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 Hey everybody, this is Scott. Welcome back to The Corpus Effect and this TL DL episode from my conversation with Sandy Gogurt, TL DL Short for too long, didn't listen. Hey, life gets in the way and you missed a good one with a gentleman who's an executive leader with nearly three decades of experience who believes clarity.

Is the ultimate superpower. And we had a wonderful discussion in terms of how recognizing our limiting patterns and learning when not to act can create true transformation in our lives. So let's dig into it a little bit in the summary. And if you like this summary, I fully encourage you go back and listen to the full episode because Sandy was a wonderful guest to have on the podcast.

First, Sandy introduced the concept of pattern recognition as the foundation for meaningful change. He explained that everything in our external environment, I. Our career results, relationships, personal wellbeing. It's a product of established patterns and oftentimes we focus on what we want to achieve without examining why we keep ending up in the same place.

Y'all have heard the definition of insanity doing the same thing, expecting different results. Sandy Foley believes in this. He said, my people go through their entire lives living. The same cycle patterns and they've never stopped to figure out why life is that way. And I had to reflect on that a number of times in the development of Corvus, and I knew what I wanted.

I. But I was doing things that weren't leading me to my desired goal. And as a result, not only was I on my own personal definition of insanity, but I wasn't holding myself accountable to say. Stop, reflect and pivot to what needs to happen in order for you to achieve that, what you want to achieve. So I hope you take that away from this summary in terms of if you're not getting to where you want to get to stop.

Pause, pivot so that you start moving that direction. Second, Sandy challenged the typical approach to productivity by introducing the concept of purposeful inaction rather than constantly doing more. Sometimes the most strategic move is to stop and create space for clarity. You've heard me talk on this podcast in terms of the hamster wheel of obligation where we keep running and running and running and running.

We get nowhere because we haven't taken the time to say, is the action that we're doing. Truly moving the ball forward. And so I resonate with this quite a bit and a lot of Sandy's, uh, suggestions in terms of you don't have to go into full-blown meditation in order to find this, even a short walk in nature in order to find a piece, delve out the noise of the modern day, and just let your brain think for a bit in order to help.

Guide you because the more that you are trying to actively have your brain solve stuff, the less it can be creative in order to give you that perspective that you're looking for. So definitely incorporate that into your lives guys. Be able to have that time where you're purposely doing nothing, purposeful procrastination to allow yourself the ability to think and breathe.

And then finally. Sandy offered a very powerful framework for transformation. He said, envision how you want to be thinking, feeling, and acting three years from now. Identify the gap between that vision and your current reality. And this he says, represents the interference that needs to be addressed, but instead of trying to force massive change, get there in simple, enjoyable steps, which he calls.

Simple, easy growth, SEG, which is a big part of his framework. You know, I recently have been fond of this expression in terms of the way that I learned about how basketball should be played on defense. You make it happen on offense, you let it happen. And I think for a lot of us, sometimes we are so focused on.

Making things happen that we don't let the game come to us a bit. We don't allow a natural flow to occur in order to let the universe help guide our actions. To an even better state, and that's something that certainly strikes out in terms of my conversation with Sandy in terms of making sure we are trying to do it in a manner that's enjoyable for us.

It's doesn't do us any good. To achieve that which we want to achieve and be miserable in the process. There are far too many men who fall into that category. So let's enjoy the ride. Let's give ourselves the grace and let the game come to us as we are pursuing our legacies. So hopefully enjoyed that summary.

I encourage you to listen to the full episode. Where Sandy is dropping all sorts of wisdom bombs on discovery of growth, his own personal meditation practices. If you take nothing else, take this away. He said, relax even more than you think you need to. You're not in as much control and you believe, and trying to grab the wheel is often unnecessary.

So take your hands. Take them off the wheel. Give yourself a little bit of a break in terms of allowing life to lead you where you're supposed to be led. And then take the wheel back and take that action. I hope you take that lesson from this summary. Please feel free to listen to the full episode and all of the episodes, subscribe and share with the people in your life who you could, who could use this wisdom, and I'll see you next time on The Corus Effect.

Take care.