This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 7 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

The “How?” is in the “What.”

“Inherent within your desires are the mechanics for their own fulfillment.”

We don’t need to consume ourselves with HOW our wants and desires are going to unfold because those details are already embedded within the desires themselves – much like software pre-packaged inside a new computer.

The #1 mistake that I have witnessed people making in the pursuit of their desires is unnecessary waiting.

People wait until they have a certain amount of savings in the bank before they feel financially safe.

They wait until they have a certain title or degree before they feel competent.

They wait until they win a golf tournament before they feel like they belong on the PGA Tour.

Or they simply wait for good results before they feel good.

Possibly the most popular reason that people put so much unnecessary time between themselves and their desires is the “How Obstacle.”

We don’t need to wait to see how our desires will unfold before taking immediate and bold action.

We don’t need to paralyze ourselves into inaction with the “HOW?!” curiosity. Why?

Because…

The “How” is in the “What.”

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 3 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

Create the State, Don’t Wait.

The most frequently made mistake that I have observed people making in the pursuit of their desires and the pursuit of excellenceis waiting.

Unnecessary waiting.

Putting unnecessary time between ourselves and what we want and who we want to be.

Waiting for a certain title in order to feel expert.

Waiting for acknowledgment to feel competent.

Waiting for a “vacation” to feel relaxed.

There’s an endless list of the ways that we wait.
And we’ve all been conditioned to do that.

Thus the mantra, Create the State, Don’t Wait.

One of the most magical human superpowers that we have is the ability to create any state – any and every state that exists – in a moment’s time, with our thinking.

We have access to every single human emotional state, in every moment of our lives, all we need to dois think our way into it.

So we wanna ask ourselves “What’s the state that will serve me now?”

Create the State, Don’t Wait.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 5 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

Ain’t Bad, Just Is.

if we’re interested in creating massive amounts of excellence in our lives at the fastest rate possible,
we really do want to practice stopping having a problem with reality.

We want to pay very close attention to our judgments and ask ourselves,
“Does this interpretation serve me and others right now?”

When we have a problem with reality,
when we’re complaining,
when we think something is really bad,
we’re deactivating all forms of creative genius.

We’re paralyzing ourselves.
We’re immobilizing our ability
to create and to grow.

Ain’t Bad, Just Is,
is one of the first go-to mantras
that I use in the milliseconds
after I catch myself complaining.

It’s the ultimate neutralizer mantra.
It’s like an antacid for emotional heartburn.

Imagine this with me for a moment.
Imagine that your auto-response to the big business deal that fell just through is instead,

“Oh how fascinating, I didn’t see that coming.”
That’s neutral.
Visualize that.
It’s a possibility.
And it will get you to creativity much faster.

Ain’t Bad, Just Is, is a perfectly effective complaint neutralizer, and it’s actually true.

Ain’t Bad, Just Is.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 4 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

I choose peace amidst chaos.

This reMINDer helps us remember that all of our emotional states are a choice.
We choose our states with our thinking.

We have access to every state, in every moment, of every day of our lives.

Isn’t that amazing?
It is IF we can remember AND exercise that choice.

Thus, the word “choose” is the operative word in this mantra. I CHOOSE peace.
You could replace the word peace with any other state and it’s equally powerful.

I choose enthusiasm.
I choose, compassion.
I choose gratitude.

I choose peace amidst chaos.
Isn’t it amazing that the option of peace even exists amidst chaos?

It’s very liberating to remember that you have that option available to you at all times.
And it’s even more liberating to choose it.

Think of some of the more chaotic situations that regularly occur in your life.

Preemptively visualize yourself choosing peace in the midst of those circumstances.

I choose peace amidst chaos.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 3 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

VIBE UP!

We are always either purifying or polluting the environment with our vibes.

We are always either purifying or polluting the environment with our thoughts.

Thoughts are measurable vibrationally.

We are constantly emitting vibrations.
And those vibrations are very detectable.

Vibe Up!

Before I go into a birthday party with friends and family,
I’ll actually take a moment and literally elevate my state
by choosing to think my way into enthusiasm, joy, celebration, camaraderie, compassion and gratitude.

Then I’ll walk into the party with this silent, invisible gift that I’m bringing that is actually detectable.

Without having to say a word about it,
I am automatically inviting everyone around me to elevate their own states.
It’s very contagious.
Joy and enthusiasm.
These high-grade states are very, very contagious.

People, without even knowing it, are accepting those invitations to join you in elevated states.
The whole party gets even better.
And I’m not just talking about that birthday party.
I’m talking about the party of life.

Think of some times or events in your life
where it could benefit you (and others)
to intentionally VIBE UP beforehand.
And get into the practice of doing that.

Vibe Up!

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 2 of 7 in the series.

This episode is an encouragement to view problems as gifts and shift from reacting to life to creating from it.

Lyrics

The Problem Is The Gift.

The problem is the gift, if you’ll have it be.

“Every set of circumstances can be created from, if viewed masterfully.”

I can take what I’m experiencing as a problem and turn it into a gift, but I’ll only do that, if I stop having a problem with the event if I stop interpreting the event as a problem.

We have so many complaints that when you start to pay attention to them, you’ll realize just how many you have.

And if you’ll get into the practice of interrupting your complaints and replacing the complaints with a mantra like, The Problem is the Gift, you have literally begun to rewire your brain.

You are reprogramming yourself FROM reacting to life problematically, TO responding to life circumstances with creativity and enthusiasm.

You can just leave it at that. You don’t have to do anything else.

You have already altered your state in a powerful way.

All I want to do with this mantra, The Problem is the Gift, is to interrupt my automatic reaction to life as problematic, and open up to the possibility of creating something fantastic.

I don’t need to know what the gift is in that immediate moment.

I just want to interrupt the complaint.

From this event, that moments ago I was interpreting as problematic, I’m creating something that would have never occurred to me, if it wasn’t for the “problem” in the first place.

The Problem is the Gift.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

This is the original scratch video I recorded before visual effects were applied, so that you can get a clear view of the exact scratch techniques I was performing.

Watch the video below and scroll down for more info about the project:

Project Background

Mental Toughness and Success Coach Chris Dorris wrote an awesome book called The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras. He commissioned me to give some of the chapters my “Scratch Wisdom” treatment, where I scratch his words over instrumental beats.

Together, we created a series, and this video is number 1 of 7 in the series.

This episode encourages you to go “all in”—to focus completely on your desired outcome, ignoring distractions, and fully commit to doing whatever it takes to achieve it.

Lyrics

When I’m in the all in state
There is nothing in my field of awareness
Except the desired outcome
And what needs to happen
In order to make it so.

When I’m in that all in state
There is nothing in my field of awareness
Other than the desired outcome
And what needs to get done
To make it so.

I simply do what it takes.

All in!

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book here on Chris’ site

The Original Video

If you want to watch the original scratch video I made for Chris purely for fun back in 2016 – the one that sparked this collaboration, you can do that here: 

Stay Connected

Stay tuned for more in this series – sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

Want More Scratch Wisdom?

I’ve currently released 23 episodes so far, available to view on these channels:

Instagram – @scratch.wisdom

TikTok – @scratchwisdom

YouTube – Official Scratch Wisdom Playlist

Official Website – scratchwisdom.com (under construction)

Want More Videos of Me Scratching?

I post my freestyle scratch videos on these accounts:

Instagram – @emmaholmesmusic

TikTok – @emmaholmesmusic

YouTube – Studio Scratches YouTube

Wanna Learn How to Scratch?

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course which teaches you everything I know about scratching.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

Together, we created a series, and I present to you the seventh installment for your viewing pleasure – The Problem Is The Gift:

Lyrics

The “How?” is in the “What.”

“Inherent within your desires are the mechanics for their own fulfillment.”

We don’t need to consume ourselves with HOW our wants and desires are going to unfold because those details are already embedded within the desires themselves – much like software pre-packaged inside a new computer.

The #1 mistake that I have witnessed people making in the pursuit of their desires is unnecessary waiting.

People wait until they have a certain amount of savings in the bank before they feel financially safe.

They wait until they have a certain title or degree before they feel competent.

They wait until they win a golf tournament before they feel like they belong on the PGA Tour.

Or they simply wait for good results before they feel good.

Possibly the most popular reason that people put so much unnecessary time between themselves and their desires is the “How Obstacle.”

We don’t need to wait to see how our desires will unfold before taking immediate and bold action.

We don’t need to paralyze ourselves into inaction with the “HOW?!” curiosity. Why? Because…

The “How” is in the “What.”

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes
• Video Production by Micah L. Guller

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book:

Via Chris’ site: The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

More From Chris

You can find Chris on the following social platforms here:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter

Stay tuned for more from this series and sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

I’ll also be sharing the raw scratch videos I recorded for Chris without the visual effects, for all the scratch heads who want to see the scratches I was doing.

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

Together, we created a series, and I present to you the sixth installment for your viewing pleasure – Create The State, Don’t Wait:

Lyrics

Create the State, Don’t Wait.

The most frequently made mistake that I have observed people making in the pursuit of their desires and the pursuit of excellence is waiting.

Unnecessary waiting.

Putting unnecessary time between ourselves and what we want and who we want to be.

Waiting for a certain title in order to feel expert.

Waiting for acknowledgment to feel competent.

Waiting for a “vacation” to feel relaxed.

There’s an endless list of the ways that we wait. And we’ve all been conditioned to do that.

Thus the mantra, “Create the State, Don’t Wait.”

One of the most magical human superpowers that we have is the ability to create any state – any and every state that exists – in a moment’s time, with our thinking.

We have access to every single human emotional state, in every moment of our lives, all we need to do is think our way into it.

So we wanna ask ourselves  “What’s the state that will serve me now?”

Create the State, Don’t Wait.

Before going into any event that you care about, take a few moments to choose to manipulate your thinking, so that you create the emotional state that will maximize the probability of you being who you want to be, and creating what you want to create in that circumstance.

Create the State, Don’t Wait.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes
• Video Production by Micah L. Guller

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book:

Via Chris’ site: The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

More From Chris

You can find Chris on the following social platforms here:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter

Stay tuned for more from this series and sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

I’ll also be sharing the raw scratch videos I recorded for Chris without the visual effects, for all the scratch heads who want to see the scratches I was doing.

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E

Together, we created a series, and I present to you the fifth installment for your viewing pleasure – Ain’t Bad, Just Is

Lyrics

Ain’t Bad, Just Is.

if we’re interested in creating massive amounts of excellence in our lives at the fastest rate possible, we really do want to practice stopping having a problem with reality.

We want to pay very close attention to our judgments and ask ourselves, “Does this interpretation serve me and others right now?”

When we have a problem with reality, when we’re complaining, when we think something is really bad, we’re deactivating all forms of creative genius.

We’re paralyzing ourselves. We’re immobilizing our ability to create and to grow.

Ain’t Bad, Just Is, is one of the first go-to mantras that I use in the milliseconds after I catch myself complaining.

It’s the ultimate neutralizer mantra. It’s like an antacid for emotional heartburn.

Imagine this with me for a moment.  Imagine that your auto-response to the big business deal that just fell through is instead, “Oh how fascinating, I didn’t see that coming.”
That’s neutral.
Visualize that.
It’s a possibility.
And it will get you to creativity much faster.

“Ain’t Bad, Just Is” is a perfectly effective complaint neutralizer, and it’s actually true.

Ain’t Bad, Just is.

Credits

• Written & Narrated by Chris Dorris
• DJ Scratches, Arrangement & Performance by Emma Holmes
• Video Production by Micah L. Guller

About The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

The Mantras in this book are mega-abbreviated, super-condensed versions of some of the most vital lessons you can embody as you go through life. Each mantra is short, packed with wisdom, and aimed at enhancing your Mental Toughness. Each will serve as a touchstone throughout your day, week and life, connecting you to the powerhouse within you—the powerhouse that IS you.

Get the book:

Via Chris’ site: The Book of Mental Toughness Mantras

More From Chris

You can find Chris on the following social platforms here:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter

Stay tuned for more from this series and sign up below to be notified when new videos drop.

I’ll also be sharing the raw scratch videos I recorded for Chris without the visual effects, for all the scratch heads who want to see the scratches I was doing.

If you want to learn how to scratch with me, you can join my School of Scratch and access my complete online course.

Happy Scratching!

– Emma Short-E