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Ending #1126 · From Chad

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  She stopped at mile 160, but she didn't quit.
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  There's a story behind that. This is your daily message from
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  Chad #1126 to upgrade your mental game today by telling
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  yourself a better story. Because the most important story
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  you hear is the story you tell yourself.
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  This message is dedicated to Doctor Terry Wurzbacher.
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  Here's the upgrade ending. Something can feel like failing,
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  but Upgraded thinking knows some endings are necessary to make
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  room for what comes next. Here's the story.
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  If you've been with me a while, you know Doctor Terry.
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  I've been telling you pieces of her story since message 583.
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  She's 77 years old. She spent her career as an
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  emergency room doctor in the military.
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  She was a warrior until the chaplain gave her a sentence
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  that changed her life. Everything always works out for
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  me. I've adopted that sentence as
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  one of my own core beliefs. This week, Doctor Terry was out
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  on the Ball State 500, a 314 mile race across Tennessee.
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  She's finished that race before. This year at 77 years old, she
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  covered more than 160 miles before back spasms made it
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  necessary to end her race. Notice the word I chose
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  necessary. Doctor Henry Cloud wrote a book
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  called Necessary Endings. His central picture is a rose
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  Bush. A rose Bush produces more buds
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  than it can support. A good gardener prunes, cuts
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  away even healthy branches so the best blooms get the
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  resources they need. Cloud writes.
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  Quote getting to the next level always requires ending
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  something, leaving it behind and moving on.
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  In quote, pruning isn't punishment.
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  Pruning isn't failure. Pruning is strategic.
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  It's forward-looking. Is Doctor Terry disappointed?
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  I'm sure some part of her is. Another finish would have been
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  nice, but she's already finished that race.
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  Putting yourself on the starting line again at 77 and uncovering
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  160 miles is remarkable all by itself.
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  There was nothing left to prove, only something to protect.
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  So she made the call the wise Gardner makes.
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  Some things in your life need that same call.
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  Not because they're bad, Maybe because they're only good, and
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  good is taking resources from the best.
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  Maybe because they're not getting well no matter what you
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  invest. Maybe because they're already
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  over and you haven't said so out loud.
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  The good cannot begin until the bad ends.
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  Sometimes the best cannot begin until the good ends.
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  The better story to tell yourself is Everything always
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  works out for me, even the endings.
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  Tell me a story of a necessary ending to from
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  chad.smith@gmail.com. Send someone a text and ask them
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  What do you need to prune? You can get a free copy of my
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  book, The Most Powerful Story in the World by going to from
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  chad.gumroad.com. The transcript of this message
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  and hundreds of others are always available at
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  www.fromchad.com.