WEBVTT - #1908 Go Where You Grow - Harps

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<v Speaker 1>Good day, champions. Hope you're great, Welcome to another installment

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<v Speaker 1>of your Favorites podcast. Is it, though, he says optimistically,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Let's hope it's in the top hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you well. So we've all heard the saying

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<v Speaker 1>go where you grow, Go where you grow. It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of cheesy, isn't it. I agree, it's totally cheesy. It's cheesy.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't use it. Mah, maybe I use every now

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<v Speaker 1>and then despite its cheesiness. But what I do love

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<v Speaker 1>is I love the idea. I love the idea of putting.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to personalize it and then you can personalize

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<v Speaker 1>it to you if it's relevant. But I love the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of putting myself in situations or circumstances or environments

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<v Speaker 1>or challenges or roles that are going to help me

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<v Speaker 1>get better, help me grow, help me evolve, help me learn,

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<v Speaker 1>help me develop skill and confidence and competence, and help

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<v Speaker 1>me become a better version of me. And again this

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<v Speaker 1>comes back to the stepping away from the theory and

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<v Speaker 1>stepping into the doing. Being proactive so that we can

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<v Speaker 1>be productive, so that we can do things that are

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<v Speaker 1>uncomfortable or unfamiliar or inconvenient or uncertain, because that's all

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<v Speaker 1>of those uns the unfamiliarity, uncertainty, the uncomfortable stuff, the

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<v Speaker 1>uncertain stuff, that's where we grow. That's often where we grow,

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<v Speaker 1>and so that's where we need to go quite often.

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<v Speaker 1>And growth can be like growth is a really individual

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<v Speaker 1>thing for you. So you know the area of your

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<v Speaker 1>development or your psychology or physiology, or skill or career

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<v Speaker 1>or financial status or relationship status or communication skills or

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<v Speaker 1>athletic ability or athletic prowess. Perhaps more accurately, it could

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<v Speaker 1>be relevant to any of those things. And so growth

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<v Speaker 1>or improvement or positive change all the same thing that's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be represented differently to different people. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really interested in becoming a world class podcaster, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know that I can't become a world class podcast and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I am already who knows. I don't know. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>let you be the judge. Maybe I'm shit, But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that I can't become really good or better.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't grow and learn and evolve. I can't develop

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<v Speaker 1>the skill and the art and the science of podcasting

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<v Speaker 1>to world class level without doing podcasts. I can simulate

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<v Speaker 1>it all I want. I can talk to myself in

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<v Speaker 1>the old bedroom sitting on the end of the bed,

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<v Speaker 1>who does that and not you are But it's only

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<v Speaker 1>when I step into the process, when I step into

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<v Speaker 1>the doing, when I go where I grow, which is

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there like I am right now in front of

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<v Speaker 1>a microphone in a room by myself on a Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>evening at six nine pm in Melbourne on the seventh

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<v Speaker 1>of the sixth It's only when I do this, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've done this a lot, and I try to be

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<v Speaker 1>fully present. I try to share thoughts on ideas and

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<v Speaker 1>stories which are relevant and potentially helpful and powerful for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only when I keep showing up and keep doing

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<v Speaker 1>it where I grow. I can't develop skill. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>get better at this by not doing this. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>build muscle by not doing strength training. I can't become

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<v Speaker 1>more knowledgeable unless I am consciously and proactively putting myself

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<v Speaker 1>in a situation where I'm learning. Now that could be

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<v Speaker 1>incidental learning. I guess when I'm going through a process

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<v Speaker 1>or an experience, or be something more formal like an

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<v Speaker 1>academic process, whatever it is. But I can only learn

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<v Speaker 1>when I put myself in situations and environments where learning

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<v Speaker 1>is a possibility, and so learning could be growth. Becoming

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<v Speaker 1>a better researcher could be growth for me, becoming a

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<v Speaker 1>better communicator or writer or teacher, even like this is

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<v Speaker 1>I love this idea. Becoming a better thinker For some people,

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<v Speaker 1>that's growth. And I don't necessarily mean being smarter or

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<v Speaker 1>knowing more stuff, but just being maybe more aware of

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<v Speaker 1>our thoughts, you know, opening that metacognitive remember metacognition, thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about thinking, Open that metacognitive door to start to think

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<v Speaker 1>about is the way that I think helpful or hurtful?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it empowering or disempowering? Is the stuff that typically

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<v Speaker 1>goes on in that space between my ears? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>making me more anxious or lets anxious? Is that making

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<v Speaker 1>my life better or worse? Am I telling myself stories

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<v Speaker 1>of doom and gloom or power and possibility? Like what

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<v Speaker 1>is happening? And so so perhaps by putting my own

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this is a special kind of self awareness,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it metacognition? Is by putting my own thoughts under

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<v Speaker 1>the spotlight, maybe I can grow, Maybe I can develop

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<v Speaker 1>new awareness and understanding, and I can start to think

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<v Speaker 1>more effectively. I can start to think in a healthier way.

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<v Speaker 1>So growth on an individual level, growth for you could

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<v Speaker 1>be whatever the fuck you want it to be. It

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<v Speaker 1>might be becoming a better leader. Well, how do you

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<v Speaker 1>become a better leader? Well, I guess you can talk

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<v Speaker 1>to other leaders. You can do some research. You can

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<v Speaker 1>be around people who are doing leadership and see what

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<v Speaker 1>they do. You can read about it, you can study it,

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<v Speaker 1>you can research it, you can do it formally informally.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all good things, I guess. I guess you can

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<v Speaker 1>also try to get yourself in some kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>position where you're leading a group of people. It might

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<v Speaker 1>be I don't know, talking to some kids at a school,

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<v Speaker 1>it might be it might be running a group at

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<v Speaker 1>the local rotary club or whatever it is. But we

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<v Speaker 1>can't get good at the thing that we're not doing,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least we're not around. So I know that

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<v Speaker 1>I've learned lots of stuff about leadership and communication and

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<v Speaker 1>connection and building rapport with an audience and understanding the

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<v Speaker 1>science of public speaking and professional and corporate speaking. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that I've learned a lot by being around great

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<v Speaker 1>speakers and being in that environment and being right in

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking middle of it being at the coal face

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<v Speaker 1>of professional development and professional speaking and that corporate culture.

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<v Speaker 1>I've learned a lot being in and around it, But

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<v Speaker 1>where I personally have learned the most is when I'm

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<v Speaker 1>on stage. I learn the most when I'm on stage,

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<v Speaker 1>not saying the other stuff is not good. It's all good,

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to put myself in a situation where

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm doing the thing, and hopefully I'm doing as

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<v Speaker 1>good a job as I can, but I'm doing the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I want to be good at. So what

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<v Speaker 1>is the thing that you want to be good at?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want to be better at? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you want to become a world class at what? Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's not that, Maybe it's something way, way simpler

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<v Speaker 1>and more manageable. But maybe it's just that you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be better at saying no to people because you're

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<v Speaker 1>an overwhelming fucking people pleaser. And while it's nice to

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<v Speaker 1>be nice, you know, it's also fucking exhausting to be

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<v Speaker 1>an emotional or social doormat for people because you're so

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<v Speaker 1>worried that someone won't like you, or someone will get

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong impression, or you don't want to be the

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<v Speaker 1>reason that someone gets their nose out of joint that

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<v Speaker 1>for the last twenty seven and a half years, you've

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<v Speaker 1>been saying fucking yes to everyone about everything, and now

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<v Speaker 1>you're fucked, you're tired, you're and you're compromised, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>not living your best life. And in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>all of the people pleasing, in the middle of all

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<v Speaker 1>of the bloody emotional doormatting, in the middle of all

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<v Speaker 1>of that, guess what, you're not making people happier, or

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<v Speaker 1>you're not keeping everyone in the world happy. Let's say

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<v Speaker 1>that your job, my job, as best I understand anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>your job is not to keep everyone happy, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>in our endeavors, to keep everyone happy and nobody unhappy

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody sad and nobody angry, and which is good

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<v Speaker 1>luck with that, because that's fucking ridiculous. But is that

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<v Speaker 1>all you do is you make yourself exhausted, You make

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<v Speaker 1>yourself sad, you make yourself anxious, you make yourself an overthinker,

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<v Speaker 1>you make yourself the person who can't fucking sleep at

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<v Speaker 1>night and worries about everything at level fifteen because you

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<v Speaker 1>so desperately want to keep everyone happy. And that arises

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<v Speaker 1>out of low self esteem and fear and whole bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of shit that we won't talk about today. But the

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<v Speaker 1>only way that you can grow in this space is

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<v Speaker 1>to go no, no, and you know what, just and

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<v Speaker 1>when they go oh oh, you don't need to give

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<v Speaker 1>them thirty two explanations because you're not six years old

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not your dad or your mom like you're

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<v Speaker 1>an adult. And do I want to, like people say

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<v Speaker 1>to me all the time or not all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty regularly, hey, do you want to do? Whatever it is?

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<v Speaker 1>And depending on the situation, I'm not always a selfish prick.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's if it's going to help someone or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's it's doing a nice thing for someone, then

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<v Speaker 1>more often than not I will do it. But if

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, for example, a bunch of people who want

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<v Speaker 1>to go and do something socially that I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do, I have no interest in. If I'm there

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<v Speaker 1>or not's really not going to make any difference. There's

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen people going do I want to be number sixteen?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I want to go bowling on a Friday night?

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<v Speaker 1>And do I want to put on those stinky size

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<v Speaker 1>eleven fucking shoes at nine thousand people? And do I

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<v Speaker 1>want to no, I don't want to do that, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay. So me saying thanks for the invite, they're

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<v Speaker 1>not my thing though, that's not me saying, hey, you're

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<v Speaker 1>a cunt. No, that's me saying that's me saying I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to go bowling, and it's all right that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't go bowling. And by the way, if our

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<v Speaker 1>friendship is contingent upon me doing what you want and

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<v Speaker 1>me keeping you happy, then that ain't friendship. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking conditional, unhealthy relationship that we should talk about or

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<v Speaker 1>I should get out of. So sometimes the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>we need to do in this space of growing and

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<v Speaker 1>learning and developing, and I'm assuming I'm making a big

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<v Speaker 1>assumption here and for the twenty of you that just

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<v Speaker 1>got offended because I said, count oh, I'm a bit sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes the thing that we need to do is really

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<v Speaker 1>not the thing that we're comfortable to do. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>the whole point, isn't it. Like think about when do

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<v Speaker 1>we grow, Well, quite often it's when we're in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of you know, that hard thing, that uncomfortable thing,

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<v Speaker 1>that embarrassing thing, that thing that might we might call failure.

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<v Speaker 1>So many times as a child or a teenager, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess more accurately, but also as an adult, I've been embarrassed,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been humiliated. I've done things well, I've done things terribly.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been criticized, I've been all kinds of things, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fine with that. And honestly, there's probably many times

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<v Speaker 1>I deserve to be criticized, or there are many times

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<v Speaker 1>when whatever I was doing I didn't do a good job,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm okay with that. I don't it's not my

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<v Speaker 1>goal to do a bad job, but of course I

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<v Speaker 1>need to be prepared for the fucking reality that sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do a bad job. Sometimes I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to be shit sometimes, sometimes I'm going to get embarrassed.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes I'm going to be the dumbest in the room,

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<v Speaker 1>the least skilled in the room at whatever it is

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<v Speaker 1>that we're doing right, And that is okay, that is okay.

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<v Speaker 1>But how I get better in that room, how I grow,

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<v Speaker 1>how I learn, how I evolve, is I be around

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<v Speaker 1>people sometimes who are better than me. If I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to be the smartest in the room, or the best

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<v Speaker 1>in the room, or the most skilled in the room,

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<v Speaker 1>or the funniest in the room, or the one in

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<v Speaker 1>the best shape in that room. Then that's all about

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<v Speaker 1>my insecurity and fear and giant ego. I'm not grown

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<v Speaker 1>in that room. I'm not learning, I'm not developing. Why

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<v Speaker 1>do I train with a guy who won multiple Mister

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<v Speaker 1>Australias was a pro bodybuilder and it is bigger and

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<v Speaker 1>better and stronger than me and has got better genetics

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<v Speaker 1>than me, apart from the fact that we're friends, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the main reason. But the other reason is because

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<v Speaker 1>I like training with somebody who's going to drag me up,

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<v Speaker 1>not down. I like training with somebody who's better than me.

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<v Speaker 1>I like studying with someone who's got more knowledge than me.

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<v Speaker 1>I like being in business with Melissa because Melissa's got

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<v Speaker 1>skills and knowledge and insights that I don't have. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it's being, you know, being around other people sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>that keeps us hungry and keeps us driven, but also

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<v Speaker 1>gives us the opportunity to be dragged up, almost like

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<v Speaker 1>personal development osmosis, you know, and we know I've spoken

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<v Speaker 1>many times about like what's the principle of strength training

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<v Speaker 1>or resistance training? With the idea and this applies outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the gym and in the gym, and not just

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<v Speaker 1>to muscles, but also to minds, right, and emotions and brains.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that we go to the gym and we do

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<v Speaker 1>a hard thing. We lift something hard. We literally work

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<v Speaker 1>against physical resistance that we call a weight. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we work against ten kilos and it's hard, fucking hard.

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<v Speaker 1>That when we do it, and then a while later,

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<v Speaker 1>a week or two, we might be doing eleven or

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<v Speaker 1>twelve kilos and we're doing it easier than we did

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<v Speaker 1>the ten, that the weight is actually heavier, but it

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<v Speaker 1>feels less heavy because we've grown, we've evolved, we've gotten better,

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<v Speaker 1>we've improved, We've built strength, we've built neural adaptation, our

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<v Speaker 1>bodies working better. We're building understanding and efficiency. Right, we're

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<v Speaker 1>getting better at something. We are putting ourselves in an

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<v Speaker 1>environment and in a protocol and in a system where

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<v Speaker 1>we can grow where we can. And when I say grow,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't mean physically bigger. I mean grow, improve, learn, adapt, develop,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it is, whatever it is for you. It could

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<v Speaker 1>be I could say go where you're going to improve,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't sound the same, does it. So growth? Development,

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<v Speaker 1>skill learning, getting better, improving is a byproduct of working

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<v Speaker 1>against resistance. And that resistance could be a barbell, it

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<v Speaker 1>could be a fear, it could be an inherent, long

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<v Speaker 1>held fear that fucking controls you, that hijacks your nervous

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<v Speaker 1>system and your mind and sends you down an emotional

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<v Speaker 1>and psychological fucking rabbit hole, and you need to you

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<v Speaker 1>need to work against that at some stage perhaps that

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps for you, it's not about learning new stuff or

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<v Speaker 1>getting another this or getting another that. It's just about saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do this thing that fucking terrifies me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to face this fear because I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be controlled by fear. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want fear to manage me. I don't want fear to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy my potential and possibilities and power. And so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>that's the place I'm going to grow. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>grow in the middle of fear. I'm going to grow

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of zero confidence. I'm going to grow

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<v Speaker 1>in this place where I have no skill, no understanding,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to grow. I'm going to walk into the

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<v Speaker 1>gym my out of shape body, and I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind, I'm not going to fit in. But

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<v Speaker 1>by the way they don't care. They're not looking at you,

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<v Speaker 1>They're looking at themselves. But I'm going to go me

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<v Speaker 1>and mine not very healthy, not very fit body. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the starting point. That's where growth is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>You might grow through out the other side of your

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<v Speaker 1>shitty childhood. You might grow through revisiting that and unpacking

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<v Speaker 1>some stuff. You might you might outgrow the bullying, you

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<v Speaker 1>might own it up and step up. You might have

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<v Speaker 1>some awareness. You might talk about shit that you needed

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about, forgive someone. Maybe maybe not. But all

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<v Speaker 1>of these things, all of these things are opportunities for

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<v Speaker 1>us to grow. We have to create for the most part.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the thing, This is the this is

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps the key for this little pep talk is not

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<v Speaker 1>to just sit back and hope shit kind of eventuates.

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<v Speaker 1>That means, oh, we might accidentally spontaneously get better because

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<v Speaker 1>this thing happened. No, let's go seek out the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that is the conduit to growth. What is the thing?

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<v Speaker 1>What is the conversation? What is the skill? What is

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<v Speaker 1>the environment? What is the challenge that I need to

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<v Speaker 1>move towards for growth? Where will I grow? What? What

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<v Speaker 1>is growth represented by? What's the mechanism what's the protocol,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the recipe that I need to open the lid on,

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<v Speaker 1>so to speak. So let's wrap it up. Let's wrap

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<v Speaker 1>it up. Oh boy, my pumped for a Saturday night.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're not going to accidentally get amazing. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to accidentally wind up with lots of skill and

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<v Speaker 1>lots of resilience and lots of anything. But what you

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<v Speaker 1>might do is you might consciously and intentionally create some

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<v Speaker 1>amazing outcomes, which are all different forms of growth and development,

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<v Speaker 1>learning and evolution of you. And obviously there's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there are limits on what we can do. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't all do everything. But I'm cheekily going to

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<v Speaker 1>suggest that you haven't peaked yet. Maybe with some things

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<v Speaker 1>in your life you have peaked. But maybe there are

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<v Speaker 1>other areas of your life, Maybe there are other opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>for growth. Maybe there are things that you need to

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<v Speaker 1>own up to and step into that for you is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be the catalyst for something fucking amazing. All

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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff that I share with you is theory.

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<v Speaker 1>Me sitting here just banging out a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 1>words to you for twenty minutes. It's just theory I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sharing ideas and information, hopefully a bit of inspiration and education,

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<v Speaker 1>but ultimately everything comes back to you. If this is

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<v Speaker 1>just another podcast that you listen to, but you've actually

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<v Speaker 1>resonated with things that I've said, but this is just

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<v Speaker 1>another pot, there's going to be no benefit other than

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you enjoyed twenty minutes of whatever this is. And

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to like what I share. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to like the podcast. I want you tell all

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<v Speaker 1>your friends. I want you to like me because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>wildly fucking insecure. But more than all of that stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to be the person who operationalizes the theory.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to be the person that's ready to

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<v Speaker 1>go where you grow