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EP781: TL Nuggets #236 - Keep Your Word! · The Thought Leader Revolution Podcast

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  We live in a day and age where keeping your word is no longer expected.
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  There's no longer a level of social pressure, especially if you're a man,
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  that there used to be for you to keep your word and do what you said you were going to do.
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  Welcome to an exciting episode of the podcast of Thought Leader Revolution.
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  I'm your host, Nicky Ballou.
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  And boy, did we have an exciting episode lined up for you today.
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  Today's episode is another Thought Leader Nugget, where I give you a nugget of wisdom
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  from my extensive reading, thinking, and learning that I've turned into powerful IP,
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  powerful intellectual property.
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  Today, I had a conversation with a good friend of mine by the name of Jefferson Banks.
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  Mr. Banks is not famous.
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  He's not hyper rich, but he is wise and he is brilliant.
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  And he said something to me that was so powerful, I had to share it with you.
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  He said to me, I'd rather suffer the consequences of keeping my word than train myself not to.
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  Wow, that's powerful.
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  What does it mean?
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  Simple.
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  We live in a day and age and time where keeping your word is no longer expected.
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  There's no longer a level of social pressure, especially if you're a man that there used to be,
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  for you to keep your word and do what you said you were going to do.
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  That pressure is gone.
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  And people feel free to willy-nilly, wishy-washy, say yes to things, i.e. give their word to them,
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  and then not follow through.
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  And by doing so, they may temporarily relieve a level of pressure that they're feeling.
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  They may temporarily feel relief in that, oh my God, thank God, I don't have to do that.
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  But what they're doing is that they're training themselves to have a weak word.
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  And by training themselves to have a weak word, what they're doing is they're telling God Almighty that all those dreams and desires that I have and have told you about, I'm not that serious about.
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  And you don't really need to take me seriously or help me achieve them.
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  Because if I'm not serious about them, then you shouldn't be either.
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  That's what it means to train yourself not to keep your word.
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  And here's what I've noticed.
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  In my life, there have been times where I've given my word and it was bloody inconvenient for me to keep it.
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  And some of those times I've kept it anyways.
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  But you know what happened after I kept it?
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  For the next several weeks, in all of the areas of my life, there's been progress.
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  There's been forward movement and momentum.
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  I've made more money.
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  I've had great unexpected things come my way.
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  I've had my health get better.
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  I've had things flow easier
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  and I'm sure you can think of instances in your life
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  where this has been the case for you
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  now there have also been times in my life
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  where I've given my word
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  and it's been inconvenient for me to keep it
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  and I've backed out on it
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  as I'm sure has been the case for you
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  and here's what's happened
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  for the next several weeks
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  There's been no forward progress for me in the areas of my life that are important to me,
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  such as making money, such as my relationships, my health, or just general life forward momentum.
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  It's been gone.
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  And why is that?
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  But when I don't keep my word and I go for the easy way, God notices.
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  And what God does is he stops the forward momentum of my life for a time.
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  This is powerful.
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  This is important for you to learn and to understand.
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  Do not willy-nilly give your word and back out on it.
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  Do not.
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  If you're unsure, don't give your word.
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  If you do give your word, you need to keep it.
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  Even, nay, especially when it is no longer convenient or easy for you to keep your word.
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  Because what God is doing is giving you an absolute brilliant opportunity to create massive
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  forward momentum, massive forward progress in your life.
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  And the price to be paid is to keep your word when it's inconvenient.
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  and this opportunity is like a test
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  and you have an opportunity to either pass this test
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  or you have an opportunity to fail this test.
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  If you pass this test, you will be happy, fulfilled,
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  satisfied with the incredible results
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  that will flow into your life
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  as a result of you keeping your word.
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  But if you fail this test,
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  you will be flat, disappointed, naive and depressed
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  because the opportunity to succeed and to win has gone.
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  I trust that this thought leader nugget
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  has been thought-provoking for you,
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  has made you think,
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  and has made you resolve yourself
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  to become a man or a woman
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  who keeps his or her word no matter what.
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  And that wraps up another incredible and powerful episode of the podcast, The Thought Leader Revolution.
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  Until next time, goodbye.