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The Pebble in Your Shoe · The Daily Writer

• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to today's episode of the Daily Writer Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: My guess is that there's something that's been bothering you.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like a pebble in your shoe that irritates you just enough that you think about it all the time.
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  SPEAKER_00: It intimidates you.
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  SPEAKER_00: It taunts you and it won't let you stop thinking about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what is this thing that's possibly irritating you?
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  SPEAKER_00: It might be a phone call or an email that you're too afraid to send because you might be rejected.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: It might be a book that you're afraid to start writing because you don't know how it's going to be received.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: It might be the writing business that seems too daunting to start because you've never done this before.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Eleanor Roosevelt once said, You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: If you've got something that intimidates you and it's weighing on your mind, you've got to do it.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: You must stare it in the face and you must declare that it has no power over you.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: You've got to face it dead on and just to get that sucker done.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no other way.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will be blocked, and you will not be able to move forward until you tackle this task.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the only pathway forward.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's the one thing that you think you cannot do, and what are you going to do about it today?
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 1:28
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• 1:33
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• 1:42
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• 1:49
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• 1:56
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• 2:04
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• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.