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You Don’t Rise to the Level of Your Goals, You Sink to the Level of Your Systems
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- The Missing Secret Podcast
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- Feb 19, 2026
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Summary
In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about a powerful quote from James Clear. Author of atomic habits. You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you sink to the level of your systems. As John explains, the think it be it methodology is a combination of various systems . A system for controlling your actions. It’s a system for controlling your mindset. Then there is the technique of setting aside time each week to just think. To deep think. It’s a system for thinking. The think it be it methodology also has a system for being a conduit of learning. Using podcasts. It’s a system for growing. And then there’s the think it be it daily and weekly to do system. A system for being organized. And during this podcast John and Kelly talk about how most people are not growing intellectually. In fact, the average person doesn’t read three books rest their life after they graduate from college. An amazing statistic. And most people have no system for mindset and a poor system for being organized. That’s why when you have strong systems for these various things, success is easy. Because the bar is so low with other people. Buy John’s book, THE MISSING SECRET of the Legendary Book Think and Grow Rich : And a 12-minute-a-day technique to apply it here . About the Hosts: John Mitchell John’s story is pretty amazing. After spending 20 years as an entrepreneur, John was 50 years old but wasn’t as successful as he thought he should be. To rectify that, he decided to find the “top book in the world” on SUCCESS and apply that book literally Word for Word to his life. That Book is Think & Grow Rich. The book says there’s a SECRET for success, but the author only gives you half the secret. John figured out the full secret and a 12 minute a day technique to…