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Still Is the Win: A Winning Wednesday Reminder · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life, where we are realizing everyone is always
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  learning and living your full experience.
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  I'm your host, Coach C, and this is your Winning Wednesday episode.
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  Still standing, still showing up.
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  Real talkers, listen. Sometimes all we have for the win is this.
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  We're still here, still hanging on. even if it's by a thread,
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  still trying, still getting up, still putting one foot in front of the other,
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  still standing, still showing up.
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  And before you dismiss that because it doesn't look big enough to celebrate, don't.
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  Because sometimes still is the win.
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  See, we have gotten so accustomed to measuring winning by what we accomplished
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  that we forget to acknowledge what we survived.
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  We celebrate the promotion, the degree, the weight loss, the new house,
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  the new relationship, the money, the milestone.
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  But what about the Wednesday when you don't have any of that to announce?
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  What about when your biggest accomplishment is, I got up today. I didn't quit.
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  I didn't give up on myself. I didn't have all the answers, but I showed up anyway.
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  Real talkers, that counts. And don't let the word steal fool you,
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  because the good book tells us, peace, be still.
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  Sometimes being still is in the absence of movement. It's the presence of peace.
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  Sometimes you need to stop fighting everything long enough to realize you're still standing.
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  The storm came, still standing.
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  Plans changed, still standing. Something broke your heart, still standing.
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  You got disappointed, still standing.
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  You had to start over, still standing.
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  And here's what really gets me. You're not only standing, you keep showing up.
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  Because showing up when everything is going right, that's easy.
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  Showing up when you're motivated, easy.
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  Showing up when everybody is clapping for you, easy.
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  But showing up when you're tired, showing up when you're disappointed,
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  showing up when nobody sees how hard you're fighting just to keep it together,
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  showing up when you're questioning whether any of this is even working,
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  that takes something different.
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  And maybe you aren't showing up at 100% right now.
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  Who told you that you had to? Some days you've got 100, some days you've got
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  70, some days you've got 30, and some days you walk through the door with 12% and a prayer.
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  But guess what? You walk through the door. Stop disqualifying your progress
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  because you don't like the pace.
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  Stop dismissing your strength because you're tired.
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  Stop looking at somebody else's highlight reel and deciding your quiet survival
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  doesn't qualify as a victory because everybody's win doesn't look the same.
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  Sometimes Winning Wednesday sounds like, look what I did.
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  And sometimes Winning Wednesday whispers, I didn't quit. Both count.
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  Real talkers, hear me. There are seasons when the victory isn't that you conquered the mountain.
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  The victory is that the mountain didn't conquer you.
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  That's the showstopper. You may be bruised. You may be tired.
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  You may need to sit down somewhere for a minute.
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  You may need to regroup. You may need to change some things,
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  but baby, you are still here, still standing, still showing up.
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  And because you're still here, the story is still being written.
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  Here's your fearless homework. Today, I don't want you making another to-do list.
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  I want you to make a still list. Write down three things that begin with, I am still.
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  Maybe it's, I am still trying. I am still believing. I am still healing.
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  I am still building.
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  I am still learning. I am still becoming.
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  Then write down one thing you keep showing up for, even though it's been difficult.
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  And underneath it, write, that counts as a win because it does.
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  And finally, give yourself permission to be still somewhere this week.
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  No fixing, no producing, no performing.
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  Just enough stillness to recognize how far you've already come.
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  Real talkers, on this winning Wednesday, you may not have the trophy yet.
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  You may not have crossed the finish line yet.
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  You may not even know exactly how you're going to get there yet.
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  But look at you, still standing, still showing up.
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  And sometimes, still is the win.
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  That's your winning Wednesday. Celebrate accordingly.
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  And as always, decide, commit, succeed.
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