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STOP Sacrificing Your Life to Impress Other People (S5) S36:E5 Wednesday · Inspirations for Your Life

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  here with me and to do this amazing
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  If you don't know who I am by
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  now, I'm Jon Seymourly.
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  I'm a serial entrepreneur.
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  I'm an engineer, marketing specialist, video producer, podcast
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  host, coach, keynote speaker, a graduate student at
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  Montclair State University, a passionate lifelong learner, and
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  I am truly, truly, extremely, extremely grateful for
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  that opportunity.
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  So again, welcome, everyone.
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  It's great to have you here.
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  Today, I'm talking about Stop Sacrificing Your Life
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  to Impress Other People.
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  It is series five, show 36, episode number
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  five.
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  So there's nothing wrong with achievement.
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  There's nothing wrong with wanting to succeed, build
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  something meaningful, earn more, or become better at
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  what you do.
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  The problem begins when your life becomes a
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  performance design primarily to impress other people.
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  And I think that's a problem for a
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  lot of people because their life is like
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  on stage.
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  I think that's a big problem.
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  So let's move forward.
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  So let's get to our 30 points to
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  help you guys understand this.
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  Number one, protect what cannot be replaced.
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  Some things can be, oh, rebuilt.
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  Money can be earned again.
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  Possessions can be replaced.
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  But time and certain relationships and meaningful moments
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  don't always give you that opportunity.
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  Know what deserves protection in your life.
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  Stop sacrificing.
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  Number two, relationships for appearances.
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  A life that looks impressive from the outside
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  can still feel empty inside.
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  Don't neglect people who genuinely care about you
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  just to impress people, okay, who will barely
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  even know you.
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  Number three, know what deserves your time.
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  Time is one of our most limited and
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  precious resources.
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  Every yes takes time from something else that
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  you wanted to do.
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  Decide consciously what deserves that investment.
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  Instead of allowing everyone else to decide for
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  you, make that choice now.
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  Number four, don't trade peace for status.
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  Status may attract attention, but attention isn't the
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  same as peace.
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  If maintaining an image constantly leaves you anxious,
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  exhausted, or pretending, ask whether the status is
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  worth its price, okay?
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  Stop spending energy proving your worth.
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  You don't need to turn every conversation into
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  evidence of your value.
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  Let your work, character, consistency, and contribution speak
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  over time.
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  Constantly proving yourself can become exhausting, and yes,
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  guys, it can lead to burnout.
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  Number six, protect your health while pursuing success.
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  If you don't have your health, you definitely
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  don't have your wealth.
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  Achievement becomes far less meaningful if you're destroying
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  yourself to obtain it.
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  Sustainable success should leave room for taking care
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  of the person responsible for creating it.
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  I think sometimes people miss that whole concept.
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  Number seven, give important people real attention.
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  Being physically present isn't always enough.
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  Put the distractions down.
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  Sometimes you have to do that.
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  Listen, ask the questions, pay attention.
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  The people who matter deserve more than whatever
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  attention remains after everything else goes by.
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  Number eight, stop treating your life like a
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  resume.
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  Your life is more than just a collection
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  of accomplishments, tiles, credentials, and milestones.
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  Accomplishments matter, but they shouldn't become your entire
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  identity or your whole life.
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  Number nine, know what money cannot restore or
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  buy.
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  Money is an important tool, but it has
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  limits.
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  It cannot automatically restore lost time.
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  Rebuild every damaged relationship, recreate missed experiences, or
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  purchase genuine trust.
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  But some people figure that out the hard
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  way, and then they lose more than money.
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  Number 10, protect your integrity when opportunities appear.
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  An impressive opportunity is invaluable if accepting it
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  requires becoming someone you don't respect.
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  Don't allow ambition to convince you that your
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  principles are negotiable.
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  Number 11, stop buying things to impress strangers.
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  Before making a purchase, primarily for appearance, ask
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  yourself who you're trying to impress.
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  Don't build financial pressure simply to create an
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  image for people who aren't responsible for paying
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  your bills.
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  Number 12, choose experiences you genuinely value.
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  Don't choose experiences simply because they'll look impressive
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  online.
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  Do things because they're meaningful, enjoyable, interesting, educational,
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  or important to you.
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  I think that's something that a lot of
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  people today, they miss that.
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  And then by the time they realize it,
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  guess what happens, guys?
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  It is way too late for them to
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  do anything in their life.
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  I think that's a very important thing for
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  us to really pay attention to.
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  Number 13, please make room for people who
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  matter in your life.
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  A full calendar isn't automatically meaningful.
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  Leave room for conversations, relationships, friendships, family, and
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  people who make your life richer.
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  Stop performing happiness because that's not just life.
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  You don't have to convince everyone that everything
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  is perfect in your life.
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  A polished public image and a meaningful private
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  life are two different distinct things.
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  Build the second one and build it right.
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  Number 15, protect your private life from public
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  pressure.
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  Not everything needs to become content.
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  Not every achievement needs an announcement.
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  Not every personal moment needs an audience.
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  Some things just gain value from remaining personal,
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  from being genuine, just being who you are.
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  A lot of times I get on the
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  camera to do stuff, and they're even, let's
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  say, more laid back than the show.
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  I get on and I talk about something
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  I'm doing or where I am, and it's
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  not polished, it's not edited.
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  You get the genuine me too here, but
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  when I'm doing like a short reel or
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  what I'm doing live on site, it's a
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  little different.
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  I turn my camera on and I link
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  it to our studio, and I push out
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  to our audience, and it's pretty amazing.
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  Number 16, know when ambition has taken too
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  much from you.
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  Ambition can be powerful, but periodically examine its
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  costs.
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  If every relationship, evening, weekend, and personal priority
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  is constantly sacrificed, something may need to change
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  in your life because if it doesn't, something's
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  going to break.
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  Number 17, give your attention where it matters.
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  Give your attention where it matters.
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  Attention is an investment, okay?
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  Notice where your attention is going.
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  Don't give your best attention to distractions while
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  giving the people and priorities you value whatever
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  remains.
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  And again, that's a hard lesson that most
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  people never learn.
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  They learn it later in life, but again,
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  after they've learned it, they've learned too much.
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  They've learned too much, and that too much,
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  guys, I think it's a very, very big
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  problem for a lot of people to understand.
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  So let's be mindful of that.
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  And these are very, very important things.
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  And I want you to understand what's going
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  on, okay?
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  I think that's a very important thing.
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  And I know a lot of you are
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  going to say, hey, John, this is not
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  for me, but it is for you, okay?
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  It really is for you.
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  And I think that's something we have to
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  think about.
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  This can be hard for some people, okay?
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  Very hard, right?
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  Hard enough that maybe it doesn't matter, okay?
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  I think that's an important piece.
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  I think that's something a lot of people
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  just don't get.
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  They're just totally on a different wavelength, okay?
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  And that can be hard, guys.
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  It can be very, very hard for people
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  to understand these things.
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  Being seen doesn't automatically make something important.
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  Some incredibly meaningful work happens quietly without applause,
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  followers, recognition, or even any glimpse of public
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  attention.
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  Number 19, choose substance over image.
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  Every single time, you have to do that,
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  guys.
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  You have to choose substance over that.
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  Or you're the one that's really going to
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  be in a problem.
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  You're the one that's going to wish this
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  didn't go that way.
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  You're going to wish that you gave it
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  the care and the attention that it really
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  deserved, right?
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  I think that's an important piece.
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  But again, I get why some people will
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  get confused because they're taking what other people
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  are saying, but they're not necessarily doing what
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  they need to do.
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  So I think that's another important thing that
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  many people, again, don't realize on their own
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  behalf, okay?
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  That's very important, guys, to understand.
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  Number 19, choose substance over image.
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  Build the skills instead of merely looking knowledgeable.
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  Build the relationship instead of displaying it.
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  Build the business instead of pretending everything is
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  successful.
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  Substance lasts longer than the presentation.
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  In other words, if you want to show
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  somebody what you're doing, you show them by
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  what you're doing.
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  You don't brag about it by telling people.
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  You show them with what you really have.
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  Number 20, don't sacrifice yourself to maintain appearances.
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  If maintaining an image requires constant pretending, overspending,
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  exhaustion, or hiding who you actually are, well,
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  that image has become too expensive in the
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  long run.
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  And I think some people will miss this
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  time and time again.
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  Why?
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  Because they think the solution is to impress
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  others.
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  But really all that does is cost you
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  money and get you disappointed in the end.
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  Number 21, let your values determine what stays.
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  When life becomes crowded, use your values as
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  a filter.
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  Ask what genuinely matters and what merely occupies
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  space because you feel expected to keep it,
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  okay?
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  Stop measuring your worth through possessions, number 22.
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  What you own may say something about your
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  preferences, but it's important to understand it doesn't
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  determine your human value.
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  Possessions are things you have.
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  They aren't who you actually are, number 23.
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  Invest in the memories.
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  Not only the milestones, there's so much to
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  enjoy in life with the memories.
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  Milestones matter, but so do ordinary experiences.
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  A conversation, a meal, a trip, laughter, learning
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  something new or spending time with someone important,
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  they become more memorable than any other achievement
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  you have.
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  So let's enjoy those milestones, but let's enjoy
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  the memories, okay?
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  That's important to know.
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  Number 24, know when enough really is enough.
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  If the finish line constantly moves, you're never
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  going to arrive there.
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  Define what enough means for you.
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  Otherwise, you can spend your entire life accumulating
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  without ever experiencing satisfaction because if somebody keeps
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  moving the bar or the line and you
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  never can get to it, I feel that's
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  a big problem for a lot of people
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  to understand, okay?
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  I think that's an important thing for other
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  people, again, to understand.
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  And I think if we're cognizant of these
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  things, we can really change who we are
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  and what we're doing.
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  But again, this takes time, guys.
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  This takes a lot of time and it
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  takes intention.
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  Takes intention.
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  So, you know, you have to understand this
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  or you're going to get lost.
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  Spend your whole entire life accumulating and then
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  suddenly the goal isn't there anymore.
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  Number 25, protect the parts of life success
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  should serve.
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  Number 25, something we should know is that
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  success should help us build a better life.
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  It shouldn't require destroying everything you wanted.
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  Success to improve.
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  Remember why you're working so hard in the
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  first place.
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  You should be working harder.
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  You should be working smarter, ladies and gentlemen.
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  Smarter means working intentionally.
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  It means doing the things that are actually
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  going to bring a return, right?
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  If you keep doing things just to stay
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  busy, that might sound nice, but you're never
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  going to get to success and that's going
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  to make you sad.
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  Number 26, stop chasing admiration from people you
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  don't know.
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  Don't surrender your peace trying to win approval
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  from strangers.
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  Their admiration may be temporary, conditional, or completely
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  irrelevant to the life you're actually living.
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  That's important, guys.
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  Number 27, build something meaningful behind the scenes.
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  You don't have to show it to people.
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  Character develops when nobody is watching.
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  I've said this before.
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  Relationships deepen privately.
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  Skills improve through unseen practice.
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  Some of your most important work will never
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  receive applause, but it will be the work
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  that gets you to success.
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  We work on ourselves in private.
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  That almost always filters to the public world,
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  but it's not always obvious how that happens,
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  right?
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  It's not obvious how that happens, and I
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  think those are important things to understand, right?
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  They're important things to understand, and if we
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  understand what they are, then maybe you're going
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  to say to me, hey, John, this doesn't
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  quite make sense to me anymore, or this
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  isn't what I want, and I get that
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  it may not be what you want, but
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  I think the most important thing is knowing
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  that you can make the change in your
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  life, okay?
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  I'm not going to tell you that it's
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  going to be easy.
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  No, I'm not going to tell you it's
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  going to be easy.
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  Of course not, but it's important, guys.
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  It absolutely is important, all right?
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  So something I want you to understand, number
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  28, your life doesn't need to impress everyone.
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  If you're trying to figure out how to
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  impress everyone, well, you're missing the mark.
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  You could be successful sometimes, but you're going
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  to fall more than you win because you're
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  always trying to impress somebody who really may
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  not even have any value in your life,
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  but you think that's what it's all about.
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  See, different people value different things.
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  Trying to impress everyone is impossible, and that
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  assignment will just burn you out.
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  Build a life aligned with your values instead
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  of constantly adjusting yourself for an audience.
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  That's not being genuine.
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  That's not being authentic, is it?
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  I don't think so.
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  Number 29, guys.
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  What matters most rarely needs an audience.
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  Integrity doesn't require applause.
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  Genuine friendship doesn't need spectators.
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  Peace doesn't need likes.
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  Meaning doesn't require public validation.
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  Some of life's richest experiences happen quietly, happen
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  in a moment, a moment that maybe you're
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  not even aware of, okay?
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  That's important to understand.
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  That's really important.
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  Does that make sense to you?
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  Maybe it doesn't make sense to you.
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  Does it?
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  I'm just asking you a question.
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  I think that's an important piece, guys.
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  That piece is something a lot of people
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  just don't get, okay?
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  I think that's something hard for people to
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  understand, but I get why that can hurt
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  some people.
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  Number 30, never trade something priceless for something
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  impressive.
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  This is the point I want you to
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  remember.
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  Before sacrificing something important for achievement, status, money,
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  attention, or approval, understand exactly what you're trading.
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  You know, a wise gentleman said something.
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  I think it was last year.
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  He was retiring from a large publicly traded
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  company.
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  And all these younger people from college wanted
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  to get his position.
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  He had one of the top financial positions
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  in the company.
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  And they're all lined up.
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  He says, any of you can have my
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  position if you're willing to sacrifice.
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  And they're like, sure.
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  I don't know my daughter's favorite color.
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  I don't even know when my son hit
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  his first home run.
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  I missed my grandson's recital.
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  And I couldn't even tell you what their,
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  let's say it was an event.
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  I couldn't even tell you where they had
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  their wedding.
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  He said, these are the things you're going
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  to miss in life if you're going to
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  commit solely to the job.
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  So I'm not saying not to commit it,
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  but if you commit, you're going to miss
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  an awful lot about what is going to
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  go on in your life.
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  Are you willing to miss that much?
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  Most people say yes.
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  But then when you find out what you're
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  missing, you're like, I didn't really sign up
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  for this, right?
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  I didn't sign up for this.
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  That's important.
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  And like I said, it's important to understand
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  this.
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  So never trade something priceless for something impressive.
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  And priceless doesn't just mean money.
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  It could just mean the value, your life,
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  family.
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  This is the point I want you to
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  remember.
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  Before sacrificing something, like I told you, important
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  for an achievement status, money or attention or
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  approval, understand exactly what you're trading.
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  Some exchanges aren't worth making.
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  Don't trade your integrity for an opportunity.
• 24:45
  Don't trade meaningful relationships for appearances.
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  Don't trade your peace simply to look successful.
• 24:52
  Don't trade your identity for acceptance.
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  And don't trade years of your life, chasing
• 24:57
  admiration from people who aren't actually living your
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  life.
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  This connects directly to our weekly topic.
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  Stop living a life you never chose.
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  Because one of the easiest ways to accidentally
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  build somebody else's life is to spend your
• 25:15
  time trying to satisfy somebody else's definition of
• 25:18
  success.
• 25:21
  Easiest ways to accidentally build somebody else's life
• 25:25
  is when you spend your time trying to
• 25:28
  satisfy somebody else's success.
• 25:30
  You see what everybody else is buying.
• 25:33
  You see what they're achieving.
• 25:35
  You see the titles, announcements, vacations, houses, cars,
• 25:39
  followers, businesses, milestones.
• 25:41
  And comparisons quickly begin to form in your
• 25:44
  mind and writing your goals for you.
• 25:49
  That's when you need to ask a powerful
• 25:51
  question.
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  Would I still want this if nobody else
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  ever knew I had it?
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  Would you still pursue the goal if you
• 25:59
  couldn't post about it?
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  Would you still buy the thing if nobody
• 26:02
  saw it?
• 26:03
  Would you still want the title if nobody
• 26:05
  was impressed by it?
• 26:07
  Would you still choose this direction if nobody
• 26:09
  applauded?
• 26:10
  Ah, these questions can expose the difference between
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  something you genuinely value and something you're pursuing
• 26:17
  primarily for validation.
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  Success isn't the enemy.
• 26:20
  Ambition isn't the enemy.
• 26:22
  Money isn't the enemy.
• 26:23
  Recognition isn't automatically bad.
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  The issue is what you're willing to sacrifice
• 26:28
  to obtain them.
• 26:29
  Your life has limited time.
• 26:31
  Your attention is limited.
• 26:32
  Your energy is limited.
• 26:33
  So spend those resources intentionally on the things
• 26:37
  you want.
• 26:37
  Build things you're proud of.
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  Pursue meaningful goals.
• 26:42
  Become excellent at what you do.
• 26:44
  But don't you dare become so busy creating
• 26:47
  an impressive life that you forget to actually
• 26:49
  live it.
• 26:50
  Protect your relationships.
• 26:51
  Protect your integrity.
• 26:52
  Protect your peace.
• 26:53
  Protect your health.
• 26:55
  Protect the moments that won't come around again.
• 26:58
  And remember that what matters most may never
• 27:02
  become the thing that gets the most attention.
• 27:04
  Sometimes success is quieter than that.
• 27:06
  Sometimes success is knowing who you are, who
• 27:10
  nobody is watching, okay?
• 27:12
  Sometimes it's having people in your life who
• 27:14
  know the real you.
• 27:15
  Sometimes it's being able to go to sleep,
• 27:18
  knowing you didn't compromise your integrity to get
• 27:20
  ahead.
• 27:21
  Sometimes it's having enough.
• 27:23
  Sometimes it's simply being present for a moment
• 27:25
  you know you can never recreate.
• 27:27
  So here's the question I want to leave
• 27:29
  you with today.
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  What are you currently sacrificing?
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  And is what you're receiving in return generally
• 27:37
  worth it?
• 27:39
  I think that's the real question.
• 27:41
  Look carefully at the answer because you can
• 27:43
  always earn another dollar.
• 27:45
  You can pursue another opportunity.
• 27:47
  You can set another goal.
• 27:48
  But some things are priceless precisely because they
• 27:51
  cannot simply be replaced.
• 27:53
  I'm John C.
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  Morley, serial entrepreneur.
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  And thanks for tuning into this amazing episode
• 27:59
  of Inspirations for Your Life.
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  Your life doesn't need to impress everyone.
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  It needs to mean something to you.
• 28:04
  Choose substance over image.
• 28:05
  Meaning over unnecessary approval.
• 28:07
  And never trade something priceless for something that
• 28:10
  nearly looks impressive.
• 28:13
  And you'll love your life.
• 28:14
  Have a great one, everyone.
• 28:16
  Check out BelieveMeAchieve.com.
• 28:17
  From where am I amazing?
• 28:18
  Of course, ladies and gentlemen.
• 28:19
  Yes.
• 28:20
  Where am I amazing?
• 28:21
  Inspiring creations.
• 28:22
  Take care, everyone.