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The Runway of Life · No Time to Waste Podcast - w Marcus Murray

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  SPEAKER_00: In these next five minutes, we're going to totally focus on activating your next.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want you to imagine this for a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we're young, before the age of 50, I tell you, the runway is so long.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've got so much time.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've got time to try this, try that, do this, do that, or not do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, I remember being in my 20s.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have time to binge watch television.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can sleep in all weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can do so many things that as you get older, you really shouldn't be doing that because time is your greatest commodity.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: So if we look at it like a runway, when you're before the age of 50, it seems like the runway is long.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've got so much room to get the plane off the ground.
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  SPEAKER_00: But once you get to the second half of life, the runway begins to shorten.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have to be clear, we have to be concise, and we definitely have to be intentional.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: You know, the funny thing about life, in the second half, this is a moment of reflection where we get a chance to look back and ask ourselves some very serious questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: If I change absolutely nothing, what will tomorrow look like?
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  SPEAKER_00: And number two, what if I could change something?
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  SPEAKER_00: What would I actually change?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, the funny thing about life is there is no rollover account.
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  SPEAKER_00: The time that we have, if we use it wisely or not, it does not roll over.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't get to retrieve it and call it back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Once it's gone, it's gone.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't operate in fear, but we operate in clarity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every move we make must be made with decisiveness.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there has to be a focus and a commitment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And once we focus and commit, others around us begin to see that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Napoleon Hill in the book Think and Grow Rich says when you demonstrate that type of focus and clarity, the conscious decision to move in a specific direction, everything in the universe will galvanize to support the decision that you've made.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's like the stars line up.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, but we're not talking about stars.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're talking about controlling the controllables.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: At this point in life, we can focus, we can actually pull away from things that are distracting or things that are destructive.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: We're able to make those decisions because the things that were important during the first half of life just aren't that important in the second half.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: I'll tell you something.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: You actually have an opportunity right now to explore.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_00: We've got technology access.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: Everyone's able to get online and go to Google and chat and all those different things.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: And anything that you've ever thought about doing can become a possibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: The world is now your oyster.
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  SPEAKER_00: All of the information known to all of mankind is available right at your fingertips through the power of media.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the key is we have to be in control and not allow it to control us.
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  SPEAKER_00: So in this second half, living with intentionality basically means that we're moving according to a plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take time in the evening before bed to write out your dreams.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's fair now to dream again.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And write the things like assess your day.
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  SPEAKER_00: What was today like?
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  SPEAKER_00: What am I going to do differently tomorrow?
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  SPEAKER_00: And then stick to that plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: I guarantee you that once you decide to focus on a clear goal, nothing can stop you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You've proven it.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: You have two quarters down and two to go, and the best are yet to come.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: It's time to activate your next because there's no time to waste.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_00: Make it a great one.