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How Grace Fills the Gaps (S5) S28:E6 · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hello there, everyone.
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Good day.
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It is John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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Great to be with you.
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It is our episode six, which means tomorrow
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is the last episode of this master topic.
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But don't be sad, because on Saturday, we'll
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have a brand new master topic.
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Great to have you here.
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If this is your very first time here,
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I want to take the opportunity to say
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thank you.
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And of course, I want to say those
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words.
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Welcome to you personally.
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If you've been here before, one, five, 10,
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20, 100, or maybe even more times, I
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want to take this opportunity to say not
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only thank you and welcome, but I want
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to say the words welcome back.
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Yes, welcome back.
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And ladies and gentlemen, with today being Thursday,
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I'm not sure if you guys know this,
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but on Sundays and Thursdays, we do something
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a little special here at the Inspirations for
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Your Life show.
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What is that?
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Well, if you haven't been here before, I'm
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going to reveal exactly what that is.
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We do a community spotlight, and we usually
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pick a local family-owned business that we
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are going to spotlight for a couple of
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reasons.
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So today's community spotlight, today, Thursday, July 9,
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2026, we're going to go ahead and feature
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a local business.
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And I'll tell you who that is in
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just a second.
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But again, you're probably wondering, why do we
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do this?
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And so that's a great question.
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A couple of reasons.
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At the Inspirations for Your Life show, we
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really want to build community for ourselves and
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for other people.
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I think that's a very important thing.
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So today's shout out actually goes all the
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way to our friends at Defying Gravity.
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Let me say that again.
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Defying Gravity.
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Now, Gravity, not like Gravity of the World,
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but Gravity, G-R-A-V-I-T
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-E-A.
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And this place is located in, yes, New
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Jersey.
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But where specifically are they located?
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They're located right on 211 Newark-Pompton Turnpike
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in Poquanock, New Jersey, 07440.
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Again, a big shout out to Gravity.
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So a little bit about them.
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They claim that their Defying Gravity has grown
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from basically this lady's family kitchen to a
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bustling New Jersey shop where everything is small
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batch, scratch made and crafted with care by
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a close knit team of their own family
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and close friends.
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Along the way, they said they've had the
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joy of baking for celebrity chefs and connecting
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with an incredible community of people who share
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their passion, their mission to honor tradition while
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making food that is inclusive, nourishing and irresistibly,
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they say, delicious.
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They believe everyone deserves to feel the joy
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of a treat made with love without compromise.
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So they're a nice little coffee shop.
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But again, they're more than just a shop.
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They have a food truck.
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So they have some interesting things that they
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have their menu just to let you know
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real quick at Gravity.
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Interesting stuff.
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So they have breakfast like flourless oatmeal pancakes.
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They have make your own omelets.
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They have a Dutch baby, a personal skillet
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top with caramelized apples, whipped cream.
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Sounds delicious, doesn't it?
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Bite sized up like a banana bread plate,
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house soup and savory scone, avocado toast, sweet
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potato bourbon, cherry toast.
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They've also got classic flat breads for your
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lunch, bacon and blue afternoon acres from the
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farm.
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They've got classics with a twist like banana
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bread, ABJ sandwich, house made banana bread with
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almond butter and house made jam.
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They've got mac and cheese.
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Yes, they've got gluten free.
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They've got a Parmesan sandwich.
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They've got calzones and their tea blends.
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So they have a rise and glow.
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They have a cozy chai.
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They have an Elphaba.
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They have a Glinda.
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They have a goodness.
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They have a nurture me, a cold calmer,
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relax and unwind.
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They have a slimmer sipper.
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So some interesting things that they have at
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Gravity.
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So again, this personal shout out is to
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all the people at Gravity in Pompton, actually
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Pequonic, New Jersey.
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Sorry there.
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They are at 211 Pompton Turnpike.
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And the reason we are reaching out to
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it is Gina, who is the founder of
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this.
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Good day, Gina.
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I'm John C.
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Morley from Inspiration to Your Life.
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And we're reaching out to you to say
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thanks for being in business and inspiring us
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with your passion.
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But we would love you to visit JSTMacademy
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.com.
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Go to the contact us page and invite
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us for one of our shows.
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It won't cost you anything.
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We do about a 27 minute show.
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We do about 15 minutes before the setup,
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15 minutes for an author talk, 15 minutes
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for Q&A and 15 minutes for an
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author signing.
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We'd love to help build and share community
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with you.
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So just go to JSTMacademy.com and check
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that out.
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So again, that is Gravity, G-R-A
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-V-I-T-E-A.
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So without any further ado, guys, let's get
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into today's show because I know you guys
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are wondering what it is.
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So the power of steady trust, building stability
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in certain times.
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I think when things are uncertain, people decide
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they want to give up.
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But that's actually a time when things might
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actually turn to something great.
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Today on our show, we're on episode number
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six.
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So it's a show 28, episode number six,
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How Grace Fills the Gaps.
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Welcome, ladies, gentlemen, once again to the Inspirations
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for Your Life show.
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If you have not checked out BelieveMeChief.com,
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go do that after the show is over.
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If you want to get yourself some tea
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or maybe our water or some soda or
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any other beverage of your choice, or maybe
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a snack, it could be some candy, it
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could be some fruit.
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That's totally up to you.
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Hey, everyone, I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, of course,
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video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate
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student at Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner
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and grateful now to be a published author.
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Thank you so much for choosing to join
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me either live today, this Thursday, July 9,
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2026, or on a replay, which works for
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you as well.
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Thank you again for joining me on this
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amazing, amazing episode of the Inspirations for Your
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Life show, where I explore practical principles that
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help us grow stronger, think wiser and live
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with a greater purpose in life.
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This week's master topic is the power of
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steady trust, building stability in uncertain times, uncertain
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worlds.
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I mean, I know a lot of times
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people say, you know, this is impossible.
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You can't do this now.
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The economy, all these things are just people's
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minds talking, but they're not the truth.
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And we'll learn that a little more.
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So there comes a point, ladies and gentlemen,
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in every journey where hard work alone isn't
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enough.
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It's not about working hard, guys.
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I'm sorry.
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You can prepare, plan, learn and stay disciplined,
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yet some outcomes remain well outside your control.
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That doesn't mean you have failed.
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Let me get that right off the plate.
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It means life is reminding you that growth
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isn't created only through effort, yet don't just
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work hard and think you're going to succeed
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because you won't.
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Sometimes progress requires patience, perspective, support and the
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willingness to let solutions develop in their own
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time.
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Now, today I'm exploring 30 principles that show
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how trusting the process allows gaps to become
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opportunities instead of obstacles.
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Are you ready, guys?
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Let's dive right in.
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Number one, not everything is solved by effort
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alone.
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Hard work matters, yes, but it cannot control
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every outcome.
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Some solutions require wisdom, patience and timing that
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effort alone can't even shake a stick at.
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Number two, timing plays a critical role in
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outcomes.
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The right opportunity at the wrong time often
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produces disappointment and a lot of frustration.
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Preparation and timing work together to create this
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unbreakable recipe of success.
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Number three, support often appears when you stay
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consistent.
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I said you need two things for success.
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You need consistency and you need structure.
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Now, just because you've done it today and
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it hasn't shown up doesn't mean you need
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to stop.
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It means you need to keep going.
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When you continue showing up with integrity and
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perseverance, help often arrives from unexpected places.
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It's the belief and the fact that you're
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looking for it and believing in it allows
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it to come through.
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When we say, oh, it's not working, even
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if the opportunity was right smack in front
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of your face, you would just miss it
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all the time.
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Consistency creates opportunities for others to contribute.
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I think that's a I think that's a
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very important thing, guys.
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Number four, you cannot force every result.
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Don't even try.
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Some outcomes develop naturally over time.
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Trying to force them often creates frustration instead
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of progress.
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Number five, guys, space allows better solutions to
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form.
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Stepping back creates room for new ideas and
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fresh perspectives.
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Space often reveals possibilities that pressure keeps hiding.
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Number six, gaps are part of the growth
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system.
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Every challenge reveals an area where growth is
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still in development, right in progress.
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Those gaps are invitations to learn rather than
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a command for us to think we fail
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because we haven't failed unless we've quit.
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Taking a pause doesn't mean we failed.
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Number seven, what you cannot do alone can
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still be completed.
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OK, what you cannot do alone can can
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still be completed.
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No one succeeds entirely alone.
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If you think they do, well, you're missing
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something.
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There's always somebody behind the scenes.
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Learning when to seek help demonstrates wisdom, not
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weakness.
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All right.
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That's important, guys.
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Number eight, relief often comes unexpectedly.
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Solutions don't always arrive accordingly to your schedule
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or to your own timeline or to your
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specifications, but they come.
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Remaining open allows you to recognize opportunities you
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may have otherwise overlooked.
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And the opportunity might have been there for
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days, for weeks, for months.
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But because you were blinded from it, you
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never saw it.
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Number nine, patience allows external help to arrive.
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When we make the decision to stop rushing
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every outcome, people, ideas and opportunities often seem
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to magically appear at exactly the right moment
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in time.
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Patience creates room for unexpected support.
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So why don't we start living our life
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on patience instead of trying to rush every
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moment away?
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Number 10, effort is important, but not everything.
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Success requires discipline.
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But it is also about understanding our perspective,
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knowing when to push and when to pause
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as part of lasting wisdom.
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You have to know when to take a
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break.
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Right.
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All successful people know that it's time to
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rest.
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Rest is a very important part of success.
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You cannot keep going 24-7.
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You say, well, gee, I got to work
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27.
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That doesn't work.
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OK, working where you take a break is
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where the short term memory gets committed to
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the long term and allows you to become
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more creative.
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The other way seems to put money maybe
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in your pocket, but it's eventually going to
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cause burnout and you're not going to be
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able to last very long on that.
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So number 11, breakthroughs happen in space, not
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pressure.
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Constant pressure limits creativity.
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Sometimes people have to learn a hard lesson
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to figure this out.
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Giving yourself room to think often produces the
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breakthrough you've been searching for your entire life.
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Number 12, not all problems require immediate action.
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Some situations improve with thoughtful observation rather than
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an instant reaction.
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Wisdom often begins by slowing down.
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I found this to be true that, you
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know, we're pushing for an answer.
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We're not going to get it.
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When we think about it and we just
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kind of allow it to just drift, suddenly
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we get this mini epiphany like, oh, now
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I see this from a different light.
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Now I get a different perspective.
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Number 13, some answers arrive through time, as
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I said, experience reveals truths that cannot be
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rushed.
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Time has a remarkable way of bringing clarity
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to confusing solutions.
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How?
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It's the old concept of letting go and
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letting flow.
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You see, people think when you let go
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and you lose control, you're giving up control.
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You're actually gaining more control because more comes
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back to you.
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Number 14, you are not meant to carry
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everything alone.
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Strong people are willing to accept encouragement, advice
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and assistance.
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Shared burdens become lighter and shared wisdom produces
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better decisions.
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Number 15, progress includes unseen assistance.
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Many victories are made possible by circumstances, opportunities,
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encouragement and lessons that are not immediately obvious.
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Growth is often supported by influences working quietly
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behind the scenes, right behind the scenes.
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How many people, when you do a TV
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show or you watch a big production, whether
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it be Disney or any other thing, any
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other theme park could be universal or even
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a parade.
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There's so many people that were behind the
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scenes that made that happen.
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The people that built the float, the people
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that promote the parade, the drivers in the
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float, the security that's there, all the broadcast
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media, right?
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There's so much going on, but I think
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we don't focus our attention on it because
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we're just looking at the float, right?
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All the people that from the flower shops
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that put those floats together, right?
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Then you got the handyman that actually built
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the floats.
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You got the people that manufactured the gasoline
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so that you could get the float going
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or now it's electric or the people that
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made the batters.
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You get my point.
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Number 16, flow improves when control is reduced.
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So if you let go, you allow the
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flow.
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Little thing I came up with, let go
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and allow the flow.
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Trying to control every outcome often creates unnecessary
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stress and a ton of frustration.
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When you focus on doing your best and
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release what you cannot control, progress becomes more
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natural.
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Confidence grows when you trust both your preparation
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and the process.
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So what's my message?
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Let it go and it'll flow.
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OK, when your values, actions and goods work
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together, better decisions become easier.
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Number 17, alignment creates momentum because your energy
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is no longer divided.
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Progress accelerates when every part of your life
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points in the same direction.
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But you can't do this when you're trying
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to control everything.
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Number 18, rest creates clarity.
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Why have no time to rest?
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You need to rest.
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Constant activity can cloud good judgment.
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OK, taking time to rest allows your mind
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to process information, recognize patterns and discover solutions
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that busyness often hides.
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And as I said, it takes the short
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term memory and puts it into our long
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term memory.
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That's another great benefit of rest.
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Number 19, over effort can book and block
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the insights that we're meant to get.
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Working harder is not always the answer.
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Pushing beyond healthy limits can create exhaustion that
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makes simple solutions difficult to recognize.
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People say, well, you know, you're not working
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hard enough.
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That's people's mentality, but it's not the truth.
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A person that worked hard didn't gain success
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alone by just working hard.
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Balance allows wisdom to replace frustration.
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There's got to be a balance of work,
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creativity and structure.
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Number 20, grace appears in unexpected timing.
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I love this one.
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Some of life's greatest opportunities arrive when you
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least expect them.
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Looking back, many delays proved to have protected
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you or prepared you for something better.
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That's the thing I want to leave with
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today.
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You know, maybe we don't have what we
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want today, but we know it's going to
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come exactly as we want or we're going
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to get something even better.
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Timing often makes sense only in the hindsight.
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And we go through lots of frustration all
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because, you know, we're not getting in on
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our timeline.
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Who says it has to be in our
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timeline?
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Us, right?
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But if we just let go and let
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it flow and it just sort of comes
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in, it's like a blessing.
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Holding tightly to one outcome can prevent you
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from seeing better possibilities.
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Releasing unnecessary control creates space for new opportunities,
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fresh ideas and healthier perspectives.
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Openness allows growth to continue.
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I'm going to repeat what I said before.
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Let it go and it will flow.
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But you can't just do this once.
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Okay, I let it go.
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It didn't flow.
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How long did you do it for?
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Oh, I don't know.
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Five minutes.
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You got to embrace it more than that,
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more than a day, more than several days.
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You need to make it part of your
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lifestyle.
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And I know that's hard for a lot
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of people, but it is the truth.
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Number 22, solutions often come from outside thinking.
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The answer you need may come from a
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conversation, a mentor, a book or a completely
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different perspective.
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Staying teachable allows wisdom to enter from places
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you never expected.
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People that are closed minded, people that say
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they know everything, don't.
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Great solutions often begin with listening and being
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open to new perspectives.
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Number 23, not every gap is yours to
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fill.
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So don't feel the responsibility that you have
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to.
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Some of these responsibilities, well, belong to others.
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And some situations simply require time and patience.
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Learning what is truly yours to carry protects
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your energy and helps you focus where you
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can make the greatest difference.
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Wisdom includes healthy boundaries.
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I think that's another thing we miss in
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life.
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We get stuck in this rat race or
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being on a, let's say, this wheel, you
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know, the hamster wheel.
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And we keep pedaling and pedaling and pedaling
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and pedaling because if we don't pedal, we're
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going to fall off.
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But what we don't realize is that if
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we pedal slow, the wheel will still stay
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in balance.
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And we don't have to be this crazy
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person, right?
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We can still be on that hamster wheel
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nice and slow.
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The wheel will balance.
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We won't fall off and we won't be
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out of energy.
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Plus, we can also get off the wheel
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without any kind of engagement to ourself or
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the animal.
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Number 24, support systems matter.
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Strong relationships provide encouragement, accountability and perspective
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during difficult seasons.
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When I say a season, I'm not talking
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about, you know, winter, spring, summer, fall.
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I'm talking about the seasons of your life.
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Seasons of things like a frustration period, a
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success period, a like, why is this always
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me period, right?
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Success becomes more sustainable when we build a
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community that strengthens rather than drains you.
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You know, people that drain you because when
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you're around, oh, my gosh, when are we
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going to ever leave these people?
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I can't stand this.
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Right.
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You know what I mean?
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And we don't have to name people.
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But when you're around certain people, they fuel
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you.
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So here's the lesson.
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The lesson is you don't have to be
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over nice by always being around certain people.
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You could still be polite and say, hey,
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you know, I've got something else to do.
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Maybe another time, because that person drains you.
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You may only want to be around them
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10 minutes.
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And that's nothing with you.
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It's because of their energy.
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We're not here to fix other people, OK?
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That's not what we're here to do.
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People that want to be fixed, that's great.
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But we're not here trying to get them
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to change their lives.
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If they don't want to change their life,
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I don't force them.
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I don't make people come and watch my
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show or listen to it.
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If you don't want to change your life,
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if you're happy with the way your life's
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going, great.
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Then you don't need my content.
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But if you want to make your life
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better, which I haven't met, well, I haven't
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met too many people that don't want to
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make their lives better.
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I don't care whether they have a penny,
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whether they have billions of dollars.
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They still want to make their life better.
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I met a gentleman several months ago for
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respect and privacy.
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I'm not going to name the person's name.
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We were having a conversation on the plane.
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I was telling him about all this money
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he had and how he had all these
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different shops.
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But he wasn't yet fulfilled.
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He wasn't yet happy.
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So this proves people that have money are
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not always happy.
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They may have every single resource they have,
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but they might be missing some things.
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They may be poor in other areas.
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So we need to balance all of that.
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OK, number 25, balance requires a release.
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Let it go and it will flow.
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A healthy life is built on knowing what
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to hold on to and what to let
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go.
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Releasing unnecessary pressure creates room for peace, creativity
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and better decisions.
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Now, balance is created through intentional choices.
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Where do they come from?
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Inside, which comes from our core values.
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And I mentioned before on the show, your
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core values might have changed when you're younger,
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but if you get older, those core values
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are becoming more cement.
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You know what it is you're not going
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to stand for and you know what you
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want and don't want in your life.
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Number 26, space invites better outcomes.
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Not every moment needs to be filled with
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activity.
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Creating space for reflection often leads to clearer
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thinking and stronger decisions.
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Now, quiet moments frequently produce meaningful breakthroughs like,
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you know, when you just sit there and
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you just kind of like have a moment,
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whether it's a cup of tea, whether it's
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doing some breathing exercises that I've shared with
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you, it gets you to tune into who
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you are.
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Another great exercise of mine I love, especially
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in the summertime, you can just, you know,
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sit on the grass or the dirt and
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stand there and feel the energy of yourself
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connected with Mother Earth.
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That's another great one that allows us to
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return back to Earth.
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And a lot of people, they're too much
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in the hustle and bustle that, oh, my
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gosh, they wouldn't dare take off their shoes.
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But it's that humbleness.
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It's that connection back to the Earth that
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allows Mother Earth to keep supplying us with
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great gifts.
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Number 27, pressure blocks clarity.
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So why the heck are we doing it?
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When everything feels urgent in life, nothing is
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urgent.
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I mean, I know people that, you know,
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everything becomes this disaster.
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Everything becomes an emergency.
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It's not an emergency.
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It becomes difficult to think objectively.
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You remember the story I shared with you
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about the boy who cried wolf, right?
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He cried wolf the first time and the
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townspeople came out.
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They weren't happy.
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Second time he cried wolf again because he
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just wanted to.
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And they warned him and they came out.
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The third time he cried wolf again and
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the real wolf was there.
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And they're like, we're not coming out this
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time.
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Reducing unnecessary pressure allows your mind to focus
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on solutions that have stress.
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Why did I say this?
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When we cry wolf in our own life,
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when we do this and we get attention
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and there is no reason for the attention,
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people are like, hey, all this person is
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an intention seeker.
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Right.
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And I think we have to be selective
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on when we're trying to get attention.
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All right.
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There's got to be a limit to how
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we do that.
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We can't just call the at anyone card.
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Like if you're on social media and you
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do it at anyone, I don't know about
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you, but that's going to get me annoyed
24:40
if you keep tagging everyone in the group
24:42
when this is just not relative and it's
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going to come up like spam and I'm
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going to want to get out of that
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group.
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Okay.
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Calm thinking almost always produces better judgment.
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People don't do it because they fall into
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this, what I want to call frustration, frustration
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trap.
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Number 28, trust allows resolution.
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Trust does not eliminate challenges.
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Let's be clear on that.
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But it changes how you respond to them.
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I'd rather somebody be proactive than be reactive.
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Reactive happens because something that happened to you.
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Can you be proactive with something happening?
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Sure you can.
25:21
You can have a game plan that, okay,
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if this happens, I get it.
25:25
I'm going to be proactive, so I'm going
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to forecast what could happen in that situation.
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So I'm ready.
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Instead of reacting with fear and these deep
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emotions that are going to just frustrate you
25:38
and frustrate others because I don't know, you
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dropped a glass, right?
25:42
Or maybe you happen to bump into a
25:44
chair and you're not harmed, but you've got
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to sound the fire alarm, right?
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Do we pull the fire alarm at school
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or a business just because, you know, somebody
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might light a candle?
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Do we pull the fire alarm?
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No, we don't pull the fire alarm until
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we actually smell something burning.
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Now, usually something burning, we're going to look
26:04
to our left and see, oh, okay, it
26:06
was just a little fire in a pot,
26:08
but it's out.
26:09
So we don't pull it.
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But if we can't use you within a
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short period of time, I mean, like three
26:13
seconds, figure out if it's a fire or
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not.
26:15
We just pull the fire alarm, right?
26:16
But we can't pull fire alarms in our
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life every day because we're glutton for attention.
26:24
People will sense that and not want to
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be around you.
26:26
Instead of reacting with fear, you move forward
26:29
with confidence, knowing that every experience is something
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valuable to teach you.
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There's a fire.
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I'm going to pull the fire alarm, okay?
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There was a stupid issue.
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I think it was a few weeks ago.
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One of the hotels, it was actually a
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Fairfield Hotel.
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I think it was in Nebraska.
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And it was absolutely insane.
26:48
The guy smelled smoke.
26:50
So he went in to tell the, you
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know, the front night manager that he smelled
26:55
smoke or fire.
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And so the guys, oh, don't pull the
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fire alarm.
26:59
I've got to call the owner first.
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Like, what the heck kind of nonsense is
27:03
that?
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I just pull the fire alarm anyway.
27:05
Like, like, why do we have to tell
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the owner if there's a fire?
27:08
Pull the fire alarm.
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We don't need to check with the owner.
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I mean, like, come on.
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Hello.
27:12
Trust creates stability during uncertainty.
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The bad thing is the guy stupidly paid
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attention to the guy at the desk.
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He'd tell me not to pull the fire
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alarm.
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OK, no problem.
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And I still go to the count.
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I still my way out.
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I would just pull the fire alarm and
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just leave.
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Number twenty nine.
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Some outcomes unfold naturally.
27:28
Others don't.
27:29
Not every opportunity needs to be forced.
27:32
Many of the best relationships, ideas and achievements
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develop through consistent effort combined with patience, allowing
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life to unfold at the proper pace and
27:41
time often produces guys stronger results in your
27:45
life and others.
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Grace completes what effort cannot.
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Number 30.
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The greatest lesson of today's episode is this,
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ladies and gentlemen, that your responsibility is to
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be faithful, do your part.
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There will always be circumstances beyond your control,
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but that does not mean progress has stopped
28:02
when preparation, perseverance, wisdom, patience and trust come
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together.
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Life often provides the missing piece at exactly
28:09
the right time.
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As we conclude today's episode, remember that success
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is not built by effort alone.
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Effort opens the door.
28:16
But wisdom, patience, healthy relationships and trust often
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determine what happens next.
28:21
Continue giving your best every day, but don't
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believe that every answer depends entirely on you.
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There will be seasons when your greatest strength
28:28
is not working harder, but trusting deeper.
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There'll be moments when stepping back creates more
28:33
progress and pushing forward.
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And there'll be times when a missing piece
28:38
arrives only after you've learned to release what
28:41
you cannot control.
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Thank you so much for joining me today.
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This has been Inspirations for Your Life.
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29:04
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might just affect the rest of your life.
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Take care, everyone, and be well.