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You CAN'T Reach Your Next Level as the SAME Person (S5) S37: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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  Today, ladies and gentlemen, is Friday.
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  It is September 11th, and I want to
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  take this opportunity, we can't actually do a
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  moment of silence, but we can actually remember
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  all those loved ones that lost their lives
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  in that tragic event 25 years ago.
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  For them, and for all of their loved
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  ones still here on the earth that miss
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  them dearly, we send our prayers, we send
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  our thoughts out to you, let you know
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  that we're thinking about you, as well as
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  your families, and we are here with you
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  on the Inspirations for Your Life show.
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  I want to take this moment to dedicate
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  this show today, September 11th, to all of
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  the first responders, to all the people that
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  lost their lives, and to all the families
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  and friends that lost their precious loved ones.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, if this is the very
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  first time you're coming here, I want to
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  take the opportunity to say welcome, and of
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  course, I want to say the words thank
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  you.
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  If you've been here one time, five times,
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  10, 100, more, or maybe you lost track
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  of the count, that's okay.
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  Then I want to go ahead and say
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  thank you and welcome, but I also want
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  to say the words welcome back.
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  Yes, because you are really welcome here.
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  my RO water here.
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  Feel free to go get yourself one, and
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  I think you will find that pretty refreshing.
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  All right, guys, so let's get into the
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  show.
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  course, for more of my amazing, inspiring creations,
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  which you can do, guys, 24 hours a
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  day, seven days a week.
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  That is after the show is over.
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  Welcome everyone to another ever-popular episode of
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  the Inspirations for Your Life Show.
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  Who am I?
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  I'm John C.
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  Morley.
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  I'm a serial entrepreneur.
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  I'm an engineer, marketing specialist, video producer, podcast
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  host, coach, keynote speaker, passionate lifelong learner, graduate
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  student at Montclair State University, and so grateful
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  now to be a published author.
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  Our master topic this week is your next
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  level will demand a different you, a different
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  kind of you.
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  So today I'm asking whether you can reach
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  your next level while remaining the same person
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  you are right now.
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  A different future may require different habits, stronger
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  standards, new skills, and even better decisions.
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  Number one, guys, your next level requires more
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  than your current patterns.
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  Yeah, more than your current patterns.
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  So I know that's hard for a lot
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  of people to digest, but that's what it's
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  going to take.
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  It's going to take more than your current
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  patterns.
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  That's important, okay?
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  So your current patterns created many of your
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  current results.
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  Keep what works, but be willing to change
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  what keeps you stuck.
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  Number two, you can't build a different future
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  by repeating the same version of yourself.
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  A different future requires different choices.
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  You don't have to become someone fake, but
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  you do have to grow beyond patterns that
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  no longer serve you.
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  And you don't have to be upset about
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  it.
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  You just have to realize that now it's
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  time to change who you really are.
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  Okay, I think that's an important thing, right?
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  Change is good.
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  Number three, guys, stop expecting new results from
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  old behavior.
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  We learned this from Einstein many times before.
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  Doing the same thing over and over again,
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  expecting new results.
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  What is that, guys?
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  That is insanity.
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  Yes, it is.
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  So if the behavior stays the same, the
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  outcome often does too.
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  Change what you're repeatedly doing if you want
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  something different.
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  Number four, guys, identify what the current version
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  of you keeps tolerating.
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  Look at wasted time, weak boundaries, distractions, and
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  unfinished commitments.
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  What you tolerate can quietly become your new
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  standard.
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  Number five, your next level requires habits you
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  haven't mastered yet.
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  That's okay.
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  Habits can be developed.
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  Start practicing now.
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  What your future will require later, okay, is
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  okay.
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  Just practice now, all right?
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  Number six, guys, become more disciplined than your
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  current circumstances demand.
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  Don't wait for pressure to force discipline upon
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  you.
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  Build it while you have room to practice.
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  Number seven, stop carrying old excuses into new
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  opportunities.
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  A new opportunity won't automatically erase an old
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  excuse.
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  Leave behind the stories that keep telling you
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  why you can't move forward, all right?
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  Number eight, what got you here may not
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  be enough to take you there.
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  Respect what worked before without becoming trapped by
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  it.
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  Growth sometimes requires upgrading the strategy.
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  I think a lot of people feel that
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  they never need to change the strategy, but
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  the truth of the matter, guys, is yes,
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  we have to change our strategy.
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  We have to change the way we do
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  things, especially as life morphs and changes.
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  We have to become that new version of
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  ourselves, the ones that people have, you know,
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  wanted to know about for so very long.
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  And I'm here to tell you that you
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  can become a better version of you.
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  Number nine, your future requires your present self,
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  and you may not have that self yet.
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  Identify what you need to learn and begin
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  now.
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  A missing skill is not a permanent limitation,
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  all right?
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  I think some people think that if something's
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  missing, that they're done for life.
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  They're not.
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  Number 10, stop protecting behaviors that belong to
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  an older version of you.
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  Familiar doesn't mean useful, guys.
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  Stop defending behavior you already know works against
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  your future.
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  Why do people do that?
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  I'll tell you why.
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  It's because of that big thing, E-G
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  -O.
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  People don't want to admit that maybe they're
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  wrong, right?
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  That maybe they can learn something.
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  I think we all need to learn something,
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  okay?
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  We all need to learn something.
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  And that's a big thing, okay?
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  And maybe you're going to say to me,
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  John, you know, that's great, but I'm not
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  ready for that change.
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  We don't have to make the whole change
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  tonight, cold turkey.
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  You can change little things over time.
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  And as you do that, you'll start to
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  appreciate what's happening, okay?
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  And that's something I think that a lot
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  of people don't realize.
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  They don't realize that that's happening.
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  And I think the reason they don't realize
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  is because they don't want to realize it.
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  They don't want to know that there's something
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  that is changing their life, okay?
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  And that's something that a lot of people,
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  for whatever reason, just don't seem to understand
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  like why.
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  But the big why is why you can't
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  do something.
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  And why you can't do something is all
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  about you and your choices in life.
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  No one else, okay?
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  You're responsible for you.
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  Number 11, guys, growth begins when staying the
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  same becomes unacceptable.
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  When you are tired with that, no change.
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  Change becomes real when you decide the cost
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  of remaining where you are is greater than
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  discomfort of moving forward.
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  How do I explain this?
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  Okay.
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  You may be in some discomfort.
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  People have once said to me, John, when
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  the discomfort is greater, okay, then not changing,
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  you'll change.
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  It's sad when that has to happen, but
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  it's true, okay?
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  Number 12, your next level will require stronger
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  standards.
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  Raise what you expect from your preparation, consistency,
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  communication, and of course, follow through.
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  Number 13, become capable of doing what the
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  old you avoided.
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  Growth means learning to face the difficult tasks.
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  Decisions and conversations you once kept postponing.
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  We'll do it tomorrow.
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  We'll do it later.
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  But you ever notice that later never comes?
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  You just keep postponing it longer and longer
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  and longer.
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  And you're like, what happened?
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  You delayed things.
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  Number 14, make decisions your future self will
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  be grateful for.
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  Not every good decision feels rewarding today.
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  Let's face that.
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  Choose what creates a stronger tomorrow.
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  Number 15, stop returning to the identity you're
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  trying to outgrow.
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  Your past can explain you without controlling you.
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  Stop using yesterday's identity as a limit on
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  tomorrow.
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  Number 16, your comfort zone was built for
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  the person you are today.
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  Yeah.
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  Growth will sometimes feel unfamiliar.
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  That discomfort can be evidence that you're moving
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  beyond what you've always known.
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  Let's think about that for just a moment,
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  OK?
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  Number 17, become willing to feel uncomfortable while
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  you change.
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  Become willing to feel uncomfortable while you change.
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  I said success lies in the uncomfortable zone.
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  Learning, setting boundaries, and trying something new can
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  feel uncomfortable.
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  Don't automatically interpret discomfort as a reason to
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  stop.
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  Number 18, stop asking your old habits to
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  create a new life.
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  Old habits are excellent at producing familiar outcomes.
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  New outcomes require better repetitions.
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  Number 19, your next level may require different
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  boundaries, maybe boundaries that you haven't even thought
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  about yet.
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  But these are things that your life is
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  going to change, OK?
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  So your next level may require different boundaries,
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  ones that you're not familiar with.
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  You may need to protect your time.
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  Say no more often.
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  And become more selective about what gets you
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  energy.
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  Number 20, protect your time like the person
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  you're becoming would protect it with.
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  Ask how your future self would use today.
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  Then start treating your time the way you
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  would then now.
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  Number 21, guys, change how you respond when
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  things become difficult or challenging.
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  I think that's hard for a lot of
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  people because they want everything easy.
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  But then when it's not, they run to
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  the hills or they give up.
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  That's important, guys.
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  Very important.
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  Changing how you respond when things become difficult
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  is something a lot of people just push
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  to the side.
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  Difficulty reveals your patterns, guys.
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  Learn to respond with thought, intentional thought, I
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  should say.
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  Discipline and action.
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  Instead of immediately just retreating for the hills,
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  oh my gosh, we're doomed.
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  The thought in your head says you're doomed,
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  but you're not doomed.
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  All right, let's be serious.
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  Number 22, stop needing the same approval you
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  once depended on years ago.
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  Good advice matters, but growth requires enough confidence
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  to make responsible decisions without constant reassurance.
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  When you keep getting reassurance, you might say,
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  gee, this is great.
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  But you know what happens when you don't
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  get it?
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  You're like, oh my gosh, how do I
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  do this on my own?
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  Oh, you weren't taught how to do it
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  on your own.
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  So you feel it's OK to just basically
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  do what you're doing.
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  I think that's an important piece, OK?
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  A very important piece that many people don't
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  understand, OK?
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  That's a challenge for a lot of people,
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  OK?
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  That's a challenge.
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  And a lot of people will push things
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  to the side because they don't want to
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  deal with that.
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  They want to just look at the easy
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  road.
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  And the easy road is nice, don't get
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  me wrong.
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  But success lies where discomfort begins.
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  I didn't say pain, I said discomfort, OK?
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  That's important, guys.
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  Number 23, become more consistent than you ever
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  have been before.
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  You don't need perfection, ladies and gentlemen.
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  You need enough good decisions connected together to
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  create a dependable pattern.
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  You know what happens when we have dependable
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  patterns?
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  We form habits.
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  Those habits become automatic.
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  You know what happens next?
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  We create a successful life.
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  That's a very important thing to acknowledge.
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  You don't need perfection.
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  You need enough good decisions connected together to
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  create a dependable pattern.
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  That's it, guys.
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  Number 24, your next opportunity may demand a
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  version of you that doesn't exist yet.
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  That's OK.
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  The opportunity you want may require more skill,
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  patience, confidence, and responsibility than you've developed thus
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  far.
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  That doesn't mean quit.
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  That doesn't mean give up.
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  It means embrace the change.
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  And everything I've done that's been successful, the
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  first thing I've done it was never easy.
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  But as I learned the skills, got the
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  experience, next time it became a lot easier.
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  A time after that, it became even easier.
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  Number 25, guys.
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  This is one of my ultimate favorites.
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  Please build the version before you desperately need
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  it.
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  How many people have ever tried to borrow
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  money?
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  I'm sure you have, right?
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  And the thing is, when you go to
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  a bank and saying, I need money, guess
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  what they say?
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  No, no, no.
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  When you go to the bank, when you
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  have money, like, oh, sure, we'll be happy
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  to lend you more money.
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  Seems like an oxymoron, but that's how the
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  system works.
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  Same caveat here.
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  Prepare before the opportunity actually arrives.
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  Develop the habits, the skills, and the discipline
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  now.
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  What you're doing, ladies and gentlemen, is you're
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  laying the groundwork for your future.
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  Somebody once told me, John, you could do
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  the work now or do the work later.
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  You can work harder now or work easier
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  later and work harder later.
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  I'd rather work harder now and have it
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  easier later, right?
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  So do the hard work now and it
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  gets easier, right?
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  Prepare before the opportunity arrives.
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  Number 26, guys, please stop waiting for your
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  future to force you to grow.
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  It's just gonna frustrate you and it's gonna
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  burn you out.
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  You can choose growth before circumstances make it
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  unavoidable.
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  Start becoming more capable today.
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  Start becoming more capable today.
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  That's important.
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  Number 27, prove through action, okay, that you're
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  no longer the same person you were before.
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  You don't need to announce your transformation.
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  Hey, everyone, I'm now this.
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  Who cares?
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  Let your choices, boundaries, consistency, and follow through
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  demonstrate.
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  You don't need to announce yourself.
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  You're walking quietly.
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  We'll do that.
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  People will notice your mannerisms.
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  Number 28, your next level isn't asking you
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  to pretend to be someone else.
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  Let me be clear on this.
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  Growth isn't a performance.
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  You're not creating a fake identity here.
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  You're developing abilities that haven't reached their full
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  potential, right?
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  You're starting a new skill.
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  Number 29, it's asking you to become more
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  of who you're capable of being.
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  I'm not asking you to be someone else.
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  Let's be very clear on that, all right?
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  Your next level isn't about copying somebody else's
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  success.
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  It's about discovering what becomes possible when you
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  stop settling.
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  Let me see if I can explain this.
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  So, you know, lots of times I build
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  things, right?
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  And when you start and you're in the
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  runway or your plane is still on the
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  ground or your boat is still at the
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  dock or your train's still in the station,
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  do you know what happens?
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  One or two people come around like, oh,
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  I wanna be part of you.
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  But then when they see it's still being
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  built and it's not successful yet, they leave.
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  And then when you call them on the
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  carpet and say, hey, I thought you wanted
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  to help build this, they disappear because they
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  are selfish.
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  When those people come back, I certainly don't
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  fall over them.
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  Respect is a two-way street, guys.
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  Number 30, you can't reach your next level
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  as the same person.
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  And when you do that, other people are
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  gonna fall out of your life.
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  New people are gonna come in.
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  Become the person who can be that.
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  Keep your strengths, but stop carrying every excuse
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  on your sleeve.
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  Weak habits and outdated identity into your future.
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  You're better than that.
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  Your next level isn't simply a destination.
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  It's a level of responsibility, discipline, consistency, a
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  capability you're learning to carry.
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  We often say we want more while protecting
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  the very patterns that keep us where we
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  are today.
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  Maybe the old you procrastinates when something becomes
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  difficult.
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  The person you're becoming begins anyway.
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  Maybe the old you needs everyone's approval or
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  that pat on the back or that public,
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  yeah, great job.
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  The person you're becoming listens to good advice
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  but can still make a responsible decision.
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  Maybe the old gives distractions, control of the
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  day.
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  The person you're becoming protects time with intention.
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  You build the next version of yourself one
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  decision at a time one stronger boundary, one
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  completed commitment, one new skill, one moment when
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  you could return to an old pattern but
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  choose anything, which is something better.
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  Those moments become evidence.
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  Eventually you stop saying you're trying to become
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  disciplined because you've been practicing it.
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  Your actions begin proving the change.
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  Don't say I'm trying to become successful.
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  Say I'm becoming successful.
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  That's the question I want you to leave
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  in your mind today.
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  What does the future you're asking for require
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  from you or for you to become?
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  What skills do you need to become that?
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  What habits do you need?
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  What boundaries do you need to set?
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  What level of discipline do you need?
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  What needs to change before the opportunity arrives?
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  Don't reject everything about who you are today.
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  Bring your strengths, lessons and experience with you
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  but don't you dare bring every limitation simply
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  because it's familiar and it's comfortable to you
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  like a blanket.
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  This week we've talked about patterns, avoidance, discipline,
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  excuses, standards and results.
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  All of it leads right here in the
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  middle.
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  And you're probably wondering, what is that?
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  Your next level demands growth guys.
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  You can't control every opportunity, obstacle or even
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  opinion, but you can become more prepared, capable,
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  disciplined and intentional right now.
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  Do that work now so when the opportunity
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  arrives, you've got the ticket and you're ready
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  to board.
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  I think a lot of people, they do
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  something for now because they think now is
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  gonna be quick but now is not quick,
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  all right?
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  Now is something that takes time and if
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  you try to rush it, it will burn
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  you every single time.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, I am Jon Seymour.
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  I'm a serial entrepreneur and a lot more
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  and this has been another amazing episode of
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  the ever popular Inspirations For Your Life Show.
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  Your next level isn't asking you to stop
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  being yourself.
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  Let me be very clear on that.
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  Your next level isn't asking you to stop
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  being yourself.
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  It is asking you to stop limiting yourself
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  to the version of you that exists only
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  today.
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  The reason that you are only you today
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  and you're not where you wanna be is
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  because you're not working on yourself.
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  You're not working on the skills you need
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  to get there.
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  All right, that's important guys.
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  That's very, very important, okay?
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  Your next level isn't asking you to stop
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  being yourself.
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  It's asking you to stop limiting yourself to
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  the version of you that exists only today
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  and you won't get further if you don't
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  acknowledge this.
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  I don't care if it's ego that's preventing
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  you, if it's friends, it's family.
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  I want you to get serious with yourself
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  and do this right.
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  Okay?
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  Ladies and gentlemen, I wanna encourage you to
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  keep learning.
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  Learning can be going back to school.
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  It could be reading a book.
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  It could be listening to podcasts and different
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  shows like this.
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  It could be going to seminars like keynotes
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  that I give or other author talks.
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  I want you to keep growing.
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  Why?
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  When you grow, your capabilities expand.
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  When your capabilities expand, you can help others.
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  And guess what happens in this process?
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  Others grow.
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  You ever heard the saying, when you help
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  someone else with a problem they're having, which
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  is the same problem you're having, you help
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  yourself.
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  I want you to please keep building what
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  your future will need.
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  I'm not telling you that you're gonna build
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  it all in one day.
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  Rome wasn't built in one day, right?
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  If we ask this question right now, does
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  anybody even know how many days did it
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  take to build Rome?
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  How many days did it take?
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  It took a long time, right?
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  Didn't take days.
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  Took years.
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  The Colosseum took eight to 10 years to
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  build.
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  The Pantheon took 10 years to complete.
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  But they didn't give up.
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  They kept working on it.
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  They kept honing on their craft.
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  Do you think experts start as experts when
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  they first emerge?
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  No.
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  No.
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  No.
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  No.
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  It takes dedication.
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  It takes commitment.
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  It takes intentional daily activities.
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  They don't have to be big activities, but
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  they need to be consistent daily.
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  Can't do a little today and then do
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  none tomorrow or do a lot today.
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  You need to do the same amount every
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  day so you can be sustainable.
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  I think that's a big thing that I
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  wanna share with you.
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  So you can't reach the next level, guys,
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  as the same person.
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  You can't reach the next level as the
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  same person.
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  What does that even mean, John?
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  Well, your boundaries have to change.
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  Your attitude may have to change.
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  Maybe the fact that you say yes to
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  everybody.
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  I know I did this and I admit
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  it.
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  I always wanna be nice to people.
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  Like, oh, of course I'll help you.
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  What did that do to me?
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  It robbed me of my freedom to get
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  to my success faster.
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  Saying no to others and yes to yourself
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  is not being disrespectful, is not being mean.
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  It's doing what's right for you.
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  I want you to become the person who
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  can do these kinds of things.
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  But you know, ladies and gentlemen, you're never
• 27:32
  gonna be that person.
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  If you're always saying, well, gee, what does
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  this one think?
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  Is it okay if I do this?
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  Is it okay if I do that?
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  I don't care.
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  You know how many people told me, John,
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  you shouldn't go back to school.
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  There's no point.
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  I didn't go back to school for anybody
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  else.
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  I went back for me.
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  I love education.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
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  Morley, a serial entrepreneur.
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  Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieved.com for
• 27:57
  more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
• 27:59
  And again, my thoughts and moments of wisdom
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  and also my deep sorrow and compassion to
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  all those who lost lives on 9-11
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  25 years ago.
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  Our thoughts and prayers are with you and
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  all the families that lost them.
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  Good day, everyone.