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Finish Strong: Recall, Resist, Run — Motivational Monday with Coach C · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome back to Real Talk for Real Life, where we're realizing everyone is always
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  learning and you're living your full experience.
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  Real Talkers, it's your girl, Coach C, and this is your Motivational Monday.
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  Listen, I know months have passed. Life has been lifing and a whole lot has
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  happened since you declared what you were going to do in 2026.
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  Some plans got interrupted, some priorities shifted, and some of us,
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  we have to tell the truth.
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  We stopped doing what we said we were going to do.
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  No judgment, but we do need to have a little real talk.
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  Because while we cannot go back and work the months we missed,
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  we can do something with the time we have left.
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  As we fall into focus in this final quarter, Coach C. Kane with your reminder, remember the route.
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  Remember your why. Remember what you said you wanted.
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  Remember the light you were working
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  toward before everything else started competing for your attention.
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  And then work on what you can.
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  You may need to adjust the pace. You may need to change the plan,
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  but before you abandon the goal, revisit why it mattered.
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  A detour does not have to become your destination. It's not too late to finish
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  strong, and there are three things we're going to do to get moving.
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  Recall, resist, run.
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  Let's get into it. First, recall your play.
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  What did you say you were going to do? And I need something more specific than
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  do better. Do better with what?
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  Your health, your finances, your faith, your education, that business idea you
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  keep explaining but haven't started.
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  Pull out the notebook. Open the notes app. Revisit the plan.
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  Sometimes we get so busy responding to everybody else's needs that we lose sight
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  of what we intended to build for ourselves.
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  But your goals deserve a place on your calendar too.
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  Ask yourself, why did I want this? Does it still matter to me?
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  And what would progress look like with the life I have today?
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  Because remembering the route doesn't mean ignoring what has changed.
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  If your capacity has changed, account for it.
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  If you've learned something, use it. If the plan needs updating, update it.
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  Be honest about where you are so you can make a workable plan for where you're going.
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  Recall your play. Reconnect with your wife.
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  Second, resist the urge to resume at a later date.
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  This is where it gets personal. I'll start Monday. I'll get serious next month.
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  At this point, I might as well wait until January.
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  We are not handing the rest of 2026 over to later.
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  Real talkers, January cannot do today's work for you.
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  A new calendar will still require a choice, a commitment, and some follow-through.
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  And listen, rest has a purpose. Recovery has a purpose. Sometimes you need to pause and get support.
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  But be honest with yourself. Are you taking the rest you need or postponing
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  the step you don't feel like taking?
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  That answer belongs to you.
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  Maybe you can't complete the whole application today. Can you find the requirements?
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  Maybe an hour long workout doesn't fit.
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  What movement does fit your ability and your schedule?
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  Maybe you can't save what you originally planned. What amount can you set aside?
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  Make the next step small enough to do and meaningful enough to count.
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  Then resist the temptation to keep negotiating it away.
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  Third, run the route. Now that you remember the play, execute it.
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  Because you can have the notebook, the vision board, the saved videos,
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  and the inspirational quotes.
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  But at some point, your feet have to participate in what your mouth keeps announcing.
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  Oops, yes, Coach C said it.
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  Make the call, schedule the appointment, submit the application,
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  record the episode, work the budget.
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  Whatever your next step is, put action behind it and run at a pace you can repeat.
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  We don't need one dramatic Monday followed by three weeks of disappearing on ourselves.
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  We need a commitment that still has a place in your life when the excitement wears off.
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  Let your schedule show some evidence of what you say matters.
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  Now, y'all know Coach C has homework. Before today is over, I want you to do three things.
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  One, recall. Write down one goal you want to move forward before December 31st.
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  Underneath it, finish this sentence. This still matters to me because...
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  And number two resist name the thing that keeps delaying you then make a plan
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  for it when i'm tempted to blank i will blank
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  for example when i'm tempted to scroll instead of working on my application
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  i will set a 10 minute timer and finish one section.
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  Number three run choose one action you can complete in the next 24 hours.
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  Give it a time on your calendar. By Friday, check your receipts. What did you do?
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  What got in the way? What will you adjust?
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  No shame session, an honest check-in, and a next step.
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  Real talkers, finishing strong may look different from what you imagined in January.
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  You may finish with a completed goal. You may finish with a better routine,
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  a clearer plan, or meaningful progress on something that takes longer than a year.
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  Give yourself something real to build on. Don't spend the rest of the year only
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  rehearsing what went wrong.
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  Put some work into what can still go right.
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  Remember your why. Recall your play. Resist, I'll do it later. And run your route.
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  Now go put your next move on the calendar and follow through.
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  As always, decide, commit, succeed, keep learning, keep living.
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  living your full experience.
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  This is Coach C. I'll see you in the next one.