The Adaptive Mindset
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The Adaptive Mindset
Mastering the Three Core Relationships: Self, Others & Money with Neil Murphy
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In episode 17 of The Adaptive Mindset, Brett Gallant interviews Neil Murphy, a Relationship Mastery Coach and the CEO at Dynamic Man, as he shares insights on helping individuals elevate all three relationships simultaneously to foster a more fulfilling existence.
Tune in to explore strategies for enhancing these vital connections and fostering a holistic approach to personal growth and fulfillment.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:01:34] Relationship with money and people.
[00:05:50] Trauma and creative expression.
[00:10:34] Self-Discovery and Personal Growth.
[00:19:10] Emotional awareness in men.
[00:24:00] Emotional expression in men.
[00:28:13] Tough questions for self-discovery.
[00:30:58] Courage to be vulnerable.
[00:40:22] Personal transformation through decision.
[00:44:57] Brightening someone's day.
[00:46:20] Thriving in the digital age.
QUOTES
- “You need to find someone that's going to pin you down. Not necessarily in a bad way, but just put you on the spot and ask you some of the questions that's going to help you.” - Neil Murphy
- “Some of your biggest power can be facing the truth, the vulnerability to seek help. To go deep and recognize that within you.” - Brett Gallant
- “I know every guy is different. It's not a one-size-fits-all. Every approach is different. But there is. There is an element of scarcity. It's just identifying what is causing that.” - Neil Murphy
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Neil Murphy
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilmurphydynamicman/
WEBSITE
Adaptive Office Solutions: https://www.adaptiveoffice.ca/
Welcome to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm Brett Gallant, cybersecurity thought leader and founder of Adaptive Office Solutions. Here, we don't just talk tech, we unlock the strategies, stories, and mindset shifts you need to stay secure, lead boldly, and thrive in a digital world. Let's get started. Welcome back to the Adaptive Mindset. I'm really happy to have with me today Neil Murphy. Neil's a Relationship Mastery Coach, and it's such a pleasure. I've had the opportunity to speak with Neil quite a few times. Follow him on Instagram. Amazing man. I'm really honored to have you with me today, Neil.
Brett Gallant
Great to be here, Bret. How are you doing today?
Neil Murphy
Fantastic. Actually, I got out for a quick walk just to get the blood flowing before we spoke and had a few team meetings, but I'm ready, willing and able to have this beautiful conversation with you. Excellent. So Neil, so your relationship mastery coach, and here we talk about mindset and everything in between and adapting to changes. Tell our listeners a little bit about you, Neil, and what you do as a relationship mastery coach.
Brett Gallant
Yeah, I had guys with what I call the three key relationships, relationship with themselves, with money and with people and partners. Yeah. So like how the three are so intertwined. And sometimes, you know, we might be good at one or maybe two, but the other one is lacking. And we always feel that there's something missing. So I work, I help guys work on, you know, making sure that the rising tide of the three different types of relationships, you know, come up together so that there is there is not a feeling of scarcity. You know, and feeling like something's missing. Everything is in place and things are improving all the time. So. You know. And it all comes from, you know, vulnerability, really. So it's it's really, you know, when you once you once you get that relationship with yourself, right, and get rid of all the the dead weight that you've been carrying for too long, because that's how we're conditioned as guys. Get on with it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Look, it really is. You know, I think it's a movement that's waiting to happen, really, with guys.
Neil Murphy
Yeah, and it's typical for men. A lot of times we're an island and we don't seek out that help or have those conversations to say, hey, I'm struggling or I have a challenge and there's support. There's people like you that can come in and be an ear and coach people to live to their fullest potential and get the support to unlock those three pillars. And I'm sure you've done quite a bit of that with the men you've helped along the way. we often neglect those three things. Sometimes we focus just on the money, and sometimes we forget to focus on the relationship. I'd like to have you dig into a little bit about that, how you may have helped some people, and some insights you could share with our audience, and what we should be looking out for.
There's a lot of different factors that could be affecting guys. And, you know, it might be something that happened. One particular guy was, you know, wandering, like he was in a management position with a very well-known company and struggling. His struggle was with creativity and imagination. and he would always delegate creative tasks to people walking around and that's how we got away with it. But it came to having young kids and trying to keep up with their wild imagination that He was he was he was aware of it, but he wasn't aware of the reason. You know, and when we dug into it, he told he connected with with. His parents getting divorced when he was maybe 12 or 13. But he had a good relationship with both his parents and, you know, pretty close to both of them, so he saw them quite regularly. But when we dug into it, it was. a pretty traumatic event where his best friend, his first cousin was, you know, got involved with the wrong people and, you know, really bad things happened. So, you know, his cousin was murdered, really badly murdered, like brutally murdered.
Oh, my God.
And he shut down his imagination so he wouldn't have to picture that scene. And he kept that, he kept that up for 28 years, you know. And once we got to that and opened that up for him, he was able to connect the dots and you know, within a matter of weeks, he was starting to see creatively, you know, step by step. It wasn't like a grand opening of a major cinema. It was just a gradual pulling back of the curtain and he started to see again. But in a way that was going to honor his cousin. So he was the one, the one person, the only person that could honor his cousin. So yeah, the best way to honor your cousin really and have him live on is to let your creativity open up, your imagination open up and Today, no, he is a really successful brand storyteller. So his creativity is his work.
And he's probably getting so much fulfillment out of that now where it was so much pain anchored to that.
Yeah, and probably with a fresh outlook because he has no, I suppose, creative pollution, like he's very fresh and original, unique. Yeah, he honors them every day.
Yeah.
And I got a call from him about a year later and his son, you know, maybe 14 or 15, was getting involved with the wrong crowd.
Yeah.
So like it was, the circle was happening again, but he was able to take his son away for a drive and explain to his son what happened to his first cousin. And that was the end of that. His son pulled back and his son now is, you know, driving as well. So it's very important that we just You know, get rid of the shit that bogs the stone, man. Where's the stone?
Oh, yeah. I can speak to that. Even myself. I have some things in my own journey where I had carried a lot of guilt. Things I didn't need to have guilt that wasn't But when I had therapy, not a coach, but I had a therapist and I realized, no, I was fine. And as men, that's a really hard thing to seek help. And sometimes we don't think we need help or we feel like it's not okay, but men and women, and we're particularly talking about men, but if there's help out there and you know that there's something weighing you down, and maybe you don't even realize it, but everybody has this potential to be the 10X version of them, or like a mentor that you and I mutually have, a coach, be the person you need it most. And you can unlock that by, by reaching out to someone like yourself, Neil, a relationship mastery coach that can help you sort through those journeys and 10X yourself, so.
Yeah, look, it's really a case of guys not realizing what they've buried. Yeah. Yeah, it's like, it's like, it's like burying your treasure. Well, you have dementia. Where did I put it? Yeah. You know, so it really is a case of not realizing what it is. But something is there, you know, something, you know, there's a piece missing, but something is creating a lack. Yeah. Scarcity. You know, I I talked to a friend on Monday and talked to for a couple of years. And, you know, he he's 62. And he told me like that in the last few years, he just realized that he'd been abused by a priest when he was seven. Yeah. So he's carried that for over 50 years. Wow. And he always felt a scarcity or a lack of or never felt he was good enough or never liked himself. He always despised something about himself, but he could never point the finger at something, you know. So there's always something if you're not firing in all cylinders. You have to you have to ask yourself, what is this and how how can I get rid of this feeling? Because it is it's just a feeling.
100% it is. Yes. Yeah.
And even like talking to my friend and the guilt and the hurt and all that that he was feeling. Yeah. You know, I I always felt like. I love this guy, you know, and I always felt that when I was hanging out with him, we we always had good fun and we always clicked. There was a real kind of affection there. And the essence of him, his real self was never too far away, even though he might have been feeling at all times that he wasn't a really worthy person, you know. Yeah. So like. You know, the essence of your real self is never too far away. But when you're feeling that scarcity, it really stops you like like my friend. He never had a long term relationship. It really stops you doing the things that can help you master relationships, especially the one with yourself, you know, and with people, especially, especially romantically. So always like, you know, he's he's approaching life and he could be very. I don't know, it's unbalanced or just out of whack, so like the feeling of being out of kilter or whatever is always with you.
Yeah, and how do you discover that? And sometimes you just don't know, but then all of a sudden there's an awakening and you realize, okay, I need some help. Or you read a book or you hear a thought leader express something, you realize, oh, yeah, there's more. Like for me, a moment happened to me, I'm a lifelong learner and I've listened to thought leaders that inspire me. And I remember one thing that Jim Rohn said, And this was back in mid-90s, he said, and I keep listening to this quote, it connects with me so much. Jim Rohn said, work harder on yourself than on your job. And, I, every day, I spend at least 10 to 20 minutes listening to something positive, reading, and feeding my mind. And Jim continues to be a big part of it because the words that he's shared have really inspired me. And so it allows me to show up in ways that I haven't even comprehended. If I look back at the old version of me, back when I first heard those words, and even two years ago, I'd say, oh my goodness, you're doing this today, Brett? But every day, just try to live up to that potential, that 10X version of you, and surround yourself with mentors and coaches that help you go to that abundance mindset.
Yeah, yeah. There's a lot. It's so easy to, to, I would just say, get into the wrong kind of habits or probably drink alcohol, women, drugs, you know, there's so many. And like my friend talked about it the other day, just a few few. And he lives in Thailand. So like he would go out and just the the the level of not caring about your own welfare, just the kind of. Attitude to like go for all over self-destruction. Rather than self-construction, reconstruction or whatever you want to call it, you know.
Well, we drown ourselves sometimes by those vices like alcohol and food and to numb the pain. Absolutely. Like I know I've done a transformation for me where I've released 120 pounds and part of my journey was seeing food as fuel. And I am an emotional eater. I know that. And so your friend probably, I don't know if your friend, but maybe he was drowning some of the pain.
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. He admits that. He had no care for his own welfare. It was You know, it's that voice in his head. He was just trying to, like, absolutely just clatter his shit over a voice in his head and shut it up, you know, so that it would like you have to listen to that voice.
Yeah. Yeah.
Just listen to that voice. And he was telling a story because he's a teacher in Thailand. He was telling a story of how he was talking to a class of 16 year old boys. And that was his topic. Just like that inner voice. And the reaction he got from the inner voice or from the kids in the class was like, what are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about? Because they didn't. They didn't know that everyone else had that voice. Yeah. Yeah. They didn't realize that. Or express that way before. Yeah, yeah, exactly. And he told a story of how how he managed to get the story across is like he had to, like, give him a story of like, you know, when you're. He asked him how they got to school that day and what can they remember about the trip to school and, you know, there was nothing. There was nothing for the kids that stood out because they were just going to school the same way as they did every day. But he was saying if that road was blocked and you had to go another route. Yeah. then what would you be thinking, you know? Would you be watching the landmarks or, you know, what would make that route stand out for you so you know it again the next time? And the kids got it then, you know, and they're like, that's the difference. You know, most of us are sleepwalking through life, but when you have to wake up and pay attention, Oh, that awareness and that voice in your head, then it's like, okay. Pointing out the landmarks so you know them the next time. So, um, there's different ways of getting through to people. Um, you know, some people see it, some people hear it, some people feel it, you know? So it's, it's really a case of like, how do we get through to guys because you know, we think about it, how many guys are actually doing the work?
Not as many as we think.
No, look, the stats out there are like 60% of college graduates are now female, you know, so like All the stats are like guys are making less money everywhere and girls are doing better. Like what did I hear yesterday that when it comes to emotion, women are in postgraduate school and guys are in third grade.
Yeah, oh, and that, I think everybody would agree with that, just by the way we're wired. And no one, like, as men, we bury down those feelings, and we don't, it's not acceptable, or we feel it's not acceptable, just to talk about our feelings, or we just, we gotta keep it close to our heart, we gotta be the strong, or whatever that is. We, yeah, emotionally, we're not, we're far behind emotionally.
That's fair to say. We're not trained to deal with this. We're not conditioned.
No, no.
It's not part of our essential makeup, is it? No, no, gosh, no, no. We're embarrassed. Get on with it. What's wrong with you?
I know for me, I wear my heart on my sleeve a lot of times. And I used to think that was a a bad thing, but I think it's one of my biggest strengths. It's one of my biggest strengths, because I can feel it, I can connect with people, and I can appreciate people. And I am proud to admit that I do wear my heart on my sleeve, and that's okay.
Absolutely, absolutely. I used to watch football matches with my father and he would be very stoic. If our team was winning or we scored, I would jump through, nearly jump through the ceiling. And my father would be like, sit down, be quiet. We have to express ourselves, man. And when we don't feel who we are, that's exactly what it comes down to. Who are we? We don't even know who they are.
Yeah, I know for me, I have a lot of my father's traits of being silly and just be a little playfulness. Even my father was in the hospital during the early days of COVID. And I remember going in to see him and he would say to every nurse, you're my favorite nurse. I say, dad, you say that to everybody. And they just loved him. But he brought some light and levity by being him. Most men wouldn't do that. But he was trying to make people feel good. And he felt good doing that by saying, hey, you're my favorite nurse. I'm like, dad, stop that.
I know that's healing. That's healing energy. And he gets it. Yeah. It's. OK, it's it's heartbreaking to see so many guys struggling. Yeah. Oh, and they are, you know, I mean, even success must like some of my friends who are really successful, they are struggling in some way, shape or form. You know, one guy I know can never open up when people ask him how he met his his girlfriend, you know. He can never, he can never like. Convey the scenario in a way that's like. Emotional, like emotional, you know, like it. And he always defers to his girlfriend to tell the story because he can't, he can't express that, you know, he's just unable.
Yes. Interesting. Yeah. But I can understand that. Like, it may be a real challenge for him to do that.
He can't. He can show glimpses of vulnerability, but when it comes to that, he just can't. And I've been there a couple of times where people have asked him that, and it's just not, he's just not able. Yeah.
No, and I get it. I think for me, I know I'm emotionally, I'm further ahead than most. I feel like I was before we started the pod or the conversation, I was telling you a story about what happened at the time of this happening. I'm going through a challenge right now. My mother is in the hospital. She's had two major surgeries and she's, She's a high-risk candidate, diabetic, heart issues. And she had a major surgery. She went through, she was in ICU. And the third day, she had some complications, started having some bleeding. And her hemoglobin was dropping. And the doctors, the surgeon said, we got to go in for a surgery. We got to go in as necessary. And she chose to go for it because it was needed. And my sister and I were there. We went, we were allowed to go all the way to the OR room just before going in. And this beautiful moment happened that that I knew it was gonna be okay. I felt like it was gonna be okay. While we're sitting in there and everybody's concerned, this new mother, a newborn child comes out and it's, she just had a C-section, I believe. And I see this beautiful baby attached to, her chest, you know, close, right, yield her out. And I heard this first born newborn cry. And every single one of us, the surgeons, the two nurses, anesthesiologists, my mother was in pain, right? Aims, knowing that what she was about to face my sister, we all smiled. It was such a beautiful moment.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. And I've allowed myself to experience that. And I give myself permission to express that. And that's okay to do that. But some men cannot share that because they feel like they couldn't share it. And it's okay to share it. That's our strength.
Someone like you can help men get through this. Absolutely. You know, it's just, you know, we all have something, you know, ranging from one extreme to the other. Yeah. Maybe it's not something so big. You know, it could be something that we all That voice in our head, we all tell ourselves the same story, you know, some crazy like we think our thoughts today are 90% of what we were thinking yesterday. And 50% of what we think is true is. You know, 50% of what we thought happened is true. Yes. We're always distorting and generalizing and whatever memories you have. So like, then we convince ourselves of that as like fact. And we put it, it's a life sentence. Maybe it happened, maybe it happened when we were seven or 10 or 15 and we're still living by those rules, you know? So it's like, yeah, we just need to pardon ourselves, man. That's what it is. You know, we give ourselves a life sentence and that's the decision that we live by. as a cardinal rule, when it's anything but, you know?
Yeah, and it's not. And the question and the challenge is, how do you break through that? And so, Neil, what would you say to a man that, you know, someone's listening to this podcast right now, what would you encourage them to do if they're struggling? What would you encourage them to do first steps? I know that's a tough question, but.
Look, it boils down to one thing, just, you know. Yeah. Go to someone that's going to ask you some tough questions.
Yeah.
Because that's what you need. Yeah. You can't you can't do it with friends because, you know, when we get together with friends, we're going to the bar or whatever. And the last thing we want to do is talk about shit. Yeah. Just want to, you know, ramble on about anything at all that will take our minds off what we're going through.
Soften the pain. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Look, you know yourself, the teacher that asks you the toughest questions is the one that you remember.
Because they push you and challenge you and a lot of things about you. Yeah.
Yeah. So I would say that you need to find someone that's going to pin you down. Not necessarily. in not in a bad way, but like just put you on the spot and ask you some of the questions that's going to help you. Get beyond where you are, and I'm thinking just just getting men to start that conversation and to open up to some of the questions that's going to just burst, burst the bubble, you know, you've got to burst the bubble. It's it's necessary. Yeah, it's like lancing a boil or, you know, that kind of thing. It's it's it's an infected bubble. Psychological infection, an emotional infection, and you've got to treat it. And the way to treat it is like find someone that's going to ask you the questions that will put you on the spot. And, you know, it's not necessarily a whole pile of questions. It's not going to be an interrogation, but, you know, someone that's going to make you think and dig, because it's never that first, you know, that first, uh, event or experience that you believe has been causing you all this trouble. You know, there's always some underlying thing that is anchoring, anchoring you. Yeah. And once you release that anchor, there is no limit. It's like if you were a hot air balloon, but you only had cold air. So when you burst that bubble, man, that's where the source of all your energy is. You are suppressing your own energy. by not being willing to have a deep conversation for the first time, maybe for the first time in your life?
Yeah, it takes courage to do that. And I encourage people listening, you take that step and the courage to ask, to have those tough questions. Equally so, I would say, when you finally have that opportunity to have those questions be asked, have the courage and the strength to share. And that's hard, that's hard to be vulnerable and do that, but it could be one of the best blessings in your life to do that, to help you unlock some of those places.
Yeah, yeah, like, I suppose, really, like I know every guy is different. So like, it's not a one size fits all. Every approach is different. But there is. There is an element of scarcity. Yeah, in most guys. Yeah, it's just identifying what is causing that, you know, so, you know, you might be feeling that you're not worthy, you're not good enough or inadequate or anything like that. So what is that scarcity? You know, and I go back to that analogy with the teacher that challenges you, he's the one you remember. So I find when you start coaching guys that it's the start of a long-term friendship. And it's always... It's always like, um, for me anyways, it's, it's a crucial part of, uh, the coaching experiences to get feedback on how each client is doing. Yeah. In, in the, uh, after we we've coached together, you know, so it's like continuing development and, uh, it's fantastic to see, to see, um, the changes in guys. Yeah. in becoming like more of themselves and strong, strong, able to, you know, it's like Mike Tyson had paper fists, you know, like nothing can knock them off their stride. Yeah.
Yeah.
Good old Mike. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like even Mike Tyson couldn't knock them off their stride. It's, it's, it's power, powerful men.
Yeah. And that makes everyone better. Yeah. Well, some of your biggest power can be facing the truth, the vulnerability to seek help. It's the final frontier. It's the final frontier. Yeah. Yeah. To go deep and recognize that within you.
Yeah, exactly. We've gone we've gone to the Wild West. We've gone to, you know, the Far East. We've got to stay. Yeah.
We landed on the moon.
Yeah. We're dealing with A.I., but we haven't dealt with our own heads.
And we say, oh, we'll get that later, or it's not necessary, but we'll focus on on the next shiny object.
Like I told my friend in Thailand the other day, you know, he's 62. He says, let's play Star Snowman. Yeah. You know, it's never too late.
You can do anything you want from now on. If you don't like the way things are, you can change. You're not a tree. No, exactly. A lot of times we hold back and thinking, I'm going to wait for the perfect time to start. And there's this story that I heard about the man and woman that waited for the perfect time to have children, said, OK, we're going to do it after we pay for a university, after we buy the house, after we fix up the house, after we do this, after we do this. And finally, they would get to 75. It's the perfect time to have kids. You know, the perfect time if you're facing a challenge. But it's true, right? There's no perfect time. The perfect time is now. Push yourself outside your comfort zone and have that conversation. Reach out to a relationship mastery coach like Neil to help you. It's okay. It's okay to get help. If you don't like the way things are, change it. Love that quote, you're not a tree. We can always make that decision to change.
Exactly, and look, I love fun as much as the next guy, you know, and it's not like I'm going to put guys through a painful experience. No, there's there's. There's a challenge involved. I'm definitely going to challenge you. You know, I'm going to ask you some questions maybe you haven't heard before. Yeah. But, you know, there's going to be plenty of laughing and joking along the way as well. It's a playful experience and a very worthwhile experience for any guy that is sick of feeling like nothing is ever good enough.
Yeah. Yeah. Life is. Life is such a blessing. And so why not go all in?
Yeah, exactly. We make it such a gift.
Yeah, it is. It really is. And like you were talking about your mother there, my father had major heart failure, kidney failure. He was in hospital for 13 weeks and he nearly died four or five times. You know, we're getting constantly getting calls. Come in, come in. He's going to go. He's going to go. And in the end, his relationship with my mother was so strong, you know, that even though he's hanging on to life by a cuticle, he was like, fuck this, I'm not going anywhere. And he pulled himself back from the brink, man, that will to live, you know, that will to live. And we have to, that's where we have to start, you know, we have to understand that there is a strong will to live in all of us. And with that comes a bit of responsibility, like what are we gonna do with that? If you can.
Yeah, there's strong will to change too, if you recognize you need to. And there's time to face the truth. When my dad died in the early stages of COVID in the hospital, he said this to me twice, he said, This really hurt, but it was true. He said, son, I have a regret. My father had his challenges. He was an alcoholic, and he was terrible to my mom. They had him. He said, my biggest regret is I made your mother hard, I changed her. And I am so sorry I did that. But he worked on himself, he changed himself. I'm not saying he's perfect, none of us are perfect, but he recognized that in all that pain and in the growing, that discovery, who he was, he knew he had that regret and he had the, had enough courage to share that with me, and he shared that same message with my sisters. Incredible courage to share it, but it was the truth. It was the truth. He made my mother hard. My mother is a beautiful woman. I'm proud of her.
That's powerful. admitting that. But doing the work as well. He did the work.
He did the work when it was hard.
Yeah. Yeah. So like that's where that's where we're at with guys. You know, we don't want we don't want to get to that stage and. You know. Not be able to redress, redress, address that regret, you know, so like. You know, like you could go through life, you know, 60, 70 years old and still turn everything around for your last years, you know what I mean? It's never too late. It really isn't too late to like change the whole feel or trajectory of your life, you know?
Yeah, yeah, and it just starts with the decision day that today is the day I'm gonna change.
Absolutely, absolutely.
And we all have that power within us. I've had that with my own personal transformation. October 2023, I decided I'm putting myself first for my personal health, and I've released 120 pounds. That comes from with a decision. So it's a decision on your relationships too. Where can I enhance myself? Who can I connect with that can help me? It's okay to ask for help. I asked for help with my coach. I asked for help with my accountability partners. So there's this personal side, like those three pillars you talked about. We can ask for help. There are people like you that are out there that will help.
Absolutely. Absolutely. And like I say, it's never too late. Both guys are just carrying unnecessary weight on their minds.
Yeah. Yeah. A hundred percent. And I know this conversation is going to impact somebody. And I know you have a gift that you want to share with our audience too, right?
Yeah. If you can just message me on Instagram.
How do they find you on Instagram?
I'm at Neil underscore A underscore Murphy on Instagram and just text Break Free.
Yeah.
Now, I'll send a quick e-book. It's a quick read. It's an easy read, but it's. It's all about the power that we were just suppressing inside ourselves. You can see everywhere we look, that there is a shortage of good leaders. Yes, strong leaders and the vacuum is men withdrawing, disengaging.
Yes.
Through a lack of belief in themselves, a lack of emotional, I'll just say versatility, emotional strength, you know, we can, yeah, look, we can take the hits. Yeah. It's like, it's like the rejection thing, you know, like, you know, how many no's can you take? In business or in romance, you know, it's like, how many phone numbers can you get from women in bars kind of thing, you know, how many no's can you take? It's like, how do we reinforce our emotional, I wouldn't say versatility, but our emotional capacity to roll with the punches, you know. We don't we don't like it's OK to cry. Yeah, 100 percent.
Sometimes that's their biggest strength. So yeah.
Yeah. You see even dogs cry, you know?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. What can we? I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I lost a lot of money. Yeah. So why wouldn't we cry when we lose the essence of ourselves, man? And look, we wake up every day and it's like, oh, I didn't get enough sleep or I don't have enough time today. I don't. I need more money. It's like. We are putting ourselves down from the minute we wake up rather than, you know, stepping outside.
Yeah.
So like that's that's the difference really is like when we do the work on ourselves, getting out of bed every morning is it's a happy moment, man.
You know, another day, another day on this earth to be grateful for, you know, dragging our ass, man.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
I put them up like Tony the Tigers. I don't know, but somebody, I'll get you with my left foot. I'll get you with my right. You know, come on. What's this day got on me? Nothing. Because I'm here. I'm alive. You know, it's a great day.
Yeah. What mischief can we get up to today?
Yeah. What kind of trouble can we cause here today?
Yeah. Yeah. Who can we make laugh today, man? That's it.
You know, that's. And yes, that. Yeah. One hundred percent. How can I brighten somebody's day? Yeah, yeah. Be the son, Matt. Be the son. Yep. You know, Neil, it's been such a pleasure to have you today. I know our message today, your message today is going to help somebody. And for our listeners, the biggest way to thank us is by sharing this episode with somebody that you know, may need to hear this message, that may need to connect with Neil, because ultimately that's why we're here on this earth, to serve and help people. And if you know somebody who can find value from this message, please share it, because share this episode because you can help somebody by just sharing it with a man or somebody that needs to hear this message today. I can't think of any way better to say for your thanks and for the listeners, thank you. But Neil, most of all, thank you for coming here today. This conversation was meant to happen, and I appreciate you. And his content on Instagram, folks, it is stellar. Please follow him. It's exceptional. Thank you, Neil.
Thanks, Brett. It was brilliant. Thank you, everyone.
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