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the episode. All right. So today was the first

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day of IMC or is the first day of IMC. You'll

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be listening to this episode a bit later. I believe

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that I plan on this coming out on April 15th,

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but maybe I shouldn't have said that. Maybe I'm

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wrong. So really what the purpose of this episode

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and the next three, four episodes will be are,

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like I said, it's going to be recaps. It's going

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to be me just diving into the... the event, what

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I've been learning from the different speakers,

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and just the experience I've been having kind

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of bringing you guys along for the ride. So today,

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I heard a few different speakers. There was Ronnie

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Galbraith, Chris Goatee, I believe. There was

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John Maxwell, day one, and he talked about a

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lot. And then there's a few other things that

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were pretty cool experiences. I got some books

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signed by John Maxwell himself. And there was

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a three -minute speech that I had to give. Well,

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that we got to give. I shouldn't say had to.

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But you do have to do it to get a certification.

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But regardless. So I really just want to dive

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into a couple of the lessons and just kind of

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give brief overviews of what we're taught. And

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then I'm going to give some personal reflections.

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I think I'm going to dive into a couple of things

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I struggled with today. It's 8 .14 p .m. right

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now. I think that's where I want to go. Let's

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dive into what John talked about first. One thing

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he talked about was values and the Maxwell DNA.

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When he talked about values, he was talking about

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how do you know when you're at the right company?

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How do you know? that when somebody's values

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align with your values, and he said values are

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good when they value people. And some analogies

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he used, he used glue, because values stick people

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together. He has foundation, because values are

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what you build everything else off of in your

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life. They're a ruler, because they kind of give

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you the measurement of... I don't exactly remember

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what he said, if I'm being honest, but he used

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a ruler, I'm going to assume, and hopefully I

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get close, but kind of gives you the measurement

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of a person by the value of their values. Or

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I shouldn't even say value of their values, because

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all values are valuable. To be honest, if there's

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an analogy, if you can find one that matches

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that, that's great. Compass. There's companies

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that values provide direction. Then there's a

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magnet. Values are like a magnet. They attract

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like -minded people. They're like a fingerprint

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because they identify who you are. And they're

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like a map because they're a guide. And then

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he dives into the Maxwell DNA, which are the

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Maxwell leadership values. There's 10 of them.

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One is we value people. having a positive attitude,

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personal growth, to lead by example, live intentionally,

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exceed expectations, equip others, consistency,

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and be a catalyst for transformation. And then

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the final one, he said, it's kind of optional,

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but it's not. It's kind of optional, but it's

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something you should embrace. It says, allow

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room for faith. He stressed, he was like, this

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is not a Christian company, But if you allow

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room for faith and for God to take root in your

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life, your life will be changed exponentially.

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I love that he always works that in. I love that

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he works in faith and God. So many of the speakers

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and attendees are Christians as well. And I mean

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a lot of that is because his values, all the

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values are rooted in Christianity, in Christ.

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So if you're not a Christian, I want you to at

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least... Give it a thought. What would it look

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like to start even being interested about Christianity?

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It doesn't even mean you go to church. Maybe

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it just means you pick up a Bible. Maybe download

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the Bible app on your phone and just start poking

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around. Maybe it means you actually do go to

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church. Honestly, that's probably even a better

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place to start than just going through a Bible

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by yourself. Get yourself around good, positive

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Christians. who can show you what it means to

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have God in your life. People who value people,

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who have a positive attitude, who are people

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who are concerned with personal growth and find

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those Christians who are leading by example,

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who are living intentionally, the ones who exceed

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expectations, because that's what Jesus calls

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us to do, and ones that equip others to do the

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things that they're called to do, and ones that

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are consistent. ones that are consistent when

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showing up. They're consistent with you. Look

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for those people. Surround yourself with those

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people because those people are going to help

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you get from where you are to where you want

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to be. And then another great thing that we learned

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about today was, and this was, I'm jumping through

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the day, but it was a disc assessment. Well,

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we learned about discs and how to assess behavior

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more. That's another certification that anybody

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could get through Maxwell Leadership. I'm probably

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going to get it one day because that seems like

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it would be a great way to help my clients, my

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coaching clients, discover more about themselves.

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So DISC, like I said, it's to assess your behavior.

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So D -I -S -C is an acronym. It stands for dominant

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for D, influencing for I, steady. for S, and

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compliant for C. Me, personally, I'm a very high

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C. High Cs love data, and they're very detail

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-driven. And then let's go through some of the

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other ones. D style, you know, they like to feel

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like they're in control. They care about the

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bottom line. They're very results -driven and

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results -focused, and you can spare them the

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details when you're communicating with them.

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They want to know the results of what you're

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talking to them about. You're going to find maybe

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a lot of your bosses are probably more of a high

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D, and they want to know what you got done, not

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how you got there, which, I mean, that's a strength

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in itself. Then you have your eyes. You want

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to let them speak. You want to show that you're

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listening to them. You want to help them whenever

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you're communicating with them. You want to help

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them hear about fun things. High I's want to

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have a good time. They like to be social. Let's

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go to the S's. S's talk about being friendly.

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They really easily connect with people when they

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connect with them as a person. uh, speak to the

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impact on others whenever you're talking to them.

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And you want the, you want them, uh, whenever

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you're, I guess the, one of the things that the

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speaker was talking about was, uh, how do you

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particularly sell to these people? And whenever

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you're, um, looking to sell them maybe a coaching

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or something with your bit with a business. And

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it was cool. They said, help them feel secure.

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And saying yes. Give them reasons to not say

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no, essentially. So that might not be as interesting

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to you now that I'm thinking about it, but if

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it is, that's amazing. I think it's just maybe

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you're not selling them anything of a business,

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but maybe you're selling them on an idea that

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you have. So think about those things. Something

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like me, like I said, I'm high C. I'm very detail

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-driven. I love data. Like, it's a problem sometimes.

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And, yeah, I want to talk about a couple experiences,

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though, that I had today. Learned something about

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myself. And earlier this morning, I prayed for

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God to give me discernment on who I should listen

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to, what things I should do, what things I shouldn't

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do. Because I always feel like when I'm at these

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events, I pay for that. I have to do everything

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and listen to what everyone says. And there was

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a moment today, just a little bit ago, where

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there was a session later in the evening that

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wasn't required, but none of them are technically

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required, but this one was later. And it started

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about 6 .45, was going to go to 8 .50. And you

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have to wake up early in the morning, and I was

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already exhausted because I'm already exhausted.

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I didn't sleep great last night. I kept going

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back and forth whether I was going to go or not.

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I ended up going and listening to what the speakers

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were saying. I liked it. It was great. Then they

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started getting into interactivity and activities.

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I wasn't really feeling it. My stomach was having

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some issues. I was honestly tired and wanted

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to talk with some friends. I decided to get up

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and go. I said, I think I need to, I told the

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people that were at my table, hey, I think I

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need to go. I'll see you later. And it felt really

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good to be able to get up and use my discernment

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to say, you know, it's okay. I can go decompress.

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I'm a person that likes to take their, I'm a

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person who likes their alone time, likes to decompress.

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Going to 850 wouldn't really let me do that.

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It probably would affect my sleep. I can almost

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guarantee it would. So it was a great decision,

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if I'm being honest, for me. So that's one thing

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to learn as I focus on what your gut is telling

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you to do. I know I'm jumping around. There's

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a lot of things coming out in this episode. So

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that's probably how it's going to be for a few

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episodes. But there was a lot happening today.

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I wanted to try and get as much into this episode

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as I could. I don't want the episode to be an

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hour long. But yeah, guys, there's so much to

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learn. I bought a couple things in merch. Again,

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I'm bouncing around. And one thing I bought was

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a coffee mug because I love coffee. And it said

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on it, to stay on the high road, we need to focus

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not on what we deserve, but on how we can serve.

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That's by John Maxwell in his book, High Road

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Leadership. And I don't know, I bought it. I

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didn't have a particular message around that

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mug. I just saw it. I have it sitting next to

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me. I'm looking at it. I bought this mug because

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I went to. I just want to have this messaging

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near me all the time. I want to be able to use

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this coffee mug and read it and say, yeah, I

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need to focus not on what I deserve, but how

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I can serve. That's a great reminder for me as

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I'm learning about these lessons, about talking

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with people that really just want to serve. And

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guys, that's what this is all about. So guys,

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I just want to throw in here at the end, if you

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got through this whole episode, that means, honestly,

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if I rambled a little bit and you got to the

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end, that means you must really like me for some

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reason. So I'm going to offer you a free gift

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of three coaching sessions, absolutely free,

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because honestly, I just want to serve. I'm going

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to focus on how I can serve. I'm going to gift

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you three coaching sessions. Honestly, all I

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ask is at the end of those three sessions, you

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give a testimonial and you find somebody that

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I can coach. Find me another client. That is

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all I ask. That's payment enough. So guys, if

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you for listening to the episode keep pursuing

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