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The Fountain of Youth · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyWriterLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: For well over 2,000 years, people have searched for the Fountain of Youth, a magical spring that reverses the aging of anybody who drinks from it or bathes in it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The earliest appearance of this legend is from the Greek historian Herodotus writing in the 5th century BC.
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  SPEAKER_00: Numerous other writers mentioned the Fountain of Youth over the next 2,000 years, but it rose to legendary status in the 16th century when it was associated with the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, and since then it's appeared in books, movies, and other media, including the 1985 film Cocoon.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: While the legend of the Fountain of Youth is not literally true, there is a way that you can light your creative spark that may have dimmed over the years.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is by using the power of curiosity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't miss out on all the wonder and magic that life has to offer.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't matter how old you are, you're still alive, aren't you?
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  SPEAKER_00: That means your purpose hasn't yet been completed.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know there are lots of simple ways to spark your curiosity every day.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can take a walk, talk to a stranger, read a new book, start a new project, join a writing group, go to a play.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can do something, anything to break out of your patterns and inject something new into your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Walt Disney said we keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things because we're curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the truth is that you don't need a fountain of youth to give you new life.
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  SPEAKER_00: You just need to follow your curiosity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is the simple action you can take today to spark your curiosity?
• 2:02
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• 2:09
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• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to guess what goes in each chapter because she lays it all out for you step by step.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're ready to stop dreaming and you want to learn from an author who sold millions of books, head on over to dailywriterlife.comslash nonfiction book to grab your copy today.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.