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Dirt to Done — From Setbacks to Success · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life, realizing everyone is always learning and
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  living your full experience.
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  This is where we live out loud, on purpose and with purpose.
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  I'm Coach C, your host, and this is Season 3, Episode 6, Dirt to Done.
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  Today, we're closing out Season 3 with a reminder that somebody needs to hear
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  dirt to done not designer to done not privileged to done not connected to done dirt to done,
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  You know the kind of dirt I'm talking about, the dirt of disappointment, the dirt of rejection,
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  the dirt of being overlooked, the dirt of having more responsibilities than
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  resources, the dirt of figuring it out as you go.
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  Some of us weren't handed a blueprint. We were handed a broom and told to clean
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  up messes we didn't create.
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  Some of us didn't have parents who could guide us through every decision.
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  Some of us didn't have financial safety nets. Some of us didn't have the luxury
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  of failing without consequences.
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  Yet somehow, here we are, still standing, still building, still becoming.
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  As Drake says, started from the bottom, now we're here.
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  And while everybody's here may look different, don't overlook the fact that
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  you've already traveled a long way from where you started.
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  Take a moment and think about it. The version of you from five years ago would
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  probably be amazed at some of the things you handled today without even thinking twice.
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  That's growth. That's grit.
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  That's dirt to done. The truth is success rarely happens because somebody got lucky.
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  Success happens because they kept showing up, even when they were scared,
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  even when they were tired, even when nobody was clapping.
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  To get from dirt to done requires a few things.
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  D is for determination.
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  Determination is deciding that quitting isn't an option.
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  It doesn't mean you won't get discouraged. It means discouragement doesn't get the final vote.
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  The determined person understands that progress often arrives wearing work clothes. Keep going.
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  D is for decisiveness. Indecision keeps dreams sitting in the parking lot.
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  At some point, you've got to choose. Choose the business. Choose the degree.
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  Choose the relationship.
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  Choose the healing. Choose the goal.
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  You don't need all the answers. You just need enough courage to take the next step. D is for dreaming.
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  Never stop dreaming. The world will try to convince you to be realistic.
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  I say be realistic about your work ethic, but remain outrageous about your vision.
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  Every invention, every company, every movement, every legacy started as somebody's dream.
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  Protect your dreams. Feed your dreams.
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  Believe your dreams.
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  D is for doing. This is where most people get stuck. They think about it. Talk about it.
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  Research it. Pray about it. Journal about it. Make vision boards about it. But they never do it.
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  Dreams don't work unless you do.
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  Action creates momentum. Momentum creates confidence. Confidence creates results. Move!
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  D is for daring to be different. The crowd is often headed toward average.
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  If you want extraordinary results, sometimes you've got to be willing to look a little unusual.
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  People may not understand your vision. They may question your methods.
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  They may laugh at your goals. That's okay.
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  Seeds look ridiculous before they become forests.
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  Be willing to stand out. Be willing to try. Be willing to become.
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  Because the people who change their lives are usually the people who stop asking for permission.
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  As we close season three, I want you to remember something. You are not disqualified
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  because of where you started.
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  Your starting point is not your final destination.
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  The dirt was never meant to bury you. The dirt was meant to grow you.
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  Every setback, every struggle, every tear, every lesson,
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  every closed door, every delay, Every detour was preparing you for the moment
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  when you could finally say, I got it done.
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  And when that day comes, don't forget to look back and appreciate how far you've traveled.
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  Not to live there, not to stay there, but to honor the journey from dirt to done.
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  Here's your fearless homework. This week's fearless homework is called my dirt to done list.
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  Take out a notebook and create two columns.
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  On the left side, write dirt.
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  List five obstacles, setbacks, disappointments, or challenges you've overcome.
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  On the right side, write done.
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  Beside each challenge, write what you accomplished despite it.
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  For example, rejection, still got
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  the promotion divorce still found
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  happiness financial hardship still but
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  stability built stability fear still started
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  the business grief still kept living
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  then at the bottom write this declaration my story is proof that i can do hard
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  things i am determined decisive dreaming doing and daring enough to become everything I was created to be.
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  Read it every morning for the next seven days.
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  This is Real Talk, where we're realizing everyone is always learning and living your full experience.
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  This is Coach C, reminding you that your beginning does not determine your ending.
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  merchandise, and motivation between episodes.
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  Season 3 is a wrap. Thank you for taking this journey with me.
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  I'll see you in the next one.