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Focus on You Every Day: Master Your Mindset, Own Your Future · Motivation Mindset Podcast

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  Speaker 1: The guy says, I want to be a great leader, wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: The first thing we do is following to his house.
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  Speaker 1: When we get there, we walk in and check his library.
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  Speaker 2: Number one.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody says, well, why check his library? The reason is
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  Speaker 1: because what a man reads pours massive ingredients into his
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  Speaker 1: mental factory, and the fabric of his life is built
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  Speaker 1: from those ingredients. Making sure you don't spend major time
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  Speaker 1: on minor things. This is why you need to think
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  Speaker 1: on paper, put your game plan on paper, to make
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  Speaker 1: sure you're not spending major time on minor things. The
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  Speaker 1: little phrase I have says, don't mistake movement for achievement.
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  Speaker 1: Destination is not determined by hope. It's not determined by wish.
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  Speaker 1: Destination is determined by direction. Cannot change destination overnight. But
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  Speaker 1: here's what you can change today and overnight.
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  Speaker 2: You can change direction.
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  Speaker 1: And it is so fascinating what a little small change
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  Speaker 1: of direction will do a few decisions in discipline, a
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  Speaker 1: few decisions in learning, a few decisions and change of behavior,
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  Speaker 1: change of habit, a few decisions in setting goals that
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  Speaker 1: you've sort of let drift before, like I did at
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  Speaker 1: age twenty five, didn't have a list I immediately started
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  Speaker 1: to change that, and I immediately started to change my direction,
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  Speaker 1: so that very quickly I started heading this direction. In
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  Speaker 1: less than seven years, I was a millionaire. By not
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  Speaker 1: being prepared, thinking ahead, it's your choice. Now here's the
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  Speaker 1: other side of it. By being prepared, you increase your
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  Speaker 1: chances of success.
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  Speaker 2: You increase the likelihood.
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  Speaker 1: By being prepared, you increase your chances of success of
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  Speaker 1: seizing opportunities when they come. Your way of being ready
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  Speaker 1: within yourself to take advantage of once in a lifetime situation.
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  Speaker 1: The refinement of philosophy, the extra studies and the extra books,
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  Speaker 1: and the extra classes, and the extra thinking, the extra pondering,
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  Speaker 1: the extra give and take of testing ideas and debate
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  Speaker 1: and discussion. That's where the extra life comes from, is
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  Speaker 1: in the dimensions of refined philosophy, the extra thinking. And
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  Speaker 1: these are the steps of intellectual discovery that a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people just don't want to take, or they're too
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  Speaker 1: busy to take it, or it presents itself in two
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  Speaker 1: strong and tougher men, or these extra skills. But I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you, once you start engaging in these extra skills,
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  Speaker 1: you won't ever want to go back. This new intellectual
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  Speaker 1: discovery is where the wealth is. It's where the happiness is,
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  Speaker 1: the good life, influence power. Take charge of your own life,
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  Speaker 1: Take charge of your own day, Take charge of your
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  Speaker 1: own conversations, Take charge of your own family, take charge
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  Speaker 1: of your own possibility. Learn these skills, develop this kind
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  Speaker 1: of strategy, and I'm telling you life will open up
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  Speaker 1: for you. Join the three percent, join the ten percent,
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  Speaker 1: join the five percent, walk away.
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  Speaker 2: From the ninety five.
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  Speaker 1: We all need a good library. Mister Schoff got me
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  Speaker 1: started onmine. Here's one of the books you recommended, Think
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  Speaker 1: and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Show fast me. Doesn't
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  Speaker 1: that title intrigue you? Think and Grow Rich? Who wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: need that book? I found it in a used bookstore
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  Speaker 1: and paid less than fifty cents for it, and I've
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  Speaker 1: still got it. It's one of my most valued treasures.
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  Speaker 1: You can start this process of developing a library like
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  Speaker 1: I did. Here's a mindset to guide you as you begin.
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  Speaker 1: Your library needs to show that you're a serious student
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  Speaker 1: of life, health, spirituality, culture, uniqueness, sophistication, economics, prosperity, productivity,
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  Speaker 1: sales management, skills and values of all kinds. Let your
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  Speaker 1: library show you're a serious student, your library will become
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  Speaker 1: your mental food, your food for thought. It is so
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  Speaker 1: important to nourish the mind, not just the body. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to be educated. A good book to start with
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  Speaker 1: is How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler. Adler
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  Speaker 1: was the chief editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which is
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  Speaker 1: also a good set of books to have in your library.
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  Speaker 1: In How to Read a Book, Adler gives you some
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  Speaker 1: good suggestions on how to not just read a book,
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  Speaker 1: but actually get the most information out of it. He
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  Speaker 1: also provides a list of the best books ever written,
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  Speaker 1: and I've used it as a centerpiece.
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  Speaker 2: For my library.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just telling you what worked for me. If it
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  Speaker 1: suits you, fine, If it doesn't suit you, keep looking
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  Speaker 1: until you find something that does suit you. Just be
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  Speaker 1: sure to keep your library well balanced. Let me give
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  Speaker 1: you some examples. Number one, we've all got to have
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  Speaker 1: a sense of history. We need to know about American history,
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  Speaker 1: international history, family history, and political history. This sort of
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  Speaker 1: knowledge will illustrate for you that the state of one's
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  Speaker 1: life rarely changes for the better of its own accord.
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  Speaker 1: Once you realize that, the next logical step is to
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  Speaker 1: realize that you have to do the changing History helps
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  Speaker 1: us to understand what there is to work with seed, soil, sunshine, rain.
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  Speaker 1: It also tells us what human beings have done with
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  Speaker 1: those resources in the past to change their lot in life.
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  Speaker 1: You'll find that many of them transformed from non productive
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  Speaker 1: citizens to productiontive ones. That's what history is for, to
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  Speaker 1: learn the lessons of our ancestors. Be a good student
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  Speaker 1: of history. The next crucial topic is philosophy. You might
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  Speaker 1: find it a little bit difficult to comprehend some aspects
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  Speaker 1: of philosophy, but you can't just read and study the
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  Speaker 1: easy stuff. Try to tackle the more difficult to comprehend stuff.
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  Speaker 2: That's how you grow as a person.
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  Speaker 1: Next novels, many times an intriguing story is interwoven with
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  Speaker 1: the philosophy that the author is trying to get across.
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  Speaker 1: And Rand was probably better at this than anybody else.
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  Speaker 1: Atlas Shrugged was a towering novel. It kept us intrigued
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  Speaker 1: as Rand was feeding.
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  Speaker 2: Us per philosophy. And you don't need to.
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  Speaker 1: Agree with an author's perspective to benefit from a novel.
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  Speaker 1: Here's a little personal advice. Skip the tr trash. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: you can find something valuable in a trashy novel, but
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't take the time to read something trashy just
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  Speaker 1: to find it. You can find a crust of bread
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  Speaker 1: in the garbage can, but I wouldn't dig through it.
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  Speaker 1: There's simply not enough time to read the truly brilliant stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Next are biographies and autobiographies.
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  Speaker 1: You can read the dramatic stories of both good people
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  Speaker 1: and terrible people. You need to understand the balance between
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  Speaker 1: good and evil. Get a book on Gandhy and a
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  Speaker 1: book on Hitler. One will illustrate the heights of good
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  Speaker 1: a human being can accomplish, and the other will illustrate
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  Speaker 1: how low and despicable a human being can become. You
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  Speaker 1: need to comprehend both sides of the coin. Next accounting.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to have at least a primary understanding of accounting.
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  Speaker 1: Kids have got to start learning the difference between a
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  Speaker 1: debit and a credit. And Next is law. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to be a lawyer, but you've got to know contracts,
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  Speaker 1: what to sign, what not to sign, and how to
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  Speaker 1: be safe rather than sorry. All of us need a
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  Speaker 1: little law, especially in these complicated times. I learned this
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  Speaker 1: the hard way some time ago. A company I was
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  Speaker 1: affiliated with in Canada wanted to borrow money.
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  Speaker 2: They needed a quarter of a million dollars.
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  Speaker 1: The bank said, yes, we will loan the company the
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  Speaker 1: money if mister Ron will sign personally. I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: play the hero, and I knew the company could pay
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  Speaker 1: it back, so I signed. Sure Enough, within less than
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  Speaker 1: a year, they had paid the loan back in full.
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  Speaker 1: I was indeed seen as the hero. About a year later,
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  Speaker 1: this company got in financial trouble. They went back to
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  Speaker 1: the bank had borrowed a quarter of a million dollars. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I said to myself, I hope my phone doesn't ring
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  Speaker 1: because I won't sign the note.
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  Speaker 2: This time.
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  Speaker 1: I knew they were in trouble. I knew they were
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  Speaker 1: probably going to go bankrupt. My phone never rang. I
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  Speaker 1: was off the hook. Sure Enough, within less than a year,
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  Speaker 1: the company went bankrupt. They couldn't pay and I get
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  Speaker 1: a letter from the bank saying, dear mister Ron, since
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  Speaker 1: the company cannot perform its obligation and pay this quarter
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  Speaker 1: of a million dollars, and since we have here your
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  Speaker 1: personal guarantee, would you please send us your check for
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  Speaker 1: a quarter of a million dollars. I thought there must
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  Speaker 1: be some mistake I signed that first note, and they
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  Speaker 1: paid it all back. I didn't sign the second note.
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  Speaker 1: What I didn't know was that I had originally signed
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  Speaker 1: a continuing guarantee. So now I know what the word
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  Speaker 1: continuing means. I'm asking you to study a little law.
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  Speaker 1: Know what to sign, know how to defend yourself. Don't
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  Speaker 1: sign too quickly. Be a student, don't be a lazy learner.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to build a library that shows you're a
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  Speaker 1: serious stud dent of personal development in all areas. So
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  Speaker 1: begin with a few books. Soon you'll open up a
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  Speaker 1: whole new world of fresh ideas. You encounter a plethora
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  Speaker 1: of ideas every day, but most of them probably go
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  Speaker 1: by unnoticed. That's why you need to develop the ability
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  Speaker 1: to absorb. Be like a sponge. Don't miss anything. Don't
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  Speaker 1: miss the words, don't miss the atmosphere, don't miss the color,
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  Speaker 1: don't miss the scenario. Don't miss what's going on. Most
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  Speaker 1: people are just trying to get through the day. Here's
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  Speaker 1: what I want you to be committed to doing. Learn
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  Speaker 1: to get from the day, learn from it. Let the
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  Speaker 1: day teach you. Attend the University of life. What a
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  Speaker 1: difference that will make in your future. Commit yourself to learning,
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  Speaker 1: commit yourself to absorbing. I've got a personal friend who
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  Speaker 1: is gifted in this area. I think he soaks up
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  Speaker 1: and remembers virtually everything that has ever happened to him.
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  Speaker 1: He can tell you vivid stories from his teenage years
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  Speaker 1: where he was, what he did, what he said, what
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  Speaker 1: she said, how they felt the color of the sky,
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  Speaker 1: and what was going on that day. And the reason
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  Speaker 1: is that he absorbs everything that happens to him. I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you it's more exciting to have him go to
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  Speaker 1: Acapulco and tell you about it than it is to
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  Speaker 1: go yourself. He has an extraordinary gift. Wherever he is,
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't miss anything. Here's a good phrase for you
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  Speaker 1: to jot down.
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  Speaker 2: Wherever you are, be there, be there to absorb it.
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  Speaker 1: Take a picture, if you can take pictures in your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Let your soul and heart take pictures. Get it, capture it,
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  Speaker 1: absorb it, and don't be casual in getting it. Casualness
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  Speaker 1: leads to casualtyeth Next, learn to respond. Responding means letting
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  Speaker 1: life touch you. Don't let it kill you, but let
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  Speaker 1: it touch you. Let sad things make you sad, let
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  Speaker 1: happy things make you happy.
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  Speaker 2: Let the feelings strike you.
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  Speaker 1: Our emotions need to be as acknowledged as our intellect.
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  Speaker 1: It's important to know how to feel. It's important to
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  Speaker 1: know how to respond. It's important to let life in,
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  Speaker 1: to let it touch you. I'm the greatest guy in
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  Speaker 1: the world to take to the movies. I really get
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  Speaker 1: into a good movie. I wanted to make me laugh,
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  Speaker 1: make me cry, scare me to death, teach me something,
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  Speaker 1: take me high, take me low. I just don't want
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  Speaker 1: the movie to leave me as I was when I
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  Speaker 1: came in. That's what we all need to have life
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  Speaker 1: touch us, and that's exactly what will happen to you
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  Speaker 1: when you develop the ability to absorb and respond to
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  Speaker 1: all life has to offer. One of the keys to
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  Speaker 1: making the most of ideas is developing the ability to reflect.
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  Speaker 1: Reflect means to go back over to study again, go
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  Speaker 1: back over your notes, go back over your thoughts, and
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  Speaker 1: go back over your day. There are some particularly good
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  Speaker 1: times to reflect. One is at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Take a few minutes to go back over the day.
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  Speaker 1: Whom did you see, what did they say, what happened,
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  Speaker 1: how did you feel?
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  Speaker 2: What went on? By answering those questions, you capture the day.
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  Speaker 1: Every day represents a piece of the mosaic of your life.
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  Speaker 1: You need to capture the experience, the knowledge, the sights,
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  Speaker 1: the sounds, the panorama, the color, and the emotion so
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  Speaker 1: it will serve you well for the future. Don't miss
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  Speaker 1: a day. Then take a few hours at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the week to reflect. Go back over your calendar,
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  Speaker 1: go back over your appointment book. Ask yourself the same questions,
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  Speaker 1: where did you go, whom did you see, how did
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  Speaker 1: it feel?
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  Speaker 2: What went on?
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  Speaker 1: Capture that week. A week is a fairly substantial chunk
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  Speaker 1: of time. Next, take half a day at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the month to reflect. Follow the same process. Go
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  Speaker 1: back over what you read, go back over what you heard,
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  Speaker 1: go back over what you saw, Go back over your
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  Speaker 1: feelings and capture them so that they serve you.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, take a.
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  Speaker 1: Weekend at the end of the year to establish the
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  Speaker 1: year firmly in your consciousness so that it never disappears.
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  Speaker 1: The Old Testament describes a unique scenario that unfolded.
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  Speaker 2: According to the law.
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  Speaker 1: At that time, people worked for nine years, and the
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  Speaker 1: tenth year was a sabbatical. The tenth year was probably
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  Speaker 1: used for relaxing, replenishing, getting in shape, physically. We would
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  Speaker 1: call it a change of pace in modern society, but
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  Speaker 1: that was not the only objective for the tenth year.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that in ancient days, sabbaticals were used to
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  Speaker 1: go over the previous nine years to see what went
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  Speaker 1: right and what went wrong, what worked well and what
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  Speaker 1: didn't work well. People would ask themselves, how did I grow?
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  Speaker 2: What did I learn? How did I change?
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  Speaker 1: What do I have now after nine years that I
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  Speaker 1: didn't have at the beginning. That time for reflection is
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  Speaker 1: what makes a sabbatical so effective and meaningful. At times,
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  Speaker 1: you'll want to reflect with somebody else. A husband and
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  Speaker 1: wife can reflect on the past year together. Parents can
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  Speaker 1: reflect with their children. Colleagues can reflect with each other.
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  Speaker 1: But you've also got to learn to reflect by yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Solitude is a powerful force. We all need to find
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  Speaker 1: some occasions to shut out the rest of the world
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  Speaker 1: for a while. I've got a motor home and a motorcycle.
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  Speaker 1: That's how I find solitude. I head for the mountains
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  Speaker 1: and ride the trails where there are very few human beings,
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  Speaker 1: or I go out into the desert somewhere it's my
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  Speaker 1: time to get away. When you live a very public life,
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  Speaker 1: you treasure solitude. When I have a chance to reflect
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  Speaker 1: a loane, I go back over my life, go back
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  Speaker 1: over my skills, go back over my experiences. There are
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  Speaker 1: some things you need to do alone, such as ponder, think, wonder, read,
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  Speaker 1: study and absorb new ideas. Decide how you can become
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  Speaker 1: better this year than you were last year.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy your solitude.
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  Speaker 1: Life is full of experiences touching and seeing and looking
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  Speaker 1: and doing and acting. But you're going to lose the
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  Speaker 1: lessons of those experiences if you don't take the time
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  Speaker 1: to reflect. We can all learn to gather up the
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  Speaker 1: past and invest in the future. Gather up today and
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  Speaker 1: invest it into tomorrow. Gather up this week and invest
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  Speaker 1: it in the next week. Gather up this year and
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  Speaker 1: invest it in the next year. Many people simply hang
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  Speaker 1: on one more year. They are just hanging in there
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  Speaker 1: seeing what's going to happen. I am asking you to
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  Speaker 1: choose a different path to learn, learn, study, and reflect.
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  Speaker 1: This is a major part of personal development, the quest
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  Speaker 1: to become better than you are now.