How To Live Your Life With Full Power

Watched a video by Graham Weaver where he gives a “last lecture” to the graduating class of 2024 at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and he talks about what keeps us blocked from making progress on our dreams. We have two voices within us. One is the loud voice in our head which constantly protects us from danger and is very instinctive, and this is what keeps us from doing what we know we need to do. It does not tell us not to do it, but it warns us that now is not the right time. The other voice inside us which can be thought of as our soul, the god, etc. is much more mild and this is the voice that tells what we are meant to be doing in life. When we follow this soul or inner voice, we are full of energy, and that is how it guides us through our whole body. In most cases, the other louder voice keeps us from either listening to our soul or makes us forget what it told us.

In order to silence the louder voice so that we can listen to our soul, and then follow what the soul tells us, there are three steps:

1. Take the nail out of your head.

This is a metaphor for something that is holding you down in all walks of life because it is constantly in your head and prevents you from thinking or doing anything else meaningful in life. It could be an addiction, a bad relationship, a bad job, a bad environment etc. The idea is to remove this metaphorical nail from your head so that you can then focus on what you want to do. He also warns us that when you remove this nail from your head, things become worse before they get better.

2. Follow your energy.

Once you are in a position to listen to your soul, pay attention to what it says. Do what gives you more energy and keep following that path. This is how the soul speaks to you. Instead of following your passions, be guided by your energy.

3. Go all in.

Once you are on a path that your soul has revealed, the only way to make progress is to go all in. When we are not sure about what we are doing and we are afraid of failure, we never give ourselves to that path, and we wonder why we are not making progress. Solution is to go all in.