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This is Inspirations for Your Life, and the
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master topic for the week is how to
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rise into what's next in your life.
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Okay.
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When we think about this, this is actually
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today's topic, is how to rise into what's
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next in your life.
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Series 5, show 15, episode number 2, and
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I'm John Seymour, ladies and gentlemen, serial entrepreneur,
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engineer, marketing specialist, video producer, podcast host, coach,
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keynote speaker, graduate student and a passionate lifelong
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learner, and yes, soon I will be a
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published author.
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When something old loses power, something new can
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finally begin.
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This is all about renewal, courage, clarity, movement,
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and living hope and becoming proof that change
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is possible.
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So the granular topic for today, for Sunday,
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April 5th, 2026, is rise before you feel
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ready.
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I know that sounds hard for a lot
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of people because they don't want to rise
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until, you know, they feel 100% comfortable.
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But face it, guys, if you're waiting for
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yourself to be comfortable, you're never going to
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be comfortable.
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You've got to practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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So number one, guys, is move before certainty
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arrives.
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Clarity is created through motion, not waiting.
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That's the truth, guys.
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Number two, readiness grows in the motion that
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we have.
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You become prepared by doing, not thinking.
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By doing, not thinking.
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That's important, guys.
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A lot of people I know want to
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do stuff, but then they procrastinate about, well,
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when should I start?
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When should I do it?
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And that's a very, very big problem.
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So readiness grows in motion as you become
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prepared by doing, not thinking.
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The more you do, the more you learn,
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the more you can, let's say, figure out
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what you've done right and what you might
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need to, let's say, change or pivot so
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that it comes out better next time.
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Number three, guys, courage comes after the first
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step.
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Nobody ever wants to take that first step,
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let's be honest.
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Action builds bravery.
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In real time, a wise person once said
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to me, John, you know, do the thing
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you fear most.
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Fear is just false, evidence of fear in
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real.
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So do that first.
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Your courage will show up and everything else
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will seem easier for you.
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All right.
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Number four, you do not need perfect proof.
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Progress does not require guarantees.
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Some people think it does, and they're still
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sitting on the bench waiting and will be
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for the rest of their life.
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Number five, start with what you know.
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Your current knowledge is enough to begin.
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You don't need to be an expert at
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something.
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You know, a wise person once said to
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me, John, you know, you don't have to
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be great to start, but you have to
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start to be great.
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You don't have to start to be great,
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but you have to, you have to start.
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You don't have to be great to start,
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but you have to start before you can
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be great.
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You don't have to be a winner when
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you start, but you have to start so
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you can become a winner.
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You don't have to become a winner when
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you start, but you have to start so
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you can become a winner.
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So you don't have to be that, but
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you have to start, right?
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That's important.
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Number five, guys, start with what you know.
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Your current knowledge is enough to begin, and
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that will attract more things in your life
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that can help you on your journey toward
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success.
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Number six, guys, action clarifies what fear hides.
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Movement exposes what hesitation conceals.
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Yes.
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So when we move, we develop this sense
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of inner confidence, something that maybe we didn't
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even think was possible.
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Number seven, guys, rise scared if you must.
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Rise scared if you must.
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Do things scared if you must.
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Fear is not a stop sign.
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It is a signal to grow.
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If everything was easy, everyone would be doing
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it.
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So I want to tell you that you
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need to rise.
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You need to sometimes do things while you
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are fearful.
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OK, that's really important.
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Number eight, guys, daily information and delay feeds
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doubt.
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Delay feeds doubt.
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The longer you wait, the longer fear becomes
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a problem.
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The more it festers in you, the more
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that it gets to you and says, oh,
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you know, you can't do this, and your
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body just says, OK, you're right, we can't
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do this.
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So that's an important thing to understand, you
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know, what that's all about.
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But I think a lot of people don't
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understand that.
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And it's an important thing, too, to understand
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how that all works.
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Momentum, number nine.
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Momentum will always outrun confusion.
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Movement clears the mental fog that we sometimes
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get in our head.
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It happens, right?
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But it also goes away.
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So momentum helps us stay on track.
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Momentum gives us that good feeling to keep
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doing things.
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Number 10, guys, hesitation steals clean energy.
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Overthinking drains your power.
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Being an engineer, I know myself, I've always
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been guilty of this, you know, overthinking.
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We have to know when to stop thinking.
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OK?
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I think that's an important thing to understand,
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that we have to realize that.
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And if we realize that, we can see
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that our life can become a lot easier.
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Not overnight.
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Not overnight.
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But hesitation steals that clean energy right beneath
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our feet.
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And overthinking drains your power.
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So don't get caught in either of these
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things, because they're just going to trip you
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up.
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All right?
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That's just the real truth.
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But some people don't want to hear something,
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because everybody feels they're perfect and that they
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don't need to make changes.
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I always feel that I can learn, regardless
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of how much I already know.
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I need to always be willing to learn.
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I think that's an important thing to understand,
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is that.
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Because if we can understand that, then maybe,
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just maybe, we'll change our perspectives.
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And that will affect our lives.
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Just maybe.
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Number 11, guys, small, bold steps change your
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identity.
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Consistent action reshapes who you are.
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I said that doing things and doing them
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with fear and being scared is better than
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not doing them.
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Okay?
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So you've got to do things and face
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the fear anyway.
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The fear is just false.
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Evidence of fear is real.
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And that's just the truth.
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So as I said, number 11, the small,
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bold steps change identity.
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Consistent action reshapes who you are.
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Similar to, like, a potter or a glassblower
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who keeps, you know, reshaping the glass into
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what he or she wants.
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Number 12, guys.
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Are you ready for number 12?
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Are you sure you can handle number 12?
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Do not wait for ideal timing.
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So many of us in life just say,
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oh, I'll wait.
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It's not the right time.
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Perfect moments never come.
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Perfect moments are illusions.
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Don't wait.
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Seize the moment.
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I want to share one I think that's
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very interesting.
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And that is people always say, you know,
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wait until our ship comes in.
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Right?
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But what happens is you can actually not
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have to wait for them.
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You can swim out to your ship.
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Don't wait for the ship to come.
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And don't wait for a perfect moment because
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a perfect moment is never going to come.
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And then you're going to be frustrated because
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you're never going to get to where you
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want to go because of this whole thing.
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And the whole thing is that you were
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waiting for that perfect moment, but there never
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was or will be a perfect moment ever.
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That's an important thing.
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That's a very, very important thing.
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Very important.
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It's important to understand that.
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I think if we experience it once, the
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next time we go back and do it,
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it's like, oh, wait a minute, it wasn't
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so bad.
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Right?
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Number 13, start with trembling hands.
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It happens.
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People get scared.
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People don't have the juxtaposition or the steadiness
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because they're scared.
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Action matters more than the confidence.
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You will build the confidence the more times
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you do it.
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You're afraid of speaking?
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Get up and speak.
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The more you speak, the more confidence you
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will build.
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True story, guys.
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I did stand-up comedy for a while,
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and the very first time I got up
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to do stand-up comedy, it was a
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nightmare.
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Now, I love speaking.
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Stand-up comedy is challenging.
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You have people in the crowd, let's say,
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that are not very welcoming to new people.
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They heckle you, and they hope you'll get
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offstage, but you have to hold your guns.
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And I remember being at this open mic
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night at a professional comedy club, and I
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remember them heckling me.
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And rather than almost like breaking down, like,
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oh, my gosh, what am I going to
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do, I called them out.
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I'm like, um, you, you're Jim, right?
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So looks like you can dish it out,
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but doesn't seem like you can take it
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back, does it?
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Number 14, readiness is open to you, but
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it's often a myth.
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Most people never feel ready in their life.
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They just decide and they move.
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They decide and they move.
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But some people never get that flair to
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get going.
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And then they're like, well, I'm still waiting
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for that signal.
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Yeah, we're not ready anymore.
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Or that ship has left.
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Number 15, brave is better than comfortable.
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I said you got to get practice getting
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comfortable being uncomfortable, right?
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So brave is better than comfortable.
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Brave is better than comfortable.
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Having discomfort is where the success starts to
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lie.
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That's where it comes in.
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No, no, no games there.
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Number 16, build confidence by moving.
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Belief follows action.
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Belief follows action.
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Now, it's not the other way around.
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Action doesn't follow belief.
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Belief follows the action.
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Take the action and then you believe.
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Okay?
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If you don't take the action, you might
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get stuck in the belief circle.
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So take the action and belief will follow.
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I think a lot of people new to
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this are like, well, wait a minute.
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That can't be the way it works.
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That is the way it works.
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It's not going to feel comfortable, guys.
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No.
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Not going to feel comfortable.
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So that's an important thing for us all
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to understand.
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Number 17, go with what is true now.
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Trust your current clarity.
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Trust your gut.
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Even when everything else around you says no,
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but when your gut says that, trust it.
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It's probably right.
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So go with what is true now to
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you and trust your current level of clarity.
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You'll be glad you did.
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Number 18, begin before the crowd understands.
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Vision comes before validation.
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Serial entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs always have a vision.
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It's not validating yet.
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The vision will come before the success ever
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enters the arena.
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And I think that's a scary thing for
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a lot of entrepreneurs and serial entrepreneurs are
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like, well, you know, I'm not getting that
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feeling.
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People aren't buying into me.
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It's a little lonely being a serial entrepreneur
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in the beginning because nobody wants to hold
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your hand.
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Nobody wants to support you.
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Nobody wants to board that plane, that train,
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right, or that boat while it's stationary at
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the dock, on the runway, in the station.
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They want it to be moving.
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They want to see that it's actually doing
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something before they risk their lives to get
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on it.
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They could get on it when it's stationary,
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but nah, that's too easy.
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And you know what?
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I don't really want to sit and wait.
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That's what they say.
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Number 19, guys, direction matters more than the
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speed.
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Progress beats perfection.
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Direction matters more than the speed you're going.
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If you're going the wrong direction, all right,
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progress beats perfection.
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So maybe you're trying to, I don't know,
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you're trying to learn something new.
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But if you're taking the path that's easy,
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you're probably not going to learn anything, I'm
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just going to be honest.
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Number 20, guys, your future is waiting on
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what?
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Movement.
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Nothing changes until you act.
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Let me say that again.
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Your future is waiting on movement and nothing
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will change in your life until you decide
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to act.
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That's an interesting thing, guys.
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Nothing changes until you decide.
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And acting sometimes can be very lonely because
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no one's there to support you.
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But if you want your future to go
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ahead, take the bold action.
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Take the step.
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Number 21, guys, step into the unknown on
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purpose.
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Growth requires intentional risk.
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I'm not saying do haphazard risks.
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Do some calculated risks.
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And when you step into the unknown with
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your core being and those values, you will
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grow.
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But there is a risk.
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Number 22, progress is born in uncertainty.
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Discomfort is part of transformation.
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I've said this to you.
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Transformation is a key part of success oftentimes.
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But uncertainty scares people because they don't really
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know where they're going to be.
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Did I make the right choice?
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It's kind of a gamble.
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Even though we may not all be gamblers,
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we're still gambling a little bit.
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We're taking that calculated risk.
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Or measuring it to say, hey, did this
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get me further?
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If not, what do I need to do
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to change?
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I said to you guys before that if
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you don't like something, as long as you
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can measure it, you can change it.
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And that's the truth.
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Most people go their entire life and don't
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ever learn how to measure something.
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Like, well, that's just how it is.
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Or the metrics.
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The what?
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The metrics of who?
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The metrics, the numbers.
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Number 23, guys, risk reveals your next level.
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What you avoid is where you must grow.
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I know that sounds hard for a lot
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of people.
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But what you avoid is where you must
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grow.
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Risk will always reveal your next level.
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What you avoid is where you must grow.
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And you might not like where you're going
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to need to grow.
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But that's where you need to grow.
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Next time, it will be easier.
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But the first time, it's not, guys.
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Maybe the first few times, it won't be.
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Number 24, you know, before I go to
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number 24, you know, writing a book the
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first time, I got to tell you, it
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was not easy.
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Yes, I've written many times.
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But this was different.
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Getting a book ready to be published, it
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was a lot different than writing articles, guys.
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It was uncomfortable.
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But I said, you know what?
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I'm going to do it anyway because I
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want to do this.
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Number 24 now, move even while you're learning.
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You do not need mastery to begin.
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I've said this.
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You don't need to be a master.
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You don't need to be an expert to
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begin.
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But you need to begin so you can
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become an expert.
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You don't need to be the expert.
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You don't need to be the specialist when
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you start.
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But you need to start so you can
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become that specialist, become that expert, become that
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master.
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Number 25, guys, waiting will not save you.
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Sorry, guys, it won't.
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Delay only postpones results.
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Well, you know what?
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I don't feel like doing it today.
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I'm waiting for it to feel a little
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more warm and fuzzy.
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No, that's not happening.
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You know, you've got to go outside sometimes
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when it's cold, right?
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Maybe you don't want to do that.
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But when we are uncomfortable, that's when change
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starts to set in.
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Number 26, trust the next right action.
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Clarity comes one step at a time.
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One step at a time.
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I didn't say all at once.
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I did not say all at once.
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I didn't say all at once.
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So that's important.
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Trust the next right action.
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Clarity comes one step at a time.
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Number 27, guys, rising is a decision first.
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Commitment creates the momentum.
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Commitment is your discipline.
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Your discipline is what forces you to keep
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doing the momentum.
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If you're doing exercises, oh, I'm tired, the
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commitment, the discipline, that's what gets you to
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keep doing the exercises.
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Number 28, guys, be early to your own
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growth.
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Do not wait for permission.
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You don't need to wait for permission.
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If you wait for permission, chances are you're
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going to miss the boat, the train, the
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plane, and it might not be coming back
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for a while, and it may not ever
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come back.
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So when you have a chance to board
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with your opportunity, board now.
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As they say in the airplane, the last
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call for boarding on flight X is now.
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Will you board, or will you wait behind?
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What may happen, what may not ever happen.
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Number 29, guys, start now.
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Adjust later.
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Progress beats perfection.
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I've said this before.
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Progress beats perfection.
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If we keep making a little progress, that's
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much better than saying we're perfect.
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Okay?
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Number 30, guys, rise before you feel ready.
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Your next level begins with your choice of
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decisions that you make.
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Rise before you're ready.
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Take the call.
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Take the action.
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Make the decision that will lead you to
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taking the action right now.
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Not later, not tomorrow, not next week, not
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this month, the ending, not this quarter, not
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the end of this year.
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Now.
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And I remember a wise person who would
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go down from his penthouse every day, and
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he would say something very interesting.
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He would say, do it now.
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Because if you don't do it now, you
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allow your body to just accept the fact
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that there is no urgency.
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When we create an urgency, we need, we
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must react.
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We must react.
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So rise before you feel ready.
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Your next level begins with your choice of
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decisions.
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Other people may not be ready for you.
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That's okay.
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Do it anyway.
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You may not feel you're ready.
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Do it anyway.
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Get my point?
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When you create the level of urgency, it's
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like your body says, all right, I guess
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I have to do this.
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Right?
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I think that's an important thing to understand,
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that we have to understand that one whole
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concept.
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That's an important concept that most people will
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never get.
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And the reason they don't get it is
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because they don't understand the sense of urgency
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is now.
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You might say, John, what's the urgency?
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What's the rush?
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I have no rush.
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Once you believe there's no urgency, there's no
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rush, you'll just keep letting time slip past
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you.
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And you'll miss the opportunities that could be
25:05
right under your fingers.
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You'll let them slip through them.
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And that's hard, I know, for a lot
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of people here that are probably watching or
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listening to this.
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And I say that to you because most
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of you want to sit on the couch.
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Most of you want to feel good.
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You want to be comfortable.
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Success is not sitting on the couch, guys.
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Success is not being comfy in bed.
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That's not success, okay?
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Every feeling you do can't be comfortable.
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You've got to practice getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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Does that make sense to all of you?
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If it does, then I hope you will
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choose to start taking these actions.
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I'm not saying that you have to move
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the entire space planet tomorrow.
25:58
But I am saying to take some small,
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deliberate actions every single day of your life.
26:05
Hopefully you're getting that.
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If, ladies and gentlemen, this message resonated or
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connected with you in any way, please make
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the choice as soon as this show is
26:18
over to take action right now, today.
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No more excuses.
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Do one thing you have been delaying for
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so long.
26:28
Progress is not built in waiting.
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It is built in action, movement.
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The moment you decide, that flip moment that
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you decide to act, everything in your life
26:43
begins to shift in your favor.
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Everything.
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The whole idea of waiting puts your brain
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to a state like, okay, I guess it's
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not time yet.
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And then you keep waiting for some big
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signal, and then you miss the small signal,
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and then it goes right past you.
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You do not need to feel ready, guys.
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You need to be willing.
27:08
Your future is not waiting for perfection.
27:10
It is waiting for your courage to come
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to the surface.
27:15
For more insights, inspiration, and strategies to elevate
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your life, please visit BelieveMeAchieve.com.
27:24
Ladies and gentlemen, your next chapter of your
27:29
life starts now.
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The only question I have for all of
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you is, if you can make the choice
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to change your life right now, why
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are you procrastinating and making excuses to not
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do it?
27:55
Remember, success starts where it becomes uncomfortable.
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Have a great one, everyone, and be well.
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♪♪♪