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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Georgie Stevenson. I am a lawyer and health coach,

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Speaker 1: social media influencer, wife, and dog mum. On the Rise

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Speaker 1: and Conquer Podcast, we dive deep into all things mindset, habits, career, health,

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Speaker 1: relationships and more. This is a podcast for women who

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Speaker 1: want to rise up to be the best version of themselves,

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Speaker 1: who have big dreams in who are willing to put

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Speaker 1: in the work to get there. I want to bring

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Speaker 1: you the tools and actionable steps to feel confident in yourself,

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Speaker 1: inspired to take bold action, and motivated to conquer your goals.

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Speaker 1: Are you with me, your friends, Let's rise and conquer.

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Speaker 1: Hey guys, and welcome to another episode of the Rise

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Speaker 1: and Conquer Podcast. Today I am bringing you a solo

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Speaker 1: episode and we're chatting about my favorite books. So I

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Speaker 1: was like a child who didn't read at all. I

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Speaker 1: remember in high school they used to make us read books,

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Speaker 1: I don't know why, just like it wasn't a big

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Speaker 1: like so many massive textbooks that were just, you know,

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Speaker 1: years ago, I got into podcasts first, and then I

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Speaker 1: started listening to audio books, and then I started reading

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Speaker 1: and listening to audio books, and reading has just been

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Speaker 1: very transformative in my life because if you think about it,

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Speaker 1: you know, the people who write books are usually successful

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Speaker 1: if you're going to write a book, you're going to

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Speaker 1: So I want to talk to you guys about my

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Speaker 1: those categories. Before we get into that, just a bit

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Speaker 1: It's not necessarily gifts anyway off topic, but just the

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Speaker 1: the book, so it says, in this funny, fascinating and

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Speaker 1: Before we continue, I'm quickly interrupting this podcast to proudly

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