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#86 - The Difference that Leading Through Strength Makes · Brandon Fogal Evolution

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  They are making Tesla the 21st century swastika.
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  The left is doing this, and they are getting together to implement a day of rage against Teslas.
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  March 29th, global action. What all that means on paper, does it mean that they're
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  just going to try to stop buying Teslas and just frown upon people that have
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  Teslas? or are they going to actually do something?
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  My name is Brandon Fogel. This is Evolution. Let's get into it.
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  All right, so Teslas, I never thought that this would actually be a thing,
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  but the more that we get into the Trump term and now Elon Musk in the crosshairs of the woke left.
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  It just keeps getting exponentially worse.
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  We've seen Teslas on fire. We've seen dealerships just under impact constantly lately.
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  There has been a reversal, though,
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  a reaction from the Trump administration that they are actually going after
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  people that are doing this and showing power, saying, you are going to get 20
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  years in prison if you are setting Teslas on fire.
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  If you are doing this to Teslas, you have the potentiality of going to prison
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  for 20 years. Now, would that be worth it?
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  My whole thing is peace through strength and what leading through strength means
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  and how it matters for any nation.
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  You could say an organization, you could say a company, you could say a family,
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  but let's focus on a nation today.
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  And we're going to take a look at from a biblical perspective as well in the
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  nation of Israel and their golden age, the pinnacle period in history where they were in power,
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  fully in power and had like their golden age.
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  With King David and also King Solomon.
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  And not everybody's heard of King David, but a lot of people have.
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  And they got that new show, House of David, on Prime. You should check that out.
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  For years back in the day, I thought it'd be so cool if Hollywood and the top
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  people started making movies about biblical events in the Bible.
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  And I thought that was going to be a dream, but it's constant reality now.
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  And now that they got the House of David and so many other things, The Chosen,
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  that are just zooming in and looking at these events and these time periods
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  in history that would have just been for the fantasy folk of the church and of religiosity,
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  those people, the nutjobs,
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  the people that believe in this grandpa in the sky.
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  We don't believe in a grandpa in the sky, but they characterize it as that.
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  What this means, though, from leading from strength is huge for anyone because
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  it starts from the top and the culture gets set from the top and the people
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  that are a part of the culture,
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  whether it's a nation or whether it's a business or whatever,
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  it all stems from how the leadership wants to put forward the organization and
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  how they believe the organization should be run.
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  And Trump, I think, in the first two months of office has definitely changed
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  the perspective and the perception of the United States.
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  We are no longer a laughingstock.
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  But that we are feared. And fear is a huge deal, especially when you're dealing
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  outside of the United States.
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  People outside the United States need to know that you're going to take action
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  if you step out of line and step in a way that is going to mess up the world
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  and mess up other nations.
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  If you fail to react and act when there is evil happening, that in itself is evil.
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  And Trump and his team are showing power.
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  They're showing power. And this also goes with the Tesla, this whole Tesla fiasco
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  that is happening that we are experiencing daily.
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  I've put a link in the description about this, this action organization that
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  they are, there's websites out there that are calling for this day of rage to
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  happen on March 29th. And you can see it right there.
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  I'm not promoting it, but I think we should all not bury our heads in the sand
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  and we should be aware of it. So what can you do?
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  First of all, I mean, become aware. That's the first thing.
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  Speak out against it when you have opportunity. But let's take a step back and
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  go into, I want to show from the Bible with King David.
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  And after he passed away, basically he was the sword and the power of God that
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  basically extended the golden age, the golden geography of Israel.
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  So they had all that landmass and so that they had all that power and influence.
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  But he did it through a lot of bloodshed. He did it through a lot of bloodshed.
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  And that was why God said to him, you cannot build my temple because you have
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  so much blood on your hands. But he was still used by God.
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  There is a time for war. There's a time for peace and there's a time for war.
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  And in that period, David had the time for war and extending God's boundary
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  lines for the nation of Israel.
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  Fast forward a little bit. He has his son Solomon who comes in and is a man
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  of peace, but it's a man of peace through strength.
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  And that is when basically the nation of Israel had huge power and influence in this world.
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  People were coming from afar. We're going to see that the queen of Sheba came
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  from afar just to see that this fantasy dream that Israel is in so much power.
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  And then this man is running things so smoothly. She comes to see it for herself
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  because she can't believe it.
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  So we're going to switch screens just so you can have it in front of you.
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  So this is where in, we don't hear much about 2 Chronicles, but 2 Chronicles 9 and then to chapter 10,
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  what happens after Solomon dies and what he leaves and the failures of his son
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  and taking over and extending and continuing to extend that power that Israel
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  has. Because this is a pinnacle period in history.
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  So this is basically a thousand BC that this is happening. A thousand BC.
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  So basically 3,000 years ago, 3,000 years ago.
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  But when Solomon has power, we're going to look at this in chapter nine.
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  I just want to read this to you. A couple of verses. Basically,
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  his wealth was just astronomical.
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  It says that now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon,
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  she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a great retinue
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  and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones.
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  And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.
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  So basically the queen of Sheba comes and gets all her questions answered. And she is in awe.
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  She cannot believe it that her, that Solomon's servants are just running this
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  place so smoothly. And it's just like, it's like heaven on earth.
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  But Solomon was leading through strength and we see all the wealth he had accumulated.
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  It said, now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.
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  And then it says all these things, basically the GDP of his nation was just through the roof.
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  But his imports, basically they were bringing in so much wealth and they were
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  selling to other nations all that they were creating.
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  So he brings us all this wealth and it's just this beautiful period in history.
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  But then after Solomon leaves, after he dies and passes away and transfers his
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  kingdom to his son, Rehoboam.
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  Basically, the nation kind of comes up in arms and they say,
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  like, we we love your father.
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  We know the amazing things he's done. But he was a man that basically was he drove us hard.
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  He was very hard on us. He was very hard on us.
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  And we don't work. We are proposing to you either you change you take off the
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  the hand that you have on us.
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  Let us breathe a little because we're just being overworked to death.
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  All this revenue that we're generating is just, it's basically on our backs
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  and we're being brought down and we cannot continue to do this.
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  So they give Rehoboam a proposal and in chapter 10, we're going to skip to that,
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  Rehoboam, his son, and he goes to his friends.
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  He has the option to go to his friends and he has the option to go to the more
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  wiser men that were a part of Solomon's regime or administration,
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  whatever you want to call it.
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  And he chooses to go to his friends that are, they say to him,
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  tell them, however hard my father was on you, I'm going to be 10 times harder on you.
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  And the, the, the more older gentlemen were saying, no, take it easy,
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  back off a little, and they will love you for life.
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  Rehoboam and his young spirit decided to follow his friends.
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  And he says to the people, he says, no, my, my finger is going to be stronger,
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  bigger than my father's waist.
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  So he tries to go, he tries to overstep, and which is a terrible way to go about
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  it, a terrible way to go about it.
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  And they react and revolt. And that is where the divided kingdom happens.
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  So there is a sense where we need to lead through strength, lead in power.
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  But if you overstep and you go too far, people are going to revolt.
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  So it's this delicate balance that leaders have to keep in mind when they are running the show.
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  And I think Trump is in this balancing act. He has to show power so that he
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  can implement fear against other nations.
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  But if he goes too hard, people in our country are going to revolt.
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  And I think people are already revolting.
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  People can't stand him already. But at least you respect him.
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  I would say at least you respect his policy, what he's doing,
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  because he's already made so many changes and so many hostages are being released.
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  So many wars are coming to end.
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  Started when he was out of term, that we can respect that.
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  So I think it's just a huge deal keeping that in mind, the person that you want to be.
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  Do you want to be a person that leads in strength or leads in weakness,
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  that shows cowardice, that shows apologies nonstop?
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  That's one thing about Trump. He does not apologize.
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  I don't know if I've ever heard him apologize. And you can say that's terrible,
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  or you can say at least he's consistent.
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  At least he's consistent. But let's take this at a personal level for you in your life.
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  Are you a person that has the opportunity wherever you're placed to lead through strength?
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  But you can't overstep. Don't be stupid like Rehoboam and overstep.
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  Basically bite off more than you can chew. Don't bite off more than you can
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  chew. Don't try to just flex when you don't have nothing to flex.
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  Trump at this time, he's got something to flex. The United States is still the
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  dominant superpower in the world.
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  We got something to flex and we better keep it that way. We want to keep it that way.
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  God help us that we keep it that way. So I think he should continue doing what he's doing.
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  Don't, and we need to snuff out these people that want to just try to make Teslas
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  a swastika sign because that is the, that is the deal.
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  It is becoming that. And I predict it is going to get far, far worse.
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  This is the beginning. They got four
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  more years of this, and this has all happened in the first two months.
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  They are going to basically denigrate and make Tesla's Elon Musk,
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  everything that are doing the most evil thing in the world.
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  Everything is just it keeps getting worse and worse. And it's like,
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  will it ever cool down? I don't know.
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  I don't think it will. I think it's going to get a lot worse.
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  So it's being prepared for this standing for truth, standing for what is good,
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  standing for what is right is the big deal of the day.
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  Don't overstep, lead through strength in whatever you do, but don't overstep.
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  And when you have the respect of the people that are around you,
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  then you can show grace. Then you can show mercy.
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  And that is the ultimate power. That is the ultimate strength.
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  When you have that, you have people's respect and you're able to lead through
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  strength and power, and then you can extend grace. So keep that in mind,
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  whatever you're doing in your life, however things are going,
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  and keep evolving to the greatest person that you know you can be.