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This is Inspirations for Your Life.
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And as you know, we've been talking about
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a very interesting master topic this week, the
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power of steady trust building.
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That is stability in uncertain times, series five,
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show 28, and it's episode number seven, how
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the trust becomes your anchor.
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That's what today's episode is about.
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Welcome everyone to Inspirations for Your Life.
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I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, passionate lifelong learner,
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yes, and a student at Montgomery State University,
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and so grateful to be a new published
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author.
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All right, guys, so this week we've explored
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how steady trust creates stability when life feels,
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well, uncertain.
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Today, I conclude the series by looking at
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the foundation beneath it all.
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What is that?
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Trust itself.
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An anchor doesn't remove the storm, but it
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keeps a ship from drifting.
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In the same way, trust doesn't eliminate life's
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challenges, but it keeps us grounded when circumstances
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shift.
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Let's discover how trust becomes the anchor that
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allows us to think clearly, shall we?
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Okay.
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Act confidently and continue moving forward no matter
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what life brings our way.
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Number one, guys, trust stabilizes emotional response.
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Yes, it does.
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Trust keeps emotions from controlling every decision we
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make.
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Instead of reacting impulsively, you respond with confidence
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and purpose.
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I think that's a real earmark that a
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lot of people miss in life.
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They miss that point.
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Number two, anchoring reduces anxiety in uncertainty.
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Uncertainty creates stress when we feel directionless.
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A strong anchor reminds you that not every
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answer has to be known today.
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That's the key.
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Number three, stability comes from internal belief.
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External circumstances constantly change.
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Lasting stability comes from what you believe within
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yourself.
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That's key, guys.
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Number four, trust replaces fear in decision-making.
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Fear often freezes progress.
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Trust allows you to move forward with wisdom
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instead of hesitation.
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Number five, you stay grounded when trust is
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strong.
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Strong trust keeps temporary problems from becoming permanent
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discouragement.
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It reminds you that difficult seasons eventually pass.
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Number six, guys, anchors hold when conditions shift.
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Calm waters don't require anchors.
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Their true value appears when storms arrive, unexpectedly,
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that is.
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Number seven, trust builds emotional resilience.
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Did you know that?
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Yes, it does.
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It builds emotional resilience.
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And I think that's another important thing for
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a lot of people to recognize and realize
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that.
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Every challenge successfully navigated strengthens your confidence.
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Resilience grows one experience at a time.
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I think a lot of people try to
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get things to grow too quickly, and then
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they're unhappy because it's not where they want
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to be, or they force something that wasn't
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supposed to be that way.
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And I think that can be hard for
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a lot of people to, you know, digest.
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Number eight, stability is internal.
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It's not external.
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Peace isn't found by controlling everything around you.
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It begins by strengthening what happens inside you.
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Number nine, confidence grows from trust.
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Every step forward reinforces belief in your ability
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to handle what's next.
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Confidence grows through experience.
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And I think if we understand and we
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believe that, then our life gets a little
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bit easier.
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I'm not going to say it's completely easy,
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but it gets a little bit easier.
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I think that's a very important milestone for
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us to realize, you know, and to share,
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but to be conscious of.
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I think sometimes, you know, we go for
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a milestone, but we really aren't going for
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the milestone.
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We're going for the victory lap, and we
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haven't even done the milestone.
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The victory lap will come, guys, okay?
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But we have to remember to go for
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the milestones.
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Then the victory lap becomes easier, guys, becomes
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a lot easier at that point in time.
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So let's choose to embrace that moment in
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life, okay?
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Number 10, anchoring creates calmness under pressure.
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Pressure reveals preparation.
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Trust helps you remain calm while others become
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overwhelmed.
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Yeah.
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If you could just stay calm while other
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people fly off the handle and just, you
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know, just be grateful for that moment of
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peace, that moment of joy, that moment of
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just going with the flow.
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The more we do it, the easier it
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becomes for us.
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Number 11, guys, trust reduces overthinking, constant second
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-guessing.
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Trains energy.
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Trust allows your mind to focus on action
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instead of endless worry, because, see, the brain
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will do either, okay?
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It's like a copy machine, right?
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You tell it to copy once or copy
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100 times or 1,000 times, it's going
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to do it.
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If there's paper and there's ink, it's going
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to do it.
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Your brain's going to do it, even though
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it's going to use a lot of your
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energy.
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And I think we don't realize that the
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things we do in life, they do use
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energy.
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But when the body knows it's getting replenished,
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it's like, hey, I got that.
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I got that, right?
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I got that.
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Number 12, emotional grounding improves clarity.
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Clear thinking becomes easier when emotions remain balanced.
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Balance.
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Balance is a delicate flow, isn't it, guys?
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I think when we can have balance in
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life, we can be like, oh, wait a
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minute.
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You know, now I can do this and
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I can walk and I can chew gum.
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I mean, I'm just being facetious there.
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But you get my point, that we have
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to go with the flow.
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We have to understand the yin and the
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yang.
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Sometimes it slows us down a little bit,
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but I think that's a good thing that
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it slows us down.
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It's a very good thing to keep our
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emotions balanced.
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Grounded people make better long-term decisions.
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Did you know that?
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So I know you're going to ask me,
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John, what is a grounded person?
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And you know, that's a great question.
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Someone who's emotionally stable, self-aware, and sensible.
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They remain calm during chaos, they make practical
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decisions, and they stay true to their values
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without being easily swayed by outside opinions or
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even drama.
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Yeah.
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The question is, why do people, this is
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my big question, why do people want drama?
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Why do they want drama?
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People thrive on drama because conflict triggers the
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nervous system to release adrenaline and endorphins.
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Making chaos feel exciting rather than stressful.
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Often they use drama as an emotional coping
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mechanism to distract themselves from deeper personal issues
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or to feel significant and engaged in the
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world.
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But when you actually have that positive moment,
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guess what happens, guys?
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You get the same feeling, if not better.
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And that might sound confusing, but it's actually
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the truth.
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It's the truth.
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Number 13, stability is built from belief systems.
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You see, your daily belief that you have
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shapes your daily actions.
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Healthy beliefs create a stable foundation for lasting
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growth.
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When we plan and we do something from
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a plan, it usually comes up a lot
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better than if we just try to do
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it like, you know, reactively.
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I think that's an important thing.
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So we want to be reactive or proactive.
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We want to be proactive.
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Proactive uses less energy and can actually give
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us better results and can actually replenish the
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energy in our body by not always being
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in that flight or fight mode.
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Number 14, guys, trust strengthens consistency.
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Consistency becomes easier when you believe your effort.
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I think that's important.
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And you have to know that it has
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purpose.
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And when it has purpose, trust encourages you
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to continue even before results appear.
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Even before the results show up, you believe
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in yourself.
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You believe in what you're doing.
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That's a very, very important thing, guys.
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Very important thing.
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Trust in the process.
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Even when the sky is falling, trust in
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the process.
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Number 15, guys.
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Number 15 is anchoring improves focus.
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Anchoring improves focus.
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Yes, anchoring improves focus.
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Distractions, well, they lose their power when your
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purpose becomes clear.
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Trust has a way of keeping your attention
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on what matters most to us, which incidentally,
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guys, is ran because of our core values
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that we've chosen to undertake.
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Our core values are what gets us to
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do or not do anything.
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What we believe in, our worth.
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Number 16, guys.
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Calm thinking comes from trust.
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A peaceful mind recognizes opportunities that panic often
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overlooks.
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It overlooks them.
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Because it's so busy trying to put the
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fire out, trying to be reactive.
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But when we're proactive, we're relaxed, we're grounded,
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we're sensible.
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We're able to handle things that pop up,
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but when we're proactive, if we're reactive, we're
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using two or three times the amount of
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energy.
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And then it's like, uh, I don't have
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any more energy.
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Calmness improves our own judgment, right?
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It actually improves how we approach our perceptions,
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which if it handles that, it's going to
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naturally handle our judgment.
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Number 17, guys.
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Stability is maintained through mindset.
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Through mindset.
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Your mindset influences how you interpret every challenge.
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Strong thinking creates lasting stability.
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Lasting stability.
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Trust reduces reaction-based thinking.
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Number 18, when we can trust and know
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things will work out, we don't tend to
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be so reactive.
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Quick emotional reactions often create unnecessary problems for
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us because maybe we chose the wrong decision,
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right?
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Trust encourages thoughtful responses.
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Instead, it gets us to take a minute
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to ponder and realize, hey, is this the
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right decision for not just now, but is
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this the right decision for everything we're doing?
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I think that's an important thing to know,
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that we have these choices.
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But when we're forced to make a decision,
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it becomes to us like we don't want
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to make a decision because we're so stressed
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either way.
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When we're grounded and we make a wrong
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decision, we can recover from that a lot
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quicker than if we were not grounded and
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if we were not so reactive.
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Sometimes we have to be reactive like an
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emergency, but we still can be a little
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less reactive if we've planned for something, prepared
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for it.
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Number 19, anchoring prevents emotional drift.
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Without an anchor, it's easy to lose direction,
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right?
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The boat will just kind of keep swaying
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all over the bay or the ocean.
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See, trust, like that anchor, keeps your values
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and purpose steady, tied down, but in a
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good way.
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Number 20, confidence grows in uncertain times.
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Confidence isn't developed when life is easy.
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No, guys, it grows every time you continue,
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despite uncertainty, uncertainty, uncertainty.
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Uncertainty is not something to be afraid of,
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it's something to embrace.
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I think the more that we can learn
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to embrace this, the more that we can
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stay calm, the more that we say, OK,
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it didn't work out the way I wanted,
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but it's going to be better next time.
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It's going to be better next time.
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I think that's an important piece for us
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all to understand, that it is going to
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be better next time.
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I can tell you that, because we're going
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to be better next time.
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Number 21, trust creates mental structure.
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I see you need two things for success,
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inconsistency, and you need structure.
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Organized thinking reduces confusion.
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Trust provides a framework for making better decisions.
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So trust helps us stay more proactive, less
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reactive.
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We use less energy, and by that, we
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are less stressed.
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We're more in the flow of things.
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Number 22, stability improves performance.
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When your emotions are steady, your performance becomes
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more consistent.
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Stability supports excellence.
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That's what we're shooting for.
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Number 23, anchoring builds and cultivates discipline.
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Discipline becomes easier when your foundation is secure.
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Not before.
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Trust helps you keep your commitments, again, because
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we are clear.
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We're in the know.
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We're not in a reactive mindset.
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We're in a proactive mindset.
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What is the difference?
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Proactive is somebody who has thought about the
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potential possibilities and what we need to do
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to plan so that if that does happen,
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we can mitigate it as quickly as possible.
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Number 24, trust removes chaos from thinking.
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Fear creates mental clutter.
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Trust clears away unnecessary noise so wisdom can
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lead and shine.
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But most people, they don't ever let their
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wisdom shine because they're constantly stepping on it,
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saying, hey, this doesn't work.
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But they haven't really even given it a
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choice.
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Number 25, guys, emotional control comes from being
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grounded.
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Grounded people aren't free from emotion.
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No, we're not taking away their emotion.
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They simply choose not to let emotion control
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them, to exploit them.
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So we have a choice in life.
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Do we let something control us or do
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we become someone who's in the flow, who
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knows things are going to work out for
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us?
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They just know.
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Number 26, stability is reinforced daily.
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Every positive choice you make strengthens your foundation.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen, stability is built
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through consistent daily habits.
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I didn't say doing the habit once and
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going away.
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I'd say consistent daily habits.
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People are not consistent in life.
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I'll tell you why.
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It's because people are, again, looking for the
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quick thing.
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They're looking for something quick.
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And we have to go with the flow
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slowly.
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We can't rush the flow, guys.
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No, we can't do that.
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When we learn how to let go, we
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then can become in flow.
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When we learn how to let go, we
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can then become in flow.
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When we learn how to let go, then
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we can become in flow.
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It's what I call the flow life state.
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But it doesn't just happen.
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It takes a little work, takes some patience,
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takes consistency, and definitely takes a structure.
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Number 27, trust strengthens persistence.
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Trust reminds us that meaningful progress takes time.
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Persistence grows stronger when belief remains steady.
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Remains steady.
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Anchoring supports long-term vision.
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Number 28, short-term distractions lose influence when
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you stay connected to your larger purpose.
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When you don't just see the trees in
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the forest, you see the entire forest.
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What am I saying?
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Vision keeps you moving forward.
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Vision gets us to have those mini epiphanies,
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those moments we want to celebrate.
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And that gets us to take our own
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inspired actions.
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Number 29, guys, beliefs become emotional stability.
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What you repeatedly believe eventually shapes how you
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respond to life.
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May not happen tomorrow, but it will happen
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in time.
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Healthy beliefs produce lasting emotional strength.
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It takes time.
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The more you repeat, the more your confidence
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grows.
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The more your confidence grows, the more your
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attitude changes.
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Number 30, guys, trust is what keeps us
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steady when everything shifts.
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And things are going to shift.
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I got to be honest about that.
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Circumstances will always change.
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But trust provides a constant foundation.
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When your trust is strong, you remain steady,
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regardless of the storm, regardless of the storm.
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Storm doesn't mean go home.
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The storm means we've learned something from that.
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We probably don't want to do that the
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same way again.
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We want to learn from it, because doing
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the same thing over and over again is
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going to get us the same results.
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We said before, Einstein said doing the same
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thing over and over again is insanity.
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We're not insane, so we don't want to
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do that.
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Ladies and gentlemen, in closing today, as I
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close out not only the show, but also
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the amazing master topic of this week, and
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as I'm proud to include this week's series,
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I want you to remember, this is key,
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guys, that trust is more than confidence.
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Trust is more than confidence.
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Trust is more than confidence.
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It is the foundation that supports every decision.
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It is the foundation that supports every decision.
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It is the foundation that supports every decision,
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every challenge, and every opportunity you'll encounter, every
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challenge, and every opportunity you'll encounter.
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I'm not going to tell you that's going
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to be easy, especially not the first time.
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Now, ladies and gentlemen, life will continue changing.
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That's inevitable.
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But your anchor can still remain secure.
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An anchor's a way of bringing you back
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home to that thought pattern of where you
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feel good, where you believe in yourself.
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Anchors can help us stay disciplined because we've
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said the motivation disappears depending on our mood,
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but discipline stays through all seasons.
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Discipline stays through all seasons, not just when
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the weather is nice outside, right?
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And by seasons, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not
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talking about winter, spring, summer, fall.
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I'm talking about the seasons in your life,
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the seasons some people don't want to talk
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about.
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Everybody wants to talk about the sunny days
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and the great times, but not everybody wants
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to talk about the challenging times, those challenging
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seasons that some people have.
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It's within those challenging seasons that we become
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our greatest person.
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We discover how to become our greatest person.
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Think about that for a moment.
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Well, it has to be perfect.
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No, it doesn't.
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If it's not perfect, you'll make it better.
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You'll learn from it.
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Don't torture yourself because it's not perfect.
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Remember what I said many months ago, done
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is better than perfect.
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You can always change it.
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Done is better than perfect.
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Done is better than perfect.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for joining
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me, not just today, but for the entire
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week of this outstanding master topic.
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And this has been Inspirations for Your Life.
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And ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner, and so
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gratefully, gentlemen, to now be a published author.
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Until next time, remember that storms may shake
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your surroundings, but they never have to shake
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your foundation.
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Build your life on trust, strengthen it every
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day, and let it anchor you through everything
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you do.
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Make that your mantra every day, and you'll
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become a success.
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Have a great one, everyone.
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And we'll catch you tomorrow with a brand
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new master topic.