'm going to use it for good. I deserve, I am valuable and my skills that I've developed, I've put in the effort and I should look for opportunities. And it's really what you expect that comes into reality is I expect to be wealthy. I expect to help others. I expect that things will come to me. Opportunities will come to me. And when you keep repeating that in your conscious mind enough, your subconscious mind takes over and goes, oh, this is important. So we need to find opportunities and we need to find cash flow and we need to find people that align with us to where we can make a bigger impact.

14:08And that's really how it works. So anything that you repeat in your conscious mind enough with enough emotion that you start to believe it comes into the subconscious mind. And all of a sudden, your subconscious mind will start attracting, this is the law of attraction, it'll attract those things that line up with the result that you're looking for. And when you get good at that, then you're unstoppable. Fire Nation, I hope you realize just how powerful these last four minutes have been. I mean, if you are in a situation to rewind four minutes, listen to this entire diatribe again. And for those people that really wanted to sink in and absorb this, let's do it a third time.

14:52That was four minutes of goal. That was four minutes of value bombs. And I hope you're starting to see how your BS, Fire Nation, your belief systems have such an impact on your life every day. I love your definition of success, Dr. G. Success is moving towards a goal. It reminds me of this great Dale Carnegie quote, success is the gradual realization of a worthy ideal. Think about that quote, Fire Nation. It's not getting to the finish line of your goal. It is gradually realizing over time, not just any ideal, but a worthy ideal. That's success. And then shifting to the money aspect of it, it's an obligation to make money, Fire Nation.

15:39You should feel obligated. You are obligated because you can do amazingly powerful things with that money. So what are your ideals around money? Do you understand, Fire Nation, that you should look for opportunities because they are there for you feel obligated to look for these opportunities. You should be looking for them. Dr. G, how can we think our way to success? Well, first, you have to create a vision. You have to know where you're headed. You have to create an end result that you're looking for. I create vision boards. I expose myself to the feeling, the emotional feeling of being in something.

16:25If I want to buy a Porsche, I will go and test drive Porsches. I will go and do a racetrack of Porsches. I will print out a picture of it. I will put exactly what I want. I will put how much that thing is. I will set a goal or a target that says, I am going to reach this goal or achieve this thing. And then I will get this Porsche. And then by setting that vision, I can draw back to where I currently am and say, okay, well, what is the next thing I need to do to move toward that vision. Now, like I said, the happiness isn't in the end result of getting that specific Porsche. It might be the idea, but I may get that one or I may change it as I move toward it.

17:09It reminds me of somebody I was working with one-on-one. He said he wanted a Ferrari. And it was the only reason when I asked him, I said, why do you want a Ferrari? He said, when I did my school book fairs. There was always this picture of a Ferrari and I bought it every year and it was a different color, but I really liked the red one and it was hanging on my wall. And I said, have you ever touched a Ferrari? He said, no. I said, you've never touched test drove. Have you been around one? He said, no. So his assignment was to go and test drive and feel what a Ferrari feels like. After test driving that weekend, he test drove a bunch of different supercars.

17:42He ended up saying, I don't want a Ferrari. I want an Aston Martin. So you have to understand it was the idea of the Ferrari that he wanted. It was the idea of success. And that's what that meant to him was having a Ferrari or that type of car. But it really wasn't the Ferrari that he wanted. He wanted the, the ability to, or the achievement of the ability to be able to actually get that thing. And so it opens you up towards the possibility of saying, you know, I'm not disappointed with not getting a Ferrari because I got this Aston Martin. And that brings me to my next point, really, is that you should have gratitude and appreciation in anything and everything that comes into your life because you have to, if you're casting a vision and you're constantly focused on that vision and you're moving toward that vision, things will come to you that are unexpected.

18:28And sometimes you will think that those things are negative because they don't feel good, but you have to understand that sometimes things that don't feel good have to come into your world, into your experience so you can grow and become the person you have to become in order to achieve or get that thing that you wanted to get or that result you wanted to get. So feel appreciation and gratitude now because you can feel it as if you already have it, which then attracts it actually quicker. Man, that was a lot of info, but it's so true, man. It's so true. And I mean, Fire Nation vision boards, have you tried it?

19:05I mean, don't be knocking things till you've tried it because there's so many powerful things that come around touching your goals, the Ferrari, driving it, test driving it, taking a Porsche for a spin. And then I love that one thing that you said I wanted to repeat it, Dr. G. Have gratitude and appreciation for anything and everything that is coming into your life. Value bombs galore, Fire Nation. Dr. G, let's end with a bang. Give us the one key takeaway from everything we shared today that you want to make sure Fire Nation gets from our conversation? Well, the one that comes to mind is something I struggled with for a long time.

19:43And that was the statement, you matter. Entrepreneurship, business ownership is not easy and it's not for the faint of heart. And what I tell people all the time is that no one will love you more than you love you. So what I mean by that is if you love yourself at a three or four and other people tell you you're amazing and we love you at a 10, you won't believe them. You'll say, I love myself at a four, so therefore they must be lying. Love yourself at a 10 and understand that when experiences come that are positive or negative or that feel good or feel bad, they're all serving a purpose. And just remember that you matter.

20:20I wish somebody would have been able to tell me that when I was younger, and I didn't really understand that until I met my wife, but you matter. So keep that in mind as you're doing these amazing things and becoming amazing people is that you matter. And if you want to join my movement, if you want to come and work with us, come and join to make sure you have the right mindset and the right belief systems in place to achieve anything and everything you want in life. So you matter. That's the main thing I want to make sure everybody understands. You matter, Fire Nation. Love yourself at a 10. I mean, what's the alternative?

21:01Love yourself at a 10. Dr. G, call to action. Where can Fire Nation connect with you? What do you have for us today? Absolutely. So one of the things we do is we do challenges. So you can go to fixturebs.net and you can sign up for one of our challenges. We have different things about five different key areas in life, relationships, business, health, finances, and beliefs. And we get people really the tactical things that they can do to really understand what they need to do in order to create whatever they want to create in their life. it's my true joy and passion I love doing it but go to fixturebs.net sign up for one of our either mini courses that we do for free or the challenges are like less than$20 and you'll get millions of dollars of value out of a 5 day challenge so you can commit to less than$20 in 5 days of 1 hour per day in order to get the biggest outcome fixturebs.com has the challenges fixturebs.net has the has the mini courses.

22:06So one of them's free. One of them's less than 20 bucks, but we'll teach you how to develop your life on your terms. Fire Nation, you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. You've been hanging out with GP and JLD today, so keep up that heat. For links to everything we talked about, visit eofire.com. Type Greg in the search bar and the show notes page will pop right up. Greg, thank you for sharing your truth, your knowledge, your value with Fire Nation. For that we salute you and we'll catch you on the flip side. Hey, Fire Nation, a huge thank you to our sponsors and Dr.

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