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Jerry Dugan: Hey, what's going on Rutter Nation, this is Jerry

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from beyond the rut and you're watching or listening to a

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Jerry's short. Because it's a short video or

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audio. Plus, I'm a short guy. So Jerry's short, I don't know, I,

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I come up with these things, it's my fault.

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Anyway, what I wanted to talk with you about is it's it's

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August 2022, when I'm making this particular clip. And

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chances are, if you're like most people out there, you probably

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set some goals or some resolutions to tackle and

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conquer the year 2022. And now seven months have gone by, we're

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now in the eighth month of the year, and you're thinking

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yourself, if you're thinking about this at all, wow, I have

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done nothing towards my goal, I'm gonna give up on it. What I

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want to share with you is it's not too late to work on those

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goals and achieve what you set out to do in 2022, you still

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have August through December to knock this thing out. Now, maybe

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you can't knock out all the resolutions or all the goals

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that you had set. And that's okay, what I want to encourage

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you to do is take some time this week, set aside 20 or 30

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minutes, whether it's five minutes a day, in the morning,

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or the first 20 to 30 minutes of your Saturday morning, whatever

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it is, set some time aside, look at all those goals that you

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would set out for yourself. Now, if you've got them written, this

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is easier, because you can look at all these goals and say to

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yourself, you know what? This one thing, this thing I value is

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why I set out for these goals. Maybe it's because I want to be

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around for my family for years to come. Maybe it's because you

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want freedom for your family. So you're pursuing a career goal or

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a financial goal? Whatever it is, establish your Why. Why is

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it you want to do the things that you want to do? What is the

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one thing that's driving you are the many things driving you?

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Excuse me, and from there, look at your list of goals and say

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you know what? Some of these are on here, just because they

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sounded cool, maybe had been drinking it was New Year's Eve,

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you know, things happen. Or maybe you put these goals on

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your list because you felt like that's what you're supposed to

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say because other people say it on YouTube, or tick tock or a

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blog you follow or a podcast? Those don't matter. The thing

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that matters is what is success for you? And why does it matter

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for you. And so when you look at your written goals, and you see

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that there's extraneous stuff there, cross those things off.

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You know, I have a friend who was really big on cold shower

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therapy, I still have that friend, but I'm talking more

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specifically about the cold shower therapy, really big on it

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and encouraged everybody else to do the same. And other people

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jumped on the bandwagon for a bit. And then after a couple

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days, like, oh, no, I don't do that anymore. And I never

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started it. And people asked me, Why didn't you jump on board

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this cold shower therapy thing I said, because I don't want to,

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there's no need for me to challenge myself at 30 days to

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take a cold shower. There's nothing, I get nothing from it.

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I mean, I could probably boost my immune system and all those

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good things. But I don't have the same reasons you do to do

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that thing. So I'm not gonna put that on my list. And so I

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didn't, and I don't feel bad for doing that. Could I benefited

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from it, maybe. But it's not something that's for me. Now

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something for me is I get up at 5am Every morning, and I do some

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stretching, I walk around, I drink some water. And I do some

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reading, I do some producing for beyond the rut. And those are

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things that matter to me, because I'm building time for on

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my own personal growth, professional growth and building

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this platform. So that matters to me. Now, do you want to get

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up at five in the morning and do podcasting and blogging and

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social media stuff? Probably not. It's okay, you don't have

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to. So know why you want to do the things you want to do in

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life. And that's the best first thing to do before you tackle

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any other goals for you write them down and all that stuff.

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Now, maybe you don't have written goals. And this is a

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great clean slate for you. Because now you can really write

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down the things that matter and leave off the stuff that

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doesn't, you're more likely to achieve your goals. If you've

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got them written down and you can see them on a regular basis.

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I've got mine written down. I have it on Evernote and I could

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just reference it on a daily basis on a weekly basis, monthly

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basis. Whatever it is I choose, I can go back and look and see

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how I'm doing. So that is my tip for the day is go back. Look at

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those goals. Know your why why is it you want to do those

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things? Cross off the stuff that absolutely is not you. Even if

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you hesitate about it like well, maybe I do want to do this. If

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you hesitate. That's not your goal, cross it off. Now if you

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look at a goal and you say yes, that is something I really need

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to do I want to do this. Here's why I want to do it. Keep that

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on your list. Now in the next Jerry short, we'll talk about

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smart goals and how to structure those and get the most out of

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that. So With that said till next time go live life be on the