💪A powerful quote, a simple action, and a spark to ensure your continued progress… welcome to Wise Words Weekly!

🤔Every week, we disect, investigate, and unpack a wisdom-packed quote from a wise, successful, and inspirational person. We explore many different self-development topics such as your Personal Growth, Mindset, Well-Being, Relationships, Leadership, and Gratitude. The Wise Words Weekly newsletter is designed to spark your continued progress, one small step at a time. 📈 None of this content should be construed as any type of investment or other professional advice. If you like quotes as much as we do, you may enjoy our Wise Words YouTube channel, too. Click here to check it out.

🧐What If everything you’ve been chasing… more money, a slimmer waist, perfect relationship, a six-figure job, the “perfect” life, etc, was never actually up for grabs the way you thought?

What if the real game isn’t about wanting harder but actually about becoming more? Today’s great quote from motivational giant Les Brown hits HARD! Because it quietly exposes the uncomfortable truth most people spend their entire lives avoiding: You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you ARE!

🔥Keep reading, because today, we’re going to unpack exactly how to upgrade who you are so the results you’ve been dreaming about finally begin to show up on their own!

If you enjoy this content, please be sure to share it with friends and family. Thank you. 🙏😊

This week, we’re diving into Mindset. ← (Click here to dive even deeper - It will open in a different tab)

🔥Quote of the Week:

“You don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.” – Les Brown

🤔Reflection:

Most of us have a wish list a mile long: six-figure side income, deep relationships, a body we’re proud of, respect from our peers. We chase strategies, hacks, and 5-step plans hoping the universe finally hands us the prize.

Les Brown flips the script. He says the prize was never “out there” to be grabbed. It’s a direct reflection of the person staring back in the mirror right now. The income reflects your current resourcefulness. The relationships reflect your current emotional maturity. The health reflects your current daily standards.

In other words, wanting doesn’t move the needle. Becoming does.

Reading books (learning) and implementing what I learned from them (taking massive action) have proven to be very beneficial in my life. And, they can and will do the same for you, too. Knowledge and action are the catalysts to your “becoming” moving “your” needle.

🔥Just one book completely changed the course of my life forever. It’s the very first one on my suggested learning list here (opens in a new tab). Because of reading that one little book, and then, implementing (taking action on) what I learned, the retirement nestegg I spent multiple DECADES building more than doubled in a matter of months. Let that sink in for a minute. I spent a 35 year career building that nestegg. I doubled it in a few months because I read a book and implemented what I learned. 🤯And, it’s still growing at a lightning-fast rate in comparison to what it grew while I was still playing the Rat Race game (← Robert Kiyosaki - Rich Dad, Poor Dad reference).

I should have retired a hell of a lot earlier than I did! But, we don’t know what we don’t know. I didn’t read Peter Lynch’s book when he published it. Nope. It took me 25 years to find it. The big takeway though is that I actually took what I learned and put it to use! If I would have just read the book and done nothing else, (or worse yet, bought the book and never read it) nothing else would have happened. I’d still be rowing that boat I rowed my entire career. Knowledge without action is just a waste of our time. And, without the correct mindset, you will never sail past mediocrity. Remember that.

🏆Why This Can Be Your Superpower

When you accept that life is a mirror, you stop wasting energy begging the reflection to change and start working on the only thing you actually control: You.

People who live by this principle quietly pull ahead of everyone else because they quit trying to negotiate with reality and start upgrading their identity instead. They ask, “Who would I have to become to make this new reality inevitable?” then they go to work on that person. Every. Single. Day.

In today’s world, most people allow themselves to become side-tracked by doom-scrolling TikTok and escaping reality with mind-numbing sitcoms and dead-end video games. Doing something fun every now and then is fine. Letting that kind of crap rule/ruin your life while you could (and should) be creating your perfect life with your perfect combination of knowledge and action. Make a committment to yourself right now to making this your superpower and creating the perfect “YOU.”

🔬The Science Behind It

Identity-based habit research (Dr. Benjamin Hardy, James Clear, and studies out of Stanford’s Persuasion Lab) shows that when you tie behaviors to “who you are” instead of “what you want,” completion rates skyrocket 200–300%!

Why? Your brain hates hypocrisy. Tell it “I’m a healthy person” and suddenly skipping the workout feels like lying to yourself. Tell it “I’m a prolific writer” and staring at a blank page feels like betraying your own identity. The behavior follows the identity almost automatically. Wild, huh?

🧬Stories That Bring It to Life

• In 1968, a broke 23-year-old janitor named Harrison Ford decided he wasn’t “an aspiring actor.” He became “a working actor who just hasn’t been discovered yet.”

  Kind of reminds you of what I said in last week’s newsletter about my response to people calling me a a “wannabe” because I started out as a jail deputy but wanted to be a patrol deputy, huh? I wasn’t a wannabe. I was a gonna-be. And, I fulfilled that promise to them!

• Sara Blakely wasn’t “someone trying to sell an idea.” She became “the woman who was going to change how every woman feels in her clothes.” She faxed herself reminders every day that said “I am Spanx” until the identity stuck. And a billion-dollar company followed in the following months and years!
  

• Chris Gardner (the real Pursuit of Happyness) didn’t chase brokerage licenses while still thinking of himself as homeless. He started speaking, dressing, and studying like the top 1% of stockbrokers while he was still putting all the pieces together. All while sleeping in train-station bathrooms. His external reality caught up fast.

🏃‍♂️How to Start Today - Your 7-Day “Become The Person” Challenge

• Pick ONE result you want most right now (more money, better health, deeper relationships - choose only one).
  

• Write a single identity statement in present tense: “I am a ___________ person.”
  Examples: “I am a $250k-earning entrepreneur.” / “I am a calm, fully-present partner.” / “I am a strong, energetic 10%-body-fat person.”
  

• Every morning for the next 7 days, write that statement on a piece of masking tape and put it somewhere on your mirror. Read that statement out loud in the mirror each day. Then, immediately take ONE 5-minute action that the person you just claimed would naturally do (send the cold email, drink the green smoothie, text the heartfelt message).
  

• End every night by writing proof: “Today I proved I am ________ because I ________.”
  Do this for seven days and watch how fast the gap between who you are and what you want starts closing. Finding your Pursuit of Happyness… 🕵💪🫵🏼

📖 📙A Great Book To Read On This Topic":

“Be Your Future Self Now” by Dr. Benjamin Hardy

This book is the graduate-level course on identity change. Read it once, do the exercises, and your future self will thank you. 🫸💥🫷

If you don’t have the time to read a book, try listening to it on Audible.

Wanting is free. Becoming costs everything. And, it pays everything back. With interest.

Decide today who you are willing to become. Then, live like that person owes rent tomorrow (because they do).

If this edition hit home, forward it to one friend who’s been stuck in “wanting” mode. They’ll thank you, and so will I.

See you next Tuesday at 9:00 AM sharp!

Your friend,

Grant

🙌Thank you!:

Love this content? Hit forward and gift it to a friend! They’ll appreciate it and so will I.

 Thank you! 🙏😊

🗣️Let’s Connect:

What’s something new you’re working on? Share it on 𝕏! @MindRevMedia

I’d love to hear your story and cheer you on!

🤔What’s Next?

Next week, expect another dose of wisdom (maybe we will touch on Leadership or Gratitude?) to keep your momentum going. Stay tuned for exclusive insights you won’t find on my X feed!

Here’s to your constant progress!

P.S. 🔥Want to unlock the secret to a WINNING MINDSET?!💡 Like building muscle💪, you can train your brain🧠—but only if you know how.

Most people stumble through life, totally unaware their subconscious is silently sabotaging them. Limiting beliefs and habits they are completely unaware of are holding them back from living an absolutely fantastic life full of everything they want and deserve! ✨💰💫

The Winning Mindset Formula shows you how to spot these invisible shackles, shatter them, and step into your power.💪 

Act now! Your breakthrough awaits!🚀👇