Duh.

As Ace Venture said, "Three darts is too much." Quite possibly so is 3 posts in 3 days. I will not keep this pace up, time for a break, but for now here's post 3.

Keeping with the weird theme from my last post I have something to pass along to the internet people (you) that I learned from quite possibly the weirdest (and coolest) couple we know, which is why they're also some of our best friends. We met Shawn and Michelle Poe about 4.5 years ago and to say they've changed the direction of our lives would be an understatement. We've also had some outrageous times with these two, from 3am antics in hotels, getting politely asked to leave an Indianapolis bar, to taking over the DJ booth & dance floor in a foreign country. 

 typical facetime with these two

But one of the most profound things I learned from these folks was when I popped on to one of the 600 live videos Michelle did while over in Europe at a Tony Robbins event. Of all those videos she did, this happened to be the only one I watched, and it was freakin 20 minutes long! But it was very worth it and has a daily effect on my mindset. There came a point in the video where a quote was dropped that led me to create these two very artistic signs and tape them to my closet door where I would see them multiple times daily.
 

You can see I started writing on the other side but realized I wrote too largely and it wouldn't fit

I spelt "Believable" wrong on my 1st draft, words are hard

What I learned from the video I like to call the "Of Course" mindset. Here's the gist of the origin story.

They're in Europe at this event and Shawn is hanging out with the co-founder and CEO of Spiritual Gangster, Ian Lopatin. Ian was telling Shawn about how earlier that day he finished taking a helicopter tour and when he got off, Woody Harrelson was also getting off a helicopter, and they spent some time chatting and hanging out.  Shawn said to Ian, "You're telling me you just hung out with Woody Harrelson?" 
And Ian looked right at him and said "Of course."  And kind of looked at him like, "duh."
As Shawn said explaining this interaction- "That's just how his expectations are, that he's always going to attract incredible blessings and return the favor back to the world." 

Then, there came another point where Shawn used the word "unbelievable" and Ian called him out for it, saying, "Stop using that word, and instead of it's unbelievable, say it's totally believable, and just say of course."

I found this to be pretty profound for me. How often was I hearing about or seeing something awesome and saying, "that's unbelievable." Thus, telling my mind and setting my expectations that it is indeed not believable for my life.  The same that happened for Shawn, I started to catch myself saying unbelievable and I'd quickly change it in my mind or out loud to "SO BELIEVABLE!"  

And with the "Of Course" mindset, I've truly tried to adopt this every day when both little and big things happen in my life. When I crush some morning yoga without falling on my head I say a quick, "Of course I crushed that," in my mind. When Alissa hands me a fresh glass of her famous blueberry ginger kombucha and she says, "Ohhh this one is really good." My answer is now, "Of course it is!"

And here's the thing about both of these ideas, neither mean you're being cocky and ungrateful.  Shawn and Michelle are some of the most gratitude filled people I know, and they say the same about Ian. That's exactly how he got to where he is! You can still wake up every day and be filled with gratitude for the big and small in your life. If anything my gratitude has only grown since adopting these mind shifts.  Be grateful for all that you have while you pursue all that you desire.  As Shawn says, "You can be more grateful while at the same time not limiting your beliefs on what's attainable."

Expect awesome stuff to happen in your life. Expect to meet extraordinary people. Expect to BE an extraordinary person.  Wake up in the morning and say, "Of course I'm going to crush this day. Of course awesome stuff is going to flow to me today." Then laugh and smile and go live awesomely. Or if you're a fan of the show Silicon Valley, just tell yourself what Russ Hanneman tells Jared, and say, "This guy ____'s," about yourself. (You know what I'm talkin about if you watch that show.)

Or maybe you're more of a "duh" guy or gal. "Duh" is kind of like the cooler hipper version of "Of course," so feel free to use that in your daily mindset when sweet abundance comes your way. Just drop a "duh" and then be grateful. 
Go raise the standards on your beliefs, and expect them to come true.  Party on.

OF COURSE they have a hairless cat

Had to give the original #freerangehuman one real photo

Be Awesome

-Tom Spaniol

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is."
-James Allen