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Focus, Prioritization & Clarity (S5) S9:E4 · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hey guys, it's John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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Your Life today.
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This is Inspirations For Your Life and we're
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talking about something very interesting which is owning
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your path, clarity, courage and boundaries for peak
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living.
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That's what this week is about in case
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you didn't know.
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Welcome everyone to Inspirations For Your Life.
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I'm 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 and
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a passionate lifelong learner.
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And also ladies and gentlemen, I am, yes,
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going to be a published author very, very
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soon.
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So I'm really excited about that guys.
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So today's episode dives into focus, prioritization and
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of course clarity.
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We explore how deliberate attention, intentional choices and
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disciplined focus, multiply results, reduce stress and create
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unstoppable momentum.
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Okay.
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It is Tuesday.
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It is February 24th, 2026 if you're watching
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us live.
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And we're going to dive right into the
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first point and that is focus turns intention
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into measurable results.
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So when we focus with true intention, we
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have measurable results, we can always change them
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if we want.
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And this is when your mind is fully
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on a goal.
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Every action compounds toward it.
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Now I don't mean it happens once, it
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happens over and over again because that's how
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it works.
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Um, think about that for a moment or
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think about how, what that means to you.
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I want to talk to you about prioritization.
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Prioritization ensures energy is spent on what matters
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most, avoiding tasks that give minimal impact because
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let's face it guys, that's going to happen
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in our world.
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Um, and so that's a very, very important
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thing.
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Number three guys, clarity simplifies tough decisions, reduces
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stress and allows confident action even under uncertainty.
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Yeah.
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Even under uncertainty.
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I think that's a, I think that's a
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very important thing.
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Um, so that, that's really important.
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Uh, number four, avoid forbidden distractions that derail
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momentum and guard your attention like it's the
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most valuable resource that you have.
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That's really important to understand.
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Um, I think that's a, an important thing.
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Um, does that make sense to you?
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Hopefully it does.
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Uh, and hopefully this can get you to
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be on a different path and the path
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can get you to go something like this.
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It can get you to go from zero
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to becoming a hero, like not overnight, but
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pretty quickly.
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Number five guys, concentration multiplies the impact of
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effort.
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Small bursts of focused work often outperform hours
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of scattered activity.
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I think that's something that a lot of
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people miss in life.
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They miss the fact that that happens.
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Um, you know, that, that's an important thing
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to definitely understand, um, when we think about
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that.
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Number six, prioritizing key actions builds unstoppable momentum.
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Identity is important, but identifying the high level
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tasks and learning how to tackle them first
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before we get wrapped up to anything else,
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because I think sometimes what happens is we
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get stuck with this, um, I'll call it
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the lemon and we don't know how to
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traverse because it's like the lemon showed up
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out of nowhere.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Um, that's, that's really important.
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Number seven guys, clear objectives, guide, smarter daily
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choices, and prevent wasted energy on non-essential
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activities.
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Yeah.
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Non-essential activities.
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That's important guys.
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Not because I'm saying it, but because if
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you can recognize that in your life, you
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can understand that there are big, big changes.
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But again, these things never happen overnight.
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They take time.
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And once we know they take time, we
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can appreciate when they show up, how we're
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going to behave.
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And that's an important thing that a lot
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of people, I think oftentimes miss.
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Moving on to number eight guys, avoid overcommitment
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to protect focus and energy.
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Saying no is a strategic advantage, but I
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think that's a, I think that's an important
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thing to, to recognize, um, you know, how
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that's going to move forward.
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Number nine, being as spot on as a
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laser, in other words, laser focus, and this
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will produce exponential progress over time.
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Sustained attention creates breakthroughs.
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Prioritization prevents energy leaking into non-essential tasks,
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keeping your effort aligned with your outcomes.
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I think sometimes it's hard to stay on
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track with our outcomes because so much is
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going on.
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Uh, and so we have to keep our
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eye, a lot of times people, you might've
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heard this before, we have to keep our
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eye on the price.
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I mean, that's an important thing, but it's
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important to understand that.
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Um, I think that that's very, uh, important
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thing.
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And, um, it's just that we need to
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know this, right?
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I think that's important to understand, right?
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I think if we can understand the alignment,
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how outcomes work, um, it can make a
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difference.
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Clarity reduces uncertainty in complex situations.
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Clear thinking allows decisive moves.
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Okay.
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Not one, two, three, but it does allow
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that.
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And that's an important thing.
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And discipline is hard for a lot of
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people to really understand.
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All right.
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It's hard.
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And the reason I say it's hard is
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because, well, we don't seem to get why
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we're doing something or, you know, what we're
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after.
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I think that's a, I think that's an
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important thing that a lot of people just
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don't get.
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I think the reason they don't get it
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is because, well, they're on another track.
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They're thinking about one thing, but then they're
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missing the whole umbrella.
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Okay.
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Right.
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That's an important thing to, to understand.
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Okay.
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And if we can understand that, then maybe
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we could understand like why things are working
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a certain way, or maybe why they're not
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working a certain way.
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And I think the reason why they're not
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working a certain way is because your perception
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about that, about something and the perception might
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be wrong.
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Perception might be wrong.
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Does that make sense?
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And then you can kind of get a
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perspective of that.
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Okay.
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Does that make sense to everybody?
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Or does that get confusing?
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Does that clear to everybody?
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Does that make sense to you?
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Or does that confuse everyone?
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I don't know.
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That's a question that I'm asking you because
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I think sometimes, you know, we get really
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trapped in these situations and we don't necessarily
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know like what to say or why to
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say, but we know they pop up.
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Number 12, guys, focused routine, strengthened habits, and
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self-discipline, creating reliability and consistent progress.
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Number 13, avoid forbidden shortcuts that compromise long
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-term success.
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Integrate effort yields lasting results.
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I know you might be saying to me,
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John, like that's really hard.
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Okay.
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It's hard.
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I'd say it was going to be easy,
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but I want to tell you that it's
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doable.
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And by doable, I mean that you believe
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in yourself because I think sometimes we don't
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believe in ourselves.
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And that causes us to get stuck.
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And then we wonder why we're stuck in
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quicksand or why we can't get out, but
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we just keep sinking more.
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Number 14, guys, attention management is the modern
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superpower, the ability to concentrate beats multitasking.
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Yeah, we can concentrate on one thing.
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I mean, so many companies, they want you
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to do a million things.
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You know, the truth of the matter is
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when you're doing all these other things, you're
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not focused on one thing.
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You're not doing that one thing really, really
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well, unfortunately.
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And it happens.
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And then people like, oh, I can't do
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that.
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And then they just put themselves down.
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Number 15, prioritize results over mere busyness because
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everybody likes to be busy.
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Working smart outweighs working hard without direction.
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And that's another one I think most people
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miss in life.
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They miss the fact that we are in
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a direct paradigm, okay?
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They miss that.
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That's a very important thing to understand.
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It's important to understand like, you know, what
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that whole thing means.
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And I want to tell you that you
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can't just do what you want anytime.
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You can't.
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If you don't have value for something, guys,
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you're going to have a problem.
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You're going to have a problem.
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I think that's a hard thing for a
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lot of people to grasp.
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It's probably the best way to say that,
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okay?
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So number 16, clarity allows confident action in
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uncertainty.
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Knowing your priorities reduce the hesitation for which
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you have elicited.
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That's another one that kind of trips people
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up sometime, right?
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How or why does it happen, right?
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That's important, very important to understand.
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I think sometimes we realize what we want,
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but then the pathway there has a trap
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or has a fire, and then because we
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don't think there's another way out, okay, we
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stop.
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Number 17, focus on one task at a
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time.
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For maximum impact, multitasking fragments energy and reduces
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results.
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That's important, guys.
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We have to realize to work on one
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task at a time.
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I know we have other tasks, but focus
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on one thing at a time.
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Does that make sense?
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I hope it does.
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It can make sense for you if you
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read between the lines.
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Number 18, avoid mental clutter that clouds judgment.
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Declutter your mind to sharpen decision-making.
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It's another great one to follow, isn't it?
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Focusing on one task at a time and
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understanding what clutter means, because I think a
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lot of people get clutter in their life,
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but they don't necessarily know, like, how to
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get rid of it or even know, like,
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what they're supposed to be doing.
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They just get all confused.
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Number 18, guys, avoid mental clutter because when
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you avoid it, your brain has the resources
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and it gets the clarity to work on
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what it already has, so your mind will
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get sharper.
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I think a lot of people don't realize
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what sharpness means, but it's important to understand
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that it becomes paramount in our success.
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You know, one person told me a while
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ago, John, you know, it's not about a
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transaction, and many years ago, I would have
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disagreed, but now that I've been in business
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for many years and I've agreed with this
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for several years, that it's not about the
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transaction.
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First year or two I was in business,
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in business now over 34, 35 years, I
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would have said, you know, it's all about
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the money, but now it's about the client.
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It's about the relationship.
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See, that's the most important thing.
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Number 19, guys, prioritization aligns actions with long
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-term goals.
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Every choice should move you closer to your
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vision.
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Every choice.
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Number 20, clarity reduces emotional friction and hesitation.
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Clear intent calms internal conflict.
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I think sometimes when they get conflict, people
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are like, oh, I don't know what to
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do.
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They freeze.
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Number 21, focused action prevents wasted time and
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effort.
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Deliberate steps accelerate outcomes.
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Deliberate steps, so that that's a step that
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you intentionally want to take.
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That's important, guys.
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Very, very important to understand.
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So important that many people don't get it.
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And I think sometimes that means us having
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to be, let's say, a person that understands
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our worth.
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Because if we don't know our worth, how
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can we charge more for it?
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Oh, you know, I don't want to charge
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that person.
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I was like that many years ago.
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This is my, this is what I charge.
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This is my value.
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It's what I charge for.
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Giving keynote speeches now in 30 minutes, and
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they're not $200.
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I'm going to be a published author in
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just a couple months, if you're listening to
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this live.
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Otherwise, if you're listening to this after April
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or May, I will have been a published
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author for my first motivational book.
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And there's going to be many more.
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And there's going to be a tech book
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and other stuff.
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Number 22, guys, avoid forbidden distractions that hijack
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attention.
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Recognize what steals your energy, okay, and eliminate
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it immediately.
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Not tomorrow, okay, not the next day.
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That's important, very important, guys.
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Number 23, prioritization compounds effectiveness daily.
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Repeat intentional choices, create exponential growth.
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These are powerful things, guys, very powerful things.
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Clarity sharpens intuition.
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Number 24, for a complex set of choices.
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A clear mind interprets subtle signals faster than
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a cluttered mind.
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A distracted, a multitasked mind.
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I'm not saying you can never multitask, but
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what I'm saying is when you're working on
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something that's very important, it is key that
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you pay attention.
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Like when I'm working on my book, I
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don't work on anything else but my book
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during that couple hours that I'm writing.
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Number 25, focus prevents regret from the missed
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opportunities that you could be getting.
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Attentive presence catches critical moments.
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And these are things that you don't get
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from a book.
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They're not things you get from going to
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school.
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These are things you get from living life.
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Number 26, guys, align priorities with values to
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stay on track.
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Clarity comes when actions reflect the core principles
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for which we have.
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And our core principles might change from day
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to day, and that's perfectly okay because we
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change as people.
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I'm not the same person I was when
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I was two or three or seven or
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eight or 10 or 12.
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I'm a totally different person.
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Number 27, guys, clarity ensures consistency in results.
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Knowing what matters prevents erratic behavior.
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When we know what matters to us and
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what matters to others, we won't get this
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barometer up, down, up, down, up, down.
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We won't get this seismograph of reactions.
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We'll get a constant line.
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Predictability is a very important key to success.
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I learned a skill not too long ago
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that sometimes people say you gotta do 100
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things, but it's not the 100 things you
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do.
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It's the one or two things you do.
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This could be in making phone calls or
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reaching out to people.
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You don't send 100 emails.
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You don't make 100 contacts on your platform.
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You make one or two a day, but
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you keep doing that day in and day
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out so it becomes part of you.
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It becomes what I like to say is
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easy as brushing your teeth.
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Now, brushing your teeth is pretty easy, even
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though I floss my teeth before I brush
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my teeth.
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It's an easy habit, and yet you don't
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get all emotional about doing it because you're
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like, oh, I didn't get the results.
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Just do it.
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Do it anyway.
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I remember that from a couple mentors many
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years ago that it may not yield the
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results, do it anyway.
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And you might say, John, well, that makes
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no sense.
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It does, because if you're doing something that
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has a proven track record and you haven't
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seen the results yet, but it's been proven
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in many places, keep doing it.
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It will yield you results.
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Number 28, guys, avoid energy draining shortcuts.
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Sustainable progress requires smart pacing and patience.
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It doesn't require you to get an attitude.
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Nope, it does not.
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Number 29, focused effort multiplies outcome beyond effort
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alone.
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Depth often beats breath in achievement.
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That's pretty wild.
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In achievement.
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That's important.
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I think when we can have an understanding
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for that, we can move quite a ways,
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quite a ways.
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But it's our ego or our alter ego
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that sometimes sabotages the success that's about to
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be delivered to us by the universe.
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Number 30, guys, prioritization and clarity create unstoppable
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progress of momentum.
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Intentional living compounds over time to reach and
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allow us to attain peak performance.
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Does peak performance mean you're the best ever?
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No, it means that you are optimized for
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the best results you can get right now.
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Maybe what you were doing a couple of
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days ago was the best you could get
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back then.
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Maybe in a week from now, the results
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you're getting is better because you've tweaked.
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It's what you're getting right now.
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I think a lot of people out there
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when they're watching, listening, saying to me, hey,
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John, progress is great, okay?
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And I just wanna move the needle.
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And I used to be one of those
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guys many years ago.
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I wanna move the needle.
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But now I've learned that it's not about
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moving the needle right away.
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It's about establishing the behavior that if you
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keep doing, we'll move the needle.
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But you can't ask yourself, gee, when's the
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needle gonna move?
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When's the needle gonna move?
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Doesn't matter.
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Keep doing the habit, the successful habit.
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I promise you the needle will move.
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In fact, it won't just move, probably jump.
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And that's gonna be something pretty powerful.
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So when we think about intentional living, when
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we think about progress, when we think about
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these real important things in life, I think
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these are the keys that make a difference
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for us, okay?
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They are the keys for us to make
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this amazing, amazing difference, a difference that maybe
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we didn't even think was possible.
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That's pretty powerful, guys, very powerful.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if you
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know, I'm John C.
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Morley, a serial entrepreneur.
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It is always such a privilege.
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It is such a pleasure and it's such
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an honor to be with you.
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Every time you watch me live or you
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see me in person or you watch a
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recording that I've made, you read an article
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that I've written or maybe watch a reel
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that I've done, you're able to see that
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the pieces of the puzzle don't all come
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together at once, but they do eventually come
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together.
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I hope that tonight's show has inspired you
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to start realizing the truth about your own
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path and with tonight's special topic about focus
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and prioritization.
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And so many big companies say, you know
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what?
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We're gonna focus, but you know what they
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really don't do?
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They don't focus right.
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No, they just create a disaster.
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And that's a big problem for a lot
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of people.
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They create, what do we call it, guys?
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Drama, yeah, you caught that, right?
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Drama, right?
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Kind of exaggerating that word.
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Some people live for drama.
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Guys, I hope you have a fantastic evening.
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Do check out believemeachieve.com.
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Catch you real soon.
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Take care, everyone.
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And remember, focus and priority, it's a big
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set of keys for your success.