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How to Leave a Legacy Worth Remembering (S5) S32:E7 Friday · Inspirations for Your Life

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Well, hello there, everyone, and welcome once again
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to the ever-popular Inspirations for Your Life
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show.
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It's great to be with you.
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This is a Friday.
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This is August 7, 2026, and Friday means
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that we're finishing up our master topic.
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Tomorrow is the 8th, and we'll be kicking
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off with a brand new master topic, which
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we'll take from Saturday all the way through
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the week, and we'll finish up on Friday,
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just like today.
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All right.
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So, if this is your very first time
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joining me, I'd like to take the opportunity
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to say thank you, and I'd like to
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say welcome.
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If you've been here one time, five times,
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10, 100, or maybe even more, I'd like
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to say welcome and thank you, but I'd
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also like to say the words welcome back.
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Yes, you are all very welcome here.
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Don't forget to check out BelieveMeAchieved.com after
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the show is over.
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You can do that 24 hours a day.
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Okay.
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Incidentally, I have my Aura water here, and
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I have a new water bottle, but I'm
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not sure I like it.
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I was looking for one that was going
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to be really cold, and I don't know.
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This one seems to be okay.
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I think I'm probably going to return it
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because it's just not the ice cold that
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I expected it to be.
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Yeah, so I'm probably going to be returning
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it.
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I know that I probably am not happy
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with just ...
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I really wanted something to be very, very
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cold.
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I mean, the bottle is very cold, don't
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get me wrong, but the whole thing is
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not very, very cold.
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So yeah, that's an interesting thing.
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They have other models and stuff like that
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on there, by the way.
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They have other stuff out there.
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So yeah, I don't know, guys.
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I've got to definitely look for something.
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I mean, I've seen some ...
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I like these really good tumblers that'll stay
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cold for a long time, but a lot
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of the ones I'm looking at, they don't.
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They don't stay cold very long.
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I see vacuum pack mugs and all kinds
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of stuff, but some of these are really
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big.
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They're not like the container size that I'm
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looking for.
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All right, guys.
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So let's get into the show.
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If you're thirsty, if you're hungry, like I
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was saying, don't feel free to go get
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one, either an RO water or what have
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you, and come on back to the show
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or another snack or candy, whether it's healthy
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or not, that's up to you.
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Let's kick off this show, all right?
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This is Inspirations for Your Life, and the
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master topic that we're wrapping up today is
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build a life that truly matters, series five,
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show 32, and today's granular is how to
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leave a legacy worth remembering, series five, show
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32, episode seven.
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This is Friday.
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Welcome, once again, ladies and gentlemen, to Inspirations
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for Your Life.
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I am 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 at
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Montgomery State University, passionate lifelong learner, and so
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grateful now to be a published author.
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Welcome, everyone.
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Welcome.
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When we hear the word legacy, we often
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think about something far in the future, but
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legacy isn't created someday.
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You're building it right now through your choices,
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relationships, values, and the way you treat people.
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As we conclude, build a life that truly
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matters this week, let's explore 30 ways to
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create a legacy worth remembering.
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Are you ready, guys?
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I know I am.
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Number one, please live with purpose.
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Know what matters to you, and the important
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thing, ladies and gentlemen, is to allow it
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to guide your decisions.
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Purpose gives direction to your time, talents, and
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energy.
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Number two, choose kindness.
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This is a real important one.
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People may forget many details about you, but
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they'll remember how you made them feel.
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A small act of kindness can create an
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impact you may never see.
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Number three, lead with integrity.
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Integrity means your values remain intact even when
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nobody is watching.
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Do what's right because it's part of who
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you are.
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Number four, help others succeed.
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Help others succeed.
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I think that's an important one.
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Some people don't get that, but I think
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it's important to understand what that means for
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a lot of people.
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I think sometimes people, they get lost in
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the shuffle.
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They don't mean to get lost, but they
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get lost in the shuffle, and the shuffle
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is a problem for a lot of people.
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Number four, help others succeed.
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Success becomes more meaningful when you help someone
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else rise.
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Share opportunities, encouragement, knowledge, and support whenever you
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can.
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Number five, build meaningful relationships.
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Don't measure relationships by numbers.
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Focus on trust, connection, and being present for
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the people who genuinely matter.
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Number six, keep your promises.
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Your word matters.
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Every promise you keep strengthens trust.
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Be thoughtful about the commitments you make and
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dependable about honoring them.
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A lot of people miss that whole step.
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They don't mean to miss it, but they
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do miss it.
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I think that's something, again, that a lot
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of people, they don't really understand.
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They don't understand why maybe they're doing something
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or why something is a certain way.
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I think if we can realize why we're
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here and the purpose and what we're trying
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to do, I think that's a very important
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thing for us to understand.
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I say that in a way that hopefully
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makes a lot of sense to people.
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It means that we can do a lot,
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but sometimes people, they don't really understand.
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That might be something that causes you to,
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I don't know, to understand.
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Okay?
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That's the best way I can share that
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with you.
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Number seven, guys, stay humble.
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I can't express that enough.
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Achievement shouldn't eliminate your willingness to listen.
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Humility keeps you teachable and reminds you that
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everyone can teach you something if you're just
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open to learning.
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Learning for a lot of people is hard
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because they feel it puts their ego down,
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but we shouldn't even have that ego to
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begin with.
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We should all be trying to collaborate and
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work together.
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Number eight, share your wisdom.
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Your experiences have value.
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Share what you've learned so others can benefit
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from both your victories and your mistakes.
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Number nine, make every day count.
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Not every day needs to be extraordinary.
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Use each one intentionally and do something that
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moves your life or someone else's forward.
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Yeah.
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Do you move your life forward every day
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or do you help move someone else's life
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forward?
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I hope you do.
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Number 10, encourage growth.
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Sometimes people need someone else to see their
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potential before they recognize it themselves.
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Encourage them to discover what they're capable of
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becoming.
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Number 11, build trust.
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Trust develops through consistency.
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Be dependable, truthful, respectful, and authentic.
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Those three qualities create relationships, guys, capable of
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lasting.
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They're not superficial.
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They're not here to say, gee, what can
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you do for me?
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It's a win-win mentality that we're all
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trying to help each other.
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Number 12, stay authentic, guys.
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I know it might seem easy to just
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take the shortcut and be someone else, but
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that's not going to last.
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The relationship won't last.
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Don't build your life around impressing everyone else.
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Many do.
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Understand your values and have the courage to
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live according to them.
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Number 13, value your time.
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Time can't be replaced.
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Pay attention to where you invest it because
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your schedule often reveals what you truly consider
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important.
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Number 14, invest in people.
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Achievements matter, but people may become your greatest
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impact.
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Give them your full attention, encouragement, knowledge, and
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support.
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Number 15, stay resilient.
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Challenges will happen.
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Learn from them.
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Adjust to continue moving.
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Resilience demonstrates what people know is possible when
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circumstances become difficult.
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And again, difficult doesn't mean we can't do
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it, guys.
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Difficult just means that it's going to be
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something we'd have to learn.
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None of our things we do just happen
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or we're born with.
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We have to understand that we learn all
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this stuff when we're here on the world.
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We didn't get born with it.
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Number 16, continue learning.
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Never decide you know enough.
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I know I never know enough.
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I always can keep learning.
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Read, listen, ask questions, remain curious, and be
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willing to reconsider your assumptions when you learn
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something new.
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Always be willing to be a student, regardless
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of your age.
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Be willing to be a student.
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Are you willing to be a student right
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now, or are you just trying to fulfill
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an ego?
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If that's the case, I think that's a
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bad thing, guys.
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Very bad thing, right?
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Very bad thing.
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We have to understand what this truly is
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about.
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What it truly is about.
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If we don't understand that, then how do
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we ever move from point A to point
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B?
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How do we do that?
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Number 17, inspire through action.
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Words can motivate people, but actions give those
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words credibility.
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They give those words life.
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Demonstrate the standards and values you encourage others
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to follow.
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And I know you might be saying, well,
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John, I don't know what words.
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Don't worry about the exact words.
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Worry about the feelings and how you say
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them.
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The most important thing is how you say
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it.
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Number 18, build lasting habits.
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Your life is shaped by what you repeatedly
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do.
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Develop habits that support your health, relationships, character,
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goals, and your purpose.
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You see, your character is something that develops
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in your private life and in your public
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life.
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I think that comes down to us knowing
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one thing, and that is if we build
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character all the time the way we want
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it to be, it will always have a
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positive impact on us privately and publicly.
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Ladies and gentlemen, focus on significance.
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Success asks what you accomplished, right?
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We talked about this.
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Significance asks who benefited because you were here.
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Success is what you accomplished.
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Significance is who benefited because you were here.
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I'm going to use that, I think, in
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my welcoming talk on next Friday.
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Build a life that reaches beyond personal achievement,
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okay?
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Number 20, create positive influence.
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See, you're influencing people even when you don't
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realize it.
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Make that influence positive through your attitude, decisions,
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behavior, and example that you set.
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An example is something you don't set to
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impress somebody.
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You set an example so that you can
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become a better version of yourself and help
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others become a better version of yourself, okay?
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I think that's something that a lot of
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people, like, they just don't understand it.
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Why?
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Because, first of all, they're not humble.
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They're not humble.
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And when people aren't humble, they're not open
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to learning.
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They're always right, or maybe they're not right.
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Maybe they're trying to be right, but really,
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they just have that ego on them.
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The ego that nobody wants to be around,
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okay?
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That's something pretty interesting, right?
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That's something very, very interesting.
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Number 21, stay committed.
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I know it might seem easier to give
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up and to do something else, but no
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one ever gets to their goals by quitting.
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It's okay to take a pause, take a
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break, take a little siesta, pause the job,
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but it's not okay to give up completely.
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Now, if you've decided that this isn't the
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path you want to go and you want
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to redirect, I don't consider that quitting.
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I consider that redirecting your energies.
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Maybe the way you're going isn't the way
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you're meant to go, but I don't want
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you to give up just because something gets
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hard or something gets difficult or challenging.
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That's what I mean by quitting.
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Don't quit.
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So stay committed.
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Meaningful accomplishments take time.
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Don't abandon something simply because, well, progress becomes
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difficult or slower than expected.
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Number 22, leave people better than you found
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them.
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Try to leave people feeling respected, encouraged, stronger,
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or even more capable because they interacted with
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you.
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See, ladies and gentlemen, that's true legacy happening
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in real time, right?
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Legacy is just meaning that when you leave
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or when you come back, like that person
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remembers what you did.
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Number 23, build something meaningful.
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Again, not because you're trying to impress somebody.
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I want to repeat that.
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You're not building something because you're trying to
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impress somebody.
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You're building something because you want to make
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people feel better, because you want to be
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a better version of yourself, and you want
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others to become better versions of themselves, and
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you want them to carry that forward to
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other people.
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That's legacy.
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Build something meaningful, but build a business, family,
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organization, idea, a book, community, relationships, or mission
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whose value extends beyond the immediate recognition that
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you have for it right now.
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Ladies and gentlemen, number 24, think beyond yourself.
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I know that's hard.
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A lot of us say, well, gee, what
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am I going to get out of it?
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Some of life's greatest decisions aren't about what
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benefits you personally.
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Consider how your actions affect other people and
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future generations.
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That's really an important thing to think about.
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And that means if you have an ego,
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putting that ego on a shelf for a
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little while.
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Can you do that?
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I think that's a very important thing for
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us to understand.
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Okay, very, very important thing.
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Okay, very, very important.
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Number 25, celebrate others.
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Someone else's success doesn't diminish yours.
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We've said this before, but I want to
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highlight this.
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Again, recognize people when they accomplish something meaningful
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and genuinely celebrate their progress.
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Don't like, you know, back end it.
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Really be sincere in your praise, right?
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Don't do it because you're looking for something.
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Number 26, live intentionally.
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This is my favorite one.
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Please, ladies and gentlemen, no matter what crosses
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your path or who, don't allow your entire
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life to operate on autopilot.
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We've all done it.
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We have to be intentional in the moments.
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When I get intentional in my moments, even
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though the day goes by, I feel like
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I really accomplished something that day.
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I wasn't on autopilot.
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You can have some things that you do
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and check off a list, but don't do
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things autopilot, okay?
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Yes, you're going to brush your teeth and
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autopilot after you eat, right?
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Or something like that.
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You know, maybe you're going to wash your
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teeth like I do.
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That's autopilot.
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But the rest of your day doesn't have
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to be autopilot, okay?
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Maybe you're autopilot in the car.
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If something happens to protect yourself or loved
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ones, that's autopilot.
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I get that.
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Decide what deserves your attention now and make
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the choices aligned with who you want to
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become, even if that's not who you are
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at this very moment.
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And the problem with that is that a
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lot of people say, well, gee, John, I'm
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not where I want to be today.
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Okay, fine.
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You're not where you want to be today.
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It doesn't mean you need to be there
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tomorrow.
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What it does mean is that you've got
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to start picking intentional choices so you can
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be the person that you've always wanted to
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be, okay?
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That's the most important thing I can tell
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you, all right?
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I say that for you because it's an
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important thing, a very, very important thing.
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And maybe you're going to say to me,
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John, I don't know if that's really the
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best, but you'll believe it in time, not
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overnight, not overnight.
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And I think that's something, again, that a
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lot of people, they just don't understand it,
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all right?
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I think that's probably the most important thing
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that I can tell you is people just
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don't understand it.
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That's key, guys, okay?
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That's key.
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Number 27, grow every day.
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Growth doesn't require dramatic transformation.
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Learn something, improve a habit, or have a
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meaningful conversation with someone.
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Share a nicety with someone, hold a door
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for someone.
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Small progress accumulates.
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Number 28, your actions matter, guys, even if
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no one tells you they do.
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Never assume a small action doesn't count because
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it does.
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You may never know how deeply something you
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said, taught, created, or did affected another person.
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You made an impact.
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Number 29, great lives leave great legacy.
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A great life isn't necessarily famous.
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It is one lived with character, contribution, relationships,
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purpose, and genuine concern for others.
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Most of those can become famous, but they
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don't have to be.
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Number 30, guys, your legacy, if you choose
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it, will begin today.
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Don't wait until later, tomorrow, next week, next
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month, next quarter, next year.
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Don't wait.
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Decide how you want to be remembered.
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Start living those values now because today's choices
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become tomorrow's legacy.
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That's the power, guys.
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As we get ready to close this amazing
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week of build a life that truly matters,
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I want you all to remember something.
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You see, legacy isn't about having your name
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remembered by everyone.
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That's what they teach in the movies, but
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that's not what legacy truly is.
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It's about having your life matter to someone.
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It's about making a difference in someone's life
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if you could do it anonymously.
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See, it's the person you encouraged.
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It's the knowledge you shared, the promise you
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kept, the relationship you protected, the community you
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strengthened, and the example you set.
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Those are powerful things, guys.
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Very, very powerful things.
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You don't need to wait for a major
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accomplishment.
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No, you don't.
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You have opportunities right before you today to
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choose.
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What are they?
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Kindness, demonstrate integrity, invest in people, continue learning,
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and create something meaningful right now.
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Meaning doesn't have to be worth $10 billion,
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okay?
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It doesn't.
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It has to be about what's important to
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you, right?
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I think those are the things that most
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people forget in life.
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They forget that power and things that we
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do are powerful, but we need to appreciate
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what we're doing, right?
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And then we can choose the path that
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we want to take, right?
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We can choose that path, and we can
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go somewhere.
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We can actually go somewhere.
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I think those are probably some of the
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most important things I can tell you, that
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you can go somewhere and you can make
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a difference in your life.
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Have you thought about what impact does for
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you?
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I mean, have you, or maybe you haven't,
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I don't know.
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Maybe you're thinking about the fact that impact
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is something most people say is overrated.
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It's not overrated, guys.
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It's not overrated.
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But the reason people downplay impact is because
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they don't do what's right when it gets
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hard.
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They don't do what's right when it gets
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hard, so they don't get the results they
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want, so they think, oh, this is just
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a waste of my time.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, as you guys know, and
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I thank you so much for choosing to
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join me for another amazing episode of Inspirations
26:26
For Your Life.
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This has been a very great week, and
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I think we've learned a lot.
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But ladies and gentlemen, don't spend your life
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simply trying to be remembered.
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Spend it giving people something meaningful to remember.
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It could be a compassionate gesture, a thank
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you, see your actions, ladies and gentlemen, they
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matter.
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Your influence matters, too, in case you didn't
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know that.
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Matters, too.
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And your legacy begins today.
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The question I have for all of you
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is, why are you waiting for your legacy?
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Why are you saying, I've got to wait
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till tomorrow?
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Why are you letting other people in your
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life get in the way of you building
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a life that can impact others?
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People calling you names, people saying to you
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that you can't do that because you're not
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doing it for me, that's jealousy.
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So I want you all to think today
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or tonight, what can you do to be
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impactful in this world?
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Is it doing something in charity?
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Is it spending time with loved ones?
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What can you do to make it special,
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make yourself remembered?
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Have yourself a great rest of your day
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or evening.
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I'll catch you on a brand new master
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topic tomorrow.
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Take care, everyone.
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