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Why Not Today? Season 1 - Episode 22 with Leslie Kane, The One Word for 2023. · Why Not Today? with Leslie Kane

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  Hi, this is Leslie Kane and I am the host of the Why Not Today podcast.
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  It's a podcast to celebrate people who have been courageous and said, why not today?
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  I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Kane, who often said, why not today?
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  I am based in Western Virginia, planned community right outside of Washington, DC, and thanks
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  for joining us today.
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  And today, you're going to get me as a guest as well.
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  I know that I did this, it's December and it's been a little different.
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  And so beginning of December, if you haven't listened to episode 20, I talked about being
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  intentional the month of December and focusing on the fun and enjoying it and doing the things
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  you want to do.
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  And it's taken some work, but I've been practicing that.
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  And then I had a special episode on the end of like the next Tuesday, I think it was the
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  end of December where my friend Jodi talked about her book, Jingle and Joy and praying
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  beneath the tree and a devotion around that.
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  And honestly, my life has been busy and I hate the word busy, it's been full the last
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  couple of weeks and I woke up two days ago and like, I don't have a guest for today.
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  And so I thought one of the things that I've been thinking about and wanted to talk about
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  is the one word.
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  And it's something I do every year, beginning of the year.
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  And I thought, okay, this is the perfect time to talk about the one word and encourage people
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  to start thinking about your one word because you want to have your one word in place for
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  the beginning of the year.
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  So this podcast is all about helping people and being able to support women and men and
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  giving people courage to do things, new things.
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  And the beginning of every year, I stopped doing a New Year's resolution years ago and
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  I got a book.
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  It's from John Gordon with Dan Britton and Jimmy Page and it's called One Word That Will
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  Change Your Life.
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  And it's a little book and it's a quick read, like you can probably read an hour.
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  I mean, I could probably do it on the podcast.
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  But it talks about instead of your New Year's resolution, which most people by February
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  they've thrown out the window, it's a theme for your year, your one word.
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  And it says, the book cover says, what if one thing could improve your life in incredible
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  ways?
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  What if one word could mean the difference between repeated failure and new found success?
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  In this beautifully illustrated full color revised edition, one word that will change
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  your life will inspire you to simplify your life and work by focusing on just one word
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  for the entire year.
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  That's right.
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  One year can create clarity, power, passion and life change.
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  Each year resolutions are rarely kept and goals are easily forgotten.
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  But one word, stick by living a single word that embodies the essence of your life at
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  this moment, you'll found renewed purpose and meaning throughout the year.
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  Join thousands of people and hundreds of schools, businesses, churches and sports teams who
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  have found their one word and discover how to harness transformational power of one word.
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  And so this is something I've been doing with my Mary Kay team for years and other friends
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  and customers and just it's grown because we took it from just creating our one word
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  to doing wine women in one word is what we called it.
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  And a friend of mine, Robin, who has a paint studio, we would go to our paint studio and
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  of course drink a little wine, but come up with a word and paint it on a canvas.
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  And then the canvas, I keep mine in my bathroom, so I see it every single day.
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  And so your one word.
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  And so I'm going to read this to you just because I think it's profound.
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  It says, if we could give you one thing that would improve your life in incredible ways,
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  would you receive it?
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  If this one thing was so intuitive and easy to use that would be crazy not to try it,
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  would you give it a shot?
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  What is the one thing, this one thing, it's the one word.
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  That's right.
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  One word that will change your life.
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  The book talks about how they'll show you how to discover the word that is meant for
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  you.
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  It's one word vision or theme for the entire year and it'll help you become the person
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  you were born to be.
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  When we first discovered the simple concept in 1999, we never imagined thousands of people
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  would experience life change year after year.
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  However, over the years we have witnessed other experiencing the same life change we
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  have experienced.
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  We came to realize that we had to share this life changing concept with as many people
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  as possible.
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  A simple concept must be communicated in a simple way.
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  That's why we have designed this book so that you can read it in just 49 minutes.
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  In this case, less is best.
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  Simple is powerful.
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  One word that will change your life is a proven way to create clarity, power, passion and
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  life change.
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  Each year resolutions are rarely kept and goals are easily forgotten.
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  But one word sticks.
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  By living a single word that is meant for you, you'll find renewed purpose and meaning
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  throughout the year and achieve laser like focus and power for your life.
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  So they created the one word process that has three steps.
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  One, prepare your heart.
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  This is where you take action to strategically disengage from the hectic pace of your life
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  and look inside.
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  Eliminating noise and clutter properly prepares you for the work of the heart.
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  We show you easy practical ways to create some space and get ready for your one word.
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  Two, discover your word.
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  This step helps you ask simple questions to find your word.
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  We believe that there will be a word meant just for you and we guide you on the pathway
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  to discover it.
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  You will learn the four questions to ask to reveal your word.
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  And three, live your word.
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  This is the fun part.
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  We help you experience your word and apply it to every area of your life.
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  This step will inspire you along the journey as you live your word on purpose and passion
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  every day throughout the year.
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  We have also created an action plan.
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  I don't need to read that.
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  So to maximize your one word experience, we invite you to first visit the one word.com
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  where you can receive additional insights, read stories, impact and download helpful
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  resources.
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  And so he talks about the story of the one word, how it came about.
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  So I'm not going to read this book to you, but basically he shares lots of stories of
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  people's one word.
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  But to come up with your one word, there's some steps that they recommend.
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  And let me find the step.
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  So one word can be so powerful.
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  And as I said, I've done it for years and I've had several people in my world do it
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  also.
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  So in coming up with your one word, what they suggest is to prepare your heart by looking
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  in and then discover your word by looking up and live your word by looking out.
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  So I always start thinking about my word in the fall and kind of it never is the one word
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  I start with is the word I end with.
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  And I think about it and I have some space around it and plan and live with it.
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  And then I start looking up and asking God and praying and like, okay, is this the right
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  word?
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  And then start looking out and the looking out is, okay, do you see the word?
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  Do you hear the word?
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  Are you saying the word is like words I've had.
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  It's like all of a sudden it's everywhere.
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  And so doing those things, look in, look up and look out to come up with your word and
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  sit with it and feel it and make sure it's the word that's right for you.
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  So that's why I want to do this podcast today as you prepare for year end to start thinking
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  about it and living with the word and coming up with your word.
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  So we do, as I said, the painting of the one word, but I also did some graphics and printed
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  them out on like a picture and printed them out at a photo place and had put it all over
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  my house with pictures.
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  I'm a very visual person, so it made a difference.
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  There were stories in the book about a basketball team that they wrote it on the bat, everybody's
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  word on the ball and it took it to every game.
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  A school that on the wall had all the teachers' words, a sports team that are another school
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  or something that had rock that they all painted.
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  So there's lots of ways to share your word.
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  So you can do it with your team could even have a word.
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  I'm looking really quickly here.
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  So it says, post your word prominently and share it with others.
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  You ensure your growth.
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  There will be no false starts or fails.
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  You will experience highs and lows and it'll be part of the process as you live out the
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  word.
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  Let God use the simplicity of your one word theme to revolutionize everyday life.
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  All right.
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  So somebody even said they did it as a tattoo, but I think every year would be different.
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  You could do think of a song, you can journal it.
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  And all right.
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  So I reached out to a couple friends of mine who have done the one word before and my friend
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  Amber said what she liked about the one word is it was intentional.
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  It was eye opening to see how God manifests and confirms your intentionality.
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  And I know her year word in 2020 I think was community and mine was connections.
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  We kind of laughed after what happened with COVID, but we had to learn different ways
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  to create community and different ways to connect, which I think was imperfect in alignment.
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  And she says your word shows up in dreams and things you want.
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  It's a cool experience to have your word and live it.
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  And she loved it, it was very empowering.
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  Another friend of mine, Julia, who is I think the number one fan of this podcast, her word
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  was savor.
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  And she really said she really did try to slow down and savor everything in her life.
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  And she took her picture, I know her one word and put it in her dressing rooms every morning
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  she saw it.
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  Another friend of mine, Bethany, her word was progress.
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  And she painted the word and it was visible every day and helped her persevere.
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  It helped to reach a goal plus overcome a few obstacles in between.
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  Another person I asked, Cheryl, she said, let me find her answer.
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  She said her word, she had a long answer, so I'm going to read this.
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  All right.
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  She said in past years I've chosen words for things I wanted for myself, like joy to remind
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  me to put joy in my life and decisions, things that seemed important for my personal growth
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  that were helpful.
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  The word I picked last January was light.
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  And it has been more meaningful to me as the year has gone on.
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  I want to be the light for other people.
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  I want to provide light and share the light, especially in the context of my full-time
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  job and she worked in a nursing home.
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  I have always said that all you need to do, that all you need to do to work well is love.
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  Show them that you love them and you will light up their day.
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  The way I think of it today is the light is fueled by the battery of love.
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  All you need is love to make your light shine.
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  So when I'm feeling less than confident or able, I ask myself if I have love to share.
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  The answer is always yes.
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  So this year the word has been more about how I want to be in the world for other people
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  and that of course has wonderful consequences for my personal growth.
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  So those are just some examples.
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  I keep in one of my devotions I have written in really messy all my words every year.
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  So when I started this, it was 2014, my first word was shine.
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  And then I had focus, intention, purpose, joy, intention, connections, trust, and courage.
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  And that's very interesting that I didn't realize that I had intention two other years
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  because that is the word that I've been thinking about for 2023.
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  So maybe I need to have intention in my life because I was thinking of a lot of different
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  areas that I want to be more intentional and I've been very intentional in December.
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  But now that I see that I may have to readjust that word.
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  So think about your word.
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  How do you want to show up in 2023?
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  Which is crazy to think we're at that point and start thinking about it.
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  As I said, look up, look in, look up and look out and come up with that word, live with
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  it and see what it needs to be.
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  And then we are doing a paint event if you're listening to this in real time and you want
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  to join us.
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  We do it virtually so anybody can join us.
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  If you want more information, just reach out to me.
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  If you just want to do your word and share it and share it on the podcast.
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  So this podcast, as I said, is about empowering people and giving people courage to do those
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  things.
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  So I hope you pick a word that's courageous for you this year and makes you stretch a
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  little bit.
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  And you know, I just thought of a word I might have.
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  So I'm thinking about this, so it hasn't resolved itself.
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  So I'm not going to share it yet, but thank you for listening.
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  And I'm going to have as we finish the new year, I have a guest coming on that's a coach
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  and we're going to talk about space in the new year and the COVID hangover and how we
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  can start our new year strong.
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  I have another guest I've talked to who just downsized and moved out of suburbia into a
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  condo where I live and got rid of all a lot of her stuff and just living a clean life.
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  And we're talking about cleaning out for the for the new year.
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  So I've got other people in line if you know somebody that has done something courageous
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  or if you've done something courageous and you want to share your story, I'm always looking
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  for people to share.
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  So this is our 22nd episode.
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  Super excited about that.
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  I appreciate everybody listening and living out the motto of why not today.
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  And what are those things as we finish up the we celebrate the holidays and finish up
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  the year?
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  What are those things you're going to say?
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  Why not today?
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  So thank you for listening.
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  You can find us the podcast on Spotify and iTunes and Google and share with another friend
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  that hasn't listened to this.
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  Like it, comment, give it a review.
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  I know you can on podcasts or podcasts.
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  Yeah, on iTunes podcast, you can give a review.
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  So I'm really trying to increase the listenership and the people sharing and love to have new
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  people share all the time.
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  So let me know what you think and let me know what your word is.
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  Make sure you share it with everybody.
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  And thanks again for joining the why not today podcast.
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  This is Leslie saying goodnight and Merry Christmas.
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  I don't think I'll have an episode.
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  Our next Saturday will be Christmas.
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  We probably won't have one on Christmas but that next week.
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  So Merry Christmas or happy holidays.