Guard Your Attention

0:00Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Beyond the Truck Podcast, Jerry Krill, bringing you this midday message, bringing you every message, want to start out by saying thank you for everything you do. Thank you for working this Monday, thank you for working this Sunday. Many of you probably worked through the weekend. We have the things we have because of you. And I want to remind you all, please share, please, please share this podcast, continue to help grow our platform, our community, YouTube, help grow our YouTube channel. We're still trying to build that platform so we can get out there alive and just keep coming at you with the positive message and keep changing the industry one driver, one day, one decision at a time. That's all it takes. And also, for many of you, March 28, 2pm, main stage, mid-America truck show, can't wait super pumped, super excited, we're turbocharged for that one, can't wait to see all you there. Many of my friends have already said we're going to be there. I should say family, family, a family's going to be there.

1:02I can't wait to spend this time with you and bring you a message that resonates to change your life. But today, the mess I want to bring out to you today is just one that went out on, beyond the truck website and I think it's a great way to start this week like we were talking last week. We go into and I'm going to win the week, you know what, shrink it down. I only got to win the day. You only got to win the day. The only thing we got to do is get through today. There is no tomorrow. Tomorrow is where your dreams and all that stuff go to die. We're not prisoners of our past. So today I want to talk about gardener attention. Be hyper focused on today. It's the most day, most important day that matters right now is what matters the most. You know, guarding your attention. It's one of the most valuable resources we have that you possess your attention.

2:07Your attention is 100% up to you. People are fighting for it every day, thousands of things that compete for it anymore. You roll the clock back 40 years, 50 years. We didn't have all that. You have YouTube, Facebook, all these notifications on your phone. I want you to stop right now and look at your phone and look at what's on that home screen. That home screen will tell you where your future vision is. Then you have all of them alert to notify you because you want to know what Jerry's doing next or who's doing what next to compare yourself with these notifications, these news, news articles, social media. All that does is breed negativity, comparison, distractions. Yeah. You know, I call it fear. Fear distorts your vision. Fear distracts your vision. And fear destroys your vision.

3:10Replace it. You have a choice today to be grateful or hateful. It's virtually impossible to be both. Be grateful or hateful. You have the ability to lift people up or tear them down. Which are you? And all of you professional drivers, you understand a simple rule of road, don't you? Where your eyes go, your truck goes, right? It's the same thing for you and your life. Where your attention goes, your future follows, your future goes. You focus on distractions and your drift, focus on purpose and you move forward. That's why we put it in there. When you visualize things and you focus on them, they come to life. Protect that attention. You protect your attention because you're protecting your life. You protect your lane, don't you? I want you to give your life the same discipline you do your job. Don't give away control that string well. Don't give away the of your truck.

4:10Don't give away the control that string well life either. So today I just want you to get through today and stay focused on what truly matters. You. That's what matters, you. So all of you that are listening to this, I want to remind you. If you want to win the week, you win the day. If you want to win the day, you win the morning. And you want to win the morning, when that alarm clock goes off, I want to remind you, that's the first battle of the day between you and that piece of plastic on the nice sand. Are you willing to win the first battle of the day and get up and get moving, rip the warm covers off and get out of your warm bed and step into the cold air and let it slap you in the face a little bit and get moving? All the people that did are heading you today. And if you're one of them, you're ahead of everybody else. Now it's your next choice. You want to be grateful or hateful. If you want to be grateful, you find the time to connect with yourself.

5:14And you first, you don't have to go find anybody else, just find yourself first. And when you find yourself, protect yourself. And you protect yourself by protecting your attention. You stay focused on the best version of you. Nobody else will. If everybody stayed focused on the best version of themselves, be a lot less hate in this world, wouldn't they? We love you. We appreciate you. From our team at Beyond the Truck, you know what you got to do today. Hear me. Listen to this to lunch hour. Your next decisions are what? How you're going to go through today and live healthy? You're going to choose the water over the sugar drinks, all the other garbage. You're going to choose protein over all other carbs and all that other garbage. You know by now, flip that label over and read it. Look for the protein, zero out of sugar. You want protein, protein, protein. You cannot operate at your highest level when you're feeding yourself junk.

6:16Remember that. I often sell you to lead at your highest level. You have to operate at your highest level, right? Yeah. That requires the proper food intake, nutrition, hydration. So for you that you think that you're leading at your highest level or your operator lowest, you're just fooling yourself. There's a new version of you out there waiting for you. I can't wait for you to find it. We love you. We appreciate you. From our team at Thrive Beyond the Truck, keep reaching out to us. We love to hear from you. Be great. Be super fantastic and nobody loves you more than us.