A Mason's Work

A Mason's Work Trailer Bonus Episode 47 Season 1

Overcome the head/heart trash - You've got work to do.

Overcome the head/heart trash - You've got work to do.Overcome the head/heart trash - You've got work to do.

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Summary
Dive into self-motivation & tackle life's distractions head-on in this episode. Learn why self-derailment is your biggest foe & how to go beyond fair-weather productivity. It's not just a talk; it's a call to action to do your work with Zen insights. Get ready to be your own weather-maker!

Key Points
• Everyone has unique work to pursue.
• Excuses are "avoidance with extra steps."
• Your mood shouldn't dictate your tasks.
• Externalizing problems is unproductive.
• "I breathe, the I is extra." - Zen Mind Beginner's Mind

Best Quotes
00:23 - 00:37
• "All of that is noise. In the same way, you won't let the weather control how you approach the day beyond, you know, basic preparation stuff."

00:51 - 00:58
• "You have work to do, there is work to be done, and the only person who can do your work is you."

01:03 - 01:20
• "So avoidance of it by externalizing your problems onto others or by finding the raft of a thousand possible excuses is just avoidance with extra steps."

01:21 - 01:28
• "So you have work to do, go do it. That is kind of the beginning and the end of the story."

Creators & Guests

Host
Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D

What is A Mason's Work?

In this show we discuss the practical applications of masonic symbolism and how the working tools can be used to better yourself, your family, your lodge, and your community. We help good freemasons become better men through honest self development. We talk quite a bit about mental health and men's issues related to emotional and intellectual growth as well.

Brian
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I'm recording this for myself as much as for anybody else listening to the pod. But let me tell you, brother, you have work to do and there's gonna be a ton of folks that try and knock you off that work, including yourself on a regular basis. This is very, very important distinction. All of that is noise. In the same way, you won't let the weather control how you approach the day beyond, you know, basic preparation stuff. You can't let the weather of your mood or the weather of your environment, the people around you control how you approach the day. You have work to do, there is work to be done, and the only person who can do your work is you. No one knows what your work is even, but you So avoidance of it by externalizing your problems onto others or by finding the raft of a thousand possible excuses is just avoidance with extra steps. So you have work to do, go do it. That is kind of the beginning and the end of the story. Everything else in the middle is extra To borrow from a book called Zen Mind, beginner's mind, your the, the, the quote is, when you say I breathe, the eye is extra. And in the same way your work is, is your work. Get on it.

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