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How to Multiply Your Potential (S5) S32:E6 Thursday · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hello there, everyone.
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All right, guys, let's get right in the
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show, because I know you guys are interested,
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and so am I.
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So this, ladies and gentlemen, is Inspirations for
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Your Life, and this whole week is building
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a life that truly matters, series five, show
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number 32.
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So I think that's an important thing for
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us to realize and us to recognize.
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You know, we become what we think about
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most often.
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Neil, was it Dale Carnegie said a lot
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of good things, but Nightingale Cone is the
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one that said we become what we think
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about most often.
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I think that's an important piece that a
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lot of people don't realize.
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Our thoughts create our reality.
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Every single day of our life, our thoughts
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create our reality, and that's something I think
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that a lot of people, for whatever reason,
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they just sort of miss it.
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They don't realize that their thoughts have that
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much power, but they have so much power,
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guys.
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I mean, so very, very much power.
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So let's get into the show, shall we?
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Today's granular topic is how to multiply your
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potential, series five, show 32, episode six.
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And this is Thursday.
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Welcome, everyone, to the ever popular Inspirations for
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Your Life show.
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I am John Seymour, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing
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specialist, video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker,
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graduate student at Montclair State University, a passionate
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lifelong learner.
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And yes, I am so grateful to now
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be a published author.
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Welcome, everyone.
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You see, potential isn't something you simply possess,
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although a lot of people think that's how
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it works.
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But that's not really true.
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It's something you develop.
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You're not born with it.
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Every skill you learn, challenge you accept, an
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action you take expands what you're capable of
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doing.
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So today I'm exploring how to stop waiting
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for more and start multiplying what you already
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have in your life.
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Let's get started.
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Number one, I think most people don't realize
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this.
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You have to learn how to use what
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you have.
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Use what you have.
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Stop focusing on what's missing.
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Your current knowledge, experience, talents and relationships already
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give you somewhere to begin.
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Number two, stop waiting.
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Perfect conditions rarely arrive.
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Progress begins when you decide that what you
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have today is enough to take the first
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step.
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Number three, build your strengths.
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Know what you do well and develop it.
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Strength becomes an advantage when you deliberately practice
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and improve it.
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Number four, guys, learn new skills.
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Every new skill expands your options.
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Stay curious and keep adding abilities that prepare
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you for opportunities you cannot yet see.
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I think that's an important thing for us
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to realize and something that we have to
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be, I'm going to say, aware of.
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Number five, guys, invest your talents.
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Don't leave your abilities unused.
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Put them into projects, relationships, work and causes
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where they can create real value for you
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and others.
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Number six, learn how to think bigger.
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Your current circumstances don't determine your ultimate capacity.
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Give yourself permission to imagine goals that require
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you to grow.
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Number seven, share your knowledge.
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What you learned can help someone else.
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Teaching and mentoring also sharpen your own understanding.
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Number eight, guys, build confidence.
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Confidence follows evidence.
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Each time you prepare, act and accomplish something
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difficult, you give yourself another reason to trust
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your abilities.
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Number nine, stay adaptable.
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Plans change, markets change, life changes.
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Your ability to adjust without abandoning your purpose
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keeps new possibilities open.
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So let's be aware of that.
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Number 10, keep improving.
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You don't need dramatic transformation on every day
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of your life.
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Some improvements, repeated consistently, can create tremendous change.
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Number 11, create opportunities.
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Don't only wait for doors to open.
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Solve problems, meet people, contribute ideas and create
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reasons for opportunities to find you.
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Number 12, believe in growth.
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Who you are today isn't the limit of
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who you can become.
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Skills, confidence, judgment and experience can all be
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developed.
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Number 13, stay disciplined, everyone.
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Motivation starts things.
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Discipline keeps them going, right?
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Build routines that continue working even when excitement
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disappears or wanes for a bit.
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Number 14, guys, learn continuously.
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I know a lot of people, they've learned
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and they're like, okay, I'm done learning.
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Right?
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They're done learning.
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I think that's a hard thing for a
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lot of people to understand is that they're
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actually done learning.
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You're not.
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Education never really ends.
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Read, listen, ask questions, experiment and remain willing
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to change your thinking when you learn something
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better.
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Number 15, solve bigger problems.
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Your value grows when your ability to solve
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meaningful problems grows.
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Don't automatically void difficult challenges.
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Some of them may reveal your greatest potentials.
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Number 16, build resilience.
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Now, building resilience is not something I just
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tell you to do.
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It's something you have to understand.
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Resilience doesn't mean that you're going to be
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the best at everything.
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Resilience means that when something doesn't work, you
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know how to get back on the stage
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and do it again and again and again.
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I think that's a very important thing that
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many of you don't realize.
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It's not how many times you fall, it's
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how many times you get back up.
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Every setback has something to teach you if
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you're willing to learn.
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The question I have for you is, are
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you really willing to learn or are you
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just saying you're willing to learn, but then
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when it comes time to learn, you really
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don't learn?
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I think that's an important thing that can
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keep you from basically becoming successful, guys.
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It can keep you from becoming successful.
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I think that's something many people here, they
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just don't get it.
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They don't understand that you have to show
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up for yourself day in and day out.
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You don't just do it one time and
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then say, oh, that didn't work for me.
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See, that's not what creates, that's not what
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fosters success over time.
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Success happens because we do the right thing
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over and over again, even when no one
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else is watching.
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All right, so what we have to understand,
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guys, is that resilience isn't avoiding failure.
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It's choosing to get back up with more
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wisdom than you had before.
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The stronger your resilience becomes, the greater your
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potential grows because you see obstacles become opportunities
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instead of excuses.
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Number 17, I can't emphasize this enough, stay,
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stay, stay focused, stay focused on everything you
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do.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen, your attention is
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one of your greatest assets.
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Don't allow distractions to steal your energy or
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your purpose in life.
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Focus on the work that moves you closer
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to your goals and avoid spending time on
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things that add little value to your life.
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Number 18, guys, work consistently.
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I know this is something you've heard many
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times, but do you do it?
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Do you do the right thing or do
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you just kind of do it when it's
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convenient?
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And I know a lot of people, they
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just do things when it's convenient.
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So learn to work consistently, okay, consistently.
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That's a key.
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And so success isn't built in a day.
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It's not built in an hour.
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It's not built in a week.
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May not even be built in a month,
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okay?
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It's built one day at a time.
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Showing up consistently creates progress that occasional bursts
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of effort never will.
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Small actions performed faithfully produce remarkable long-term
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results.
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So if you're looking for the quick win,
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this isn't it, okay?
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You've got to understand how things work in
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your life.
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And you've got to know how to be
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a chameleon so you can adapt with things.
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Okay, I think that's important for all of
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us to understand, okay?
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That's a very important thing.
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Number 19, guys, build momentum.
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You see, one success often leads to another.
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Every positive habit, completed task and goal achieved
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creates confidence for the next challenge.
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Protect your momentum because it becomes easier to
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keep moving once you're already in motion.
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Number 20, guys, encourage others.
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Helping someone else grow doesn't reduce your success.
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It expands it.
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Sharing your experiences offer encouragement and celebrate the
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accomplishments of others.
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When everyone grows, everyone benefits.
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Number 21, grow every day.
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Now, I don't say to do this only
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in words.
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I say to do this in who you
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are, right?
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I think that's an important piece that many
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people don't understand.
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That's a very important thing to understand.
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Never, never, never, never stop, guys, becoming a
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better version of yourself.
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Read something valuable.
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Listen to something.
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Practice a new skill.
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Ask thoughtful questions or reflect on what you've
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learned.
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Daily growth compounds into extraordinary personal development.
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22, stay optimistic.
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Optimism allows you to see possibilities instead of
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limitations.
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It doesn't ignore challenges.
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It believes challenges can be overcome through effort,
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creativity, and persistence.
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Your attitude influences every opportunity you pursue.
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And that's the first thing we have to
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realize is that is the case.
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But just because you're not seeing an answer
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or you're not seeing what you want right
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now doesn't mean you should stop doing what
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you're doing.
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I already told you things don't happen overnight.
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I think I've told you that quite a
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few times, all right?
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So challenge yourself, number 23.
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Comfort rarely creates growth.
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Growth lies where it's uncomfortable.
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Step outside, step beyond what feels familiar, and
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embrace opportunities that stretch your abilities.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen, every challenge expands
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your confidence and prepares you for greater responsibilities.
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You know, sometimes we don't know what we're
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preparing for, but we know that we're getting
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ready for something better, something bigger, something with
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even more value to us, okay?
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That's a key, guys.
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That's a huge, huge key.
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Number 24, keep moving forward.
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There will be days when progress feels slow.
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But don't mistake slow progress for failure.
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Continue taking one step after another.
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Forward movement, no matter how small, is still
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progress.
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Number 25, guys, success multiplies effort.
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So if you were bad at something, you
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can multiply that, but you don't want to
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do that.
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You want to multiply success.
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Okay?
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You want to multiply success.
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Success multiplies the effort.
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Meaningful success is earned through consistent work over
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time.
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Every hour invested, every lesson learned, and every
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obstacle overcome adds to the foundation you're building
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for the future of your life and others.
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I think sometimes we get frustrated because what
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we expect is not here yet.
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That's probably one of the biggest things I
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can tell you.
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It's not here yet.
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But it doesn't mean it's never going to
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come.
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It just means it's not here yet, right?
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Doesn't mean we've stopped.
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And so a lot of people think that,
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you know, you just walk in and it's
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solved for you.
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It doesn't work like that, unfortunately.
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You know, your mind has to be positive,
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number one.
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And when you're positive, it's like you're priming
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the pump so it's ready to be able
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to grab something when it's there.
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When your mind senses it, it's ready to
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basically, you know, act on it.
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Okay?
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That's pretty cool, but it can make a
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big difference.
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And if we know that, then we can
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make a big, big change.
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Okay?
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Number 26, guys, build lasting habits.
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Your habits determine your direction.
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Develop routines that strengthen your health, improve your
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thinking, increase your knowledge, and support your purpose.
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You see, positive habits make success sustainable.
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I think once we start to see success,
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we start to experience this, like, wait a
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minute, I can do this.
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I actually can do this.
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This is not as hard as I thought
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it was going to be, right?
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That's an important thing, right?
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That's a very important thing to understand.
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If you understand that, then maybe you can
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understand, like, why we're doing something a certain
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way, right?
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But maybe you're saying to me, John, I
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don't know what to do.
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All I know is what I'm doing right
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now doesn't seem to be working for me.
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And, you know, that's okay.
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That's absolutely a-okay, all right?
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But I want to tell you that sometimes
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things can be easy and sometimes they're not.
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But when things have discomfort, guess what happens?
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We decide and we grow.
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We decide and we grow.
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That's a very important thing to know, right?
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I think sometimes, like I said, we just
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get stuck.
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And I say we get stuck because I
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think it comes down to our belief pattern,
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all right?
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Our belief pattern.
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Our belief pattern makes a huge, huge difference
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in our lives and other people's lives, okay?
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That's an important thing that I want to
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share with you.
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Number 27, invest wisely.
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Time, energy, and attention are limited resources.
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Invest them in relationships, education, personal growth, and
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opportunities that create lasting value instead of temporary
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satisfaction.
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Number 28, create meaningful impact.
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True potential isn't measured only by personal achievement.
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It's measured by the positive influence you have
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on others.
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Leave every person, project, and community better because
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you were part of it.
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Number 29, reach your potential.
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Reach it.
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Don't compare yourself to someone else's journey.
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Measure your progress against who you were yesterday.
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Becoming your best self is the greatest success
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you'll ever achieve, okay?
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Number 30, guys, great things grow from small
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beginnings.
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Every great accomplishment starts with one decision to
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begin.
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Don't underestimate small actions, daily discipline, and consistent
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effort.
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What seems significant today may become the foundation
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of something extraordinary tomorrow.
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And I hope that that's going to make
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a change for your life.
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If it doesn't, then you got to see
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what resonates with you, right?
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You can't just do something because you think
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that's what you should be doing, okay?
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As I get ready to close this up,
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multiplying your potential isn't about becoming someone you're
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not.
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It's about becoming more of the person you're
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capable of being.
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Every day gives you another opportunity to learn,
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improve, encourage others, solve problems, and grow stronger
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than you were yesterday.
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Ladies and gentlemen, never ever underestimate the power
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of consistent effort, right?
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Consistent effort is something that a lot of
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people say, oh, I've done that before.
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But then they really haven't done it.
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They think they've done it, but they really
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haven't, right?
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That's important.
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Keep learning, stay disciplined, build healthy habits, invest
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in yourself.
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Most importantly, remember that your greatest limitations are
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often the ones you place on yourself.
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And hopefully that'll get you to think, I'm
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going to say a little bit more outside
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the box.
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And when you can start doing that, I
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think the potential is pretty much limitless.
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It's pretty much limitless.
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Choose to believe, ladies and gentlemen, that your
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best days are still ahead because every step
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forward multiplies your ability to make a meaningful
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difference.
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Have you thought about that before?
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Or is this just sort of something you're
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hearing the first time?
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If you're hearing it the first time, no
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big deal.
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It's got to sink in.
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Maybe you've heard it a couple of times
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before, right?
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But I think it's important to understand why
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something is a certain way.
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Or why it isn't a certain way.
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That's a key, guys.
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That is a real key in life.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you so much
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for choosing to join me here for another
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amazing episode of The Ever Popular Inspirations For
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Your Life.
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I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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Montclair State University, a passionate lifelong learner.
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And so grateful now to be a published
26:25
author.
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A lot of things we talked about tonight,
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hopefully will get you to think about something
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differently.
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But most importantly, I'm hoping it'll get you
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to change your perspective so that you can
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become the person you've been wanting to.
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You see, it's your limitations that are holding
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you back.
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It may not be anybody else.
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It's actually something you're putting on yourself.
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And I think that's an important thing for
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us to recognize.
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Ladies and gentlemen, until next time, please remember
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that your potential isn't determined by where you
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started.
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Many people think it is, but it's not.
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It is determined by your willingness to keep
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growing.
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Start today, stay consistent.
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Believe in yourself and continue building a life
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that truly matters.
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But if you're on the fence and saying,
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John, I don't know if this matters or
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not, ask yourself one question.
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Does this or do these things align with
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my core values?
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Yes or no?
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Do they, yes or no?
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If they don't, then you probably should change
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what you're doing in life.
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To change how you're acting.
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I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur.
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Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for
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more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
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The power is in your hands.
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Use it wisely.