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Decide. Commit. Succeed. — Solidify Your Q4 Season of Success · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life, where we are realizing everyone is always
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  learning and living your full experience.
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  I'm your host, Coach C, and this is Season 7, Episode 5.
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  Solidify your season of success.
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  Decide, commit, succeed. Indeed, Real Talkers, we are officially in the fourth
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  quarter, and this season's theme is falling into focus.
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  And if you've been rocking with me, you already know what I believe about the fourth quarter.
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  This is not the time to mentally check out just because the year is almost over.
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  This is where we look back This is where we reflect This is where we recover And this is where we,
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  re-evaluate Because before you start screaming New year, new me I need you to
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  answer one question Where do you actually stand right now?
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  Not where you thought you would be Not where somebody else is Not where you
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  posted that you were going to be in January Where are you?
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  Because when you honestly look back at the first three quarters I believe you're
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  going to find yourself in one of two places
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  Either you're looking at evidence that you've been building a season of success
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  And now Q4 is about solidifying it.
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  Or you're looking at some things that didn't work, some goals that stalled,
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  some plans that changed, maybe even some places where you didn't show up the way you intended.
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  And guess what? That doesn't disqualify you from a season of success.
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  It simply changes your assignment for the fourth quarter.
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  Your assignment becomes getting solution-oriented. Stop spending all your energy
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  rehearsing what went wrong.
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  What can you do about it now?
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  Maybe you can't recover the entire year. Maybe you can't hit every goal you wrote down in January.
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  But you can make an adjustment.
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  You can make a decision. You can establish a new discipline.
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  You can finish something. You can start something. You can create momentum that
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  follows you into your next season.
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  And this is where something I've been saying for years comes all the way home.
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  Decide, commit, succeed.
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  When I say decide, decide what matters now.
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  After everything you've learned in quarters one, two, and three,
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  what deserves your energy in quarter four?
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  You don't need 17 goals. You need clarity. What are you deciding to finish?
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  What are you deciding to fix? What are you deciding to release?
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  And what are you deciding to pursue? Because indecision will have you standing
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  at the starting line waiting for January to give you permission to move.
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  Baby, October works just fine.
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  And commit? A decision without commitment is just a good intention.
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  Commit to the adjustment. Commit to the routine. Commit to doing the boring
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  work when nobody is clapping.
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  Commit after the motivation wears off. Commit when the numbers aren't moving fast enough.
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  Commit when you're tired. Commit when you have to adjust the plan.
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  Because commitment doesn't mean the strategy can never change.
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  It means the destination still matters even when the route does.
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  And then succeed.
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  But here's where I want to challenge the way we think about success.
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  Success isn't only the big announcement. It isn't only the promotion.
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  The money, the weight loss, the degree, the business launch,
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  the relationship, the followers, or the finished product.
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  Sometimes success in this quarter is creating the habits, systems,
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  boundaries, discipline, and consistency that make the next season possible.
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  That's why you cannot despise your Q4 because it doesn't look like somebody else's highlight reel.
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  You might be solidifying. You might be rebuilding. You might be recovering.
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  You might be repositioning.
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  But if you're moving intentionally, you're not wasting the quarter.
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  Real talkers, don't rush past the lessons of the first three quarters trying to get to January.
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  Use them. Let quarter one teach you. Let quarter two correct you.
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  Let quarter three reveal you.
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  And let Q4 position you.
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  Because your season of success doesn't magically begin when the calendar changes.
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  You build it before you arrive there. So whether you're finishing what you started
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  or rebuilding what didn't work, decide what you're doing.
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  Commit to doing the work and give yourself the opportunity to succeed.
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  Decide, commit, succeed.
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  That's not just something Coach C says. That's how we're finishing this year.
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  Here's your fearless homework. The Q4 Success Audit.
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  Grab a piece of paper and divide it into three sections.
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  Number one, reflect. Write down three things that worked during the first three quarters.
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  What did you do well? Where did you grow? What deserves to continue?
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  Re-evaluate.
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  Write down three things that didn't work. But here's the rule. No beating yourself up.
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  No blame. No excuses. For every problem you identify, write one possible solution beside it.
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  We're not problem sitting. We're problem solving.
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  And third, solidify. Choose one thing you're going to solidify during Q4.
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  Not 10. One.
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  Then complete these three statements.
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  I decide to blank.
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  I commit to blank. By December 31st, success will look like blank.
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  And put it somewhere you can see it, because we're not waiting until January
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  to decide who we're becoming.
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  We're building the receipts now.
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  Real talkers, Welcome to your season of success. Now, let's solidify it.
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  And as always, live fearless, keep learning, keep living.
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  This is Real Talk for Real Life, where we're realizing everyone is always learning,
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  and you're living your full experience.
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  Make sure you follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Real Talk for Real Life,
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  That's L-Y-F-E for more inspiration, merchandise, and motivation between episodes.
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  This is Coach C. I'll see you in the next one.