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George Lucas - "You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead." · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com. Welcome to The Daily Quote, the
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm here with Sandra McGivern and this episode is brought to
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  you by that Great News podcast. Tired of all the doom and gloom
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  news from mainstream media? You'll get none of that there.
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  Instead, you'll find inspiring stories and developments making
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  the world a better place. Today's quote comes from George
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  Lucas, filmmaker, creator of Star Wars, and one of the most
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  determined storytellers in Hollywood history.
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  He once said you simply have to put 1 foot in front of the other
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  and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right
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  ahead. Notice what Lucas didn't say.
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  He didn't say. Figure it out first.
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  He didn't say wait until you're confident.
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  He didn't say make sure the path is clear before you move.
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  He said Simply put 1 foot in front of the other.
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  And that word simply is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
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  Because when you strip away all the overthinking, all the
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  planning, all the waiting for the right moment, what's left is
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  actually simple move and keep moving.
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  And then there's the blinders. Blinders were originally
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  designed to keep horses from being distracted.
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  As cities grew larger and noisier, they kept the horse
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  plowing straight ahead, 1 hoof in front of the other, focused
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  entirely on what was directly ahead.
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  Lucas is borrowing that image deliberately.
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  The world is full of noise. Critics, doubters, shiny
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  distractions, alternative paths, reasons to second guess
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  yourself. The blinders aren't about
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  ignoring reality, they're about protecting your focus from
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  everything that isn't the next step.
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  Lucas himself spent years grinding before Star Wars
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  succeeded, pushing through doubt, resistance, and a
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  Hollywood that didn't believe in his vision.
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  But he kept going anyway. 1 foot, then the other.
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  Blinders on. The people who achieve something
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  remarkable rarely had a clearer path than everybody else.
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  They just refuse to stop walking it.
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  So here's the question. Where are you standing right
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  now, waiting for certainty that isn't coming?
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  You don't need the whole path to be visible, you just need the
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  next step. Put the blinders on, shut out
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  the noise and plow right ahead. 1 foot, then the other.
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  Keep going. That's it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.