 Question is from MiniFig. What do you do when you have the right mindset to achieve your goals, but you have too many distractions keeping you from reaching them? Alright, let's fix- Butt takes do this to me all the time. Totally understand this question. Through a story. Right when you're reading an article. You know, science and then see, this is hot. I don't know how you do this. Oh, no. Okay. So here, so we got it right away. The way you're asking the question tells me you don't have the right mindset. It does because- Just gonna call you out. Well, no, I mean, listen, what do you do when you have the right mindset, but you keep getting distracted? Right. You don't have the right mindset. No, you don't have the right mindset. The right mindset doesn't allow you to be distracted. Now, if you find that you're having an issue with distractibility, change your environment. You know, change things around. I know for me, when I'm writing, for example, and I need to create content. Now, in the past, anytime I create content, because I used to write- I wrote a lot of blogs before. We started Mind Pump as part of the original maps program, but a lot of those were based off of inspiration, and it's not a problem. I'm inspired. I'll just- I can pump out, you know, 2, 3,000 words, no problem. The problem was when I'm scheduled to write something, then I'm like, okay, I have to create some content. If my phone is next to me, I mean, it's gonna take me forever. I get distracted. Oh, gotta check Instagram. Check Facebook. Oh, I gotta text so-and-so. What I do is I take my phone, I put on my brain FM, which is wireless or whatever, Bluetooth. Brain FM, by the way, if you don't know what that is, it's this company that produces these sounds that can produce different brain wave states. So like sleep, meditation, and then they have one called- They actually made it into music, which is the cool part. Yeah, so it's music and it's background sounds, and they have one called Focus, and it legit works. Like, you put it on- It's our brainwashing audience. Yeah, you put it on, and in 10 minutes, I'm in the- So I put it on my phone, but I moved my phone away from it. Buy maps. I put my phone on the table away from me, and then it works. You have to change, kind of change your environment. You know, I have something for you. Like, so- Adderall. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Actually, it could be, right? It could be, no. So sometimes we set like these like- We have the right, maybe she has the right mindset because she really wants this goal. She starts off really focused, and then eventually what happens, maybe the distraction is like a day she falls off or, you know, I saw that she has a kid, maybe the kid gets sick or you have something that hits you like that, right? So totally understandable. So something that I've done with myself for a really long time, it's how I started to really get into, like, in order to compete at the level that I competed, there was no- I didn't have an option, right? Like, I had to have the right mindset to be able to compete with the 1%. So and I- Down to the gram. Yeah, that's your diet. Right, and no missing workouts, no nothing, tracking volume, all that. And so before I even, like, announced that I was going to compete, I was training for a year to even check myself would I have the mindset for this? Like, am I, you know, am I just going to say I want to compete? And then when it really comes down to, like, the discipline that it's going to take, am I really going to follow through? So before I even announced it on Instagram or told the audience or told anybody I was doing, going to do something like this, I was already, like, training as if I was going to. And what I had found would happen, just like anything else in my career, I'd be going along and then something would happen. It would be like a distraction that was like distracting me in my workout as much as it was a distraction in my life that would make me fall off a day or whatever. And so I do this thing where I compete with myself where, and this is where you have to decide what a good first goal is for yourself. So for me, it would be like, okay, I'm going to be perfect on my diet for the next two weeks and I'm not going to miss a single workout and I already have them scheduled out what I'm going to lift. So like if you're following one of our programs and you know what you need to be eating and I'm tracking on my food tracker. So that's my first goal. Now, of course, when I hit that two weeks, I don't go celebrate and fall off. I try and stretch it as long as I can. But I set a goal of something that maybe I haven't achieved yet. Like maybe lately I've stringed five days or seven days. I haven't been able to stretch beyond that. So I set a goal that's going to stretch me a little bit from what I've done before and I get to, and then I try and build on that. And so let's say I get past that the two week mark and then day 19. I was consistent and then day 19 distraction happens. It's just a terrible day. Either the diet didn't come through or I missed a workout. What I do is I just go, okay, I just don't beat myself up over it. I go, okay, I made 19 days. Guess what the next goal is? 20 days. Can I, now the next goal in my head is 20 days. Can I give 20 days of this consistency? And I just keep playing that game until it eventually builds on months where I'm starting to say like, okay, I've strung months and months and months together and that has always helped me build momentum and consistency is not beating myself up over the setbacks that are inevitable to happen with most people, but always challenging myself to stretch myself a little bit further each time than before you know it, you've created a habit. I do a very similar thing to that, but also in terms of like the environment that I need to be able to maintain this level of focus. I mean that for me is essential. And so whatever I have to do, if I have a very specific goal like in, for me it's usually my office and I'll go in downstairs and I'm basically, I'll turn on the brain of them as well. Like that's something that just helps me because my mind is so distractible already to, you know, think about all these other things coming up and plus to having it on my phone, it helps me to kind of put my phone away and then I can have that music playing, you know, over the speaker in through my earphones. But just for me to like kind of create that space and environment, it gets everything working in that direction so much more effectively. But, you know, on a day to day basis, like this is something too where I have a list. I have a list of priorities when I'm really focused and dialed in on like, this is a goal I need to achieve. Like I am notching off a list. I physically write it with a pencil on a pad and it's like old school, but it looks to me like, what's the most achievable? And like, and so I'll write that at the top and then like the ones that are going to take a little bit more time towards the bottom and I just edge away at that. And it's something that I've, I try to be as consistent as that, but it's only for something like I know I need like massive focus on. Yeah, I think creating the environment and scheduling the time is the big one, right? Like schedule the time block, create an environment that is immovable time. Yeah, and you know what? Sometimes that means you're in that time space and you can't think of, okay, so you just sit there and that's okay. This is the time I'm supposed to do what I'm supposed to do. Maybe not as great as I want it to be, but I'm going to block off this time and sit here and try and at least try because this is a skill that you build over time. Just like any skill, you practice it and practice makes you better at it. And you need to practice not being distracted. Set up your environment, set up your situation, block off some time and little by little, you'll find that each time you do this, your focus is better and better and better. It's also important to evaluate your priorities too. I mean, some people say this a lot to me that oh, they're so serious about a goal and it's like every holiday, every birthday, everything, you know, cousins, basketball, everything that comes up like they don't want to miss because that is a more of a pr- Which is fine. Exactly. Not to judge anybody who does that. Like family is very important. There's a lot of things that are really important. Like you have to be honest with yourself and what your priorities are. And I'll tell you, getting in competitive shape is very selfish. And I remember during that time, I was constantly apologizing for that like because there was many things that I opted not to do because I knew it was going to get in the way of this goal that was really important to me. So people say like, oh, this, I have the right mindset or this goal is so important to me. But then they let the most basic things distract them or get in their way. It's like, well, it's really not that important to you though. These other things are actually really important to you because every time one of these other things come up, you tend to let that become the priority. Factoring that in is a lot of times what determines your success with that. I think it's tough because people don't like to admit that their priorities are different than what they would like to project. You need to be okay with what your real priorities are and your actions actually tell you what your priorities are. Your words and your feelings, you know, they can give you hints but at the end of the day, you know, if you're somebody that really, for example, if you really, really value animal rights, you can tell me all day long but I can tell by your actions. Your actions will tell me if that's what you really believe in. You know, you could say that your hardcore business person, entrepreneur, and you'll do anything to grow your business but I can tell by your actions. And that's okay. You don't have to be all these other things. You can be just what you are. Sometimes making that admission to yourself and be like, you know, this is actually my priority actually loosens you up a little bit and actually results in better focus. 100% my fitness and my physique right now is a reflection of the priority of my fitness as it's priority list right now. The business is far more of a priority right now. Max is far more a priority to me right now. I've got other stuff going on in my family. More of a priority for right now. And me, like so I look like to the average person, somebody who works out is healthy but I'm by no means impressive right now. But I'm okay with that. Like it's not a priority right now. I'm taking care of myself. I'm staying on my mobility. I'm training. I pay attention to not over-consume and over-indulce. Your fitness is serving your other priorities rather than your other things serving fitness. Right. So, and I'm okay with that. I'm okay with knowing that I'm not the most impressive fitness guy on Instagram right now. I don't need to prove that to anybody and it's not a priority right now. So, I think a lot of times it's just checking in with yourself and really gut checking saying is this as much of a priority and a goal and a mindset that I think I really want and maybe you're fooling yourself. Everybody wants their cake and eat it too. You want to be, yeah, I want to look like the cover of men's health but then I also want to work on my business and grow and scale this massive company at the same time be there all the time for my son. Like, fuck, something's got to give. And in this case, what's going to give for me is my commitment to the gym five to seven days a week is not as much of a priority to me. I can turn that up whenever I feel like it. Yeah, you got it. If you practice not being distracted, you'll get better at it also. Distractions, getting distracted is and learning to not be distracted is a skill and it's just like meditation. When people meditate, part of what meditation involves is learning how to keep the brain from getting distracted. If you've ever tried meditating, you know how frustrating it is when you've only done it for six months. But then you talk to somebody who's been doing it for three or four years and you find that they're far better at it. They didn't start off that way. It took them practice it. So be easy on yourself and be honest with yourself.