Hey everybody, welcome to Vision Pros. I'm your
host and coach, Fletcher Ellingson. And I am
delighted to have on the show today, Mr. Cam
Knight. And before I introduce Cam, I wanna ask
you a question. Do you ever feel like you have
challenges when it comes to remembering names
or dates or certain facts? Do you feel like you're
a slow reader? I'll tell you what, in my life,
I check all those boxes. And it did for Cam as
well. But Cam figured out one day or during a
time in his life how to change all of that. And
so we're going to talk today with Mr. Cam Knight
about memory, about intelligence, and he might
have some surprising messages for you. So let's
get to it. Cam Knight, welcome to Vision Pros.
Thank you very much, Fletcher. Really happy to
be here and thanks for having me on. Really appreciate
it. Absolutely. Hey, before we get started, we
want to start off with a win. Something that
feels good because there's a lot of things in
life that don't feel good and we're practicing
focusing on those. So let's bring a little positivity
to the show. Give me a win. What's going well
in your life? Honestly, Fletcher, there's a lot
going well. I got a new house, got a new car
I've been wanting to buy. I had wanting to start
doing this technique that I've developed that
helps people quickly overcome trauma, PTSD, bad
breakup, codependency, and even loneliness. And
I've been resisting it. And this year I've kind
of been going full force. So that's been growing
great. And one of my goals was to get started
back on podcasting. And here I am. So it's my
I think my first podcast really maybe for the
year. All right. Man, that's a big list of wins.
Congratulations. Way to be way to be inspired
and way to be an action around that inspiration.
Yeah. You know, what's really interesting and
I've been thinking about this for a long time
is when you're in that space, there's a part
of the brain that feels like you've got to step
up. Because people are relying on you to be either
mental performance or personal development, self
-help, whatever. And I feel like that has really
helped me be a lot more focused and a lot more
motivated to do things and get things done and
move the needle forward. Whereas if I wasn't
in this space, I don't know if I would be moving
as forward as I am. Yeah, I totally can appreciate
that. So let's talk about vision. OK. I define
vision as a clarified story which exists as possibility
and is intended to be brought into the physical
realm. Having said that. My question for you
is. What is your vision? Tell me about your vision,
Cam. All right. So that's interesting. You know.
My vision has changed over the years. And prior
to me getting into this stuff, being an author,
I don't think I really had a vision. It was just
to get through another day, to be honest. And
then, you know, I went on a long journey, over
100 country journey. And when I came back, my
vision was to evolve humanity. Because I felt
like I had learned things and gained insight.
that weren't really being talked about and i
thought could be really helpful in helping people
especially all of us as a whole you know just
take the next leap and recently it's actually
been to heal humanity because what i'm finding
is that a lot of people are hurt and we can't
really show up for others when we're hurt and
it really helps to kind of release or I should
go back and work through that stuff that we're
carrying and release it in order to move forward.
And what's really fascinating is when we are
carrying all these like emotions, it's affecting
us, but we don't realize it's affecting us. And
we think the decisions and choices that we're
making is because it's our own. But it's really
influenced by a lot of our experiences, especially
the painful ones. And unless we kind of can access
and release those things, I don't think we really
truly get to meet ourselves. So we really get
to see who we really are. Well articulated. so
much good stuff to unpack there but i want to
go back just a little bit because i really want
our audience to hear this and because i believe
there are a lot of people out there who like
you and like myself at one time in my life it
was just about getting through the current day
yeah and i don't know about you but that doesn't
feel very inspiring right right And so so if
you're listening to this, if you're listening
to Cam and you're currently in your stage of
life where you're like, man, I just need to get
through the day. Really, really open up and listen
to what Cam's laying down here. So you went through
that from that. And then you went on a hundred
country tour, which I want to. have you back
on the show to hear more about that. Okay. That
sounds really amazing. Yeah, it was amazing.
It was definitely an experience that really hard
to put into words, but there was a lot that came
out of it. Oh my gosh. I, yeah, I'm sure we got
to spend some, some significant time on that.
But I love that you went through this kind of
very apathetic, lethargic. way of being kind
of getting through the day to to transitioning
and moving into a place of a desire to help humanity
heal like something happened in between there
that is that is absolutely transformational right
yeah can you Can you boil that down in a nutshell?
What was the epiphany or the main epiphany that
put you on a new trajectory? Well, what started
is when, you know, growing up, I felt like I
didn't really connect with a lot of people. A
lot of people were into the traditional watching
television, into movies, into sports, going out
and drinking and consuming. And that was fun
at a certain point during college and afterwards.
But after that, I actually wanted more. And I
really couldn't find it. I was seeking it. I
traveled all around the country. And it was really
the same thing over and over. It was just a different
city or a different town. And then I decided
to travel internationally. And it was really
huge because it really opened my eyes. When we're
living in a certain place, we think that's just
the way it is. That's all there is to it. And
there's not much more. It's kind of like fish.
Fish spend their whole life in water. So they
don't know that they're wet. They don't realize
that there's another medium. And then when I
left, I was like, oh, wow, there's like a whole
new way of thinking, acting, behaving that doesn't
revolve on kind of the lifestyle that I knew.
And that really opened my eyes. And in a way,
I kind of got addicted to it. It was very novel
and very, what's the word, like drawing. Like
I really enjoyed it. So I kept traveling. And
the more I traveled, the different countries
and continents and places I went to. Always a
different perspective, always a different experience,
very different from what I had experienced before
and prior to and what I had known growing up.
And through all of these, I kind of gained a
lot of insights and perspectives of humanity
and what it means to be human and what we're
built to actually receive and how, you know,
we really limit ourselves. So that's one aspect
of it. But another aspect of it is. I was also
hurt. I use the word broken. I know some people
don't like connecting with that word, but I think
we are all broken in a lot of ways, and I was.
And it was really affecting me. It colored my
experience of relationships. You know, growing
up, I destroyed a lot of my relationships, whether
it was with friends, family, burned my bridges
at work. And I always thought it was them. But
only later did I realize it was me. It wasn't
really me, but it was what was going on internally
for me that I didn't even know and wasn't even
able to access. And once I was able to access
those things, I was like, oh, wow. And what's
really interesting, and I see this pattern a
lot, it happened to me, it's when we're going
through stuff, it seems like we're the only ones
that are going through it. like especially if
you watch media and see everyone happy and living
a great life and all of that we can't imagine
they had trauma or they're dealing with their
own things so at first i thought it was just
me and i kind of in some ways felt isolated but
the more i did my work and the more i'm helping
others heal i'm like oh wow it's like all of
us and we all kind of are carrying stuff from
our past that isn't serving us And we don't realize
that we're carrying it and we don't realize that
it's affecting us. And again, unfortunately,
because of the way the brain works, there isn't
a direct line of communication between the conscious
and unconscious mind. So it's really hard to
access and see what it is and what's affecting
us. But if we can do the work, get on the journey,
it's very pivotal. Yeah, so good. And I want
to call attention to something you said because,
again, this is what I want our readers to hear
because I think this is the most empowering thing
that if we bring a spotlight to it, it can have
incredible impact for our lives. You said something
to the fact that I thought it was everybody else
around me. Yeah. I realized it was me. Yeah.
When I, I appreciate this so much because when
we can begin to take radical responsibility for
our life, it is absolutely a game changer because
until we take radical responsibility, we are
giving the responsibility away to everyone else,
which leaves us with. without any sort of agency,
without being cause in the matter of our life.
When we finally can say, oh, I'm creating these
conditions in my life. I'm responsible for these
circumstances. I have the ability to do something
about it. Suddenly, the game changes. Is that
accurate? The game changes in huge ways because
once you can accept that it's you, then you can
do something about it. Yes. When you keep saying
that it's everyone else, then there's nothing
you can do. You become a victim. Yes. And I do
want to say that sometimes coming to that realization
isn't easy, even though people could be telling
you and all the signs are pointing things to
the fact that it's what you're doing and how
you're reacting. It's still hard to get to that
connection. And if you don't mind, I'd love to
share a quick story about how I. How long it
took me to even realize it. And I don't think
most people could get to that point. So I'm just
going to try to say like, hey, start asking yourself
now if it's me. And it's like when I was growing
up, I was struggling with the people around me.
Things weren't going my way. And I always blamed
them. And I always thought people here are crazy.
Then I'm traveling around the U .S. you know,
interactions and conversations or whatever wouldn't
go my way. And I'm like, people, you're crazy.
Then, you know, when I was out of Europe, same
thing. And I'm like, people, you're crazy. And
then I was in Argentina and there was this one
incident that happened on the street. And I'm
like, people, you're crazy. And then at that
point, I had a voice enter in my head, go, Cam,
you know, you've had all this. issues everywhere
it's like maybe it's not people that are crazy
maybe it's you and that's when it was like but
i had to kind of like travel to different parts
of the world to have those experiences where
that voice came in and i don't know if most people
would have that opportunity but i do want people
to understand that things aren't going well Maybe
instead of waiting for that voice to come into
your head or waiting for that epiphany, maybe
you should just ask yourself or create that epiphany
for you. Like, how am I contributing to a lot
of this? Yes. Thanks for sharing that. And I
want to add, bring in a slightly different angle
to it, okay? Because you and I have some parallel
experiences here where I used to think it was
everybody else. Yeah. Everybody else was the
problem. Yeah. if they would simply think like
me boy the world would be work a lot better right
yeah what i know now cam is that if everybody
thought like me the world would be in a in a
real heap of trouble right so um what i want
people to hear is this it's not you that's the
problem it's it's your programming it is it is
the patternistic ways Which that you think and
not even that you think that the brain thinks
because the brain is simply a collection of of
like just like my phone has a bunch of mobile
apps on it. Right. And it has an operating system.
And so the operating system determines how it
processes incoming information. Your brain or
our brains are simply a collection of apps. and
it has an operating system which determines how
it how it processes incoming data now not good
bad right or wrong that's just an explanation
of how this thing inside the brain works we frequently
and mistakenly think that we are the brain or
the brain it's not and when we realize that the
brain is simply an operating system then we can
get curious We realize that we're the observer
of our thinking. We begin to influence our thinking
and correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's
what many of your books are talking about is
how to begin to rewire and influence this organ
that is housed within the skull. Is that accurate?
A hundred percent. And I want to rip on a couple
of things you're saying is yes. I'm glad you
make a distinction in saying it's not you. It's
actually what's going on internally for you and
what the thoughts that the brain is creating,
the triggers your brain is also stimulating and
all that. And because it's not you choosing to
do it. you can step back and observe it happening
and seeing, is this serving me? Can I change
it? And things like that. So that's a very important
distinction. Yeah, it's not you, but what's going
on internally. And that's a great thing because
at least we can change what's going on internally.
And that's really a lot of my focus has been
is helping people understand how these different
apps that you will work, why they're working
the way they are. what causes them, what triggers
them and what and to what extent and how to either
work with it, change it and to do it in the most
easiest way possible. Yes. Yeah. And so this
is the crux of your work. And this is the you
have methodologies developed that you've developed.
to help people become aware of how they learn,
become aware of how the brain, some general idea
of how the brain works and then how to influence.
the workings of it in order to produce different
outcomes. Yeah, produce the outcome that you
want. And so I work on three main areas, the
mental, emotional, and physical level. So a lot
of my books, which is where I started off with,
they focus a lot more on the mental level. So
I've got books on memory, concentration, speed
reading, and then also things like self -talk,
which are really helpful. And then the technique
I do now, which is a one -on -one, it works on
the emotional level. And this is where my vision
for healing the world comes in. And then in between
that, it's a physical level, which is diet and
exercise and things like that. So yeah, my focus
is always on going into the inside, working on
the inside. Because once we can change what's
going on internally, it's considerably easier
to... allow us to do take the actions and create
the outcomes that we want on the outside what
a lot of people are doing is trying to change
the outside and then they have to battle with
their inside and then it's it's tough because
you got to use a lot of will and unless you change
what's going on in the inside the inside doesn't
give up it'll fight against you until the day
you die And eventually you'll get worn out and
it'll wane. And so this is the reason people
make progress for such short periods of time.
But if we can work on changing the inside, then
we can reduce a lot of the resistance we ourselves
are creating, makes it easier to do the thing,
and then we can kind of make the progress that
we want. Yes, yes. I got to champion just what
you said there, right? Because it is so good.
And again, I really want... our folks to hear
this imagine living on a planet with eight eight
plus billion people and and let's just go down
to your even your city okay let's say you got
you know well i live in a small city it's only
5 000 people but let me just take that because
it'll be a better example if i have issues with
every all these 5 000 people internally i'm going
to be like i have to change All the behavior
of these 5 ,000 people. So it'll, so they align
with what I want. Can you imagine what a challenging
job it would be to go and get all these 5 ,000
people to agree with me, to think like me, to
behave like me, to, to exercise like me, to eat
like me, to believe what I know. Right. And then
every time you meet a new person. Immediately
you feel this need to change them. Exactly. And
it would be a maddening job because I can't change
other people. So if I take the attitude of, oh,
what if I simply become more influential in my
ways of being and how I respond? That's way more
accessible. Yeah. Right. And and that. I mean,
that's the spiritual work that I'm doing in my
own life. It's just, when I say spiritual, I
mean, spiritual to me means removing the areas
of turbulence, removing the areas of upset, right?
I'm getting curious about why those triggers
are there and learning how to remove those. And
I just want to add, if I may, and it's not just
with people. It's not just about your interaction
with people where you change yourself, but it's
also the success that you want to have. Whether
that you want to start working out, write a book,
travel, get a better job, start your own business.
All of those things also start from changing
what's going on for you internally. And if you
can rewire yourself in a way where it triggers
motivation. in the morning for you to get up
early and do the necessary work. It's much easier
than when you wake up in the morning, you're
lying in bed and trying to force yourself to
get out. Yes. But to do the necessary things
to get the result that you want. Yeah. I think
in short, what we're talking about here is changing
to a different playbook. And this playbook says,
let's focus on the internal game. Yes. Right.
That's what it is. Yeah. Yeah. Because when you
can learn to become proficient at influencing
your internal game, it's going to have a massive
impact on the external game. Massive. And again,
in different areas, whether that's improving
your physical self, the outcome you want to have
in your life, and more importantly, your interactions
with people. Right. Right. Well, we have to wrap
this up. But here's what I want to say to our
public. Okay. Cam Knight has written a number
of books and you can access them at camknight
.com. I took some time to look through the reviews.
He has a ton of reviews on these books, all very
glowing, or at least the ones I read. So he's
definitely developed something very special here
and very effective. And that's coming from the
people who have reviewed your books. I've gotten
over 10 ,000 reviews on Amazon. Over 10 ,000
reviews. Wow. That is impressive. Congratulations.
Thank you very much. Yeah, yeah. And so if you're
looking to improve memory, learn how to retain
facts faster, learn how to read faster, go to
camknight .com. and check out some of his material.
Cam, is there anything else you'd like us to
know before we wrap this up? Yeah, I just have
a free gift for everybody listening. So if they
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Yeah, that, and then I'll send them some other
free stuff as well. All right. All right. Cam,
thank you so much for being a guest on Vision
Pros today. And we definitely have to have you
back for the long form live stream because there's
a lot of stuff that I want to dive in to. All
right. Great. I'd love to be on. All right. All
right. Excellent. Thank you so much, ladies and
gentlemen. Cam Knight. Thank you. Thank you for
being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned
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