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on Hustle podcast. We have an exciting announcement

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that we want to make tonight. We have teamed

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know where you stand. The Lawn Hustle Podcast

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is excited to collaborate with Eartha Pro, and

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checkout. It'll save you some money and they'll

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send you a $50 Amazon gift card. So welcome back

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to the Lawn Hustle podcast. We are the show that

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keeps it real about life. about business and

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everything in between, especially in the green

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industry. I am your host Andy Wilson, and today's

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episode is a little personal. It's called, I've

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Done Hard Things So I Can Do hard things again.

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This episode is for every lawn care business

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owner. It's for every solo operator, every entrepreneur

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out there who feels like They're hitting a wall

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again. If you've ever thought, man, I don't know

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if I've got it in me to do it again. I don't

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know if I've got it in me this time. Stick with

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me because I promise you do. Let's reflect a

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little bit about some hard things that we've

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already overcome. Think about one of the toughest

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moments in your business or in your life. For

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me, the hardest thing I ever had to go through

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was cancer. Throat cancer. have my larynx removed,

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but it changed me, but I refuse to let it destroy

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me. This is who I am, what I am, and this is

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what I'm supposed to do. So, for you, maybe it

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was your first season. trying to get clients

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and you had no idea what you were doing. Maybe

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it was the first time that a piece of equipment

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broke down in the middle of a full schedule and

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you had no backup. Maybe it was doing 50 yards,

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so low. In 90 degree heat, 90 % humidity, you

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had no team, no backup, and yet you made it through.

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The fact that you're still here today means you've

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done hard things before. You've fought through

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uncertainty. You've shown up when it would have

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been easier to quit My friends that matters When

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you keep showing up even though it would have

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been easier for you to quit That says a lot about

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your character about your vision and about your

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desire. When we're in the thick of a new challenge,

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we forget what we've already conquered. Don't

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let a hard moment make you forget how strong

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you've already proven yourself to be. Every challenge

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is training for the next challenge. Here's the

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truth. Every hard thing you've gone through has

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trained you for the next level. The equipment

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failure taught you to stay prepared. The bad

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client experience taught you to charge. What

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you're worth The early hustle built your endurance

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for long days and bigger goals You weren't just

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surviving you were in training and Guess what?

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Training never stops. I've been in the game for

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16 years. And I am still training for the next

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challenge. For the next time my back is against

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the wall. For the next struggle that I go through.

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So, don't get me wrong. Hard things are hard

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to go through. But hard things mean you're growing.

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You already have the reps. You already have the

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scars. If you can see this on my live, I have

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the cancer scars. And you have scars. Scars never

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heal. But they remind us of what we've been through,

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what we have struggled with. They encourage us

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to stay in the fight because there's victory

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ahead. You already have the history of getting

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back up. So let me encourage you, always get

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back up. And we're gonna pause and take a short

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.com and scheduling a 15 -minute phone call.

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I look forward to hearing from you guys. Thanks.

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So we want to talk about mentality over mood

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or human. There are days when motivation is low.

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There are days when the last thing you feel like

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doing is getting up and going out to mow 20 yards

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or install that 10 yards of mulch or six yards

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of River rock because motivation is low at times

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There's times you don't feel like showing up

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You question the whole mission. That's where

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mindset kicks in. When the mood says to quit,

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the mentality says keep going. Feelings will

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lie to you, but your track record tells the truth.

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When you hit a wall, remind yourself I've been

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here before. I've done harder things. I've survived

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worse. I've built something from nothing. This

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is why affirmation matters. This is why journaling

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your wins matter. Because when you're down, you

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need reminders from the versions of you that

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kept grinding. So the challenge that you are

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facing right now, it's not here to break you.

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It's here to give you proof for the next time

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life test you. You'll say remember that one time

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I didn't think I would make it But I did Well

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This is that time again if your backs against

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the wall if you're struggling if you feel like

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quitting if You don't feel like showing up and

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motivation is low Remind yourself, I've been

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here before and I'm still in the game. And guess

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what? You've got what it takes to win again.

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You've got what it takes to win again. The pressure,

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the problems, the pace, they're not bigger than

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your purpose. When you first started your business,

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you had a why. Why you wanted to start your business.

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Why you wanted to own a lawn care business. Don't

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let the struggle, don't let the disappointment,

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don't let the hardship destroy your why. Whatever

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it was, it's still relevant today. You're not

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just building a business. you're building resilience.

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And that's what makes a difference, not just

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in your career, but in your life. So here's the

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call to action. This is what I want you to do

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this week. Write down three things that you've

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overcome in your business. Put them somewhere

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you can see when you feel overwhelmed. Speak

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this over your day. I've done hard things so

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I can do hard things again. I am built for this

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and now reach out to someone in the industry

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reach out to me reach out to a friend a mentor

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another lawn care operator and encourage them

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because we all need reminders So I'm speaking

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to every business owner, every entrepreneur,

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whether you are running a five or six crew operation

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or you're a solo operator. I'm speaking to you

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right now. You've got what it takes to get through

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whatever you're going through. A setback is just

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a setup for success. So you're going to write

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three things that you've overcome. You're going

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to speak, I've done hard things before, so I

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can do them again. I'm built for this. You're

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going to speak that every day. And number three,

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you're going to reach out. and encourage someone

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because they might need your voice. And there's

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going to be times that you need a voice to speak

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encouragement into your life. Let's take a break

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and listen from Earth a Pro, my new sponsor,

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and I am so happy and excited about this relationship

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Well folks, that's it for today. If this has

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encouraged you, do me a favor. Share it with

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someone who's grinding through a tough season.

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You never know who needs to hear this today.

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And remember, you've already done hard things.

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so you can do hard things again. Keep pushing,

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keep hustling, and I want you to know you've

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got this. You were built for this. Don't forget

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you for listening to the Lon Hustle. I appreciate

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you and we will talk again real soon.