Why I’ve listened to the same audio more than 20 times

Most people hear a personal growth program once. They feel inspired for a week, and then life goes back to normal. I know, because that used to be me.

In 2016 I listened to Kevin Trudeau’s Your Wish Is Your Command for the first time, and it changed my life. Since then I’ve listened to it more than 20 times. People sometimes ask why I’d go back to the same recording that often. Here’s my honest answer.

You can’t hear it all the first time

The first time through, I heard the big ideas. The second time, I started hearing the details I’d missed. By the time I’d listened several times, I was hearing things I wasn’t ready for the first time around.

That isn’t because the recording changes. It’s because I changed. Each time I applied something, I came back as a slightly different person, and different parts of the teaching landed. Every time, I still learn something new.

It’s a process, not a pep talk

Kevin doesn’t just inspire you. He teaches a step-by-step way of creating what you want in your life, and it isn’t a list of motivational quotes. It’s a sequence, and the order matters.

It took me several listens, and more training as a GIN member, to see how the pieces fit together. Once I did, I understood why some things I’d tried before never worked: I was skipping steps, or doing them in the wrong order. That is the main reason I recommend listening more than once.

The ideas that changed me most

I won’t try to summarize the whole program here. Kevin explains it far better than I could. But these are the ideas that hit me hardest, and they’re the reason my life looks so different now.

Stop telling the old story

I had a story about my life, and I told it a lot: what had happened to me, who was to blame, why things didn’t work out. Hearing how much that story was keeping me stuck was uncomfortable. Letting go of it was one of the best things I’ve ever done.

Take responsibility

This is the heart of it for me. When I stopped blaming other people and circumstances and started taking responsibility for my life, everything began to shift. Not overnight, but steadily. It also meant working through my triggers and old traumas instead of reacting to them.

Be teachable

For a long time I thought I already knew most of this. Being willing to learn, and to listen to people who already have what I want, opened doors that being “right” had kept shut.

Look for the good in hard things

Difficult experiences still happen. What changed is how I see them. Asking what a hard situation can teach me has made me calmer and far less reactive.

Repetition is the point

Kevin talks about getting to the point where you do the right things without having to think about them. That doesn’t happen from hearing something once. It happens from hearing it, applying it, and hearing it again.

That’s what 20-plus listens gave me. The ideas aren’t something I remember any more; they’re how I think.

If you’re just starting

Here’s what I’d suggest to a friend:

1. Listen all the way through once, without trying to take notes. Just hear it.
2. Listen again, and pick one idea that hits you. Work on only that one for a week.
3. Keep going back. When you’re ready, the hardcover is great for underlining and rereading.

The original audio and the ebook are free from the publisher right now, so the first step costs you nothing.

My personal experience and opinions. Results vary, and what changes for you depends on what you apply.