994. Imagine If?

Those of you who have rocked with me for a long time,

know I'm a fan of random reading

and I pick a random book off the shelf,

a crack at open, which is what I did today.

And sometimes I go to the table of contents

and I find something and say, okay, I'm gonna read that chapter.

Today was a little bit different

where I just opened the book and lo and behold,

it was on page 182 of Mark Champagne's personal Socrates.

And the title of the chapter,

which is why I raised my hand and said,

oh, I'm going with this one, was titled,

what if it were possible?

And in this chapter, Champagne is interviewing

billionaire investor, Naveen Jane.

He's a moonshot thinker, billionaire problem solver,

and Naveen, that's what he hangs his hat on.

He says every problem is solvable.

He said the difference is, it's your mindset

that tells you what you can and can I do.

And Champagne writes that Naveen is a billionaire by default.

Bro, I stopped right there, I just love that.

He's a billionaire by default.

Like, what are you an heir of?

A hundred heir, a thousand heir, like by default.

And by default, he's a billionaire

because he provides solutions to billion person problems

that has amassed millions of dollars.

And when I read that, I had to stop and look up

and say, like, what am I thinking about, right?

Like, what am I providing solutions to?

A hundred dollar problems, a thousand dollar problems,

are million dollar problems.

Billion dollar problems.

And it really puts in the context, the level of your thinking

because the level of your success is dependent

on the level of your thinking and the solutions

that you provide.

I don't know about you, but I don't want

to be thinking about a hundred dollar problems.

I don't want to be thinking about a thousand dollar problems

when there are a million and billion dollar problems

which need solutions, AKA opportunities

that you and I can solve.

What a beautiful blessing it is

that you and I are equipped with the ability

to be able to provide a solution to those problems.

Now, back to the book.

Champagne writes that something magical sparks in your mind

by simply putting two words in front of any sentence.

And those two words are imagine if, sounds crazy,

but he said, think about this.

The word imagine releases any rules,

any previous assumptions and any judgments

simply by the word imagine.

It opens things up.

You're free to just let your imagination run wild.

And paint a picture of possibilities

without any sort of constraints.

Bro, isn't that amazing?

Like two words can begin to change your whole situation.

And it didn't matter how long that situation,

you could be dealing with this situation for months

for decades.

It doesn't matter.

Simply two words put in front of any sentence

that you're dealing with opens everything up.

Imagine if, and you can begin converting your problems

into a situation.

I mean, freeze that right there.

The questions that you ask open your mind.

Statements close them.

How many statements do you make every single day

versus imagine if you formed them into a question

I mean, really, what if you put imagine if

in front of any problem that you have right now?

Imagine if, and you fill in the blank,

bro, this prize open your mind.

And I use that word specifically,

prize your mind open,

because man, you don't even realize it.

It's like JB Will on our mind.

I mean, we just, we close things.

We get to a level of competence

in a level of success.

And we just, we put these little dots of JB Will

around our mind.

And it would just, we don't even realize it.

And you think you're open minded, but you're not.

Because you're making statements, you're casting judgment.

How are you going to change any situation?

I mean, the Bible even says that.

It's like pouring old wine into new wineskins.

What's it say?

It burst.

Can't tell you the chapter.

It's him, but I remember reading it.

It burst.

It can't hold it.

And that's what we do.

Because the solution to your problem

is not going to be found at the level of the thinking

that created the problem in the first place.

This is why you got to constantly be making believe,

making new beliefs, the belief system that got you here.

I did an episode sometime back, probably a few months ago.

Go back and let's do.

I don't even know which one it is,

but it's got believe in the message.

Your belief system should be fluid, not static.

It shouldn't be something that it worked for you for a time.

But bro, it's like clay on the potter's wheel, man.

You gotta keep shaping that thing.

You gotta be making new beliefs

because you read different levels in your life.

Plus or mine is.

And so you gotta reshape those things.

It's crazy, man.

We won't different outcomes, yet we stay at the same level

of our thinking.

If not worse.

Because the more statements you make,

the more mental blocks you put in there.

And all you're doing is you're just reinforcing

what you already believe.

Why reinforce something?

You don't wanna continue.

And bro, you don't even realize you and I both.

We don't even realize how subtle this is.

This is why I bring these messages.

It's because I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to me.

And like, I'm like, oh, whoa.

You gotta zoom out.

Imagine if really put those two words

and everything begins to change.

And champagne writes that using imagine if you begin

to layer on, I love those two words.

See, your imagination gets layered.

This isn't a one and done.

This is something you begin to consciously do.

And you have to consciously do it first

so you can eventually unconsciously just keep layering on.

I mean, you look at people that you really idolize

and you're like, bro, how do they make stuff?

Because they're just wound up with curiosity and creativity.

That's what they do.

They just layer on pieces of imagination.

So where everybody else is saying, oh, bro, it is what it is.

Man, ain't no way that can happen.

I mean, look at the economy.

Look at, I mean, they're saying all these kind

of different things and imagine if you use the phrase,

imagine if, and let me tell you what it's gonna do.

You're going to repel away these negative critical thinkers.

The ones that just piss in your pocket all the time

because they're just like, bro, I mean, man,

you're so out there.

I mean, you're just all fool, fool.

You're so optimistic.

You ain't no way.

You begin to and you just keep reinforcing it, man.

Imagine if, imagine if, imagine if,

and you're looking at possibilities.

See, here's what you're doing.

You're using curiosity and creativity.

What you already have, you already have it,

but it's like a muscle.

Use it or lose it.

What's gotten dormant.

It's like sitting in a chair for six months.

Your legs are weak.

So now you've got to begin to use them again.

So it's not like you're going to listen to this episode

and be captain creativity or captain curiosity.

It's not that at all.

You have to use this thing, but you begin to use it

and you get into the practice by using two words.

Imagine if this, and this was the lightning bolt for me,

and this was the lightning bolt for me.

This is how you begin to solve billion person problems.

Forget about the money.

The money's going to be whatever it is, okay?

I want to solve billion person problems.

What's your problem?

Adversity, uncertainty and complacency

is a billion, billions, persons problem.

That's what I want to say.

That's what I want to bring to you is look,

you ain't alone.

The narrative may be different,

but shit, it all rhymes.

We're all dealing with adversity, uncertainty,

and complacency.

How can I provide solutions

to a billion people out there?

Communication, curiosity, creativity,

continuous learning and action,

and productive confrontation.

Bro, let me tell you something.

You got to stop hanging out with $100 people.

You do.

You got to stop hanging out with $100 thinkers.

I don't want that.

There's too many other possibilities out there,

and you'll begin your vibe attracts your tribe.

You'll begin to attract other people

who want to jump on your right,

because it's like they see you from afar,

and then they keep seeing you and keep seeing you,

and you're just the same.

And when I say the same, I'm saying you're not the same,

because you're using Imagine If.

You're the same because you're consistent.

You're always leveraging curiosity and creative.

100% free.

100% free.

Doesn't call you a damn thing.

You just leverage it.

Those tools, and see people see that,

and be like, bro, I want to be a part of that.

So how do you do that?

How do you do this?

Yeah, I'll get all that, Marsha.

It's all fine and good.

Ain't no app, you got to download.

There's no webinar, you got to subscribe to,

no sub-stack, article you got to read.

Just two words.

Imagine If.

And doing so, you got to start deprogramming

the levels of your thinking,

the restraints that you put on yourself.

Naveen even echoes this.

He said, every one of us is born with potential,

and no limits.

It's society, and you're agreeing with society

that has created the limits in your life.

Ain't nobody or no thing standing in your way,

except you.

That three pounds is sitting on top of your neck, okay?

And so here's what's beautiful.

If you have learned restraints,

then you can unlearn them too.

It's what's beautiful.

You were born with no limits.

You were born with potential.

You've just capped them off.

Slowly, subtly, like that baby elephant

that's tied to the stake, we've all heard that story.

Baby elephant's tied to the stake.

When he's super young, he can't pull that stake up.

When he gets old, he gets, it's like a toothpick in the ground.

But see his mind was attached to that rope.

I can't, I can't break loose.

I can't get home.

And so he can break that thing without even flinching,

but he doesn't do it.

And that's what we do.

That's what we do.

But we're gonna change all that.

Two words can change your whole situation around.

Because this is what's gonna open up possibilities

through curiosity and creativity.

And so instead of making a statement, you use Imagine If.

You ask it in a form of a question.

And so where everybody else sees an obstacle leveraging

the power of curiosity and creativity, you say,

Imagine If, what if we, you started asking questions.

That's why I'm a fan of random reading everyday

because I could take something like this,

read it for 15 minutes, and now apply it to my day.

And instead of running around bitching and complaining,

I look at the world through the lens of possibilities.

I get a whole new playground every single day.

And so do you.

And bro, I mean, like you can use this

in any area of your life, like let's just take fitness.

So imagine if you were in the best possible shape of your life.

That's the lead domino for everything else.

You master yourself, you can master the world

because mastering your fitness,

you got to master your emotions.

And when you can master your emotions

in a damn soul, we're going to stand in your way.

That's true.

So imagine If, what does that weight look like for you?

What size is your waistline?

What do you look like?

And then you do one thing that reinforces

that every single day.

And don't, don't give your effort away.

Meaning you put the effort in.

Don't negate it by saying, oh, I worked out today.

I'm going to double up tomorrow.

And then you sabotage it.

Don't.

This is how you stack wins.

Imagine if track your weight, download a fitness pal.

Bro, it's 100% free.

And when you do it for a week, pretty much,

you eat the same things every day.

When you start logging that, it remembers it.

And you put that in.

You want to lose weight, take your ideal body weight,

multiply it times 12 or 13.

That's how many calories you need to take in.

That's it.

It's really that simple.

Imagine If, career.

Imagine If, you were the GM.

Imagine if you were a CEO.

How would you run your organization?

What would it look like?

What would you do day in and day out?

How would you train your people?

What would the goals be set?

Imagine If, don't look at the limits right now.

Don't look at who's in front of you.

No, imagine If.

And here's what's beautiful, man.

You can play in this playground,

and it's of no consequence,

because nobody knows what you're doing.

You're just, you're embodying these things.

You're thinking about these things,

billion person problems,

and you're figuring out these little solutions.

Not trying to backstab anybody.

I'm just trying to capitalize on opportunities.

So where everybody else is bitching and complaining,

you're the Imagine If guy.

And those bitching and complainers,

they'll move away from you,

because you're not co-signing with them.

You're not talking about and adding onto it.

They're like, no, it's you.

So what they do, side business.

Imagine If, you're entrepreneurship

that you wanna take home right now.

Imagine If, your side hustle

paid all of your expenses, your clients

that you have on the side pay for all your expenses.

So your regular job is free capital to invest.

I don't tell me why I can't be done.

I don't tell me how long I was going.

No, imagine If, what would that look like?

What can I begin to align myself in doing?

That's what I do.

Wake up at a set time, read for 15 minutes,

write for 20 minutes, work out.

Share something of value, go live it.

Design my day.

I know I gotta eat.

I know I gotta have clothes home.

That's it.

It's the consistency part.

You do this consistently.

The universe is gonna take notice.

Life's gonna say, gotcha, man.

Gotcha.

All your imagine and you just keep reinforcing that.

Imagine If, man.

I could see that.

I could see that.

Solving billion person problems.

I could see that.

Money would take care of itself.

Imagine If.

So just go back to what Naveen said.

Every problem is solvable.

It's your mindset that tells you what you can

and cannot do.

Society has limited you.

And let me tell you who society is, your family,

your loved ones, school, friends, TV, your bosses,

anybody else who is just churped in from time to time.

And you just secretly, silently, slowly agreed with it.

Those people, some meant no harm, others did.

But all in all, they were all projecting their limits

on you, saying it can't be done.

Because they're looking at everything

through the lenses of their limitations.

They don't understand your potential.

And your skill set at providing a solution,

which is all these opportunities.

Hmm, that's different in it.

Imagine If, let's get out of here.

Thanks for sharing this episode.

Share this episode with one person.

One person that, bro, their language has just began to shift

and they're starting to kind of limit themselves.

And you see it, you know, it's funny, man.

We see the possibilities and other people

yet we don't see it in our own selves.

But, you know, what pay it forward today?

Find somebody who comes to mind

when you're listening to this episode

and just say, hey, I need you to listen to Uncle Marsh.

Thank you.

I think you'd find some use out of this.

And somebody will do it for you too, man.

And just began to pry open, leveraging curiosity

and creativity.

That's all you got to do.

Just imagine if there's nothing else you have to do today.

You don't worry about the results.

You just pay attention to your language

and those two words, all right?

Let's get out of here.

Keep it simple, keep it moving.

Never settle.

Stay tough and imagine If.

Peace.