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Hey there , my name is Corinne

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Oflin and you're listening to the Calm Entrepreneur

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podcast . I am a USA

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Today bestselling author , non-profit executive

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and organizing nerd with over 20

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years experience running my own small businesses

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. I teach entrepreneurs

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, solarpreneurs and small business owners like you

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how to organize your business , find

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more time and deepen your alignment practice

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to experience more calm and confidence

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every single day . If

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you're looking for that intersection between practical

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business advice and spiritual goodness

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, then you're in the right place . So sit back

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, relax and let's dive into this

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week's episode of the Calm Entrepreneur

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podcast . Welcome

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, welcome to the Calm Entrepreneur podcast

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. I'm your host , corinne Oflin , and

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this is season two , episode

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one . So I felt called to

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change over to a new

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season for the podcast because , after

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25 episodes , i have fallen

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into this rhythm of really wanting

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to respond

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to the things that resonate

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with you guys , and the things that

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I'm hearing from you are that

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you want to discuss

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more about alignment and

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really tapping into

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what works for you , and I think that it's

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the reason why this podcast is called

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the Calm Entrepreneur . I think that

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my mission in this

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new iteration of what I'm working

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on is I think that we need

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to change the way that we think about how we work

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. I think that we need to stop trying

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to find work-life balance . I don't

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think it exists , especially for entrepreneurs

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, and I think that , as entrepreneurs

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, we need to find a way to chase

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the integration of our

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life into our work . It's

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fluid . It's meant to

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be all the things

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at one time . Most of us entrepreneurs

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work from our homes . Most of us have

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families and other obligations under our

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roof , and most

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of us have built our business around

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those constraints right

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. Freedom was the reason

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we went into entrepreneurship for most of us

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, and I think that the path

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toward success and growth

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and building in the entrepreneurial

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space causes burnout And

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I think that , judging

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from the response from my conversation

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in my previous episode about

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burnout , this is something that resonates

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with a lot of you And it's

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profoundly impacted the way that

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I work today . You

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know burnout is something that you know . Once you've

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tasted it and clawed your way

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out of it , you don't ever want to go back

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, and I think that the conversation

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I would like to have , i

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want to push it more toward alignment

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. I want to talk about running

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a business and having success

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and doing all those things right Making money

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, making an impact , doing all those things

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, but making the goal our well-being

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, making the goal happiness

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and feeling good in our bodies and

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health And really

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connecting with the heart

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of our business and the soul

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of our business . And the only

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way to do that is through alignment

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. And I think that you know the conversation

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around alignment gets kind

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of muddied in . I guess you

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know money doesn't really fare because it

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really does depend on the context . Because you can be

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in alignment with you

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, know your word , you can follow

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up your actions with your

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word , do the things that you say you're going to do , and that

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is being in alignment . You can

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also , you know , stay true

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to your belief system , and that is

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acting in alignment . But

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what I'm talking about is your

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soul alignment And that is

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coming from human design

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And I have shared

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many times now in the last several episodes

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about how profound

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the exploration of human

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design has become for me And I really

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feel like that is a path

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toward alignment

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for so many

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of us that it

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transcends any kind of belief

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system . It doesn't require any

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kind of dogma . It really is like

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a blueprint , it's a template , to

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quote Karen Curry Parker , who teaches

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quantum human design . There's

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not a lot of understanding around what

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human design is for the people who are new to

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it , and so that's where I want to

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go , and so this episode

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I wanted to kind of introduce you to where I'm going

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to take you this season , and it

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all started with this

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saying that I

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heard when I was a kid , and it was you

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are special and unique , just

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like everyone else , right ? And it's

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like , yeah , haha , that's clever

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, but it's true . Karen Curry Parker

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, who I mentioned , is the person who created

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quantum human design . She talks about the fact

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that each of us is a unique

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cosmic event . All of us

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here on Earth today , all 7.9

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billion of us , make up the tapestry

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of humanity , and if any of us were

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not here right now , the tapestry would be

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different . We all have a unique

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role and we all have a unique purpose

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in this life , and

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our job should be

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to figure out what that is . Our

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purpose is not what we do . We are not what

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we do . It's all about who we

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be , and that

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is where human design comes in , because

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one of the things I think that we're

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all struggling with is we

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understand that we're unique and special , and

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yet we spend a lot of time trying to

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conform Right , and that

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is so true in business . Like

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you know , how many times have you seen

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, you know classes on

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, you know how to do the algorithm , how

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to run ads that convert

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, how to do a sales funnel , how

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to do all these things . And you know you're

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buying systems into things

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that you're hoping that are going to work And you know

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I do the same thing . It's fair

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. But I think that something that we need

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to really work on is understanding

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how this system is

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built And then what of

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that resonates with me . How much

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of those things are actually in alignment with who

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I am , what am I going to continue

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to show up for And which things

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just won't work for me ? And

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this is one of those things I talked about a while ago in

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a previous episode about TikTok . Like I

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just I can't make myself use

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the app . I just can't . I tried , i can't

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. I don't like it . It's not something

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I'm going to do And I don't care . I don't care

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how much bounty

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and how much you know reach

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and how much audience building and how much of all that is

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going to be available to me . Should I

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focus on and really

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invest my time and energy into

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building a platform on TikTok . It

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is so outside of the alignment

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for Corinne . I just can't . I

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can't do it , and so understanding

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more about ourselves and how we

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tick is really what's

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important to me , and I think it's

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what is needed

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in order to get to this thing

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called the calm entrepreneur . A

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calm entrepreneur is a person who is

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operating an easeful business , is

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operating a sustainable business

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, that is , you know , we're

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all busy , there is always going to be

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stress , but it's not a

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, it's not trudging , you don't feel

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like you're walking through mud , because your

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business is in alignment with who you are

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. When we are born

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into this world , we are

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this human that is full of potential , right

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, cosmic , profound potential

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, and as we grow , we're influenced

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by everything that happens to us and

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happens around us , and this is , you know

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, by our family , by the

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people around us , our society

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, events that happen , the weather

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, you know the climate where we

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were raised , the world in general

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, and it's not just the things that

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happen to us , but it's our perception

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of those things and the meanings that

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we assign to all of it . And

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those meanings are made

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because of all

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of the things our family , the people

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, society , events , the world . It's

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this never-ending cycle

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of feedback that builds

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our conditioning , you

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know , and it's like we're this shining

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jewel , right , we're this beautiful diamond

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, and there's layers and layers

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of dust and dirt clinging to

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us on all sides , and it's not

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like it's heavy or it's bothersome , it's just

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there , we've just grown used to it , but

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it's blocking out some of the light . I

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actually heard somebody else describe conditioning

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as though we were this glass window . So

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here we are , this window made

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of glass , and the light shining through

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us is everything that we're meant to be . It's

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all of our potential . But the world

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and all of its events and

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all the meanings that we've assigned to it are

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like these gauzy curtains

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, right , these sheer layers

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that are , layer upon layer , added

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on top of the window , and they

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don't block out the light , but

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they cause the light to become diffuse , right

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, and we can still see through it

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, but it's not 100% crystal clear

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and we're not able to beam the shine out

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because of all this stuff

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sitting on top of the window . And that

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is what is our conditioning , and

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all of us has it . There's nobody on the earth

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that is free of conditioning , but

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our conditioning is what is keeping us from

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becoming who we truly are , our

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core self , you know , the one , without

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any of those things blocking us . It's

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our deconditioned self . And

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that is where human design comes in . The

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more we can unravel and work through

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our conditioning , the more

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aligned our life will become . And

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it's not a finite , you

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know . You decondition this piece of it and then

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you're done . It's life's work . We

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continue to cycle

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up and you know , as they say , the

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new level same devil , like the same

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stuff is going to come back and it's going to come back . But the

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way that we react

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to the life as it happens

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around us and the things that happen to us , and the way

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that we perceive and the meanings we assign

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to the things will change

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. And as we become

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more of our true nature

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, we will then , you know , level

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up and level up and discovering

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that there's a path of that

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discovery available to us through

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human design . So

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, for those of you who don't know , human design is

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a system that blends

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astrology , the Chinese Yi Qing

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, the Kabbalah , the Hindu Brahman

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chakra model and quantum physics to

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create a unique tool for

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self-understanding , and it's really important

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. I want to underline that It's

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a tool for self-understanding

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. This is a self-exploration tool . Your

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human design chart is calculated

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using your birth data and you

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put in your birth data and

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out pops this thing called the body

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graph And it shows

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the 64 gates and all

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the different places where you have definition

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in your chart and openness

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in your chart . And it's really important

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to understand what is meant by all of those things

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, because something that happens

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with the revelation of

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your chart is

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the word purpose starts

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to be revealed , and I think it's

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really important to understand that . What is

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meant by purpose in the framework of

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human design ? your purpose

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is not something that you're meant

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to do . Like the Ra'u'rahu

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, the creator who channeled human

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design , was actually reluctant to share

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the aspects of purpose

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through human design because he didn't

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want people to see

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their purpose

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and it's revealed in what's called the incarnation

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cross , but he didn't want people to

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see that and then

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pursue it as

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something that you can check off a list and get

12:29

to . That's not what it was meant for

12:31

. Your purpose in the

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framework of human design or actually I

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would argue in the framework of like being a human

12:38

your purpose is something that appears

12:41

when you are living in alignment with your

12:43

design , and it's just really cool

12:45

. There's a really cool story that

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I read about it in

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a book called The Incarnation

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Cross by Brynja

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Magnuson And

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I lost my page . I'm going to have to turn back

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to the page again . She talked about

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the Rainmaker , and

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what she said was that the Rainmaker

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was this guy who traveled

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from tribe to tribe using his magic

13:10

to end droughts , And when the Rainmaker

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would arrive at a

13:14

new drought-ridden village , he

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would be supplied with lodging and food and

13:18

anything else that he needed . While

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he performed his rain magic , the Rainmaker

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would disappear into his provided tent

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for a few days and soon the rain would

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come . In truth , there

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was no magic or ritual

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involved . The rain simply followed

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the Rainmaker everywhere he went , and

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she explains that the rainmaker

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is a really valuable way

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to understand purpose

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in the framework of quantum

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human design , because the

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moment that the rainmaker

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tried to control the

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rain , he would be out of alignment

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and he would no longer be called to

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arrive at certain

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villages . He would lose his connection

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to that divine path and then

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humanity would not be served . The

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droughts would continue . The magic

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is in the fact that he surrendered

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his power and he just followed

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the path where he was

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being called . He was operating in

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alignment with his strategy and

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there was where he was able to

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fulfill his purpose . The

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purpose thing is kind of a slippery slope , and so

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I mention it because it's something that's been

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mentioned all over the place in

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all of my research . But the

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purpose of human design is not to reveal

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your purpose . Your purpose in human design

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is self-discovery . It's meant

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to help you find yourself

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. It's not something that you need to be using

14:44

as an action tool , because

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being in alignment with your design means living

14:48

in harmony with your nature

14:50

right , not conforming

14:52

with the masses , and

14:55

you find your true nature outlined

14:58

in your individual chart , in

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your body graph , and

15:03

so once you start understanding

15:05

and then also accepting your

15:08

characteristics and traits and

15:10

making decisions that resonate with your

15:12

strategy and your type , alignment

15:14

begins to happen naturally

15:17

and it helps you better navigate

15:19

everything in your life , which

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will then help you experience a sense

15:23

of purpose and a sense of direction . When

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you are living your life by

15:28

strategy and by your strategy

15:31

according to your type , that's

15:33

when those magical

15:35

synchronicities happen , that's when

15:37

the serendipity happens

15:39

, that's when it feels like you're walking on

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this magical

15:43

bubble of like whoa did that really happen ? And

15:46

I know that I'm not alone . I know that I'm not the

15:48

only person who's experienced that . So , whether

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or not you've ever heard of human design , i know that

15:53

you've experienced those things

15:55

, and so that's what I really

15:57

wanted to talk about in this season

15:59

of the Calm Entrepreneur

16:01

podcast , because I think that

16:03

if we lean more

16:06

into what feels

16:08

in alignment to us in

16:11

our business and in our life , i

16:14

think that we will find more ease

16:17

and flow . I think that I

16:19

know that when you operate

16:21

in alignment , that's where flow is , and

16:24

we're supposed to be able to

16:26

operate there . It's not supposed

16:28

to be hard . There's so many coaches

16:30

out there that talk about like mindset and

16:33

money , mindset and success , mindset

16:35

and growth , mindset and all

16:38

these different kinds of ways of thinking , and mindset

16:40

is everything you guys . But

16:42

the reason they talk about mindset

16:44

is because we

16:46

need to dig deep and we need to look

16:48

at all the different stories that we tell

16:50

ourselves about ourselves . That's our

16:52

identity . The identity that we have

16:54

is not necessarily who

16:57

we truly are , and the more that

16:59

we are able to unpack places

17:02

where we have become conditioned and

17:04

identify well , wait a second , that's

17:07

not something that really feels mine , but

17:09

what is mine . That is where you

17:12

can dig deeper

17:14

and you can find insights into

17:16

your true nature , which will then unravel

17:19

all these things like your

17:22

potential and your gifts and your

17:24

challenges . So human design

17:26

offers that and so much more , and I

17:28

wanted to share that with you because I'm

17:30

going to take a shift into the

17:33

human design world for the next several

17:35

episodes And I wanted

17:37

to share that with you . So there are several

17:39

aspects to human design that I'm going to go

17:41

deeper into in future episodes , and they

17:43

are understanding your type . There

17:47

are five types in human design and everybody

17:49

falls into one of them . They

17:51

are the manifester , the manifesting

17:53

generator , the generator , the reflector

17:55

and the projector . That's it

17:57

. It's just five . Each of

18:00

those types has

18:02

a strategy , and when you understand

18:04

your type and you understand and you can

18:06

follow your strategy , that is really

18:09

gonna be so powerful for everybody

18:11

. And if you did nothing more than just type and

18:13

strategy , you'd really be on a path

18:15

toward super flow . Strategy

18:17

is unique to each type

18:19

and it's all about decision making , and

18:23

I've talked about this before as well . Generators

18:26

are encouraged to respond , projectors

18:28

are meant to wait for

18:30

the invitation , manifestors are

18:32

meant to initiate , and we'll go into all

18:34

of this in further detail , but something

18:37

that I did wanna say was that , yeah

18:39

, there's only five types and yeah , there's

18:41

a limited number of strategies , but

18:43

there are 64 gates in the Vodigraph

18:46

And there's authority

18:48

and there's so much more . That

18:50

makes it all very , very nuanced for

18:53

each individual person . So

18:55

, after your type and your strategy , we

18:58

recognize our authority . Your

19:00

authority is your inner decision-making system

19:03

. It can be emotional , sacral

19:05

, self-projected , ego

19:08

, manifested , lunar , and

19:10

by understanding your authority

19:12

and following your authority , your

19:14

decision-making will become so

19:17

much closer to your

19:19

true alignment and your deeper self

19:21

, and that's when the magic

19:24

starts to happen . Further in , there's

19:26

the centers in human design

19:29

, and there are nine

19:31

centers in human design , each relating

19:33

to different aspects of your life . They

19:35

are correlate with the chakra system

19:37

and all of the chakras have seven . Human

19:40

design has nine centers , but

19:42

they are all about your mind and

19:45

your emotions and your

19:47

ideas and the way

19:49

you communicate , and understanding

19:51

these can help you align your actions with

19:54

your inherent strengths and your areas

19:57

for growth . You can understand

19:59

your profile . You can understand

20:01

your gates and your channels . Everything

20:04

in human design is unique to

20:06

each of us And it's related

20:08

to the moment that we're born

20:10

on the earth and where on the

20:12

earth we were born and the planets and

20:15

the position of everything in the sky at

20:17

the moment of our birth , and that's

20:19

what makes it unique . So it

20:22

really is comprehensive . And there

20:24

is so much more to your design

20:26

to discover And I plan

20:28

to journey with you over

20:30

the course of the next season , sharing

20:32

what I'm learning from human design and

20:35

how you can apply it in your life . Using

20:37

human design as a path to alignment

20:39

involves a deep understanding

20:42

of your unique design , but the cool

20:44

thing is you don't have to dig all

20:46

that deep to get started . The

20:48

deeper you dig , the more you learn , but

20:51

everything starts to make a whole lot more sense . But

20:54

really all you need is your strategy and your type

20:56

. That's all it takes to

20:58

start to live in alignment and make decisions

21:00

from that space . Exploring

21:03

your design results in aligning your decisions

21:05

, your actions and interactions

21:07

with your type , your strategy and

21:10

your authority . It's an exploration

21:12

into how you make decisions , how

21:15

those decisions and your actions are a direct

21:17

reflection of your self-worth , and

21:19

it's a deep dive into the conditioning

21:22

that we all have as humans and the things

21:24

that we're here to learn . Studying your body

21:26

graph is a journey of

21:28

self-discovery that can help you live

21:30

more authentically , make decisions

21:32

more confidently and navigate your

21:34

life with greater ease and

21:37

true fulfillment in human design and

21:39

specifically quantum human design because that is where

21:41

I'm trained It's this whole huge

21:43

world of potential , of personal

21:45

discovery , and it's available to all of us

21:47

And I would like to invite you to join me

21:49

and peel back the layers of you . So

21:52

if you're interested in learning more about human

21:54

design , it all starts with your chart

21:56

and you can grab your free chart out

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in the web or you can get it from my website and

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I'll put a link in the show notes . It's

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Karinoflincom and on my

22:06

menu it says get your free chart . It'll show

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you everything . There's no more things

22:10

to reveal . You start by learning

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about your type and your strategy , which will be

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printed on your chart . You focus

22:17

there on those two things and

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see what you see . If

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we all started understanding what

22:24

it meant simply to follow our strategy

22:26

by our type , it would really be kind

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of amazing , you guys , and

22:30

if you go no deeper into human design

22:33

than understanding your strategy and your type , that

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really is enough to lean into . So

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that's what I've got for you this week . I

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thank you for listening and I'm so excited

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to dig into this . So next week

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I'm going to talk

22:47

about the different types and

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I'm going to do the best that I can not to make it overwhelming

22:52

because there's just so much information

22:54

. So if you're interested in doing more

22:56

of this , you know , reach out . Check

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out the chart on the website . I'm

23:01

going to start adding more detail in show notes

23:03

, but I hope you'll come back and learn

23:06

along with me , because I am

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in the midst of becoming certified

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as a coach in human design . I'm

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already certified through level three of

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four levels . Level

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four starts in the fall and I'm

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super excited about it , you guys . I feel like

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it has seriously

23:24

opened up this complete world

23:27

of exploration into

23:30

what makes me me and what

23:32

makes me tick and why it is

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that I want to do a podcast and why it

23:36

is that I want to be a coach and why it is

23:38

that I'm doing all the things that I'm doing . It's

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all right there and it's

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just really cool . So , anyway

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, that's what I've got for you this week . Thanks

23:48

for listening and I'm going to end it before I start rambling

23:50

on again . Have a great one . Remember

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, part of being a calm entrepreneur

24:02

is developing the systems , habits and

24:05

know how . That lets you know that you

24:07

are the one in the driver's seat . You

24:09

get to choose how you run your business

24:11

and you get to choose how you work

24:13

. So you got this .