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Well, hello there, everyone, and welcome to another
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amazing episode of Inspirations for Your Life.
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It's August 1st, 2026.
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That means two things.
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First, it's the first of the month.
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All right, guys, let's get this show kicked
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off.
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All right, are you ready?
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I know I am.
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So this is Inspirations for Your Life, in
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case you're wondering what the show was, and
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our master weekly topic for the first time
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being revealed today.
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It's going to be, yes, series five, show
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32, build a life that truly matters.
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And the granular topic today is how small
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actions create extraordinary results.
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Series five, show 32, episode number one.
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And welcome, everyone, once again to Inspirations for
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Your Life.
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I am John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student at
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Montclair State University, a passionate lifelong learner, and
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now so grateful to be a published author.
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That's right.
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Have you ever noticed how we often wait
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for the perfect moment before making a change
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or a decision or just doing anything, right?
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We tell ourselves we'll start tomorrow or later
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or next week or next month.
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The reality is that extraordinary lives aren't built
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through one massive breakthrough.
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Sorry, guys.
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They're built through small actions repeated consistently over
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time.
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Every successful person started with a single decision
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to take one step forward.
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Today, I'm going to explore 30 simple principles
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that demonstrate how the smallest actions can create
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the biggest transformations.
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If you're ready to stop waiting and start
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building a life that truly matters, this episode
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is just earmarked for you.
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Let's get started, guys.
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Number one, every small action matters.
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Never underestimate the power of a small decision.
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Every choice you make moves you either closer
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to your goals or farther away from them.
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Number two, consistency beats intensity.
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It sure does.
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Anyone can stay motivated for a day, but
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real success belongs to those who remain consistent
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long after excitement fades.
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So, it's consistency and its structure that will
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yield you to success.
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That is the key, guys, all right?
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Very, very important to understand that.
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I think a lot of people go south
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and they don't realize like, you know, what
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it is or why this is, but I
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think it's important that we just become aware
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of that.
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I think that's so important for all of
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us to know that it's where we have
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to go.
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Number three, please build one habit at a
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time.
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I know you want to build a lot,
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but we can't be building a million pies
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until we first build the first one.
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Trying to change everything once usually leads to
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frustration and unfortunately, a disaster.
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Focus on mastering one positive habit before adding
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another one to your fold.
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Number four, focus on today's progress.
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Don't become overwhelmed by how far you have
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to go.
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Concentrate on taking one meaningful step today.
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That's it.
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Number five, greatness grows gradually.
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Most success stories took years to develop.
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Be patient with your journey and trust the
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process, all right?
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Trust the process.
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A lot of people don't want to trust
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the process.
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They're like, oh, I'm in a hurry.
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I know you're in a hurry, but it's
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important to understand that whole thing.
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Very important to understand the whole thing about
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it and, you know, and what's going on.
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So we've got to be a little patient.
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Number six, keep showing up.
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Some days you'll feel motivated.
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Other days you won't.
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It's that simple.
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The people who succeed continue showing up regardless
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of how they feel.
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You see, if I lived my life just
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on how I felt, I would never be
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successful.
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I need to live my life on discipline
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day in and day out.
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Number seven, momentum starts small.
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A single positive action creates another and before
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long those small actions become powerful momentum.
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Yes.
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Number eight, believe in steady improvement, okay?
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You don't have to become perfect overnight.
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Improving just one little thing every day creates
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incredible long-term results.
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That's key, guys.
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Number nine, tiny wins build confidence.
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Celebrate the small victories.
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Every accomplishment reminds you that you're capable of
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achieving even more.
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Number 10, progress compounds just like compound interest
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in our bank grows over time.
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Your daily efforts produce greater results than you
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may initially realize, okay?
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It's hard to get the engine going, but
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once the engine is primed and it's going,
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guess what?
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You want to keep going and going and
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going, right?
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It just keeps going on.
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It's so easy.
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It takes less energy to keep the engine
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going once you initially start.
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It seems delightful, right?
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You know, once you get it going, it
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takes a lot less energy.
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More so with the fluorescent bulbs and things
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like that.
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The LED bulbs don't take a lot of
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power.
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But my point is that when you start
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an engine, right, it takes a lot more
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energy to get the engine to turn over.
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Or if you're running a machine, right, and
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the machine has to get revved up, maybe
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a server, it takes a lot of energy
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to get it revved up.
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And then it slows down.
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Kind of like an airplane, takes a lot
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of energy to get revved up, and then
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it kind of drops down, right?
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It plateaus.
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Number 11, please stay patient.
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I know you're impatient.
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I get it.
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I know we want everything yesterday.
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We want everything now.
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Meaningful change rarely happens overnight.
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Stay committed even when progress feels slow.
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And when something feels slow, that's not the
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time you say, oh, you know what?
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I should quit.
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No, it's the time when you should actually
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make sense and realize you're on a path.
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That's important, OK?
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That's important that we understand that whole concept.
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And if we don't, then I can tell
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you that you're just going to be lost.
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Like, not just today, but you'll be lost
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every single day.
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And I think nobody wants to be lost.
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I think people get confused because they get
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frustrated and because they get overwhelmed or because
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they're given misdirections by someone who's not patient,
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right?
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Number 12, small efforts inspire others.
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People notice consistency.
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Your commitment may encourage someone else to begin
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improving their own life.
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That's a win, isn't it?
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Maybe you want 100 people to improve their
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lives.
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But hey, if you got, let's say, just
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one person to improve your life, I think
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that would be a win for you, right?
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A very, very big, big win.
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And when we learn to be patient and
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we start to see things showing up in
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our life, we start to be more patient
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over time, not just once.
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So I think that's a keen observation for
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us to understand.
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Number 13, build positive routines.
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Your daily routines eventually shape your future and
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your character.
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Good hot cup of tea.
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Design habits that support the life you want
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to create.
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That's key, guys.
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Number 14, stay committed.
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Commitment means continuing after motivation disappears.
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Success belongs to those who remain dedicated.
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Fifteen, learn from every step.
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Not just what seems to be a big
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step, learn from every step you have in
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your life.
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And I think you'll start to realize you're
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going to go far.
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But again, it doesn't happen overnight, okay?
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It doesn't happen overnight.
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And I can tell you guys that this
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is really important to realize.
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It's about patience.
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It's about patience.
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Every experience you have or have had teaches
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us something very valuable.
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Whether you succeed or struggle, there's always a
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lesson that helps us grow.
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But are we open to learning about that
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lesson or are we chastising, oh, I know
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that, I know everything?
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Well, if you know everything, it's great.
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But do you really know everything?
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Or are you just kind of like trying
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to mislead yourself?
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And I think that can be a problem,
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right?
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I think that's a very important thing is
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that, as I said, we have to be
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humble to what it is we do in
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life.
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If we're not humble, then I feel things
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are going to be hard for us.
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We're not going to be able to take
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new direction.
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If something changes in our pathway, we're not
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going to know how to change because we're
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not going to be willing to accept the
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change.
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So if you're open to change, people are
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more willing to want to coach you and
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give you consistent, instructive feedback.
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If you start giving people an attitude, they're
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going to be like, I don't want to
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help him.
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I don't want to help her.
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They always give me an attitude.
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I mean, are you a person that likes
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to give advice?
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Are you a person that, let's say, never
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gets advice given to you because maybe you
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have an attitude, right?
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I found that people that don't want to
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give advice are also the people that don't
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want to take advice.
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That's an important thing, guys, a very, very
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important thing to understand, very important.
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Number 16, please keep moving forward.
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Even if you don't feel like it, do
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it because of discipline.
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Progress doesn't require giant leaps or steps.
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It requires one more step than yesterday took.
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No matter how small the improvement may seem,
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every step forward moves you closer to the
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life you want to build.
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Number 17, success starts today, not tomorrow, not
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the day after, not next week, not next
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month, not the end of the quarter, not
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the end of the year, not next year.
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Waiting for the perfect time often becomes the
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reason people never begin.
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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 when you start.
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You don't have to be great when you
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start, but you have to start to become
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great, right?
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You don't have to be an expert when
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you start, but you have to start if
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you want to become an expert.
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The best time to start improving your life
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is with the choices you make right now,
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today, not tomorrow.
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Procrastination and delay is just a tactic we
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use because of fear, false evidence appearing real.
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And we use it to justify our reason
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for not wanting to go forward.
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Number 18, please protect your momentum.
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I know this sounds crazy for a lot
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of people, but we need to protect our
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momentum day in and day out.
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This is a very, very important thing to
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understand.
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Momentum is one of your greatest assets.
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Once you started building positive habits, protect them
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by staying consistent even when life becomes busy.
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You know, one person said to me, oh,
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they're always busy.
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And I'm busy, too.
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You guys know that.
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But you know, if I want something, I
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will make time for that in my life.
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So I tell people, if you really want
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to be a part of it, no matter
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how busy you are, I know you'll make
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time for it.
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And they look at me, and guess what?
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They somehow make time for it.
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I guess it was important to you.
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Or somebody that doesn't make it, I'm like,
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I guess it wasn't that important to you.
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And I say that not to be nasty.
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I say that because people that have priorities
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and understand things will realize that they can
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take something out of their life that maybe
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isn't working for them, right?
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Maybe they have to eliminate something and put
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something else in it.
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I think that's an important thing for us
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to understand.
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Number 19, please celebrate the small victories.
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Don't wait for the big, you know, grand
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gestures to show up.
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They're nice, but you don't need to wait
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for them, OK?
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Don't wait until you've reached your biggest goal
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or pinnacle to celebrate.
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Every milestone deserves recognition, because each one represents
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growth and progress.
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Progress doesn't mean you're a hero tomorrow.
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Progress doesn't mean you're a big success right
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now.
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It means you're a little better than where
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you were before.
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Let me take an example.
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Many of you know that I like to
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cook culinary desserts and stuff like that.
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But I also do some other cooking, like
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for non-baking.
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I do some cooking, like I like to
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do breakfast foods, like omelets and things like
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that.
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When I first started many years ago making
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an omelet, I was like, this is never
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going to work.
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Like, I can't get this to work.
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And when I chilled and I started realizing,
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OK, if I don't get it today, maybe
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I'll get it tomorrow.
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And if I get it tomorrow, then that's
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great.
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And if I don't get tomorrow, then I'll
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just wait.
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Because after all, guys, there is no rush
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for me to get it.
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There's no rush for me to get it.
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And when I start having that attitude, things
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got easier.
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And making the omelet just seemed to be
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so natural for me, so natural.
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Interesting, right?
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I think sometimes we put a lot of
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stress on ourselves, because we're not appearing like
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the way we want to be.
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We're not like the Joneses.
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And I always tell people this.
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Don't compare yourself to the Joneses, OK?
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You don't need to.
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You're different than the Joneses.
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Now, you might learn faster or slower than
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they are, but you're different.
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You come from a different premise.
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You may have different core values.
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I think these are important things that not
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everybody can fit in the same shoebox, or
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in the same box, for that matter.
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I think a lot of people get scared
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about that.
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Just because you're in a different box doesn't
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mean there's anything wrong with you.
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It means you approach things differently, right?
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We have some people that learn auditorially through
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their ears, visually only through their eyes, kinesthetic
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through touch, auditory, visual, kinesthetic.
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And most people, without getting into this too
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much tonight, are multifaceted, where they'll learn.
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They have to learn first with their eyes,
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and then with their touch, or touch first,
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and then with their eyes, and then with
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their auditorial, or hearing.
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And I think when people realize that it's
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OK to be different, then they feel comfortable
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to now learn.
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When people have pressure on them, it's hard
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for them to learn, hard for them to
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do certain things, unfortunately.
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Number 20, guys, and I know this is
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not easy for everybody, please stay disciplined.
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Please stay disciplined.
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I know the world's going to tell you
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you don't need to be disciplined.
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You do need to be disciplined, right?
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If you want success in your life, you'll
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choose to stay disciplined.
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You won't be disciplined for just one day,
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OK?
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You won't stay disciplined for just one day.
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I think that's a very important thing to
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understand for us.
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Don't just do it for the day.
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Do it for everything going forward.
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I think that's an important thing, every part
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of your life.
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So discipline is what keeps you moving.
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When motivation fades, which it will, we said
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this before, it's the daily commitment to doing
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what needs to be done, even when it's
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not easy.
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Now, I use like a Google Calendar and
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I have things digitally.
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You can use something else.
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You can use a piece of paper, but
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have something that allows you to cross off,
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to electronically mark that you've completed.
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Because what I used to do many years
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ago was spend so much time thinking about,
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OK, what do I have to do today?
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So now that a whole task is removed
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from my brain, is totally removed from my
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brain.
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I think that's a very important thing, because
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now my brain can focus on other things,
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OK?
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Now my brain can focus on other things.
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And that's a pretty cool thing if you
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ask me, OK?
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Very cool thing.
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Number 21, please trust the process.
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Not every effort produces immediate results, guys.
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Sometimes the greatest growth happens beneath the surface
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before anyone else can see it.
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Like an iceberg.
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There's a lot that goes on under an
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iceberg.
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But sometimes we don't realize or appreciate that.
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I think that's the biggest thing I can
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share with you.
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All right?
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We don't appreciate that.
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Number 22, guys, invest in yourself.
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I learned this very young on.
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When I was told, probably I think I
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was like in, I think I was in
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sixth grade.
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A relative told me, you always want to
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invest yourself.
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And I always went to Barnes and Noble
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a lot and did that again when I
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was in high school more.
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And I realized that investing yourself is one
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of the greatest things you can do.
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So the knowledge you gain, the skills you
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develop, and the habits you build become lifelong
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assets that no one can ever take away
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from you, your degree, right?
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When you add these tools, even though they're
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virtual to your tool belt, you become worth
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more.
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You have more value.
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And this shows you, hey, I'm worth more
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money, right?
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Maybe you need something to show yourself, me,
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just to give you that boost.
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Maybe you know the area, but maybe after
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you take the course and you see that
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you know the stuff, maybe that's enough to
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let you know that you can charge for
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it.
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Number 23, guys, every day counts.
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Every second, every minute counts.
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Every day offers another opportunity to learn, to
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improve, to encourage someone and become a better
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version of yourself.
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That's what we do every day here on
21:27
the show.
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I help myself and others become better versions
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of themselves.
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Never, ever underestimate the value of a day.
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I like to also say, don't underestimate the
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value of a second, of a minute, of
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an hour.
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There's so much power that you have.
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And I think when you recognize that, it's
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like, oh my gosh, that's keen, guys.
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That's really, really key, right?
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That means that you can do so very
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much.
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And if you could do so very much,
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you can actually change your life right then
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and right there.
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But you can't do it overnight.
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You can't do it overnight.
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You have to do it from your core
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values.
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Now, if you don't have your core values,
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well, you first got to get those established
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because if you don't know where you're starting,
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how do you know where you're going?
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You have to know what your core values
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are and why you picked them.
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Why are they so important to you?
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Don't just pick something because somebody else says,
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oh, that's good to have.
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Really think about what that core value or
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values are and why they mean so much
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to you.
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Otherwise, they're not gonna work to help you
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achieve your goals.
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Number 24, focus on what you can control.
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Don't waste energy worrying about things beyond your
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influence.
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Put your attention where your actions can make
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the greatest difference.
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Yeah.
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So we can make a difference one day
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at a time.
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And don't get upset when you don't reach
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the goal tomorrow.
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Celebrate, as I said, the small progress.
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Celebrate that small progress.
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When you celebrate that small progress, life changes.
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Life changes.
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Life changes quite a bit.
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And I can tell you guys that it's
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amazing how you can do things when you
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believe you're worth the value.
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Number 25, stay resilient.
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Life will always bring challenges, but resilience allows
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you to recover, adapt, and continue growing instead
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of giving up.
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You're gonna have challenges.
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You're gonna have barricades put in your way,
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but that's an opportunity for us to learn
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from it so we don't hit it again
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and so we can grow.
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I'm not gonna say it's gonna be easy.
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I'm not gonna always say it's gonna be
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fun, but I'm gonna say that if you
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embrace it and you learn the lesson, you
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can throw away all the emotions, if they
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were bad, and just keep the lessons.
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You don't have to do that over and
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over again.
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Number 26, choose consistency, guys.
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Success rarely comes from one extraordinary effort.
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It comes from ordinary actions repeated with extraordinary
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consistency.
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Number 27, build lasting success.
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Real success isn't measured by one achievement.
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It's measured by creating habits and character that
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continue producing positive results year after year.
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Number 28, never ever underestimate small beginnings.
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Every great company, every accomplished leader, and every
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meaningful achievement began with a first step.
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Don't dismiss your own beginning because it seems
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small.
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Everything starts small.
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A flower starts small, right?
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Number 29, great achievements start small.
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Behind every remarkable success stories are thousands of
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small decisions that most people never saw.
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Those daily choices make all the difference in
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our lives and other people's lives.
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Small actions change lives, guys.
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Your future isn't shaped by what you hope
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to do someday.
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It's shaped by what you consistently choose to
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do today, day in and day out from
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your discipline.
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Small actions repeat over time, create extraordinary lives.
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But you don't get that pattern until you
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realize the discipline, until they're linked to your
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core values.
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In closing today, as we begin this new
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series for the week, build a life that
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truly matters.
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Remember, guys, that lasting success isn't created overnight.
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If you think so, you're gonna be mistaken
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and really fooled.
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It's built through the small micro decisions you
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make every single day, the habits you develop,
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and the commitment to keep improving even when
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progress seems like turtle's flow.
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Don't wait for a life-changing opportunity to
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appear.
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Create one through your daily actions.
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Stay consistent, remain patient, celebrate your progress, and
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never, ever underestimate the impact of one positive
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decision.
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Those small choices are building the person you'll
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become tomorrow, shaping your character.
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I thank you so much for choosing to
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join me for another amazing episode of the
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Inspirations for Your Life show.
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I'm John C.
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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student, passionate
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lifelong learner at Montclair State University, and so
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grateful now to be a published author.
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It is great to be with everyone here.
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Until next time, remember that extraordinary results don't
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come from extraordinary moments.
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They come from extraordinary actions performed consistently with
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purpose.
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Keep showing up, keep growing, and keep building
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a life that truly matters one small action
27:32
at a time.
27:32
Check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of my
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amazing, inspiring creations.
27:35
Take care, everyone, and be well.
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Once you share it to me, I'll be
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happy to share it to my feed.
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We make a good team.
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Wait, wait, hold on, wait.
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Three, two, one.
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Hey there, Delilah.
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Ahem.