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Move Without Delay (S5) S13:E4 · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hey guys, good evening.
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It is John C.
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Morley here, serial entrepreneur.
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Welcome to the show.
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This is Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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This is inspirations for your life, the daily
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motivational show, and the weekly master topic is
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see it right, live it strong.
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Today's Tuesday.
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Like I said, it is March 24, 2026.
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And today we're talking about move without delay.
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It's series five.
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It's show, I think now, it's actually show
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number 13, and it's episode number four.
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All right, guys.
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Who am I?
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Oh, sure.
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I'm 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, and
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a passionate lifelong learner, and pretty soon I'll
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be a published author, and I'm really psyched
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for that.
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This episode is all about momentum, decisive action,
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and building unstoppable personal power because your personal
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power turns into your other power, which would
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be your business power.
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Tonight, I'm focusing on moving without delay, transforming
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hesitation into forward motion and using deliberate choices
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to create results.
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Every point that I'm sharing with you is
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designed to give you actionable clarity, confidence, and
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energy to move you and your life forward
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starting right now.
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All right, so let's kick in gear.
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Number one, guys, action creates opportunity.
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Every step you take opens a door, okay?
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Every step that you take opens a door.
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Waiting, guys, in case you didn't know, it
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slows progress.
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Hesitation costs momentum, okay?
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I think that's an important one to know,
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and move now, not later, all right?
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Number two, guys, procrastination is progress lost.
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Start before perfect.
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Done beats perfect every time.
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Action builds confidence.
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Forward motion reinforces belief.
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Motion creates momentum.
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Every compound of the energy that we have
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will move us forward to speed in creating
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advantages.
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Quick decisions outperform slow ones.
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Action removes fear.
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Momentum dissolves hesitation, number three, and start small,
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move fast.
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Micro steps ignite massive change.
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Execution beats, yes, ideas and plans without action.
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Remain dreams.
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Action begins and builds clarity.
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Number three, guys, movement reveals what matters most.
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Keep moving forward.
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Consistency beats bursts of effort.
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Movement creates energy, and that fuels further action.
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Action solves problems, and progress eliminates indecision.
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Progress requires motion.
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Stagnation blocks success.
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So do it now, guys.
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The best time is always the present, and
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so that's an important one, all right?
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Number four, action builds discipline.
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Momentum reinforces habits.
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Momentum beats hesitation.
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Indecision kills opportunity, and action creates results, all
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right?
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Results act and attract more options.
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Number four, move with purpose.
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Focused energy multiplies output.
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Execution defines success.
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Effort determines achievement.
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Action creates growth.
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Growth only comes from doing.
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Five, guys, stop waiting.
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Start doing.
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Time won't wait for you.
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Momentum starts with action.
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Forward motion compounds quickly.
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Action builds identity.
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Who you are is what you do.
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Number six, guys, keep going daily.
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Small steps accumulate into mastery.
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Movement creates change.
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Every move alters your reality.
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Number six, guys, action builds power.
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Control grows through forward motion, all right?
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I think that's an important one.
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Seven, start and adjust.
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Flexibility fuels continuous progress.
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Move forward, guys.
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Always forward is the only direction that matters.
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Never backward, never stagnant.
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And I think when we start to realize
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some of these understandings and we start to
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get, I'm gonna say an epiphany of what
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does it mean to move without delay?
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If I had to ask you that question
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right now, what does it mean to move
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without delay?
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What does that mean?
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I think when people hear this, they get
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taken off guard because people don't think you
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actually can do that, but you actually, actually
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can.
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So moving without delay, it's a concept about
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taking immediate intentional action instead of waiting, hesitating,
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procrastinating, overthinking, all those wonderful things.
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And it can be expanded with longer, more
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vivid things for you to do.
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So things like seizing the moment before it
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slips away.
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We've heard that many times.
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Don't wait for the perfect time.
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The perfect moment is created when you choose
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to act.
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Number two, turn intention into action instantly.
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Every idea, plan, or insight only gains power
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when you act on it immediately.
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Number three, guys, stop letting hesitation steal your
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progress.
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Delay allows doubts and distractions to creep in,
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slowing your forward momentum.
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Number four, guys, act before fear convinces you
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to pause.
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Courage isn't the absence of fear.
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It's moving through it.
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And I think that's something a lot of
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people miss today.
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They get stuck in fear like, oh my
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gosh, what am I gonna do?
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Move through it, right?
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And I think that's hard for a lot
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of people, right?
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Number five, build momentum by starting now, even
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if you do it imperfectly.
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Remember I said done is better than perfect.
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Small early steps compound into major results over
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time.
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And I think that's hard for a lot
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of people to understand that we compound our
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results over time, but we really, really do.
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Number six, guys, transform energy into measurable results
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immediately.
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Energy doesn't alone account for enough things.
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Only action converts efforts into true measurable outcomes.
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And I think that's something important for everyone
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here that's watching or listening to today or
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in the future to really get serious about.
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Number eight, guys, leverage urgency as a tool
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for progress.
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Treat every moment as a chance to move
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closer to your goals.
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Every moment, not just the moments that you
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think are convenient for you.
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Number nine, guys, number nine is important.
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Move intentionally, not just hurried.
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Quickness matters, but deliberate focus in the motion
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area multiplies results.
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That's where the compounding happens, all right?
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Avoid the trap of analysis paralysis.
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We've heard this before, but it is a
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true thing, guys.
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So what am I saying?
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Avoid the trap of analysis paralysis.
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Thinking endlessly without action is the fastest way
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to fall behind.
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You keep thinking and thinking and thinking and
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thinking.
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What am I gonna do?
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What am I gonna do?
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Gotta start doing, right?
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So in short, guys, when we think about
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this, think about moving without delay.
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It's about turning intention into, well, pure action.
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Immediately trusting yourself to start before perfect conditions
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appear and creating momentum that accelerates your daily
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progress.
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It's about using timing as leverage, not as
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excuse.
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Too many people say, oh my gosh, I
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don't have enough time, but they're actually being
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used in your favor.
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If you learn how to do that, it's
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like, oh my gosh, there's not enough time
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in the day.
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That's a great advantage for you to seize
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the moment and to do all that you
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can.
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If you know this and if you understand
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it, then I think it will resonate, but
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it won't click with you the very first
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time that you hear it.
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I've gotta be honest with you, it will
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not click the very first time.
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And I think that's because we haven't had
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enough experience.
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We haven't had enough belief in that area
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of our life.
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So that's something that many people won't hear
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get.
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And the reason they won't get it is
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because they'll just think, well, I could do
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it later.
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I could do it later.
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And I get that you can do it
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later.
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I get that, right?
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But anybody can procrastinate.
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Anybody can make excuses, but it takes a
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unique individual to seize the moment and move
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forward, okay?
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When your vision sharpens, your decisions improve.
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And I think as we're talking about this
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whole week about clarity, right?
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About seeing it right, living it strong, moving
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without delay.
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Knowing that our actions will spark opportunity.
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And knowing that a lot of people get
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scared because they feel they're not perfect enough
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to start.
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You don't have to be perfect to start,
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but you do have to start to becoming
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perfect.
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I think that's a very important one.
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And a lot of people say to me,
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John, you don't understand my life or you
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don't get what I'm going through.
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Maybe I didn't go through what you've gone
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through, but I understand a lot of things.
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And to be able to dial into what
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you're doing is key.
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I get it.
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So a big thing, guys, a real big
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thing is action uncovers hidden opportunities.
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Waiting just is a creative mask on the
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possibilities that only motion will reveal.
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Forward steps will always amplify our learning and
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small tiny things we do will trigger exponential
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effects.
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Momentum, I said before, fuels our confidence, but
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why do people not do it?
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Because they're afraid.
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Courage is not something you read about.
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Courage is something you get through execution.
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The more you execute, the more you do,
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the more confidence you get.
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I'll give you an example.
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If you're studying for a math test, the
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more problems you do, the more confident you
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are that you're gonna do well on that
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test.
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I think that's a very important thing.
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Forward motion breaks stagnation.
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And I think when we can understand that
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and we can know where we are at
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the moment, I think that can be the
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greatest, that can actually be one of the
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greatest things in our life.
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But I wanna tell you that you should
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not get scared about this, okay?
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And I say that to you because a
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lot of people I know, very smart, intelligent,
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they get scared, okay?
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They don't start immediately, they hesitate.
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They figure out for a long time all
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the things that could go wrong.
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And then that grounds them in the reason
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that they don't wanna start.
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And it makes it hard to get them
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to go, right?
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Our micro actions compound into big results, but
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again, they're micro, so they don't happen all
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at once, right?
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When we think of failure, which is really
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not a failure, but people call them failures,
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they teach us faster than not doing anything.
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But I think when we can understand things
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like that and we can understand things like
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rapid decisions, and we also can understand the
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fact that courage becomes not just a luxury,
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but a necessity to be successful.
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When we take that deliberate step, that deliberate
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action, right?
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Our life opens up.
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It becomes like, if you know how a
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peacock works, right?
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A peacock basically unfurls their wings.
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So does everybody know basically the story, the
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story of why, I wanna say why and
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when a peacock, unfurls their feathers?
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Everybody know the reason?
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Because there's a reason.
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Everything in life has a reason.
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Nature has so many amazing things, okay?
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The iconic peacock feather.
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Yes, they're beautiful to watch, okay?
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Male peacocks display their extravagant tail feathers, primarily
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to get the other gender's attention.
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The large, colorful trains covered with eye-like
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patterns signals a genetic fitness to females.
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Bright colors, size, symmetry, and number of eyes
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suggest the male is healthy, strong, and free
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of any parasite.
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So that's what the eyes and all the
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wings are basically in the feathers.
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Essentially, the tail is a visual advertisement of
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the quality of the male, much like a
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resume in the animal world.
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Peacocks typically unfurl their feathers during mating season,
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which varies by region, but often occurs in
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spring or early summer.
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And the display usually happens when a female
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is nearby.
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The male spreads his feathers, shakes them to
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produce a rustling sound, and positions himself to
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maximize visual impact.
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Establishing dominance, yes, sometimes males show their train
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to intimidate rivals or assert territory.
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Courtship, the peacock will strut, fan, and vibrate
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his feathers in combination with calls to attract
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other females.
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The feathers are not used for flight, as
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a lot of people think they are.
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They're not.
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They are purely for display.
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The peacock will often rotate its train in
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a semicircle and angle it toward the female
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for the best effect.
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The eyespots can deceive predators or rivals, adding
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an extra level of survival advantage.
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In short, a peacock unfurls its feathers to
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impress and attract and compete.
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And it does.
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So whenever it senses a potential mate or
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rival nearby.
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I think a lot of people, you know,
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when you see a peacock and you see
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how beautiful it is, most people are like,
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wow, that's amazing, right?
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And it has that very euphoric feeling that,
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wow, I can't believe an animal's able to
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do that, but they are able to do
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that.
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So the most famous is the Indian peafowl.
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They're also known as the green peafowl, pavo
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muticus, the Congo peafowl.
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Males are peacocks, colorful with the long trains.
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And females are peahens, brown and camouflaged.
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And juveniles are called peachicks, if you didn't
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know that.
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And males can reach up to five feet
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in length, including their tail feathers.
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The tail alone can be four to five
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feet in length.
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The lifespan of a peacock is 15 to
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20 years in the wild, sometimes longer in
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captivity.
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So the behavior, how it works is feather
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display.
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Male peacocks unfurl their tail feathers, as we
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said, to attract mates.
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The number, size, symmetry of the eyespots signal
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fitness to the female.
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Vocalization, known for loud, high-pitched calls that
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can carry over long distances, often used to
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attract mates or warn of predators.
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Their diet, omnivorous, insects, plants, small reptiles, seeds,
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and grains.
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Despite their heavy feathers, peacocks can fly short
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distances, usually to roost in trees at night.
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Now, native South Asia, primarily India and Sri
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Lanka, they're found in parks and estates worldwide
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due to the ornamental value, the habitat preference
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is forest edges, open woodlands and farmland with
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access to water.
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Interesting fact about peacocks, eyespots.
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Each feather's eyespot is an optical illusion to
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attract mates or deter predators.
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This is kind of cool.
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Usually it's found in small groups.
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Males may compete for territory.
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Cultural significance, symbol of beauty, pride, and immortality
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in many cultures.
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And I think when we can, let's say,
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take a moment to realize all the wonders
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of a peacock, you have that same potential
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in your own life, okay?
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So we know the male is a showstopper.
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We know that in the peacock world, feathers
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as a mating signal, the eyespots galore.
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A mature peacock can have over 200 eyespots
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on its tail feathers, indicating good health.
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Peacocks unfurl their trains primarily during mating season,
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as I said, and the tail can grow
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from four to five feet long.
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And again, it's all about the symmetry.
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Peahens prefer males with symmetrical and well-aligned
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eyespots, right?
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And peacocks have loud, shrill calls that can
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be heard over a mile away to warn
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or basically attract.
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So a lot of people, you know, when
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they hear about a peacock, they are so
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much in awe of it, but do they
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really know the facts of the peacock?
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And it's not just the peacock.
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It could be other animals.
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It could be other things in life.
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Do we take things for the face of
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value, or do we really try to learn
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why they're there or what that purpose is?
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Anything in life could be brought to this
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attention.
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And so when we think about, you know,
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today's, you know, topic, which is a very
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important one, we're thinking about, you know, the
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whole concept of moving, right?
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Moving without any delayed, basically, action.
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And I think by knowing this, it installs
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a set of confidence attributes in us.
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Confidence is something you don't go buy at
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Amazon.
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It's not something you just pick up from
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somebody.
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Somebody can teach you confidence, but the way
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they teach you, they've gotta get you to
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do something so that you develop it.
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It's not something I can give you to
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be confident.
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I can run skills on you, and I
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can get you to do certain activities that'll
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get you to build confidence so I can
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be a guide or mentor to you, but
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I can't give you confidence, okay?
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You give it to yourself.
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I can just guide or direct you to
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the right pathway you should take so that
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you could experience confidence.
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And when you experience it, guess what happens?
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You get more of it.
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You get that dopamine, that you're effect in
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your brain and body, that natural high that
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makes us wanna do more and more.
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So moving without delay.
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If you had to ask yourself today, did
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you do everything without delay today, or did
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you make excuses for yourself, or did other
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people make excuses for yourself?
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And the bottom line is, ladies and gentlemen,
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if you have made excuses, or someone else
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has made excuses for you, you're gonna do
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this day in and day out, not just
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today, not just tomorrow.
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You're gonna say, oh, let me just do
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it.
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Let me just do it one more time.
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And by doing it one more time, I
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think that's a very important thing for us
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to realize.
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There's never just one more time.
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There's always gonna be another time.
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Once you agree to have one more time,
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I think there'll always be another time.
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So that's a real important thing to understand.
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So momentum, ladies and gentlemen, is built, not
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wished for.
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Just like confidence.
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It's built, not wished for, not given.
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You're not born with confidence.
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We said leaders are basically made, not born.
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So it's not wished for.
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And you've learned a lot today on the
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show, that decisive, deliberate action, small or large,
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is what truly turns potential to reality.
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Or what we're saying before is, it really
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moves the needle.
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And the concept with that is when we're
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measuring things with a voltmeter that was analog,
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the needle would move.
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Now we have meters that are digital.
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So the needle doesn't move.
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We just have the numbers changing and a
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lot more precise.
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But saying the needle move was always very
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attractive, getting people's attention.
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And it's what turns the potential into true
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reality.
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So moving consistently, trusting your choices, and refusing
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to wait for perfect conditions.
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We all wanna wait for the perfect conditions.
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We all wanna wait for the perfect time.
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There never is gonna be a perfect day,
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a perfect time.
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You create that.
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So my advice to you guys is to
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start right now.
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Don't wait, don't procrastinate, don't move without.
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If you did that, not moving without delay,
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you're gonna procrastinate.
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So the key is we wanna move without
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any delay.
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And I think once you've done it once
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and you get accustomed, and you're like, oh,
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I get this.
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And I want you to be aware and
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watch the level of confidence in your mind.
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And then what I want you to do
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is I want you to notice the level
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of clarity in your mind.
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And then you know what I want you
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to do?
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I want you to pay attention to the
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personal power you have.
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Is it growing exponentially?
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Is it shrinking?
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Or is it staying the same?
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Everyone I know wants to be a leader.
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These are people that have a dollar, people
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that have billions of dollars, more than they
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can count.
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Confidence comes to people that practice.
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And practicing creates this natural drive for us
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to wanna go forward more.
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It's like if you ever played a video
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game, right?
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You play the video game and you're on
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the first two screens and you get past
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the one, you get past.
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You wanna keep going, keep going, keep going,
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keep going.
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Right, maybe the game has like, I don't
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know, 300 levels or 400 levels.
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You wanna keep going.
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You're challenged by the video game.
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I think that's a very important thing for
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us to understand is that we understand what
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that video game is doing to us.
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It's creating a very unique environment for us,
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a competitive environment that is pushing us to
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want to keep going forward.
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Now, it's a natural thing, just like if
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you've ever been on a team and you're
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competing, our body likes to compete.
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It likes to win games.
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It likes to win challenges.
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One person said to me, John, you know,
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life is nothing more than a bunch of
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games.
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And when we learn how to play them,
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we get a lot of life.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to check
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out every episode, not just this one, at
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believemeachieved.com, where I explore practical strategies, mind
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shifts, and actionable lessons.