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Inner Standards Create Freedom (S5) S8:E3 · Inspirations for Your Life

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  Well, hey guys, it is John C.
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  Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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  right?
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  right?
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  cocoa here.
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  Still nice and hot.
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  Really good.
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  My nice little thermos.
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  So again, it is great to have you
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  here on the show.
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  So welcome everyone to, yes, Inspirations for Your
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  Life.
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  Who am I?
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  I'm John C.
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  Morley.
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  I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
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  producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student,
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  and a lifelong passionate learner.
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  And pretty soon I will be, yes, an
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  author, as my book is coming out probably
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  in late May or June.
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  Today's episode is titled Inner Standards, Creating Freedom.
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  We live in a world of constant distraction,
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  comparison, and pressure to perform.
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  In this episode, I'm going to explore how
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  creating inner standards, personal rules, and self-discipline
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  gives you the clarity, the calmness, and the
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  sustainability for momentum.
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  Now, these are practical strategies for intentional living,
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  building self-trust, and gaining freedom from reactive
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  behavior.
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  You know, the best way I could tell
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  you reactive if you've ever been a board
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  before, and maybe that board, somebody didn't like
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  your post.
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  But you know what?
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  It's always a couple people that are not
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  going to like the party, right?
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  But it's funny, you're getting all that attention,
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  and people are actually jealous that you're getting
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  that attention.
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  Well, number one, guys, protect your energy.
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  Protect your energy.
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  Standards protect energy, focus is a resource, guard
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  it wisely.
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  I think too many people are frivolous with
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  their resources, and then they wonder, oh my
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  gosh, why can't I get anywhere?
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  Well, it's because you're frivolous with your resources.
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  Number two, guys, I got to have some
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  more of this hot cocoa.
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  This hot cocoa was like really the bomb
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  tonight.
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  Still deliciously hot.
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  It took us a few extra seconds to
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  get keyed up tonight because Focusrite decided just
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  out of the blue that they were going
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  to launch a brand new firmware update.
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  Well, whenever they do that, there's always settings
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  that get changed.
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  That took me a minute or two to
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  get that calibrated so that we could get
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  back on the air with you guys.
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  But they don't push out updates very often,
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  so I am happy about that.
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  And it was also a firmware update, so
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  they had to update the device as well.
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  Number two, inner rules reduce chaos.
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  Structure brings clarity.
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  A lot of people don't realize that structure's
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  not to penalize us, it's to give us
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  clarity.
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  And that's important.
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  Number three, guys, discipline creates choice.
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  Freedom comes from consistency.
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  And it looks like we're starting to get
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  some bad connections here from Atom and Altice.
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  We've been having lots of issues with them
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  off on, off on, telling me my internet's
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  no good.
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  My internet is fine.
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  I mean, it's just Optimum sucks.
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  I just got to be pretty honest with
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  you.
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  So discipline creates choice.
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  Freedom comes from consistency.
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  Optimum, why can't you get your stuff together
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  and figure out how to maintain internet connections?
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  I honestly wish you guys wouldn't be in
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  business because it's like, you're just terrible.
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  You're absolutely terrible.
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  So discipline creates choice, freedom, and it comes
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  from consistency.
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  I hope we don't get knocked off the
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  air.
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  It says we're unstable.
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  I know we're not unstable.
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  But again, this is getting really, really crazy.
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  All right, guys, we are back.
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  Like I said, Optimum's been doing some really,
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  really crazy stuff here.
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  And unfortunately, they suck.
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  I mean, that's just the best way to
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  put it.
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  Unfortunately, you know, we put all this money
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  and resources into internet.
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  But when companies like Optimum show up and
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  Altice that are from another country like France,
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  well, let's just say they can't even shine
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  our shoes.
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  I mean, the fact that they have all
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  these connection things, I mean, their service just
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  sucks.
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  I mean, that's just the best way to
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  say it.
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  So I apologize for the interruptions.
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  But unfortunately, Optimum does suck.
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  And as I was saying to you about
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  the standards, what I was saying about the
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  disciplines and things like that, these are important
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  things for us to understand and also to
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  be part of.
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  But I think a lot of times when
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  we think about inner standards, right, and we
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  think about, you know, what all this means,
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  and we think about the fact that, you
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  know, we don't expect a lot, but we
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  do expect that people are going to be
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  at least accountable.
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  And as I said, we're talking about inner
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  standards.
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  Maybe Optimum should actually come up with some
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  of their own that actually work.
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  Freedom, right?
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  I talked about comparison.
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  I talked about distraction.
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  And then we got rudely interrupted there for
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  a few seconds.
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  So these are all practical, as I said
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  to you, right?
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  And so when we think about building, it's
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  hard for a lot of people to digest
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  that concept.
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  But it is very, very important.
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  Now we were talking about number three before
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  we rudely got interrupted.
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  Discipline creates choice.
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  Freedom comes from consistency.
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  Boundaries prevent burnout.
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  Energy is finite.
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  So we have to protect it, guys.
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  Clear limits.
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  Sharpen focus.
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  Knowing what improves results.
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  Knowing what improves results.
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  So number six, self-discipline, guys, builds confidence.
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  Action creates belief in yourself.
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  And I think when we can take one
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  action and we can move forward, well, guys,
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  that's what sets the magic in motion, right?
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  Number nine, standards simplify decisions.
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  Fewer options, faster action, number seven.
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  And number eight, inner structure creates a calmness
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  order inside and it leads us to clarity
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  outside our bodies.
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  Number nine, discipline is the key, guys.
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  And it creates mental control.
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  Number 10, standards prevent regret.
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  Conscious choices reduce second-guessing.
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  That is delicious, guys.
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  So build clarity and alignment.
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  Number 11, self-control creates clarity and a
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  focused mind makes better decisions.
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  Number 12, inner order creates stability.
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  Consistent structures strengthen resilience.
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  Number 13, discipline trains trust.
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  Reliability builds credibility and self-respect.
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  And getting back on the Optimum and Altice
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  bandwagon, I have to tell you that they
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  have been so unreliable this entire week.
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  They've had some kind of nonsense.
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  Every day, I've been kind of knocked off
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  the air for a couple seconds, even before
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  I streamed.
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  And I don't know, it's like, I just
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  wish there would be a service that actually
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  could, like, stand up to, like, reliability and
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  integrity.
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  It's not Optimum, it's not Altice, I'll tell
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  you that.
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  So number 13, discipline trains trust.
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  Reliability builds credibility and self-respect.
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  That's important, guys.
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  If you're thinking about self-respect as something
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  you just get at the grocery store, well,
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  you don't really understand self-respect.
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  You're maybe enticed with the concept of it,
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  but you don't really know what it's standing
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  for.
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  Number 14, standards reduce emotional swings.
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  Stability creates peace of mind.
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  I've got to have more of this hot
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  cocoa, it's really, really good, guys.
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  It looks like Optimum has gotten that air
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  out of their system.
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  Well, they don't have air in the system,
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  but you get my point.
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  Whatever issue they were having, I don't know,
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  they're just so horrible, their service.
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  Number 15, consistency builds credibility.
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  Small repeat actions compound influence day in and
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  day out.
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  Number 16, guys, discipline protects momentum, and it
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  keeps us moving forward with steady habits.
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  See, that's the key.
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  It's steady habits.
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  It's not something that's just happening once.
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  It's happening consistency in our life.
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  When something happens consistency, it's like, oh, wow,
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  that's now starting to hit home with us,
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  starting to hit home with us.
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  Number 16, discipline protects momentum.
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  We keep moving forward with the steady habits.
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  It's our discipline that keeps the engine going,
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  keeps that momentum on track.
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  Even when you might say, gee, I don't
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  know where to get discipline from.
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  You can get it.
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  Discipline protects the momentum.
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  As I said, it keeps moving forward us
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  in the direction so that we have steady
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  habits.
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  Number 17, guys, standards reduce distraction.
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  Attention is your most powerful tool.
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  Number 18, self-mastery creates peace.
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  Control over yourself translates to calmness and action
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  of the calmness.
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  This isn't about something you do one time,
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  guys.
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  It's something you do over and over and
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  over again every single day.
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  That's important to definitely understand.
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  Number 19, boundaries preserve focus, and they protect
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  what truly matters to us and those we
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  care so much about.
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  Number 20, guys, discipline builds identity.
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  Who you are is reinforced by your consistent
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  actions, not the actions you take on one
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  day, the actions that you take every single
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  day of your life.
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  And let's face it, actions sometimes scare us
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  because we don't necessarily know what's going to
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  happen.
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  I think the biggest fear people have is
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  that when they have an action and they
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  elicit it, they're like, oh my gosh, is
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  it going to be comfortable or is it
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  going to be uncomfortable?
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  And how am I going to respond?
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  It's like they're trying to figure out what
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  it's going to be like before they've even
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  done it.
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  And it just creates this big hype, right?
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  Number 20, guys, discipline builds identity.
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  Who you are is reinforced by your consistent
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  actions.
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  As I said, it's not by what you
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  do one time, it's what you do consistency
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  and consistently in your life.
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  Alignment and freedom is our next peg post.
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  And we're on to number 21, standards create
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  alignment.
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  Your values and actions start to match naturally.
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  You don't need to force them, just like
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  when two people become great friends, you know
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  what happens?
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  Well, they get to bond with each other
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  because they're in tandem, they're in movement, right?
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  And they bond and they start to mirror
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  each other, not because they want to, it
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  just sort of happens.
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  And I think that's a really important thing.
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  Again, standards create alignment.
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  Your values and your actions start to match
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  it naturally.
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  And so you don't need to try to
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  mirror somebody.
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  When you're truly in alignment with them, you
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  will mirror that.
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  Number 22, guys, inner limits create freedom.
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  Saying no empowers saying yes to what matters.
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  Saying no empowers saying yes to what matters.
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  And that could be giving yourself choices, it
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  could be giving yourself freedom, okay?
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  Number 23, self-discipline grows confidence.
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  Repeat action builds self-trust.
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  Notice I said repeat action, I did not
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  say one-time action, I said repeated action,
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  okay?
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  That's important to understand, very important to understand.
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  And you might be wondering why, but that's
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  the key.
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  And I know a lot of you are
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  probably saying, well, this is kind of crazy,
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  but it's not.
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  When we think about where we are, when
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  we think about what we're doing, we can
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  think about the key.
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  And we can think about the fact that
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  we're intentional beings.
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  And if we're intentional, then people will notice
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  us.
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  Now, you might say, why do I want
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  people to notice us?
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  When somebody notices you, okay, they become aware
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  of not so much what you're doing, but
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  the who you are.
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  And the who you are can open doors
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  for you, it can create friendships and more,
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  but it could come from a sense that's
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  inside the person.
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  Number 23, self-discipline grows confidence, as I
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  said.
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  But the thing about self-confidence is that
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  it comes from the inner core of our
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  being.
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  It doesn't come from some sign we see,
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  it doesn't come from a friend of ours,
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  it comes from our true core in our
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  being.
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  That's a key, comes from that core inside
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  us.
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  And that core allows us to see how
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  it makes a difference and that will resonate
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  with us.
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  When something resonates with us, it's like we
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  get fuel to go forward.
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  Number 24, guys, standards.
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  Standards prevent impulse damage.
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  Rules protect your long-term goals.
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  Yep, rules protect your goals.
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  Now, I'm not saying to stay in a
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  bubble, but I am saying to have some
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  structure, okay?
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  And I will tell you that it is
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  so important that you recognize these little nuances.
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  And the nuances that you notice will give
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  you something called awareness.
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  And just being subtly aware of something can
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  dramatically affect our perspective.
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  And thus, the choices, decisions, and actions that
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  we elicit in the world.
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  Number 25, discipline stabilizes emotions.
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  Consistent habits reduce reactive behavior.
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  So when we're consistent, we reduce the reactive
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  and we become more proactive, all right?
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  Being proactive is important.
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  And understanding being proactive is something that a
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  lot of people want to do.
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  But whatever reason, they make all kinds of
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  excuses as to why they're not proactive.
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  They become reactive and say, well, you know
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  what?
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  I'll do it next time.
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  Next time, I'll be proactive.
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  But let me just be reactive this one
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  time.
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  And you know what happens?
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  They never, ever become proactive.
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  They just keep being reactive and it just
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  keeps reinforcing.
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  And they keep being reactive, reactive, reactive, reactive,
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  and they never change.
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  And then they wonder why they're tired.
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  They wonder why they're not getting to the
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  milestones they want.
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  Oh, you don't have to wonder anymore.
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  Start being proactive and you'll get there.
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  Number 26, guys, structure supports growth.
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  Systems enable progress consistently.
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  Sometimes we can't get where we want to
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  go.
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  But when we build a system, we can
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  get there.
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  Systems have a way of making things happen,
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  okay?
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  They have a way of making things happen.
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  And so when we think about how that
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  can help us, okay, we can see that
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  there's a potential.
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  And that potential, again, can change your perspective.
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  Perspectives are like putting a pair of glasses
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  on or looking through a different window.
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  You don't need to have any instructions on
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  how to do it.
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  It's just there.
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  If I give you a red window, everything
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  through the window is red.
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  If I give you a green window, everything
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  through the window is green.
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  Yellow, et cetera.
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  You get my point.
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  If I give you a clear window, everything
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  through the window is as clear as your
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  eyes can see clear.
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  So if something is that easy, why is
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  it people don't do it?
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  I'll tell you why.
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  They see it and then they're like, oh,
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  wait a minute.
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  I don't want to be part of that.
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  I don't want to be part of that.
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  That's a problem, guys.
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  So number 27, inner order improves execution clarity.
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  Inside leads to effective output.
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  Just like computers and technology, we put in
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  good input, we get out good output.
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  We give bad input, well, we're probably going
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  to get bad output.
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  It's nobody's fault.
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  It's the input that's in is bad.
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  Is it a person?
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  Is it data?
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  What is it?
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  Number 28, guys.
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  Discipline reduces overthinking habits, and it prevents mental
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  exhaustion.
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  Discipline.
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  Discipline is making sure you get done what
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  you need to do.
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  Discipline is making sure that you do what
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  you have to do and then play.
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  Okay?
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  Then play.
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  Are you responsible to yourself or no?
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  I don't know.
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  I'm asking you a question.
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  Are you responsible?
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  Are you accountable?
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  Are you?
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  Do you know what the value of something
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  is?
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  Or do you figure out the value after
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  you've done it?
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  We should know our value before we start.
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  We should know what we want to invest
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  in before we put time, money, or effort
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  into it.
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  We should spend a little bit of time
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  researching, but we also should not spend 100
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  % of time doing that.
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  Number 29, guys.
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  Standards simplify life.
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  Fewer choices, clearer paths forward.
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  Self-control creates power.
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  Control yourself.
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  Control your outcomes.
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  I think that's a very important thing for
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  a lot of us to maybe realize or
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  maybe understand.
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  That an outcome that we get today may
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  change tomorrow.
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  It may change tomorrow.
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  Do you know why?
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  Because our belief changes.
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  Because our belief changes.
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  That's something I think a lot of people…
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  I don't think people get that.
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  That change is constant.
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  Change is constant.
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  And if change is constant, then that means
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  we've always got to be moving toward a
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  different way.
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  We might be on the same path to
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  the goal, but we might need to take
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  a different route sometimes.
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  Maybe a road's blocked.
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  Maybe there's an accident.
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  You get my point.
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  We've got to be vigilant in a way
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  that's playful to allow us to get to
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  our destination.
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  To be aware of the pitfalls.
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  To have a plan B.
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  To have a plan C.
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  But do it in a playful way, not
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  a way that's going to drain our energy.
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  Today, we've talked about a lot when it
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  comes to inner standards.
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  There's so many different standards in our life.
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  We have standards for academic excellence.
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  We have standards for so many things.
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  We have standards for hotels, for restaurants.
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  We have standards for health.
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  We have standards for everything.
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  And although these standards are present, what I
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  want you to understand is that they shouldn't
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  trip you up.
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  They should get you to have fun.
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  They should get you to creatively play to
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  achieve these standards and more.
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  The key takeaway is very simple today, guys.
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  Your life is built by choice, not by
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  accident, not by some chance.
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  And every decision that you choose to make
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  matters.
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  Everyone.
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  By choosing to create inner standards, you're protecting
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  your energy.
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  Our energy, guys, is one of the most
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  expensive things we have that we need to
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  protect, our energy.
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  And if we'll do this and act with
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  self-discipline, you will gain clarity.
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  You'll get calmer.
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  You'll be intentional, and you'll have the momentum
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  to move forward in a way you didn't
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  even think was possible.
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  Living with these rules, guys, these guidelines, these
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  strong suggestions, will transform your life from somebody
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  who is reactive on hyper autopilot to a
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  person that executes with deliberate, empowered action.
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  Now, you're not going to become somebody who
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  is a deliberate action taker overnight.
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  If you're stuck in the backseat with being
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  one that's on autopilot, it's going to be
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  a hard time to get your autopilot to
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  turn off.
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  I'm just going to let you know that.
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  But you can with practice.
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  Remember, guys, small, consistent choices will always compound
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  over time.
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  Let me say that again.
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  Small, consistent choices compound over time.
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  Integrity and discipline build self-trust, peace, and
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  resilience.
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  Your focus, energy, and attention are precious.
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  Guard them with purpose and align them with
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  what truly matters.
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  Please, ladies and gentlemen, be sure to check
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  out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of my amazing,
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  form, available 24 hours a day from any
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  That's just by visiting BelieveMeAchieve.com.
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  And let's make everything we do about intention,
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  passion, and joy.
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  Have yourself a fantastic one, everyone, and I'll
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  catch you real soon.
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  Be well, everyone.
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  Bye.