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Helping #1153 · From Chad

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  When your van dies 500 miles from the biggest show of your
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  life, there's a story behind that.
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  This is your daily message from Chad #1153 to upgrade your
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  mental game today by telling yourself a better story.
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  Because the most important story you hear is the story you tell
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  yourself. This message is dedicated to
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  Ernie Russell. You can get a free copy of my
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  book, The Most Powerful Story in the World, by going to from
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  chad.gumroad.com. The transcript of this message
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  and hundreds of others are always available at www.from
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  Chad dot dot com. Here's the upgrade.
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  You may think you have nothing to offer, but upgraded thinking
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  knows the keys in your pocket might be enough.
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  Here's the story. A Detroit metal band called the
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  Autumn Kings had just finished a set at Rockfest in Wisconsin
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  last month. July 16th through the 18th. 3
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  guys, 1 van and a schedule. Their next show was the Upheaval
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  Festival in Grand Rapids, MI, 500 miles away, the biggest gig
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  of their career. Then their engine died on a
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  rural highway. A tow couldn't help them.
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  The repair would take two days. They had about 10 hours.
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  Cars went flying past them as they stood on the side of the
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  road. Out of options.
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  Then one didn't. A man in a 60s named Ernie
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  pulled over in his SUV. He listened to three strangers
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  explain an impossible math problem.
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  And then he did something almost nobody does.
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  He handed them the keys to his Redford Explorer.
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  No collateral, no contract, no, let me think about it, a vehicle
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  he owned by one account for three days, and he let three men
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  he'd known for three minutes drive off toward Michigan.
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  They made the show. Guitarist Jake Diab called it
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  the greatest performance of their lives.
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  They put over 1000 miles on the SUV and brought it back to
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  Ernie, safe and sound. When they asked Ernie why he did
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  it, he simply said he'd never met a live band before and he
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  just wanted to help. That's it.
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  That's the whole reason Ernie didn't have a big explanation.
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  He had keys and he had a yes. His key solved a big problem for
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  broken down band. You keep waiting to be the kind
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  of person who changes someone's day.
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  You think you need more? More money, more time, more
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  standing. Ernie had a used SUV in a soft
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  spot for three tired strangers and it became the reason their
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  career didn't stall on the shoulder of a Rd.
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  Better story to tell yourself is what's in my hand is enough to
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  help somebody today. Tell me a story of unexpected
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  kindness to from chadsmith@gmail.com.
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  Send someone a text and ask them who handed you the keys when you
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  were stuck.