#17: Master your mind, with Les Brown

On this episode, Les Brown explains how conquering yourself and mastering your mind…is the first step to winning in life.

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On the off-chance that you haven’t heard of Les, you owe it to yourself to go to YouTube and watch one of his many videos. If you don’t come away inspired to take on the world, you might not have a pulse. Les inspires listeners to examine what they’re doing with their lives and to ask themselves if they’re truly giving and getting all they can from life.

Les has been many things in his career in addition to being a motivational speaker. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, a radio DJ, a talk show host and an author. Just before Paul talked with Les, he was given the great news that he was cancer-free.

SHOW NOTES:

03:00  Les was excited to talk about the latest development in what he called his “cancer experience.”

05:35  It seems that anytime we achieve something, a bigger challenge shows up. Les talks about how he deals with that.

08:55  Here’s the key question: If you would die today, what dreams, ideas and talents will die with you?

10:10  Les says rituals are very important for setting goals and achieving success.

15:20  Les talks a lot about a “positive inner dialogue” – yet he, like everyone, has had to battle negative self-talk. When it comes to overcoming this notion, he says it all starts with being “conscious of your thoughts.”

17:35  Les also emphasizes is the difference between “mind sight” and “eye sight.”

19:40  As Les says, most people go through life getting caught up in their distractions rather than on their destiny. Here’s how he conquers the so-called “Demons of Distraction.”