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  Well, hello there, everyone, and welcome, Inspirations for
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  Your Life.
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  Today's Friday, and that means we are ending
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  All right, guys, let's dive right into the
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  show, shall we?
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  This is Inspirations for Your Life and the
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  master weekly topic, Series 5, Show 31.
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  You ready?
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  Master your choices before they master you.
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  And today's granular is how wise decisions build
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  extraordinary lives.
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  Series 5, Show 31, Episode number 7.
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  Yeah, that's a pretty powerful topic, and I
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  can't wait to get into it with you
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  because building extraordinary lives is pretty amazing.
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  So welcome, everyone, to Inspirations for Your Life,
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  the ever-popular daily motivational show.
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  I'm Jon Seymourly, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist,
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  video producer, podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate
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  student at Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner,
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  and so grateful now, ladies and gentlemen, to
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  be a published author.
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  So this week, I've explored how our choices
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  shape our lives.
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  Today, I bring that journey together by looking
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  at the power of wisdom together.
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  Wise decisions aren't made by accident in case
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  you didn't know.
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  They come from learning, growing, staying true to
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  your values and choosing what matters most.
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  So let's explore 30 principles together that can
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  help you build a life you'll be proud
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  of.
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  Number one, guys.
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  Number one is where we start, and we
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  start with all of these one by one.
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  And the first one, ladies and gentlemen, is
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  wisdom.
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  Wisdom grows daily.
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  Wisdom isn't gained overnight.
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  Every experience and every lesson adds to your
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  evolving understanding.
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  Number two, every decision shapes your future.
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  Every decision, small decisions, the big decisions, everything.
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  Today's choices become tomorrow's opportunities.
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  Choose with intention, guys.
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  That's the key.
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  You know, anybody can just make a choice.
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  But when we choose with intention, I feel
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  that's when our lives are going to take
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  this amazing trajectory turn to become better.
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  Number three, guys, stay true to your values.
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  Values provide direction.
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  When decisions become difficult, let them guide your
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  path, guys.
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  Allow them to guide your path, build meaningful
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  habits, small daily habits, create extraordinary results over
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  time.
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  Consistency matters.
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  I think that's what we've learned here this
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  week.
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  Consistency and structure is what yields to success.
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  Number five, guys, please learn continuously your whole
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  life.
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  Never stop asking questions or seeking knowledge.
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  Growth begins with curiosity.
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  When we're curious, we ask questions and we
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  learn.
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  We learn.
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  That's very important.
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  Number six, guys, choose integrity.
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  Choose integrity.
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  Doing the right thing builds trust, even when
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  no one is watching.
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  I've said to you guys before, we have
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  to do the right thing, even when no
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  one else is watching.
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  Because, see, that's what shapes our character, ladies
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  and gentlemen, that's what shapes our character.
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  Number seven, invest in relationships.
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  The people in your life often become the
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  greatest source of encouragement, wisdom, and, of course,
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  opportunity.
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  Think, ladies and gentlemen, long-term.
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  Don't sacrifice tomorrow's success for today's convenience.
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  Keep your future in mind.
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  Number nine, focus on purpose.
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  Purpose gives direction to your actions and meaning
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  to your accomplishments.
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  Focus is a real important thing in life,
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  but we have to embrace focus, okay?
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  Number 10, learn how to build lasting success.
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  Success isn't measured by one achievement or one
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  decision.
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  It's built through consistency over time.
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  Number 11, guys, please encourage others.
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  You know, when we celebrate our own success,
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  it's great, but when we celebrate other successes,
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  that's also good, too, okay?
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  That's really good, too, that we are able
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  to do that.
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  So please encourage others.
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  Be a support system for them.
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  Helping someone else succeed often strengthens our own
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  journey as well.
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  And it's powerful when you can help others
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  succeed.
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  And then when that's succeeding, you can turn
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  around and say, wait a minute, I can
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  do the same thing.
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  I can do the exact same thing.
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  I think that's an important piece, guys, when
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  we can celebrate others' wins.
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  When we celebrate others' wins, it's like people
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  now are like, oh, wow, you're helping me,
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  too.
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  I think that's an important piece, very important
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  piece, a very, very important piece.
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  So let's ponder that for a moment.
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  And I'm going to say this again.
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  Number 12, stay humble, guys.
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  Humility keeps you open to learning and willing
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  to improve.
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  Number 13, create positive influence everywhere you go.
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  And that will basically percolate through like coffee
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  in a pot or water in the bay
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  or the ocean.
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  Your attitude, words, and actions affect more people
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  than you directly realize.
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  People can actually feel, ladies and gentlemen, they
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  can feel your energy.
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  And that's what makes people want to move
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  forward.
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  You can move forward.
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  I think sometimes people just don't understand.
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  They understand why something's working a certain way.
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  They think that, you know, because something worked
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  yesterday, you could do it again, it'll work
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  today.
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  But we've learned that business has changed.
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  What worked many years ago doesn't work anymore.
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  It's different, guys.
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  People evolved.
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  Technology is present.
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  The way people shop and get engaged with
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  things is completely different.
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  Number 14, please, please, please keep learning.
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  Please keep learning.
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  That's a staple.
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  The more you learn, the better prepared you'll
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  be for tomorrow's opportunities.
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  Consistency and structure.
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  Is the name of the game always.
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  Not just when it's convenient, not just when
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  it's easy for you.
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  That's important, guys.
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  You have to be consistent and we have
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  to be structured.
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  And our structure might change and that's okay,
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  but it's the consistency of the structure.
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  We might find that we need to change
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  the way we're doing something and that's perfectly
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  okay.
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  You can definitely tweak, but keep being consistent
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  on what you're doing.
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  Number 15, guys, please learn to protect your
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  priorities.
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  Please make time for what matters most and
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  don't allow distractions to steal your focus.
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  Because in our world, there's so many things
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  vibing for our attention.
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  Some good.
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  Some distractions will just keep us from achieving
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  our goals.
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  We've got to be cognizant of these things
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  that might pull us away from our goals,
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  which are based by our core values.
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  Number 16, guys, please stay disciplined.
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  I said before that discipline is not motivation.
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  Discipline works even when motivation fades.
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  Discipline is saying, I'm going to do what
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  I need to do every day, regardless of
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  how I feel.
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  That's discipline.
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  Discipline says, I'm committed to doing this.
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  No one may be watching me, which is
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  perfectly okay, but I'm committed to see this
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  through.
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  I'm committed to see this all the way
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  through.
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  So please, ladies and gentlemen, stay disciplined.
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  Stay disciplined.
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  Discipline keeps you moving when motivation fades, and
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  it will based on moods and things like
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  that.
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  So discipline is our compass.
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  Discipline is our homing point.
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  Allows us to keep going again, again, again.
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  The choices you make consistently will always matter
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  more than the ones you make occasionally.
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  That's right.
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  I said consistency, and I said structure.
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  I've never known anyone to be successful that
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  wasn't consistent and didn't have structure.
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  It's just not possible.
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  You can get lucky once or twice, but
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  you won't keep staying in that energy, right?
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  Anybody can get lucky once or twice, but
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  it's the consistency that will yield the results
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  that you're ultimately looking for.
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  Notice what I said.
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  It's the decisions you make consistently, not the
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  ones you make occasionally.
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  Let me say that again.
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  It's the decisions you make consistently, not the
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  ones you make occasionally.
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  And that comes from our structure, okay, and
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  our consistency.
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  And that is how discipline works.
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  It gets people to be on a path
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  no matter what.
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  Maybe you're doing a hike, but you're still
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  going to do some kind of hike or
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  exercise, even if it rains.
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  Maybe you don't feel like it, but it's
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  that consistency that does it.
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  Consistency in your structure and your body's like,
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  I want to do that.
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  I want to do more of that.
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  Your success is not based by decisions you
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  make occasionally.
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  It's based by decisions you make consistently.
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  Consistently, not occasionally.
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  Occasionally means I'm going to do it because
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  it's convenient for me now.
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  But later on, it might not be convenient.
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  It might not be.
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  Number 17, Dice, build resilience.
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  Life will test you, but every challenge gives
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  you an opportunity to become stronger, wiser, and
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  more confident than before.
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  Number 18, please choose progress.
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  Choose progress.
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  Choose progress.
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  Choose consistency.
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  Choose structure.
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  And when you do that, you'll see that
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  you'll start making changes in your life.
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  Number 18, choose progress and don't wait, ladies
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  and gentlemen, for perfection.
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  Small steady improvements create extraordinary results over time.
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  And again, that's the whole thing I've been
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  saying the whole time here is that it's
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  about consistency and it's about structure.
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  It's not doing something because it feels good
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  today.
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  What if you don't feel like doing it
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  tomorrow?
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  You still got to do it.
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  Right.
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  Number 19, please value your time and make
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  sure other people value your time.
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  Time is your most valuable asset.
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  Invest it wisely because every day is an
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  opportunity you'll never get back again.
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  That means make sure that what you're putting
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  on your calendar, your day, is aligned with
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  your core values, your core values.
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  Number 20, keep your promises.
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  Whether they're promises to yourself or others, honoring
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  your commitment builds trust, confidence, and personal integrity.
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  Integrity, trust, consistency.
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  I think that's an important piece to understand
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  because it can get us set up to
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  be on the right path.
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  Even when we may not think we're on
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  the right path, right?
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  So I think that's a very, I think
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  that's something a lot of people just don't
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  realize.
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  So I want to talk about something.
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  It was in technology we talked about before,
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  but it's called CIA triad.
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  Stands for confidentiality, integrity, availability.
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  Everything in technology needs to be confidential.
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  Needs to be based on integrity and has
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  to be available.
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  Our day has to be like that, guys.
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  Our day needs to be like that.
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  Number 21, believe in your potential.
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  Never underestimate what you're capable of becoming.
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  Growth begins the moment you believe it's possible.
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  Number 22, live intentionally.
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  Don't allow life to happen by just accident
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  or a whim because you're not going to
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  get what you want.
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  You're probably going to be disappointed with the
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  results you get because you're not consistent and
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  there's no structure.
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  So one day it might work and one
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  day it may not.
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  Make decisions that reflect the future, guys.
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  You're working to create.
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  Your future is being created by your energy,
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  which should be in alignment with your core
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  values.
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  Number 23, make every day count, guys.
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  Every day offers new opportunities to learn, serve,
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  improve, and move closer to your goals.
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  Number 24, build something meaningful.
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  Success isn't only about what you accomplish.
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  It's about creating something that adds lasting value
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  to the lives of others.
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  The lives of others.
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  And they all come from your core values,
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  guys.
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  They come from your core values.
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  And how you operate should be coming from
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  discipline, not emotion.
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  Not basically what you think it should be,
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  what you know.
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  Commitment.
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  Commitment.
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  Number 25, inspire through action.
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  People often remember what you do more than
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  what you say.
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  Lead by example every chance you get.
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  I think that's probably one of the most
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  important things I could say to you.
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  Number 26, success is shared.
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  Celebrate the people who helped you along the
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  way.
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  The greatest achievements are rarely accomplished alone.
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  Number 27, guys, leave a positive mindset.
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  Think beyond today.
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  The choices you make are the keys, guys.
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  They are the keys.
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  The choices you make now can influence your
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  family, your community, and future generations.
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  I think that's important, guys.
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  Number 28, continue growing, please.
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  Never stop learning or challenging yourself.
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  Growing is a lifelong journey that keeps life
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  exciting and meaningful.
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  Number 29, great lives are built by great
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  decisions.
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  Extraordinary lives aren't created through luck, guys.
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  They are built through thousands of wise choices
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  made consistently with structure over time.
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  Number 30, guys, wise choices create extraordinary lives.
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  Every thoughtful decision strengthens your character.
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  Expands your opportunities and moves you closer to
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  becoming the person you're meant to be.
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  I think sometimes people don't really understand that.
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  They think it's about one thing, but then
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  they realize that it's actually about more than
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  that.
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  I think that causes people to get confused.
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  Causes people to give up or go home
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  early.
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  Yeah.
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  It does.
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  I don't say that to scare you.
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  I say that so you're alert and so
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  you don't quit.
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  You need consistency and you need structure, guys,
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  every single day.
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  You can't do something just because you feel
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  like it.
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  In closing and wrapping up this wonderful, powerful
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  week, I conclude our series, Master Your Choices
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  Before They Master You.
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  Remember, ladies and gentlemen, that wisdom isn't something
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  you're born with.
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  No.
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  It's something you build through every experience, every
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  lesson, and every decision you make.
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  The quality of your future will always be
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  connected to the quality of the choices you
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  make today.
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  And that should be aligned with your core
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  values, guys, which should be laced with consistency
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  and structure.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, it's really important.
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  Don't wait for the perfect moment to begin
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  living intentionally.
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  There's never going to be a perfect moment,
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  a perfect time, a perfect location.
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  So the time to act is now.
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  This takes me back to a saying I've
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  used many times.
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  People always say, you know, strike while the
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  iron is hot.
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  I'm here to tell you, don't do that.
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  Strike to make the iron hot.
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  The other one is, people always say, wait
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  till your ship comes in, right?
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  I'm here to tell you, if your ship's
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  not in, go swim out to it.
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  We need to protect our priorities, stay true
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  to our core values, continue learning, encourage others,
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  and never stop becoming a better version of
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  yourself.
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  See, we're constantly morphing.
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  We're constantly changing.
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  We're constantly evolving, constantly growing.
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  Small, wise decisions made consistently have the power
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  to transform your life in ways you may
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  never have imagined.
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  That's powerful, guys.
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  I take this moment to say thank you
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  for joining me for another amazing, powerful week
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  of inspirations for your life.
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  I am John C.
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  Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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  podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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  Montclair State University, passionate lifelong learner.
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  I'm so grateful now to be a published
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  author.
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  Really grateful for that, guys.
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  Really, really grateful.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, I have this to say
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  to you.
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  Until next time, please remember that extraordinary lives
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  are not built in a single day.
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  If you expect it, you'll be disappointed, and
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  you'll probably miss your mark.
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  They're built one wise decision at a time.
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  Please choose with purpose.
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  Live with integrity.
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  Keep growing and continue building a life you'll
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  be proud of for years to come.
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  And I say this to you from the
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  bottom of my heart because it's one thing
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  to do something and fake it.
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  It's another to do it intentionally.
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  See, and people can tell when you're living
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  intentionally.
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  It's an energy that you resonate with.
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  It's the words you use.
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  It's your body language, right?
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  It's your body language.
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  Those are powerful things, guys.
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  But if you live on the philosophy that,
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  you know, I'm going to do it if
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  it feels good, or if I want to,
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  don't.
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  Please don't do that.
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  Please don't do that because you're just shorting
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  yourself.
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  Choices in life sometimes are not easy.
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  But those that keep hitting the pavement, those
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  that keep sticking up, keep showing up, being
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  consistent, living their life with structure and a
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  consistency.
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  And when those are aligned with our core
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  values, we want to show up.
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  We want to be disciplined.
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  Not because we have to, but because we
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  want to.
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  But if they're not laced with our core
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  values, then it's like, oh, I don't know
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  if I want to do this today.
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  And just because you don't feel like doing
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  something doesn't mean it's okay to not do
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  it.
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  There could be times you may not feel
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  well.
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  I get that.
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  But I'm talking for the most of the
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  time.
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  Make sure that you show up and do
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  it anyway, even if you're on the fence.
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  Have yourself a great rest of your day
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  or evening.
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  And check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of
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  my amazing, inspiring creations.