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How to Build Real Momentum (S5) S13:E7 · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hey guys, and good evening, it is
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John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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It's March 27, 2026, and that Friday means
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All right, guys.
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Welcome everyone to Inspirations for Your Life.
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This is series five.
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This is show number 13, and it is
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episode number seven.
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Again, ending the master topic that we talked
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about.
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See it right, live it strong.
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Series five means that we are actually in
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the fifth year.
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We are not completing our fifth year.
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We completed our fourth year, so we're four
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years and a few more days, three months.
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That's what our master topic was this week
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and still is today for show 13, See
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It Right, Live It Strong.
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Hey, guys.
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If you don't know who I am, welcome.
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I'm John Seymour, a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing
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specialist, video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker,
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graduate student, and guys, a passionate lifelong learner.
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I have one more thing to add to
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my repertoire, and that is I'm going to
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be a published author in less than 30
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days.
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I am so excited.
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Really.
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I'll tell you more about the book when
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we do the dedication, which will be on
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the 17th to my parents of April.
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That's coming up.
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This episode of Inspirations for Your Life, it
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dives into building real momentum, how consistent action,
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small wins, and deliberate momentum create unstoppable growth.
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Tonight, I'm exploring 30 powerful strategies that can
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show you how to act decisively, reinforce confidence,
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and turn your daily efforts into long-term
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successes.
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Whether for your personal life, business, or growth
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habits, these points will give clarity, focus, and
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energy to make your choices count.
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I think that's the most important thing.
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As I said, today is Friday.
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Today's granular topic, by the way, is how
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to build real momentum.
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Series five, show 13, episode number seven.
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Let's get right into that first point, because
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I know you guys are wondering what it
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is.
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A little swig of water there.
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Momentum changes everything, folks.
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Small actions spark big transformations.
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You don't have to move a giant mountain
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to start getting major transformations.
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I think that's an important thing to realize.
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Number two, guys, progress builds power.
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Consistent wins amplify your influence.
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And number three, keep moving forward.
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Even tiny steps accumulate over time, right?
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Number four, small wins matter.
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They compound into major results, so let's keep
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doing them.
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Number five, momentum builds confidence.
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Say it with me.
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Momentum builds confidence.
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Momentum builds confidence.
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Action reinforces belief in yourself.
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Action reinforces belief in yourself.
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See, if I tell you to do something,
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it's one thing.
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But when you've actually done it and you
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feel that euphoric feeling, your body like, oh,
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wow, this is a natural high.
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I want to keep doing this, that's what's
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going to do it.
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You guys get that?
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Hopefully you do.
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Number six, progress compounds.
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Daily effort multiplies long-term impact.
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It really does.
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So don't be discouraged because you're not where
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you want to be today.
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That is completely, guys, A-OK.
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Yeah, it is A-OK to know that.
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And I think if you realize that whole
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concept, I think it'll make a very big
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difference for you guys.
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And I say difference because a lot of
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people don't realize what difference means or why
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there is a difference.
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I think that's a very hard thing for
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a lot of people to understand.
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When I say the word difference, they're just
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saying, well, gee, what does it mean to
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me?
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How does that affect me?
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And I think that's an important piece that
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a lot of people, they get stuck on
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that, I mean, to be quite honest with
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you.
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And then they don't want to move forward
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anymore.
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Number seven, stay consistent.
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Repeat actions create unstoppable rhythm.
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It's like you get into that groove, right?
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You don't want to stop singing.
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You can't get the words and the melody
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out of your head.
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But this is a positive thing, right?
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Maybe you're exercising, and I can't wait to
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do it again because it feels so good
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to lift those weights.
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I know some people will say I'm crazy,
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but when you get into a habit and
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you enjoy it, your body keeps craving it,
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even if it is challenging.
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Number eight, guys, momentum creates results.
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Effort without delay converts to achievement.
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Effort without delay creates achievement.
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Effort without delay creates achievement.
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I think some people, they get a little
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bit upset because they're not seeing the achievement
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immediately.
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And that doesn't mean you should stop, guys.
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It means that you should think about what
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you're doing and keep pushing forward.
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Number nine, keep stacking wins.
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Layer successes to accelerate the growth in your
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life.
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Keep stacking them.
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I don't care if they're small stacks, if
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they're big stacks, just keep stacking them.
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That action alone is going to give you
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a natural euphoric feeling, okay?
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Raising the dopamine, the serotonin in our bodies
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to make us feel really good.
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So keep that stack going, right?
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Because it will accelerate your growth.
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Number 10, movement builds energy, okay?
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If you take your hands and you rub
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them together, guys can hear me doing this
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in front of the microphone, okay?
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For those of you not seeing me.
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And I do that really fast for a
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little while.
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Can you hear the rubbing of my hands?
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I do that for a while.
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Some of you are seeing me.
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Other people are like, what are you doing?
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I'm taking my two hands and I'm going
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up and down really fast.
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And I'm getting energy.
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I'm getting heat energy in my hands.
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Movement creates energy.
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That's a perfect example of that.
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So this same energy generates motivation and it
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creates more drive.
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This creates more heat, which makes me want
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to keep doing it.
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So it's a very positive cycle that keeps
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going around.
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And that's good when the cycle feeds and
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does something that's beneficial for us and others.
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All right, number 11, guys.
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Progress fuels growth.
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Consistent improvement creates exponential returns.
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So being consistent, showing up day in and
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day out, even if there's no return on
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day one, day two, day three, day four,
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day 30, you keep doing it, the consistency
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is going to guarantee you will get improvement.
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And it will be exponential because you're going
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to be so overwhelmed, like, oh my gosh,
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like this really changed.
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And that's the whole thing we're going for.
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It's just that it doesn't come in right
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away.
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But when it hits us, like, oh, wow,
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like where'd that come from?
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It came from you rubbing your hands, like
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I'm going to build up, right?
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We don't get heat in two seconds.
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It takes some time to build up that
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friction, that heat.
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Number 12, guys.
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Momentum builds belief.
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Forward motion strengthens commitment.
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Forward motion strengthens commitment.
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Number 13, guys.
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Keep going daily.
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Persistence will always outperform intermittent effort.
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You know, you might say, gee, you know,
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I only want to do this when I
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feel like it.
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And that might be once a month.
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That might be twice a year.
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But progress doesn't keep growing when you stop,
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right?
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If I take my hands and I stop
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after rubbing, well, the hands stop becoming warm.
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There's no more energy.
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Same thing happens with your motivation.
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Number 14, guys.
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Progress builds strength.
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Overcoming obstacles develops resilience.
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Now, I know overcoming obstacles is something where
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you're like, oh, I don't want to overcome
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an obstacle.
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You can do it.
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It's more of the fear of what it's
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like than you actually doing it.
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I think that's probably one of the most
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important things that I can actually tell you
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is that, you know, when you get over
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it and when you realize that you're doing
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something, like, wow, I'm doing it.
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I'm swimming.
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I'm reading.
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I'm learning.
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I'm doing whatever it is.
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And you're like, oh, wow, I'm doing it.
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That really creates a positive momentum in our
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bodies and our mind.
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Number 15, guys.
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Momentum creates a very unique sense of clarity.
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Consistent effort reduces indecision.
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It means we become very precise in what
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we want.
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But the more we do consistent effort, the
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more that our blinders get taken off, the
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more that we have the opportunity to see
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a different perspective.
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And I've said before, guys, that our perspective
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creates a reality.
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Our reality doesn't happen from nowhere.
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It happens from our perceptions.
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Our perceptions create our reality.
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That's what happens, guys.
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And when we can know that and know
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that we can be so crystal clear, we
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can mitigate and minimize indecision.
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See, indecision gets people upset, gets people sad,
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gets people depressed, gets people to quit.
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Indecision is just an obstacle in life that's
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testing us.
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So we can get past that so next
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time we are more clear, we are more
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precise.
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Number 16, guys.
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Stay committed.
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Long-term focus outperforms short-term distraction.
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Simple.
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Just keep performing over and over and over
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and over again.
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You might say, but, John, I'm tired.
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I don't want to do this.
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I'm not telling you to run a million
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miles.
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I'm telling you to do something comfortable.
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But I'm telling you that being uncomfortable means
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you're going to do something that may not
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be as pleasant, but you don't have to
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burn yourself out.
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For example, I might tell you to write
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with your left hand if you're a right
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-handed or if you're left-handed, I'll tell
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you to write with your right hand.
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And it's going to feel funny at first,
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not painful, but just different, awkward.
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And then you adjust to it and you
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realize, oh, wow, this is working.
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Like I'm getting better at ambidextrous.
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Number 17, guys.
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Progress builds identity.
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Of course, it defines our character as well.
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Repeat action shapes your personal brand.
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A lot of people I know that have
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a brand get so egotistical about it that
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they're not humble.
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And I think the humbleness in a brand
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can get people craving and running towards you.
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But when you start saying, oh, I'm this,
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I'm that, and I'm the best, and you
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have this ego, a strong ego, it's going
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to get people turned off.
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They're not going to want to learn from
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you.
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They're not going to want to be around
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you or even talk to you.
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That's important, guys.
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So progress builds identity.
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Repeat action, consistency, shapes your brand, shapes your
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character, shapes your integrity.
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Yeah.
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Your integrity doesn't build in five seconds.
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Your integrity builds by what you do when
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you're not around people.
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Because that's what you do all the time.
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And then when you're in front of people,
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it just resonates because that's how you are.
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Number 18, guys.
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Momentum creates success.
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Movement turns intention into achievement.
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It does.
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It turns intention into achievement.
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Number 19, keep pushing forward.
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Why?
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Persistence turns struggle into opportunity.
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Keep pushing forward.
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In all the challenges I've had in my
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life, I said, well, gee, this square peg
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isn't going through the round hole, but how
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can I make it go through the hole?
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What other thing could I do, right?
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If we can't get it through that hole,
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do I make the hole bigger?
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Do I shave off some of the block?
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What options do I have to get to
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my solution?
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What options?
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And life is a bunch of games where
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we have to play and be creative, but
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not get stressed because we didn't win.
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It's not like going to a basketball game
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or going to a football game like, oh,
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I didn't win and using all kinds of
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four-letter words.
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That's not what winning is.
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Winning is you deriving the strength to make
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the necessary adaptations so you can score that
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goal, so you can pass that soccer ball
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or that basketball or what have you.
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Most people say, well, gee, look at that
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person.
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He's doing it.
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Yeah, but what you don't know about that
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person is he was in the same boat
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you were five, ten, however many years ago.
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So you got to learn, too.
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So keep pushing forward.
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Persistence turns struggle into opportunity.
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And, again, that's one of those moments where
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it's not always pleasant.
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I didn't say painful.
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Just uncomfortable, just different, right?
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If I asked you tonight to brush your
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teeth with your opposite hand, if you're right
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-handed, use your left.
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If you're left-handed, use your right.
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And you could do it.
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It's not painful, but it's uncomfortable.
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You might learn something.
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You might realize that, gee, when I'm using
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this, I'm really not getting that back tooth,
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right?
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You're going to become more aware because you're
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going to get a different perception from the
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sense that you're now being part of.
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Number 20, guys.
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Number 20 is this.
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Progress builds confidence.
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Results will reinforce self-assurance.
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It's like a pat on the back.
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Good job.
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Good job.
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We don't need pats on the back from
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other people.
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We can create our own pats from getting
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that reinforcement of doing the task right.
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Now, that's not going to happen to you
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the very first time you do it.
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In fact, you're going to want to quit.
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You're going to want to give up.
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But that's when most people do give up.
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You need to hang on.
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I learned this from a wise scholar many
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years ago.
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John, the only difference between success and true
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failure is that the successful people just are
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able to hang on just a few seconds
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longer.
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That's it.
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And the ones that are not successful, they
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just drop immediately.
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Just a few seconds longer.
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That could be the difference of success.
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Number 21, guys.
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Momentum builds future.
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What you do today will shape your tomorrow.
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I'm going to say this two more times.
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What you do today shapes tomorrow.
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What you do today shapes tomorrow.
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Now, you might say, well, John, I didn't
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really want to do that.
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It doesn't matter if you want to do
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it or didn't want to do that.
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But if you keep doing it, that action
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is going to shape who you are and
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shape your behaviors and shape your outcomes in
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the future.
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So you are right now where the outcomes
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you are.
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I started learning something a long time ago.
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And it was about how to show up
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in this world.
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It's in my book.
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And so most people think the way to
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show up is to be loud, to be
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boisterous, to say I'm the best.
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I'm like the top.
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And, guys, that doesn't work.
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Just like nobody wants to be sold to.
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Nobody wants to be talked down to.
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Nobody wants to be demeaned.
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They are most of the time open to
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device and advice as long as you can
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do it in a manner that's respectful.
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They often tell people when you give advice,
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don't criticize the person or the character of
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the person.
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Say, look, you're a great person, and I
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think you're doing an amazing job.
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We just need to change two behaviors that
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are happening or two actions that are happening
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when this results.
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And now that takes it away from them.
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It's just a behavior.
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It's an action.
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It's not them.
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Like, hey, you're doing a great job.
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Just whenever we get a full shipping in,
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we just need this action happening instead of
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this action.
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Right?
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We need whoever is receiving it to index
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them calmly.
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And even if the shipping person gets you
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all rustled up, they need to just chill,
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and they need to stay on track because
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what's happening is the shipping people are beating
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us, and we're not getting our full deliveries,
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and that's a problem.
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And that's costing us thousands of dollars a
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year, let's just say.
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I'm giving you an example.
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That's just one idea.
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Number 22, guys.
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Stay focused.
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Eliminating distractions multiplies your output.
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That's it.
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Eliminating distractions will multiply your output.
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Why do some people not stay focused?
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Well, they get attention.
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They hear about something.
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Something else catches their eye, and they're not
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disciplined enough to stay on track.
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I remember being in grammar school in high
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school, and I remember that after school, I
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would come home, and I would do my
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homework, and then I would go out and
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play.
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Well, there was one time I came home,
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and a friend was coming over.
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I was like, well, I have to do
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my homework first.
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My mom was like, you can do your
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homework this weekend.
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Today's Friday.
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You can do your homework this weekend.
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Now, on Fridays, I went to a Catholic
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grammar school in high school.
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They usually didn't give homework on Fridays, but
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there were a couple that did, like one
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math teacher did, and they said, you know
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why?
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Because you're going to go to college, and
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they're going to assign homework all the time.
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It doesn't matter whether it's a holiday or
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not.
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They're going to assign homework, and you're going
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to need to do it.
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Number 23, guys.
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Progress will always trump out and win long
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-term.
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It just might seem like it's getting stepped
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on because you're not seeing the immediate gratification.
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You want the short-term instead of the
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long-term.
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The long-term takes longer, has more consequences,
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but has a better result.
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Consistency beats the intensity burst.
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If you're in a race, and you have
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to keep that race going for so many
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miles, if you run at your highest level,
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you're going to burn out.
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If you want to endure that race, you've
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got to throttle back between a medium and
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a high once in a while.
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You can't stay at that high the entire
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race.
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You will burn out.
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You'd get hurt too.
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Number 24, guys.
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Momentum builds power.
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Forward motion amplifies the influence.
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And I think sometimes when we don't see
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an influence directly in front of us, we're
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like, well, wait a minute.
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I don't know what I need to do,
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right?
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I don't know what I need to do,
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and I think that's a problem for a
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lot of people.
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I don't know what I should do or
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how I'm going to do it, right?
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I think that's a very important thing, again,
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for a lot of people.
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They don't realize what's happening and why things
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are happening that way, right?
23:18
I think sometimes people get frustrated with themselves.
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They get frustrated.
23:30
And this frustration causes a problem for everyone.
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Everyone, not just one person, guys.
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It happens for everyone.
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I think that's a very important thing to
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observe, that it happens to everyone.
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It doesn't just happen to you, right?
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That's really key.
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Number 25, guys.
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Keep building continual effort as a compound into
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mastery.
24:16
You want to become a master at something?
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Keep practicing your craft.
24:20
Don't ask when you're going to become a
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master.
24:23
Keep doing it until you are a master.
24:26
Because if you keep looking for mastery and
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it's not there, you're like, oh, I didn't
24:29
get it yet.
24:30
I'm going to stop.
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No, keep doing it.
24:33
And when you become at that mastery level,
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you're like, wow, I'm good.
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I'm going to keep doing this.
24:39
And you're going to get the pat on
24:41
the back, even if no one else gives
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it to you.
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Number 26, guys.
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Progress creates change.
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Incremental improvements create breakthroughs.
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That's key.
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The incrementalness.
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Number 27.
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Momentum drives success.
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Action produces measurable outcomes.
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It does.
25:03
Number 28, stay in motion.
25:05
Even small steps prevent stagnation, guys.
25:08
Even the small steps.
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It doesn't have to be the big ones.
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Number 29.
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Progress defines you.
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Your habits become your identity.
25:20
It becomes your character.
25:21
It becomes your integrity.
25:24
Number 30, our last point.
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Momentum creates your life.
25:30
Deliberate action is the ultimate leverage that you
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can have.
25:36
And in closing tonight, I want to share
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something that I think is really important for
25:43
all of you listening and all of you
25:45
watching.
25:46
And I encourage you to go back to
25:47
BelieveMeAchieve.com after the show and watch this
25:50
and other shows because there's a lot of
25:52
nuggets in this show.
25:53
And I don't expect you to get them
25:55
all in just one watch or listening.
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Momentum, guys, isn't about the speed.
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It's about the consistent, deliberate action that compounds
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over time.
26:09
Learn, guys, how to apply these 30 strategies
26:12
that I shared with you this evening every
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single day of your life.
26:16
You don't have to do every one of
26:18
them, but pick one or two.
26:20
And keep doing that consistently.
26:22
Eventually, you'll get to all of them.
26:24
Track your wins and see how these small,
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subtle efforts become extraordinary results.
26:33
It's like a snowball.
26:35
It starts really small.
26:36
And it goes roll, roll, roll, roll, roll.
26:38
And it becomes this 50- or 200
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-foot boulder.
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I think that's the point.
26:47
When we see something snowballing and it's so
26:50
quick, we're like, wow.
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But when it takes days or months for
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that to build up, a perfect example is
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sea glass.
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And a wise person once told me, John,
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we are like the sea glass.
27:08
The earth refines us and smooths us out.
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I think that's pretty amazing.
27:14
So the sea glass takes a long time
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to get the rough edges out.
27:19
Well, the world takes some time to get
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the rough edges out of us, so we're
27:23
much better people.
27:25
And you'll get extraordinary results.
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That's important.
27:28
You can catch every episode, guys, of Inspirations
27:31
to Your Life at BelieveMeAchieve.com.
27:33
And you could step into clarity.
27:36
Take action, guys, with intention.
27:39
And live deliberately every day.
27:42
Momentum is yours.
27:45
Are you willing to go get it?
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That's the choice.
27:52
I hope you guys have a great day
27:53
and a great evening.
27:54
Check out BelieveMeAchieve.com.
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And I'll see you guys on another show
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real soon.
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Be well, everyone.