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This. Is the five a a miracle

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episode number for thirty eight. To.

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Work out a Day Panda. The

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beautiful power of doing hard things.

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Good morning and welcome Sue! The

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Five A A Miracle! I am

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Jeff Sanders and this is the

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podcast dedicated to dominate your day

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before breakfast. My goal is to

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help you bounce out of bed

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with enthusiasm, create powerful lifelong habits,

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and tackle your grand his goals

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with extraordinary energy. In the episode

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this week I'll break down why

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I began working out twice a

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day, the benefits of doing difficult

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things, and when it's the right

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time to say yes to. A

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big challenge let's give Do it. Who.

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Doesn't love a good challenge?

0:57

Well, most people the funny

0:59

thing about challenged activities is

1:01

that they are only truly

1:03

daunting to those who never

1:05

attempt them. Think

1:08

about that. The. People who are

1:10

the most scared, of the most

1:12

intimidated by challenging activities are usually

1:14

those who have never attempted the

1:16

thing they're thinking about. Know.

1:19

Do you find difficult tasks

1:21

really challenging after you've already

1:23

successfully completed them? Or.

1:25

Probably not, and for good

1:28

reason. The challenge transformed from

1:30

a perilous, fear inducing health

1:33

scape. It is something radically

1:35

new, beautiful, and possible. The

1:38

act of taking on difficult challenges of the

1:40

easy for years have seen yes the things

1:43

that you really don't want to say yes

1:45

to. That. Transforms your

1:47

life. He transforms your perspective.

1:49

It makes you a new

1:51

person. A. Better person. A stronger

1:53

person. someone who was able to take

1:56

on more challenges and so a who

1:58

actually wants to. Which. Sound

2:00

gravy, right? But. It's

2:02

not. It's actually possible And

2:04

beautiful. Before. This week we're

2:06

gonna talk about yes, working out twice

2:09

a day or other things like it's

2:11

But most importantly. The. Beautiful power

2:13

of intentionally same yes,

2:15

too difficult and challenging

2:17

activities Goals that spear

2:19

you Tedeschi. Yes,

2:21

We're going there this week because

2:24

this is probably what you need

2:26

because that's what I need right

2:28

now. Which. Brings me to

2:30

why I am now working out

2:32

twice a day. You know, back

2:34

in high school I actually used

2:37

to do today. Workouts are known

2:39

as today's and Today workouts or

2:41

Intense. They are exhausting, but they

2:43

are incredibly transformative, especially when your

2:45

goal is intense physical fitness. Mail

2:48

for me: I was playing soccer

2:50

in high school and so I

2:52

was doing today. Work out over

2:54

the summer to prep for the

2:56

fall season which is hot, it's

2:58

difficult. It's exhausting. It's not what you want

3:01

to do most of the time, especially when

3:03

you have a coach. He was yelling they

3:05

are you are giving you It's his things

3:07

to do. The. Perspective

3:09

on all of this can be

3:11

one of wait a minute. Why

3:13

would I opt in voluntarily? It's.

3:16

Anything that sounds that

3:18

difficult. There are a

3:20

lot of reasons why you would say yes and we're going

3:22

to get to those this week. Bullets. Get

3:24

to why I said yes to today?

3:27

Work out now a twenty some odd

3:29

years after high school. Right? Way beyond

3:31

what a coach's telling me that I

3:34

have to do X y Z, Why

3:36

would I voluntarily choose. To. Work

3:38

out twice a day now. The.

3:40

Answer is probably not that surprising.

3:43

I'm exhausted. Which. Is probably

3:45

not that surprising considering what has happened

3:48

in the last few years. Everything from

3:50

yes, the pandemics, but also the fact

3:52

that I have two young girls in

3:55

my house and have been young kids

3:57

by itself can be quite the challenged.

4:00

And anyone has ever been. A parents

4:02

of young kids knows just how draining

4:04

all of this can be. An especially

4:06

because my youngest is just four months

4:09

old. We're still going through sleep training

4:11

and trying to figure out how to

4:13

get reasonable rest on know stays. Having

4:16

said that, you might say will, just if

4:18

you've been more tired than normal, what in

4:20

the world are you doing for into work

4:22

out twice a day. With.

4:24

The Great Question. And the best

4:27

answer I can possibly give is

4:29

when you are experiencing a challenge

4:31

when life is difficult. Sometimes

4:34

the best thing you need

4:36

is to add more difficulty

4:38

to it's. Which.

4:40

Is extremely counterintuitive. Obviously, who

4:42

wants to make their life

4:44

more difficult when it's already

4:46

complicated once already chaotic? Why

4:48

would you opt in to

4:50

doing this? What? It

4:53

does is gives you intense tunnel vision.

4:55

It gives you the chance to actually

4:57

say wait a minute. If

4:59

I'm gonna be doing these things,

5:02

York Tude One Two Three four,

5:04

All. And that has given calendar all

5:07

together. How. Can this be

5:09

possible? And is this worth

5:11

it? And when I ask

5:13

myself these questions of or here the

5:15

things I've been challenged by recently: Whether

5:18

it's energy, your calendar messy, the of

5:20

sorts, young kids. And. Then they

5:22

will wait a minute. What's gonna help

5:24

the most in this scenario? Considering.

5:26

There are things that I don't control. But.

5:29

Then there are things that I do. And

5:31

when I think you what I can

5:33

control for myself every day. And

5:36

the thing that will help me the most in

5:38

this season of minds. Or. Than all

5:40

of a sudden the makes me realize wolf

5:42

I was in phenomenal shape right now. If

5:44

I had more energy right now, if I

5:47

had more to bring to the table when

5:49

I'm at home with my wife and kids,

5:51

I can bring more. I can give more

5:53

I can be more presence. But.

5:55

Those things are very difficult to

5:57

pull off if I'm exhausted sick.

6:00

Tired. Stress. And.

6:02

Don't have a system in place to

6:05

counter those challenges. In.

6:07

Other words: yes, my life may be

6:09

more busy the normal. But.

6:11

Adding and the right kind

6:13

of extra busy ness actually

6:15

reduces distress. It reduces the

6:18

chaos, it minimizes the damage

6:20

and actually allows me to

6:22

filter a prioritize. What matters

6:24

now. Would Yes means

6:26

a lot of things are being postponed,

6:29

delayed, or canceled. Which

6:31

is the points. When you have

6:33

a chaotic challenger, when things are

6:35

difficult and you add in more

6:37

difficulty, On purpose.

6:40

You. Will be forced to prioritize know

6:42

where you never have before. it's and

6:44

the things that really don't matter. They.

6:46

Just stop. They. Disappear.

6:49

Things you think right now are

6:51

critical or important are necessary. They

6:54

may not be. And. You're only

6:56

going to know the answer to as

6:58

they are or not fight taking on

7:00

something else. Know this is kind of

7:02

the opposite approach the most people will

7:04

take if the opposite advice. Usually what

7:07

I say these scenarios is Cut cut

7:09

cut remove things like go of things.

7:12

Or. Guess what? that still going to

7:14

happen but because you add it

7:16

in something that was more valuable?

7:18

The. Addition of something challenging could

7:21

be the solution to your

7:23

already technology in lifestyle. Fluid

7:25

A nutshell, that's where I max I'm Suzy

7:28

a five a m wake up call. I

7:30

am choosing to drive to the park to

7:32

run for an hour com home have a

7:34

work day. At the end of that work

7:36

day I get my daughter from daycare and

7:39

we go to the gym. So. Yes

7:41

I get to work outs and per day.

7:44

Know it's not seven days a week, but it could

7:46

be if I was at Cb. Because.

7:48

The reality is if I need more of

7:50

that if that's the priority of basket of

7:52

benefit me and put me on the map

7:54

of where I want to be in the

7:56

future. Than Zazis going to

7:58

happen. And yes, Be sacrifice

8:00

along the way. But. That's

8:02

what brings us to the main topic

8:05

this week. Which. Is the

8:07

power and the benefits of

8:09

intentionally choosing difficult Six. Your.

8:12

I just gave you my perspective on

8:14

working out twice a day. Or. Why

8:17

I think that might be helpful,

8:19

but doing difficult things for you

8:21

could mean a number of thanks.

8:23

There are so many possibilities for

8:25

what this is, what's actually break

8:27

down for a second exactly what

8:29

these benefits are. Why doing challenging

8:31

things he is beneficial. Why someone

8:34

like me would opt into more

8:36

chaos. In. The middle of chaos.

8:39

Number. One. It's just

8:41

purely inspirational. We.

8:44

Are motivated by other people doing

8:46

hard things. If. You may hear

8:48

my scenario having two kids at home and

8:50

Suzy work out twice a day as being

8:53

something that inspires you. Or. Maybe

8:55

not. I get personally inspire

8:57

by those who were doing things that

8:59

are way beyond where I currently am

9:01

are really on the podcast a discuss

9:03

David Goggins his book Can't Hurt Me.

9:05

David Goggins, a Navy Seal and

9:08

an incredible athlete has done things

9:10

that are far beyond My own

9:12

achievements are beyond what I can

9:15

imagine for myself. And

9:17

I find inspiration and motivation from

9:19

other people doing things that

9:21

are difficult. We are inspired

9:23

by that, motivated by that weird

9:26

at the core of who we

9:28

are truly and deeply moved by

9:30

people who are willing to move

9:33

themselves. We. Value. That's. It's

9:35

incredible to watch somebody else overcome

9:38

a challenge, do something that's powerful

9:40

that's beyond we believe was possible

9:42

for them, and that is a

9:44

part of life. Not. Just

9:47

to watch other people do it. but it

9:49

turned their back on to ourselves and then

9:51

ask the obvious question. What if

9:53

I could do that? What?

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11:44

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Will challenge you to way the most things

11:59

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12:03

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12:08

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12:10

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12:21

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12:26

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12:28

you're a dude. The spice things. The.

12:30

First of which is to forty five

12:33

minute workouts per day with at least

12:35

one of those been outside. So by

12:37

definition my today workouts I'm doing now

12:40

with a morning frail run and an

12:42

evening a trip to the gym of

12:44

that would qualify. The.

12:46

Seconds of requirement for this program

12:49

is to follow a diet as

12:51

could be any diet you choose

12:53

as long as reasonably healthy or

12:55

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12:57

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13:00

cheat meals at all. In. Other

13:02

words: you're choosing a diet you can

13:04

stick to all day, every day for

13:06

seventy five straight days. The

13:10

next one is to drink for Leaders are about

13:13

one gallon of water per day. Offer A lot

13:15

of people this is reasonable to do but you

13:17

definitely want to do this. It are going to

13:19

work out what abyss. A

13:21

number four is to read ten minutes

13:24

of a personal development books but no

13:26

audio books or really a physical book

13:28

or a Kindle books but you know

13:31

read for about ten minutes a day

13:33

and yourself chosen personal development book and

13:35

then finally you take progress photos of

13:38

yourself for equal mates or possibly every

13:40

day but the very least snow on

13:42

the regular so you know here's what

13:44

I've been doing. Here's how I look.

13:47

Here's how this program has transformed my

13:49

life. This. Is a

13:51

tough program. There's no doubt about it that

13:53

this, if you were to pursue it and

13:56

take these rules. At face value

13:58

and do them as they are. Written.

14:01

This. Is by definition hard.

14:03

This. Is a challenge and that's the

14:06

points. If you follow the

14:08

website of the creator of this program for

14:10

he says straight up this is a mental

14:12

toughness programs that are designed to be

14:14

short term like a boot camp experience. It's

14:17

not a long term thing, But.

14:20

If your goal was to prove to

14:22

yourself, you can do hard things to

14:24

get yourself off the couch and into

14:26

the world. Doing things and do things

14:28

and a healthy way. This

14:30

is an example of that. This.

14:32

Is in large part of my personal

14:34

inspiration to say wait a minute If

14:36

I'm experiencing a difficult season right now

14:39

and I want to transform myself with,

14:41

how can I up the steaks, how

14:43

can I take myself to the next

14:45

level. And of today workouts are

14:47

part of that equation. Bring it on. But.

14:50

I'm ready for that. I need

14:52

that. So. The question I

14:54

ask earlier of why would I opt

14:56

into that's why would I opt into

14:58

a program like today, workouts or considering

15:00

the idea of a seventy five hard

15:02

program. Will. The answer is

15:05

because I need is. It

15:07

is the medicine for my illness if

15:09

you are use that metaphor is the

15:11

thing that going to heal me. For.

15:14

At least in part. By. Part

15:16

of the solution. And honestly,

15:18

it's already working. This. Is a thing

15:20

I've been doing for last couple of weeks and I

15:22

can tell you right away. She's

15:24

in your life in a dramatic

15:27

fashion, especially when it involves your

15:29

daily habits. That. Is

15:31

by definition life changing. It's

15:34

incredible what it can do for you. So

15:36

if you're asking the question for yourself, well

15:38

it's ja noch I do today workouts gf

15:40

but i wanted something that will push me

15:43

like bath. Or. Just imagine

15:45

what would transform your life if

15:47

you said just with. That's where

15:49

it begins. so

15:52

to make a very long answer a little

15:54

shorter the number one question of what is

15:56

the benefit of doing hard things it is

15:58

inspirational we are it's The

16:02

second great benefit that I have

16:04

seen is that it's possible,

16:06

that doing hard things by looking at

16:09

them from the outside, we might think

16:11

they're too hard. We might think there's

16:13

no reason to even attempt something that's

16:16

that difficult. But when we

16:18

do, when we say yes to

16:20

difficult things, we prove to ourselves it's

16:22

possible to do. Now yes,

16:24

you can follow someone else like David

16:26

Goggins, who is doing incredible things, ultra

16:29

marathons beyond ultra marathons and physical feats

16:31

that are just mind blowing. You

16:34

might look at someone like that and think he's superhuman.

16:37

He is beyond what I would ever be

16:39

capable of doing. But

16:41

the amazing part about someone like David

16:43

Goggins, or any other extreme athlete, or

16:45

anyone else pushing the boundaries in their

16:47

field and doing so in a way

16:50

that really inspires others is

16:52

that almost every single time they

16:54

will come back and give the speech that

16:56

they all give, which is that hey,

16:59

I'm just a regular dude. I'm just a

17:01

guy who said yes to this. I

17:04

built this. I trained myself

17:06

into this. Therefore

17:09

it is possible for you. It

17:11

is possible for you to reach that same

17:13

level of achievement or go beyond it. And

17:16

once you believe that that's true for yourself, the

17:19

sky's the limit. Anything is possible. It's

17:22

an incredible thing to be able to

17:24

see in yourself, which I have

17:26

in the past. I mentioned that

17:28

David Goggins has run ultra marathons. I

17:31

have as well. I actually

17:33

didn't discover David Goggins until years after I

17:35

had finished my big season of running a

17:37

lot of ultra marathons and I wish I

17:40

had known of him sooner. But

17:42

one thing I will say is that when I look

17:44

back at my life before I was a runner, I

17:47

was the kind of guy who was just out

17:50

of shape, not his best self. Similarly

17:53

to how I've been recently actually in my life. But

17:55

back in this season of my life in my mid twenties,

17:58

I went from the guy on the couch to

18:00

running a 5K, and then from

18:02

a 5K to a 10K, and then

18:04

to a half marathon, and then a full

18:06

marathon, and then eventually, yes, an ultra marathon.

18:10

I was able to take myself from

18:12

someone who was not in shape, who

18:14

didn't even think it was possible for

18:16

me to ever do

18:18

that. I did that. And

18:22

that transformative process to prove

18:24

to yourself that this thing

18:26

that seems impossible is possible

18:29

for you, oh, that's so

18:31

good. That's where

18:33

real life kicks in. That's where

18:35

the joy and the beauty of

18:37

doing difficult things become so miraculous.

18:41

This show is called the 5am Miracle for

18:43

a reason, because it is

18:45

miraculous to see the transformation in

18:47

yourself to prove that difficult things

18:49

can be done and you can

18:51

do them. That's powerful.

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third benefits of why doing

20:24

hard things is so beautiful

20:26

is it's obviously wildly helpful

20:28

for your groups. So.

20:31

Yes, you proved yourself you can do

20:33

hard things, but you also gain new

20:35

skills and are they willing to use

20:37

those skills to take on even bigger

20:39

goals in the future to accomplish even

20:41

more. Or. Whatever. I look

20:43

at my life where especially my business

20:45

and I'm asking myself, you know what's

20:47

gonna help me to move forward with?

20:49

We're I am right now. Almost

20:52

always the answer is let's go take

20:54

on something new and difficult and see

20:56

how it inspires growth in other areas

20:58

of my life and my business. Let's

21:01

see how it changes me. And.

21:03

It's always always the same case

21:05

every single time that when I

21:07

take on something difficult even if

21:10

that thing sales. I.

21:12

Still gain a tremendously from

21:14

the process. But. We grow

21:16

as people when we take on

21:19

things that cause growth. And

21:21

the only thing that will cause growth his

21:23

talents. You. Have to opt in

21:25

to challenge to growth. That is the

21:27

process. That's just how it works. Never

21:31

fourth grade benefits or reason to take

21:33

on hard things is that at one

21:35

spire others along the way. Know

21:38

we don't just inspire ourselves, We'll

21:40

just grow by ourselves and a

21:43

little cave when we do hard

21:45

things other people notice. Now

21:47

yes, there's the obvious. People like David

21:50

Goggins who has a big personal brand

21:52

me has a book and lots of

21:54

videos. He's out there promoting his growth,

21:56

showing you what he has done. But.

21:59

There. People watching you and your

22:01

life. In without books and videos and

22:04

an online platform you are inspiring other

22:06

people who see you every day. When.

22:09

You take on big challenges and you

22:11

succeed. or you just even attempts the

22:13

big challenge. Others see that

22:15

they are inspired and then they

22:17

go and grow themselves. This

22:20

is a powerful reproductive process at.

22:22

The more people that take on

22:24

more things, the more people that

22:26

take on more and bigger things.

22:29

Is a wonderful cyclical process

22:31

that inspires more action, more

22:33

productivity, more creativity, And.

22:36

more growth, As a win, win,

22:38

win all way around. Now

22:40

the fifth and final benefit here for why

22:43

doing hard things. He is wonderful. Is.

22:45

Wine This. What else

22:47

are you working on? A not south

22:49

condescending? I'm sorry about that, but seriously,

22:51

years The question? What else could you

22:53

possibly be pursuing If you're not going

22:55

to take on something that scorned it

22:57

seems you for the better in the

22:59

future. Know. I've been

23:02

in seasons of my life where big

23:04

goals just sound obnoxious to pursue that

23:06

are of time that not interested, no

23:08

thank. Been. There I know that

23:10

feels like. I've. Had the opposite

23:12

of as well which is bring I'm on, I'm ready

23:15

all the time, More and bigger and better and that's

23:17

all I want to do. But

23:19

the real question comes down to what

23:21

is your tendency. Do. You tend

23:23

to take on big projects or

23:25

do you tend to hold yourself

23:28

back. That's the real

23:30

question. And by the way

23:32

to define a big goal: this is personal.

23:34

This is subjective. You get to decide how

23:36

big the goal is. So I asked the

23:38

question, what else are you working on I'm

23:41

asking that not in a way that says

23:43

like you should also go do the same

23:45

thing that I have done for diva guy

23:47

is dead or anyone else know. This.

23:50

About what are you working on

23:52

that inspires you. Why?

23:54

not push the boundary why not see

23:56

your own potential why not sell on

23:59

your potential and go beyond it. That's

24:02

the point. Like what if

24:04

you tried something difficult even if you

24:06

failed? What is possible if

24:09

you said yes to adventure? That's

24:12

a fun question. Which

24:14

actually brings me to the final section

24:16

today which is when to say yes

24:18

to a big challenge. Because

24:20

not every season of life deserves

24:23

a big challenge but the ones

24:25

that do they really really do.

24:27

So number one, when

24:29

to say yes to a big challenge before

24:32

you feel ready. You

24:36

will feel ready after you say

24:38

yes and after you take action.

24:41

The emotion comes after the action.

24:43

Feeling ready for a big goal

24:46

isn't really a thing. It's just

24:48

not. You just say yes basically

24:51

like you're just writing a blank check. You

24:53

don't really know what's going to happen next and

24:56

then you just see what happens. That's the

24:58

big adventure part. That's the fun part. Yes

25:01

it can be scary. Yes it can be daunting.

25:03

Yes it can be out of

25:05

the norm for your personality or your tendencies

25:07

but this is where life has really lived.

25:10

A little bit on the edge. A little bit of

25:12

excitement. A little bit of risk and

25:14

that pays off tremendously if you

25:18

take action before you feel ready.

25:20

Because obviously if you wait until you're ready that

25:23

day may never come. Act now.

25:25

The emotion is after the action.

25:29

Number two, when you should say yes to

25:31

a big challenge is when you have put

25:33

off something already. Procrastination

25:36

just delays progress. If

25:39

you're right now thinking of something in your head

25:41

that's difficult that you've been putting off that you

25:43

know you need to do, go do

25:45

that thing. Stop waiting. Don't

25:48

listen to me anymore. Turn this episode off

25:50

and go do that thing because

25:52

procrastination is a death sentence

25:54

for productivity. It's a

25:56

killer of emotion. It's a killer of

25:58

self-esteem. We need to pursue

26:01

the things that we're not pursuing that we know

26:03

we should be. Because there's something

26:05

about knowing we should be that's deep

26:07

in us. That's in our core, that

26:09

if we pursued that, if we said

26:11

yes to that, if we finally took

26:13

care of that, the

26:16

stress is gone, the pain of not doing

26:18

it is gone, and the success

26:20

is there. And then you get

26:23

to move on to the even bigger,

26:25

more inspiring projects. Now

26:27

the third time in your life of when to

26:29

say yes to a big challenge is when you're

26:31

in a rut. If

26:33

you felt bogged down by life and work,

26:35

especially in the last few years of the

26:37

pandemic, mix it up. Radically

26:40

change something. Now I go into

26:42

ruts seasonally, basically. Between seasons

26:45

I tend to hit ruts. When I'm not

26:47

inspired for the next big thing, I tend

26:49

to fall into this, well what am I

26:51

going to do next mentality? Like I know

26:54

how this feels every year because I hit

26:56

some kind of a cycle like this regularly.

26:59

And so when you're feeling that way,

27:01

that's a great time to radically change

27:03

something. Mix things up

27:05

and try something new. The new

27:07

experiences, the new challenge, that's

27:10

going to pull you out of that rut

27:12

faster than anything. Now

27:15

the fourth time in your life to say yes

27:17

to a big challenge is as soon as you

27:19

finish something significant. So I just

27:21

said that I get into ruts kind of

27:24

seasonally. What I mean by that is after

27:26

a big project there's a lull and then

27:28

the next project begins. So as soon as

27:30

you finish something significant, it is time immediately

27:33

to go on to the next thing. Now

27:35

you may take a break on purpose, knowing

27:38

what's going to happen when you come back from

27:40

the break. And those are great. Breaks are good.

27:43

But we need to move

27:45

on to the next big thing fairly

27:47

quickly. If you let the rut last

27:49

too long, you let this lull, this

27:51

kind of darker period just kind of

27:53

fester for too long, it becomes

27:55

the norm. And The norm should

27:58

be the pursuit of something ambitious. The

28:00

and exciting. Know lot

28:02

of great authors actually begin their next book

28:04

while that are working on the current one.

28:07

Other words, there's an overlap. A project. There's

28:09

an overlap of big things to say. Yes

28:12

to. Someone. Said Susan this next

28:14

book. Yes, there could be a break at

28:16

some point in their, but they already have

28:18

a next one in mind and they've already

28:20

begun the process of making this happen. So.

28:23

As you finished with the significance, the

28:25

next project should be in the wings

28:27

ready to go. And

28:30

of or five. the fifth and final time

28:32

of the when he said say yes to

28:34

a big challenge is when you feel excited

28:36

to say yes to big challenge. You're.

28:39

When you're inspired to take on

28:41

something new, do with strike while

28:43

the iron is hot. If you

28:45

feel good about something, act now.

28:47

Because. Those kinds of seasons of one seem

28:49

to do big and hard things. For.

28:51

Most people those don't come very often.

28:54

You. Know we have the opportunity to

28:57

lean in to something that's difficult or

28:59

fun or challenging and we missed that

29:01

window. The. Window closes.

29:04

And often times it will not reopen

29:06

for a while. So if you have

29:08

the chance now to do something, take

29:10

that chance. Do. Something. Inspired.

29:13

Yourself. Inspire. Others to. See.

29:23

If is the Axis death

29:25

of Week of course you

29:27

know it's do something challenging

29:29

you'd have to work out

29:31

twice a day. But pick

29:33

something that sounds votes beneficial

29:35

and demanding of your potential.

29:37

What inspires you to move?

29:39

What sounds difficult? Fun. Would

29:42

change your life if you just said

29:44

yes to it right now. Make

29:47

that choice to it. Say. It's

29:49

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