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Redirecting #1154 · From Chad

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Hole, not holes. There's a story behind that.
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This is your daily message from Chad.
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We're 1154 to upgrade your mental game today by telling
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yourself a better story because the most important story you
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hear is the story you tell yourself.
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This message is dedicated to Chris Lesnar.
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You can get a free copy of my book, The Most Powerful Story in
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the World by going to from chad.gumroad.com.
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The transcript of this message and hundreds of others are
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always available at www.fromchad.com.
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Here's the upgrade. You may only see gaps, but
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upgraded thinking trust the hole to close them.
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Here's the story. A master boat builder was
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finishing a wooden hole in his shop.
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His young helper kept crouching down at the seams, running
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fingers along the planks, and he didn't like what he felt.
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There are gaps, the helper said. Daylight's coming through.
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Look here and here and here. This boat's going to sink.
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The old man kept working. He didn't worry.
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He stepped back. Come here, he said.
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Stop looking at the holes and look at the hole.
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The helper stood up, and from a few feet back he saw it.
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The long clean lines, the strong ribs, the curve of a hole built
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to carry weight across deep water.
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But the seams, all these gaps the helpers had, The wood is
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dry, the builder said. Right now it's thirsty.
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When we put her in the water, the planks drink and they swell.
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They press against each other until there isn't a gap left to
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find. She'll leak for a day or so, but
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then she'll be tight as a drum. That's not a trick.
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That's how wooden boats have been built for centuries.
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The builder fits the planks, knowing the water will finish
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the work. The gap you're panicking over in
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the dry shop is going to close. So the old man didn't caulk
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every fear. The helper pointed out he
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trusted the material. He trusted the design.
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He launched the boat and by the next morning, every gap and hole
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the helper was worried about was gone.
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I was listening to Chris Lesnar's Servant Leader podcast
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yesterday. He interviewed his dad, Bill for
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his 100th episode. A lesson Chris said he learned
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from his dad was looking at the hole and not the holes.
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Instead of fixating on deficiencies and problems,
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stepping back and putting things in context and perspective, it's
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easy to do what the Craftsman assistant did, see the gaps and
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holes and all the potential problems.
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You run your finger along everything that isn't done yet,
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everything that's still open, and from close up it's easy to
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see what could sync. You step back, look at the hole.
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The structure is standing, the lines are true, the work you've
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already done is holding more than you give it credit for, and
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a lot of the gaps you're staring at, life is going to swell them
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shut on its own if you'll just get the boat in the water.
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This isn't pretending the holes aren't there, it's refusing to
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let them be. The whole story.
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WHOLE story. When you see the hole clearly,
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the few gaps that really need filling become obvious and
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small. Redirect your view.
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Go a few clicks out. The better story to tell
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yourself is focus on the hole, not the holes.
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Tell me a story of seeing the whole picture from
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chadsmith@gmail.com. Send someone a text and tell
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them you're stronger than the gaps you're staring at.