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How Waiting Is Part of the Process (S5) S28:E4 · Inspirations for Your Life

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The daily topic for today, which by the
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way is, in case you didn't know, yes,
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today is Tuesday, it's July 7, 2026, series
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5, show 28, episode number 4, how waiting
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is part of the process.
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So let's kick this off.
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Are you ready?
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I know I am.
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Welcome everyone to Inspirations for Your Life.
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I am John Seymourley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing
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specialist, of course video producer, podcast host, coach,
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keynote speaker, graduate student at Montclair State University,
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passionate lifelong learner, and now so grateful to
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be a published author.
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Thank you once again for joining me for
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another amazing episode of Inspirations for Your Life,
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where I explore practical ideas that help us
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become stronger, wiser, and more intentional every day.
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This week's master topic is the power of
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steady trust, building stability in uncertain times, and
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I know that can be hard for a
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lot of people to actually understand.
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Today's episode is how waiting is part of
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the process, and I know none of us
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like to wait, you know, whether that's in
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business, relationships, but sometimes a little waiting is
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good, and the most important thing, you know,
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when we wait is we have that certain
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spirit, right?
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I think that's important.
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Waiting is one of the hardest parts of
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any journey.
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We naturally want answers, progress, and results as
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quickly as possible, but sometimes we're let down.
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Yet some of life's greatest growth happens during
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the season when it feels like nothing is
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changing.
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Waiting is not empty time, it is preparation
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time.
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It is during these quiet moments that our
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character is strengthened, our perspective becomes clearer, and
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our foundation grows deeper.
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Today, I'm going to explore 30 reminders that
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waiting is never wasted when you continue trusting
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the process.
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I think that's something that a lot of
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people, like, they don't get, they don't understand,
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but I want to tell you that that
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is the key of life.
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I was doing a signing for somebody, actually,
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tonight, and for my book, Drain the Driven,
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a friend of the family's, and I asked
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them how you want me to sign it,
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and then after I did that, because normally
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my basic signing is just, you know, stay
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driven, John C.
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Morley, you know, author Drain the Driven, and
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I put, you know, their name, of course,
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at the top, but in a special signing,
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I write a few extra sentences.
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Number one, waiting is not an activity, it
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is development, it is part of the process.
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Just because you cannot see visible progress does
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not mean progress has stopped, okay?
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Many of life's greatest, let's say, transformations happen
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beneath the surface long before they ever become
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visible to the naked eye.
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Number two, guys, growth continues even when progress
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is invisible.
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So this friend tonight said to me, John,
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you know what the secret of life is?
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I said, I love to hear secrets of
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life.
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They said, showing up.
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I said, well, that's 95% of it,
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but we have to show up with intention.
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We can't just show up to show up.
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Personal growth often begins internally before it appears
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externally.
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Your mindset, patience, and character may be changing
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even when your circumstances look exactly the same.
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I know it's hard for a lot of
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people.
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Delays are preparation phases that we all have
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to go through.
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A delay is often preparing you for something
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that requires greater wisdom or maturity.
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Instead of asking why things are taking longer,
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ask what the season is teaching you, or
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are you doing this in a way that's
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respectful?
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Are you doing this in a manner that
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is cultivating you, making you become better, and
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helping other people become better?
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Number four, guys, patience builds emotional strength.
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Patience teaches you how to remain calm without
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demanding.
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I think that's an important thing.
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It's not about demanding to meet results.
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Emotional strength grows every time you choose perseverance
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over frustration.
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That's an important thing to know.
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Really important to know.
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I know a lot of people get frustrated.
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Why isn't it happening now?
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And they go through this crying mode, right?
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We have to be patient along the process,
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for our rewards will come to us when
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we know what we're doing and we believe
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in the process.
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Number five, guys, stillness is part of momentum
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building.
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Stillness should never be confused with failure.
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Sometimes slowing down provides the clarity and energy
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needed for your next breakthrough.
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Nothing is wasted in preparation time.
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Every lesson, conversation, setback, and challenge adds value
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to your future.
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Preparation often happens quietly before opportunity ever arrives,
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knocks at your door, and says, hey, I'm
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here.
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Can I come in?
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I think you just got to have that
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spirit where, yes, you like adventure, you're about
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respect, and also you're about the fact that
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you're resilient.
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Maybe things didn't go the way you want,
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but I think when you let people know
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that this is who you are, I always
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tell people, you're going to like me, you're
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going to love me, or hate me, and
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things are going to move on, right?
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Number seven, waiting develops resilience.
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Resilience grows when you continue believing in things
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even without immediate evidence.
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Every season of waiting strengthens your ability to
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endure future challenges.
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That's important, all right?
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That's not just something I'm saying now.
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It's something we have to fully believe and
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embody.
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Number eight, guys, pressure creates refinement, like the
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diamond I was talking about, right?
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They can take millions of years, not like
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what they do in a lab in a
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few weeks making a zirconia.
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Pressure has a way of exposing weakness while
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developing strength.
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Now, there's good types of, I should say,
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pressure, and there's bad types.
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A good type of pressure is when you're
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doing something for the greater good of all
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concerned, or maybe you're trying to get somebody
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to budge or to do something that, again,
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is with the greatest intentions.
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It's never to harm anybody.
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Sometimes people just need a little nudge, myself
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included.
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Pressure has a way of exposing weakness while
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developing strengths and difficult seasons.
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They often refine your character more than comfortable
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ones ever could.
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I said that success doesn't happen when we're
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comfortable.
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It happens when we're uncomfortable.
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That goes for business.
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That goes for relationships.
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It can be scary.
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It can be daunting.
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It can be embarrassing sometimes.
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Number nine, time builds readiness.
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Opportunity alone is never enough, guys.
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Time allows your knowledge, your confidence, and experience
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to grow so you're prepared when opportunity finally
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arrives.
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I think that's the thing.
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When opportunity arrives, it says, hey, I'm here.
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Let me in.
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I'm here.
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Can you let me in?
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We do, and we get that smile on
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our face.
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Yes, this worked, or yes, I achieved it.
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Number 10, slow progress is still progress.
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Celebrate those small victories.
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I don't care.
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Maybe you got somebody to say hello.
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Maybe you got somebody to be friendly.
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Maybe you got somebody to share something about
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themselves that they were having there.
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I think these are all very important things
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to understand, and I think these are really,
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really important things.
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We have somebody here that just says thanks,
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so I do appreciate the thanks.
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I just have a – it looks like
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I just have a W here.
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I don't have a name.
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I just have a thanks, so I do
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appreciate that.
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I really appreciate people that watch and love
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the content here, so slow progress is still
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progress.
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Not every step forward will be a dramatic
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one.
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If you expect it to be one, and
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it's not, you're like, oh, that's all the
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party's about.
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Small improvements repeatedly, consistently, often produce the greatest,
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longest-term transformation, like compound interest, bank accounts.
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What they bring you in one day is
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like nothing.
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What they bring you over time, when you
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believe in it, when you follow the process,
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is immense.
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It's exponential results.
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Number 11, waiting removes impulsive decisions.
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Time allows emotion to settle, so wisdom can
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lead your choices.
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Many poor decisions are avoided simply because you
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were willing to wait, and that's a really
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important thing for you to know and for
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other people to know.
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Patience is something that we all have and
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we need to develop, but then there's the
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point of having patience, and then there's the
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point of expectations, and there's a point of
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communicating.
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Communication should be there all the time.
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Patience will strengthen your discipline, okay?
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Patience teaches you to stay committed, even when
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words are delayed or they seem like they're
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not coming.
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The ability to continue doing the right thing
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builds remarkable discipline over time.
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Number 13, guys, you ready for number 13?
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Are you sure you can handle number 13?
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I know you can.
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Number 13 is this.
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Growth is happening beneath the surface right now,
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whether you're aware of it or not.
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You see, when you become aware of things,
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you get to tap into that energy.
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You get to tap into that potential in
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your life.
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These things are always happening.
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I've used the example of what color car
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do you drive?
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Well, I drive a white car, okay?
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A white SUV.
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And if I asked you, are there a
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lot of white SUVs on the road?
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If you're asking me that question, I'd say
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yes.
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Maybe you drive a red SUV or a
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red truck or a red whatever or a
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blue something, and I'd say, you'd say, no,
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John, there aren't a lot of white trucks
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on the road wearing SUVs, but there are
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a lot of red blah, blah, blah of
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your car, right?
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Because see, that's what your RAS is focusing
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on, your reticular acting system.
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So number 13, growth is happening beneath the
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surface.
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If we don't follow it, pay attention to
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it, still going to be there, but we're
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not going to tap into its energy.
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Like roots growing beneath a tree, much of
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your development happens where nobody else can see
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it.
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Strong foundations are almost always invisible at first.
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Like the iceberg.
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There's so much going on beneath an iceberg,
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right?
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Let's think about that for a moment, okay?
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So what goes on beneath an iceberg?
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Does anybody know what goes on beneath the
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iceberg?
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So a lot.
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Beneath the iceberg lies a surprisingly dynamic world.
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Submerged ice often forms intricate underwater caves and
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deep blue crevices where young fish, such as
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ice fish, hide from predators.
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Additionally, melting ice continually releases iron into the
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water, triggering blooms of phytoplankton that sustain busting
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food web of krill, penguins, and whales.
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So that's a very important thing.
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So just because we don't see it on
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the surface doesn't mean it's not doing anything,
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right?
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Number 14, silence often hides development.
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Quiet seasons are rarely empty seasons.
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They often become the environment where your greatest
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ideas, strongest habits, and deepest personal growth, they
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begin.
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Waiting builds clarity.
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Time has a remarkable way of helping us
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see situations more clearly.
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Waiting often removes confusion and replaces it with
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wisdom, allowing us to make better decisions with
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greater confidence.
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Hmm.
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Number 16, guys, timing cannot be forced.
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If two people are agreeing on something and
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the time is moving, like, fast, there's nothing
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wrong with that as long as it's mutual.
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Business, friendship, relationships, et cetera.
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Timing needs to be something that both people
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believe in or something that you and the
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other end believes in if it's something business.
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Timing cannot be forced.
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It never should be.
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Every meaningful achievement has its own season.
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Trying to force results before you're ready often
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creates frustration instead of progress, and it gets
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you to, oh, sometimes not only be depressed,
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it can get you into burnout.
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Trust that preparation and opportunity will meet at
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the right divine time and let patience replace
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pressure.
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See, when we can let patience replace pressure,
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and I talk about this in my book,
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by the way, we can become anew just
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by our thought.
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See, what we think about, we bring about.
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Number 17, progress is not always visible.
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Sorry, guys.
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Some of the most important growth cannot be
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measured day by day.
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Sorry.
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Your mindset, wisdom, confidence, and resilience are developing
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even when your circumstances seem, well, hopeless, unchanged.
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Invisible progress is still real progress, so we
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still need to celebrate it, even if it's
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minor.
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Number 18, guys, delay improves long-term outcomes.
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I know that sounds hard for people to
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believe, but sometimes there's a reason why a
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delay happens, a reason why maybe the first
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time you connected, whether, again, it's friendship, it's
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business, maybe it wasn't meant to happen then,
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but then it rebuds later, right?
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So delay improves outcomes as long as we
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believe in it.
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Immediate results are not always the best results.
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Delays often provide additional experience, better perspective, and
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stronger preparation because, you know, now that we're
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seeing something the second time around, it's like,
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hey, wait a minute, I get this now.
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Looking back, many of life's greatest blessings arrive
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at exactly the right time.
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I know we kick ourselves, myself included, like,
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hey, why didn't I see that the first
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time?
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Why was that so different?
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Try to give yourself some slack.
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I know I'm a perfect one to talk,
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but we need to cut ourselves some slack.
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We need to cut other people some slack.
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Number 19, patience builds emotional control.
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Patience builds emotional control, and I think, and
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that's the most important thing to understand, and
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it looks like I got a message in
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for one of our control people here.
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I appreciate that.
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It looks like we did get a name
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back from the person that said thanks, so
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I do appreciate that.
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Looks like Ryan, thank you so much for
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visiting us again yesterday and today.
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We really do appreciate your support in the
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show.
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Number 19, patience builds emotional control.
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Learning to wait without becoming discouraged strengthens emotional
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maturity.
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Instead of reacting impulsively, you begin responding with
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wisdom and confidence.
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Emotional control becomes one of your greatest strengths.
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See, waiting strengthens focus.
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I know none of us want to wait,
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whether it's for fortune, whether it's for a
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relationship, or whether it's for even just acquiring
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knowledge.
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I know so many times at school, it's
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like, I want to get this.
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I want to get all this knowledge, right?
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And I'm like, you know what?
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It's going to come to me.
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The knowledge is going to come to me
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in its time.
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I'm going to enjoy this course.
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I'm going to enjoy that course.
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And the funny thing I could tell you
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is these mini epiphanies happen in your life.
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It happened again for a lot of things,
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people, knowledge.
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And when you just say, all right, I'm
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going to learn this at whatever pace it
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takes, but when you're conscious about doing it,
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right?
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Not just saying, hey, I hope it happens.
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You got to take a little effort.
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So the waiting makes it all worthwhile.
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When progress slows, you have an opportunity to
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evaluate what truly matters.
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Waiting removes unnecessary distractions.
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It helps you reconnect with your purpose.
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See, focus grows when you stop chasing everything
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at once.
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I'm guilty of this before.
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You know, I want to chase everything.
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You can't chase everything.
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You can have your purposes.
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You can have your goals, but stay focused
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on a couple things.
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And then when those things start to boil
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on the stove, great.
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You can simmer them down, let them cook
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at the right pace, and then put something
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else on the stove, but don't try to
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put eight pots on the stove.
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Let's get them all to a nice boil,
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and then we'll all bring them down.
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So they're all boiling equally, and then without
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bubbling over.
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Number 21, stillness prepares action.
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Stillness is never the absence of movement.
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It is often the preparation that makes future
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action more effective.
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Quiet seasons allow your mind to rest, your
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vision to sharpen, and your energy to renew
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before your next opportunity arrives.
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Number 22, time reveals direction.
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Answers are not always immediate, guys.
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Sometimes direction becomes clearer only after you've gained
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additional experience and perspective.
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And people beat themselves up.
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I was one, I did this, right?
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Because I've learned from my mistakes.
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And I think it's okay to learn from
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them, but you have to not do the
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same thing over again.
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As Einstein said, doing the same thing over
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and over again and expecting different results.
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What is that, guys?
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You know this.
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I've said this many times before.
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Insanity.
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So why are we doing it?
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Time has a way of revealing what hurry
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decisions often overlook.
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And I know that's hard for a lot
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of people to embrace, but again, it's a
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spirit of living.
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Number 23, we learned a lot about the
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diamonds in millions of years, right?
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Pressure produces growth.
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We said pressure was bad.
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I said a certain kind of pressure was
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bad.
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Not all pressure is bad.
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We have pressure cookers.
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We have pressure to make diamonds over billions
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of years, right?
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We have pressure in the ocean to make
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sea glass.
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We have pressure for certain presses that'll help
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make metal and different types of alloys, right?
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We have pressures that can take different types
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of ABS plastic and other types of material
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from 3D printers and mold them into tanks.
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So some pressure is good.
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It's control pressure.
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It has to be regulated.
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Pressure can either discourage you or develop you.
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If it's too much, well, it's a lot.
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What happens if I took a faucet, okay?
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And the faucet is just very light and
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you're just drinking the hose.
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No big deal, right?
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What happens if I have a fire, let's
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say a hose, and we crank that thing
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up full blast, right?
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You put that thing in your mouth, you're
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probably going to hurt yourself because the water's
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going to be too violent for you.
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So we've got to have a balance, right?
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When approached with the right mindset, it becomes
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one of life's greatest teachers.
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Every challenge strengthens abilities you didn't know you
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possessed.
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Now, I wouldn't agree with you on this
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before the show many years ago, but I've
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learned every day is another lesson for me.
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And I love life so much.
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First thing I do when I get up
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in the morning is I'm so grateful to
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be alive, thanking our creator.
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Number 24, waiting builds endurance.
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I know waiting frustrates you guys, like the
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people with the FIFA cup.
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When's he going to kick the goal?
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When's it going to happen?
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I know, right?
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Endurance is the ability to continue when a
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finish line is still far away, whether we're
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talking about soccer, whether we're talking about baseball,
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whether we're talking about swimming, whether we're talking
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about life or any kind of goals.
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Endurance is the ability to continue.
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You know, there was a great movie on,
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it's called Facing the Giants.
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And without getting into it too deep, the
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movie talks about this one kid, his name
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is Brock.
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And Brock's like the captain of the team.
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And Brock is kind of acting a little
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cocky and all, and kind of like, you
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know, he's just going to do what he
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wants to do.
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And he's kind of leading the team, but
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he's kind of not leading the team.
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He's hurting the team because he's only leading
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best for his own ego.
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That's not a captain.
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So the coach tried to talk to him
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and didn't go anywhere.
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So one day at practice, he, he, uh,
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he says, Brock, you, Jeremy, he goes, we're
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in trouble.
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We'll see.
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Not yet.
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He goes, uh, Brock, down your knees.
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Am I in trouble?
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Not yet.
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And then Jeremy, I want you on his
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back.
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On my back?
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Yeah.
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On your back.
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And now I want you to put this
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blindfold on, Brock.
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What?
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That's right.
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You're going to do the death call, but
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this time you're going to do it blindfolded.
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So he, he crawls and crawls and crawls.
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And he's like, am I done yet?
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He's like, I want you to go to
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50.
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He keeps going.
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He starts, he started the 50th, 10th, 10th,
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10th.
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A little more Brock, a little more.
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Finally, he's going, going to keep pushing.
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He's pushing.
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He's like, I don't have any more of
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me.
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I can't do it anymore.
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He's like, just a few more steps.
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I gotta be at the 50.
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He's like, rock, take off your blindfold.
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It's like you're in the end zone.
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See, I put that blindfold on me because
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I didn't want you to stop and give
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up on yourself before you actually would succeed.
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And, and Jeremy's like, uh, coach, uh, coach.
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Um, and he's like, see, and you did,
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and you did it with Jeremy on your
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back who weighs a hundred, a hundred pounds.
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And he keeps going, coach.
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He's like, stop Jeremy.
22:37
He's like, I'm trying to talk.
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He's like, but, but the coach is like,
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what Jeremy, what is it?
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Uh, uh, coach, uh, I weigh 150.
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He's like, oh my.
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So that teaches us a very important point.
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Many of us will give up when our
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eyes are open.
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When we have blind faith, it's going to
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happen.
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We keep going.
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We trust in it.
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Every season of waiting strengthens your commitment and
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teaches you how to remain faithful to your
23:05
goals.
23:07
That's a key to success guys.
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Endurance creates lasting success.
23:11
Number 25 delay, sharpened your awareness.
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I've talked about how important awareness is.
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I talk about my book, right?
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Awareness is the key that's helped me become
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successful.
23:23
Awareness helped me embrace things like slowing down
23:26
the minutes, the hours, the days, because I
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learned how to become aware of every moment
23:32
that's in my life.
23:33
That has been so priceless.
23:35
When life slows down, you begin noticing opportunities,
23:39
lessons, and relationships that constantly constant busyness often
23:44
hide waiting helps you become more aware of
23:47
the growth happening around and within you.
23:49
Awareness creates wisdom.
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That's important guys.
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Number 26, our patience improves our judgment.
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Quick decisions often satisfy emotions while patient decisions
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usually produce better outcomes.
24:03
Taking time allows you to gather information, consider
24:06
your options, and respond with greater confidence.
24:09
Wisdom often grows at the pace of patience.
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Wisdom grows at the speed and pace of
24:16
patience.
24:17
Have more patience, you'll see your wisdom's going
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to accelerate.
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That happened in my master's studies.
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When I became less judgmental of myself, why
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am I not learning this right away?
24:29
I just said, I'm going to do my
24:30
very best.
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My very best.
24:32
That's what coach kept saying on him.
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He said, I don't know if I can
24:34
do this.
24:34
I don't care.
24:35
He's like, I just want you to give
24:35
me your very best, your very best.
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What if I can't do it?
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I don't care.
24:38
Just give me your very best.
24:39
That's all I'm going to ask.
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That's what I ask myself.
24:42
Give my very best.
24:43
Even if it doesn't finish it, just give
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my very best.
24:46
99th time, my very best.
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That's more than I ever expected.
24:51
Preparation happens in silence, guys.
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Most people only celebrate the visible success, if
24:56
you ever see the quiet preparation.
24:58
To make that success possible, your private disciplines,
25:01
daily habits, and unseen effort are preparing you
25:04
for future opportunities that others will recognize after
25:07
it arrives.
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Tell a quick story about a dog.
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There's a dog, a friend of mine, many
25:15
years back in high school.
25:17
I was over at the person's house, and
25:19
they have this dog.
25:22
I'm there, and I'm like, the dog opens
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the door, and he walks out.
25:26
I'm like, I said, call the, let's say
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he's Mike.
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His name is Mike.
25:29
That's not his name.
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Mike, what a smart dog.
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You think so, huh?
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Yeah, your dog just walked up to the
25:36
front door, grabbed the knob, opened it, and
25:39
went out.
25:41
He goes, well, you wouldn't think he was
25:43
such a smart dog if you were here
25:45
a week ago.
25:46
Well, what happened a week ago?
25:48
Oh, man, he was just clawing at the
25:50
door, and how to turn the lock, and
25:52
how to turn the bottom thing.
25:53
He was at it for hours on end,
25:56
and barking, and what happened?
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A few days later, he figured out how
26:00
to open the door.
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That's a pretty smart dog.
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You think so?
26:05
Yeah, he learned by, he learned by figuring
26:09
out what didn't work, and he adjusted.
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That's what we need to do in our
26:12
lives.
26:12
Number 28, waiting will build confidence.
26:16
Just be patient about it.
26:17
Each season you successfully navigate reminds you that
26:19
you can handle uncertainty.
26:21
Confidence grows because you experienced difficult moments before
26:25
and discovered that you were stronger, and you
26:28
realized trust in yourself increases every time you
26:32
refuse to give up.
26:34
That's important.
26:36
Number 29, time is part of transformation.
26:41
Real transformation cannot be rushed, just as three
26:46
takes people to understand that trees can take
26:50
years to mature.
26:52
Meaningful personal growth develops one season, one day
26:57
at a time.
26:59
Allow yourself the time necessary to become the
27:01
person you're capable of becoming.
27:03
Don't be so hard on yourself.
27:05
I know I'm one to talk, but I've
27:07
learned to lighten up a little bit and
27:09
start to go with the flow more.
27:12
That was a big epiphany for me after
27:17
writing the book, but now going around and
27:19
talking about it, I relive this private story
27:22
that I love but it actually helps me
27:24
become even better every time I tell it,
27:26
and helps others too.
27:28
Number 30, delay is not denial.
27:30
It is development, just like we learned with
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that dog.
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Pretty powerful dog, right?
27:34
Perhaps the greatest lesson of today's episode is
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this.
27:37
A delay does not mean your dream has
27:40
disappeared.
27:41
It may simply mean you're still being prepared
27:43
for it.
27:44
Continue trusting the process because what feels like
27:46
waiting today can become the very reason you're
27:49
tomorrow.
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In closing today, as we conclude today's episode,
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remember that waiting is not your enemy.
27:56
It is often your greatest teacher.
27:58
Every season of preparation is strengthening your character,
28:00
sharpening your judgment, and developing the resilience you'll
28:03
need for the opportunities ahead.
28:05
Don't measure your life only by visible progress.
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Measure it by the person you're becoming while
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you continue showing up with patience.
28:11
Discipline and hope, that's the key.
28:13
The greatest transformations often happen quietly before anyone
28:16
else can ever see them.
28:17
Thank you much for joining me for another
28:19
amazing episode of Inspirations for Your Life.
28:22
Check out more at BelieveMeAchieved.com.
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Have a great one, everyone, and be easy
28:26
on yourself.
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Take care.