579 Live in Abundance with JJ Virgin

"THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS START EVERY SINGLE DAY IN GRATITUDE.” Every day we limit ourselves without even realizing it. So many times, we think we are reaching for the stars, but we aren’t even reaching for the trees. On a previous episode, we were joined by JJ Virgin, who gave me some great advice on how we can all change our mindset. It all starts with looking at what we want, and thinking if it’s really big enough. Listen this episode and she breaks down simple ways you can open your mind and switch from living in a scarcity mindset to living in an abundance mindset in just a few moments, on Episode 579. How to move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset (1:05) Ways we limit ourselves (2:39) The importance of Gratitude (3:08) Why you need coaches (4:05) Plus much more... Get more from Lewis! Get my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Get The Greatness Mindset audiobook on SpotifyText Lewis AIYouTubeInstagramWebsiteTiktokFacebookX

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• 0:00Lewis Howes?

  This is Five Minute Friday.

• 0:10Lewis Howes?

  JJ Virgin is one of the nation's foremost celebrity nutritionist experts, public speaker, and media personality. Her 25 years in the health and fitness industry, the past 10 in holistic nutrition and functional medicine have earned JJ recognition as the go-to weight loss expert who can unlock the door to lifelong weight management through her sensible, no-fail approach to nutrition and fitness. Now, she's worked with some of the biggest performance athletes, CEOs, A-list celebrities from around the world. She's appeared on major media shows like Dr. Phil, ABC's Extreme Makeover, and many others.

• 0:49Lewis Howes?

  She's also a four-time New York Times bestselling author, podcast host. Guys, she has done it all.

• 1:01Speaker 01

  How do we move from a scarcity mindset to abundance mindset?

• 1:04Lewis Howes?

  Yeah.

• 1:04Speaker 01

  You know?

• 1:05Lewis Howes?

  How do we?

• 1:05Speaker 01

  How do we? I actually have a really crazy exercise that I take people through that someone took me through. I had a mentor in my twenties that had me do this silly exercise. So she has you take out a sheet of paper and write down everything you want, okay, and fill it up.

• 1:22Lewis Howes?

  Like, physical things, or achievements, or...

• 1:24Speaker 01

  Physical things. So I want, I want, you know, this car. She says, I don't care, you know?

• 1:29Lewis Howes?

  A house, a car, a boat, whatever.

• 1:30Speaker 01

  Be materialistic. You know, what kind of vacations, jewelry, shoes, everything, write it all down, fill up the paper. And I still remember sitting in this room. I remember where I was, writing it down, and I remember the things I wrote on there. I wanted a teal-green Jaguar, and I wanted a condo in Maui. And I thought I was like thinking, huge, big, big, big. Okay, so then, she says, all right, so tell me what's on your list, right? And we're, there's a bunch of us in here, but she, I was, she was my mentor. So I'm like, listing out, and she goes, oh, that's, that's great. So I just have a question for you on the, on the Jaguar. So why just one? And I said, well, I don't need more than one. She goes, I didn't ask you what you needed.

• 2:15Speaker 01

  So that condo in Maui, like, why just a condo? And I go, okay, I'll take a house. She goes, well, why did you want a condo? She goes, well, you know, I don't need that much. She goes, no, this is not what you need. Just why not the house? And I go, okay, house? She goes, well, why not, like, Maui? Just take, and it was like crazy when you start to realize that we limit ourselves every so we always do it, right? So just that way of starting to go, huh?

• 2:41Lewis Howes?

  Even with physical possessions, yes.

• 2:43Speaker 01

  Yeah, I mean, and that's just, that's just a sign of it. I mean, if you do it in one, the way you do one thing is the way you do everything, right? But I'll tell you that, to me, and I always look at this, this is gonna be my, my vegetable analogy, because in health, I think, gosh, so many things would just get better if people would just get a good night's sleep and eat more vegetables. A lot of stuff gets better. You know, we're so worried about, am I getting enough of this micronutrient? I'm like, eat your vegetables, right? Gratitude is to vegetables, you know, right? It's like gratitude, we think of vegetables for health and gratitude for personal development. You want to get more resilient, you know, you want to change your life. The best thing that you can do is start every single day in gratitude.

• 3:25Speaker 01

  And when I looked back and went, what helped me get through all of this stuff in the hospital? The biggest thing was making sure I had my morning routine dialed. And every day, it was get up and what are my things I'm grateful for? Three things, write them down. And find something, right? Find something. They're like, I don't have anything. I'm like, you're awake, you're alive.

• 3:45Lewis Howes?

  Yeah.

• 3:46Speaker 01

  Your eyes are open, you can do it.

• 3:47Lewis Howes?

  Yeah.

• 3:48Speaker 01

  So, so those are some of the things. I've built the lessons, but that was the big question mark is could this be taught without you having to go through all this stuff, right? But here's the other thing is, you never know when this stuff's gonna happen.

• 4:00Lewis Howes?

  Never know.

• 4:00Speaker 01

  And are you ready? And how do you get ready? Well, you have to lean into fear. You have to do things that scare you. You have to get out of your comfort zone. So, and you have to actively pursue that, otherwise you won't. Which is why I think it's great to have coaches and support communities that all cheer you on from going and doing the hard things. Cause in life, we tend to shy away from doing the hard things.