"The Power of Resilience: Small Steps to Big Goals"

What's up, everybody? Welcome to The Thinking Effect. The podcast will we dive into real stories, practical wisdom, and the real power of resilience. I'm your host, Tommy Danger, hip hop artists and entrepreneur and fellow dream chaser from Home, New York. Each episode will break down the mindset, shifts, life lessons and habits to help people think bigger and live a purpose no matter what challenges come their way. So if you're here to grow, get inspired and keep moving forward. Now, I say slow motions better than no motion. You're in the right place. Let's get into it. No matter where you are on your journey, whether it's music, business, fitness of life, resilience is the few that keeps you going even when things get tough. Today I'm gonna share with you the journey of me creating my latest project, mixtape One Morning Clip, and it's about staying resilient when you're chasing your dreams. For those of you who follow me, know that I have been training for an iron Man. And for my first iron Man, I had to learn how to open water swim, and the open water swimming, one of the most unknown factors is which way the water's gonna go right. So you can train and you learn how to do your. Strokes on a particular way, but you should learn bilateral breathing because when that water goes in any direction, you want to be able to adapt. When I got out there in the water and I started practicing, there were many days that I was just like, man, I ain't cut out for this, Like I just need to find something else to do. But then I remember the reason why I started to do it. You ever feel like you want to see exactly how far you can push yourself and what you really made of, And in training for the Iron Man, that was basically what I wanted to do. I wanted to see how strong I could be mentally and physically if I really. Put my mind to it. So I stuck with it. I would go out to Coney Island beach, shout out to Coach Doc and put on my wetsuit, going to the basics, and I had to face my biggest fears, which is fear of the unknown. You know, there were many days that when I be out there in the water. You know, when you go especially Coney Island, it's not like the most luxurious water. It's dark, it's murky. It feels crappy, but it teaches you something. It teaches you how to embrace what you can't see. But it also teaches you to embrace the one thing that you can control, and that is yourself. So I knew that at any moment, I can control by breathing, and I can control how I move my body, you know, and that alone just basically kept me going. I would take that same mentality and applied to making music. You know. Sometimes you. Make something and it could be really good, and sometimes you make something that could be all right. But then other times you. Can make something really good, put all your effort into it, it out there, and even with you putting money behind it and thinking that you talk to your audience, it just don't hit the way that it does. And you have to remember within yourself, like why did you even start doing it to begin with? For me, creating is like a way of being free, you know, So every time I create, it helps me to tap into that, like it reminds me of what it feels like to be free, you know. I encourage you, guys to whatever you're working on every day in a journal, whether it's the end. Of the day or beginning of the day. Hey, family, let's take a quick pause. If you feeling the vibe and find a value in the thinking effect, take a second to show some love by subscribing, rating, and leaving a review whenever you listening. And if it's something in today's episode that hits home, share it on social media. Tag me. Let's spread the word, build the community and keep each other moving forward back to this episode, write down what you did and reflect on your purpose for that day, like why did you do the things that you do? What's your reason behind it? Right? You? Also, you know, I always have a saying of slow motions better than no motion. I've been doing music, you know, professionally now for seven years, but I've enjoyed creating for close to twenty years. And in that some people may be like, man, like how you keep going? Sometimes you don't get them any streams, you don't get them any views. You want to create something that is consistent so that over time you can sustain when the waters get choppy, and you gotta take small steps so that small steps it is just you, whether it's exercising every day from ten minutes to an hour, or dedicating time to your creativity from ten minutes to an hour. The processes are basically the same. It's no difference. It's basically having the discipline to do so. And along the way, you're gonna have disappointments, you're gonna have failures, but you always have to remember the reason why you started doing it. This way, you don't get tripped up on trophy or the shiny token that you may get. You're doing it because you love it. You're doing it because you're pushing yourself to become greater and do greater. You know, so I hope this helps you. You know, it's been a minute since we did a podcast, but I want to encourage you guys to stick with it, stay resilient. It's about showing up. It's about pushing through. You feel on this spire. But what I just shared with you, do me a favor, leave a comment or share this now. We do it temmy Danger slow motion better than no motion Danger Champions. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Thinking Effect. I hope today's insights sparks something powerful for you, whether it's a new perspective, a small step toward a goal, or the motivation to keep grinding remember it's not about getting everything right. It's about showing up and growing a little. Bit each day. Just like I always say, slow motion is better than no motion. If you enjoy this episode, make sure you so you don't miss what's coming up next. And if you want to connect, follow me on social media, hit me on a DM, hit me up on my website. I love to hear your thoughts and what you're working towards. Until next time, stay resilient, stay creative, and keep pushing. I'm Tommy Danger and this is the thinking effect.