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Dr. Annette West talks PURPOSEFUL PROSPERITY and more on Conversations LIVE · Cyrus Webb's tracks

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations Live. I'm your host,
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  Speaker 1: Cyrus Webb. Glad you all could join us once again.
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  Speaker 1: you all can be with us as well. We're excited
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  Speaker 1: to welcome back Dr. Annette West to our broadcast today.
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  Speaker 1: As you may remember, we had a chance to talk
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  Speaker 1: with her last month about her book, Purposeful Prosperity, A
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  Speaker 1: Woman's Guide to Financial Peace and Intentional Living. Now that
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  Speaker 1: the book has been out and I've had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to complete it, I want to talk to you about
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  Speaker 1: the response to the book, but also she has a
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  Speaker 1: brand new project coming out at the end of November
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  Speaker 1: that you guys can be a part of and being
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  Speaker 1: able to find out how you can benefit from it
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  Speaker 1: as well. Annette, welcome back to the broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Cyrus. Good to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Well, look, excited to be able to start the month
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  Speaker 1: of November off with you. Annette, again, congratulations on Purposeful Prosperity.
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  Speaker 1: It's been great watching you. I know you did some
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  Speaker 1: interviews with my team, but also you've been sharing information
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  Speaker 1: all over social media. Annette, what has it been like
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  Speaker 1: for you to see the way people are getting not
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  Speaker 1: only the principles in the book, but I think the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of the book when it comes to not only preparation,
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  Speaker 1: but also being able to see what they can do
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  Speaker 1: to make a better life for themselves?
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  Speaker 2: Great question. It's been, it is great. It has been great,
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  Speaker 2: and it is great to see people even asking for more.
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  Speaker 2: What more are we going to do? I got the
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  Speaker 2: book now. What are we going to do with the book?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I normally have a book discussion on Monday nights,
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  Speaker 2: and we do varied books. Most often my books or
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  Speaker 2: my clients' books. And so they're like, are we going
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  Speaker 2: to do this one in book discussion? And I had
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  Speaker 2: the birthday bubble. I said, this one we're not doing
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  Speaker 2: in book discussion. Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there are so many great principles. As I mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: I had not finished the book when you and I
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  Speaker 1: had talked the last time, Annette. But now that I've
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  Speaker 1: finished the book, what I thought, and I mentioned this
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  Speaker 1: to you before you went live here, this book is
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  Speaker 1: so much more than what I think people would even expect.
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  Speaker 1: And I'll give you an example of what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, again, as I mentioned, the subtitle is A
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  Speaker 1: Woman's Guide to Financial Peace and Intentional Living. But what
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  Speaker 1: I told you even the last time we talked, This
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  Speaker 1: is a book that men and women can be able
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  Speaker 1: to pick up and appreciate, not only when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to thinking about their life, but also making sure what matters.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to us about that aspect of that. What has
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  Speaker 1: it been like for you to have men and women
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  Speaker 1: see the practical value of the book?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so here's a really, really great thing. My son
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  Speaker 2: came to the book launch. And he sat through the
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  Speaker 2: whole book launch from wherever he was. And he called
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  Speaker 2: me afterwards. And he was like, Mom, I get this.
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  Speaker 2: He was like, I know it's their women, but Mom,
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  Speaker 2: this was so enriching. He was like, I can see
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  Speaker 2: me and some of my guys talking about this. So
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  Speaker 2: within this book, yes, it is broad. It's simplified and
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  Speaker 2: yet broad. And my son was like, Mom, you gave it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was so clear as to where you
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  Speaker 2: were going with it. So it was exciting for me
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  Speaker 2: that my son came to, you know, to the launch
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  Speaker 2: and sat through the entire launch and then called me
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  Speaker 2: up to tell me what he got from it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And that's not surprising. You know, even you and
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  Speaker 1: I had that conversation, I think, in another setting, you know, Annette,
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  Speaker 1: that I felt like, okay, this is, This is something
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  Speaker 1: that really is good for everyone. So let's go back.
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  Speaker 1: For those who may have missed our previous conversation, you've
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  Speaker 1: written other books before, both fiction and nonfiction. What is
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  Speaker 1: it that prompted Purposeful Prosperity?
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  Speaker 2: It's a heartbeat. I'll put it that way. Like I
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  Speaker 2: said before, it's a combination of books that I was
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  Speaker 2: working on. And I did not know it was going
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  Speaker 2: to be purposeful prosperity. I did know it was going
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  Speaker 2: to be a woman's financial guide. So I thought it
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  Speaker 2: was going to be, initially, my plan was a financial book.
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  Speaker 2: And I was just praying about this thing. And I
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  Speaker 2: was like, oh, this is becoming cumbersome. And as an academia,
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  Speaker 2: and I teach college courses, I was like, I don't
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  Speaker 2: want those kind of courses in what I'm doing.
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  Speaker 1: So I.
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  Speaker 2: kind of shifted the script on that and say, you
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  Speaker 2: know what, we're going to give these principles, but we're
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  Speaker 2: going to give them with life application and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to use real women who I fictionalized in the stories
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  Speaker 2: because these are real examples that have been shared with
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  Speaker 2: me through pastoral counseling and different things that I've done
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  Speaker 2: through the years, life coaching. And so to bring all
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  Speaker 2: of that together and build this book with these financial
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  Speaker 2: principles in it, but they flow in such a way
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  Speaker 2: that I believe the reader does not feel overwhelmed.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. And one example of that is found in
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  Speaker 1: Chapter 17 of the book, Annette, with Eleanor. And I
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  Speaker 1: want to read a bit of what you said with Eleanor,
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  Speaker 1: and I think what people will relate to with Eleanor.
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  Speaker 1: For those who have the print edition like I do,
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  Speaker 1: it's on pages 286 and 287. and this is what
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  Speaker 1: you wrote, Annette, like many women, Eleanor had spent much
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  Speaker 1: of her life focusing on immediate responsibilities. There were children
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  Speaker 1: to raise, bills to pay, careers to build, parents to
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  Speaker 1: care for, and problems to solve. Her attention had always
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  Speaker 1: been directed toward what needed to be handled next, but
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  Speaker 1: now life was entering a different season, and with that
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  Speaker 1: season came a different set of questions. I want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about that first, because I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: us are in, we don't like to call it survival mode, Annette,
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  Speaker 1: but that's really what it ends up being, right? We
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  Speaker 1: look at what's in front of us and that's the
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  Speaker 1: only thing that we focus on because we liken the
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  Speaker 1: situation here with Eleanor, you know, things that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: feel like are pressing. But what was it like for
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  Speaker 1: you through Eleanor's example and others to show that, you
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  Speaker 1: know what, even though, yes, we have to take care
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  Speaker 1: of the present, that there is nothing wrong with and
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  Speaker 1: how essential it is to also think about the future.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's important for us to consider all
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  Speaker 2: aspects and also to remind ourselves what's behind us. We
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  Speaker 2: can't go back and change any of that. So we
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  Speaker 2: need to focus, look forward, and process in our minds
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  Speaker 2: ways that, and we're going to do this through what?
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  Speaker 2: Reading the book, doing the activities, getting other resources, maybe
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  Speaker 2: attending some of my workshops and different things that I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to be doing. But we're going to get the
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  Speaker 2: insight that we need to make us more comfortable because
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  Speaker 2: it might take a while for a person to be
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  Speaker 2: comfortable shifting. you know, building new habits. It takes time.
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  Speaker 2: But the more we apply ourselves to it, the better
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  Speaker 2: we're going to get. We're not going to be perfect,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but we're getting better each day when we
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  Speaker 2: apply the correct principles. And that leads me to one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that I've done actually in this last month,
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  Speaker 2: and I finished it this weekend, is I wrote a
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  Speaker 2: book of 100 100 Purposeful Prosperity Principles. And I pulled
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  Speaker 2: them all from the book.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. So you talk about in Chapter 17 with Eleanor
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  Speaker 1: Annette something that is definitely a change in mindset. You
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  Speaker 1: talk about the difference in managing the future and embracing
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  Speaker 1: the future. Talk to us about how Dr. Annette West
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  Speaker 1: has managed to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, for myself? Oh, yeah. I'm excited about my now,
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  Speaker 2: but I am excited about my future. I was just
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  Speaker 2: talking to somebody about years, and they were like, Oh, I'm,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I hit 50 and I'm, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: don't have much time left. I was like, I looked
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  Speaker 2: at 50 like I got another half of my life
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  Speaker 2: and maybe even more. That's the way I look at 50,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like there should be many years ahead of me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not talking about what's behind me, but I see
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  Speaker 2: many years. And so if I see many years, now
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  Speaker 2: I have to say, what am I willing to put
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  Speaker 2: in place? to help me to have the lifestyle that
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  Speaker 2: I want from now to whenever it is time for
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  Speaker 2: me to leave. I don't want to be 90 and
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  Speaker 2: broke and poor and destitute. I want to be flourishing
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  Speaker 2: for the entire time that I live here. And so
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  Speaker 2: getting the correct principles in place is going to be
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  Speaker 2: paramount for us to move forward.
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  Speaker 1: And I think, again, that is what makes this book
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  Speaker 1: so interesting because, again, as I mentioned, so many people
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  Speaker 1: are in this survival mode. We hear people talk about
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  Speaker 1: living paycheck to paycheck, going from day to day. And then,
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  Speaker 1: of course, when situations come up that are unexpected, then
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  Speaker 1: they can be caught flat-footed. But you said something to
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  Speaker 1: the point of what you just mentioned. I made a
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  Speaker 1: note of it to mention later, but I'll go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and bring it up now because it ties into what
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  Speaker 1: you just said, Annette. For those, again, who have their
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  Speaker 1: copy of the book, you'll find this in Chapter 11,
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  Speaker 1: Creating Multiple Income Streams After 50. And you write this
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  Speaker 1: on page 172. And you were, of course, giving another
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  Speaker 1: example here for individuals. But this is what you said
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  Speaker 1: I thought was so important. Stop believing your most productive
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  Speaker 1: years are behind you. Stop assuming your gifts no longer matter.
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  Speaker 1: Stop viewing age as a limitation. Begin seeing this season
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  Speaker 1: for what it truly is, a season of possibility, a
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  Speaker 1: season of wisdom, a season of creativity, a season of consciousness.
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  Speaker 1: a season of purpose. The years behind you have prepared
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  Speaker 1: you for more than you may realize. Every lesson, every challenge,
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  Speaker 1: every success, and every disappointment contributed something valuable to the
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  Speaker 1: person you are today. I firmly believe that, and you
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  Speaker 1: go on to say, Annette, Nothing has been wasted. But
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  Speaker 1: what has it been like for you to share those
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  Speaker 1: principles with others that everything has kind of led them
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  Speaker 1: to here and the great things that are still to come?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I love to use my my I
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  Speaker 2: have all of these wonderful examples in the book, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm also an example. of the life where I came from,
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  Speaker 2: what I've had to do through the years to get
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  Speaker 2: to this point, and what I expect to do to get,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for my longevity. So really getting people to
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  Speaker 2: do some self-reflection, getting people to really look at what
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  Speaker 2: they've been doing and asking themselves, has it really been beneficial?
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  Speaker 2: And if it hasn't, what can I do different? and
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  Speaker 2: tapping into people and resources that can help you gain
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  Speaker 2: the tools that you need, because it's not too late
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  Speaker 2: for us to learn more.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I also think there's an interesting principle, even in
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  Speaker 1: the subtitle of the book, that now that I've finished it, Annette,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's so powerful. Again, the book is Purposal Prosperity,
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  Speaker 1: A Woman's Guide to Financial Peace and Intentional Living. And
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  Speaker 1: one thing you say in the book that may surprise
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  Speaker 1: people is this. You say, that freedom begins before the
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  Speaker 1: final payment is made. Talk to us about that, because
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of times people, when they think
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  Speaker 1: of financial freedom, they think of zero balances. So what
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  Speaker 1: has that been like for you to get people to
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  Speaker 1: change their mindset, not only about debt, but also what
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  Speaker 1: financial freedom looks like?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. I just had a conversation
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  Speaker 2: with one of the ladies the other day who was
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  Speaker 2: talking about working to get out of debt. And first
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  Speaker 2: I asked her what was her plan. And she told
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  Speaker 2: me her plan. And I was like, that plan is
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  Speaker 2: not going to work. That plan is going to have
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  Speaker 2: you frustrated. That plan is going to have you anxious.
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  Speaker 2: And that plan is going to have you paying that
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  Speaker 2: bill off for the next 20 years or 30 years.
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  Speaker 2: So it was about, you know, okay, let's go back
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  Speaker 2: to the drawing board. Let's look at what you have,
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  Speaker 2: what you're trying to do, and let's find the best
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  Speaker 2: way for you to do it where it's cost effective
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  Speaker 2: for you. One of the things that we all have
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  Speaker 2: to do is a cost benefit analysis in all things.
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  Speaker 2: What is the cost and what is the benefit? That's
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  Speaker 2: a determination as to how we spend stuff. So a
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  Speaker 2: simple cost benefit analysis would be for somebody to say
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  Speaker 2: to me, I know I need to put some money
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  Speaker 2: in an IRA and I haven't done it. Is it
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  Speaker 2: too late? No, it's not too late. How can I
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  Speaker 2: do it? I don't have any extra money. So then
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  Speaker 2: I would say, okay, let's do a cost-benefit analysis here.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about the things that you do spend money on.
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  Speaker 2: List those things other than your required things. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you got to pay your rent or your mortgage, your utilities. Well,
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  Speaker 2: let's talk about the coffees that you bought out, the food,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the fast food that you bought out, the
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  Speaker 2: extra outfits that you bought. Let's look at those things
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  Speaker 2: and let's look at those dollars and cents. And let's
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  Speaker 2: see how much sense it makes on the sense that
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  Speaker 2: you spent. So I'm talking S-E-N-C, y'all, and then the S-E-N-C.
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  Speaker 2: So how much sense does it make for what you spent,
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  Speaker 2: the sense? So that's how we do the cost-benefit analysis.
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  Speaker 2: So does it benefit me based on what I just spent?
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  Speaker 2: And how is it going to benefit me? And is
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  Speaker 2: it going to benefit me for the short term or
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  Speaker 2: the long run? So, of course, it benefits me for
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  Speaker 2: the short run, even though I spent $ 8 for it.
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  Speaker 2: But if I buy five coffees a month, and most
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  Speaker 2: people would probably buy more than that who work outside
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  Speaker 2: the home if they buy coffees, so I've heard. Just
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  Speaker 2: say it's $ 8, and five times that's $ 40. You could
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  Speaker 2: add another $ 10 to that and start putting $ 50 in
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  Speaker 2: your IRA every month. So it's a simple thing to
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  Speaker 2: get us started, but we have to go back and
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  Speaker 2: look at what are we spending, what is it costing us,
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  Speaker 2: and is it beneficial to our long-term process?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You say something else in the book, Annette, that
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  Speaker 1: I've never seen it worded like this before, and I
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  Speaker 1: read a lot of books. But we... We all have
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  Speaker 1: heard the saying about our past does not define us,
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  Speaker 1: a bad relationship does not define us. You say in
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  Speaker 1: the book that debt does not define us. And that
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  Speaker 1: in itself, I think, gives us some type of peace
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  Speaker 1: because a lot of times people do feel defined by
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  Speaker 1: what they see as failure because that's how they equate debt, right,
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  Speaker 1: that they have failed. They failed in being responsible. They
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  Speaker 1: failed in preparing. Talk to us about what that's been
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  Speaker 1: like for you to embrace for yourself that you're not
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  Speaker 1: defined by things like debt and things that may seem
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  Speaker 1: like hindrances, but also the fact that you can't be
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  Speaker 1: able to address those things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So thank God I've been real mindful about the
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  Speaker 2: debt issue. So that's not been a critical concern for me,
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  Speaker 2: but It's something that I've always been watchful of. So
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  Speaker 2: I've had to be conscious because at one point I
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  Speaker 2: used to spend a lot because I had a lot.
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  Speaker 2: And I do that cost benefit analysis that I talk about.
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  Speaker 2: What can I do with those resources? And so for
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  Speaker 2: a person who feels like they have a lot of debt,
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  Speaker 2: the first thing is you can't beat yourself up about
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  Speaker 2: that because that's not going to solve anything. You can't
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  Speaker 2: make yourself feel worse if you're trying to get better.
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  Speaker 2: And you cannot self-inflict pain. You can, but why would
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  Speaker 2: you want to self-inflict pain? So I come from that perspective.
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  Speaker 2: And I also come from the perspective of God doesn't
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  Speaker 2: want us to sit and wallow in those things. And
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  Speaker 2: we have to remember that the guy that we serve
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  Speaker 2: has already created greatness for us. He's already created a
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  Speaker 2: journey for us. We may just have taken some detours.
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  Speaker 2: So how do we process to get to where we're
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  Speaker 2: supposed to be so that we can develop the prosperity
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  Speaker 2: that we are entitled to? So that's what I'm really...
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  Speaker 2: pushing and pressing myself as well as other people into
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  Speaker 2: what more can I do and what more can I
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  Speaker 2: stop doing so that I can do.
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  Speaker 1: Such a great point. And I think, again, that's why
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  Speaker 1: conversations like this are so important, Annette. I want to
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  Speaker 1: say for those who are just tuning in, welcome. You're
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  Speaker 1: listening to Conversations Live. We're excited to welcome back Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Annette West. She's back with us because now that the
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  Speaker 1: book has been out, I definitely not had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to read it. I wanted to have her back to
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  Speaker 1: kind of talk about What's been like for you to
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  Speaker 1: see the response to the book that we're discussing here
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  Speaker 1: is Purposeful Prosperity, A Woman's Guide to Financial Peace and
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  Speaker 1: Intentional Living. It's available now through our friends at Amazon.com.
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  Speaker 1: But as we hear in those commercials sometimes, Dr. Annette, wait,
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  Speaker 1: there's more. She's releasing another book. in November. So as
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  Speaker 1: she's been promoting purposeful prosperity, I was on social media
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  Speaker 1: and I saw, wait a minute, she has another book
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  Speaker 1: coming out in November. So talk to us about the
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  Speaker 1: new book project and then how it came about.
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  Speaker 2: Don't ask me how both of these books came out
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  Speaker 2: so close, but the second book is actually a collaboration
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  Speaker 2: that I've done where I invited, and I think we
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  Speaker 2: started back in May on this project and, with a
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  Speaker 2: six-month goal of completion. And we're right on target for that.
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  Speaker 2: But this book is called Women Who Carry the Word,
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  Speaker 2: Faithful Voices for Such a Time as This. And it
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  Speaker 2: is a book of stories as well, but it is
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  Speaker 2: from women who... are in leadership. They may be teachers.
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  Speaker 2: They may be pastors. They may be, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: may be ministers. They may be a business professional, but
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  Speaker 2: they're talking about how they carry the word, how they,
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  Speaker 2: how they may have been turned in even before they
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  Speaker 2: understood that they had it, how they may not have
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  Speaker 2: handled it the way that they should have handled it,
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  Speaker 2: how they had to overlook maybe what other people were
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  Speaker 2: saying so that they could keep their focus and move forward.
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  Speaker 2: So I believe that this is another timely book that
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  Speaker 2: is going to be aligned with the Purposeful Prosperity 365
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  Speaker 2: because it's all about women empowering women building, sustaining, and
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  Speaker 2: then sharing with other women so that they can be empowered, sustained,
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  Speaker 2: and do what? Reciprocate that as they go down to
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  Speaker 2: someone else. So it's all about gaining it and pressing
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  Speaker 2: it and pushing it to someone else.
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  Speaker 1: Amazing. Amazing. And I think, again, this is what is
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  Speaker 1: so powerful, you know, to be able to, as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: you've been able to do other books, you know, before this.
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  Speaker 1: But the fact that you're able to bring other people
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  Speaker 1: in and allow them to be able to share their
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  Speaker 1: story and their lessons as well, I think is such
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  Speaker 1: an amazing thing. I think, Annette, the other thing that's
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  Speaker 1: so powerful about this is how you're giving people permission
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  Speaker 1: to share their stories. As you mentioned, even in Purposeful Prosperity,
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  Speaker 1: you've been able to change things, of course, for people.
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  Speaker 1: But what does it feel like for you to see
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  Speaker 1: how people have benefited from the opportunities you've provided and
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  Speaker 1: them being able to share their stories? And to reach
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  Speaker 1: a new audience, not only, of course, with their stories,
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  Speaker 1: but also with the blessings and the journeys they've been on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So some people know me as Dr. Annette, the
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  Speaker 2: publishing pusher, because I have a publishing business as well
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  Speaker 2: as a publishing pusher podcast. And one of the things
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  Speaker 2: that I really try to do, and not just with
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  Speaker 2: the publishing, but with in general with people is is
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  Speaker 2: to see the value in people, ask God to show
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  Speaker 2: me what he wants me to see, and then encourage
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  Speaker 2: them to step out of their shells many times, to
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  Speaker 2: think about something, to write about something that they would
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  Speaker 2: have never thought about. And so the women that are
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  Speaker 2: in this particular book, Women Who Carry the Word, these
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  Speaker 2: are women that I prayed about who would be in
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  Speaker 2: this book. And then I Put the list down and
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  Speaker 2: I went to each person and I said, if it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't fit, I understand. And everybody that I asked said yes.
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  Speaker 2: So all of these women who carry the word, they
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  Speaker 2: are yes women. They say yes to the call and
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  Speaker 2: they say yes to the assignment and the accomplishment. They
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  Speaker 2: accomplished it. And that's what it's about. Seeing the value
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  Speaker 2: in people, pressing people to be greater. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think that is a big thing for sure. Have
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  Speaker 1: you had a chance, as you kind of think about,
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  Speaker 1: as you mentioned, being the publishing pusher, have you had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to really think about the impact you're making,
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  Speaker 1: not only with these authors, but also with the readers
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  Speaker 1: that will pick these books up?
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  Speaker 2: That's what we've been praying about, yes. We're always praying
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  Speaker 2: for the readers. We want to make sure that the readers...
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  Speaker 2: I don't want you to just buy the book. I
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  Speaker 2: want you to read the book. I want you to
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  Speaker 2: dig into the book. I want you to gain the
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  Speaker 2: principles in the book. I want you to see how
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  Speaker 2: you can apply it to your own life and also
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  Speaker 2: how you see principles that you can assist somebody else,
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  Speaker 2: guide somebody else. through their journey as well. So I
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  Speaker 2: believe like Jesus, we want to get the word out.
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  Speaker 2: We want to get it out in stories, parables, songs, poems,
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  Speaker 2: whatever way we need to, to get it to reach
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  Speaker 2: its targeted audience.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And I should mention before we let you go here, Annette,
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  Speaker 1: that the other great thing about Purposeful Prosperity is that
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  Speaker 1: there is a great resource in the back of the book.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm bringing this up because of what you had
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  Speaker 1: mentioned about an IRA. For people who may be wondering, okay,
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  Speaker 1: what that is, what she actually shares with that is
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  Speaker 1: share that in the back of the book. Different things
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  Speaker 1: you need to know that are mentioned in the book.
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  Speaker 1: You're able to be able to find those, what she
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  Speaker 1: has called a financial terms glossary in there as well.
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  Speaker 1: So again, the book is something that's practical. There's great
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: information here, but also it's an opportunity for you to
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  Speaker 1: be able to look at your own income source, look
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  Speaker 1: at your expenses, your goals, and to be able to
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: really hold yourself accountable. Isn't that also the big point here, Annette?
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  Speaker 1: We can all read books and say, wow, that was
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  Speaker 1: a great book. But if we don't do anything, we
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  Speaker 1: don't make any changes. It's only going to be a
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  Speaker 1: good book. Is that what you hope people do is
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  Speaker 1: actually yes, take the book in, but also make it
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  Speaker 1: their own, look at themselves and think of, okay, where
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  Speaker 1: am I in this and how can I move forward?
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  Speaker 2: Definitely. That's why there are applications throughout the chapters. Well,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of every chapter, there's some questions to answer.
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  Speaker 2: There's some reflection things because we need to, in each
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  Speaker 2: of these chapters, there's something that we need to look
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  Speaker 2: at for ourselves and we need to process This is
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  Speaker 2: the thing. If it just fits in our mind, it's
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: all haphazard. So we've got to get it out. So
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: I would say when you get a resource that gives
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  Speaker 2: you the ability to fill in areas, take the time
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  Speaker 2: to do it because it's going to benefit you. And
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: also join the 365 movement. We have Purposeful Prosperity 365
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  Speaker 2: YouTube channel. Join the YouTube channel. There are some great
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  Speaker 2: things already planned for this. And I also love cooking.
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  Speaker 2: I love cooking. I used to do cooking videos during
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: COVID and stuff, but I got away from that. But
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: when we talk about purposeful prosperity, a woman's guide to
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  Speaker 2: financial peace and intentional living. Remember, we're not just talking
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: dollars and cents. We're talking about lifestyle, life application, every
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: aspect of our lives. And so also what? Our health
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: is our wealth. And so when we take care of
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  Speaker 2: ourselves the right way, it should help us to be
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  Speaker 2: built in such a way that we are strong to
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: move forward. So I actually am going to have Saturday recipe.
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  Speaker 2: So I will have a new, I will have a new,
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  Speaker 2: the full recipe won't be there, but the picture will
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  Speaker 2: be there with all the ingredients, you know, that are
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  Speaker 2: in it, as well as a description of, for whoever
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  Speaker 2: wants to see it. So on the YouTube channel, Purposeful
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  Speaker 2: Prosperity 365, on Saturdays, there will be a new picture
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: of something that I actually did cook. And these are
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: pictures from my kitchen that will be shared. And so
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: it's also going to be a part of a cookbook,
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: some cookbooks that I have been working on. So one
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: of them is going to have to come soon. But
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: these probably won't even be in the cookbook. These will
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: be other than. So if you're looking to find some nice, healthy,
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: overall healthy meals and without a whole lot of ingredients,
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: then you definitely want to tune in on Saturdays to
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: check out that post. And we're soon going to be
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: doing a Saturday morning session Some are going to be
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: like 15, 20 minutes where I'm going to do a
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  Speaker 2: master class on some Saturdays. I'm going to bring some
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  Speaker 2: experts in or even just some people in who are
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  Speaker 2: talking about something that aligns with our purposeful prosperity and
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  Speaker 2: getting the voices of other people because I'm not the
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  Speaker 2: kind of person that it's got to be about me.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: I think we can work together to create what we
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  Speaker 2: need to put out.
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  Speaker 1: So true. I totally agree. Again, everyone, Dr. Annette West
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  Speaker 1: has been our guest. Make sure you guys get her
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  Speaker 1: latest book, Purposeful Prosperity, A Woman's Guide to Financial Peace
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: and Intentional Living, as you heard her say. The book
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: that is coming is Women Who Carry the Word. That's
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: going to be coming out later on this month as well. Annette,
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  Speaker 1: congratulations to you again. Congratulations to the contributors of Women
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  Speaker 1: Who Carry the Word. And looking forward to our next
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: chat together.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Cyrus. I appreciate you.
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  Speaker 1: Take care. I appreciate you as well. And we think
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  Speaker 1: your audience are tuning in to another great segment of
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  Speaker 1: Conversations Live. Until next time, I'm your host, Cyrus Webster.
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