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The Invisible Phase Builds Winners (S5) S6:E4 · Inspirations for Your Life

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  Well, hey guys, good evening, it is John
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  C.
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  Morley here, serial entrepreneur, great to be with
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  you on the Inspirations for Your Life show.
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  Today is February 3rd, it's in the evening,
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  2026, and yes, we are on show, actually
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  series number five and show number six, and
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  this is episode number four, all right?
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  So it is so great to be with
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  everyone here.
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  If this is your very first time joining
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  warm welcome to you.
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  How about that?
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  Thank you for coming back.
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  You can do it 24 hours a day,
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  All right, without any further ado, guys, let's
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  get started.
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  One more thing, if you're thirsty, I got
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  myself a delicious hot cocoa here, really, really
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  delicious, Swiss Miss hot cocoa, really good.
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  cocoa, something cold, maybe another snack, something healthy,
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  fruit, whatever it is, feel free to get
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  that and come on back to the show.
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  All right, okay, yeah, we got a lot
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  here today to basically unpack, and I think
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  you guys are going to really appreciate tonight's
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  show.
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  Oh, by the way, I am John C.
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  Morley, I'm a serial entrepreneur, an engineer, a
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  marketing specialist, video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote
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  speaker, graduate student, and a passionate lifelong learner.
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  And the world rewards the quietly strong, not
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  the loudly powerful.
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  That's what our whole master topic for the
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  week is.
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  And the power of being unseen, underrated, and
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  unbothered, right?
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  We talked about that.
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  So the granular topic for tonight, Tuesday, is
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  the Invisible Phase builds winners.
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  It's season five, basically show six and episode
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  number four.
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  Now, most people quit during the Invisible Phase,
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  not because they lack talent, but because they
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  crave recognition too early in the game.
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  And I think a lot of people want
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  to get recognition, but we have to do
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  something first to get recognition.
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  So this episode is all about the part
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  of growth no one really celebrates, the quiet,
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  the lonely, the disciplined season that actually creates
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  winners.
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  If you feel unseen right now, this message
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  is definitely for you.
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  Are you ready for point number one?
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  I know you are.
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  Number one is growth happens unseen.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  Preparation is lonely, guys, number two.
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  And this is where real progress forms long
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  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  And I think that's something that a lot
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  of people, like, they don't understand that necessarily.
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  And it's important to realize that, okay?
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  And so when we can know that, we
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  can understand that there is so much more
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  in our life, all right?
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  Number three, guys, invisible reps matter.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  results are visible to the outside world, as
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  I was saying.
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  And I'm saying that, again, because I want
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  it to hit home to you.
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  I want you to know, because a lot
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  of people just said, let's go to the
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  other hand.
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  I'm like, oh, so I want to say
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  it again so you guys understand it.
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  Number four, quiet effort compounds.
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  Yes, it does, just like money does in
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  the bank.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  results are visible, again, to the outside world.
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  So number five, nobody claps early.
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  And this is where real progress forms long
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  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  You get my point?
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  So sometimes people want everything now.
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  They want to just jump in.
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  But that doesn't always do, like, the right
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  thing.
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  It sets us up for, I'm going to
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  say failure, because, well, we're not where we
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  need to be, okay?
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  Number six, guys, number six is hidden work
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  builds skill.
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  And again, this is where real progress forms
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  long before results are visible to the outside
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  world.
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  Hidden work builds those skills.
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  It shapes your talent.
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  And when we could shape our talent, we
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  could say, oh, wait a minute.
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  This makes sense.
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  I get it now.
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  I understand this, okay?
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  That's a very, very important thing to understand,
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  okay?
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  But a lot of people miss that whole
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  point.
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  Can I have another sip of hot cocoa?
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  This is really good.
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  Really good, delicious hot cocoa.
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  So number seven, silence sharpens discipline.
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  And again, this is where progress forms long
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  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  So silence.
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  Silence is actually acting.
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  When we say acting, I mean that silence
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  is acting.
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  So if you say something, you're acting in
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  it, and you're taking an action.
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  And if you don't say something, you're also
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  acting.
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  Hmm.
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  That's a very important thing to understand, okay?
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  It's important to understand because people don't necessarily
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  get the point, right?
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  They get what they think, but they don't
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  necessarily get the point.
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  I think that's a very important thing to
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  realize, that we have to be cognizant of
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  the points that we have.
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  And how we choose to handle them, okay?
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  How we choose to handle them.
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  That's a very important thing.
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  All right.
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  So now that we understand that a little
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  more, let's dive in and talk about invisible
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  seasons.
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  Because what they do is they refine our
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  identity.
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  Invisible is what the world doesn't see.
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  But it's what you have so much power
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  over, guys.
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  So much power.
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  And that power causes us to, well, become
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  something even better.
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  Something that we didn't even know existed, but
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  we can become better.
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  All right.
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  Number eight, guys.
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  When we think about invisible seasons, we have
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  to understand that it's where, again, the real
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  progress forms.
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  Before visible to the outside world.
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  I mean, a lot of times people do,
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  they're like, wait a minute, this isn't clear.
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  And again, just because you're not seeing tangible
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  results outside, doesn't mean it's not doing anything.
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  Okay.
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  That's a very, very important thing that a
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  lot of people, you know, they don't necessarily
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  understand.
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  But it is key for our success.
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  All right.
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  It's definitely key for our success.
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  And that success can go pretty well.
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  Um, it's not about something you do one
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  day.
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  All right.
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  It's about something you do because of your
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  core mission.
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  Yeah, because of your core mission.
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  I think that's a very important one to
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  think about.
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  Your core mission and how that slowly evolves
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  and morphs to get you to become that
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  special person.
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  It gets you to become that better person.
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  Number nine, guys, quiet grind builds edge.
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  And the quiet grind, the one that you
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  don't complain about, the one that you do
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  day in and day out, is what gets
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  other people interested in what you're doing.
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  It gets curious, uh, let's say fired up.
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  And again, guys, this is where real progress
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  forms long before results are visible in the
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  outside world.
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  Okay.
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  I think that's an important thing to definitely
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  understand.
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  We want results, but sometimes we think that
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  the way we get results is by getting
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  everybody's attention, but that's not how we get
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  results.
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  That's how we get attention, but it really
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  doesn't do anything for us.
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  Okay.
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  Um, that's a very, uh, important thing to,
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  to understand.
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  And, you know, I think sometimes people get
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  a little jealous, um, because, you know, they
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  see somebody else doing something and then they
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  can't do it.
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  So they're like, oh, wow, what am I
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  going to do?
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  And it's all about how you can react,
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  right?
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  Because I said, not reacting is still reacting.
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  That's something really important to understand.
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  Number 10, guys, preparation beats performance.
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  I've said this before, whether we're talking about
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  preparing to make sure you're safe in a
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  fire or something else, being proactive is better
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  than being reactive because when we're proactive, we
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  are calm.
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  Our mind is able to see things that
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  a stressed mind can't.
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  You'll just miss so many opportunities.
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  So when we know that, and we know
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  that preparation works, my question is why the
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  heck don't we do it?
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  Yeah.
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  Why don't we do it?
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  Why?
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  Why don't we do it?
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  I think it comes down to the fact
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  that we don't necessarily understand what we're doing
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  and we push forward if we think somebody's
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  watching, but that's not the right way to
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  do this guys.
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  Preparation should be done day in and day
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  out.
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  Not just when it's easy.
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  Preparation is sometimes hard.
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  Whether we're talking about for school or studies
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  or relations, there's preparation.
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  And when I say hidden effort last, this
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  is the stuff that people don't see you
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  doing.
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  It's the stuff that causes things to be
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  different, but people don't directly see what you're
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  doing.
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  And guys, this is where real progress forms
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  long before results are visible to the outside
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  world.
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  I think the reason it's important to know
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  hidden is hidden can do a lot of
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  things.
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  Okay?
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  It can do a lot of things.
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  And the things that it can do is
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  get us to have a new perspective of
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  life.
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  It lets us have a new perspective in
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  our life.
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  This doesn't affect me, but if you say
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  that, that's even more the reason that it
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  does affect you.
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  Because denial is something people come out with
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  when something does actually not hit them correctly.
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  And it looks like our system here, it
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  looks like we're having...
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  Oh, looks like we're back.
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  We've been getting lots of unstable internet at
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  night.
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  I'm hoping that everything is back now.
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  Optimum just, it just literally sucks.
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  I mean, they just, they suck so, so
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  bad.
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  I mean, we've dropped so many times now.
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  I'm hoping we don't lose the connection.
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  I mean, like, why Optim has to do
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  this stupid work in the middle of the
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  night?
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  This is a very, very big problem, guys,
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  that we can have internet so bad.
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  I just can't get over how the government
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  allows this to happen.
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  Time in and time out.
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  And it's definitely a very, very big problem.
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  A problem that many people just do whatever
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  they want.
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  It looks like we're back, but all that
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  in between is all because we have a
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  bunch of BS people running our internet services.
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  LT sucks.
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  And having the French, I don't want to
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  be starting here, but having the French own
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  our utilities, that's just really, really, really bad.
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  I mean, there's no excuse for why internet
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  should be, like, poor at 11 o'clock
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  at night.
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  Like, these people just, like, don't have brains.
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  You know, you don't do maintenance at 11
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  o'clock at night if people are working.
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  You do it at 3 o'clock or
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  4 in the morning, but they're too stupid
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  to figure that out.
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  We should never allow another country, whether it's
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  France or another country, to be able to
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  own our utilities, and we should be able
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  to own theirs.
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  We were kind of in and out of
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  there for, like, a good minute, and that
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  was just terrible.
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  We had that little lag.
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  Hidden effort last, guys.
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  This is where progress forms, and long results
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  are visible, well, basically not right away to
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  the outside world, but it does eventually happen,
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  okay?
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  And maybe you're saying to me, John, like,
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  you know, sometimes I just get lost, right?
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  Sometimes I get lost, and the lost part
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  comes in different places.
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  It comes in, maybe I'm confused.
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  It comes in, I don't know what to
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  say, but, you know, the fact of, you
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  know, people ask me this question, why does
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  Altice go down for, you know, a minute?
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  Every night.
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  Why?
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  They reset at 3.40 a.m., I
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  get that, but why are they going down
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  in the nighttime, right?
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  And it's not your equipment.
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  It's not my equipment.
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  But unfortunately, guys, we're at the mercy of
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  this.
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  This is what happens.
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  Number 12, guys, invisible work builds confidence, and
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  this is where real progress forms, long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  Number 13, patience creates leverage.
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  This is where real progress forms, long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  So patience creates leverage, all right?
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  And you might say to me, John, I
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  don't quite understand that.
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  Patience means that you're not trying to push
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  somebody.
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  You're trying to get to know them for
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  their value, not your agenda, right?
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  This happens a lot in relationships.
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  People say they want one thing, and then
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  you find out that they're just trying to
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  manipulate you to get what they want and
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  not really what you want, which is a
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  relationship.
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  Number 14, guys, quiet progress avoids burnout, and
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  this is where real progress forms, long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  Quiet progress, quiet progress doesn't get tired.
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  Quiet progress doesn't make mistakes.
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  It has purpose, and that purpose is something
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  that I think is priceless.
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  Definitely, definitely, definitely priceless.
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  Number 15, guys, early obscurity protects focus.
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  Early obscurity protects focus, and this is where
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  progress forms, long before results are visible to
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  the outside world.
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  When you think of things in your head,
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  and they haven't happened yet, the progress is
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  happening inside you, but it hasn't been visible
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  in the world yet, in the tangible world.
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  I think that's an important one for a
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  lot of us to think about and to
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  understand that just because we don't see something
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  in the outside world yet doesn't mean we
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  should give up, doesn't mean that we should
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  stop doing what we're doing.
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  All right, that's the main gist there.
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  Number 16, guys, invisible growth compounds, and this
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  is where real progress forms, long before results
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  are visible to the outside world.
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  Does that make sense or no?
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  Think about that for a minute.
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  Think about that for just a second, and
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  think about this for a minute.
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  Think about silent mastery and how it forms,
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  and this is where real progress forms, long
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  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  Silent mastery means you're just doing something.
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  Silent mastery means that you're doing something for
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  a purpose, for a reason.
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  Doing something because of a core value, a
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  core value that may be, I don't know,
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  a core value that says, this is why
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  I'm here, this is why I'm doing this.
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  That's important, guys.
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  Hidden discipline always wins, and this is where
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  real progress forms, long before results are visible
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  to the outside world.
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  Hidden discipline, that's the stuff that nobody else
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  sees.
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  Okay, it's the stuff that makes champions out
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  of ourselves, but I'm not gonna tell you
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  it's easy because I'd be lying if I
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  said that, all right?
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  So hidden discipline always wins.
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  Number 19, quiet seasons remove the noise, and
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  this is where real progress forms, long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  Quiet seasons, when we remove noise, when we
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  remove the chatter of things, it's like our
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  life changes, our life changes, our
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  life changes, and when it does, we get
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  these mini epiphanies to help us see where
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  we're going.
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  It's not always the easiest thing, but we
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  do get insights into why something's going a
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  certain way or maybe why something isn't going
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  a certain way, okay?
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  I think that's an important thing to realize,
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  very, very important to realize that, knowing that
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  when you want change, you walk quietly.
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  Number 20, guys, invisible wins, they add up,
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  and again, this is where real progress forms,
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  long before results are visible to the outside
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  world.
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  When the teams of the Super Bowl are
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  practicing day in and day out, okay, they're
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  practicing and they know what they're doing, but
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  I can tell you something, they do this,
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  but then their victory becomes visible, very, very
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  visible, and then it's like, wow.
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  Number 21, preparations shape our outcomes, and this
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  is where real progress forms, long before results
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  are visible to the outside world.
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  Yes, so these are things, guys, that can
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  really change us, and by saying that, we
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  already can get some type of progress, but
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  again, it might not necessarily be easy to
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  see the progress, so you have to think
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  about it.
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  You have to think about what it means.
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  You have to think about, is it aligned
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  with your core values?
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  Number 22, guys, quiet work strengthens resolve.
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  It sure does, and this is where real
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  progress forms, long before results are visible to
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  the outside world.
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  Quietness, different types of quietness, different types of
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  acts not looking to put on a show,
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  that's pretty powerful, guys, extremely powerful.
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  Hidden effort builds resilience.
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  Everybody thinks everything has to be so visible,
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  that it has to be so on stage
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  like Broadway and ostentatious, but it doesn't.
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  It's the stuff that we don't show that
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  actually creates the magic.
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  And by the magic, I mean your success,
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  okay?
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  I definitely mean your success, but it does
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  not happen overnight, okay?
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  It doesn't happen overnight.
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  I think most people want progress, but they
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  become stuck, and they do the same thing
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  over and over again, and they get the
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  same result.
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  Well, Einstein said doing the same thing over
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  and over again and getting the same result
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  and expecting something different, that's insanity.
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  If we expect to get something different, we
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  do the same thing over and over again.
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  Number 24, invisible focus sharpens our skills, because
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  it helps us to attune to what is
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  going on.
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  And that attuning is something that I think
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  a lot of people, they don't necessarily realize,
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  all right?
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  And by that in itself, most people will
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  be like, I've had enough, like I don't
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  want to do this.
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  But you see, that's when the growth starts
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  to kick in.
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  It kicks in then.
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  That's important.
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  And again, it's where real progress forms long
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  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  Number 25, guys, silent momentum grows.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  And it's not because you're
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  lost.
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  Maybe because you're, think about that for a
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  moment.
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  What does that mean to you, being lost?
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  Maybe it means you have to start over
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  a different way.
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  Number 26, quiet repetition matters.
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  And this is where real progress forms long
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  before it's visible to the outside world.
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  Number 27, guys, invisible grind, it lasts.
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  And this is where real progress forms long
• 24:58
  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  I think grind becomes a problem for a
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  lot of people.
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  They don't understand it.
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  Think about what that means to you.
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  Think about what that means and why it
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  means something.
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  Preparation beats the hype, guys.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  it's visible to the outside world.
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  Number 29, guys, hidden effort creates dominance.
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  It creates a dominance, a dominance that is
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  pretty interesting.
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  A dominance that may be, I don't know,
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  a dominance that might actually change like how
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  you're moving in life, okay?
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  Think about that for just a moment.
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  I think sometimes people just don't get it.
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  And that can make a big difference for
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  a lot of people to why they don't
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  go somewhere.
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  And this is where real progress forms long
• 27:06
  before results are visible to the outside world.
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  Number 30, guys, invisible phase builds winners.
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  So don't like give up.
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  This is where real progress forms long before
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  results are visible to the outside world.
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  If you're in a season where no one
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  is watching, keep going, the world rewards the
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  quietly strong, not the loudly powerful.
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  What you're building in silence will speak for
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  you when the time is right.
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  Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for
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