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Kicking #1225 · From Chad

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  He hoped they wouldn't call his number.
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  There's a story behind that. This is your daily message from
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  Chad #12125 to upgrade your mental game today by telling
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  yourself a better story. Because the most important story
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  you hear is the story you tell yourself.
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  This message is dedicated to Madison Noel Smith.
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  It helps the algorithm when you like or subscribe.
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  So please connect to this episode in whatever way your
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  podcast player gives you. Here's the upgrade.
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  You didn't choose the moment, but upgraded.
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  Think he knows the moment chooses you?
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  Here's the story. Saturday morning college game
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  day was in Provo, UT for the first time since 2009.
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  Pat McAfee was running his Kicking is Easy contest.
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  A fan gets a shot at a 33 yard field goal live on national
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  television. The first fan drawn didn't have
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  an ID. He couldn't kick.
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  So they drew again. Then they called Carter Smith's
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  number. Carter is a freshman at BYU from
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  Honey Creek, IA. He's a biology major who wants
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  to be a dentist. He played soccer most of his
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  life in a little bit of football, but he had never been
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  the kicker. He had only tried a couple of
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  field goals recreationally. Carter and a friend were
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  matching Spider Man suits to game day specifically so they'd
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  be recognizable in the crowd. And then he stood there, hoping
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  they wouldn't call his number. He dressed to be picked and
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  prayed not to be chosen. He was thinking, I hope they
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  don't call my number. I don't want to make a fool of
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  myself. Then they called it.
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  He had not trained for this. Suddenly everyone was looking at
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  him, but there was no going back.
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  And then he learned what was on the line.
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  Not just $1,000,000, but 3,000,000 total. 2,000,000 for
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  him and 1,000,000 for charity. McAfee told him he would get one
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  shot. His kick was a squib, low and to
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  the right. Everyone saw it.
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  That's a bad moment live on national TV.
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  Then came an unexpected second chance.
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  He took off his shoes, aimed higher and farther to the left
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  and took his time. He told reporters he didn't
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  really know what to expect. He kicked it barefoot and the
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  ball went through. Afterwards, someone told him you
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  are the most recognizable Spider Man and Provo today.
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  Here's how this applies directly to you.
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  You are not going to choose most of the moments that test you.
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  The call comes, the number gets drawn, the meeting lands on your
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  calendar. The diagnosis, the layoff, the
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  phone call from your kid. You don't get to pick the spot.
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  You only get to pick what you do once you're standing in it.
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  The better story to tell yourself is I didn't choose this
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  moment, but this moment chose me.
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  Now tell me a story of a time you were put in a spot you
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  didn't pick to from chadsmith@gmail.com.
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  Send someone a text and ask them what spot did you not choose
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  that you made the best of? You can get a free copy of my
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  book, The Most Powerful Story in the World by going to from
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  chad.gumroad.com. The transcript of this message
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  and hundreds of others are always available at
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