I'm gonna go out there, and I'm not gonna be another old man or old woman who's on, who's about to croak, and they sit there. And I'm like, I wish I'd done. All these things. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sheep Get Sheared Podcast. I'm your host, Austin Creed. My friends, we're gonna have a very important discussion about setting your priorities straight, and I don't say this as someone who. Knows everything and has everything all figured out all the time. What I will tell you. Is. This I've had instances in my life, especially when I was just out of high school when I know what the hell I wanted to do, I looked at everybody around me and I looked at them and I would ask them, what do you think I'd be good at? What do you think I should do? What path should I go now? That's what I did. And a lot of people said Ohh, I think you'd be good at this. I think you'd be good at that. I lived my life and I'm. I'm not trying to project on you here. I'm trying to get you to think maybe you can relate to this. Maybe this is the video. This is the episode where you decide. Hey, I'm going to put down the pipe. I'm going to put down the bong. I'm going to put down the bottle. And I'm gonna do something with my life. I'm not gonna sit there and just keep whining and complaining and being complacent. I'm gonna go out there and I'm not gonna be another old man or old woman who's on, who's about to croak, and they sit there and I'm like. I wish I'd done all these things. I wish I'd. Done this and I could have done that but I. Didn't do it. I don't. Want that to be you? I do not want that to be you yet so many people live their entire lives misguided, undecided, have no idea what they're doing. They just care about being liked by other people they don't believe in their own capacity to conquer the world. They have nothing going on, nothing to look forward to, nothing that will yield them anything of any actual value. Being a cog in the wheel that doesn't get replaced is the best fate that they can hope for. So let's talk about getting our priority straight. What does that mean? Well, when you're at the crossroads of desire, when you're out there, what do I want? Phase. What is it that I want? What is it? I'm looking for? You need to ask yourself. What matters to you? What is it that matters in your life? I don't care if it's women. Or money or fancy cars. It could be pretty much anything. If it's something that's a substance. Yeah, you gotta wean yourself off of that cause that's not going to help you. In fact, it's hurting you a lot. And you need to get off that immediately. But my friends, let's talk about these priorities. A lot of people, myself included, at one particular time, I had no idea what to do about my life. I kind of just looked towards my parents. I looked towards mentors in my life. I had no idea what I wanted. All I knew was what I didn't want because I'd already encountered it and I had a general sense of what I thought I should want. Maybe what you know other people cared about that maybe I should also care about it because I wanted to be like. Being liked is one of the biggest traps you will ever encounter in your life is we're social creatures. We have a natural desire to fit in. We want people to like us. We want people to listen to us. We want to conform to the culture we find ourselves in and and culture can mean your friend Click to an entire new place. In people group it doesn't. It doesn't distinguish doesn't discriminate whatsoever. But when it comes down. To it what? Is it that you want? And I guarantee you if you're going to be more than just the average schmuck who doesn't care about anything and kind of drifts through life and drinks or smokes his life away. And people are gonna not like you. You think people like me? Hell, no. Go on my Twitter. And she could cheer. You'll see how much hate I get for the stuff that I say do I hate. Do I? Do I care? No, not really. I actually find it entertaining because I've gotten to the point where I like that people don't like me. You know why? Because then that tells me. That I'm actually doing something. If people, people are competitive by nature, OK, so when people like what you're doing more often than not, it's because you're not doing enough. And they like that because it makes them feel better about themselves. I have friends in my life. Couple are very successful and I don't envy them. I respect them. I like how how do they do it? How can I contribute? How can I not only be associated with these people, but what can I learn from them? I don't envy people above me. I learn from them. There's always something to be learned, but that's my priority. One of my priorities in this life is to learn to shut the hell up and learn. You might think that because I do this show, I talk all the time. I actually know outside the show, I don't really talk all that. Why? Because I don't need to whenever I get into a discussion with somebody, it usually ends with them getting mad, upset or. Anything in between that because people don't like this message, they don't like people who don't just say oh, uh-huh. Yeah. Uh-huh. And then agree with them when you have the guts. Do not care about being liked and you actually disagree with people they don't like that. That's good, because then it establishes you as an individual. When you say, OK, what is it I care about? Maybe I care about basketball and my buddy cares about baseball, and I don't give a crap about baseball. Like telling him his desire doesn't matter. I'm saying that I don't like it. It's not interesting to me and that's. Just what hypothetical? At the end of the day, you need to decide what matters. For me, I care a lot about my physical appearance. I care a lot about how I'm perceived to other people when it comes to being professional. Having a reputation. These things that are valuable are these things valuable to you? What is it you want out of your life? What are the three things that matter to you in your life? I've talked about this before and I will continue to talk about it at length as to what is it you want out of this life. It could be something from I want to be a millionaire with a hot girlfriend in a mansion. OK, good. We have a good starting point. But is that what you want versus what you think other people will like you for having? Because there's very important distinction. To be made there, do not just do something because you think other people will think you're cool. Other people will think Ohh damn man I I want to be him. He's cool. No, that is not why you should do things. You should do things cause you like it you want to. Do it. That is how you will succeed, because I guarantee you I've been in this position before, where you do something because you think it's gonna make you cool. Everybody's been in middle school. And. High School elementary school. Everybody's gone through this. But then when you realize they don't even care about it, you doing it. Why in the world would you work really hard to please people who don't even care about your hard work? They don't care about your drive. They don't care about the sacrifices you've made. They don't care. 

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But yet you'll live their whole life hearing about these people, whether they be popular people, celebrities, girlfriends, boyfriends, you'll live your whole life for these people who just don't care about you at all. So when I talk about getting your priorities straight, you have to realize it's not for other people. It's for you. Women don't say that all the time. Oh, I don't wear this makeup for man. I wear it for me. No, it's not true. But at. Least they're trying. To build some semblance of self esteem, which is great by the way. Even though I know they're lying, it's OK. They do it for other women, mostly not. For you. Men, you know, if you've read it the manipulated man, my estherville or you don't. I'm talking about. You haven't. Well, then catch up because you're behind. And as any good teacher, I'm upset with you because you're behind. You know, you could even while you're out, you can pick up biblical bachelor's my manuscript. Talking about you want to build a new, you want to have a cornerstone to build a new life on. That's a great start. And there are other look when we get down to it. What is it you want to live by? If you look at any person in history, whether it be man or woman, they had things they stood for, things they cared about. I know dudes in my life they wanted to get chicks. They wanted to get money. They want to get. And I still know people to this day who want these things. I'm not some old man. OK, I'm 24. I'm not old. OK, I might seem old if you're 16 or 18, you might think I'm old. I'm not old man. I was in high school like five years ago. I'm not old man, OK? So don't don't think I'm some like 8090 year old person who doesn't. Who's like bloody? No, I'm not like that. OK, I understand. You never actually feel all I'm convinced of this, by the way, a little tangent for a second. You never actually feel old. OK, maybe you do at some point, but I haven't as far. Anyways. You have to decide what you care about. I care about looking good. I care about learning. I care about becoming the best version of myself. Who's a billionaire? That's why I wanna be. I'm gonna be a billionaire. I don't care if you laugh. What I just said, go ahead and laugh. But when I get there, you gonna be like, Dang dude, how to? Us to do that? That's. I told you. I told you all. Again, I'm not saying this to brag or to to show Bo or virtue signal. This is to show you I'm passionate about this. This is what I love to do. I had to learn this stuff the hard way. I was that goofy guy in high school. I don't have the. I don't have a perfect beard. I don't. I wasn't kind of goofy dude in high school. I wasn't Chad. I had to learn how the game worked. I had to understand. How did people get to the places I wanted to be? So how could I? Can do it not in the same way as them, but on my own spin. How could I get the things I prioritize in my life? First I had to decide what those things were, so then I could decide to get them. It's called math. If you don't have a variable, you can't find the solution. It's very simple. But it's very easy to get distracted by the things in life that we think matter, but they don't. They matter short term. You want to feel fulfilled in this life, not excited. And not euphoric. You want to feel fulfilled in this life. Because then I will. Then people will not only will people respect you, you can look yourself in the mirror and say that you will respect yourself. Which is more than what most people could ever say in their entire life. Most people, even if they're famous, they hate themselves. Why do you think they do drugs? They don't do that cause they love themselves. They do it because they hate themselves. My friends. At this crossroads in your life and you'll encounter many of. Them. I encourage you to not. Sit there and ask what other people want you to care about. You have to decide what to prioritize in your life, how you're going to get there, why you like it, and to just do that and to not wait for other people to tell you that what you care about is good or how you're doing. It is right or wrong. You can miss me with all that garbage. I don't care about this. Physical conversation. You can miss me with that if people cared about ethics, we'd be living in a different world. But we don't. I talked about going back to my book. I'm this isn't, I just deployed my book. I talk about surrogacy, cause the Modern Family is completely out of whack because I prioritize being a father someday. I don't plan to get ever get married. Why? Because why would I, with the mayor's laws the way they are to divorce laws the way they are, the culture, the way it is? Why in the world would I risk marrying some woman who could destroy my life and take my kids for me? Why would I do that to myself? Oh. Why? Why would I do that to myself? Doesn't make any sense, right? But again, it comes back to what you prioritize. And trust me, I'm not surrounded by people who agree. With me in. Fact there are very few people I have met who agree with even part of the things that I say, but do I stop? No. Why? Because I believe in what I'm doing. Can you say the same from what? Your life is gone so far? I hope so. But most people. Here. My friends, I encourage you to take these Nuggets here and there that maybe resonate with you and you could use them to make your life better. You can use it to cultivate. 

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Change in your life. You are the farmer and you get to choose what seeds you sow and they will grow. We need to grow a lot easier than cash crops do. But my friends, the seeds will be selling whether you like it or not. Time will pass. Your actions will yield results, and inaction is an action. The worst one. My friends decide what you want to do with your life, what you prioritize and why, and then you will finally be able to go down a new path that will yield you results that you want, not ones you. Just have to deal with. I encourage you to question everything you heard. I mentioned my book multiple times. It's in the description if you want to check it out. Again, my ex page that she could share if you want hit me on the DM to ask questions. I'm happy to to answer them to discuss things cool with. It. I have the time to do it. I'm. Glad to do it. My friends. You take care of yourselves in the meantime, and I hope you learn something and I hope that maybe you can find the courage within yourself to change your life. Now.