The law of rhythm reveals that life’s cycles—whether good or bad—are part of a natural, repeating flow. With this perspective, we can find comfort in the lows, knowing they’ll rise, and prepare in the highs, knowing they’ll shift. It’s a tool for staying steady, patient, and focused through every phase.
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So I've been trying to keep this top of mind. It's one of the universal laws. It's the law of rhythm. I've talked about, talked about these laws before.
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If you, if you're not familiar with the universal laws, I think a good resource is, if you search for Bob Proctor universal laws, he has a page that has a
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pretty good write up of all of them, but the law of rhythm, I've been trying to kind of have this in my head more often, because if you listen to this
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podcast, you know, like, I kind of stress out, not, kind of, I stress out pretty regularly, which I don't, I don't know that's really bad, because I'm,
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I'm a business owner, and that comes with the territory. But my problem is that I feel like I stress out about things that I shouldn't really be stressing
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out about, like, daily sales numbers and shit like that, like or even just kind of like looking at things objectively. So what I wanted to get into
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with the law of rhythm, it's basically states that, like, things are, things come in cycles, you know. And you can see that all around us, you
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know, like the the Earth goes around the sun in a sort of a rhythm, not sort of, but it's, you know, it's a set time. That's why we have day and night
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on, like, the same time, and all this kind of thing. And like, the the seasons change on a on a rhythm, the the tides go up and down fucking there's all this
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different shit. And then you can see it in other places too. Like, like, I had this financial advisor show me, like, a historical look at the stock
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market. And actually, it actually also had a rhythm, you know, like the chart kind of went up, and then it went down, and then it crept back up, and
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then it went down. And it was almost like, I think it was like a, almost like a 10 year cycle, like it creeps up, it creeps up, and then it kind of caps out,
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and then goes back down. So it's kind of a rhythm there as well. And then what I've been thinking about it is like, stuff like, for me, for business, you know,
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like, when, when times are good, I tend to feel like times are always going to be good. Like, I don't, I don't really think about the bad times. Like, I
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don't know, it's kind of weird. It's like, when sales go back up, I'm like, Oh, hell yeah, we got through it, like, now, smooth sailing from here, you
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know? I mean, that's kind of an exaggeration, but to a certain extent, that's kind of how I think of it. And then when it's when things are low, I'm like,
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Oh man, we're never going to get back to to getting those big sales numbers that we were before, you know, and the way I look at it, I think, is
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unhealthy, and it's not as motivating as I think it could be. So what I've been trying to do is think about it from the standpoint of the law of rhythm.
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It's like, you know, things go up and then they go down, and then they go back up and they go back down. So it's like there's maybe not a set pattern, like
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the day's changing or the seasons changing, but there is somewhat of a pattern. And I was also thinking about it in, like, your mood. So, like, some days,
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you'll be sort of like happy throughout parts of the day, and then you're maybe angry or depressed or something throughout another part of the
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day. And so your mood changes throughout the day. And I think we, I think we just sort of go along with the ride. Well, at least I do, like, you sort of go
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along with whatever it is that's happening, and you kind of don't, I kind of don't really think, like, Man, I'm in a bad mood right now, but I was, I was
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pretty happy this morning, you know. So I've been trying to, like, identify that, and I I'll get to the point. So, like, the point is, is like, when I find
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myself stressing out about whatever, a lot of times it's, it's, you know, business stuff, when I think about that, I've been keeping the law of rhythm,
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excuse me, uh, top of mind. Because I think, like, okay, you know, things are, things are a little slow right now, but I know they're gonna pick back up.
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I just need to keep doing what I know I need to do in order to, you know, make things happen. So like, even if I'm doing everything that I'm supposed to
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do, and the sales numbers are still lower than I want them to be, I feel like that's the law of rhythm just happening. It's like, look, you're gonna do
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everything you need to do to be happy or or have these sales numbers or be in a good mood, or whatever, whatever thing you want to apply that to, what if
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you're in a down cycle, it's going to come back up. So I've been thinking about that a lot. And when I talk to people that are, you know, having problems,
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I think of. I try to bring that up, and I'm like, Look, you're just in a down cycle right now, and, you know, you just need to get through it. So, like, what's
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the action step for that? I think, like, when you're in a down, you know, I guess cycle, or down pattern, or whatever part of the rhythm you're down
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at the lower end of it, I feel like it makes me feel better when, when I think, like, you know, this isn't permanent. Like, I think, like, a lot of a
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lot of the turmoil comes in having this feeling like, this is where I'm at now, and this is where I'm gonna be. And so when I think about the law of rhythm,
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I'm like, this is where I'm at right now, but I know this is generally followed by an uptick in whatever sales, or, you know, different moods and stuff like
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that. And so that's helpful and positive. When you're at the lower end and you're thinking like, Okay, I'm at the lower end, it's, it's gonna get better
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from here, or, you know, maybe you'll go a little lower, but eventually you're gonna go back up. So that's kind of a positive thing. But then I was like, so
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how does, how does that work when you're at the at the high point? So like, if sales are really good, or if your moods really good, and you're really
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happy and and then you, you think about the law of rhythm, and you're like, all right? Well, I'm, I'm in the high point, so it's only gonna go
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down from here, and then I got to deal with that. So is that a positive way to think about it? And I don't, I don't really think so. But at the same time,
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I started thinking about it, and I was, I was thinking, maybe that's, maybe that's a good time for you to be in preparation, at least to a certain extent, you
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know, like, I'm not sure how to really talk about it in terms of mood. So, like, if I'm if I'm really in a really happy mood, I'm not going to take the law of
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rhythm and be like, All right, well, what am I going to do when I'm in a bad mood? But maybe you can. I don't know. I'm kind of, like, kind of thinking about
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this as I'm talking but the way I thought about it was with business. I was thinking like, how does that apply to business, if I'm, if I'm, if I'm hitting
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good sales numbers, and everything's moving along, and all the all the things that I'm doing are working, and then I think about the law of rhythm,
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and I'm like, there's going to be a downturn at some point. So that's, that's a pretty easy one to talk about, because you could use that time also to prepare.
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You know, I guess one example, I was reading this book. I can't remember what, exactly what it's called. It's I'll try to remember and put it in the in
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the notes, but I'm reading it right now, and it's kind of about the neuroscience of manifesting. So it talks about, you know, if you're using the
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law of attraction, which is another universal law, if you're using that, some people think it's like the universe has a has a, I don't know. I don't know
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how to explain it, like, when you're visualizing, you're sort of manifesting. And there's something about the universe that brings that to you, like
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the universe starts showing you the path, or, like putting opportunities in front of you to make these things happen. But this book is more about the
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neuroscience of it. So if you're doing all of the practices to manifest things, which is like visualizing what you want, feeling what it feels like to
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have those things and all this kind of stuff. He talks about that it's programming your subconscious mind, so then your reticular activating system is
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like looking for opportunities and all this kind of stuff. But in that book, right in the beginning, he told a story about how, when he was a kid, he
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learned about manifesting, and he he started doing that as a kid, and he was, he was trying to sort of manifest this life where he had all of these
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material things, so He wanted, like a mansion overlooking the bay, and he wanted all these nice cars and all this kind of shit. And so this story started
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out with him having all of those things, but he lost it all because he got it during the.com bubble. And so He manifested, I mean, quote manifested. Like,
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obviously, he worked to get all these things, but when I was reading that, I had been thinking about the law of rhythm in the way that I'm talking
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about right now. Like, when you're at the upturn, maybe that's a good time to, like, realize that there's gonna be a downturn at some point. You
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should be prepared for that. And the way he was describing his downfall. It was crazy because, like, he had so much money that he was just about to buy a
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fucking Island, his own island,
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and then all of a sudden he went from, like, having a mansion and all these cars and about to buy an island, to not only. Losing everything. When the.com bubble
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burst and everything went to shit, he lost everything. But he was also like, I think millions of dollars in debt. And so when you think about that, it's sort
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of like, how the fuck does that happen? Like, if you're making all this money, like, there's got to be some money somewhere, right? But in this guy's case, I
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don't remember exactly the whole story, but it was like he had, he had taken out, like, huge loans in order to I don't even remember, but it was just sort
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of like he didn't prepare. And so when the.com bubble burst, not only did he lose everything, but he actually went into debt, like millions of dollars in debt
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and and so when I was reading that, I was thinking about the law of rhythm, and I was like, I wonder if this guy had had been thinking about the law of rhythm
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when he had all these things, and he was riding this high of the.com era. And I know some of you guys are young, but like, it was wild, because, like, people
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were making so much money off of, like, the dumbest shit, these, like website startups that, like, didn't even have a business, and they were worth,
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like, hundreds of millions of dollars, and they hadn't even started yet. It was just crazy. And then all of a sudden it it just went to shit, and it like,
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affected the whole economy. And, like, I wonder if this guy had thought, like, Well, according to the law of rhythm, like, this isn't gonna last forever, so
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maybe I shouldn't take out, you know, 10s of millions of dollars in debt in order to buy shit. Maybe I should, I should be prepared for the downturn, and
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then when the.com bubble burst. Maybe he wouldn't have been so bad off, you know. So, like, I think about that in my life, and I'm not dealing with those kind
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of numbers, for sure, but like, at the same time I'm I'm starting to think, like, maybe when you're on that high, high end of the of the rhythm, that's
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the time to, you know, obviously, be grateful for being there, but also preparing yourself for the inevitable sort of downturn. And maybe that's,
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you know, part of me thinks that's somewhat negative sounding, but at the same time, it's like, it's the reality of things. It's like, you know, I
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don't know that much about farming and shit, but I know farmers have to prepare for the freeze and all that stuff. Like, they can't just grow all year
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around. Like, if they were operating like that, maybe that's not a good thing for me to talk about, because I don't know enough about it, but, but I
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know it's not like they're just fucking, you know, growing and harvesting all year around. I think I know, but I don't know. It's inevitable that things are
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going to go back down like in the daytime. It's inevitable that it's going to be nighttime, and when it's hot in the summertime, it's inevitable that
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it's going to get cold again. So if you think about that with on your you know, if you apply that to your own life, then you could, you could definitely use
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it to prepare for those other times. And then when you're in the downturn, you know, you can use that as a motivation to know, like the downturn doesn't
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last forever, because the law of rhythm. Things go up, they go down, they go up, they go down. And hopefully it's like going up and then going down a little,
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and then going up and then going down a little little, so that on a long enough timeline, you're still going up, even though you take a little dip down. Like, if
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I look at the machine sales numbers from 2015 to now, that's what it looks like. It's a little mountain that, you know, they'll go up a little bit, and
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then it'll go down, and then it'll go back up a little higher than it was before. So overall, I'm still moving at an upward trajectory. So hopefully that's
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helpful, and it's helpful for me. I just hope I explained it well enough, but I appreciate you for listening, and I'll see you next time.
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