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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sheep Get Sheared podcast, home of people, politics

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and popular culture.

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I'm your host, Austin Creed.

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I want to welcome you into the show.

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My friends, I want to ask you a question.

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This is a question that I've had to ask myself a number of times.

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And it's this, what scares you the most?

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What scares you?

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Because I've studied this to a little bit of an extent.

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When I study, I don't mean I went to college for it.

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What I mean is I talk to people in the streets.

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I observe, I do a lot of social media reconnaissance because I'm on there quite a bit.

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You know, with this show and with editing and all that kind of stuff, I spend a decent

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amount of time on social media.

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And I also like to read books.

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And Napoleon Hill, if you've listened to me at all, you'll know I love Napoleon Hill.

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I believe him to be a prophet of sorts.

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But my friends, there were six fears that were really highlighted by Napoleon Hill.

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And one of them was, you know, fear of criticism, old age, poverty, loss of love, ill health

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and death.

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And my friends, that brought me to asking myself a question that I've been wrestling

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with ever since.

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And it's what do I fear in life?

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Because fear holds you back, by the way.

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Fear does not benefit you.

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It can give you a little kick in the pants.

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But living in fear will only make you tend towards emotional decisions.

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It will lead you down a path of making short term focused decisions instead of long term

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focused decisions.

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So my friends, that's why I ask you, what do you fear the most?

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What do you fear the most out of the six things that I gave you?

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Poverty, ill health, loss of love, old age, death.

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There was one more.

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Did I miss one?

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Criticism.

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That was the last one.

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You know, I'll be honest with you.

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Sometimes I have a hard time with criticism.

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I love to get it, by the way, because I can always do better.

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Everybody can always do better.

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There's no question about it.

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But the two, if you've ever if you've read Napoleon Hill, if you haven't, I recommend

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you listen to outwitting the devil.

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It really helped inspire me to write my book, Biblical Bachelor.

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But the reason I tell you that is the devil.

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So the whole premise of the book, if you haven't read it, is Napoleon Hill and is kind of the

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insert character and he's interviewing the devil and the devil is he's not what you would

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expect if you're a religious person.

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You probably have this version of the devil in your head and it's not true.

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It's not accurate as defined by Napoleon Hill and in his book, he defines himself as the

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negative portion of the atom, the electron, if you will.

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And the six fears he said he uses the most is the ones I just just gave you.

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But the two that were most important was poverty and death because poverty tends to make people

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not think.

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It puts them in survival mode.

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So he wants you to not collect riches because riches will allow you to have the freedom

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to think.

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And everyone fears death to an extent, either they fear death itself or they fear the unknown

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that accompanies death.

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I'm telling you that this doesn't fascinate you.

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I don't know what does.

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Maybe some 304, some porn star shaking her behind or on Twitter or on Instagram or on

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Snapchat or Tick Tock probably.

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But my friends, I really want you to ask yourself what you fear the most because fear holds

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you back.

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Fear is something that puts you on the defensive when you should be on the offense in life

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because your dreams won't chase you back.

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I hate to tell you, your dreams are not going to chase you back.

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So if you're not chasing a dream, if you're not out here trying to build something and

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become somebody, I don't know what to tell you.

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I'm not saying your life will then hold no meaning at all.

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I'm just telling you, you're leaving a lot on the table and more than likely it's because

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you fear something.

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Fear is going to hold you back and it's going to cripple you.

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It's going to cripple your creativity.

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It's going to stifle your ambition.

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It's going to hold you prisoner, hold you hostage from achieving what you could be achieving.

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Last night I walked you through, I was standing outside a house that I want to buy, not now,

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but at some point soon, the next five to 10 years.

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And I did that not to flex or brag.

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I did that because I want to show you, you need to have a plan.

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If you fail the plan, you're planning to fail and that is where fear will come in.

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Fear will fill the gap between certainty and direction.

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It will help, it will wiggle its way in to your life and it will cause you to be uncomfortable,

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unsettled, rattled, not confident in your next steps.

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And that will only lead you to drifting.

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Drifting is another term created by Napoleon Hill.

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Drifting is the person who has opinions on everything but research is nothing.

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The person who goes out and tries everything but is an expert at nothing.

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The person who doesn't know what they want but they're sure darn know what they don't

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want.

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You catch what I'm saying.

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Are you picking up what I'm putting down, ladies and gentlemen?

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In other words, they are not going to ever win because they're losing at every turn.

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They're so focused on not losing that they have no capacity to win.

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I know that may not make any sense.

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It may sound like it's those two things are synonymous, not losing and winning, but you're

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wrong.

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That's not how it works.

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And there's no there's no simple one way for the modern man.

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There isn't.

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That's why I preach you having your own personal philosophy.

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That's why I want you to understand that if you want to go the traditional route, you

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can.

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However, there are multiple ways you can go about your life.

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And there's no reason for you not to want to develop your own way of going to the world.

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You can't find a path that is working for you.

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There is nothing wrong with making your own path, being a trailblazer.

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There is nothing wrong with that.

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You just need to have the courage to be a trailblazer.

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But that's why sheep aren't trailblazers.

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They always follow the beat path.

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That is why you must become a trailblazer.

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You have to decide whether you want to become like everyone else and get the results that

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everybody else is getting.

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Or if you want to throw aside your fear and embrace fortune, you need it.

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It's a mindset you must adopt first.

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If you want to be a millionaire, if you want to be a billionaire, as I do, you have to

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have the mindset that is compatible with it.

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You can't live paycheck to paycheck.

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You have to give more than you get.

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You have to understand how wealth works.

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Now, I'm not going to give you financial advice.

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I'm not an expert in that regard.

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But you need to understand that fear is going to hold you back.

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For example, let's say if you want to kind of do what I do, you want to talk about things,

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you want to express life, you want to help people, you want to be a commentator, that

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window is closing.

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But you need to believe in yourself because if you don't, that is living in fear.

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That is an example of exactly what I'm talking about.

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You are living in fear, fear that you can't fear of failure.

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Fear of criticism.

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That is where you are at.

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If you're in life to be if you are if part of your life is to be liked, I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry, but you're going to be really upset.

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You're going to be in a really tough spot.

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My friends, I really want you to genuflect.

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I want you to look at your life and I want you to ask yourself, what is it that you fear?

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What is it that's holding you back from achieving whatever it is you want to achieve?

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And if you don't even know what you want to achieve, well, then what's holding you back

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from that?

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Is it you don't think you could do it?

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You don't think you have the capacity to seize what it is that you want?

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Do you think that it's not possible for you to have what it is you've set your mind upon?

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Well, my friends, that is fear again for the win.

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That is what fear does to you.

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It paralyzes you.

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It cripples you.

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And I don't want you to be crippled.

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I want you to be a conqueror.

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But again, you have to understand what is holding you back.

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It was Napoleon Bonaparte.

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I don't know what it is.

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Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Bonaparte, they're all great.

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But Napoleon Bonaparte was the one who said it is not an enemy you must, a competent enemy

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you must fear, but rather an incompetent ally.

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That is who you must fear above all else.

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And I'm inclined to agree with that personally.

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I'm very inclined to agree with that.

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It is the incompetent ally who you must fear.

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And too often, the incompetent ally is you.

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You are your own worst enemy and sometimes the most incompetent ally.

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And I don't want that to be you.

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I want you to win.

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I want you to never be held back by your own self.

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Because trust me.

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Trust me when I tell you this, there's enough people out here to compete with that at the

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end of the day, you have to be on your own team.

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You have to stand on your own side and get your own back.

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Have to.

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Otherwise, what, what, what is someone else going to do that?

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That's why I never understood this notion of in relationships for companionship.

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They want someone to have their back, someone to be with them and live life with them.

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I never got that.

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You know, maybe I'm sick, maybe I'm telling you a little too much about myself, but I'll

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do it anyways.

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I'll do it anyway, because I want to help you.

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I'll do it anyways.

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I don't tend to like most people, not because people are bad.

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I'm not talking about you personally.

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I don't know you most likely.

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If I do, then I'm not talking about you.

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The problem is I just find most people to be terrible.

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Most people just want to use you as much as possible for their own self interest.

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I've just found that to be true.

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And while there's nothing inherently wrong with that, I just find it distasteful, especially

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when it comes down to, I love to help people.

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Now, does that mean that I don't want to make money?

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No.

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Does that mean that I don't want to make a good living?

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No.

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That means that I don't want to make my living off the backs of other people.

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I want to help people.

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I want people to win alongside me.

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That is what I want.

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I don't want to be someone who just shafts people over.

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I don't want to be a Scrooge.

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That is not who I want to be.

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And I hope that's not who you want to be.

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I hope you want to give and give and give.

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Because let me tell you, if you're out here taking and taking and taking, you're hustling

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completely in reverse, completely hustling backwards.

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Because if you do not give, you cannot get.

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If you do not plant the seed, you cannot hope to reap the crop.

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That is how it works, my friends.

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But too many people, they don't understand that.

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And I want, I don't want you to be normal.

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I want you to be extraordinary.

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I want you to be someone who will be a winner, not someone who's going to lose, who's going

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to harbor resentment, who's going to be a hater.

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I don't want any of that for you.

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I want you to not let fear hold you back.

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I don't want the opinions of other people to hold you back.

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I don't want fear of failure in particular to hold you back.

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Held me back for way too long.

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I got to tell you the truth.

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I'll put it all out on the line.

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Put it all out on the line.

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Fear of failure held me back for a long time.

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I would have started the show earlier.

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I wanted to be a podcaster, a self-help guy.

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I loved consuming it.

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I loved living it, but I wanted to help other people, but I never felt I was worthy.

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I thought to myself that I had to be a millionaire to talk about becoming a millionaire.

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I thought I had to be that guy who had already crossed the finish line at 50 or 60 years

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old to actually talk about these things, but it's not true.

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The journey is what is important.

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The destination is equally important, but the journey is how you get there, and that's

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the hardest part.

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And that is why it is my fervent wish that you maximize your journey and you don't hate

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the journey.

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Fearing the journey and the complications that it holds can hold you back.

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And I really don't want that to happen to you.

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I sincerely don't because the journey is what you must fall in love with.

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Because trust me, once you reach the destination you want to get to, if you don't love the

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journey, the idea of starting a new journey, it's going to seem near impossible, but it

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You should love it, not loathe it.

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My friends, I really want you to, and I'm not trying to tell you what to do.

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This is just me encouraging and wanting to help you.

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I encourage you to reflect in yourself, ask what it is you fear, what could maybe be holding

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you back, and to address that so that it's no longer in your way.

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My friends, stay vigilant, stay informed, and for God's sakes, please question everything

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that comes your way.

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Happy New Year to all of you.

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I hope you have a good night full of safe fun, I guess.

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Oh, well, I don't know.

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I might do another show because I'll probably be up late.

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We'll have to see.

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But my friends, enjoy your night.

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I look forward to seeing you next year in 2024, the year of the dragon.

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Well, I guess technically it starts in February, but the year of the dragon, we're going to

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come out here and we're going to do great.

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I'm out.

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Please stay true to your quilt.