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All right.
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Again, a welcome to everyone.
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I really appreciate that.
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This is Inspirations for Your Life.
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This is Series 5, Show 10, Episode 7.
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We're talking all about momentum, action, and living
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deliberately this week.
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That's what it's all about.
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Who am I?
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Well, I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur.
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And welcome to Inspirations for Your Life.
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I'm also an engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student, and
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a passionate lifelong learner.
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And it is my privilege and pleasure to
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be here with you this evening.
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And pretty soon, I will be a published
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author.
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Really excited for that.
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So tonight, I'm diving into how consistent action,
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deliberate choices, and focused momentum create unstoppable success.
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Each thing that I'm sharing with you tonight
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is designed to help you take control of
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your time, your energy, and, of course, your
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outcomes.
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Now, transforming small actions into major achievements might
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not seem easy.
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But with consistency, it can be a lot
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easier than you thought.
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Momentum comes from consistent action.
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Number one, success isn't a burst.
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It's built one step at a time.
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Show up every day, no excuses.
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You know, it's not about showing up once,
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guys.
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It's about doing it every single day and
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doing it consistently.
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And so when we think about consistency and
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we think about showing up, there's a lot
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that's going on in our life if we
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can just understand, like, you know, what that
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is.
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And showing up is probably the hardest part
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for a lot of people.
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How do you show up?
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You know, what do you do?
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Especially when things are maybe not going the
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way that you expected them to go.
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I want to let you know that there
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are definitely some big benefits when you show
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up every single day in your life.
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So that's an important thing to understand.
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I think the more we understand that, the
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more that we can, well, be better for
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ourself and we can be better for others,
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right?
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I think that's a very important thing that
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a lot of people, again, don't realize.
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But it's something that you have the power
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to actually control.
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So that's interesting, guys.
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A very interesting thing.
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And I want to tell you that maybe
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you're saying to me, John, you know, this
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doesn't make sense.
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Maybe you don't know how to show up
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or why you should show up.
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I'm here to tell you, you definitely want
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to show up and you want to do
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it consistently every single day.
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Because if you don't do it consistently, you
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will find out that you're going to get
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depressed.
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You're going to find out that not only
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you're not going forward, but you're actually rocking
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backwards.
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Yeah.
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This happens because we haven't grown.
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And when we push ourselves just a little
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bit, not a lot, just a little bit
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past that envelope, then we can make some
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major, major differences.
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But it takes us to understand some stuff.
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And so showing up, again, is not the
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easiest thing for us to really understand.
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But we all have the power to show
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up in our lives.
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And so showing up is part of life.
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It's a big part of success.
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And if we don't understand that piece, then
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how can we ever go anywhere?
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How can we ever do anything?
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And I think that's a huge piece for
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a lot of people to understand.
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How do I become that new piece, that
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new thing?
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How do I do it?
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I think it all comes down to the
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fact that it comes down to our attitude.
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Yeah.
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It comes down to our attitude.
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And our attitude allows us to become a
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better version of ourselves.
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You've probably heard before the attitude of gratitude.
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So our attitude actually determines our altitude.
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Yes, that's key.
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Number two, guys, action converts ideas into results.
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Thoughts alone, they're not enough.
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Execution turns potential into measurable impact.
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Living deliberately multiplies effort.
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Conscious choices amplify the value of every minute
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you invest.
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Every minute, everything in life is consistent.
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Remember that, guys.
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Number four, avoid forbidden shortcuts.
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Instant gratification steals long-term gains.
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True success is earned steadily.
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Number five, momentum grows with focus.
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Energy scattered is energy wasted.
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Align actions to your priorities.
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Number six, action creates clarity.
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Movement breaks mental fog.
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Decisions become obvious when you act consistently.
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Number seven, guys, deliberate choices prevent reactive mistakes.
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Pause before responding and make choices that serve
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your goals.
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A lot of people make choices because of
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a potential windfall of money they think they're
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going to see.
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But really, they're acting out of non-integrity.
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And I think that's a serious, serious, serious
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problem.
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Number eight, guys, small actions compound daily steps.
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Accumulate into the results you'd never achieve in
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one giant leap.
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Number nine, avoid distractions that break momentum.
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Social media, emails, and unplanned tasks can derail
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consistent progress in your life.
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So it's important, guys, that you learn right
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now how to guard your time.
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I'm saying this because time has a way
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of just eroding.
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And that's something that a lot of people
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don't really understand.
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Your time is precious, guys.
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Treasure it.
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Number 10, routines accelerate forward motion.
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Habits are the engine of momentum.
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Create routines that automate success in your life.
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And that's important.
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Using systems, creating routines, we can become better
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versions of ourself.
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But the choice is not a one-time
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choice.
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It's something we have to keep adapting to
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in life.
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And the more we adapt to it, the
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more that we can say, wait a minute.
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You know what?
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I think I understand this now.
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I think I know why something is going
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a different way.
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And it's because of an action or one
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that we didn't take, OK?
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That's an interesting caveat, an action that we
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take or an action that we don't take.
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Number 11, action reinforces confidence.
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Every completed step builds belief in your ability
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to execute on bigger goals.
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But it all starts with a belief, guys.
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That's where it starts.
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It starts with one belief.
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And that belief has the ability to domino
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down and help us into other areas of
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our life.
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So that's a really important thing to understand.
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And it's key in every area of our
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life.
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I think a lot of people do things
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not because they should, only because they can.
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I think a lot of people today, for
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whatever reason, they get confused because of the
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moment that they are in.
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The moment that they're in creates this, I'll
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call it an illusion.
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Probably the best way to say it, it's
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an illusion.
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And this illusion gives us misinformation, information that
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probably is being, in all honesty, it's being
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distorted.
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It's being distorted because somebody wants to make
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a fast buck, et cetera.
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Number 12, guys, deliberate living reduces stress.
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When your choices are intentional, uncertainty and overwhelm
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decreases.
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Now, that might not seem like it happens
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overnight, but it does happen.
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And it can definitely work.
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But it's about consistency.
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It's about integrity.
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Anything that you push forward without a good
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foundation, guess what's going to happen?
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It's going to fall apart.
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It's going to fall apart.
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And that's something I think a lot of
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people just don't seem to get.
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Yeah, we start out with good stuff, good
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ingredients.
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We have a great thing in our life,
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right?
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We have a very great thing.
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And that great thing is something a lot
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of people, they just don't understand.
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They understand the world.
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They don't understand a lot of things.
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And that's an important piece.
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And that piece is the fact that a
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lot of people get stuck because of what
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society tells them.
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Now, what society tells them could be right,
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could be wrong.
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Half the times, guys, I got to be
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honest with you, it's usually wrong.
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Yeah.
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And it's wrong because of a purposeful intention
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to mislead you.
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All right?
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That's pretty bad when that happens.
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But it does happen.
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And I think a lot of people try
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to just, they try to move forward with
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it.
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But it's not always the best thing for
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everyone involved, right?
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I always said you have to do something
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for the greater good of all parties involved.
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If you don't do something like that, then
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it becomes a mess, guys.
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It becomes basically a, let's say, a trial
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for power.
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A trial for power.
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And that trial for power is not something
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that a lot of people really understand.
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All they know, guys, is that it's happening.
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And the fact that it's happening now is
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something, again, that a lot of people, they
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just don't get it, okay?
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And by getting it, I mean, they just
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don't understand.
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And so if we knew what that was,
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right?
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Or we knew why somebody was doing something,
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maybe that would change something for us, like
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maybe.
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But a lot of times, we're going by
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peer pressure.
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We're going by the crowd.
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And that crowd, guys, is after one thing.
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You know what that is?
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It's after money.
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They don't care who they lie to, who
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they mislead.
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Because with them, it's all about the bottom
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line.
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It's about the dollar, okay?
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It's about the dollar.
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And it being, let's say, not a legion
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to you or being disrespectful to you, it's
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going to get them to yield more money.
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Guess what they're going to do?
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They're going to be disrespectful to you.
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I mean, that's how it works.
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I mean, that's the truth, guys.
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Number 13, avoid forbidden paths.
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Don't chase shortcuts that compromise your integrity, your
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health, or your long-term outcomes.
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Even though I hear people saying, oh, it'd
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be a lot easier to do that.
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No, it's going to cost you more in
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the long run.
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Number 14, momentum requires resilience.
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Challenges will arise.
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Persistence keeps you moving when others just stop
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cold.
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Number 15, guys, actions strengthen discipline.
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Every decision to act reinforces your capacity to
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stay on track.
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Number 16, deliberate living clarifies priorities.
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Conscious alignment shows what truly deserves your energy.
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Yeah.
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Number 17, guys, avoid shortcuts, undermining goals.
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Quick fixes may seem tempting.
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But in the long run, they often slow
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the long-term progress.
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And they also may derail you.
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It could cause you to go backwards.
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And that's not something that's pretty to talk
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about.
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But these things are happening.
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Number 18, guys, number 18, momentum builds belief
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and vision.
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Each forward step proves to yourself your vision
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is achievable.
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Number 19, action ensures accountability.
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Results come from measurable effort, not intention alone.
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So intention and core values are important.
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But they're not everything.
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We have to realize that it's kind of
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a puzzle to getting this to work.
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You can't just have one piece.
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You need the entire ensemble.
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Or you can't discover what the picture is
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in the puzzle.
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Number 20, guys, living deliberately creates authority.
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When you consistently execute, others naturally trust your
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expertise.
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But this does not happen on day one.
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A lot of people are hemming and hawing.
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I've said to you this before.
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No one wants to join when the train
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is safely in the station or when the
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airplane is safely in the hangar or on
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the runway.
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They risk their lives to be part of
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something when it's moving at light speed.
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That just tells me people don't want to
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be part of development.
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They want to just show up.
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That's a little selfish, if you ask me.
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It's a little selfish.
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Number 21, avoid energy-draining behaviors.
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Protect focus by cutting the activities and the
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people that deplete rather than build you.
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You get people like this every day.
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It could be your neighbors.
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It could be even some friends.
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When they deplete you and your energy goes
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to zero, you're useless.
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There's not too much you can do.
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So be mindful of the fuel you have
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and monitor it.
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Because if something gets out of whack, that
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means you need to change something, okay?
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Like change the people you hang around with.
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Number 22, guys, momentum compounds through wins.
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Celebrate those small victories.
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They create the snowball effect toward major success.
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They don't happen overnight, but they build over
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time, just like a very tiny little snowball.
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Slowly gets bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger,
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bigger.
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And before you know it, you have this
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huge boulder of a snowball that evolves over
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time.
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Number 23, guys, action aligns energy with values.
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When your work reflects your principles, momentum flows
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effortlessly.
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Principles aren't aligned with what you're doing.
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That's when the magic happens, guys.
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You have to be in alignment.
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Number 24, guys, deliberate choices strengthen identity.
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Every decision reinforces who you are and what
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you stand for.
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And I said before, it doesn't matter so
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much what you're doing.
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A lot of times in public, it sometimes
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matters what you're doing in private, right?
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That's a key, guys.
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And if you know this one thing about
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being intentional, about alignment, about knowing your decisions,
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about reinforcing who you are and knowing how
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you show up, only then, guys, can you
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start making change.
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You don't make change overnight.
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You make change over consistent evolvement, steady evolvement.
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And when something's steady, you keep moving forward
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every single day.
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But lots of people out there make the
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decision they think other people want them to
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take.
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It's not the one in line with their
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best interest or even the other person's best
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interest.
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It's the one that appears to be fake.
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It's the one that's after, that's right, the
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other person's possessions.
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Number 25, guys, avoid distractions eroding progress.
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Maintain a laser zone around high-impact tasks.
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And decisions, don't just fire off an answer
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because you think you got to make a
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decision.
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If you make the wrong decision, that can
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be very costly, extremely costly.
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So be careful when you're making certain decisions.
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Number 26, guys, momentum transforms effort into confidence.
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Each step forward reinforces your belief in your
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ability to achieve.
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So our achievement comes from a mindset.
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The mindset allows us to propel forward with
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discipline and endurance.
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That's how that works.
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Number 27, guys, action maintains movement through challenges.
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Right?
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You keep moving, you get out of the
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challenge.
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You stop, then the challenge is still around
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you.
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Consistent motion keeps you ahead, even when obstacles
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disappear right before your very eyes.
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Keep moving, you keep progressing, you're closer to
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success.
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Number 28, guys, deliberate living ensures impact.
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Thoughtful action creates outcomes that matter, not just
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the activity.
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Again, I know a lot of people that
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do activities and like, oh, I'm successful, not
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just because you did an activity.
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I said before on another episode, just because
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you're busy doesn't mean you're going to be
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successful.
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That's an illusion that a lot of people
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have got the notion of that's true.
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It's not true.
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Nope, not true.
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Number 29, guys, avoid shortcuts that compromise integrity.
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True success never comes at the cost of
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your values.
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If it does, it's time to reevaluate your
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decisions and what success is meaning for you.
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Because you're walking into a trap.
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Maybe one you won't see today or tomorrow
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or next month, this quarter, even this year,
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but you're walking into a trap.
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And by the time you figure it out,
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it'll be too late, it'll be too costly.
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Number 30, guys, momentum plus action plus deliberate
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living equals unstoppable success.
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Let me say that a couple of times
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again.
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Momentum plus action plus deliberate living equals unstoppable
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success.
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Momentum plus action plus deliberate living equals unstoppable
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success.
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Remember, guys, success minus combining these three principles.
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And well, nothing can stop you.
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Success is not an illusion.
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Success is not something you do because you
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want to impress somebody.
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Success is something you do so you can
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have a better life.
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I said it before, you can either survive,
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which a lot of you are doing in
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life, or you can thrive.
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When you thrive, you obviously survive.
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And life is a lot easier for you
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when you learn how to thrive.
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Surviving, just breathing, just going through the motions,
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but not really enjoying life, no.
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You're like on a merry-go-round.
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You're spinning, right?
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You know you're spinning, but you're not really
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enjoying the ride.
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You're not taking in maybe the scenery you're
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seeing.
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This is not a roller coaster.
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You're not taking in that scenery.
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I know a lot of people go through
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life every day.
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They go through the motions.
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And then they're unhappy because they're not where
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they want to be just because they're going
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through the motions.
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They haven't really done anything of value, but
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they're going through the motions.
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The motions are basically half-baked for them.
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That's very important, guys.
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Some people do things consistently, but they don't
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do them with their full heart in place.
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Heart adds character.
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Character develops, you ready, ladies and gentlemen, your
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integrity.
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That's short-form content like reels, articles, shows
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like this show, my tech show.
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And when you can appreciate that, only when
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you can appreciate that, you'll be able to
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go forward.
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I've said this many times before.
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We have to practice becoming grateful because when
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we do, more things in our life will
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show up that we can become grateful for.
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More things will show up in our life
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that we can become grateful for.
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If we think about momentum, and we think
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about the fact that momentum is needed to
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keep something in motion.
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