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Chapter 4: Breaking Free from Toxic Patterns and Negative Environments �����80

4.1 Identifying Toxic People and Energy Drainers ��������������������������80

4.2 Releasing Old, Destructive Habits ���������������������������������������83

4.3 Creating a Positive and Growth�Oriented Environment ����������������88

4.4 Setting Boundaries and Protecting Your Energy ������������������������92

4.5 Action Plan – Detox Your Life for Success �������������������������������99

4.6 Chapter 4 Summary ���������������������������������������������������� 101

Chapter 5: Mastering Self�Discipline and Unstoppable Productivity ����������� 103

5.1 The Science Behind Self�Discipline ������������������������������������ 104

5.2 Destroying Procrastination and Taking Massive Action�������������� 106

5.3 Developing Laser�Focused Productivity ������������������������������� 110

5.4 Building a Bulletproof Morning Routine ������������������������������ 113

5.5 Action Plan – Daily Self�Discipline Blueprint ������������������������� 117

5.6 Chapter 5 Summary ���������������������������������������������������� 119

Chapter 6: Financial Success and Wealth Mindset Transformation������������� 121

6.1 Understanding Your Money Mindset ���������������������������������� 122

6.2 Escaping the Paycheck�to�Paycheck Trap ����������������������������� 128

6.3 Rewiring for Wealth and Success �������������������������������������� 132

6.4 Taking Control of Your Financial Future ������������������������������ 136

6.5 Action Plan – Creating Your Wealth Blueprint ����������������������� 142

6.6 Chapter 6 Summary ���������������������������������������������������� 145

Chapter 7: Developing Unshakable Confidence and Charisma ����������������� 146

7.1 The Psychology of Confidence ������������������������������������������ 147

7.2 Body Language and Presence – Looking the Part ��������������������� 149

7.3 Social Confidence – Owning Any Room You Walk Into ������������� 152

7.4 Overcoming Rejection and Criticism with Resilience ����������������� 154

7.5 Action Plan – Daily Confidence�Building Exercises ������������������ 163

7.6 Chapter 7 Summary ����������������������������������������������������� 165

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Chapter 8: Making Success Automatic – How to Sustain Your Transformation 167

8.1 Why Most People Fall Back into Old Patterns ������������������������� 168

8.2 The Power of Identity�Based Habits ������������������������������������ 171

8.3 Your Personal Success Blueprint ��������������������������������������� 174

8.4 Accountability & Continuous Growth ��������������������������������� 176

8.5 Final Action Plan – Locking in Your New Life ������������������������ 181

8.6 Chapter 8 Summary ���������������������������������������������������� 184

Conclusion: The Path Forward—Becoming the Architect of Your Own Success

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Introduction

The Moment Everything Changes

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. – Jim Rohn

There was a time when I believed that suffering was just the way things were—a relentless cycle of disappointment, failure, and rejection that I somehow deserved. I thought if I could just escape, start over in a new place, erase my past, then maybe, just maybe, I could outrun the weight of everything that had gone wrong. But no matter how many times I tried to reposition myself to go in the opposite direction, I only seemed to collide head-on with another catastrophe. My life felt like one train wreck after another.

As someone who has personally navigated the challenges of living with a past that society often views as a permanent stain, I understand the struggle of feeling like your history defines you. This sense of hopelessness is familiar to many who have faced systemic barriers or personal crises. However, it’s crucial to recognize that these challenges are not insurmountable. By understanding how our minds work and taking control of our narratives, we can begin to rewrite our stories and reclaim our power. This book is designed to guide you through that process, providing tools to transform your life from one of struggle to one of resilience and success.

Why This Book Matters

This book isn’t here to offer empty platitudes or surface-level self-help fluff. It’s not another think positive manifesto that leaves you momentarily inspired but fundamentally unchanged. This is for those who have been to hell and back, those who know what it’s like to have doors slammed in their face, to be told they’ll never recover, to fight against a world that would rather see them stay broken. It contains real life case studies in each chapter that demonstrates

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the resilience of these individuals and how they incorporated these themes to reprogram their mind and rebuild their lives. This book is a blueprint— not just for healing, but for reclaiming your power, rewriting your story, and designing a life that no longer feels like a series of punishments.

The Science Behind Transformation

Society is quick to brand certain people as lost causes. Those with criminal records, those from broken homes, those who have suffered trauma, poverty, addiction, incarceration—people whose pasts are worn like a permanent stain that the world refuses to let them wash clean. The truth, though, is that change isn’t just possible; it’s inevitable when you understand how the mind works. Neuroscience has proven that the brain is malleable. Studies on neuroplasticity show that no matter how deep the mental grooves of failure and self-sabotage may seem, they can be rewritten. Your past does not have to dictate your future—unless you let it.

What You Will Learn

Through a combination of neuroscience, psychology, and real-world strategies, this book will guide you through a transformative journey. Here’s what you can expect to learn:

1. Breaking the Cycle of Self-Doubt: In Chapter 1, you’ll discover

how to identify and break the subconscious beliefs keeping you stuck.

You’ll learn to shift from a victim mindset to a leader’s mindset, no

matter where you’re starting from.

2. Rewiring Your Brain for Success: Chapter 2 explores the

neuroscience of transformation, teaching you how to break the habit

of being your old self and adopt a success mindset.

3. Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt: Chapter 3 helps you understand

the root of fear and shows you how to overcome the fear of failure,

rejection, and even success itself.

4. Breaking Free from Toxic Patterns: Chapter 4 guides you in

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identifying toxic people and environments and creating a positive,

growth-oriented space around you.

5. Mastering Self-Discipline and Productivity: Chapter 5 teaches you

how to develop unstoppable self-discipline and productivity without

relying on motivation.

6. Financial Success and Wealth Mindset Transformation: Chapter

6 shows you how to master your finances and build real wealth, even if

you’ve been financially devastated.

7. Developing Unshakable Confidence: Chapter 7 helps you develop

unshakable confidence and command respect in any room.

8. Making Success Automatic: Finally, Chapter 8 provides strategies

for making your success permanent by locking in identity-based habits

and creating systems that ensure lasting transformation.

Your Turning Point Starts Here

If you’ve ever felt like the world wrote your story for you, this is your chance to take the pen back. It won’t be easy. There will be days when old habits creep in, when fear whispers that you’re wasting your time, when people who have never walked your path try to convince you that change isn’t possible for someone like you. Ignore them. People will always judge you based on the version of you they remember. That is their limitation, not yours. The only thing that matters is who you decide to be now.

The moment you commit to rewriting your story, everything begins to shift. This is your invitation to rise. To take the lessons from your past, the pain, the failures, the moments you thought would break you—and turn them into fuel. Every chapter includes tools you can employ to see real change take shape in your life. You don’t have to try everything, but rather find what resonates with you and add it to your toolbox.

Welcome to your new beginning.

Welcome to TruResilience.

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Chapter 1

Breaking the Cycle – Why You Keep

Failing (And How to Stop)

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. –

Albert Einstein

For many of us, failure isn’t about not trying hard enough; it’s about unseen forces that dictate our actions before we even realize it. The real culprit behind repeated setbacks isn’t a lack of effort—it’s the hidden mindset programming that shapes our decisions. This chapter is about exposing those scripts and rewriting them. It’s about breaking free from unconscious mental patterns shaped by trauma, loss, or oppression and reclaiming control over the choices we make each day.

Until we recognize the cycles keeping us trapped, we remain prisoners of circumstances that were never meant to define us. The journey to breaking these cycles begins with understanding how our minds operate and how we can take back control. In this chapter, you’ll discover exactly how to recognize and rewrite the subconscious beliefs and emotional traps that keep you stuck, so you can finally break free and reclaim control of your life.

Preview – Meet Jay Jordan

Imagine feeling trapped—not just physically, but emotionally and mentally— caught in the loop of negative habits, repeated mistakes, and limiting beliefs. Jay Jordan knows this cycle intimately. At 18, he found himself facing years behind bars. But Jay made one powerful decision: to change the internal narrative that kept him trapped. His journey from inmate to advocate shows us that it’s never too late to rewrite your story.

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You’ll discover Jay’s full story at the end of this chapter, and learn exactly how he applied these principles to transform his life.

1.1 The Hidden Mindset Programming That Holds You Back Our minds function like sophisticated machines, with most of their programming running beneath the surface. Imagine driving a car where nearly every function—steering, acceleration, braking—is automated, leaving you with only the illusion of control. That’s how our subconscious functions, dictating up to 95% of our actions without our awareness. This programming isn’t just a product of personal experience; it’s shaped by upbringing, social conditions, systemic barriers, and trauma. It determines how we react to opportunities, how we interpret failure, and whether we believe we deserve success at all.

For example, those impacted by the criminal justice system might have a script that says, You will always be defined by your worst mistake. For those raised in poverty, it might be, Security is not for people like you. These silent beliefs shape decisions before we even realize we are making them. The first step to breaking the cycle is exposing these hidden narratives.

Your Subconscious Is Running the Show To illustrate this, visualize how our daily routines are influenced by subconscious patterns. Every morning, we wake up and move through familiar motions— the same coffee cup, the same route to work, the same reactions to stress. These ingrained patterns control everything from minor habits to critical life decisions.

Dr. John Bargh’s groundbreaking research, detailed in his 2017 book, Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do, illuminates how our behavior is profoundly influenced by unconscious cues. Our environment, past traumas, and deeply ingrained beliefs operate in the background, shaping our choices without our awareness. Bargh’s work reveals that these hidden mental processes govern our actions in various domains, from race relations to business decisions.

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For someone who has experienced repeated rejection—whether from the job market, the housing system, or personal relationships—this unconscious programming might manifest as self-sabotage. Thoughts like Why apply if I won’t get hired? or Why try if I’m going to fail? are not objective truths; rather, they are learned responses that can be unlearned. Bargh’s research suggests that these automatic thoughts are akin to psychological auto-pilot responses, formed through repeated experiences that strengthen neural associations between rejection cues and defeatist thoughts.

Think of your subconscious as a well-worn path in the woods. It takes no effort to walk it because it has been traveled so many times before. This is why, despite our best intentions, we keep falling into the same cycles. Breaking the cycle requires forging an entirely new path, one that at first feels unnatural and exhausting. The good news? With enough repetition, this new path becomes the default.

The Silent Influencer: When Your Mind Works Against You Our subconscious does not distinguish between what helps us and what harms us—it simply reinforces what it has been taught. If you’ve been conditioned to believe that stability is unattainable, every attempt to create it will feel unnatural. If you’ve been raised in an environment where financial insecurity was the norm, wealth may subconsciously feel unsafe. This is why self-sabotage isn’t about a lack of willpower—it’s about deeply ingrained protective mechanisms that were once necessary but are no longer serving you.

Dr. Joe Dispenza explains it this way: "When you become aware of the unconscious patterns that control your behavior, you have the power to change them." Awareness is the first weapon against subconscious sabotage. Once you see the pattern, you can break it.

The crazy part is, we all know it’s there. Well-versed scripts we share with others, often disguised as sarcastic quips. When you choose to identify this programming, you’ll see patterns emerge—fear of success, hesitance to trust others, defaulting to survival mode even when safety was available. This

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awareness can be painful, but it is also the beginning of true change. When I became serious about getting out of survival mode, I found the code behind my self-destruction, and with that knowledge, I could begin rewriting it.

Why Positive Thinking Isn’t Enough

We’ve all heard it before: Just think positive! A phrase tossed around as if optimism alone has the power to undo years of struggle, systemic barriers, and deep-rooted trauma. While the intention behind the mantra is often well-meaning, the reality is far more complex. When you’ve hit rock bottom— whether due to systemic injustice, financial devastation, the lasting weight of a criminal record, or the immeasurable pain of loss—being told to simply stay positive can feel like an insult.

Beyond Surface-Level Optimism

Imagine standing in front of a house that has been battered by storms for years—roof caving in, foundation cracked, walls buckling under the weight of past damage. Now imagine someone handing you a bucket of paint and telling you to spruce it up. That’s what surface-level positivity does. It offers a fresh coat of encouragement, but it doesn’t repair the damage beneath. No matter how bright the color, the structural weaknesses remain.

This is why so many people feel defeated after trying to adopt a positive mindset, only to find themselves slipping back into despair. Research in cognitive psychology confirms that forced positivity without addressing deeper, underlying beliefs is ineffective. Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, a leading researcher in positive psychology, states, Positive emotions broaden your awareness, but they need to be anchored in deeper, meaningful change to create lasting transformation. Without this anchoring, optimism remains a temporary high—fleeting and fragile in the face of real obstacles.

For those who have lived through hardship, systemic failure, or deep personal crisis, the problem isn’t a lack of positive thinking. It’s that the weight of past experiences has built a subconscious program that overrides conscious

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intention. You may want to believe in your ability to succeed, but if every past experience has reinforced the opposite, optimism alone is a battle fought with empty weapons.

The Battle Within

If success were only a matter of choosing to think positively, far more people would have broken free from poverty, discrimination, and the lasting effects of systemic oppression. But beneath every outward attempt at self-improvement lies an internal war—a fight between the person you want to become and the deeply ingrained conditioning that insists you stay where you are.

Your logical, goal-oriented self wants to believe you can rebuild. It sets ambitious plans, envisions a better future, and longs for change. But