Guard the Picture — Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Remote

jimidowds
Aug 12
3 min read

Updated: Aug 24

Hey guys, great to see you back. If you’re reading this, it means you’re serious about flipping your world — and you’ve painted your first picture.

Now, here’s the next big question:

How do you keep that picture burning when life tries to switch the channel on you?

Life’s Full of Remote Control Thieves

Remote Control Thieves Alert

The moment you set your mind on something brilliant, life will send “remote control thieves” to flick the channel.

It might be your boss’s bad mood.

It might be your past whispering in your ear.

It might be fear, failure, or even a family member telling you, “You’re dreaming, pal.”

And if you’re not careful, you wake up one morning with their picture playing in your head instead of yours.

Why Most People Lose Their Picture

Here’s what I’ve seen all over the world:

Most people let their circumstances dictate their picture.

If money’s tight, they see lack.
If someone criticises them, they see failure.
If they’ve been hurt, they see revenge.

But the people who rise, the people who win — they guard their mental screen like a hawk.

They decide: “Only I touch my remote.”

Three Guards for Your Picture

I’m going to give you three powerful ways to protect that masterpiece in your mind.

1. Morning Rewind

Before the phone, before the news, before the emails — rewind your picture.

Close your eyes and replay it exactly as you saw it before you slept. All five senses. Smell the coffee, hear the laughter, feel the sunshine on your face.

Because if you don’t set your own channel in the morning, the world will do it for you — and they’ll put on a horror movie.

2. Midday Reset

Life’s going to hit you. You’ll get a text that throws you. A colleague will say something. The deal won’t go through.

Stop. Step out of the storm for sixty seconds.

Take one deep breath. Then ask yourself:

“What’s my picture?”

Pull it back up in full colour. Feel it again. Protect it like treasure.

3. Evening Lock-In

Before bed, paint it again. If the day’s thrown dirt on it, clean it up.

You wouldn’t go to bed with mud on your face — so don’t go to sleep with mud on your picture.

Fall asleep inside that vision like you’re living it now. Let it run all night long.

Proof It Works

I’ve seen this with elite athletes, CEOs, single mums, and kids in orphanages. The moment they kept the picture alive, everything else began to line up — health, focus, courage, opportunity.

Why? Because the picture directs the mind. The mind directs the body. The body directs your choices. And your choices shape your world.