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Reaching for the Stars: Transition from High School to College Part 2 · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin. If you didn't watch or listen to yesterday's episode,
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  we had two young, amazing women on the show, Addie and Ariana.
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  So I don't want to make anyone wait. And this is how today's episode is going to go.
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  It's part two, and we're going to continue on. We left off with high school
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  and preparation for college.
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  We had great feedback. And I think today is really going to culminate what Reaching
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  for the Stars is all about.
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  So Have Faith, Let It Begin, part two edition starts like this.
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  So I say to you, forget about the fast lane.
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  If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.
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  Honor your calling because everybody has one.
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  Trust your heart and success will come to you. Have Faith, Let It Begin,
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  part two edition, and it starts right now.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Without further ado, we were leaving off with Addy and Ariana.
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  Thank you so much for agreeing to come back and doing a part two since we ran
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  a little longer than usual.
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  We like to try to keep our shows at 12 minutes, maybe even seven,
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  but you know what? We were flowing.
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  So let's pick up. Yeah, we're flowing. Let's pick up.
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  We left off. So Addie was just talking about yesterday how she was an extrovert
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  and she was just like, you know, excited the fact that with school prepared
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  her to know the differences, the ins and outs of how she became more sociable.
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  And she felt that that actually worked for her, not against her.
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  And Ariana, you know, was talking about how she was kind of quiet in the beginning,
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  not too social butterfly, so to speak.
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  I was kind of a little bit of both. I was not sure about what I didn't know who my identity was yet.
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  So I was still kind of figuring out who I was. We're going to dive right into,
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  you get into graduation of high school.
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  You already picked your schools.
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  You guys are literally weeks away from leaving. Ariana going to her third.
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  Addie's going into her first. What is your mindset now?
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  We'll start with Addie because you're going in. This is your first time.
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  What is your mindset right now? You're leaving in what, like eight days, five days, what? Two.
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  Wow. So that means when this airs, you're already there. So, oh my gosh. So, wow.
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  Where are you at right now? I mean, the school that I'm going to... Don't mention it.
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  We don't mention it. I've been at the plot. Oh, wow.
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  I'm pretty comfortable with the campus and a bunch of the people there I already know.
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  And my roommate, I'm lucky enough to live 20-ish minutes from.
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  So we've been able to meet and get to know each other a little bit before we go.
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  So I'm comfortable with a lot of the things that are going to be changing.
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  But again, I don't even know what I'm walking into.
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  You never do. Even when I went to community college, because that's what I did. You don't know.
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  And things are going to change. They just do. Ariana can attest to this because she's three years in.
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  Ariana, where were you when you were first going in and where are you today?
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  Oh, it was bad. It was so bad.
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  Like, I didn't know anybody. No one.
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  Like, I was familiar. Like, this school that I wanted, like,
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  the school that I'm at right now was not my first pick.
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  Not my first pick. It was honestly my last pick. So I was already,
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  like, on the fence about going there.
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  Then I decided, you know, I'm just going to commit. I'm going to go.
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  It's not too far. Whatever.
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  I show up and I'm like, wait, this is actually really fun.
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  I've seen the change in you. I know. This is kind of sad, but this is kind of cool.
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  And then you bond with the people around you. Everyone else is homesick.
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  And you're like, wait, so am I. You can talk about it.
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  You build so many friendships and connections right away.
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  And you don't even realize it. It happens so fast, which is so weird.
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  Because I'm already going into my third year and it's like, how?
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  Because I still feel like I'm back right to the beginning of all of it.
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  I say it to you all the time.
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  I look at you and I remember the first time I held you and I don't know how
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  you're in your third year of college.
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  Matter of fact, before we even recorded, Addy had to correct me,
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  right? You were like, third? It's like second?
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  So yeah, we're going to blink and Ariana's going to be graduated and in her
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  career and you're going to be in your third year, Addy.
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  And you know, it's going to be surreal. Well, here's what I want to segue.
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  I'm not trying to put a sad note here, but let's be realistic.
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  When people go away, people change.
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  And I think that it's the friendships that you have, that the bond that you
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  create and the communication and awareness to each other when you come back
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  home will keep those friendships growing.
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  Because let's be honest, you know, you get older, you go out,
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  you meet new friends, just like you said.
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  And, you know, friendships change. So I'm hoping that you guys,
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  I know the bond you guys have, so I'm not really concerned about it,
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  but I'm hoping you guys are prepared for that.
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  Yeah, for sure. And we've talked about it so many times, like,
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  yeah, we're so close, but like, that's, and we're going to make different friends.
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  I'm like, we're already preparing for that. I told her, I was like,
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  you have to have your own experience.
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  Just as much as I had my own experience in college, like you need to branch
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  out. You need to go hang out with your friends. You need to be with your roommate.
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  Like we're already kind of aware of that. And I think having that mindset from
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  the beginning is going to help so much.
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  And I feel like we're like, yes, we're dependent on each other,
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  but we can be without each other.
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  And we've done it for two years. So I feel like, yeah, now that we'll be kind of close.
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  It started when she was going into her freshman year and I was going into my
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  junior year of high school. because I was still in the same routine that I've
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  had for the past two years.
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  And then she was starting everything brand new.
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  So I knew how important it was for me to let her go experience all the new things.
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  She is doing the same with me.
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  You know what's kind of cool too, if you think about it? And I didn't even think
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  about it just until you said that.
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  Ariana's three years in. You're just going in. So when and if you do get into
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  those funks that Ariana went through,
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  not only will you have those new people to fall back on
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  if you don't feel comfortable you have your best friend to fall
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  back on yeah and and that's kind of
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  cool i didn't have any of that i lost all my friends from high school for a
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  totally different topic you know you you end up dating somebody and then you
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  put the the person first and you're kind of like you know you you ride the ship
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  you know and then when the ship just doesn't land you know you're just like hey,
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  Anybody, you know, crickets So, but I do Yeah,
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  I do understand what it feels like Getting back to Ariana's point About how
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  you get somewhere And you don't know anyone But when you finally go,
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  well, this is kind of cool Sometimes going home is fun.
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  It's not always cracked up to be. And then sometimes leaving home is like,
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  oh, but then when you get home to the second home, you're like, oh, it's weird.
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  It is so weird. And that's what I was saying to her, too. I was like,
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  it's such an adjustment.
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  You kind of just have to like let yourself ride the wave because I can't like
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  as much as I can try to explain to her how she's going to feel.
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  She's going to have her own experience. So like I can only I can only tell her
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  from my point of view how it felt, but she's going to have a totally other experience,
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  a whole other major to worry about, like more classes than I ever had.
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  Except for now, like now that I'm, you know, on injury, I'm going to be on in
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  the same boat as her with like the amount of classes and the amount of like
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  rigorous schoolwork, but it's different.
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  So like we just, we're going to, we're going to have differences.
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  We're going to have similarities. It's going to be interesting.
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  the bomb, but anyway, yeah, I love, I love me some Grammarly.
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  So it saves, it saves a lot of time. Okay.
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  So we're going to go right into the, the actual meat of the whole format,
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  and that is reaching for the stars.
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  When I tell people to reach for the stars, I tell them that you don't want to
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  worry about failure because failing is half the battle. That used to be my saying.
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  And you have to go out into the world knowing that succeeding in life comes with its failures.
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  And getting back up from those failures is what makes you stronger, right?
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  So I remember a quote that I wrote down. It says, do not look at how long it
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  will take you to accomplish those goals or how, excuse me, or how hard it will be.
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  Take a step-by-step and know that one day it will be worth it.
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  That's stuck with me a long time. So that's my advice to you.
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  Where do you think, if let's say
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  we were fast-forwarding and you were graduating with your degrees and
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  you had a magic wand and you were able to reach and grab the star today what
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  would it be today because we're going to re-rack this later and replay it and
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  see where you're at who would like to go first you mean like if i were to like
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  my perfect situation for today or like for exactly you nailed it perfect.
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  So if you had the magic wand right now, and I'm telling you,
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  you had your cap and gown on, you've already had your experience,
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  you've got your degree, but as of today, because it could change, right?
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  As of today, what would that magic wand, what would you do? Well,
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  I would have the means to move to New York City right after graduating.
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  Nice. Because where I need to be for everything I need to accomplish.
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  And I would have a either
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  an internship or like a very beginning career offer
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  from either Telsey casting or Tara Rubin casting which are two amazing agencies
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  in the city and I would be getting to go and watch all the amazing performers
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  audition and help people's dreams come true my god this would be so awesome
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  if this happens because then I can sell this to TMZ.
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  And be like, I was the first guy to have her on the podcast and she said she
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  was going to do this. Yes.
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  Cha-ching. No, I'm just kidding. I wish you luck with that. I hope it does come
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  true though. Ariana, yours is only two years away.
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  You know, I'm going to sound like corny, but I just want to be happy.
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  Like truly, like right now I'm in like the, just in a funk, just like with everything.
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  Like I feel like everything is just kind of like going back, back, back, back, back.
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  So I just hope that by the time I graduate, that I'm content with where I am in that given moment.
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  And I hope that whatever route I wind up taking is going to be what's made for me.
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  I mean, obviously I have my goals. Like I do want to be in Hamilton on Broadway.
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  Like that is, that's it. Like that's it.
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  Hey, you never know. You may be there and then your casting director is Addie.
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  I mean, that's it. That's so happy. I'm so happy. I have a free agent.
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  I don't have to pay her yet. Could you imagine,
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  like, 10 years from now, you're on my podcast, which by then would be on this
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  major platform, and I'm sitting in there with the, you know,
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  the major director of, you know, New York City with her best friend,
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  and we talk, and we re-rack this, and we're just sitting there,
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  you know, and I'm just chilling.
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  Yes, well, you know, I'm going out tonight to the Broadway shows,
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  you know. Yeah, that would be awesome.
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  Well, listen, reaching for the stars is important. Don't blink because listen,
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  I'm 47 and people don't, you know, you think that you got it all in your age, right?
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  Just remember to have a great time. So both your answers are exactly what I
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  wanted. Have a great time.
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  Enjoy the moments. Enjoy every second, the good, the bad, and certainly the
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  ugly, because there'll be ugly ones.
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  Understand that no matter what happens in life and no matter what you will go
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  through, always put your best foot forward, always trusting your parents,
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  trusting your friends, and believe in yourself because that is the key.
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  You have to believe in yourself.
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  My last quote for you today is, if you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.
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  If you don't ask the answer, then the answer is always going to be no.
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  If you don't step forward, then you'll always be in the same place.
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  I got that one from Nora Roberts.
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  It's a really good quote and it's helped me.
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  And I wish you guys nothing but the very best. I want to thank you for being on the show.
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  Thank you for teaching us some things that I think a lot of young,
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  I'm just going to say young kids too, because we're going to play this for everyone, can say this.
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  I'm hoping and praying that I can make this out into a program that one day
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  when I become a motivational speaker, we can go back to our alma mater and go
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  to Valley Central and be like, hey, this is a great show. Guess who's here?
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  Oh, no. A special surprise. Noah's here. Noah, say hi. We're recording.
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  Say, have faith. Have faith.
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  And it starts. Right now. Yeah.
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  That's a best way to end the show right there guys i want
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  to thank you addy good luck to you i wish you nothing but success i
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  think you're going to do well as a parent of a
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  of my daughter i've never told you this publicly or in person but now that i
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  have the opportunity let me share this with you as a parent who allows strangers
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  to watch over their children knowing that you were a part of my daughter's beginning steps in dance,
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  knowing the soul that you have and the inner glow that you have,
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  I don't see nothing but success in your future.
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  And I'm praying and hoping that all that just translates into whatever your dreams and goals are.
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  So I want to thank you and I hope that you reach all the potential in the world.
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  Thank you. You're welcome. And to my beautiful darling, Ariel.
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  Oh, I'm sorry. It's Ariana. I'm just kidding. I did it on purpose.
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  No, I did it on purpose. No, it's Ariana. You know, I always tell you, make the great choices.
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  I am very proud of what you do. So from the days that I held you in my arms
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  where you did not want uncle to hold you because you were a stranger danger
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  until I gave you that beautiful vanilla ice cream cone that made you my best friend and I is yours.
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  Watching you and your sister on stage, I'll never forget the Beauty and the Beast episode.
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  I call it episodes or performances or the song that you both sang,
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  help me with this one. I think it was from, what's it?
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  First time forever. What's the song? It was from Frozen. From Frozen.
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  Yes. I'll never forget sitting in the audience and I'm crying.
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  And my brother, your father, pushes me on my shoulder, touching the other and
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  goes, why are you crying? They're my kids.
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  I'm like, dude, but I'm such a proud uncle.
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  So in all your performances, I have them all. I wish you nothing but the best.
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  Guys, I hope you enjoyed today. You're welcome.
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  Hope you enjoyed today's episode. It's a two-parter And they'll be back for
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  more And maybe we can get them to do a live broadcast From both their colleges
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  That would be really something,
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  And do a huge platform With everybody from colleges That would be pretty cool
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  And maybe we'll start something We'll start a trend,
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  We'll call it the And then maybe I'll produce their show The Addy and Ariana show The AA AA.
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  All right guys On behalf of all of us here Have faith, let it begin Have a good
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  one And never forget Have faith, let it begin it.