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What's Your Ten-Year Dream? · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
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  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyWriterLife.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're doing a short series on perspectives that go against conventional wisdom.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you're just not joining us, I encourage you to go back and catch the last few entries in this short series.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the benefits of the modern world of content creation and publishing is that you can get your material to your readers very quickly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Books, blog posts, newsletters, emails, social media, and podcasts are things that you can create and have them instantly available to people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now think about the opposite for just a moment, though.
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  SPEAKER_00: In addition to having short-term goals and taking action on them, which is a good thing, I want you to think about having a 10-year dream.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's been said that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year and greatly underestimate what they can accomplish in 10 years.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe there's a lot of truth to that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine what you could accomplish if you consistently take action over a 10-year period.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could radically change your life and build a highly successful writing career if that's what you want to do.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the great thing about having a 10-year dream is that it takes the pressure off of having to have great results right this very second.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember the fable about the tortoise and the hare?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, you know the results of that.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tortoise won by keeping it slow and steady, thereby winning the race.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's the key.
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  SPEAKER_00: Slow, steady, and sustainable progress.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let me ask you, what is your 10-year dream?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you ever thought that far ahead?
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment to dream about all the things that you could accomplish and how it might take the pressure off of feeling like you have to get immediate results right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question What might be possible for you in 10 years?
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  SPEAKER_00: Dream big and think about the incredible possibilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you tomorrow.