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Chances We Don’t Take In Life · Natty Unfiltered

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  Foreign.
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  Hi, I'm Natalia and welcome back to Nadian Filter
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  Podcast, the space where we get really about identity,
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  confidence and rediscovering yourself beyond motherhood.
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  Today's episode is something every single
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  one of us has wrestled with, the chances we
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  don't take in life. Here's the
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  truth. Nobody is going to do it for you.
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  Nobody is going to knock on your door and hand you the exact life you
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  dream about. You can be mad at the world,
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  mad at the situation, mad at where you are in
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  life. But at some point you have to ask
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  yourself, is staying in this mindset
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  actually helping me?
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  That's what we're digging into today.
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  So let's be real. It's easy to get stuck
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  in the blame game. I didn't have the support,
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  I didn't have the money. Life wasn't fair.
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  It was too hard. And you know what?
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  Those things might all be true.
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  But here's the kicker. They don't change
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  anything. You can stay
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  mad,
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  but that doesn't move you forward.
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  Staying in this victim mode might feel comfortable because
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  it takes the pressure off you. You don't have to try,
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  you don't have to risk failing.
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  And then you have months go by,
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  years go by, and you still stuck in the same situation.
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  What if you ask yourself what is the cost
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  of staying there? The cost is time.
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  The cost is your future. The cost is
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  your dreams quietly sleeping away.
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  Now let this sink in and just
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  think about it. Think about how many times you've
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  blamed others and what's
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  the time that passed by that you look at back and you
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  can honestly say that if your mindset
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  was different,
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  you would have. You would be in a different place today.
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  This is where shifting your mindset is so
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  important. You probably hear
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  a lot of people talk about the mindset and the mindset is
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  something that I know I had to work on and
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  I started to work on years ago.
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  I know I've always been positive person and
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  was trying to always have a different outlook on life and different situations.
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  But at some point I wanted to be better. I wanted my
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  mindset to be stronger because I wanted to deal with different
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  situations in a different manner. I no longer
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  wanted to feel weak,
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  if that makes sense. And that's when I
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  started to work on my mindset to be stronger,
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  to approach different situations,
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  good or bad, with more
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  positive outlook because
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  I wanted to have a positive outcome.
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  So the shift is deciding. I'm no longer waiting for
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  someone else to save me. I'm no longer playing small.
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  You can't Wait around that somebody's gonna come around and,
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  and will save you. It's going to make things better,
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  is going to make things happen for you.
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  Yes, it does help when you
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  have good people around you,
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  positive people around you, people that can uplift you,
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  people that can give you a nudge. But you cannot sit around and
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  wait for somebody to do
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  the work for you. And listen, I'm not
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  going to sugarcoat it. This stuff
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  is hard. It's hard to retrain your
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  brain to say, yes, I can be successful, yes I
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  can be better, yes I deserve more.
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  Saying and doing, it's two different things. I always say, yes,
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  I know it's easy for me to say,
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  well, you need to snip out of it. You need to just go out and
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  you know, kill it. You kill it. Like in terms of,
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  you know, get that job or get that project or
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  change that mindset. Of course it's easier said than done.
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  But if you not going to start changing
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  a mindset, then nothing's going
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  to change for you. Because what's
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  the alternative? Staying stuck, staying in
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  the resentment, staying in the same place 5,
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  10, 20 years from now.
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  That's why even though it's uncomfortable, even though it takes
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  work, the shift is worth it.
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  It's so worth it. So here's the question I
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  want you to carry. If nothing changes,
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  how will I feel five years from now?
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  That's the fuel. That's where you find the courage to take the
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  chance. Even if you say, okay, not in five years, but even one
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  year, your life can be so much better if
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  you start the changes today
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  and start with the baby steps.
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  When I look back, one of my own regrets was
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  not applying to law school. That was my dream. I always
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  saw myself becoming an attorney. I've always watched shows,
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  shows, shows, kind of like Law and Order,
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  like, you know, Chicago pd.
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  But I, when I finished
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  my bachelor's degree, I knew that
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  I needed to get a job and start paying off my
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  loans. I mean, I did the
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  right thing. I finished college, got my degree
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  and then I knew, hey, the reality of is
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  the loans will be waiting for me and there's going to be more bills
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  with the law school. And at that time I really didn't
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  have anybody to just say, you know what, if this is your dream, just go
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  for it. So you're not going to have any regrets later on.
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  So at that time I just chose a practical path.
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  I got a full time job, which took me a while because
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  at that time we had,
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  at that time it was really hard to find a job.
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  But at some point I did find it. And you know,
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  I was continuing to paying off my school loans.
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  And in some ways it was the responsible
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  thing to do. But you know what? To this day I wonder,
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  what if Maybe it wasn't my path.
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  Maybe things do happen for a reason.
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  But what that regret taught me is this.
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  You will always remember the chances you didn't take.
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  And you don't forget them easily.
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  That's why I push myself now to ask what dream
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  can I say yes to today? What risk can I take even
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  if it's small? Because I don't want to carry anymore
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  what ifs into my future.
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  That's why over the years I try to double into
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  different businesses. And yes, I had fear of failure
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  prevent me from moving 100% into those
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  dreams. But every one of those dreams
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  brought me closer to what I'm
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  doing now,
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  grew my mindset, it made me stronger, it made
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  me realize what I actually want out of
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  life. And I was taking those steps. I continued to invest into
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  myself in learning new skills, in meeting
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  new people, in surrounding myself with like
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  minded individuals. Because once you
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  start changing your mindset, you are going to start seeing that
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  people that no longer belong in your life
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  start to go by the wayside and you start
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  gaining the people that actually align with
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  your values, with your goals and
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  they're there rooting you on. Even if there are those few
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  people. Because the way I look at it is you rather
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  have couple of those people in your corner all the time than having
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  a bunch of people that, that just don't really care
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  about you and your values and
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  uplifting you and
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  rooting you on whenever you come up with your
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  new business adventure, whatever you want to do in life.
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  So the lessons from the regret is that it's
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  not just pain, it's information.
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  Regrets show us what matters mattered
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  most to us. If you regret not speaking up,
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  maybe your voice was always meant to be used.
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  If you regret not starting the business, maybe that desire
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  to create was part of who you are.
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  Instead of just beating yourself up over regret,
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  ask what is it teaching me?
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  And sometimes the dream doesn't have to die. It can shift.
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  Maybe you didn't chase it then, but you can chase
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  a different version of it now. I know that
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  as moms, sometimes if we have the dreams,
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  we put them on hold because we
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  looking to care for our
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  babies, for our significant other, for the home
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  that we live in. If you have a job that you go
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  to, you need to be paying the bills every Day
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  is kind of that cycle of sort
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  of same and not the same thing.
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  And you know that sometimes the dreams, we put
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  them on hold because we just don't have the time for them.
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  And sometimes when the kids are very little, we don't have the time for
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  it because depending how kids are. And then we wait for them to go to
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  daycare and then to school, and then maybe we'll have
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  a little bit more time. And then we have, after one baby, we have two
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  babies, maybe we have three babies and so on.
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  But at some point, when that desire to be more
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  than a mom and you have that dream and you want to start that business
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  or you want to start that podcast or you want to do something
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  on social media, when you want it bad
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  enough, you are going to go after that dream.
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  And yes, maybe that dream has to be put on hold for
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  the time being, but it doesn't mean that I have to be on hold
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  forever because you want to take that.
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  Take that chance, and you want to take that chance on you.
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  So let's get practical. What are some chances you can take
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  today? Say yes to the things that scares
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  you. Apply for the opportunity, even if.
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  Even if you don't feel ready. Invest in yourself.
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  Whether it's a course, a coach, or simply giving yourself
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  time to grow. Speak up instead
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  of staying silent. These don't have to be giant
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  leaps. Sometimes the chance is a small step,
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  but small steps compound into big changes.
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  So take the time today and just kind of think about it,
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  like, what steps can I take that
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  can lead me to my final destination?
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  Here's what I want to leave with today.
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  Regret doesn't come from failing. It comes
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  from not trying. You might not be
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  able to change the chances you didn't take in the past, but you
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  absolutely can take the next one. And that choice to
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  step into the courage instead of staying in comfort is what builds
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  confidence, identity, and the life you really want.
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  So my challenge to you, take one chance
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  this week, just one,
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  and let your future self be proud that you
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  tried. Thank you for being here with me
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  today on Nanny Unfiltered Podcast. Remember,
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  you're stronger than you think and your story isn't
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  over yet. If this episode gave you that little spark,
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  share it with another mom who needs to hear this reminder.
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  And don't forget to save it for those days when you need to
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  push yourself. Until next time.
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  Keep rediscovering who you are, because you are
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  worth it. Until next time.