Jim Kwik

But their identity is, I am a smoker.

Wow, that's going to be a challenge, right?

So here's the thing.

The reason I bring these distinctions up is because it takes the self-loathing or the judgment out of it because you don't have to, if you're not good at something, you could say like, oh, you could address the level that's holding you back.

Finally, below the level of behavior, and this is a big one, is the level of environment.

Environment.

Environment.

You could, the behavior is you want to stop smoking, but the environment is you're around a lot of smokers.

Because it's not, here's the thing, the people you spend time with is the people you become.

You know this, you teach this, because your mirror neurons are always imitating what's around you.

And that's the thing.

So I want to sensitize you to, because often the people that hold us back are the people that love us the most.

You know, because you know why?

They're like, oh, you're going to another event.

You're listening to another podcast.

Why are you reading another book, spending all that money?

And they have good, they can have good intentions.

Sure.

Right, because ultimately people are doing things for, you know, generally I believe for good reasons, but they can be sincere, but they can be sincerely wrong.

There are six primary questions we learn in school.