If You Want To MANIFEST Your Dreams In 2023, WATCH THIS! | Ed Mylett & Jay Shetty
Last updated: May 31, 2023
The video is about Ed Mylett and Jay Shetty discussing how to manifest dreams and the importance of finding one's true passions and unique gifts, using Ed's personal experience of a baseball career ending due to injury and finding fulfillment in serving others as an example.
The video features a conversation between Ed Mylett and Jay Shetty about manifesting dreams in 2023. They discuss how sometimes our dreams don't show up in the way we expect them to and how it's important to find our true passions and unique gifts. Ed shares his personal experience of having his baseball career cut short due to a catastrophic injury and how it led him to find fulfillment in serving others, specifically at a home for disadvantaged boys. They also discuss the importance of being intentional about what we truly want and not just chasing after things that we think will make us happy.
Our dreams don't always show up in the way we expect them to.
Ed Mylett's baseball career ended due to injury, but he found fulfillment in serving others.
Ed encourages people to be intentional about what they really want and not just chase after adopted dreams.
Personal experiences, such as having an alcoholic family member, can equip us for unexpected dreams.
Lessons learned from personal experiences can give us emotional intelligence.
Getting out of ourselves and into others can help us overcome self-doubt.
Ed's recipe for finding fulfillment is always making a difference.
Ed believes in constantly changing and progressing to become the best version of oneself.
Making hard choices is necessary to find fulfillment.
Ed's life trajectory transformed when he started working at a home for disadvantaged boys.
He found fulfillment in serving others and using his unique gifts.
He realized that making a difference for others was what fulfilled him the most.
He encourages people to find their actual passions and unique gifts.
He believes that things happen for you, not to you.
Unexpected Dreams
Dreams don't always show up in the package we expect.
Even our careers and businesses may not be what we thought we would be doing.
Everything happens for us, not to us.
Personal experiences, such as having an alcoholic family member, can equip us for unexpected dreams.
Challenges and patterns in life can prepare us for future opportunities.
Lessons from Personal Experiences
Having an alcoholic family member taught Ed Mylett to assess people and be present with them.
His father's sobriety meeting led to a job at a home for boys, where he became a father figure to them.
His personal experiences equipped him to connect with the boys who had similar anxieties and fears.
Life prepares us for moments if we stay vigilant and keep going.
Lessons learned from personal experiences can give us emotional intelligence.
Overcoming Self-Doubt
When our dreams start to show up, we may doubt ourselves and feel unprepared.
Previous experiences can equip us for unexpected dreams.
Getting obsessed with serving others can guide us in the right direction.
There is a wisdom in the universe that can help us when we focus on serving others.
Getting out of ourselves and into others can help us overcome self-doubt.
Finding Fulfillment in Serving Others
Ed Mylett found fulfillment in serving the boys at the home for boys.
He stayed longer than he should have because he loved being with them.
Some of the boys have stayed in his life to this day.
Serving others can bring a sense of purpose and fulfillment.
Our unique gifts and passions can lead us to opportunities to serve others.
Ed Mylett's Recipe for Finding Fulfillment
Ed found his calling in life by making a difference in other people's lives.
He believes that getting outside of oneself and making a difference is the key to finding fulfillment.
Ed's recipe for finding fulfillment is always making a difference.
He does his show and other things to make a difference in other people's lives.
Ed believes that making a difference is true power.
The Importance of Embracing Change
When we're young, we're excited about change, but as we get older, we get scared of change.
Ed believes in the death of the last year and the birth of the new.
He believes in constantly changing and progressing to become the best version of oneself.
Ed believes that something happens in our life where growth begins to become stunted.
He thinks that when we start to get affected by insecurities and worries, we believe that the growth process stops.
Ed Mylett's Journey to Financial Stability
Ed realized that there was a recipe of things that made him happy.
He realized that contribution and growth were what moved him.
When a financial business approached him, he was not interested in it.
However, they convinced him that he was making a difference in other people's lives.
Ed decided that serving the people who were supposed to be raising the children he was helping was the best way to serve these children long term.
The Difficulty of Making Hard Choices
Ed's decision to serve the people who were supposed to be raising the children he was helping was a very hard choice.
He remembers the day where he told the boys, and it was a very difficult day.
Ed believes that since then, he has made a little bit of a difference in adults' lives.
He still gets emotional when he talks about it.
Ed believes that making hard choices is necessary to find fulfillment.
Living a Blissfully Dissatisfied Life
Blissful dissatisfaction means not conflating happiness and satisfaction.
The happiest people understand that happiness and satisfaction are two different things.
Delaying happiness until a future destination can lead to disappointment.
Achievers often confuse happiness with drive and ambition.
Celebrating victories and finding bliss in life can prevent burnout.
The Power of Gratitude
Specific gratitude has a compounding effect on emotions.
Being grateful for specific things in life can lead to a more fulfilling life.
Blissful dissatisfaction means living blissfully while still wanting to achieve more.
Gratitude is essential for achieving a blissful life.
Specificity in gratitude can lead to a more fulfilling life.
Finding Balance as an Achiever
Achievers are great at getting what they want but often neglect happiness.
The power of intention is essential for achieving happiness.
The reticular activating system can filter out negative thoughts and focus on positive ones.
Finding balance between hunger and happiness is essential for achieving a fulfilling life.
Celebrating victories and finding joy in life can prevent burnout.
The Importance of Service
Service is deeply ingrained in everything Ed Mylett talks about.
Service can lead to a more fulfilling life.
Helping others can bring joy and purpose to life.
Using unique gifts and passions to serve others can lead to a more fulfilling life.
Service can bring a sense of meaning and purpose to life.
The Power of Intention
Intention is a huge thing when it comes to pursuing happiness and bliss.
When you get intentional about pursuing your passions, your reticular activator begins to filter that into your awareness.
You will begin to see, experience, hear, and feel things that were always in your environment but you were screening out before because it wasn't a part of your intention.
The more you allow yourself to experience bliss, the hungrier you will be for success.
If you're not enjoying the bites of your success, you're not going to want to take another one.
The Importance of Prioritizing Happiness
It's important to prioritize happiness and find your true passions and unique gifts.
Living in a state of fear and complacency is a cold and tense place to be.
Bad habits don't serve you and you're winning in spite of them, not because of them.
Enjoying the bites of your success will make you hungrier for more.
People matter more than things.
The Power of Doing a Little Extra
Doing a little extra is a pattern that can serve you well.
Ed Mylett learned this from Sylvester Stallone, who he worked out with in a private gym.
Every single lift they did, Stallone would do one more.
Doing a little extra can help you stand out and achieve more success.
It's important to find a balance and not overdo it, but doing a little extra can be a healthy practice.
The Importance of Serving Others
Ed Mylett found fulfillment in serving others after his baseball career ended due to injury.
He started volunteering at a home for boys and found that helping people was more fulfilling than achieving material success.
Helping others can lead to unexpected success and fulfillment.
It's important to find ways to use your unique gifts and passions to serve others.
Serving others can bring more meaning and purpose to your life.
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