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Dr. Jerry, you got the whole world waiting. Been

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ready for you to start the conversation. No point

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of view, we got the haters confused. Leave it

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up to you to bring us all the good news. Positive

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vibes and the sex appeal too. Dr. Andre Jerry,

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can I get a interview? A few, a few, a few, a

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a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few,

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a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few,

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a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few,

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a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few,

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a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few, a few,

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a few, a few Welcome to Live with Dr. Andre Jerry,

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your trusted source for real conversations, practical

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wisdom, and purpose -driven insight. This show

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is broadcast in over 128 countries worldwide.

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So whether you're listening from the mainland,

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from the islands, or somewhere overseas, I'm

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glad that you tuned in tonight. On behalf of

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myself and the Artist First Radio Network, thank

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you so much for your listenership. So tonight,

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we are broadcasting live from beautiful San Juan,

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Puerto Rico. A city that recently made history

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as the site of Bad Bunny's record -breaking residency

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here at the Coliseum known by locals as El Choli.

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From July 11th all the way to September 20th,

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he performed 31 sold -out shows drawing over

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600 ,000 fans and generating hundreds of millions

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of dollars in economic impact for the island.

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So it's safe to say that this wasn't just entertainment,

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this was sort of a cultural reset that reminded

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the world just how powerful Puerto Rico's global

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influence really is. On top of that, and I'm

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sure you've heard this, he's slated to headline

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the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in February.

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So really proud of him, everyone on the island

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is rooting for him. Shout out to Bad Bunny, our

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local hero here and our local artist activist.

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This is definitely your moment and your influence

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is making an impact globally. And tonight we're

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creating a moment of our own because Here's what

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I know for sure. Somebody listening to this show

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tonight, whether they catch it live or catch

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the replay on podcast, they're going to hear

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something tonight that sparks something in them.

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It's going to spark them towards a trajectory

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that unlocks their best life this upcoming new

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year. I really do believe that. I know that a

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lot of what we talk about on this show is in

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the realm of personal development, and a lot

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of stuff that we're going to talk about is pulled

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straight from my latest book, which is called

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Unlocking Your Best Life, which is available

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right now on Amazon, both in paperback and Kindle

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format. And there's also a direct link to the

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book on our show's web page at artistsfirst .com.

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But let me give you a heads up about something,

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because if you've been meaning to grab a copy

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of this book, any of my books, now is the time,

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because... We're in the process right now of

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pulling all of my books from Amazon before the

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end of the year. We're going to update them all,

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repackage them, and move them over exclusively

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to my own platform for direct -to -consumer access.

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So, you know, I'm very grateful for, you know,

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everything Amazon KDP has done in helping, you

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know, us to share these messages with the world.

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But everything has a season. Everything has a

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season, and you've got to have the discernment

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to know when it's time to pivot and elevate and

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move on. So Amazon, I appreciate you and I wish

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you all the best moving forward. All right, so

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let's go ahead and get into this show. How do

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you guys feel about 2025? Are you guys ready

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for 2025 to sort of get the hell on or has it

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been a pretty good year for you? I've heard a

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mix from both people. For some this year has

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been great. But others, it's been sort of challenging.

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I know people who have experienced big losses

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this year. I have some cousins who lost their

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father last month, actually on my birthday, which

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tragically is also my cousin's birthday. So my

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heart really goes out to them all, especially

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Adrian. I know what it feels like to lose a parent.

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It's hard. There's no way around it. I can only

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imagine how compounded the pain is. losing your

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parent on your birthday. You know, so Adrian,

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Angel, Adria, all of you guys are in my thoughts

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and I'm sending you love, okay? Because I know

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you're probably going through it right now. And

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to that point, you know, if this has been a difficult

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year for you, just know that eventually things

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are gonna turn around. All storms in life eventually

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pass. And you're not alone. 2025 has been like

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a roller coaster for a lot of people. A lot of

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us are carrying heavy burdens and core minute

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by mistakes we've made in the past and missteps.

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But tonight's episode, I don't want to focus

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on that. I want to focus on what's going right,

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what's possible in the future. So we're going

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to focus on what comes next. We're going to be

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talking strategy, mindset, and momentum. And

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we're going to explore how to unlock your best

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year yet in this upcoming year, 2026. Because

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breakthroughs and success, they're not just gonna

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happen by themselves. You have to plan for it.

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And I'm gonna help you with that tonight. All

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right, so like I was saying before, a lot of

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the content in this show is geared towards self

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-improvement and personal development and shifting

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our mindset, right? And typically, around this

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time of year, what I like to do is dedicate a

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show specifically to discussing strategy and

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practical steps. that you can take to sort of

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get a head start on this new year and get your

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head in the game so that when January 1st comes

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around, you can hit the ground running. So we're

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going to talk about how to set realistic goals,

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attainable goals for this upcoming year. We're

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going to talk about creating actionable steps

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toward achieving those goals. And we're also

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going to talk about, and this is the most critical

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part, we're going to talk about developing a

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mindset that will allow you to believe in achieve

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your goals because the truth is you can have

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a strategy all day long but if you don't believe

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in yourself you don't believe in your own ability

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to accomplish your goals then all you're doing

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is just wishful wishful thinking right so whether

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you're rebuilding from a really rough year or

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you just refocusing your energy or you just really

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really just ready to do the thing that you've

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finally been putting off forever It doesn't matter.

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I have practical tools and real talk that's going

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to help you shift gears and get to that next

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level. So grab something to take some notes with

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and really pay attention because together we're

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going to figure this thing out for 2026. I want

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this to be your best year yet. All right? All

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right. So some of you already know what you want

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to accomplish next year. And if that's the case

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for you, excellent. Because that means that you're

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very clear about your goals. And you can go ahead

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and start developing a strategy to get there.

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But there are a lot of people out there who don't

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have that in mind yet. So let's say you don't

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have a specific goal in mind yet. Maybe you feel

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like, why do I even need to set goals? Maybe

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you feel like it's not necessary. Because there

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are a lot of people who are right now, they're

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just in survival mode. And they may not be thinking

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about lofty goals and things that they want to

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accomplish next year. They're just trying to

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get by on a day -to -day basis. And I certainly

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understand that. But what I would say to you,

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if you're someone that's in that situation, I

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believe it's all the more critical for you to

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set a goal for yourself. And really calling it

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a goal is not even the best terminology to use.

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because at its root, a goal is only, a goal is

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just a desire or a vision. You desire or have

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a vision to have, be, or do something that you

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currently don't have. So we can just rephrase

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the word altogether and stop using goal and replace

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it with desire or vision, because really terminology

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matters. So I'm gonna try to go to the rest of

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this broadcast and not use the word goal. What's

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your vision for 2026? What do you desire to have

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or to achieve? And it's okay if you don't really

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know the answer to that right now. It's better

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to take some time to really think and reflect

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on what you want before you start putting a lot

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of energy into something that, you know, at the

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end of the day, it doesn't fulfill you. It's

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not gonna... you know, bring you any real sustainable

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joy or is misaligned with your purpose and your

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identity. You know, I've done that so many times.

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Years and years ago, around this time of year,

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my ex and I, we used to get out a sheet of notebook

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paper and we would write down all of this stuff,

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you know, things we desired to accomplish and

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achieve within the next year. And, you know,

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we'd be like, you know, by this time next year,

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we're going to have this or we're going to do

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that. And we would just fill up an entire sheet

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of paper, just kind of writing out things that

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we wanted to accomplish and then we share them

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with each other and share what we wrote. And

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in retrospect, a lot of that stuff was very ambitious

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and lofty. I think one year, one of the desires

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I wrote down was to retire at age 50 and move

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to Puerto Rico, which I actually did accomplish

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at age 46. So it's amazing the power of words

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and how writing out your desires can manifest

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them into your life later, years later. But yeah,

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some of the things we wrote down were desires

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that we had as a couple, and then others were

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individual desires. But either way it went, writing

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down those goals made it real for us, and it

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made it attainable. We were always very pragmatic.

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We knew we probably wouldn't achieve everything

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on the list, but we knew and we believed that

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we'd accomplish at least two or three, maybe

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on a good year, even four. And, you know, it

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will always be exciting to take out the old list

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a year later and then highlight or check off

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all the ones we accomplished. And then sometimes

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we laugh about how much we veered off track.

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But the point I wanted to reinforce here is that

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The importance of having a vision in the first

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place is really significant and also writing

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it down. You've got to write it down. Because

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when you have a vision, that vision is going

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to give you a direction. It's going to give you

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a road map. So you're not going to go into this

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new year just wandering aimlessly, letting life

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happen. You know, you set your sights on a clear

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destination that you can focus on. And in turn,

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what that's going to do is going to determine

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your actions is going to determine your habits

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and your behavior so when distractions start

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to come along to tempt you and they will come

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distractions will come it might be in a form

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of well -meaning friends you know they may be

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saying something like hey man you know there's

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a party tonight let's go here hey let's go out

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for drinks my tree let's do this let's do that

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when you start minding your business minding

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your own business and focusing on yourself and

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starting to manifest the life that you desire,

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people are going to just naturally gravitate

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to you. You're going to notice all types of people

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coming out to Woodward, old friends, old flames.

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Everybody's going to be coming at you left and

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right because everybody's going to want a piece

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of you and to be around you because there's something

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attractive and there's something alluring about

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someone who's driven and focused. So you will

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be distracted. I always tell people, if you're

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lonely, just pursue something. I don't care if

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it's a degree, a business, if you want to lose

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weight, if you're trying to get back fit, if

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you're writing a book. Once you start focusing

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on something important and meaningful to you,

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people are just going to be attracted to you

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and to that energy. And they're going to bother

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the shit out of you. a promise. And if you're

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lonely and hungry, all you have to do is just

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announce to your friends and to your social circle

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that you're going on a diet, or that you're fasting,

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or that you're going to start some type of new

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health regimen. You're going to get all types

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of offers to go to breakfast, go to lunch, go

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to dinner. People are going to invite you over

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to their house to eat. People are going to offer

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to cook for you. They're going to bring you food.

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Just all types of shit. It never fails. But the

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point I'm trying to make is that focus invites

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distraction. So you have to be very mentally

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prepared to resist temptation in all its various

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forms because it's definitely going to come.

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Okay? All right. I want to share a couple of

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passages from the Bible with you that reinforce

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the importance of having a vision. and writing

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things down. So if you're not a Bible person,

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just bear with me, but the first one is from

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the book of Habakkuk in chapter 2, and a lot

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of you are going to know the scripture. It says,

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Write down the vision and inscribe it clearly

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on tablets, so that the one reading aloud from

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it may do so easily. For the vision is yet for

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its appointed time, and it is rushing towards

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its end. and it will not lie even if it should

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delay keep an expectation of it that's have a

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cook chapter two verses two and three it's really

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a divine instruction on how to bring a god -given

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vision to life and some people may be asking

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how do you know how do you know if your vision

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is god -given is your vision to kill somebody

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or to harm somebody or to manipulate someone

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or get over on them No. Okay, then it's from

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God. If your vision involves you becoming a better

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person, leveling up in life, having more money,

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having more abundance, helping your family, helping

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other people, that's how you know it's a God

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-given vision. So it's very easy to discern.

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If you want to mess people up, then that's not

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from God. That's coming from someplace else,

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okay? But from this one scripture that I just

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read, there are four... powerful actions that

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are essential to manifesting your purpose and

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your desires. And the first one is write down

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the vision. That will sit at the very beginning

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of the verse. Because God could have just told

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Habakkuk what the vision was and just left it

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at that. But He clearly said to write it down.

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And why did He say that? He said that because

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writing down the vision makes it real. Because

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thinking about it, you're taking vision. You're

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taking an abstract idea and you're putting it

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on paper in tangible form. So it's no longer

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just a thought at that point. It's sort of like

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a contract. You're committed to it, you know?

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So don't just think about your goals for this

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next year. Make sure you write them down, whether

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it's in a journal, on a planner, on your wall.

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Just do whatever you can to make it visible.

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The next thing the scripture says, it says, inscribe

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it clearly. or make it plain, right? Your vision,

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your dream, could be written in a way that a

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stranger could read it, right? And that stranger

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can take that plan that you have written out

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and know exactly what it is you're aiming for.

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It should be very clear, because clarity is going

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to help you to stay focused and avoid all types

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of distractions and detours. If your vision is

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cloudy, then your path is going to be cloudy.

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You're going to stumble here and there. So you

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want your steps to be certain, okay? The next

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thing, number three from that scripture, he said

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read aloud from it so that the one reading aloud

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from it may do so easily. That means your vision

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isn't just for you. It's meant to be spoken and

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declared and proclaimed. You see, when you speak

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your vision out loud, you're engaging your faith

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and your whether you realize it or not, you're

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reprogramming your subconscious mind and you're

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aligning your language, what you speak, with

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your purpose and what you want to happen. So

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read your vision out loud every morning. Say

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it like it's already happening and speak it into

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existence. I know you've heard this type of stuff

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before. You know, some of this stuff has been

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passed on as new modern wisdom. This stuff is

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old from the Bible. This is biblical knowledge.

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So get your Bible out. The last thing it mentioned

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in that scripture, it says, keep an expectation

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even if it delays. That's called a faith walk.

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Most people, they abandon their dreams and their

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visions because they're not seeing anything.

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They get tired of waiting. But delay doesn't

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mean denial. Every vision, like it said in that

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scripture, has an appointed time. Your only job

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is to keep believing and keep preparing and staying

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in alignment with your purpose. seems like nothing

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is is is happening always kill people who are

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looking for work there's so many stories out

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there people they're going on interview after

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interview applying for job at the job and i hear

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you know and always kill people try to keep them

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courage keep knocking your job is to not and

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keep knocking god is going to open the door that's

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meant for you to walk through so i know it gets

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frustrating and scary when it's gone months and

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even you know crossing a year with with with

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no kids But just keep knocking in faith. The

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right door is going to open. That's for a job.

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That's for a man, a girl, opportunity, whatever

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it is you're looking for or expecting. Just keep

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knocking and expect that the right door is going

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to open. And thank God in advance for opening

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the right door for you. And thank God also for

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the nose. Thank God for the nose. The last thing

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you want is to walk through a job or into a relationship

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or something that's not meant for you. And you

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end up going through hell. You don't want to

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go through that. So just keep walking in faith

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and know that God is going to open the right

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door for you All right. There was a couple of

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other scriptures I don't want to go too heavy

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on the scripture because I know a lot of people

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are just like people just not feeling God right

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now in the scriptures This is really crazy and

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I've never run into so many black atheists in

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my life like You used to have to go far and wide

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to find a black atheist now. They're all over

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the place I was listening to a podcast the other

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day with Miss Pat on there. A lot of you know

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Miss Pat. I actually like Miss Pat. She don't

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believe in God. She's kind of atheist -ish. And

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I was like, oh, wow. You know, so it is really

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kind of jarring. I told you about one of my good

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friends, Craig. He's an atheist. You know, so

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that took a minute to get used to. So it's just

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crazy. But if you can, keep your faith. God in

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the forefront of your mind. He still exists.

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He sees everything that's going on. All this

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stuff that's in the Bible about all this crazy

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stuff that's going to happen and all of that.

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Just stay close to Him. Stay faithful. Don't

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allow your faith to be deterred. Don't fall for

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all these new beliefs and all this. Don't fall

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for all this crap. And I'm veering way off course

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here, but I just felt like I needed to say that.

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Don't fall for this newfangled knowledge that

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you see on the Internet. The Bible is still the

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Bible, the Word of God is still the Word of God,

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God is real. Okay? That's just me. You know,

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I have seen and experienced God in my own life.

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You just can't tell me He's real. You can't tell

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me the Word of God is not real. I've never gone

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wrong from adhering to the Word of God and following

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it. Whenever I veered from it, that's when I

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fucked up. So... Enough of that. Enough of that.

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We're going to go back to the subject at hand

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here. But really, when you get your vision, you

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need to make sure that you protect your vision.

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Some of you are dealing with some things that

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are a lot deeper than not believing in your vision.

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You have people who are questioning and sowing

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doubt. into you in terms of what you can accomplish

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and what you can accomplish. You know, that's

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why I have learned over the years that when you

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have an idea or something that you want to accomplish,

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keep it to yourself because not everybody is

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going to be happy for you. You have to be very

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mindful who you share things with. It's not for

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everybody to know. If God puts a dream in your

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heart, that's for you. Nurture it. Water it with

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faith. And just keep pressing toward that goal.

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I know you can get excited because you want to

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launch your business, or you're going back to

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school, or you're finally starting that podcast,

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and you got a plan to lose weight, or get back

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fit, or write your book, whatever it is. So naturally,

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you're going to want to tell somebody. But like

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I said, not everybody is going to be happy for

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you. Some people are going to smile on your face.

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They'll tell you they're proud of you. They'll

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say all the right things. And a lot of them may

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even mean it. But more often than not a lot of

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those same folks are secretly hoping that you

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fail They're watching your glow up and they're

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sort of envious or They're kind of in the back

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of her mind wondering who does she think she

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is? You know even if it's not malicious their

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doubts can still do damage because thoughts are

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things and When you give people access to your

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vision too soon you Risk letting their energy

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pollute what you're trying to build You know

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people say little slick stuff like ain't no way

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she gonna lose all that way She's been big to

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her whole life, or I don't know how you think

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he can start a business. He barely graduated

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high school You know stuff like that You know

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protect your vision There's a reason the scripture

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says in Luke 2 somewhere Luke chapter 2 or 3

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That Mary the mother of Jesus. She says she treasured

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these things in her hearts You see some revelations

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are meant to be held close and not broadcast

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to the world, you know, so Keep your goals to

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yourself Write them write everything down speak

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over believe it Don't go posting everything before

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it's even had a chance to take root. Okay Your

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vision is sacred. So treat it like it is I'm

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also going to say this. I'm not going to harp

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on this too long. Some of you are dealing with

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something like hater energy in your own home.

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So let's just call that a thing and let's be

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real about that. Some of you guys have spouses

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and partners and long -term companions who make

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these little digs to try to tear you down or

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dissuade you or sow seeds of doubt about your

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vision, about your dream because They may be

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uncomfortable with your growth Or they don't

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want you to grow too much or be more successful

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than they are. They don't want to be outshined

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Or they feel threatened by your ambition all

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types of stuff, you know, or it could be simply

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that they are insecure about their own Faith

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level of faith in their during the what they

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want to pursue and they're projecting their own

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insecurities on the you they have to watch stuff

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like that the enemy may be right there in your

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own home maybe sleeping with the enemy i've been

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there too and i've been the enemy you sleeping

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with sometimes so i'm not trying to make it seem

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like i haven't been the asshole a lot of time

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they will talk about that a little later but

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yeah uh... you have to watch things like that

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especially during the early stages of change

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your life and transform your life. Okay, remember

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the early stages are when everything is very

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vulnerable. So you don't want the wrong voices

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in your ear. All right. All right, let's move

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on. I'm going to share a little story that kind

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of illustrates what we've been talking about.

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Around this time last year, God placed something

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on my spirit and actually it wasn't kind of It

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wasn't an idea. It was more like an instruction.

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He kept nudging me to create a YouTube channel

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that focused strictly on Bible -based content.

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At first, I just kind of ignored it, and I brushed

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it off, because I was busy. This was before I

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retired. I had a lot going on, and I just didn't

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want to. I mean, I'm very well -versed on the

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Bible, but I don't consider myself a Bible teacher,

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and so I just kind of brushed it off. posting

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things on YouTube was a little different for

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me. I had been more so a consumer of YouTube

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than a creator. So posting, you know, and teaching

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Bible scriptures and things like that, that was

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just a little different for me. It felt different,

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but it also felt like it was a calling. It just

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would not leave me alone. But like I said, it

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wouldn't let up. So eventually I was like, okay,

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all right, Jehovah, I'm going to post my first

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video. And I did, I put it out there, and it

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was very humbling. I think it got 17 views, maybe

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30, a couple of likes here or there. And I kept

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posting every day, I stayed with it. These were

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just short, one -minute devotionals, just me

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and my Bible and the Word of God, whatever word

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He placed on my heart that day. And even when

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the views were low, and even when I kind of battled

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that inner saboteur telling me that, ain't nobody

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listening to this. This ain't going nowhere.

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I just kept going. And when you're chasing a

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dream or a goal or a vision, consistency is very

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important. You have to be consistent. Because

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you're not going to see the harvest right away.

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So you have to just water it with faith. But

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anyway, I kept pressing on with the videos. And

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they got better and better. And they started

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to gain traction. And now we're at a year later.

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That channel now has over 400 videos almost 500

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actually one of them has already gone viral I

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have almost 2 ,000 subscribers and I receive

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messages every single day I'm not exaggerating

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I receive messages every single day from people

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all around the world who tell me that You know

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my content has helped them in some type of way

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to grow spiritually or draw closer to God You

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know and those messages mean a whole lot to me

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So imagine if I had given up at like 17 views

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or 30 views, you know. There's so many people

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that have been inspired by that content wouldn't

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have got the breakthrough that they needed or

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got a word from the Lord that day or whatever,

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however it manifested in their life. The word

00:28:16.509 --> 00:28:18.170
is going to hit you at the time when it's supposed

00:28:18.170 --> 00:28:22.569
to hit you. So something to note about this particular

00:28:23.789 --> 00:28:27.210
YouTube channel. I didn't really blast this to

00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:30.130
a lot of people when I first did it. I didn't

00:28:30.130 --> 00:28:32.750
announce it to family, friends, and things like

00:28:32.750 --> 00:28:35.829
that. I just, I didn't ask for a bunch of shares

00:28:35.829 --> 00:28:39.130
and applauses. All I did, I told two people.

00:28:39.450 --> 00:28:41.930
I told a friend and I also told my brother -in

00:28:41.930 --> 00:28:44.849
-law. There's two people who I know would support

00:28:44.849 --> 00:28:48.190
me and speak life into the vision that I was

00:28:48.190 --> 00:28:52.250
trying to work towards. And that was it. I quietly

00:28:52.250 --> 00:28:55.119
built that channel in the background and and

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.920
that's the same way that you should treat your

00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:00.839
vision whatever your vision is be sure you protect

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.039
it and guard it don't over share with a lot of

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:08.440
people who aren't equipped to believe in it because

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:12.200
like i said in those very early stages what you're

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:15.720
going to need most is support and not skepticism

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:19.400
so if you want to check it out The channel is

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:21.599
called Reality or Truth. You can just put in

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:24.880
hashtag reality or truth on YouTube and it'll

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:27.980
pull up all the content. And if you make it there,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:30.539
be sure to subscribe. Subscribe and hit the notification

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:32.819
bell. Don't just be a voyeur. Go ahead and subscribe.

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:35.700
It don't cost nothing. And that way you'll get

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.859
all of my notifications when I post something

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:41.460
new, you know? And I just wanted to share that

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:44.420
really quick. And then not to brag, I wanted

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:47.859
to... just to let you know what's possible when

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:53.940
you stay obedient, stay consistent, and just

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:56.900
move in silence and let the fruits speak for

00:29:56.900 --> 00:30:03.880
itself. All right? So... Where am I going next?

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:05.660
I want to say this, too, and I know I'm going

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:07.859
all over the place, but I'm just... There are

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:10.099
a lot of things I want to get out to you today,

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:12.880
but I also want to say this. I know some people

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:15.599
listening right now... might be struggling to

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:21.339
see their vision for 2026. I've had that feeling

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:24.880
where you feel stuck and where you feel aimless.

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:29.640
I've definitely been there. And if you're in

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:31.839
that position, this is what I want you to do.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:34.660
You don't know what you want to do next year.

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.700
You don't even know where to start. Just think

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:41.519
about the areas of your life that hurt. Where

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:46.160
does your life hurt? holding you back. Is it

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:50.259
your health? Is it your weight? Is it just your

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:53.599
environment? Maybe it's your marriage or your

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:57.220
relationship, your job or lack of a job, your

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:59.859
finances. It could be all types of stuff. Where

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:03.920
is your life hurting? It might be your attitude,

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:08.380
you know. Just pick one thing that you want to

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.220
improve. One thing that you don't like about

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:14.019
yourself and that's your life. in your circumstances.

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:16.299
Just take one thing and then make a commitment

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:21.180
to improve in that one area and make that your

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:24.740
vision. Because every major transformation is

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:28.980
going to start with the decision to stop tolerating

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:32.859
what's not serving you. All right? And once you

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:35.859
conquer that one area, just move on to the next

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:38.680
thing and then the next and the next. And before

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:41.339
you know it, you will have completely transformed

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:44.920
your life and none of this stuff is going to

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:48.579
happen overnight it's going to take time progress

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:52.839
takes time you know just start small first and

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.259
eventually you'll start to see some gains in

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.460
your life and things will start to turn around

00:31:57.460 --> 00:32:00.359
so i'm not asking you to change everything i

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.779
just ask you to start somewhere because that's

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:05.480
how you're going to build momentum and that's

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.720
how you're going to unlock your best year yet

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:12.400
and uh I'll use myself as an example. The person

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:17.180
I am today that you hear on the radio is completely

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:19.579
different than who I was just seven or eight

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:24.859
years ago. Back then, outwardly, yeah, I had

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:27.440
a good job, I had a good career, expensive cars,

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.059
nice house and all of that. Everything looked

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.900
good professionally, but in my private life,

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:36.119
things were a lot different. I was a bit of a

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:39.130
narcissist. You know, I hate to admit that but

00:32:39.130 --> 00:32:41.230
I was looking back. I was a narcissist. I was

00:32:41.230 --> 00:32:46.130
a terrible boyfriend a big cheater I could be

00:32:46.130 --> 00:32:50.410
very mean -spirited at times and vengeful If

00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:53.589
I felt I was wronged or if I didn't get my way

00:32:53.589 --> 00:32:56.910
I could be very controlling and manipulative

00:32:56.910 --> 00:33:00.269
and this argument if I was just a very toxic

00:33:00.269 --> 00:33:03.910
person behind the scenes I Don't know if you

00:33:03.910 --> 00:33:07.140
guys have been watching Tyler Perry's new series

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:10.619
on Netflix is called Beauty and Black. There's

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:15.619
a character on that show named Mallory Billery.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:19.380
Mallory Billery. Her first name is Mallory, and

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:22.759
she's married into this wealthy family, one of

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.420
the wealthy families in Atlanta. They run this

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:30.039
enterprise called Beauty and Black. She's the,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:33.700
I would say the de facto spokesperson for the

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:37.039
company. And she has a public persona that's

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:42.240
being this, you know, poised, lovely, philanthropic

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:45.200
pillar of the community. And she's beloved by

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:48.740
the public, right? But what you learn as you

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:51.680
watch the series is that behind the scenes, she

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:57.220
is, like, really a monster. I mean, I want to

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:59.240
call her another way. I'm not going to say it.

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:02.769
But she's like you wouldn't believe. And really,

00:34:02.970 --> 00:34:06.329
the entire family is really awful, but Mallory

00:34:06.329 --> 00:34:09.570
is especially nasty and just really a piece of

00:34:09.570 --> 00:34:13.190
work completely opposite of her public persona.

00:34:14.250 --> 00:34:17.130
And I know that's a bit of an exaggerated example,

00:34:17.150 --> 00:34:20.070
but it's pretty much kind of how it was with

00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:23.389
me. I had a public persona that I presented at

00:34:23.389 --> 00:34:25.869
work and with my colleagues, but then there was

00:34:25.869 --> 00:34:28.849
this other side of me that I hid from a lot of

00:34:28.849 --> 00:34:34.849
people. I think at my height of my toxicity and

00:34:34.849 --> 00:34:40.769
narcissistic behavior, probably was around 2018,

00:34:41.010 --> 00:34:44.550
2019. I remember my behavior during that time.

00:34:44.670 --> 00:34:49.610
It was really just really bad. And I'm kind of

00:34:49.610 --> 00:34:53.849
ashamed at how I acted back then. I had become

00:34:53.849 --> 00:34:57.889
very haughty and high -minded, just very entitled.

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:05.360
You know, just not a nice person. But life has

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:07.679
a real funny way of humbling you when you get

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:11.639
too out of control, when you get too much. And

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.019
when God wants your attention, He definitely

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:19.760
knows how to get it. I remember in three years,

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:23.139
this was in 2019, three years, just three years,

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:28.780
I lost everything that defined me. I lost my

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:32.380
relationship for 13 years. And along with that,

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:35.860
I lost my best friend and my two dogs I loved.

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:42.460
I lost my livelihood. I lost my beautiful condo

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:44.739
I had in Puerto Rico. I had to give that up.

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:48.300
Later on, I lost my aunt. And now even a month

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.400
later after I lost my aunt, I lost my mom to

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:55.260
COVID. So you want to talk about rock bottom.

00:35:57.539 --> 00:36:04.019
Life literally brought me to my knees. And it

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:06.480
was rough. It was real rough. I won't lie to

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:10.639
you. But it was from that place that I was able

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:13.460
to start rebuilding. Of course, not overnight.

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:17.940
This took years. This took some time. This is

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:20.380
when I really started to rediscover who I was,

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:25.130
who I really was. You know, I got therapy. Confronted

00:36:25.130 --> 00:36:27.289
all of that unhealed trauma that had been driving

00:36:27.289 --> 00:36:32.610
so many of my toxic behaviors You know the arrogance

00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:35.530
and the need to control everything and all the

00:36:35.530 --> 00:36:40.010
emotional manipulation and defensiveness And

00:36:40.010 --> 00:36:42.889
for the first time I really stopped running from

00:36:42.889 --> 00:36:46.550
myself And it was really hard putting in that

00:36:46.550 --> 00:36:48.230
work putting in the work and doing the work on

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:50.710
yourself. It's really difficult That's why a

00:36:50.710 --> 00:36:54.130
lot of people just avoid it, but I stayed committed

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:57.920
to doing the work, and I stayed committed to

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:03.599
improving myself. And before I knew it, I was

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:06.739
starting to improve things. Because I looked

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:09.500
back and noticed that everything that I had built,

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.699
the success I built in this life that I thought

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:15.519
I had, all that stuff was built on sand. It all

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.159
looked good, but it just wasn't stable. So eventually,

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:23.889
it was all going to fall apart anyway. But now

00:37:23.889 --> 00:37:26.769
I can say today with full confidence that I have

00:37:26.769 --> 00:37:31.429
a solid foundation. I'm not the same broken,

00:37:32.570 --> 00:37:34.789
unhealed version of myself that I used to be.

00:37:35.389 --> 00:37:38.309
I can have healthy relationships now. I can have

00:37:38.309 --> 00:37:42.809
genuine healthy friendships. And I can lead from

00:37:42.809 --> 00:37:46.130
a place of peace and not pride and haughtiness

00:37:46.130 --> 00:37:50.869
like I was before. I'm sharing this with you

00:37:50.869 --> 00:37:53.239
because I don't want you to build your vision

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:57.940
and your dream on sand like I did. You already

00:37:57.940 --> 00:38:01.139
know the areas in your life that need attention.

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:04.179
You know where your character flaws are. You

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:06.860
know where your health issues are that you've

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:08.800
been running from. You know what the emotional

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:12.780
wounds and all the toxic patterns that keep resurfacing.

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:17.119
You know all of that stuff by now. So handle

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:20.610
that. Fix it. Yes, it's going to be hard. Yes,

00:38:20.610 --> 00:38:24.010
you're going to cry and have this. But get yourself

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:26.809
in therapy. Start praying. Start journaling.

00:38:27.869 --> 00:38:30.250
Whatever it takes to get you in the right head

00:38:30.250 --> 00:38:32.909
space so that you can pursue the life that you

00:38:32.909 --> 00:38:35.730
really deserve to have and to pursue your vision

00:38:35.730 --> 00:38:38.289
fully without being tethered by all this crap

00:38:38.289 --> 00:38:41.369
and all these vices and bad habits that you have

00:38:41.369 --> 00:38:44.250
or used to have. Because all it's going to do

00:38:44.250 --> 00:38:47.019
is just Even if you do attain the stuff that

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:49.079
you want, all that's going to happen is that

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:50.780
you're going to get dragged back down, you're

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:52.460
going to be right back at square one, and you're

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:54.820
going to have to rebuild on a foundation that

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:58.300
can hold and support everything. Don't do what

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:02.380
I did. So again, before you start chasing the

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:05.639
vision, make sure that you're building on a solid

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:13.250
foundation. Avoid negativity at all costs. You

00:39:13.250 --> 00:39:15.610
know, speaking of negativity, I want to say this,

00:39:15.750 --> 00:39:17.010
and I think we're going to go ahead and skip

00:39:17.010 --> 00:39:20.750
the break because I want to get as much in as

00:39:20.750 --> 00:39:23.150
possible. And thank you for hanging in there

00:39:23.150 --> 00:39:28.130
with me. If you're working towards something

00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:32.050
meaningful. You got to stop all this doom scrolling.

00:39:32.670 --> 00:39:36.070
I used to do it, too. Watching the news, I say

00:39:36.070 --> 00:39:42.369
this all the time, watching news programs. All

00:39:42.369 --> 00:39:46.250
they're meant to do is to program you, to fear,

00:39:47.010 --> 00:39:52.929
to have anxiety, to doubt, to cause panic. The

00:39:52.929 --> 00:39:56.070
news shapes how you see your life and the world

00:39:56.070 --> 00:39:58.750
around you. And the news has a way of keeping

00:39:58.750 --> 00:40:03.090
you in a constant state of chaos and danger,

00:40:03.309 --> 00:40:05.869
confusion. What's going to happen now? Scarcity.

00:40:05.969 --> 00:40:09.190
It keeps you on a scarcity mindset. Oh, they

00:40:09.190 --> 00:40:11.250
say no jobs out there. They say the economy.

00:40:11.530 --> 00:40:14.329
They said we're in a recession. The stock market

00:40:14.329 --> 00:40:16.989
is going to go down. Inflation is getting worse.

00:40:17.050 --> 00:40:21.150
All this stuff. And I know some of you may say,

00:40:22.010 --> 00:40:25.090
but Dr. Andre, that's reality. You know, that's

00:40:25.090 --> 00:40:27.989
what's really going on in the world. Didn't we,

00:40:27.989 --> 00:40:30.809
you know, stay informed and know what's happening?

00:40:31.670 --> 00:40:36.510
Yeah, sure. Be informed. But ask yourself at

00:40:36.510 --> 00:40:40.519
what cost? to your peace and to your mental clarity.

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:45.599
Do you want to be informed? Do you really need

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:48.260
a news anchor to tell you about how high groceries

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:51.500
are and how high gas is right now and that rent

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:54.079
prices are doubling and going up and layoffs

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:56.900
are happening every other day and the government

00:40:56.900 --> 00:41:00.239
is a mess right now? You don't need a news reporter

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:04.340
to tell you that. We live it. We see it. I'm

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:06.420
not telling you to be oblivious and put your

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:10.559
hand in the I'm just telling you that if you're

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:13.320
someone that's looking to actively upgrade your

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:19.159
life and to level up and just live a better quality

00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:22.219
life, you've got to weed out all this chronic

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:25.179
negativity and start feeding your mind with good

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:28.619
stuff. Stuff that builds faith and focus and

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:32.099
momentum, not fear and doubt and anxiety and

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:34.579
all this stuff that the news try to get you to

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:37.940
feel. And I know the news, watching the news

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:41.420
is addictive. You know, my ex and I, we used

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:44.880
to watch CNN 24 -7. This was back when Barack

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:48.260
Obama was running for president. We watched it

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:51.739
24 -7. And at one point, it just started to make

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:54.360
you sick. It's like, we've got to stop watching

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:57.860
this shit. It's like a drama that never ends.

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:03.400
So I'm gonna propose a seven -day detox to you.

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:05.769
You don't have to do it, but if you... I want

00:42:05.769 --> 00:42:07.650
you to try it. I want you to consider trying

00:42:07.650 --> 00:42:11.289
it. For seven days, I want you to not ingest

00:42:11.289 --> 00:42:16.630
any news, no news on TV, radio, on these apps

00:42:16.630 --> 00:42:19.590
that give you these push alerts. Turn that off.

00:42:19.789 --> 00:42:23.010
Silence all your apps and replace the news. Say

00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:26.869
you watch the news for 30 minutes a day. Replace

00:42:26.869 --> 00:42:30.030
that with 30 minutes of walking or meditating

00:42:30.030 --> 00:42:33.929
or listening to an audiobook. or some type of

00:42:33.929 --> 00:42:36.670
motivational message, something like that. Do

00:42:36.670 --> 00:42:39.989
it for seven days and then tell me how you feel

00:42:39.989 --> 00:42:42.170
at the end of the seven days and what changed.

00:42:43.309 --> 00:42:45.409
Seriously, I want to hear from you. My email

00:42:45.409 --> 00:42:50.170
is live with Dr .AndreJerry at gmail .com. If

00:42:50.170 --> 00:42:52.510
your focus sharpens after that seven days, if

00:42:52.510 --> 00:42:55.750
your hope rises, if you just feel lighter, then

00:42:55.750 --> 00:42:58.929
definitely keep going because that's how you

00:42:58.929 --> 00:43:01.230
build a mindset that's going to unlock your best

00:43:01.230 --> 00:43:05.619
year yet. All right. I think I am going to pause

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:08.480
right here and take just a quick, maybe one,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:11.880
two -minute break. And when we come back, I'm

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:14.579
going to walk you through just a few practical

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:16.840
real -world steps that you can start using today

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:20.500
to draw your vision closer and to begin manifesting

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:23.280
the life that you truly desire. So thanks for

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:25.000
listening to me run my mouth. We'll be back in

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:28.179
about one to two minutes, all right? Hi, I'm

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:30.300
James Baller of Artists First Radio, and I would

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:32.340
like to tell you about a fascinating new book

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:35.119
from Crime Beat's Ron Chepsyk and co -author

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:37.800
Mike Rowe. It's titled Robin Hood of the Hood,

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:40.659
The Life and Times of Teddy Rowe, Policy Kingpin,

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:43.239
and it's published by Strategic Media Books.

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:46.000
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Welcome to another broadcast of Spiritual Concerns,

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the Deborah Ruffini Show on Artists First Radio

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:22.559
Network. We're live from England on Saturdays

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:26.159
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shows or podcasts, find them at artistsfirst

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.com. I'll be your host where issues relating

00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:33.619
to the spiritual matters of concern will be largely

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:44.659
examined and discussed. Enjoy the show. Hey everybody,

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:47.079
welcome back to live with dr. Andre Jerry. Thanks

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:49.460
so much for sticking with me through the break

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:51.780
I know I've been running my mouth, but I think

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:53.940
I've been saying some pretty good stuff But hey

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:56.380
if you're just tuning in tonight's episode is

00:45:56.380 --> 00:46:00.860
all about unlocking your best year yet in 2026

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:04.599
so Before the break we talked about the importance

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:08.099
of writing down your vision Protecting your peace

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:11.780
and building on a solid foundation now. Let's

00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:15.500
quickly get into the how Let's talk about the

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:18.699
daily habits and the mindset shift that's gonna

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:20.639
help you attract what you've been praying for

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:24.599
and trying to manifest. All right? And some of

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:27.659
this stuff, if you follow my show, this is gonna

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:30.840
be sort of a recap, but it bears repeating because

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:33.119
this is really important stuff that's gonna accelerate

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:37.039
the process of getting what you want, okay? Vision

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:41.099
boards. Like I said, by now you should have...

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:43.820
at least a rough idea of what your vision for

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:48.000
2026 looks like. Okay? So now, with a vision

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:50.860
board, you're gonna make it visible. There are

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:54.400
many ways to go about this. For me personally,

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:57.820
I prefer a physical vision board. You know, something

00:46:57.820 --> 00:47:01.420
I can touch and feel and pin things on and, you

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:06.139
know, put little things around and little quotes

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:08.719
and things like that. That works for me. You

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:11.679
know, there's power in physically interacting

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:13.900
with your goal. I said I wasn't going to use

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:16.320
that word. There's power in physically interacting

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:19.420
with your vision. But for a lot of people, you

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:22.760
may prefer a digital vision board. I have a couple

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:25.280
of friends that use those. They basically take

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:28.280
the home screen of their laptop and they put

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:30.860
all the different things that they want to manifest

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:34.420
on their dashboard or desktop. So they see it

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:36.659
every day. Doesn't matter if you got a physical

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:39.940
one digital one. It could be on your phone It

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:42.659
just long as you have one and put it somewhere

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:44.659
where you can see it every single day That's

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:47.380
the important part because that visual reminder

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:50.739
is gonna keep your goals on top of mind and it's

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:53.900
gonna signal to your subconscious that This vision

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:56.579
is important. This vision matters. So think of

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:58.460
your vision board It's like a daily contract

00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:02.800
with your future self and a a visual declaration

00:48:03.309 --> 00:48:07.010
of what's already on its way to you. All right?

00:48:07.449 --> 00:48:09.650
If you follow the show, you've heard me talk

00:48:09.650 --> 00:48:13.130
about journals, okay? Get yourself a few journals.

00:48:13.309 --> 00:48:16.349
It doesn't matter. Amazon, Walmart, Dollar Tree.

00:48:16.889 --> 00:48:20.110
Don't overthink it. What's more important is

00:48:20.110 --> 00:48:21.469
to have it. You don't have to worry about the

00:48:21.469 --> 00:48:23.369
price tag. Just get you something to write in

00:48:23.369 --> 00:48:26.150
and start journaling every night. It doesn't

00:48:26.150 --> 00:48:29.699
have to be anything deep or poetic. Just... Write

00:48:29.699 --> 00:48:32.159
about your day. Write about the things you observed,

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:35.820
what you learned, any interesting encounters

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:39.300
you had today, things that you're grateful for.

00:48:39.800 --> 00:48:43.000
Just get in a habit of consistency, you know,

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:47.619
and writing every single night. And then before

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:50.179
you close that journal, write your top three

00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:53.360
priorities for tomorrow that you want to do.

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:55.559
And make sure that they're related to your vision.

00:48:55.739 --> 00:48:59.920
It could be things like walk 30 minutes. Write

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:05.099
three pages for my book I'm working on. Spend

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:09.659
one hour of intentional family time. Simple,

00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:15.920
measurable stuff that's doable. All right? Let's

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:18.559
talk about bad habits. That's something we all

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:21.199
have in common. We all have bad habits. And like

00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:23.059
I said, we've talked about this in previous episodes,

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:27.610
but the more bad habits you can break, the more

00:49:27.610 --> 00:49:31.170
your life is going to improve. And here's the

00:49:31.170 --> 00:49:33.429
key, and I've mentioned this, the best way to

00:49:33.429 --> 00:49:37.289
break a habit is to replace it with another one.

00:49:38.670 --> 00:49:42.590
And I'll go back to my own story that I shared

00:49:42.590 --> 00:49:45.630
when I was talking about my pornography addiction.

00:49:46.309 --> 00:49:48.670
Thanks Chris, thanks, I'm saying thanks to my

00:49:48.670 --> 00:49:51.789
ex. I'm not gonna blame him, I have to take responsibility.

00:49:52.250 --> 00:49:55.869
It was my addiction, you know, but... You know,

00:49:55.869 --> 00:49:59.590
I just didn't stop. I replaced it with something

00:49:59.590 --> 00:50:03.190
else, which was reading the Bible. Every time

00:50:03.190 --> 00:50:06.050
I felt the urge to watch porn, I would grab my

00:50:06.050 --> 00:50:09.909
Bible and just start reading. And I'll be real,

00:50:09.929 --> 00:50:11.869
sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. You

00:50:11.869 --> 00:50:14.809
know, it's not magic. You know, there's some

00:50:14.809 --> 00:50:17.570
times I struggle, but what I would always say

00:50:17.570 --> 00:50:20.369
is, like, I'll be damned if I go and jack to

00:50:20.369 --> 00:50:22.820
porn before I spend some time with God. I mean,

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:25.059
I hate to be crass, but I mean, those are things

00:50:25.059 --> 00:50:27.219
I had to tell myself, like, Andre, you're not

00:50:27.219 --> 00:50:30.179
doing this. Pick up the Word of God, spend some

00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:33.199
time with God, worship and praise. Then if you

00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:35.079
still feel like watching porn after that, then

00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:36.840
do it. But I'll be damned if you're going to

00:50:36.840 --> 00:50:39.960
watch porn before you give glory to God. We're

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:42.340
not going to do that now. You know, so these

00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:44.800
are the types of things you have to kind of go

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:46.619
through with yourself. And if you stay in the

00:50:46.619 --> 00:50:48.519
Word, I'm not going to preach too much at you,

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:50.159
but if you stay at the Word and keep praying,

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:53.460
eventually those Desires that aren't good for

00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:56.840
you. They'll fade away over time. They will You

00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:59.420
know, so if you got something I don't care if

00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:01.320
it's smoking it could be pornography Whatever

00:51:01.320 --> 00:51:04.619
it is Don't try to focus on stopping that because

00:51:04.619 --> 00:51:06.780
all you're doing is just meditating on what you

00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:08.980
don't want to do So, you know thinking about

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:13.039
it more just replace it That way you're removing

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:16.340
the resistance and you're able to say, you know

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:17.940
what? I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna do this.

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:20.260
I'm gonna take a walk Or I'm going to meditate

00:51:20.260 --> 00:51:23.920
for 10 minutes or something like that. Don't

00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:26.860
try to go cold turkey. I've done that. It just

00:51:26.860 --> 00:51:31.099
doesn't work. All right. Protect your mornings.

00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:33.539
Now, this is one of the hardest disciplines.

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:35.900
I'm still working on this one. I'll give you

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:37.360
full disclosure. I'm still working on this one.

00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:41.380
But you have to protect your mornings. For the

00:51:41.380 --> 00:51:46.380
first 30 minutes after you wake up, don't touch

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:49.760
your phone. Don't check social media. Don't check

00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:52.139
your text message. I'll check your email. Don't

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:55.760
even touch your phone That time belongs to you

00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:59.659
to you and God or however you want to do it but

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:03.780
give yourself that time 30 minutes and If 30

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:06.079
minutes is too much the first five minutes and

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:08.139
then increase it to 10 and 15 and work your way

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:10.880
up to 30 But don't start grabbing your phone

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:13.039
as soon as you wake up I did that this morning

00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:15.920
and every morning I do that. I regret it. It

00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:18.780
is like this is not how I want to start my day.

00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:21.119
I haven't even put my feet on the ground yet.

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:24.460
And got on my knees and praised Jehovah for another

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:27.559
day. Come on. So I'm going to have to come up

00:52:27.559 --> 00:52:29.500
with something. I know a lot of us use our phones

00:52:29.500 --> 00:52:32.320
as alarms and all that type of stuff. And you

00:52:32.320 --> 00:52:34.239
know, you may have some extenuating circumstances

00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:36.159
where you have to be on call or whatnot. But

00:52:36.159 --> 00:52:39.199
as much as you can, try just to give your phone

00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:43.530
a break first thing in the morning. You know,

00:52:43.610 --> 00:52:45.969
because the first voice that you hear and that

00:52:45.969 --> 00:52:48.809
first energy that you absorb into the morning,

00:52:49.489 --> 00:52:52.250
that's what's going to set your day, you know?

00:52:54.449 --> 00:52:57.070
I got kind of in a bad mood this morning because

00:52:57.070 --> 00:53:00.429
the first thing I see is a text message. Somebody

00:53:00.429 --> 00:53:03.269
asked me, had I done X, Y, and Z yet? I'm like,

00:53:03.409 --> 00:53:05.369
you can leave me to hell alone. This is why I'm

00:53:05.369 --> 00:53:08.050
going to stop checking my phone early in the

00:53:08.050 --> 00:53:10.769
morning. I'm going to stop starting tomorrow.

00:53:11.699 --> 00:53:14.199
So what I'm preaching to you is stuff that I'm

00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:16.280
implementing myself. Some of this stuff I've

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:18.199
conquered. Some of this stuff I'm still working

00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:20.940
on. So I'm going to be working on that one along

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:24.880
with you, okay? 30 minutes, no phone in the morning.

00:53:25.179 --> 00:53:29.159
All right? The next thing, visualization. Now

00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:32.659
this one is really important, but it can be tricky

00:53:32.659 --> 00:53:35.820
for some people. Some people visualization is

00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:37.780
hard. Some people it's easy. It just depends.

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:40.599
But it's one of the most powerful tools that

00:53:40.599 --> 00:53:42.880
you can use to turn your vision into reality.

00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:46.980
So all visualization is, is using your imagination.

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:49.820
We all did it as a child. I don't know if these

00:53:49.820 --> 00:53:51.900
new children are doing it because they got phones

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:53.880
before they can even walk. So I don't know how

00:53:53.880 --> 00:53:56.320
much of their imagination they're using. But

00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:59.039
that's all visualization is. It's the practice

00:53:59.039 --> 00:54:01.840
of seeing yourself already living the life that

00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:05.199
you want to live. Years and years ago I used

00:54:05.199 --> 00:54:09.610
to fantasize and daydream about meditating on

00:54:09.610 --> 00:54:12.929
the beach, spending my time reading books on

00:54:12.929 --> 00:54:14.989
the beach, writing books on the beach. Those

00:54:14.989 --> 00:54:19.429
are all things that I do now, you know, but years

00:54:19.429 --> 00:54:21.190
and years ago I used to just visualize it. It

00:54:21.190 --> 00:54:25.610
was just a thought, you know. So just start spending

00:54:25.610 --> 00:54:29.630
a few quiet minutes every day just looking at

00:54:29.630 --> 00:54:31.929
your vision board. Use your vision board if it's

00:54:31.929 --> 00:54:34.889
hard for you to get those images in your mind.

00:54:35.869 --> 00:54:38.340
And a lot of times what I do is I sit in front

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:40.239
of my own vision board, and I look at the things

00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:42.659
I have pinned on there. I have little mock checks

00:54:42.659 --> 00:54:47.320
for a million dollars and, you know, pictures

00:54:47.320 --> 00:54:49.699
of places where I want to travel and things like

00:54:49.699 --> 00:54:51.900
that. And what I do is I just start meditating

00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:54.659
on it and visualizing it. I start thanking God

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:59.219
as if it's already done. You know, I'll say stuff

00:54:59.219 --> 00:55:01.099
like, thank you, Heavenly Father, for blessing

00:55:01.099 --> 00:55:03.679
me to achieve every single thing on this vision

00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:06.159
board. I always knew it would happen one day.

00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:08.539
and your timing. Thank you for allowing me to

00:55:08.539 --> 00:55:11.519
experience what this feels like. You know, I

00:55:11.519 --> 00:55:15.719
just kind of get in the zone with it. But once

00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:18.480
you get the hang of it, you'll start to see it

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:22.159
really helps draw your vision to you very fast.

00:55:22.900 --> 00:55:27.619
So definitely try to put that into practice as

00:55:27.619 --> 00:55:32.000
soon as you can. All right? This is the last

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:34.059
one I'm going to mention before we get off the

00:55:34.059 --> 00:55:40.840
line today. Clap for others. That's one of the

00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:43.960
most important lessons I've learned on this journey.

00:55:44.260 --> 00:55:46.360
You're never going to experience the success

00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:49.000
that you dream of until you learn how to clap

00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:53.340
for other people. When you're grinding toward

00:55:53.340 --> 00:55:55.860
your own vision, there are going to be times

00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:58.099
and seasons where things are not going to be

00:55:58.099 --> 00:56:00.019
happening, it's not going to look right, stuff

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:02.360
is not going to look favorable. You know, you're

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:03.599
going to be putting in the work, you're going

00:56:03.599 --> 00:56:07.130
to be staying faithful. The fruits are not going

00:56:07.130 --> 00:56:11.190
to be showing up yet. But in that same time,

00:56:11.210 --> 00:56:13.550
you're going to see other people, maybe on TV,

00:56:13.590 --> 00:56:16.949
maybe online, maybe right even in your friends

00:56:16.949 --> 00:56:19.909
circle. They're going to be crushing it. They're

00:56:19.909 --> 00:56:21.469
going to be in their winning season. They're

00:56:21.469 --> 00:56:23.550
going to be doing the same things that you're

00:56:23.550 --> 00:56:25.789
trying to do. And they're going to be getting

00:56:25.789 --> 00:56:28.610
all this recognition and accolades and resources

00:56:28.610 --> 00:56:30.329
and all the results that you've been praying

00:56:30.329 --> 00:56:34.190
for. And if you're not careful, you can end up

00:56:34.190 --> 00:56:37.769
being resentful toward them and being envious

00:56:37.769 --> 00:56:41.989
but don't let that happen to you just let that

00:56:41.989 --> 00:56:46.489
be confirmation that if they can do it they look

00:56:46.489 --> 00:56:48.769
just like me they're from where I'm from if they

00:56:48.769 --> 00:56:52.750
can do it I can do it you know that's proof that

00:56:52.750 --> 00:56:55.610
you can also do this thing too so learn to clap

00:56:55.610 --> 00:56:59.449
for others celebrate people genuinely like that

00:56:59.449 --> 00:57:02.699
person's post Hit that subscribe button. It don't

00:57:02.699 --> 00:57:04.860
know why people act like hitting subscribe cost

00:57:04.860 --> 00:57:07.679
them something just hit the damn subscribe button

00:57:07.679 --> 00:57:11.039
Leave a comment. I leave comments all the time

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:13.340
people don't even know I just say things like

00:57:13.340 --> 00:57:17.000
I'm proud of you Congratulations, you know when

00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:19.139
I see that they're proud about something someone

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:22.639
Posted that they finally hit a million subscribers.

00:57:22.719 --> 00:57:25.460
I'm like awesome. That's gonna be me one day

00:57:25.460 --> 00:57:28.320
Congratulations, very proud of you. It don't

00:57:28.320 --> 00:57:32.000
cost anything You know so put good things like

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:35.639
that out there into the world. You know Celebrate

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others because you know you're sowing seeds of

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kindness Eventually that stuff is going to come

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back to you You know and and and I know we're

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running past time here But you know I get some

00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:49.500
of the most uplifting messages from people. I

00:57:49.500 --> 00:57:52.380
don't even know strangers just the other day

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somebody commented on my YouTube page, and they

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said something to the effect of Thank you for

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being consistent. They use the word consistent.

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Thank you for being consistent and posting these

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devotionals every day. This channel has really

00:58:06.409 --> 00:58:10.789
helped me and my family draw closer to God. And

00:58:10.789 --> 00:58:13.750
messages like that mean a lot to me, because

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it reminds me that purpose isn't all about, you

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know, money and things like that. The money's

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gonna come. You chase your passion and your purpose,

00:58:23.550 --> 00:58:26.780
the money's gonna come. But... It's something

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about realizing that you're having an impact

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and that you're positively impacting other people's

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lives. And like I said, just a kind word from

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a stranger can give somebody the strength that

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they need to keep going, to keep pressing forward.

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So don't withhold anything good when it's in

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your power to give it. That's in Proverbs somewhere.

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Those compliments, those little words of encouragement,

00:58:50.739 --> 00:58:52.980
those simple acts of kindness, all that could

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literally save someone's life. because you never

00:58:55.650 --> 00:58:58.989
know what other people are carrying. Never know.

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So clap for others, celebrate for others, keep

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sowing those good seeds because in due season,

00:59:05.070 --> 00:59:06.730
that stuff is gonna come back to you and you're

00:59:06.730 --> 00:59:09.769
gonna reap it. All right? Listen, guys, thank

00:59:09.769 --> 00:59:13.250
you so much for tuning in to tonight's show.

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I'm glad that you are listening in, whether it's

00:59:15.630 --> 00:59:18.389
live or on the podcast. I truly hope I said something

00:59:18.389 --> 00:59:21.170
tonight that sparked something in you and maybe

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gave you a little extra clarity, some more encouragement.

00:59:24.289 --> 00:59:26.889
or just reminded you that no matter where you

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are in life, you can always rebuild and refocus

00:59:30.289 --> 00:59:33.590
and realign with your vision. Remember, consistency

00:59:33.590 --> 00:59:35.949
and faith, they both go hand in hand. So keep

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showing up for yourself and keep doing the work.

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One day, one choice, one prayer at a time, everything

00:59:42.530 --> 00:59:45.849
you desire is always waiting for you. It's already

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waiting on the other side. You just have to stay

00:59:48.989 --> 00:59:51.650
disciplined and keep your belief going. Alright,

00:59:51.909 --> 00:59:53.829
so be sure to join us for our next show We're

00:59:53.829 --> 00:59:56.329
gonna welcome back to the show. Dr. Stephen bond

00:59:56.329 --> 00:59:58.929
who's been on the show before he's gonna discuss

00:59:58.929 --> 01:00:02.130
his latest projects and his latest book release

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So that show is gonna air on Wednesday December

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10th at 6 p .m Eastern exclusively on the artist

01:00:07.989 --> 01:00:11.110
first radio network until then Keep dreaming

01:00:11.110 --> 01:00:13.449
keep believing and keep unlocking your best life.

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Good night everybody