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Hello! Welcome to my daily report card. Every

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day is a continuous test with no subject. What's

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your answer? Was it meaningful? Pain is my friend.

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That's an old saying. My father got restless

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so he used to say whenever he had an ailment

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or pain he looked through it by making it a friend.

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Welcoming whatever pain he had as a friend. And

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in this life, there are times when there is nothing

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to look up to. There is nothing to look forward

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to except for the day to be over. There is no

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good news. And nice guys finish last. It's very

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hard. Especially when you know that you're doing

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everything in your power to try your best to

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be the best version of yourself and yet still

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fail. It sucks when you just keep pushing up

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against the wall and it's not moving. But your

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strength and energy just seems to decrease. Life

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be lifin'. And with that, let's start it. Song

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of the day. Sacrifices by Big Sean and Amigos.

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That's just the season that I'm in. I'm trying

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and I'm making those sacrifices and hopefully

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something will come back in my way. What did

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I read today? I'm starting a new book today.

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It's called The Lost Art of Closing. Winning

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the 10 Commitments that Drive Sales by Anthony

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Inarino. Whatever business you think you're in,

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you're in sales. And this is really just opening

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up about how to close. To get that final ask.

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You have to. Get. Numerous amount of. Micro commitments.

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Before you get the actual big one. Was I physically

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active? I wasn't able to hit the gym. However.

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I just know when my sons are. NC and full of

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energy and. I have to take that time to give

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them their physical activity. Go to the park,

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go to a field, go on a long walk, all of the

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above. And we did that. We make sure it's at

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least 40, 45 minutes. The goal is really an hour,

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but sometimes it falls short. However, it's usually

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enough. This is what I do it for. what i get

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from my meditations embrace the suck when i was

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in the army that was a commonly referenced title

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about how everything in every day just sucks

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it's hot or and it can be cold and you don't

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have your family and Foods are not great. Whatever.

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Still embrace it and put the mission first. What

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did I succeed at today? I wanted to be mad. I

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wanted to show my masculinity and Let it be known

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who I am. And. At the end of the day, it really

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doesn't matter. One of the four agreements is

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never take anything personally. Because if you

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are taking things personally, then you're assuming

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that. That person is in your brain and knows

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where you're coming from and feels what you feel.

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Nobody will. And you won't for someone else.

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You can try. And so just with that. just dropped

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it just silence is key a lot of times and even

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if you want and hope and wish for something to

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be this way or for whatever it is your child

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or significant other to act according way or

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to appreciate what's in front of them or whatever

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it doesn't matter it really doesn't matter and

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cool heads prevail so i didn't go down that path

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i wanted to i felt justified for but i didn't

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because how many times can a person repeat themselves

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before they feel like they're not saying anything

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of true value and amongst that The more you speak

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and the more that anger comes, you're not keeping

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an impeccable word, which is the first of the

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four agreements. What made me smile today? I

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have my solo days with my sons weekly. So we're

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all together and also make sure that they know

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that they have their individual days and just

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that embrace when I get back home from trying

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my best, from networking and trying to make a

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new lane for myself. I was able to get that embrace

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from my son, my youngest. And that made Pushing

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forward. Just a little bit more bearable. And

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what I think of my day overall. Trying. It was

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hard. It was. Felt stand still. And you can feel

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like. You're on the treadmill when you. Feel

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like you're. Working as hard as you can. But

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you don't see any movement. And. I'm no different.

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So it's hard. What grade do I give myself? I'm

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going to be minus. Because. Even though I say

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every day let's recommit to my body, I haven't.

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Even though I say I want to read for 30 minutes

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a day, I haven't met that mark. Even though I

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say I want to have 10 minutes of silence where

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I close my eyes and then write something down,

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I don't get to that actual mark. Just meeting

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the bar. Yes, fatigue and enthusiasm and just

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the world. Your best may not be the same as it

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is one day as it is another. It just hurts sometimes.

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Because in the heart of hearts, you know you're

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trying your best. Which is also one of the four

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agreements. And always try your best. And if

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we can't do anything. Sometimes we can't keep

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an impeccable word. Sometimes we can't take anything

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personally. However. We can always try our best.

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Whatever that best is. And I hope. Through the

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suck. Through the pain. We can still find a way

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to muster out. Trying to be your best self. It's

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not easy. And it won't be at the same intensity

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and magnitude. As in other times. So. I'm taking

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my own advice. And I hope you can do the same.

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Just always try your best. Even in the dark times.

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And with that. Once again.