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have you ever noticed in your life that some people seem to have a lot of good luck and

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others you know seem to have well a lot of bad this is not your imagination and it's really

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not a bad thing either because it's just showing that your perception antennas are

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perhaps just a bit more sensitive than others hello my name is Ernest welcome and what I

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talk about in this series are the unfortunate consequences of ignoring one of the greatest

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abilities you naturally possess perception so with no ado let's dive right in any new idea

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can be scary especially if it runs counter to anything you have ever known and trusted

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but if you consider what I have to say in this little episode you won't be scared you're probably

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going to feel much better hello I'm Ernest welcome i have to admit when I was younger I really ended

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up hating many of the different jobs I had matter of fact so did most of my friends at that time

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and on the surface the reasons for our dissatisfaction seemed pretty similar one of

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the primary typically being that our boss was an [ __ ] but around the time I turned 35 that began

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to change and that is directly because that is the time my advanced perception began to kick in which

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in itself was a direct consequence of adapting and applying realist and stoic philosophy which

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fundamentally changed my life if you've never heard me talk about this before let me explain

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in the shortest possible terms advanced perception is an amalgamation it is the application of a

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group of psychological and philosophical components which work synergistically to

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help one achieve success in life now to explain how this can help you with that boss who is being

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an [ __ ] one of the very first things you need to understand is that everything going on around

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you is a process and that process has little if any concern with you so the sooner you begin to

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understand that the sooner your life will begin to improve the moon Earth and the entire galaxy for

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that matter doesn't give a damn that you've lost your job by the same token only those that are

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actually very close to you or actually dependent upon you may to at least some extent care that

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you lost your job but even that is ultimately irrelevant you see if you clearly understand

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and accept that anything taking place that is negatively affecting your life you can analyze

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it for what it actually is and try to the best of your ability to circumvent whatever craziness

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is affecting your life but you absolutely cannot do that if you cannot control your emotions so I

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am saying that in the end whether that craziness affecting you is sociological or more individual

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such as a crazy neighbor or family member interfering in your life you should not in

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any way engage with that craziness on its level if you do so the situation will only get worse

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if you are confronted with something serious what you absolutely should not do is turn to drugs and

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alcohol because those things are actually designed and managed particularly alcohol to destroy you

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and its ubicuousness its availability practically anywhere is not by accident and the same reason

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why areas of inner cities that may be otherwise plagued with problems usually always still have

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liquor stores and disproportionately many of them now before I go any further there's something I

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want you to know about myself i am by no means well off and I have been in seriously unpleasant

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circumstances many times in my life more than I would care to remember i am not an academic living

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in an ivory tower or wealthy living a sheltered life in an upscale neighborhood so it's not a

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case of "Oh yes that's easy for him to say I bet he's never faced what I'm facing right now." Well

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I'll simply tell you this i have endured and been faced with many very harsh realities many times in

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my life including coming close to being murdered on several occasions i don't claim to have lived

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the worst or most dangerous life in the world but I've seen and experienced enough that I sure as

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hell don't approach the world as an idealist viewing it through rosecolored glasses i just

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want you to know that now back to the original i totally understand having been there many times

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myself that you can be blindsided by some very bad news and it really hurts so here is some survival

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advice when bad news hits you hard you suddenly feel overwhelmed yet first thing that you have

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to do is overcome the pain of the blow in my case I have my own mantra this will pass that I say to

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myself repeatedly but you can create whatever mantra works for you you may have to get away

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from the person or the situation if possible and keep repeating your mantra that may be 15

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minutes or 15 hours depending of course on what it is you're dealing with but the main purpose is

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to not succumb to whatever forces are hitting you do not engage in being emotional that is the very

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thing that will destroy you you must overcome emotionality you must control the situation

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not have the situation control you let's use an analogy of a boxer when most people visualize

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a boxer they see a man who can throw really complex punches and combinations with great speed

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what many people don't realize is that's only part of the boxing equation because what is

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equally important if not even more important is for a boxer to develop the ability to withstand

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blows withstanding them both physically and psychologically that is exactly the same concept

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of advanced perception that you develop against life's adversities now if you have successfully

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managed to weather the emotional storm that a given situation has triggered in you and you

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are not self-medicating with drugs or alcohol your mind should be much clearer because only

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with a clear and unemotional perspective do you have the greatest odds of defeating whatever

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difficulty you find yourself in so because I like to keep my episodes fairly short and there's no

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way I could possibly address every situation simply by the fact that there are far too many

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individual variations i would like to leave you with this advice one of the primary issues I run

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into all the time and this is with people who are not engaging emotionally or self-medicating

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their problems away with drugs or alcohol is they still get caught up in the oftentimes intricate

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spiderweb of psychological complexities of their situation and take it upon themselves to try to

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fix a million different issues which actually were not even their problems in the first place

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there are many times depending on many variables and circumstances when the best course of action

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for your self-preservation be it physical or psychological or both is simply to just leave

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and disconnect from the people andor places that have been making your life a living hill which I

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will go into a bit deeper in part two whatever you do please don't leave without subscribing

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on you to make that happen and I do sincerely appreciate it also remember you can reach out

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to me with any questions about this episode or suggestions for a future episode at the

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link to my website in the description below until next time this is Ernest and I usually always am