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One Decision Changed Everything - Where I've Been | The Warrior Kings Podcast Ep.99 · The Warrior Kings Podcast : Men's Self Help Masculinity Podcast

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  Where have I been for the last month or so?
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  That's what we're getting into today here on the Warrior Kings
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  Podcast. Stick around.
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  Hello, and welcome to the Warrior Kings Podcast.
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  I'm your host, Michael Riggs, here to assist you on your
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  journey to living a fully optimized, leveled up life as a
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  man. So again, welcome and welcome
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  back to the Warrior Kings Podcast.
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  It's great to be here today. It's great to talk to you today.
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  I haven't been here in quite a minute, and I'm sorry about
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  that. Sorry if I left you guys
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  hanging. You've probably been waiting for
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  new episodes. You just can't get enough of the
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  show. I'm just kidding.
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  I don't know if that's entirely true, but I appreciate you being
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  patient and sticking around and waiting for this new episode and
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  all of the episodes that are on the way.
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  I have some super exciting announcements, updates for you.
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  Our life, me and my family's life has been completely changed
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  and such an amazing, miraculous way.
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  And that's what I wanted to talk to you about today, as well as,
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  you know, faith and belief and following your dreams and things
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  like that. And if it's your first time
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  here, my name is Michael Riggs. I'm a full time author,
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  entrepreneur, men's personal development and marriage mentor,
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  husband and father of six. And I teach men all over the
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  world how to live fully, optimize the leveled up lives.
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  So if that's something you're into, definitely stick around.
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  Subscribe to this podcast, subscribe to this YouTube
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  channel, wherever you're getting this because that's what we do
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  here every week. And if you are on the YouTube
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  version of this video, make sure you hit that like button so I
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  can reach more men with these powerful messages.
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  And with all that being said, let's dive right into the topic
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  of the day, which is my absence and where I have been.
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  So as you might have noticed, if you're a longtime listener of
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  this show, the Warrior Kings podcast has been on pause.
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  And the reason for that is because me and my family just
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  moved to our dream location and it kind of happened all at once.
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  I didn't really build up to it or have a warning or plan a
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  headache. It literally all happened at
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  once. We decided we were moving and we
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  moved within a month. And because of that, I didn't
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  have time to like record episodes ahead and things like
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  that. And moving all at once can be
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  stressful. It can be a crazy time to pack
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  up an entire house and move to an entirely new house in an
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  entirely new area. So I just kind of put things on
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  pause. I didn't strive.
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  I didn't, I didn't like force anything.
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  I made sure that my family was set and good where we were going
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  and where we are. And then moving forward, I'm
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  going to be diving into doing more podcast episodes, more
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  content. We're going to get into that in
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  a little bit. But when it comes to this move,
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  one huge thing that I wanted to talk to you about today is the
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  power of faith and belief. Long story short, we were living
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  in an apartment in the city and we were not happy in that
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  apartment. It turned out that the apartment
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  complex was actually very dangerous.
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  A lot of dangerous criminal type people living in the complex.
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  We didn't even let our kids play outside because the people there
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  were so sketchy. And then we had a crazy neighbor
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  move in across the hall and almost every single day there
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  were police at her door. She got arrested a couple times.
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  She was harassing us, things like that.
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  So we had to get out of there. And so we started looking at
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  places in surrounding areas. We definitely didn't want to be
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  in the busy city anymore, especially since we had
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  previously come from the country, the quiet country, like
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  way out an hour at least from everything.
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  You know, back then we wanted to live in the city.
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  And then when we were in the city, we said, hey, this isn't
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  for us. You know, the traffic and the
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  loudness and, you know, crazy people and all that.
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  I kind of lost track of where I was, but essentially we wanted
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  to get out of that apartment. So we started looking at, that's
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  where I was. We started looking at places and
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  surrounding areas, rentals and nothing seemed to be working
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  out. We were denied for places.
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  We couldn't really find anything that we liked.
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  And for months we have been praying to live in a certain
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  area someday. It's like our dream area.
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  And we definitely didn't think that it was possible to move to
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  this area yet. Like we were thinking like a few
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  years down the line, we're going to build ourselves up, we're
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  going to build my business someday we'll be able to live
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  there, right? It's that type of place.
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  So like I said, nothing was working out.
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  We couldn't find a place, but we knew that we had to get out of
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  where we were. And my wife talked to a friend
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  and kind of opened up to her about this situation.
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  And the friend said, oh, I know a realtor, she'll hook you up,
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  you know, she'll definitely get you in a place, just reach out
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  to this lady. So my wife texted the lady that
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  she got the number for the realtor and had the courage, had
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  the audacity even to tell this realtor that we wanted to live
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  in this area. And I didn't know that she
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  would, that I didn't know that she even thought that that was
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  possible yet. But she just went for it.
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  She jumped, she went for it and said that's the area we want to
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  live in. And the realtor said, OK, well
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  here's a few places that I have in that area.
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  Which one do you like? Flash forward one month and we
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  are living in that area. We are living in our dream area
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  right now. If you're on the YouTube version
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  of this, you see a new background behind me.
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  This is actually my studio office in our new house.
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  I have an entire room to create continent to record this pod
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  cast in, to do pretty much whatever I want content wise,
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  edit all the things that's all set up in here, which before I
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  was recording my podcast episodes in our bedroom, one
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  wall in our bedroom in a corner was set up to be my podcast set.
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  It's just amazing how much can change in one month.
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  When you have faith, when you believe, when you have the
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  audacity like my wife did to just go for it and say that's
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  where we're going, that's where I want to be.
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  And then just make it happen. You just make it happen.
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  And what's amazing is that's how we've operated throughout our
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  entire relationship. When we first got together, it
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  was our dream to live in a school bus conversion, tiny
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  home. We jumped and did that.
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  We made that dream come true. We bought a school bus, we
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  converted it into a tiny home and we lived in it for a year.
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  We've always been just jump and go and believe and have faith
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  people. And this is another example of
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  that. So that's where I've been.
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  That's why the podcast has been on pause.
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  That's why you haven't seen me or heard from me in a while.
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  We did something totally crazy. We wanted change for our family
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  and we made it happen within the span, within the time frame of
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  one month. So I just want to encourage you
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  today, if you want to change your life, if you want a
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  different situation, if you're in a place where you say I got
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  to get out of here, I got my, I got to get my family out of
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  here, have faith and believe and just jump and go for the thing
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  because you never know what's possible.
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  I did not know that it would that it was even possible.
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  If you flashback to a month ago, I did not know that it was
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  possible that I would be living right here, right now in this
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  house. Nothing is impossible and
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  everything is possible with God because I really feel like it's
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  a God thing. Like how everything wasn't
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  working out. We were getting denied for
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  places in areas that we didn't even really want to live in.
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  And it was like God said, hey, didn't you say you wanted to
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  live over there? Wasn't that the dream?
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  What are you doing? Here's the house in the area
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  that you wanted. You've been distracted.
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  Pay attention and just the immense freedom that we have
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  felt living in a nicer, safer area where we can raise our kids
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  in a good community. And here's another thing, it was
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  our dream to be really close to our church, which before was an
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  hour away and now we're 8 minutes down the road from the
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  church. It's like right around the
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  corner. So just massive, massive life
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  changing stuff. And I'm not here to boast or
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  brag or be like, hey, look at all the nice things that I have
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  in my wonderful life. No, I'm saying this is possible
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  for you too, if you follow your dreams, if you work really hard,
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  if you have faith and if you believed and if you don't settle
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  for average. You know, that's a mistake that
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  we made a couple of times when we moved to a new areas.
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  We thought that we had to live there.
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  We settled for average. We're like, we have to do this
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  for now and then someday we'll do something great.
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  That's not always true. Go for the big thing.
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  That's all I'm saying. Just go for the big thing and
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  hard work pays off. Find your purpose in your
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  calling and pursue that thing relentlessly and don't give up.
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  Because one thing about living here in this dream house, in
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  this dream area is we wouldn't be able to even afford it.
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  If I hadn't built this business, if I wasn't talking to you here
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  today, if I hadn't stayed consistent in the thing, wrote
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  the books, published the episodes, edited for hours and
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  hours and hours, just relentless pursuit of this thing, we
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  wouldn't be able to afford this place.
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  The reason that we can afford to live here is because I have done
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  this work. I've built this thing.
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  And by the way, guess what episode this is?
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  This is episode 99. The next episode that you will
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  listen to next week is the 100th episode of the Warrior Kings
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  Podcast. So I have now reached 100
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  episodes. That is hard work, commitment,
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  dedication to the mission, consistency and not giving up
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  and believing. Because you know what?
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  I started this podcast in a bathroom.
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  I recorded it with my iPhone and I edited it on a 10 year old
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  iPad. That's how this podcast started.
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  Now, right now I'm staring into an actual camera.
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  I have nice mic setup, lighting, I have a studio.
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  Now all of these things, this all came from jumping, going for
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  the thing, believing in the dream, starting even when I I
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  wasn't ready, just going for it. And I'm telling you, if you have
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  a dream, if you have a calling, if you have a purpose for your
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  life that you have been putting off pursuing, just go for it.
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  The timing is never going to be right.
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  The conditions are never going to be perfect.
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  Work with what you have, start with what you haven't.
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  Build the thing up till it is this great thing.
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  Because I'm telling you dude, it is possible your dreams will
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  come true if you stay consistent, if you work really
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  hard at the thing and if you just go for it, your dreams will
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  come true. It's inevitable.
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  Nobody can stop it. And here's another thing.
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  In this new chapter, I'm not going to squander this gift,
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  right? I'm going to lock in.
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  In every area, every aspect of my life, there are things that I
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  have been putting off that I'm not putting off anymore.
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  I want to get ripped, fit, and healthy.
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  I want to have a strict routine every single day, a regimented
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  routine that I follow. I want to be fully optimized,
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  mind, body and spirit. I want to produce content on a
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  level that I've never done before.
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  You understand what I'm saying? Like this new chapter, this new
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  thing, whatever this miracle is that has happened to me and my
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  family, I'm not going to waste it.
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  I'm going to become the best possible version of myself that
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  I can be. And I'm also going to share that
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  journey with you. So if you're not subscribed on
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  YouTube, definitely get subscribed on there because
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  that's where I'm going to be sharing my journey of taking my
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  life to the next level. It will be videos that are
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  outside of my podcast episodes and they'll be shared on there
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  on YouTube. So definitely subscribe if
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  you're not subscribed on YouTube just yet so that you can follow
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  along with this journey and about this studio.
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  I'm in the process of setting it up.
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  You can see I have some panels. I got the warrior King sign.
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  There's some shelves on both sides of the set.
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  What I don't have yet is a couch.
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  I want to get like a really beautiful Chesterfield leather
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  couch to put in the middle of the set.
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  Right now I'm still in my computer chair see, but I want a
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  couch in here, especially if I'm going to have guest episodes in
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  the future where I have in person guests.
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  All of my guest episodes so far have been webcam, like remote
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  episodes. If you've seen those or listen
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  to those, that's on a webcam on the computer.
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  And that's because I didn't have my own studio space for a while.
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  Like I said, I was set up in a bedroom, so couch, cameras and
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  potentially in person guests. I think that would be super
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  awesome. On the other side of the room,
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  which you can't see over there, is my desk, my computer, and all
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  my editing setup. And then next to that is my
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  whiteboard. And that's kind of another set.
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  So I can do whiteboard presentations, whiteboard
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  videos, I can teach in that way. But yeah, just super excited
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  about having all of this space in here to record content and be
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  kind of separated in private from the rest of the house.
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  You know, my kids are crazy. That's pretty much what that
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  comes down to. You know, I was very restricted
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  before In Time and things like that because I I didn't have my
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  own studio space, but now I have my own workspace.
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  If I haven't said that enough, I'm just super, super excited
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  about it. We're going to be taking this
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  podcast and all my stuff to the next level, bro.
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  And honestly, throughout this whole thing, I have missed
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  talking to you so much. I have.
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  I missed the ranting and raving at a camera.
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  I've missed the whole thing going through an entire month of
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  not working. I mean, I was like busting my
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  eyes on other things but not working on my purpose.
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  It really took a toll on me. Towards the last couple of
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  weeks, I honestly started to feel kind of depressed and
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  anxious because I was like, I got to get going.
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  I got to get back going on this thing or I'm going to lose my
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  mind. So it feels so good to be doing
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  this again, to finally be set up and working again.
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  But yeah, this is just kind of an update.
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  This isn't really an entire episode where I'll be teaching
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  anything super significant. I just wanted to update you guys
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  on this massive life change that I've been going through.
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  And like I said, dude, anything is possible.
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  Just go for it. Follow your dreams.
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  You never know what's going to happen.
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  You could end up in a place that you didn't even know what's
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  possible in such a short amount of time.
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  I started this podcast two years ago.
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  Like I said, in a bathroom with my phone and an old iPad,
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  anything is possible. I also wanted to give a huge,
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  huge thank you to everyone who has been reaching out, thanking
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  me for my work, thanking me for the books, thanking me for the
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  podcast episodes, reaching out for help.
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  It's been great to connect with you guys.
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  It kind of kept me sane throughout the process of being
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  pulled away from work, you know, being able to connect with a lot
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  of you. So thank you so much for
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  reaching out, sending me words of encouragement, things like
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  that. Just huge shout out to everybody
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  I have talked to over the last month.
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  One more update. This is a huge one guys.
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  If you wanted to take the Reforged Husband complete system
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  online program, I felt in my spirit that I wanted to make it
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  more accessible for more people. So I have lowered the price to
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  lower than ever before. I think it's like $47 now
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  because I want to get that into more people's hands.
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  So definitely check that out. It's a great investment into
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  yourself, into your marriage, into your future.
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  So if you want to level up your marriage like never before, the
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  Reforce has been complete system.
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  It's now more accessible than ever and I'm so excited to get
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  it into your hands. And the the link to that is on
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  my link tree in the description of this episode and all my other
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  stuff is on there too. You can get to my YouTube on
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  there. All my stuff is right there on
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  that link tree. You can also find the link on
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  there for one-on-one exclusive coaching with me to level up
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  your marriage. But yeah, the Warrior Kings
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  podcast is officially back. I'm so excited about it.
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  Thank you guys so much for sticking around.
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  Thank you for being here. I hope that my previous episodes
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  have continued to inspire you in your life in your marriage to
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  level up every aspect of your SO.
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  Let me know what you want to hear moving forward on the
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  podcast. If there's something that you
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  want me to speak on, speak more on, to expand upon.
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  If there's something that I haven't taught yet, let me know,
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  Reach out and let me know in an e-mail or in the comments of
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  this episode. I would love to hear from you
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  guys to see what you want to learn moving forward here on the
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  Warrior Kings podcast. Also, let me know if there are
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  any specific guests that you would like to hear from that you
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  think that I would connect really well with.
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  Let me know who those guests are and how to find them and I will
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  reach out to them to be on the show.
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  Obviously, if it's something that seems like we would vibe
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  and I agree with their viewpoints and stuff like that.
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  I'm not just going to bring anybody on the show, bro.
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  But if there is a specific guest that you would like to see on
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  the show, definitely let me know.
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  But yeah, we back super excited about it.
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  Get out there, kill it. Level up every aspect of your
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  life. Get a little bit better.
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  Every single day a life of overflowing abundance awaits you
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  on the other side of you deciding to make the switch.
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  Make the change and level up every aspect of your life.
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  A life of overflow flowing abundance away to you.
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  There is a great calling and a purpose for you in this life.
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  You listening to this right now? I love you, I'm proud of you.
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  Have a good week and I will talk to you here really, really soon
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  on the Warrior Kings podcast. Thanks guys.
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  Bye.