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on Hustle Podcast. I am your host Andy Wilson

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with 16 years of experience in the green industry.

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Today we're stepping away from the green industry

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just for a moment to talk about something that

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touches so many lives, breast cancer. is Breast

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Cancer Awareness Month. And I believe it is important

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for us to use this platform, not to just talk

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about lawns and business and profit margins.

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But I believe we should use this platform to

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talk about life, health, and the people that

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matter. the most to us. As you can see, professional

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lawn maintenance goes pink every October to show

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our support to the women and men that are fighting

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this battle. As many of you know, I am a throat

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cancer survivor. And any type of cancer is a

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battle that is hard to explain. Because of the

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emotions, the roller coaster ride up one day,

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down the next, feeling good one day, so sick

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you can't get out of bed the very next day. The

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sickness that is caused by treatments. the stress

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of worrying about your future, your family, your

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children. For me, I will never forget the day

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that I was diagnosed. It was the hardest day

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of my life. I felt like I had been punched in

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the gut by Mike Tyson. The questions, the fear,

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the anxiety, all of it was so real that I will

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never forget it as long as I live. So tonight,

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in this episode, we want to use this platform

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to help bring awareness to this dreaded disease,

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breast cancer. Before we get started, we have

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to pay the bills. We have to keep up with our

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we run the office. So why does awareness matter?

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Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers.

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worldwide. In the United States alone, one in

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eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer

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during her lifetime. But here's the thing, early

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detection saves lives. The more we talk about

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it, the more we encourage our loved ones and

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ourselves to take action by encouraging our loved

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ones and our friends to get screenings, to get

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mammograms, to do self -checks. Know your body

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so you can detect if there is any changes. Behind

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every statistic, there's a story. Think about

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it. Behind every diagnosis, there is a story.

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There's a mom, a sister, a wife, a daughter,

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a co -worker, maybe even you yourself. is real

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but I encourage you stay in the fight maybe you

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have walked alongside someone who has been diagnosed

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with breast cancer or cancer you know the struggle

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is real you know the anxiety you know the fear

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You know the questions, the doubt in your mind.

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I want you to realize tonight on this podcast,

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there is hope. A living dog, the Bible says a

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living dog is better than a dead lion. And a

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lion is the most feared beast in the field. But

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if the lion is dead, there's no reason to fear

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it. And a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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As long as there is breath in your body, keep

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fighting, keep pushing. when you don't feel like

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it, when you don't see the light at the end of

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the tunnel, when you don't know if you're going

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to make it through the day. I want to encourage

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you because I fought it. I had my struggles,

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I had my battles, but we won and you can win

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also. So professional lawn maintenance is going

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pink for the month of October Because we want

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to bring awareness We want to show our support

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We want you to know that we are standing with

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you in the battle What can you do You can be

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an encouragement. Talk to your loved ones about

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scheduling regular checkups. Support local awareness

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events, fundraisers, or charities. Wear pink

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this month. And if you are watching this on YouTube,

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you see we have our pink shirts and our pink

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hats. as a professional lawn maintenance. Because

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I want women in my community that are going through

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this battle to know that we support them, that

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we're here for them, that we want to be an encouragement

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to them and a strength for them. And I want them

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to know that they can call upon us. Maybe not

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to mow their yard, maybe not to trim their hedges,

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but they can call upon us to say a word of prayer

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for them. Because we know that if any two agree

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on earth as touching anything, it shall be done.

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We know that God hears and God answers prayer.

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We want to be an encourager. We want to show

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our support. It doesn't take much to spark a

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life -saving conversation. Sometimes it's just

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a reminder to a friend or a family member that

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gets them to schedule an appointment. protection

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saves lives. If you're listening today and you're

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in the middle of this battle, maybe you're going

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through surgery or you're going through treatments,

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know that you are not alone. There is a whole

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community standing with you because your fight

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matters. Because you matter. Because you are

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a mother, a sister, a friend, a co -worker, a

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daughter. You matter. to those that are around

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you, to those that live with you, to those that

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go to work with you. Your life matters. Your

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battle matters. Your struggle matters. And we

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want to be there for you, not only in the struggle,

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but if you overcome it. and you can. We want

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to celebrate with you your victory, your success,

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your health. Cancer is a dreaded disease and

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I'll say this, I hate cancer. I talk with a raspy

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voice because this is what cancer left me. He

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took half of my larynx, left me talking with

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a raspy tone. But I can talk. I'm still here.

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I'm sorry. But I made it. And I want someone

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who is going through breast cancer right now

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to know you can make it. You can overcome it

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and you can live a long, successful, prosperous

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life. So as we wrap up today's episode, let's

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remember Breast Cancer Awareness Month. is about

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more than just pink hats or pink shirts or pink

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ribbons. It's about people. It's about families.

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It's about futures. So let's keep spreading awareness.

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Let's keep showing our support. And let's make

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sure that no one fights this battle alone. Today's

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episode is a little shorter than other episodes,

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but it's more powerful than any episode I've

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ever done. Because your strength your encouragement

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could be the thing that somebody needs to get

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through a day. I remember the days I didn't know

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if I would make it, didn't know if I would get

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through. But someone would stop by and pray for

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me. Someone would call me or text me. And I can't

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tell you what that meant to me. So I encourage

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you to keep awareness, keep encouraging, keep

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making a phone call, sending a text. Let someone

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know that is in the heat of the battle, that

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you're fighting for them. You're standing with

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them. You will be there through their darkest

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day. and you will celebrate their greatest victory.

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Thanks for listening, and keep hustling. Not

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just in business, but in life. Because health

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is the greatest hustle of all. Thank you. God

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bless you. And you can make it. For I overcame

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it. And you can as well.