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00:00 The surprising exercise: bending a spoon at a business conference
01:33 Lessons on detachment and enjoying the journey, not just the outcome
05:39 Understanding and transferring personal power through energy
07:33 A powerful vision: stepping into your future self to achieve success
13:01 Kat’s takeaway: owning and transferring your power into everyday life
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Hey, my name is Kat.
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Speaker:Have you ever gone to a business conference thinking that one of
Speaker:the activities they're going to make you do is to bend a spoon?
Speaker:This is a spoon that I bent today in one of the activities in a business
Speaker:conference, business gathering.
Speaker:You know, when you think about business conferences, you're going to think
Speaker:strategy, how to do marketing, how to do sales, how to grow your business.
Speaker:But this business by design experience is completely different because it's
Speaker:teaching us that everything that has to do with growth in your business first
Speaker:comes and foremost with everything that has to do with your growth as a person.
Speaker:And so today they told us, they, they showed us a clip of Neo and the Matrix,
Speaker:the scene of that little boy, like bending the spoon and they're like, yep,
Speaker:you're going to bend the spoon today.
Speaker:So they handed the spoons and this is like completely Oh, I can't even, I
Speaker:can't even do anything to that right now.
Speaker:Cause it was a whole experience.
Speaker:It was a whole exercise, but now I have the recording of the event and
Speaker:I'm literally going to take myself through the exercise over and over
Speaker:and over again, until I've been like, I don't know, maybe 10 spoons.
Speaker:It was an incredibly powerful experience.
Speaker:Um, it is now Friday, December 6th at 11.
Speaker:P.
Speaker:m.
Speaker:I just got back from the event.
Speaker:I was there at 8 a.
Speaker:m.
Speaker:It was full day.
Speaker:We had an hour and a half for lunch, 45 minutes for dinner.
Speaker:And in between, it was all speaker after speaker application after application.
Speaker:And this is one of the application exercises was to bend a spoon.
Speaker:And before we went into the exercise.
Speaker:You know, they really told us that we have to be detached from the results, just
Speaker:like in, in business and in life, right?
Speaker:When we're so attached to the results or the outcome, a lot of the times
Speaker:we, we forget about the journey and the process and how to actually enjoy
Speaker:that part, because we're, we just want to get there so badly and so quickly.
Speaker:And we had to say, if we don't bend the spoon, it just means
Speaker:we're learning how to hold energy.
Speaker:And if we bend the spoon, it also means we're just.
Speaker:learning how to hold energy.
Speaker:So the result of whether you bend the spoon or not has
Speaker:nothing to do with who you are.
Speaker:It's we're just learning how to hold energy.
Speaker:And this seems like a really weird activity, right?
Speaker:Like to some people may may think.
Speaker:Okay, big deal.
Speaker:You, you meant a spoon.
Speaker:So what?
Speaker:Or maybe to some, it's like, Ooh, that's really weird.
Speaker:You're so weird cat.
Speaker:Like, you know, like, what are you talking about?
Speaker:You know?
Speaker:Um, but let me break it down just a little bit.
Speaker:What it really just means is that, you know, when I talked about frequency
Speaker:in the last episode, which was last night's debrief of the event yesterday,
Speaker:I talked about how we hold it.
Speaker:We have a frequency and our frequencies are energetic vibe.
Speaker:And what that really just means is that the way we present ourselves to the world
Speaker:and to everything around us is It's a direct reflection of who we actually think
Speaker:we are internally and subconsciously.
Speaker:So if we believe that we're not worthy and we're not enough, uh, and we're not
Speaker:loved the way we present ourselves to others, we'll always have that frequency,
Speaker:like a layer of that energy underneath it.
Speaker:So even if we're like, we're outgoing, we're awesome.
Speaker:We look confident, but internally.
Speaker:You're really struggling with self worth, that frequency is still going
Speaker:to come out no matter what, because no matter what you look like externally,
Speaker:what is actually internally going on inside of you is truly what matters.
Speaker:And so, In the exercise is talking about your power and the energy that you
Speaker:hold inside and be able to focus that power into something or into someone.
Speaker:So we are all conduits of energy.
Speaker:We hold energy in our bodies, right?
Speaker:So we are conduits of energy, but then we can also transfer that energy.
Speaker:And that was something that.
Speaker:And this is how do we hold the energy that's inside of us and
Speaker:then transfer it into something to really powerfully demonstrate
Speaker:that we are powerful human beings.
Speaker:We are powerful.
Speaker:Our words have power.
Speaker:Our thoughts have power.
Speaker:Everything in our body holds power.
Speaker:And How do we make sure that, you know, the energy that we carry has power
Speaker:because of the internal belief systems that we have believed our entire lives.
Speaker:And so they made this go through the series of exercise.
Speaker:The room is dark and there's music going on.
Speaker:And, uh, the lady, Jennifer Finley, she made us to go
Speaker:through this exercise where we.
Speaker:Hold the spoon.
Speaker:And she said, um, think about the time in your life where you felt the most joy and
Speaker:whatever comes to your mind right away.
Speaker:You trust that.
Speaker:And you just go with that.
Speaker:You don't you don't judge it.
Speaker:You don't change it.
Speaker:You just take that.
Speaker:And then you try to grab a hold of that power because there's
Speaker:there's power in that joy.
Speaker:And you tried to find it.
Speaker:Focus it into the space between your fingers because you're holding the spoon
Speaker:like this and just focusing that energy there and, and, and seeing if you can,
Speaker:as you focus that energy there that it would actually make the spoon bend.
Speaker:So think about, uh, a faucet if there's no host.
Speaker:When you open the faucet, you know, the, the, the water is going to come out,
Speaker:but it's not going to be as powerful.
Speaker:But if you have a hose, right, the water that comes out of a faucet, all
Speaker:of a sudden has this surge of energy.
Speaker:It goes through the host.
Speaker:And when it goes out of that spout in the host.
Speaker:It has so much power because it's focused energy.
Speaker:And so it felt like a forever exercise.
Speaker:I think it was like about 40 minutes long, and it was just
Speaker:a series of those scenarios.
Speaker:When did you feel the most loved?
Speaker:When did you feel the most courage?
Speaker:All these different scenarios, and you just had to take a hold of that, and then,
Speaker:You know, focus that power and transfer it that that energy and transfer it
Speaker:into the spoon to try to bend the spoon and I'm sitting there closing my eyes.
Speaker:I'm thinking, yep, definitely not happening to me today.
Speaker:I don't know what power they're talking about, but I'm trying to drop into these
Speaker:experiences of joy and love and courage.
Speaker:And this is just not happening.
Speaker:And then she said, Okay, now think about a year from now, because we're in a business
Speaker:conference and the business conference is all about how to grow your business.
Speaker:What do you do right to grow your business?
Speaker:And again, this is not just about strategy.
Speaker:It's about actually working internally to be able to present yourself
Speaker:in a more effective way, right?
Speaker:That actually really translates that that converts because you are
Speaker:presenting in your most authentic self.
Speaker:And so she said, picture yourself a year from now.
Speaker:You've accomplished what you want to accomplish in your year in this one
Speaker:year of business because we're coming up into, you know, the end of the year and
Speaker:now we're talking about our goals for the year for your business and you've
Speaker:accomplished it and you see your future self and step into that future self now.
Speaker:But before you do that, think about.
Speaker:What was the cause that finally made that breakthrough happen?
Speaker:What was the thing that finally allowed you to crush your numbers, to meet
Speaker:your goals, and to, to be exactly where you wanted to be a year from now?
Speaker:And yesterday, my breakthrough yesterday was the realization that I still
Speaker:have all these self worth issues.
Speaker:And the only way for me to step out of that instantly is to drop into who I am.
Speaker:in my identity in Christ, in my identity as a daughter of the Most High God, in my
Speaker:identity in the daughter of the Father who loves me unconditionally no matter what.
Speaker:And the moment I dropped into that and I had this vision again of myself just like
Speaker:running towards Papa, running towards my Father, and just holding my arms like
Speaker:this and God picking me up and swinging me around and holding me, the moment I
Speaker:had that vision, This surge of power.
Speaker:I can't, it was crazy because after the exercise, I was sobbing
Speaker:uncontrollably and I could not even talk.
Speaker:I wanted to share, because after that they were asking people to share.
Speaker:I wanted to raise my hand and share, but I couldn't.
Speaker:I just sat and I was like,
Speaker:like, I don't even know, but I was literally, and the lady next to
Speaker:me, she's like, you need a hug.
Speaker:And I'm like, and she just hugged me so tightly because it was.
Speaker:It was incredible, the experience that I had, and so I pictured that, and I
Speaker:felt this power, and then I stepped into my future self, and I saw myself
Speaker:as someone who finally has successfully taught hundreds of kids this life skill
Speaker:of finding their self worth, this life skill of resilience, the life skill of
Speaker:integrity, the life skill of standing up to peer pressure, the life skill of,
Speaker:of, of Stepping into their own power, the life skill of, of believing in
Speaker:themselves and, and having confidence and they no longer have self worth
Speaker:issues like these kids that are 6 to 14 year olds and, and they're like young
Speaker:kids, but they're stepping into their power and they're not having comparison
Speaker:issues and, and all these things.
Speaker:And, and I, I saw myself as that person who successfully taught these kids.
Speaker:And, and were able to mentor them and, and help them find a stronger
Speaker:mindset and a stronger identity.
Speaker:And as I was doing that, I just kept feeling this search of
Speaker:power and I just held the spoon.
Speaker:And I, I was doing this and I was like, I think it's, Oh, that's odd.
Speaker:I think it's moving.
Speaker:I think it's moving and I look and I open my eyes and I'm
Speaker:like, oh my gosh, it's moving.
Speaker:It's moving.
Speaker:It's moving.
Speaker:Freaking bent it.
Speaker:And, and And the thing is, like, as soon as I opened my eyes, right, I,
Speaker:because it was bending, I, I kind of like, I think that the power was there,
Speaker:but I was so surprised that I was like, Oh, I was, I was like, so excited.
Speaker:I kind of like put even more force to it.
Speaker:And, and so the beginning part was really, really, it, it really felt like surreal.
Speaker:It felt like this weird sense of energy that it was just bending the spoon, like,
Speaker:and, and I was not in control of it.
Speaker:It was like the craziest experience.
Speaker:And then, and then, I was, I opened my eyes and I was so surprised
Speaker:that I just was so excited.
Speaker:I kept bending it right.
Speaker:And then later on, after that, in the exercise, once we all like kind of settled
Speaker:from that experience, Jennifer Finley, the lady said, you know, the more you
Speaker:do this, uh, Literally the less energy it actually takes, because what happens
Speaker:is the more you understand your power and your energy and how you can actually
Speaker:transfer it, um, into your personal life, into your business life, um, into
Speaker:the way you parent and your friendships and like literally in everything, right?
Speaker:Like if you have that crazy love energy, crazy, joyful energy, crazy,
Speaker:uh, courage, energy, and that.
Speaker:Power and you're able to transfer that into everything you do.
Speaker:Gosh, that's powerful.
Speaker:And so she said that you can actually do this exercise over and over again.
Speaker:And over time, you're going to learn that you won't need as much,
Speaker:like you actually don't need a lot.
Speaker:You just need a little, and you can work with a little, and you're going to be
Speaker:a lot more efficient with transferring that energy because you, you're going
Speaker:to The little that we have is already a lot, actually, like the little power
Speaker:that we have is already a lot, and in the beginning you feel like you have to
Speaker:harness that so much and push it into, you know, learn how to transfer that
Speaker:energy and that power, but, but after a while you're just going to learn,
Speaker:you know, that you can be a little more chill about it and you can, you
Speaker:know, you, you, you just drop into it, you just, because it's a practice, and
Speaker:so I'm just so excited, because now I have a new exercise that I want to do.
Speaker:I'm not going to say every day because I don't want to say something and then, you
Speaker:know, actually not follow through with it.
Speaker:But I'm definitely going to be doing this again.
Speaker:And maybe, maybe just been, you know, at least maybe put a goal
Speaker:like, okay, let's talk 10 spoons.
Speaker:Let's bend 10 spoons.
Speaker:Let's go through these, through this exercise 10 times.
Speaker:And I'm going to bend 10 spoons and learn how to always find
Speaker:that power that was so powerful.
Speaker:Oh, the moment I saw myself as a little girl.
Speaker:Who felt so loved, but not just loved, but loved by my father
Speaker:in heaven unconditionally.
Speaker:And then I saw myself as that's the reason why I was able to fully step
Speaker:into the growth of my business, because I am so secure in who I am,
Speaker:because I have nothing to prove.
Speaker:And I've let go of any attachment to what success looks like.
Speaker:And I've let go of any attachment to, you know, me having to
Speaker:prove to the world that.
Speaker:Oh, look at me.
Speaker:Look at my empire.
Speaker:Look at my look at my business.
Speaker:Look at this.
Speaker:Look at that.
Speaker:And the moment I've let go of that, you know, that that's actually what's gonna
Speaker:make me successful is letting go of the need to prove and the need to, you know,
Speaker:attach myself worth into an achievement.
Speaker:And so that was really interesting and powerful in all the ways and
Speaker:What an incredible experience today, and I will be back tomorrow at BBD Live.
Speaker:I'm gonna keep this forever.
Speaker:My very, very first spoon, my very, very first bent spoon.
Speaker:I am now officially a part of the Spoon Benders Club, that's what they say.
Speaker:I don't know, it's not really a club, it's a made up thing,
Speaker:but I just think it's cool, so.
Speaker:That's my takeaway from today.
Speaker:We have our power.
Speaker:We need to understand our power.
Speaker:We need to know our power.
Speaker:We need to own our power, and we need to know how to be able to transfer it to
Speaker:the things that we do in, in real life.
Speaker:Very cool.
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