Speaker 1: 0:03

That's really disappointing, really really disappointing people. So I literally was speaking for about 13 minutes and it was fire. You have to take my word for it. Now listen, I'm not even going to attempt to re-say that, but one underlying core through it all was it's been a while since I've done a recording and I think part of the reason was expectation. Some people let me know, like, oh, it could be shorter, just stop listening. But no, like it did, it did. It did actually get in my head.

Speaker 1: 1:11

So, um, what I've decided is I'm just gonna do whatever. Also, there's like a limit as well in terms of what I could upload for the platform. Um, so it's like I guess it's chopping up into small pieces, but you know what? Nah, that's not how my brain works. So that's not how I'm doing it.

Speaker 1: 1:33

Deal with it, kind of yourselves in the nicest possible way. Your problem, not mine. Who is this guy? Why would he say that? But no, seriously, it's all love and I hope, hope, hope that I can help in some way, shape or form. That's my intention. I want to, I want to liberate you. What's possible, possible, basically.

Speaker 1: 2:14

So one thing which has helped me, and I'm gonna sort of, I guess, pass this on. You know, if anyone, especially if anyone's a gamer, yeah, like you know, like pay attention really. But even if not, I'm sure you'll be able to draw parallels and at the very least get in the mindset, because if you get this, then like fear vanishes a little bit. Like a lot actually, like um, there's still other devils, but but like fear, you know, can kind of kind of get like slapped out of the way. You know what I mean. You gain next level bravery, which is a super power, by the way, just because everybody is scared. So in a nation of scared people, the brave are the superheroes. So, concept of gaming, like I'm an epic tier gamer, yeah, I'd actually go as far, you know, to say that I am celestial in my abilities to game. Oh, actual facts, by the way. So, but, and that's anything, yeah, like put a controller in my hand, no matter what the shape is, load up any game, no matter what the genre, and at the very least I'm above average. But in most cases this domination happening, and a turning point certainly in my life was one such game, wow, of World of Warcraft, and again I was top tier guild leader.

Speaker 1: 4:50

There was this boss called the Lich King. Basically he was just the top boss in that particular expansion, I guess a sort of series of the game if you're not a gamer, hard, very hard, extremely hard. The whole thing took so much organisation of multiple other human beings, other gamers basically, who were networked, mic'd up, and obviously everyone sat at a desk in their PJs At the time I was a student. Anyway, we were going for the main guy. It would be weeks of preparation, weeks of toil, weeks of progress, because each stage you have to beat the lesser bosses and each one of those is formidable in and of itself.

Speaker 1: 6:12

But you know, we were there, we were on the cusp, we were essentially gonna knock down the door and it was time, it was time to sign on and I sat there and I was froze, I was, I couldn't. I was staring at the login screen, username and password entered, but I didn't actually press to log in and my phone's buzzing, my guild, my team is asking where I am. I just ignored it. And it's because I had everything. I had absolutely everything Money, power, prestige, life affirming purpose, passion, comrades in arms, friends. At first, seriously, you know, like if people had me where you know, it was sort of I'd kill on sight. But that added to the tapestry of an experience and it's because I thought to myself like could I do this in real life? Like is this an actual skill? Is this a transferable skill? Could I also have the organisation, the scale, like the daring, the achievement, the success, my and the confidence that I would, no matter how long it took, I'd achieve it, i'd'd get there? Because that's what certainly you know.

Speaker 1: 8:29

Again, I said I'm an epic tier gamer and I'm a firm believer of the reason why I am is because I know I'm going to win. It's not even a I might. Ooh, I'm going to try. I just know it. It's like a belief, it's intrinsic and it's it just is right. So I see it again and again and again and again and again. It's just like, and even when it doesn't happen, like because I know I'm good, it doesn't even hit the side, because I know I'm good, it doesn't even hit the sides, and like I've done a lot in the last well, as an entrepreneur in life.

Speaker 1: 9:25

Really, you know, since that point of you know, since that point of you know, I've essentially thrown myself into business, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial pursuits. I've threw myself into being an entrepreneur. And if an entrepreneur is to mean anything, you know entrepreneur aka real life gamer, because every single objective, every single goal, like you know, you're going to come against challengers. You're going to come up against mini bosses. You're going to come up against mobs. You're going to come up against orcs and goblins and other people trying to get to the resources before you stealing your loot. Yeah, you're gonna get those ninjas, yeah, like, wherever you are, in whatever domain, because they're also swimming through the soup of life, playing the same game.

Speaker 1: 10:39

Really, and when you intrinsically feel that we're all from the same, like we all are the same source, like we all are the same, everything, looking outwards at everything from the point in time, called whatever the hell your name is like we're all doing that, like we all intrinsically feel the same, we all are the same. Again, we're within our particular point of the universe, surrounded by all, contained within all, and when you Like, so from the perspective of light, right, we're all. There's a few games, there's lots of games. Yeah, and this is it. So when I started to really transfer the skill out of gaming console gaming, pc gaming, whatever gaming and into business, each different business venture almost becomes its own little game, right, you know back in the day where you'd blow the cartridges, put a different one in. You know they were shorter back in the day, they were almost like mini-games.

Speaker 1: 12:21

Now, really, probably why mobile gaming is so popular? Still, because it's simple. Right, that's proper. Throwing me I've literally thrown myself, but it doesn't matter. You most likely get the concept by now and if, if you don't reach out because I am more than happy to explain it further, I'm more than happy to help you. You know, like, yeah, just like open offer.

Speaker 1: 12:58

The thing is, a lot of people try and speak to me, so I think, just be, just be on it. Yeah, I kind of like straight, straightforward in terms of what you need from me, basically because I'm more than happy to help. I just, you know, if you're just about finding out how I am, then I'm absolutely epic, I'm having a lot of fun, I'm loving life. Actually, it feels good, feels good. But again, part of the reasons for that is the translation of the game theory into real life, because when you come up against challengers and you Sorry, let me just turn this down it's absolutely fire, but it's just, it's talking over talking and it's like like I'm, my brain start to spit off into two different trials out. You know I mean so, oh my days. So, yeah, I hope that's helped somewhat.

Speaker 1: 14:41

But you know, I guess every game needs some rules, right? So first rule is you've got to know how you're going to win the game. You know, like the end credits, where you've actually succeeded, have you beat the final boss, or like it's a story mission, it's a story over, like have you got the treasure? Like have you rescued the girl? What's actually happened? In order to like boom victory conditions. So you gotta define that. That needs to be defined Really and it doesn't need to like I got caught up in the early stages, like thinking I have to be grand, like oh my god, I gotta.

Speaker 1: 15:25

Like At one point I was like 10x in, is it grand? And I was like oh my god, whatever, actually it is useful, it's extremely useful in terms of thinking. Really, it's similar and it's similar to how Google thinks. I think those two did a collab actually, or some description, because at some point, at some point, you know, everyone was talking about 10X and all that sort of stuff. If you don't, if you haven't heard of it, yeah, it's well worth a listen actually. Yeah, it's well worth a listen. Actually, it's a little bit like your uncle shouting at you, but like he's also got some jokes in there as well, I guess. So, yeah, and actually some fire really At one point.

Speaker 1: 16:24

That was really my thing, right, just a lot of effort, a lot of output, able to outwork, kind of of. And that was really the fallback and like I guess, like if you yeah, like you have to put in the effort, you have to put in the effort, you have to work, it has to be action, it has to be forward motion and I think that's where the prerequisite stops it has to be forward motion. It doesn't have to be hard, but it definitely needs to work. So I's, I guess, the best distinction I can give, because any game, you're just going to stand there like what the hell?

Speaker 1: 17:18

That's not how you play a game. You don't just stand there, you've got to move, you've got to press buttons, you've got to actually, you've got to jump, you've got to dodge, you've got to hit. Whatever the game is, yeah, like you need to actually do input to actually move forward and flow through it. So all you procrastinators stop it and start it. Yeah, like, think about it. If it was a game. What are you doing? Oh, I'm just thinking, just jump, yeah, oh, I'm just thinking, just jump. Oh, I'm just going to I don't know like, decide Like what, move forward. Yeah, what are you doing? Wow, wow, wow, wow, it's all good, it's all good. I love you. Never understood you, but I love you, never understood you, but I love you.

Speaker 1: 18:18

But, yeah, it doesn't necessarily need to be hard, though I like I'm careful of my words because words have power, um, but I guess you know you need to, you know you don't need to hear, but I think it would give you context. If I'm honest with you in terms of one of my um demons is strong, because in actual fact, it's like it. It helps, um, maybe like a, like a, like a, like a cheeky imp or something where it's on your side. But it's also a bit naughty is that if I'm playing a game, I play everything on hard mode. I play everything.

Speaker 1: 19:04

If I get a new game, I'm whacking it before I even read the manual, and actually the less I know the better. Sometimes I just want to figure it out. I'll whack it up hard. I don't read the manual and actually the less I know, the better sometimes. I just want to figure it out. I'll whack it up hard, that's, I guess, to challenge myself.

Speaker 1: 19:22

Right, and from a gamer perspective, it's almost like if I open that it's like further confirmation of the fact that I'm an epic tier gamer. Right, all right, fantastic, however, cheeky little devil, because by taking that same condition into real life, I ended up making things harder for myself. Right, because I'm like you know, even now, all these rent to rent, no-transcript, but then also it's not even teaching. It's basically like I'm like a business partner that you can ring up and message and WhatsApp and speak to and get some advice or just talk over some things, bounce some, because I'm not going to pretend like I'm this, like guru, where it's like you know, I know everything, like that isn't the case, but I know I'm brave, yeah, I'm brave and I think big.

Speaker 1: 21:06

So, and you know, again, one of the superpowers which makes me an epic tier gamer is that I know that it's just a game and that it doesn't matter if I die, it doesn't matter if I fail, because whatever, let's say it's a big, big bad boss. Yeah, what a lot of people are doing. Yeah, it's like, oh, I don't want to, I don't want to like go in there because like I might die. Okay, cool, you stay outside, I'm gonna run in and I'm gonna see how it hits me and then next time when I'm running, I'm gonna move a little bit and see if I can dodge it or see if I can block it or see if I can hit him first. Yeah, and each time I die or I've learned a bit more and you know I can communicate that to my team. You know, that's essentially how you know like it's not, it's not rocket science. You know like it's not, it's not like some, like next level, like you know, um, it's well, I'm good at spotting patterns, really that's, that's, that's kind of it only. And then communicating right so that everyone's on the same page, everyone's on board, everyone understand the message, and I've tried my hardest to improve that as a skill throughout my life. I've always worked on that, I've always worked on my communication, always try to to be as better understood as possible for the benefit of other people, which is something I realised recently that I'm a better and more conscientious person than what maybe I was giving myself credit for Right back in the day, because I think, when you're, when you kind of, you know, I guess, coming from the gutter and all that sort of stuff, and you're looking up, you're looking at where you want to be and you're feeling like you're not there and you create a gap, like so you, when you look, when you look, and you create a gap.

Speaker 1: 23:15

Like so you, when you look, when you look ahead and go, ooh, I'd love to be there, and then you go, but I'm here, you know, stuck here. Oh, I would, but you know, I'd love to. However, like that is that? I mean, that's not the way. By the way. That is, that's not the way. By the way. That is not advice, do not do that. But you create a gap, but you actually manifest the gap rather. So everything you do is manifesting the gap, but then when you, when you flip that on its head and it's just a game, so everything you do is manifesting the gap.

Speaker 1: 23:58

But then when you flip that on its head and it's just a game, well, of course you're going to go on the offensive and even money, like, oh, my days, like that's one thing, actually it's quite interesting. So I've for free, for free. Okay, I'm tangent on the tangent, but actually this is important, and it's especially important if anyone, if anyone's on the tangent, but actually this is important and it's especially important if anyone, if anyone's thinking about reaching out to me right to like, you know, basically like reach for help, right, okay, so first of all, do it, because like I'd love to, right, but like I'm gonna, I'm gonna charge you. I'm going to charge you. Let's just get it out there in the open. I'm going to take some money from you. I'm going to take it from your bank account into mine. When I say take, it needs to be freely given right, and in exchange, I'm going to commit to giving you absolutely everything that I've got. Basically, you're going to get me In whatever capacity you need, the help you're gonna get me.

Speaker 1: 24:53

So, like, that's essentially like the deal and like, so it's like if you reach, now that's what you want, yeah, um, otherwise I don't. You know, um, I think people, people, people get a little bit weird about it, right, um, but like even that as a currency come, currency, come on, it's an in-game currency. Yeah, it's an in-game currency and in order to move forward and to activate, it's just another lever. It's coin-operated. Know, it's just, you know, coin operated. Like you know, um, and that, and that you know. So it's like you need to have a belief. You need to have, um, the confidence that if something is worth it, then it's worth it. If that makes sense, um, and that goes for, uh, you know, obviously I'm bringing this up, you know, to make any conversation that we have in the future easier.

Speaker 1: 25:55

However, from a business perspective, an entrepreneurial perspective and also a gaming perspective, you've got to spend. You've got to spend to progress, yeah, so it's like you know, it's like I really need this armour. I have to have this armour, oh, and a better sword. If I don't get this, I'm going to this dungeon. I'm done for I need to buy this, oh no, but what if I buy this sword and buy this armour, but then it's not quite as good as what I want. Like, it's not quite. As you know, when I hit the monster yes, obviously I'm doing more damage because I'm no longer fisting Cuffean and Ogre I'm able to block with a shield and stab with a sword. This is not quite as sharp as what I wanted, oh no, oh no, no, in that case, I'm not to block with a shield and stab with a sword. This is not quite as sharp as what I wanted. Oh no, oh no, no, in that case, I'm not going to do it.

Speaker 1: 26:55

Of course, you wouldn't Like who would do that. You'd recognise the value in gearing up. You've got to gear up before you head into the dungeon because it's dangerous. There's trials and tribulations, there's all sorts of traps, there's other players, there's orcs and goblins and bosses and all sorts in there, right? So you've got to gear up. You've got to spend in order to, well and, yeah, belief, I believe, I know, know that, know that I should know that you're gonna be okay for one.

Speaker 1: 27:40

Games have save points. Yeah, you know, like, what's your save point? Well, a lot of people are, you know. So, if you're in a job, that's your save point. Every single month, whoop, reset, alright, it's your save point. So, relax, alright, just relax yourself.

Speaker 1: 28:03

Yeah, like some of you, like you know, spend this amount. Like you know, spend this amount well, like it's the fear and I love you. By the way, I love you, this is not an attack, this is love because, like fear is like it's like, it's like your spiritual adversary, you know so your spirit wants to be big, like Spirit is unlimited, like limitless, yeah, almost not able to constrain, like absolute, like pure being. Yeah, that's what Spirit is, that's what the blessing of being a universal conduit that's looking out from within at the rest of the universe, the blessing of being a conduit for that, for the brief amount of time that we're able to house that flame within us, yeah, like that blessing, that spirit. Ah, ah, sorry, I just got that. Absolutely not like. I just yeah, it's like I feel the Holy Ghost.

Speaker 1: 29:46

Oh, my days, but it's, it's unquenchable, it's unquenchable, that's not a word. Unquenchable, it's eternal, it's everlasting. You know, because it's you like, it is everything, it breathes into us, it makes a heartbeat Like you try to stop breathing, your heart breathing, thinking, you know, sensing, feeling, like you can't do that, even if you tried. Like that's life doing you and like you don't have to. Like you know, like do you don't have to? Like you know, like do I was going to say do apologies to anyone that is suffering from you know, but the blessing is that you know you're even alive to be able to have that as an experience. Really, at least that's how I feel.

Speaker 1: 31:17

I feel truly blessed to be chosen actually as a conduit. I'm able to bear witness to everything else, everything that is anything that I want to turn my gaze at, anything I want to do, anything that I want to turn my hand to. I'm given time. Every single day I wake up, I'm given an extra day to do with what I want to do and look like, don't complain if you're using that time to do something that you don't want to do. By the way, yeah, like, everybody has a choice, everybody has a choice. It's not like, oh well, it's all right, you know, like you might think I do, but no, everybody has a choice and it's your privilege, it's your right. Yeah, it's your blessing as a carrier of that special, priceless gift of being a carrier of the space in time.

Speaker 1: 32:30

That point, that brief flicker in all of time that is you and doing that brief flicker, is your prerogative to do whatever you want with that time. It doesn't last long, so it's your prerogative to do whatever you want with that time. Nobody can take that from you. Whatever you want with that time. Like, nobody can take that from you, make you do anything, yeah, other than you, if you want to, and that's the thing. Like you know, I'm not, I'm gonna call, call you out, call.

Speaker 1: 33:13

I say you know, like who's you probably, if you're listening to a podcast Unlocking Greatness, you feel like you can be more and what you're seeing in your life isn't reflecting that. Well, just know that you're getting exactly what you're telling yourself, like I would, but I'm not going to because I'd like to. However, you know like what sort of language is that? You know like what sort of language is that. And if you were playing a game, imagine, you know, put that sword on, yeah. Like, don that armour and like prepare to face the demons of hell, would you back down? No, you wouldn't. You wouldn't.

Speaker 1: 34:28

You know, this life that you've been given is a play session. It's a gift, but it's not a gift that has to be hard. It's not a gift that has to be a struggle. It's not a gift that has to be hard. It's not a gift that has to be a struggle. It's not a gift that has to be um, right, right, lack, right. What is that? Everything is given, like every, every single thing. Like, bear in mind, like prior to being you weren't and after being, you won't. So every single thing has been given, every single thing has been given like everything, everything's a gain, everything's a plus, like, um, oh, oh, I love it. I absolutely love it. So, so, so, so, so. I hope that was helpful.

Speaker 1: 35:43

I'm not sure about the format. Just like the sound of your own voice, really, don't you, misha? Oh my days, alright. Just like the sound of your own voice, really don't you, misha? Oh, my days, all right. Um, if you have listened, thank you for listening. Um, I appreciate you, um, I love you lots. Um, believe in yourself. Like, seriously believe in yourself.

Speaker 1: 36:09

Um, it's, it's a game, and the game over isn't money. By the way, the game over isn't people not liking you or thinking, oh, what's, what are they doing? Or, oh, what you know? Like, that's not the game over. People's public opinion of you isn't game over. Um, like, that's not even a boss, that's not. It's not even something that can really hurt you. Like, just just ignore it, just don't look. Even something that can really hurt you, just ignore it, just don't look.

Speaker 1: 36:41

You owe it to yourself. In this life, this precious life that you've been given, you've been gifted, you owe it to yourself to be more, and that's not more, saying that you're less. You could be great already and you owe it to yourself to be more Because you're responsible for your part of the whole. You're a keeper of one part of the collective consciousness, so what are you going to do with your part? I mentioned that you can't stop thinking, by the way. Have you ever thought about that? Even if you wanted to, you can't stop thinking. Yeah, yeah, I know some of you would get it. So what are you going to do with your part of the collective whole? Like, you've got a responsibility, you've got a responsibility to us all. So you know and listen. Like you know, I'm listening, mate. Um, ah, you know what I'm gonna end this there, um, but I've actually, I've actually enjoyed this. I actually think about it. So, once again, thank you for listening. My name is Misha Cunningham. This is Unlocking Greatness.