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Focus on the Finish Line: Turn Vision into Victory · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life.
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  Realizing everyone is always learning and living your full experience.
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  This is where we live out loud, on purpose, and with purpose.
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  I'm Coach C, your host, and this is Season 3, Episode 3, Focus on the Finish Line.
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  Today, we're talking about something that separates dreamers from doers,
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  wishers from winners, and spectators from finishers.
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  Today's episode is called Focus on the Finish Line.
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  This episode is for everybody carrying a dream, a goal, a business idea,
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  a vision board, a prayer request, a promise from God, a next level that you
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  haven't quite reached yet. Here's what I've learned.
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  When we pull out our phones to take a picture, the first thing we do is focus the camera.
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  Because if the focus is off, the image is blurry.
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  The subject may still be there. The opportunity may still be there.
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  The beauty may still be there. But if the focus is off, you can't see it clearly.
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  Life works the exact same way.
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  Many of us don't have a vision problem. We have a focus problem.
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  We're looking at a dream one minute and the distraction the next,
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  looking at the goal one day and the obstacle the next, looking at possibility
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  today and limitations tomorrow.
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  And before we know it, we're exhausted because our attention has become a ping
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  pong ball bouncing all over the place.
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  I always say you have to see it before you see it. Everything exists twice.
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  First in the mind, then in reality.
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  Every house was imagined before it was built. Every company was envisioned before it was launched.
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  Every degree was earned in someone's imagination before it was framed on a wall.
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  Every transformation started with someone believing they could become more before anyone else saw it.
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  That's why vision is so important.
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  The Bible tells us in Proverbs 29 and 18 that without a vision, the people perish.
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  Not because they're incapable, not because they're untalented,
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  not because God forgot about them, but because they lost sight of where they
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  were going. You can survive a lot of things when you know where you're headed.
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  And then comes the hard part, the waiting.
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  The waiting room is where most dreams get abandoned.
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  Because Habakkuk reminds us, though the vision Terry, wait for it.
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  Phew, that's the scripture nobody wants on a t-shirt.
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  Because we want the vision Amazon Prime delivered. We want overnight success.
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  We want immediate results. We want to plant a seed on Monday and harvest on
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  Friday. but that's not how purpose works.
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  Purpose moves like a crock pot than a microwave.
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  It takes time, pressure, heat, consistency, and faith.
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  The challenge is that while we're waiting, life keeps lifing.
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  Bills show up, people disappoint us,
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  relationships change, jobs become
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  stressful family situations arise the
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  timeline we imagined gets pushed back and
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  suddenly the vision starts looking fuzzy not because the vision changed but
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  because our focus shifted the finish line didn't move our eyes did so how do
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  we stay focused I'm glad you asked because focus requires four things.
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  Number one, faith. Believing in what you cannot see.
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  Faith says, I don't have evidence yet, but I still have expectation.
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  Secondly, fervor. That passion, energy, commitment, showing up with enthusiasm,
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  even when nobody is clapping for you.
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  Third, fearlessness. Not the absence of fear, but the decision to move anyway.
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  Again, remember I told you in one episode, fear may ride in the car,
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  but it doesn't get to drive.
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  And last, follow through. This is where champions are made because dreams don't
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  come true because we start.
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  They come true because we continue.
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  Consistency is often more important than intensity.
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  Small steps, repeated daily, become giant leaps over time.
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  Can I tell you something? The
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  finish line has a funny way of hiding itself right before you get there.
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  That's why so many people quit. The weight loss journey gets hardest before the breakthrough.
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  The business gets quiet before the momentum. The healing feels slow before the freedom.
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  The promotion seems impossible before the opportunity appears.
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  The vision often looks most uncertain right before it becomes reality.
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  That's why you've got to keep your eyes forward, not on the crowd,
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  not on the critics, not on the competition, not on the clock,
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  on the finish line. Today, I want you to remember this.
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  Don't let temporary circumstances permanently distract you from a permanent vision.
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  Your current reality is a chapter, not the whole book.
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  Your setback is an event, not your identity.
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  Your delay is information, not a denial.
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  Keep focusing, keep believing, keep moving, keep showing up because what you're
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  looking for may already be looking for you.
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  Here's your fearless homework. This week's assignment is called the finish line exercise.
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  Grab a notebook and answer these three questions.
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  Number one, what is one vision that you have for your life right now? Be specific.
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  Number two, what distraction is still in your focus?
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  Name it. a person, a habit, fear, doubt, procrastination, whatever it is, call it out.
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  Number three, what is one action you can take in the next 24 hours to move closer to your vision?
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  Not next month, not next year, tomorrow.
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  Then do it because clarity comes from movement, not just thinking.
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  Remember, you have to see it before you see it.
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  Keep your focus on the finish line because the vision is still alive,
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  the promise is still valid, and your story is still being written.
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  This is Real Talk, where we're realizing everyone is always learning and living your full experience.
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  I'm Coach C. I'll see you in the next one.
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  at real talk for real life that's l y f e you'll get more motivation merchandise
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  and coaching gems until next time stay focused stay fearless and keep moving
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  toward the finish line see you in the next one.