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Why Not You? · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
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• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Let me begin this episode with a really crazy statement, and then I'll break this down for us.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: Here's the statement.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: I think one of the most important things you will ever learn as a human being is that you do not have an objective grip on reality.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Now again, I know this is a weird statement, so let me explain.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: I think as humans who perceive ourselves as logical or rational beings, we have deluded ourselves into believing that we see things as they are.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: We assume that we can see ourselves and everybody else clearly.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: We trust that our perceptions about our level of talent and other people's level of talent is pretty much on target.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: But in reality, I think that's almost never the case.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: We tend to underestimate our own potential while we overestimate everybody else's potential.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_00: In other words, many times we believe that everybody else deserves success, but for some reason, we don't.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Now, of course, not everybody sees the world this way, but most writers do, in my experience.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: When we see other people succeed, we believe they deserved it more, or they're probably more talented than we are.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: But the reality is that they probably just worked harder, they had better connections, or they were more creative with their marketing.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: So my question to you is, why not you?
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: Why shouldn't you also get to experience success?
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: Is there any reason you shouldn't be just as successful as the next writer?
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: They're no more deserving than you are.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: In fact, none of us really deserves anything in this life.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: We all start this life with nothing and we will exit this life, not being able to carry anything with us into the next realm.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: Success in your writing doesn't have anything to do with what anybody deserves or doesn't deserve.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Success comes as a result of actions that you take consistently over time.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Now, yes, of course, some people are more connected, some people have more resources and so forth, but all that really is irrelevant because we all have the same number of opportunities.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: So don't ask why them.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Instead, ask, why not me?
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: Success doesn't come to people who deserve it, it comes to those who work for it.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: Do you believe that you deserve to be just as successful as the next person?
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: And if not, what's keeping you from feeling that way?
• 2:39
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• 2:42
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• 2:48
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• 2:54
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• 3:01
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• 3:04
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• 3:15
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• 3:24
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• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks so much for listening, and I'll see you next time.