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Your RESULTS Should Speak Before You Do (S5) S37:E6 Thursday · Inspirations for Your Life

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  Well, hello everyone, and welcome once again to
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  the ever-popular Inspirations for Your Life show.
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  Welcome, everyone.
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  It's great to be with you.
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  I'm here at the beautiful Montclair State University.
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  I was having a little bit of a
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  challenge today trying to find a spot to
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  stream from because when I was at the
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  airport the other day and I thought my
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  phone, my laptop, I should say, was getting
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  charged, it actually wasn't getting charged.
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  Actually, it started getting charged and then it
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  stopped, and then I saw that I have
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  like 22 minutes left.
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  I said, that's not going to be enough
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  for the show.
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  All right, guys.
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  So I'm right here at the beautiful Montclair
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  State University outside one of the theaters here
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  in the courtyard.
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  You can kind of see here.
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  Beautiful.
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  Okay.
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  Without any further ado, guys, let's get into
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  this show.
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  All right, let's get into the show today.
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  By the way, today is Thursday, September 10th,
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  and it is just a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,
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  beautiful day.
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  So again, I do want to take the
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  opportunity to say welcome to everyone here, both
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  our new subscribers and our existing subscribers.
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  Welcome to another amazing episode of the ever
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  popular Inspirations for Your Life show.
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  I am Jon Seymourly.
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  I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video
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  producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, passionate lifelong
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  learner and graduate student at Montclair State University.
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  And I'm so grateful now to be a
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  published author.
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  Yes, so grateful to be with you.
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  Welcome, everyone.
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  Great to have you here.
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  Our master topic for this week is your
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  next level will demand a different kind of
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  you basically.
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  So today I'm talking about letting your results
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  speak before you actually do.
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  Plans are important.
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  Don't get me wrong.
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  OK, but the most important thing is what
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  ultimately matters is what you decide to execute,
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  what you finish and deliver.
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  So let's get into this together.
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  Right.
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  Number one, your results introduce you before your
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  words ever do.
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  So don't worry about the fancy words.
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  You can tell people you're disciplined, reliable or
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  committed, but eventually your work confirms those words
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  either yes or no.
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  So building results is what it's about.
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  And when you build results, people are able
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  to trust you and they know you're somebody
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  that's accountable.
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  They know there's somebody they want to learn
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  from.
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  They know there's someone they want to be
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  with.
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  OK, so number two, stop announcing every move
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  before you make it.
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  You know, when you're on a sports team,
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  do you really want to say to people,
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  hey, you know, I'm going to throw the
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  ball to such and such?
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  No, you don't really want to do that.
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  You want to basically make sure that the
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  plays stay in between the team.
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  Right.
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  You don't want to let the other team
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  know.
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  So stop announcing every move before you make
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  it.
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  Not every idea needs an announcement.
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  Sometimes your best move is to focus on
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  the work and talk about it after you've
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  made progress.
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  Number three, plans don't create credibility.
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  Execution does.
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  Planning gives you direction.
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  Execution shows what you can actually do.
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  Turn the idea into something real.
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  Yeah, there's a real concept for you.
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  Number four, let your action confirm those action
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  and actions, what you believe about yourself.
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  You know, my brand BelieveMeAchieved.com.
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  If you believe you're disciplined, practice discipline.
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  If you believe you're reliable, well, follow through.
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  Give yourself evidence of that.
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  Don't just say, hey, I'm reliable.
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  You know, really hold yourself accountable.
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  You know, set those goals and again, discipline
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  yourself because motivation, we said, is going to
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  wane.
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  But discipline, well, it stays with you through
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  the thick and the thin.
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  Number five, do more than you advertise.
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  Don't exaggerate what you're going to accomplish.
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  Make responsible commitments and let your execution exceed
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  expectations.
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  OK, number six, stop seeking recognition for the
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  work you haven't finished.
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  So many people I know want to get
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  praise, pat on the back for things they
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  haven't even started yet.
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  But you shouldn't even want to get the
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  praise.
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  OK, if you get it, great.
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  But don't make your whole life about the
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  praise.
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  So, you know, things you have to understand.
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  Don't confuse starting with completing.
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  Finishing creates the evidence that you really want
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  and you want to show.
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  So number seven, build quietly when talking adds
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  nothing.
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  Communication matters, guys.
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  But when talking isn't moving anything forward, return
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  your attention to the building and be consistent
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  about the building.
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  Don't just do the building because you're trying
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  to put on a show.
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  You want to achieve greatness to become a
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  better version of yourself and help others become
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  better versions of themselves.
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  Number eight, guys, consistency makes people pay attention.
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  One good result may get noticed.
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  Repeated results build credibility because people realize that's
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  how you operate your SOP, your standard operating
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  procedure procedure.
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  I've been on the air now, guys.
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  It'll be over five years.
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  December 31st will be six years that we're
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  starting for both this show, the tech show
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  and some of my other shows.
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  Number nine, finish before you celebrate.
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  Everybody wants to pop open the bubbly or,
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  you know, have the party, but haven't really
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  done the work to even earn or enjoy
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  the party.
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  So be proud of the progress and you
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  have.
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  But don't let it create an early victory
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  and convince you the work is complete.
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  There's nothing wrong with a minor celebration, but
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  don't get so into the party that you're
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  going to stop working on your goals.
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  Get across the finish line.
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  I know so many people, um, you know,
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  they're in a race and, you know, they
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  think they're going to win and that's great.
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  But then at the end they like get
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  too conceited.
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  And guess what happens?
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  They miss the finish line by literally just
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  inches because they got too overconfident.
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  Number 10, stop confusing attention with achievement.
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  So many great achievers do this likes compliments
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  and recognition can feel very rewarding, right?
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  But ask yourself what you really are actually
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  accomplishing, not what you're trying to impress people
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  to do.
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  So I think that's an important thing.
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  Number 11, make your calendar prove what you
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  say matters.
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  And if something is important, give it time.
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  Your schedule often reveals your real priorities better
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  than your words ever will.
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  So I think that's another important thing that
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  a lot of us hear.
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  You know, they think it's about words.
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  They think it's about putting on a show,
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  but it's not.
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  Number 12, promise less than you are going
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  to deliver and deliver more.
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  So promise less, deliver more.
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  So basically under-promise and over-deliver.
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  Never over-promise and under-deliver.
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  That would be bad.
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  So promise less and deliver more.
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  Make commitments you can honor every day.
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  Then put your energy into delivering something even
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  better than you expected and others expected.
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  All right.
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  Number 13, follow through when the excitement disappears.
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  Because I've said this before, motivation is going
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  to come and it's going to go.
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  And you may have a good day, you
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  may have a bad day, but you have
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  to remember that you have to keep staying
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  consistent to achieve your goals.
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  So starting can be exciting.
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  The real test comes when the novelty fades
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  and the discipline has to carry you forward.
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  Right.
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  Have you ever gotten that toy and you
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  know, you play with the toy and then
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  you put the toy away.
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  You don't use it anymore, right?
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  Because you're not motivated to play with it
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  anymore.
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  Well, in life, we don't do that.
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  When we want to achieve something, it's like,
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  well, today I don't feel like doing that.
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  So I just stop.
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  Don't do that.
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  Number 14, become known for finishing what you
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  start.
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  Build a reputation for completion.
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  When you commit to something, let people learn
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  that your commitment means something.
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  By the way, I want to let you
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  know of a couple of author talks coming
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  up.
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  There's one coming up in Wayne.
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  There's also one coming up, I believe, before
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  that in Ridgewood.
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  You can find more of those details at
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  jasonacademy.com.
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  You can check that out.
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  Also, I'm going to be in southwest Florida
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  for a few talks and they'll be on
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  our site.
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  And next year we're going to be touring
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  some more places, schools, libraries and some other
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  private locations that you definitely can sign up
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  to attend.
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  The events are free.
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  There is an author talk, which is about
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  30 minutes.
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  There's a 50 minute Q&A and then
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  there's an author signing.
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  We'll be happy to personalize the book that
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  you get from me.
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  Number 14, become known for finishing what you
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  start.
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  Build a reputation for completion.
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  When you commit to something, let people learn
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  that your commitment means something.
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  And I think when you actually do this,
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  you don't have this ego on top of
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  you.
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  People not only take you seriously, but they
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  really want to be part of what you're
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  doing.
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  So that's important, guys.
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  That's, it's really, really important to, to understand
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  these things.
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  So number 15 is stop needing an audience
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  to give your effort meeting.
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  You don't need an audience guys.
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  Some of your most important work happens when
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  nobody is watching.
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  I wrote my book when nobody was watching,
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  right?
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  The stuff you do when nobody's watching actually
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  funnels into the stuff that people do eventually
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  see.
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  The preparation and the practice, they matter.
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  So don't think just because nobody's giving you
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  an applause, a fanfare, a pat on the
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  back or standing ovation, that it doesn't mean
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  anything.
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  Number 16 guys, private discipline eventually creates visible
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  results.
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  I've said it.
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  I'll say it again.
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  People may see the final achievement without seeing
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  the work behind it.
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  Keep building when nobody is looking.
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  Number 17, build evidence instead of explanations, instead
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  of constantly explaining why you're capable, create the
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  proof, finish something, okay.
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  Improve something, learn something.
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  These are important things, guys.
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  Number 18, let people underestimate what you're building.
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  That's okay.
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  Let them think it's something small.
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  You don't have to correct everyone who doubts
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  you.
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  Let them have their opinion while you keep
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  moving forward.
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  You're not building it to impress them.
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  You're building it for you.
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  Number 19, stop defending what your results can
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  eventually prove.
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  Your results are powerful.
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  So let your results do something.
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  Not every doubt deserves an argument.
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  Sometimes your time is better spent improving the
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  work.
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  So what I want to say there is
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  put the time in, okay, but don't put
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  it in with the goal of trying to
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  impress somebody.
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  Put it in so that you can actually
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  accomplish and finish something, and then you can
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  celebrate that, right?
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  So again, these are very, very important things.
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  Number 20 guys, put your energy into execution
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  instead of announcement.
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  I know so many people, they get up
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  on a big, you know, stage or, uh,
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  let's say pedestal and they look at me,
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  look at me, look at me.
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  Look at me.
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  What, like, what about you?
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  Those being humble will earn more respect and
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  actually we'll get more done.
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  So number 20 is put your energy into
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  execution instead of the announcement you're making.
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  Energy is limited guys.
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  Don't spend so much time talking about the
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  work that you have less energy left to
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  actually do the work, right?
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  Well, look at me, look what I'm going
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  to do.
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  Look at what I'm planning.
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  That's nice.
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  Why don't you actually do it?
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  All right.
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  These are, these are really, really, uh, important
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  things.
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  Number 21, real progress becomes difficult to ignore.
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  Recognition may not come immediately.
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  Keep improving consistent results.
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  Eventually become difficult to overlook.
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  Number 22, become more interested in achieving than
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  appearing successful.
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  That might be a hard one for a
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  lot of people to, to wrestle with looking
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  productive and being productive.
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  Aren't the same thing.
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  Focus on building something valuable instead of creating
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  an appearance.
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  We see appearances every day, right?
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  Appearances are done with marketing.
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  The thing about appearances is that they may
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  catch us once, but when we get to
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  the heart of it, let's think of a
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  piece of candy, for example, right?
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  The candy looks great on the outside.
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  So you bite into like, Oh, that's all
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  that's inside.
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  Right?
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  So we want to create something meaningful, useful,
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  and well executed.
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  When the quality is strong enough, the work
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  begins to, you guessed it guys speak for
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  itself, but why is it people take shortcuts?
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  Why do people, you know, not do the
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  full thing?
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  Why do they leave off the corners?
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  Well, people think that you can just get
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  there by skipping a few steps.
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  And when you're starting, you think you can,
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  but those of us that have been doing
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  this for a long time, know that you
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  can't skip steps, see it's the steps before
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  they prepare you for the next step, right?
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  When you're on a ladder, if you skip
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  rungs, I hope not.
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  Um, if you skip one, don't skip more
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  than one.
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  Right.
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  But when you skip rungs, then you're not
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  well positioned for the next rung.
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  Number 24, stop performing productivity and start producing
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  results.
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  A pack schedule doesn't automatically mean you're accomplishing
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  anything.
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  Ask what actually moved forward today?
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  What moved your needle?
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  I know back around the COVID time, everyone
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  used to think, you know, let's get an
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  automated calendar and let's get our calendar fill.
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  And by doing that, we're going to appear
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  successful.
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  So that's nice.
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  Right.
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  But appearing is not success.
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  I think a lot of people miss that
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  a pack schedule doesn't automatically mean you're accomplishing
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  anything.
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  Again, ask what moved the needle forward.
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  And if you want to do the things
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  that are going to make the needle move
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  forward, it's not about getting everyone else.
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  You know, give you a pad on the
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  back number 25 guys measure outcomes, not how
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  busy you looked or you're going to look,
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  what did you complete?
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  Improve, solve, learn, create, explore, advance of all
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  being exhausted isn't automatically evidence of progress.
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  You know, we think about this from the
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  gym.
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  When you go to the gym, you shouldn't
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  be exhausted.
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  You should be in a little bit discomfort,
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  but you shouldn't want to fall over after
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  the gym.
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  Right.
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  There's a difference to working out.
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  And I'm going to use the term here,
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  literally burning out in the gym where you
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  burn your body out, where you want to
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  collapse a different burnout than I usually talk
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  about.
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  But that's a burnout that I think we
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  all need to be careful about because that
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  burnout is the one that we're going to
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  pay for, not just today or tomorrow, but
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  for days, weeks, and maybe the month to
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  come, because we've overworked our body.
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  People say, you know, John, you got to
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  work harder.
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  Okay.
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  And I want to tell you, don't work
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  harder, work smarter.
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  Well, how does that differ?
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  So working harder means doing things till you're
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  basically ready to collapse for a lot of
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  people.
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  But that's not working smarter.
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  That's actually getting yourself frustrated, getting yourself, like
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  wanting to give up because you're running out
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  of energy and you're not even able to
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  see something sustainable.
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  Right.
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  If you ran, let's say a race.
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  Okay.
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  And whether you're a runner or not, if
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  you start running fast and at the end
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  of the race, you know, um, you're running,
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  but you're probably not running as fast, right,
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  or in the middle, you're kind of slowing
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  down.
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  If you keep running that same speed, the
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  whole race, what's going to happen?
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  You're going to burn out and you're not
• 17:04
  going to be able to be sustainable.
• 17:05
  So you have to throttle, um, energy back
• 17:08
  and forth.
• 17:09
  This goes with a lot of things in
• 17:10
  life.
• 17:10
  So we have to balance our life.
• 17:11
  We have to balance what we're doing.
• 17:14
  And we can take that little bit of
• 17:16
  a, you know, a little bit of a
• 17:18
  lull, but we have to keep a consistency.
• 17:20
  That's the most important thing when you work
• 17:23
  out.
• 17:23
  Okay.
• 17:24
  And, um, you know, you do your reps,
• 17:27
  do you keep doing the same way?
• 17:28
  No, you might take a little bit of
• 17:30
  a, of a lower workout next.
• 17:32
  So your body has a chance to recover,
• 17:34
  not slowly stopping the heart, but recovering it
• 17:38
  so that it's not at that highest pace,
• 17:40
  right.
• 17:40
  It might've dropped a little bit, but not
• 17:42
  that much.
• 17:44
  And that little bit is actually going to
• 17:46
  get you to want to bring the heartbeat
• 17:48
  back up again, because you've given yourself a
• 17:50
  chance.
• 17:51
  How many people do you know that do,
• 17:52
  um, different types of exercise, right?
• 17:55
  Uh, it could be a different workouts and
• 17:57
  a lot of them, they take their finger
• 17:59
  and they, they put it on their neck
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  and they walk around and they look at
• 18:02
  their watch and they check their pulse to
• 18:04
  see what their heart rate is, right?
• 18:06
  So these are important things, not just for
• 18:08
  today, but as we evolve in tomorrow and
• 18:11
  the days beyond number 26, guys keep working
• 18:14
  after nobody's paying attention, who cares if nobody's
• 18:17
  paying attention, are you living your life for
• 18:20
  somebody else?
• 18:21
  I hope not.
• 18:22
  Because if you're doing that, you're going to
• 18:23
  be so disappointed.
• 18:25
  You're going to be burnt out.
• 18:26
  You're going to be so frustrated because you're
• 18:29
  just trying to be a people pleaser and
• 18:30
  you're not enjoying the life for you.
• 18:32
  People may be excited when you begin.
• 18:35
  And then guess what?
• 18:37
  Move on, keep going.
• 18:38
  Your commitment can't depend on their attention.
• 18:42
  People can be fickle.
• 18:44
  Sometimes let's be honest about that.
• 18:46
  And that's not being mean.
• 18:47
  That's not being nasty.
• 18:48
  That's just people.
• 18:50
  So you're here to get your goal accomplished,
• 18:52
  regardless of what other people think, what other
• 18:54
  people say, you need to get that goal
• 18:57
  accomplished.
• 18:58
  I mean it guys.
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  That's that's, that's the truth.
• 19:01
  Number 27 becomes somebody whose word predicts follow
• 19:06
  through.
• 19:07
  If you're known as an accountable person, one
• 19:11
  that gets the job done, you're going to
• 19:13
  have a high level of reputation and ethics.
• 19:17
  If you're going to be like, Oh, you
• 19:17
  know what?
• 19:18
  I want to work with him.
• 19:19
  I want to work with her.
• 19:20
  I know what they're doing and I want
• 19:22
  to be part of his project or her
• 19:23
  project.
• 19:24
  I want to do that.
• 19:25
  But so many people, you know, we even
• 19:27
  get people here and you know, they tune
• 19:28
  the show for a few minutes and they
• 19:29
  go away.
• 19:30
  They think they're going to get the magic
• 19:31
  juice in three or four minutes.
• 19:34
  You're not.
• 19:35
  A lot of people, whether they don't have
• 19:38
  the time to watch the whole show, I
• 19:40
  encourage them to come back and watch it
• 19:41
  later because just getting started is not enough
• 19:45
  to succeed.
• 19:47
  Okay.
• 19:47
  And if you think it is, you're fooling
• 19:48
  yourself.
• 19:49
  So again, number 27 becomes somebody whose word
• 19:52
  predicts follow through every time.
• 19:54
  When you say you're going to do something,
• 19:56
  let your history give people the confidence, the
• 19:58
  action will follow.
• 19:59
  Right.
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  You don't say, Hey, I'm somebody who's reliable.
• 20:02
  Let people see that on their own.
• 20:04
  Number 28 results, create confidence that talking never
• 20:08
  will finishing.
• 20:10
  Something gives you evidence.
• 20:12
  You know, you can do it because you've
• 20:14
  done it before.
• 20:15
  You know, if you have a challenge in
• 20:17
  your life, you're not going to get done.
• 20:18
  Look at what you've accomplished before and then
• 20:20
  say, look, I've done all that in the
• 20:22
  past.
• 20:23
  That's confidence built on proof.
• 20:25
  And then, you know what happens?
• 20:26
  You're able to move forward with that proof.
• 20:28
  You see, when we do something and we
• 20:31
  Excel at it, we get a natural boost
• 20:34
  of the dope mean in our brain.
• 20:37
  And yes, we'll get a little bit of
• 20:39
  boost of motivation.
• 20:40
  Now that might last a little bit, might
• 20:41
  go away, but it's our discipline that keeps
• 20:44
  us going.
• 20:44
  Not the motivation.
• 20:46
  If you're just being fueled by motivation, your
• 20:49
  engine's going to run out and you're probably
• 20:52
  going to need a tow truck more times
• 20:53
  than none.
• 20:55
  So, um, as I said, number 29, you
• 20:58
  don't need to convince everyone when you have
• 20:59
  proof, okay?
• 21:04
  Not everybody will understand your goals or believe
• 21:07
  in your vision or your direction.
• 21:08
  There's nothing wrong with that.
• 21:10
  Okay.
• 21:10
  They don't have to keep going.
• 21:13
  Anyway, you're not building for other people.
• 21:14
  You're building for you.
• 21:16
  You're here to create a better version of
• 21:18
  yourself and those that want to join along
• 21:20
  and become a better version of themselves.
• 21:21
  Great.
• 21:23
  But I'm not here to motivate everybody.
• 21:25
  If they don't want to change their life,
• 21:27
  I'm not here to convince you to change.
• 21:29
  I'm here to give you the option.
• 21:31
  All right.
• 21:32
  Number 30, let your results speak before you
• 21:35
  do.
• 21:35
  So many people want to show the results,
• 21:38
  um, in like, let's say a presentation, but
• 21:42
  the results haven't happened yet.
• 21:44
  So when the results are there, just show
• 21:45
  them.
• 21:46
  You don't have to glorify them.
• 21:47
  Just let them speak for themselves.
• 21:49
  So this is where everything comes together before
• 21:52
  telling everybody how disciplined you are, your, uh,
• 21:56
  expertise, your years of experience, your practice, your
• 21:59
  discipline, your ethics, right?
• 22:02
  That you're a go getter.
• 22:03
  You're accountable before telling everybody how committed you
• 22:07
  actually are.
• 22:09
  Why don't you actually follow through for once
• 22:11
  before announcing the project you're going to build,
• 22:15
  start building it.
• 22:17
  Okay.
• 22:18
  Uh, I'll give you a quick story on
• 22:19
  this.
• 22:19
  So many of you know that I'm in
• 22:21
  president of our local chamber of commerce in
• 22:23
  town.
• 22:24
  And I had told a few of my
• 22:25
  team members, I'm going to build something.
• 22:26
  That's it.
• 22:27
  But I didn't share with anybody else.
• 22:28
  I told somebody there was a new website
• 22:29
  coming and all this, but I didn't make
• 22:31
  a big deal about what was going to
• 22:32
  be on it until it was released.
• 22:36
  Okay.
• 22:36
  So before announcing the project, you're going to
• 22:38
  build, start building it.
• 22:39
  Don't make excuses.
• 22:40
  Don't make a thing that your ego, your
• 22:42
  ego is nothing.
• 22:43
  And your ego is not going to get
• 22:44
  you successful.
• 22:45
  Your ego is just going to take you
• 22:46
  down 10 pegs.
• 22:47
  Okay.
• 22:47
  And it's going to lose your credibility.
• 22:49
  It's going to lose your respect.
• 22:50
  So before telling everybody you're going to change,
• 22:52
  why don't you start changing?
• 22:54
  Don't announce it.
• 22:55
  Just do it.
• 22:57
  Now, this doesn't mean you should never talk
• 22:59
  about your goals.
• 23:00
  I don't want you to think that sometimes
• 23:02
  you need accountability.
• 23:03
  Sometimes you need collaboration, um, advice, support, or
• 23:06
  communication with people involved with what you're doing.
• 23:09
  That's fine.
• 23:10
  But you don't make an announcement guys of,
• 23:12
  Hey, I'm going to be this.
• 23:14
  No, that's different from constantly announcing what you're
• 23:17
  going to accomplish.
• 23:18
  If you've done something great.
• 23:19
  I wrote a book.
• 23:20
  I'm grateful to have written a book and
• 23:22
  I'm humble about it because he talking about
• 23:25
  it makes you feel like you've already made
• 23:28
  progress.
• 23:28
  So that's the difference from constantly announcing what
• 23:31
  you're going to do.
• 23:33
  To actually doing something so we can get
• 23:35
  stuck in that conundrum that maybe we think
• 23:38
  we're doing progress because we're talking about it,
• 23:39
  but we really didn't take any viable steps.
• 23:41
  So think about something in your own life
• 23:42
  right now.
• 23:43
  You've been talking about more than you're working
• 23:45
  on, right?
• 23:46
  Maybe it's a project.
• 23:47
  Maybe it's a business idea.
• 23:48
  Maybe it's a learning skill.
• 23:49
  Maybe it's a, a new, uh, language you
• 23:53
  want to learn.
• 23:53
  Maybe it's going back to school.
• 23:54
  Like I am earning another degree.
• 23:56
  Maybe it's making a career move.
• 23:58
  Maybe it's changing something about yourself.
• 24:01
  What happens if you take some of the
• 24:04
  energy you've been putting into talking about it
• 24:06
  and move the energy into execution, open the
• 24:10
  document, we said this before, make the call,
• 24:13
  study the material, complete the assignment, do the
• 24:16
  work, build the first version.
• 24:18
  Done is better than perfect.
• 24:20
  You can always change it, practice the skill,
• 24:23
  finish what you already started.
• 24:26
  Okay.
• 24:26
  Then do something that moves it forward, right?
• 24:30
  That's how evidence is created.
• 24:32
  One completed action becomes another.
• 24:34
  One result becomes another.
• 24:36
  Eventually you don't have to keep telling yourself
• 24:38
  that you're someone who follows through.
• 24:40
  You know, you are because you create evidence
• 24:42
  yourself and that's exactly how today's topic connects
• 24:47
  with our master topic this week.
• 24:48
  Your next level will demand a different, you
• 24:50
  a different kind of you.
• 24:52
  Maybe the difference is you don't announce every
• 24:55
  move you're going to make.
• 24:56
  Maybe the difference is you can build quietly
• 24:58
  without needing constant recognition.
• 25:00
  Maybe the difference is you keep going when
• 25:02
  nobody is watching.
• 25:03
  Maybe the difference is you promise less and
• 25:05
  you deliver more.
• 25:07
  Maybe the difference is, well, it's not about
• 25:12
  looking productive because you're actually being productive and
• 25:16
  creating results.
• 25:17
  Your next level may require you to become
• 25:19
  somebody whose actions constantly support your words.
• 25:21
  So it may require you to change.
• 25:23
  And it may be uncomfortable guys.
• 25:24
  Someone you, who prepares someone who executes someone
• 25:27
  who follows through someone who finishes someone whose
• 25:29
  words carry weight because there's a history of
• 25:32
  action behind it.
• 25:33
  When you begin operating this way, something changes.
• 25:38
  It could be a subtle shift at once.
• 25:40
  You protect your focus.
• 25:42
  You give yourself room to make mistakes.
• 25:44
  You adjust your approach.
• 25:46
  You learn and improve without feeling that you
• 25:49
  have to explain every step to everybody around
• 25:51
  you.
• 25:52
  You also stop depending on applause for motivation.
• 25:56
  If nobody notices what you accomplished today, you
• 25:59
  can still come back tomorrow.
• 26:01
  If nobody congratulates you, you can still improve.
• 26:05
  If somebody doubts you, you can still execute.
• 26:08
  That's a difference in the kind of confidence
• 26:11
  because it doesn't depend entirely on what somebody
• 26:14
  else thinks about you and you can keep
• 26:15
  moving forward.
• 26:16
  It comes from knowing that inner confidence of
• 26:19
  what you've done.
• 26:20
  Results accumulate, right?
• 26:22
  We all know with putting money in the
• 26:24
  bank, interest, it's cumulative, learns a lot more
• 26:28
  compound interest.
• 26:30
  One finished task may seem small, but one
• 26:33
  finished task followed up by another creates more
• 26:36
  momentum.
• 26:37
  Momentum creates evidence.
• 26:39
  Evidence changes how you see yourself.
• 26:41
  Eventually it changes how other people will see
• 26:44
  you and plans create direction.
• 26:46
  Worlds create expectation.
• 26:49
  Execution creates evidence.
• 26:51
  Evidence creates credibility.
• 26:52
  So the next time you're about to tell
• 26:55
  everybody what you're going to do, ask yourself
• 26:59
  this one simple question.
• 27:01
  Would this energy be better spent actually doing
• 27:03
  it?
• 27:03
  Or sometimes the answer will be no because
• 27:06
  communication is necessary.
• 27:07
  But when the answer is yes, get back
• 27:10
  to work immediately.
• 27:11
  Build quietly when necessary.
• 27:13
  Stay consistent, finish what you start, measure outcomes
• 27:17
  instead of appearances.
• 27:18
  Guys, keep going after the excitement.
• 27:20
  Keep going after the attention disappears.
• 27:22
  You don't need to convince everyone of who
• 27:24
  you are and what you're doing.
• 27:26
  Let your actions prove and your words once
• 27:29
  promised execute.
• 27:30
  I'm John C.
• 27:31
  Morley, and this has been another amazing, powerful
• 27:33
  episode of Inspirations for Your Life.
• 27:34
  Promise less, deliver more, finish what you result.
• 27:37
  And ladies and gentlemen, most importantly, let your
• 27:40
  results speak before you do.
• 27:45
  Have a great one everyone and be well.