Define to Stay Discplined

We dive into the 9 essential steps to help you level up your life and create the success you desire. These steps aren’t just about motivation—they’re about real, actionable strategies to shift your mindset, sharpen your focus, and take control of your journey.

I’ll break down the tools you need to:
✅ Gain clarity on your goals
✅ Strengthen discipline and consistency
✅ Align your attitude and emotions with success
✅ Build trust in yourself and your process
✅ Execute with precision and elevate to the next level

No matter where you are today, you have the power to transform your circumstances. Tune in and start unlocking your potential that will take you to the life you’re meant to live!

Its not just food, its about leveling up in all areas of your life. 

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Transcript

(0:00) Hi and welcome to Advantage Point. I am Tracy, your host, and today we're talking about defining (0:08) two-state discipline. You can say get cleared with what you want is another way of saying it.(0:15) Manifestation these days is searched and it's up 600 percent from last year. People are wanting (0:26) to know how can I magically make things happen. You can magically make things happen by working (0:33) from within and that is how this works, all right? And my podcast here, I talk about (0:44) Advantage Point.You have an advantage over your life in order to elevate it, get to where you want (0:51) to go. Manifest your dreams by utilizing these nine mastery steps. Awareness.You want to be (1:03) very aware of who you are and what is going on, right? Once you have gotten clear with who you are, (1:11) where you are in your life, you are then able to define and get clearer on what you want (1:19) to stay disciplined, to stay focused. It is so important to understand that (1:27) if you don't know what you're working toward, you will find yourself quitting before you ever (1:37) begin. You will find it difficult.You will find it exhausting because you did not basically (1:54) associate it. When we say, okay, I'm tired of being on the hamster wheel or there was a pain (2:04) point of you had a relative, a loved one, what have you, who was given a diagnosis of, say, (2:14) lung cancer and you smoke. You're like, okay, that was it.That was the straw that broke the (2:22) camel's back. I am definitely done with this situation. I am taking control of this and I (2:28) am going to work hard every single day not to focus on smoking, right? What are those triggers (2:39) that cause you to smoke? Is it because your friends smoke or that you drink or is it just (2:46) a habit of just a hand to mouth kind of situation? What is it, right? When you decide that you're (2:53) going to stop doing something, your brain goes into the question of why.You're wanting to define. (2:59) This is my pain point. I'm done with this.Then your brain goes into, okay, why are you stopping? (3:09) Why am I stopping? I mean, my cousin's brain is lung cancer or I want more money in my life. (3:19) I want to level up. I want this job.I'm going to work on my education. I'm going to work on (3:26) what I need to do to get this job. What are the requirements of getting this job, right? (3:31) What are the requirements of becoming the greatest YouTuber on the planet? (3:36) What is typically done? What do other YouTubers look like, right? We start studying because that's (3:43) when our brain starts going, okay, what is the why? Then things start coming to you and dropping into (3:48) your vortex of the what in which you're looking for.You'll start noticing that you'll (4:01) start getting aligned with your goal. You'll start seeing advertisements for weight loss or (4:07) advertisements for a personal trainer that has a great deal that's within your budget. (4:13) You'll start seeing those classes that you need to fulfill the job(4:18) that you want to level up your life a little bit financially.(4:22) You will start becoming more in alignment with your goal. Once you get very clear, (4:32) for instance, you want to make money. However, this is what you don't do.You want to make money (4:41) and you focus on the money. Then you focus on the how. Then you're so tied up in the how (4:48) and on the content that will make you that money happen.For instance, a book. (4:55) You are writing the book, right? You're writing the book and you are like, okay, (5:02) this is exactly what I want to do. Everything's going great.But then you start worrying about (5:08) the how. Like, oh, how am I going to get it published? You've taken your focus off of the (5:15) content and on the way up way, way, way on the end game of the how. Who's going to publish? Well, (5:22) how's it going to happen? How am I going to make this money? You start getting worried.(5:25) You have anxiety and then fear creeps in. Then you find yourself not doing what you should be (5:33) and that's creating the content on the page. So you have to refocus and stay disciplined(5:41) because your definition, what you have to find is, I am going to write this book.Brain goes, why? (5:50) You answer, because I want to help millions of people because I went through this pain point (5:58) and I want to help others, kind of help them go through that pain point, which is I have found (6:06) out that a lot of people go through this. Or I have learned this in my MBA program and, (6:12) or I'm an athlete. That's why I wrote Advantage Point.These goal-oriented, setting, (6:18) defining, so you can elevate your life. And it's through an athlete's eyes (6:25) and an entrepreneurial soul that this book was designed to help you elevate your life (6:32) because I have gone through it and I hope that this helps you. Therefore, (6:41) you have to get very clear.For the longest time, I was almost like I was confused on how to get (6:46) clear. I was like, of course I know what I want. I'm going to be a millionaire.Well, okay. I didn't (6:50) align with the question of the brain asking the why until I took some courses at Chicago (6:58) University and I took some courses from a neuroscientist and I learned about how the (7:04) brain actually operates and what it does and why. And why it's important to stay curious and (7:13) how does the brain search for information and how does it come into the vortex? All this was (7:18) explained and it was very fascinating.Our brain is constantly trying to problem solve. (7:24) So, I was, you know, reading about German Shepherds one day, which is they need toys (7:29) that are problem solving toys because they're working dogs. Well, we're people who work.(7:35) So, we need measurements that, we need, we need, I guess, problems, if you will. We look at our (7:44) life and we try to find those solutions. So, we look for the tools to problem solve.Well, (7:50) our brain is one of those problem solving tools. We have an analytical side and a creative side. (7:57) And yes, we do work analytically and we work creatively.Some people are more so creatively (8:03) and some are more so analytically or, you know, the rational people, those who, (8:10) math and science-y people versus, you know, more art chefs, people who are more on the creative (8:18) side that, that really work kind of like on a tactile situation, a learning process. (8:27) So, then it's really important to understand how you learn. Who, who are you and how do you learn? (8:33) A lot of people do not learn the traditional way of sitting down and doing math problems.(8:38) But I have talked to so many people as to why I designed Neutronomi. I did the way I did,(8:45) is because it teaches the traditional, the traditional school methods in a non-traditional(8:52) way through culinary. A lot of people that I talk to, they go, I get it now with the math stuff(8:59) because this is how, that's how they learn.They learn best by seeing it visually in front of them. (9:07) And actually playing it out more so, creative side. (9:13) So, we need to understand who we are.That's the whole point of the first chapter of awareness, (9:17) to understand how you actually define. You want to be better in time management. What do you do? (9:23) You go, okay, why do I want to be better in time management? Probably because I've pissed (9:27) some people off by being late.I've lost a couple of jobs. I want to be more responsible. I need (9:35) to be taken more seriously.People find me blighty. There's a lot of reasons as to why (9:41) you need time management. One, it's less stressful.Because when you are on time somewhere, (9:49) I call being on time 15 minutes early. There are times where I have been late. Yes, (9:56) I don't make excuses.I simply say, I didn't manage my time properly. (10:02) Because the bottom line is, that's exactly what happened. I put something in front of (10:08) something else that was not a part of my day, trying to squeeze it in, and it made me late.(10:16) And that is what happens. You know, some things do happen, such as the car or the kids or the, (10:23) you throw up all of a sudden. And you can say, but don't blame it on my kids, on my car.More so, (10:33) life threw me a wrench today, and my car decided to bark back. So I apologize for my tardiness. (10:42) This is not my norm.Keep it general. Keep it light. Keep it slightly comical, but serious (10:55) at the same time, that you know their time is precious, and you apologize.And if you find that (11:01) you're going to be late, contact that person immediately, and say, hey, universe threw a (11:07) wrench in my day. This is what's happened. Universe threw a wrench in my day.They don't need to know (11:12) details. But I do need to reschedule with you. I apologize.You are the most important person to me. (11:20) And unfortunately, I, whatever, my child needs me. It just, you know, your priorities, right? (11:34) I've had the vehicle do not what I want it to do, and I've called an Uber and still got there.(11:41) So we will do what we need to do to get where we need to be, right? (11:46) It's just how bad do you want to get there? Or safety. You know, there's some reasons you just (11:52) can't. Point being is that you need to communicate.Communicate effectively is very, very important. (12:02) So you do need to know, and awareness also is the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, (12:08) and threats. The strengths and weaknesses is an internal list that you would create.(12:16) Making yourself more aware of who you are. And the opportunities are external as to what's out (12:25) there to help you work with your weaknesses and, you know, keep, maintain your strength. (12:34) And work towards your strengths and, you know, fine tune and basically help the weaknesses that (12:46) are bringing down, like time management.So with time management, I talk about, (12:54) like there's a whole thing about how to make it work for you. You have, like in your finances, (13:02) you have things that are a constant, you know, your rent, your mortgage, things that are flat. (13:11) You know, they're every single month that this is what you have to pay.(13:17) And utilities, rent, water, whatever, you know what they are. Then you have things that are(13:23) kind of flex. You have groceries, you know, you have to pay them.It's good to have like a budget (13:28) of how much is your set amount. You have an emergency, you have insurance, it's a solid (13:35) amount every month. Your emergency might be a solid amount every month that you put, you know, (13:40) to the side.So you know what that looks like. And if your budgeting or finances is one of your (13:47) weaknesses, then it would be good to find out what those opportunities are in your community.(13:54) There's professionals out there that can help you navigate.The library has great (14:04) strategies, classes. There's stuff in your community. And the library is a great place to start (14:12) that has these particular opportunities.Even your job, your workplace has, especially if you (14:18) work for a large company, they do have stuff you just talk to with your HR. (14:25) But you, just like with your finances, you have set things, you have meetings, (14:29) you've got to go pick up your kids. Can't leave them at school and they magically get home.That's (14:36) not how it works. You have a time that you have to be at work or at your desk. If you work from home, (14:43) you have a time where you, so on and so forth.One of my weaknesses was consistency of dinner. (14:51) Because for myself, I would have so many things get in front of it. And my daughter having autism (15:01) and being a child, security happens.And they actually, it helps their growth process (15:09) is when they feel secure. You'll actually see their behavior change too. (15:16) Kids like boundaries.Matter of fact, they do. We like boundaries. We like to know when we go (15:22) in someplace that there's a set of rules or boundaries that we are to have, to have an (15:29) organized structure of safety.Bottom line. Time is no different. By creating a time and then (15:42) working backwards.So whatever that situation would be like, I finally have it to where (15:50) if I don't teach a culinary class, we eat at actually kind of an early dinner at 3.30. (16:00) And if I don't have class, we eat at six. But then what I have found that we do best (16:07) is that we now just eat dinner at 4.30. And that has found the sweet spot. So it's not inconsistent.(16:19) Inconsistency can unravel anything. And it can definitely unravel the mind. (16:30) Another thing that is when you're trying, when you're trying to get clear on what you want, (16:37) you can't get clear and define what you want if your house is a mess.(16:45) One thing I had a client do one time is I suggested that they put a date on their calendar(16:53) that they were going to hire a housekeeping service to come in and clean their house.(16:59) But they had to first do a toss, keep, and sell method. I was like, this is what you got to do.(17:13) You have to clean your house. They didn't even have a place where you could actually(17:19) cook. And one of the things that this person wanted to do is they wanted to do family dinners, (17:27) family eating times, and also wanted to eat healthier.You can't eat healthy. You can't (17:34) have family time if you do not have a designated kitchen and it looks like a storage closet. (17:40) You have to fix this.You can't fix external stuff is when your external stuff looks like (17:47) internal stuff. It mirrors you. Therefore, you need to start fixing this external stuff.(17:56) So it starts mirroring and you actually start feeling better when you throw something away.(18:02) Oh gosh, I feel great when I throw something away. Very minuscule, but helpful.It's important to (18:19) know where you are in your life in order to define. Who are you? Be aware of who you are (18:33) so that you can define where you want to go. In order to define where you want to go, (18:44) you have to remove some of that clutter in your house.That's cluttering your mind as well. (18:49) I can't think clear with clutter everywhere. I know I can.I know you can't. In order to manifest (18:58) what you want, you have to get clear on the why you want to actually do it. (19:07) I want to write a book.Why? Because I want to make millions of dollars. Crap. You will never (19:15) write a stupid book.You will not be a successful author because that's so far the end game. (19:26) Then you start thinking about how you're going to make money. How you're going to get where you (19:34) need to go.That you're going to lose sight of writing the actual book. You're going to lose (19:44) sight on any of it. Your goal cannot manifest if your brain doesn't understand the why.(19:57) Why do you want to lose weight? This is fun, eating whatever I want to eat and not care(20:03) and feel like I have control when actually I don't. It feels great to eat sweets all day long.(20:12) Makes you feel good.That's what your brain's telling you. Makes you feel good. Why would you (20:15) want to give this up? Why? Because I am not healthy and need to do this because my body is shutting (20:28) down.That's why. Then you have a reference point. The brain has a reference point of when you go to(20:36) eat whatever is causing the problem or consume whatever's causing the problem.Your brain goes, (20:45) whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't do that. Remember what we said? Remember what the problem is? (20:52) If you drink that, if you eat that, you're just going to continue being in that place where you (20:58) don't need to be.There's an emotional, there's an emotion to it. The brain says why? You have (21:04) an emotional reason why not do it and you want to focus on what that pain would feel like if you (21:14) went back to what you were doing. Doesn't feel great and we want to feel great.We want to elevate. (21:21) We want to glow up, right? So just remember this main step. Define what you want (21:35) by asking the question, why? Why do you want it? Not how you're going to get it.Why do you want it? (21:44) What are you going to do to achieve it? And it will begin to manifest right before your eyes. (21:54) It has to focus on you, what you want, not on what you don't want. We focus and put the energy (22:03) on what we do want.It grows. It expands. It has to.It's science. I hope today's episode (22:15) Advantage Point, train your brain to master your game, has helped you today. (22:19) Look forward to next week.Take care.