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Hi, and welcome back to a new How Did You Make

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It? The Weekend. I'm Yusra, and today I'm going

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to share with you five things you can keep in

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mind following the episode from last week with

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Paul. In the second part, I'll share three things

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you can do following the learnings of that episode.

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So let's get into it. So the very first thing

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I want you to remember from last week's episode

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is consistency beats talent. What does that mean?

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First, it's a fantastic reminder. You don't need

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to be good at something you just start doing.

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You don't need to put the pressure on yourself

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and start comparing yourself against others who

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are good and you feel like they are gifted and

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they are better and they are not even trying.

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When Paul is sharing that consistency beats talent,

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he's inviting you to dedicate time to it. to

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dedicate time to whatever you want to achieve.

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Whether it is daily, weekly, monthly, you will

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get to wherever you want through consistency.

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Discipline gives you freedom. Discipline is self

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-respect. Discipline empowers you to take more

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risks. Essentially, discipline changes your life.

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Let's say you're trying to commit to get better

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at something. or to just to improve your grades

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or anything you put your mind into discipline

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is kind of what you want right coupled with consistency

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obviously and if you're asking yourself how is

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discipline self -respect how is it giving me

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freedom how come it empowers me to take more

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risks well let's take an example let's say you

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had plans with a friend with a family member

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so you're supposed to meet tomorrow 9, 10 a .m.,

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you will show up, right? Because you committed.

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By showing up through your actions, you're showing

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them that they matter for you. You want to be

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there. You said you would be there, so you were.

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Discipline gives you freedom. Freedom in a way

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that no matter how you feel, you'll still show

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up. And you'll make it to that location you said

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you would. So let's go back to self -respect.

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You said you would get better grades. you said

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you will start running or any kind of other sports

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so when you're showing up you're showing up for

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yourself you're showing yourself that you matter

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you respect yourself enough to do what you said

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you would and when it comes to taking more risks

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think about it if you've been disciplined enough

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to run one kilometer every week and then after

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that one kilometer every week for a while you

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move to two 5, 10, 15, and so on and so forth.

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Well, eventually, the half marathon won't seem

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that tough, right? Not such a big risk. Because

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through discipline, you've been building confidence.

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You've been getting stronger and your mind can

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aim higher. In the episode, we also talked about

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mentors. How they can teach you immensely. But

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we also talked about obstacles. how they can

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also be your teachers because every time you're

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struggling every time you're failing you're actually

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learning you're learning about the things you

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should not do to gradually understand the things

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that you should do again let's take an example

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you've seen some grades getting lower lower or

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steady and steady but not towards the direction

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you want to take so far you think that studying

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the day before the exam makes sense because everything

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will be fresh well and so far no luck your grades

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haven't gotten higher or as high as you hoped

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here's a lesson here's the obstacle your learning

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style for that class is not working for you so

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you need to identify another way to learn to

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get better In the episode, Paul was also telling

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us how he moved to London with no plan, no job

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waiting for him. He just went. And this is a

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fantastic takeaway and reminder that you don't

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need to wait for the perfect moment. Because

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if you're disciplined, if you have consistency,

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if you have been learning from your mistakes,

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you don't need certainty. You will just go for

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things. And the last thing I want you to keep

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in mind, is to practice visualization as much

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as you can because visualization is practice.

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Paul was telling you all about how he could not

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go on the luge as much as someone will practice

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before competing because it's too demanding for

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a body. However, he was practicing it in his

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mind through visualization. And this is the biggest

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call to action here. as he was visualization

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start practicing it as well whether it's you

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succeeding your exam you succeeding your interview

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start doing it as much as you can gradually and

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see its impact and you know what what's the worst

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thing that can happen if you start imagining

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your success right okay now that you have everything

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in mind let's talk about your to -do list How

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can you get more disciplined? And if you're new,

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that's perfect. Grab a notebook and let's think

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about it. The first thing that you can do is

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to pick one habit to focus on. Just one. The

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goal here is to start small so that you don't

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get overwhelmed, that you don't get annoyed because

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you're not achieving them, because you're not

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keeping up. Then you will decide when you will

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do it. I think a good trick would be for you

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to pick a time right after something you do every

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day that is a non -brainer. Like eating or brushing

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your teeth, you just do that. And if you can,

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try to track it. You can write it down on a notebook

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or on your phone to see how far and how much

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you're doing every single week. And the last

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thing that I want you to keep in mind for that

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discipline goal is to be consistent as much as

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possible. but but but life is not linear things

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happen life happens so if you're missing one

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day or another it's okay it's fine the idea is

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not for it to be perfect because life is not

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perfect just keep going go back to it and you'll

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make it through what about risks you've been

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consistent you've been disciplined let's take

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a small risk right trying something new with

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people or by yourself, just thinking about going

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outside of your comfort zone. Well, you know

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what? The first step is the scariest one, so

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it's only going to get better from there. And

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there are three things you can keep in mind here.

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Well, failure is around the corner. If the first

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week you're thinking about is learning a new

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language, for example, you'll probably make a

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lot of mistakes. But lucky you, that's not the

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end. It's only going to get better from there.

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And through that example, what I want you to

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not forget is that it won't be perfect. That

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you should not overthink about what people are

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going to say, what people are going to think,

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but just focusing on what you can control. That

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all you need to do is preparing as much as you

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can to the best of your capacity and then going

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for it. Because all you are doing is progressing.

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so let's go and the best for last making visualization

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part of your life okay so we are in 2026 and

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getting into this year you know exactly what

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you want to see happen for yourself or month

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after month you're realizing that there are a

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lot of things you want to achieve job you want

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to have exam you want to ace so let's practice

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visualization daily right so now that you've

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been working so hard towards it let's close your

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eyes close your eyes and start practicing visualization

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just see yourself in front of that laptop if

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you have a zoom interview or in that classroom

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if you have an exam and see yourself making it

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you've been working for it You've been practicing.

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So every single thing that you have done so far

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is going with you within that room, in front

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of that laptop. And I was reading a Stanford

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research that I'm going to link in that episode

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where essentially it's explaining you how mental

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imagery so practicing visualization reminds you

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that you can make it because you have been working

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towards it thank you so much for joining me today

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