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Building the Habits That Shape an Extraordinary Life (S5) S30:E1 · Inspirations for Your Life

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This is Inspirations for Your Life, and our
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master weekly topic, Series 5, Show 30, Building
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the Habits that Shape an Extraordinary Life.
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Wow, that's powerful.
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How Small Daily Habits Create Extraordinary Success.
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Series 5, show number 30, and this is
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episode number one.
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Welcome, everyone, to the Inspirations for Your Life
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show.
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I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur.
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I'm also an engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner, and so
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grateful now to be a published author.
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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Success, ladies and gentlemen, is rarely built by
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one extraordinary moment.
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More often, it's built by ordinary choices repeated
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day after day after day until they yield
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part of who we really are.
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The habits we practice quietly shape our character,
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influence our decisions, and determine the direction of
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our lives.
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If we want extraordinary results, we must first
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build extraordinary habits.
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Today, let's discover together how the smallest daily
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actions can create the biggest lifelong rewards.
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Before I get into it, I want to
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just tell you one of the big keys,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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It's not doing a lot.
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It's creating a powerful system, and keep doing
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that over and over again.
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Number one, small habits shape your future.
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Every major accomplishment begins with a small decision.
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The choices you make today become, well, the
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habits you practice tomorrow.
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Those habits eventually become the life you live.
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Never underestimate how one positive change can influence
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your future.
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Number two, guys, consistency beats intensity.
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Anyone can work hard for a day, but
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lasting success belongs to those who remain consistent.
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Small efforts repeated every day accomplish more than
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occasional bursts of motivation.
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Success rewards persistence more than perfection.
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Number three, daily actions always compound.
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Just as money grows through compounded interest, your
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habits grow through repetition.
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A single workout, one chapter read, or one
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encouraging conversation may seem insignificant today, but together,
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they create remarkable transformation.
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Progress always builds on itself.
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Number four, success starts with routines.
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Routines remove uncertainty and create stability.
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When productive actions become automatic, you spend less
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energy deciding what to do and more energy
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doing it well.
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Strong routines build strong results.
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Number five, progress is earned daily.
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Meaningful growth rarely happens overnight.
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It is earned through patient, consistent effort over
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time.
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Every day provides another opportunity to move one
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step closer to your goals.
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Number six, discipline creates freedom, guys.
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It sure does.
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Many people see discipline as limitations, but the
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opposite is true.
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Discipline creates choices by helping you build the
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skills, health, confidence, and opportunities you want.
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The more disciplined you become, the more freedom
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you often experience.
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Pretty cool, right?
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It's like the more you let go, the
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more power you have.
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That's an oxy thing, but it's the truth.
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Number seven, good habits reduce stress.
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Preparation removes unnecessary pressure.
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Organized routines help you stay ahead instead of
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constantly catching up.
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Good habits allow you to respond calmly because
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you've already prepared yourself for success.
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Small wins create confidence.
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Confidence doesn't suddenly appear.
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It grows each time you keep a promise
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to yourself.
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Every small victory reminds you that progress is
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possible and motivates you to continue moving forward.
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Number nine, habits become your identity.
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People eventually recognize you by what you consistently
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do.
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Your habits shape your reputation, influence your mindset,
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and reinforce the person you're becoming.
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Choose habits that reflect the life you truly
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wanna live.
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Number 10, excellence begins with repetition.
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Nobody performs at high level without practice.
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Excellence is developed through thousands of repetitions.
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That strengthen skill and confidence.
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Every practice session prepares you for future opportunities.
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Number 11, focus creates momentum.
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Distractions scatter your energy while focus concentrates it.
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When your attention remains on what matters most,
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progress becomes easier to measure and momentum begins
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to build naturally.
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Great achievements require sustained focus.
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Number 12, improvement never stops.
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Growth has no finish line.
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Every accomplishment creates another opportunity to learn.
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Improve and become even better.
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Lifelong improvement keeps your potential expanding.
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Okay, that's important to know.
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Number 13, stay committed daily.
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Commitment isn't demonstrated once.
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It's demonstrated repeatedly through your willingness to continue
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even when excitement unfortunately fades.
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Daily commitment separates lasting success from temporary enthusiasm.
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Number 14, positive routines.
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You need to build them.
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Positive routines create structure that supports your goals.
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They help remove unnecessary decisions and make productive
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behavior easier to repeat.
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Success becomes more predictable when your routines support
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your purpose.
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Number 15, guys, small steps matter.
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Large goals, guys.
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Large goals are accomplished through many small victories.
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I like to call them many small milestones.
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Don't become discouraged because progress seems slow.
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Every step forward brings you closer to the
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future you're working to create.
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The journey is built one day at a
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time.
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One day at a time.
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I think if we learn how to take
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our life one day at a time, we
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actually are happier people, but we also find
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some interesting things.
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We find out that we have more power
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than we thought.
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Number 16, practice creates mastery.
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Nobody becomes great by accident, right?
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You gotta practice.
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Mastery is the result of showing up, practicing
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the fundamentals and continually refining your skills.
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That's the gold.
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The more you practice with purpose, the more
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natural excellence becomes.
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Greatness is built one repetition at a time.
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Number 17, keep showing up.
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Some days you'll feel motivated and other days
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you won't.
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Success belongs to those who continue moving forward.
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Regardless of how they feel, showing up consistently
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builds resilience.
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Confidence and trust in yourself is key.
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And I think some people today, they take
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that for granted like, oh, I don't need
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to do that.
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And then they don't really stay in the
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moment, right?
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They don't stay in the moment.
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That's important to understand, that they don't stay
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in the moment.
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And the reason they don't stay in the
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moment, I'm gonna tell you why.
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It's because they just don't understand the purpose
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of life.
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They don't enjoy the little things that are
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happening.
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Number 18, make progress visible, folks.
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Track your progress so you can see how
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far you've come.
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Even small improvements deserve recognition because they remind
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us that your effort is producing results.
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Now, visible progress fuels motivation.
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Number 19, bad habits, eliminate them.
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Building good habits is only part of the
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journey.
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Removing the behaviors that slow your progress is
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equally important.
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Every habit you eliminate creates room for a
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better one to take its place.
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Number 20, guys, create better systems.
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Successful people rely less on motivation and more
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on systems.
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Good systems make positive choices easier and reduce
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unnecessary obstacles and the friction that comes with
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them.
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When your systems improve, so will your results,
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natural.
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And that's something to celebrate.
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Number 21, stay intentional.
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Don't drift through life hoping things may improve.
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Start living with purpose and make decisions that
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align with your goals.
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Intentional living transforms ordinary days into meaningful progress.
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Number 22, guys, build self-discipline.
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Self-discipline is one of the greatest gifts
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you can develop.
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It helps you make wise decisions even when
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they're difficult.
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The stronger your discipline becomes, well, the stronger
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your future becomes.
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I think that's something a lot of people
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don't realize, but when we start to understand
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that we can do something and that things
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are working, discipline becomes easier to build because
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we start to see that, wow, this is
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actually working for me in another area.
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I wonder if it'll work in this area
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of my life.
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Number 23, success grows quietly.
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It doesn't have a big bullhorn.
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Many of the biggest, ladies and gentlemen, that's
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right, many of the biggest victories happen long
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before anyone notices them.
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They're built during early mornings, late evenings.
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Consistent practice and private effort.
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Trust the process.
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Even when recognition hasn't arrived yet, it will.
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But you're not doing something for recognition.
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You're doing it to become a better version
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of yourself.
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That's key, guys.
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That is so, so key.
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But we have to understand why things are
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happening a certain way, right?
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I think a lot of people out there
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will ask me the question, John, how do
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I do it?
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One moment at a time.
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Number 24, daily effort pays off.
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Every productive day builds upon the last one.
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The rewards of consistent effort may not appear
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immediately, but they always accumulate over time.
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Stay patient because progress is working even when
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it's invisible.
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And I think in our world, you know,
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when we talk about faith, okay?
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I'm not talking about religion here, but in
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my religion, I have faith.
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And there's also faith in life.
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What does faith mean?
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Faith means that you know something's gonna be
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a certain way.
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You just know, even though you can't see
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it, even though you can't have any tangible
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results.
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You can't hear it, you can't touch it.
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And many people, when they can't touch, see,
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feel, or understand something, they're like, well, wait
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a minute.
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This can't be real, right?
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That's important, guys.
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Is it real or not?
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Is it real?
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That's important, guys.
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And I can tell you that life has
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obstacles that appear.
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When they appear, that's not our sign to
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go hibernate or say I give up.
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No, it's not.
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It's the sign for us to learn from
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our mistakes, right?
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It's the sign to learn from those mistakes.
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I think that's a very important thing for
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us to understand.
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We need to learn from our mistakes.
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If we learn from our mistakes, we won't
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do that again.
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And by saying that, we learn a new
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way in life.
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And this happens by evolution.
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When somebody says you don't do something or
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that's not the right way, half the time
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people have thick heads and they don't listen.
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And they do it anyway until they run
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into what?
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A problem.
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Until they run into a problem.
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A problem that says, you know what?
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This is not what it's about.
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This is not what it's about.
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It's about living a life on purpose.
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Living a life that's about intention.
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Living life that goes with an ebb and
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a flow.
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Building habits in the beginning might seem very
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difficult, but I gotta tell you, it gets
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easier over time because once you learn how
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to build a habit, even if it's a
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hard habit, you're like, wait a minute.
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Now I know how to build habits.
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I can do this in other areas of
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my life.
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That's a very valuable skill.
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Many people don't learn that skill, guys.
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Many people never learn that skill.
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Why?
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Because of one thing, ego.
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Ego.
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If we use our ego and keep it
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in check, there's no problem.
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But if we don't, this becomes a big
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problem.
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Becomes a big problem for us and for
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many other people.
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And that's hard, right?
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That could be hard for some people.
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Hard to understand why is it this way
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this time?
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Why is it like this, right?
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Why?
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And we don't always have the answer, but
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we know one thing.
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We know that when we live a life
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with intention and purpose, we make an impact.
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We make a difference in our lives and
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other people's lives.
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I think that's another one of those things
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that we've gotta really appreciate in life.
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We gotta understand how our impact in the
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world helps other people, right?
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That's key, guys.
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I've seen coaches before talk about their version
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of being in the moment.
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I call it awareness.
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I call it avoiding burnout.
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But when I do it, I do it
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from my heart.
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I do it not to get an ovation.
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I do it not to get a thank
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you.
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I do it for the truth that it
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is, for the purpose that it is.
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There are a lot of coaches out there
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that do things for the glory.
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I have not been that kind of coach.
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I've been the one that inspires people because
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when I can make someone's life better, even
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if it's just one person's life, I had
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meaning.
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That's important, guys.
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Number 25, progress will always build confidence.
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Confidence isn't created by hoping for success.
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Hoping never got you success.
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It's created by seeing yourself improve through consistent
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action.
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Why is it, though, people don't believe in
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consistent action?
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Maybe they had a bad experience, just maybe.
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Maybe they were disillusioned on something, right?
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Maybe, right, maybe.
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Every accomplishment reminds you that you're capable of
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achieving even greater things.
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Number 26, every choice matters.
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Life is shaped one decision at a time.
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Every health habit, every positive conversation, every hour
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spent learning, and every commitment you keep contributes
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to the person you're becoming.
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Never underestimate, folks, today's choices.
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Stay patient.
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Great accomplishments require time.
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Don't compare your progress to someone else's journey.
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Everyone's journey's different.
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Focus on becoming a little better each day
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and trust that consistent effort will eventually produce
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extraordinary results.
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That's the key, guys.
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Number 28, building lasting habits is a key
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to success.
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Temporary motivation creates temporary change, and we know
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that our motivation can wane back and forth,
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right, with moods.
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Lasting habits create lasting success.
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Discipline creates lasting habits.
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Focus on building routines you can sustain for
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years instead of chasing quick results that quickly
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disappear.
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Number 29, keep moving forward.
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There will always be obstacles, setbacks, and unexpected
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challenges.
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Refuse to let them define your future.
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Learn from each experience, adjust your approach, and
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continue taking the next step forward.
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Number 30, extraordinary lives are built one day
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and one moment at a time.
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No remarkable life is created overnight.
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No meaningful accomplishment begins with ordinary choices.
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Repeating consistently over months and years is the
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key.
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Success isn't found in one perfect moment.
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It won't be.
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It's built through thousands and millions of purposeful
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moments that gradually become our extraordinary life.
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They actually incubate us to becoming that better
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life.
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Lisha, and as I get ready to close
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out tonight's show, and as we begin this
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new series that I've just launched today, remember
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that your future isn't determined by one decision
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you make.
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It's shaped by the multitude of habits you
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practice every single day of your life.
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Every positive routine, every commitment you keep, and
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every step you take toward becoming better is
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an investment in the life you're creating.
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Don't, don't, don't wait for the perfect opportunity.
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It'll never exist, or the perfect time.
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They don't exist.
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Start with the right next choice.
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The time is now.
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Build one positive habit, then another, and continue
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stacking small victories until they become extraordinary results.
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The life you dream about isn't built through
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dramatic changes.
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It's built through daily consistency, intentional action, and
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the willingness to keep growing long after others
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have stopped.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you so much
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for joining me for another episode of Inspirations
24:20
for Your Life.
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I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner, and so
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grateful now to be a published author.
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I think as we wrap up tonight, and
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I think about intention, I'm gonna give you
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an example.
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If you wanna solve a problem or a
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challenge, sometimes one time's not enough.
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You gotta work on it, put it down,
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and come back to it, just like when
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you write a paper, right?
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You've gotta realize that.
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Gotta realize exactly what that's about and how
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that can change our lives and everyone's life
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that I think we have the ability to
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affect, right?
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That's not an easy thing, guys.
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People that come back to things, whether you're
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a writer, producer, engineer, we never get it
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right the first time.
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That's the rough draft.
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That's the drawing board.
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That's the initial stages.
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But success is given to those that understand
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the drawing board can be revisited anytime because
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we can always make something better.
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Those that have a humble heart and attitude
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are destined not only to learn, but are
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destined for even greater success.
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And that happens by us focusing on our
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moments, focusing on what's in the moment.
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I'm not trying to do it to impress
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anybody.
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When I focus on the moment, I do
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it very quietly.
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And in my own space a lot of
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times, or I do it in public, but
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no one knows that I'm focusing on the
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moment.
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Again, it's not a Broadway show.
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It should be something internal to you.
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That's the key, guys.
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And I hope that means something for a
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lot of you because that is really our
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key.
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If we understand that and we know that,
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we're living a purposeful life.
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We're not just doing something to do it.
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We're not just going through the motions.
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We're living a purposeful life.
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Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, remember that
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greatness isn't reserved for a select few.
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Many people were given that advice or told
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that.
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They're wrong.
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It's open and available to anyone willing to
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make the small daily choices.
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Those choices, ladies and gentlemen, they're key.
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The choices that lead to extraordinary, extraordinary results.
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These are key.
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So ladies and gentlemen, I leave you with
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this.
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Keep learning, keep growing, keep improving, and keep
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becoming the very best version of yourself, one
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habit and one day at a time.
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And I'll see you guys on another show
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real soon.
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Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for
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all my amazing creations.
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Take care.