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Hey, self-improver. A better world starts with a better you, so let's take another step
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toward your best self today. This is your weekend recap. Now, let's review.
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On Monday, we talked about how to know if what you're doing is actually working. It's
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hard enough to get yourself into action, but being patient enough to stay consistent
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with it and committed to it is the real key. That's why it's helpful to treat it like
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an experiment, where you measure what you're putting in, decide how long you plan to do
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it, measure what's coming out, and see if that's close to what you expected.
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Then Tuesday was all about treating life like a GPS. When you go off track, don't tell yourself
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how awful or stupid you are. Imagine a GPS screaming at you, yet idiot when you make a
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wrong turn. No, instead, it recalculates the next best path and helps you move forward.
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That is what we ought to do ourselves.
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Next, Wednesday we honed in on an important shift from feeling like delaying gratification
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is a short term sacrifice to a long term investment. We know we need to do things that don't
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feel good today to get what we want overall, but that's not to say it's easy to do. It
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becomes easier when you take the perspective that what you're choosing now will compound
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and give you so much more later, rather than focusing on the lack or sacrifice that's
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required in the immediate. Thursday, I shared a powerful question
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inspired by my service trip to Nicaragua. If it all ended today and your friends and
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family want to distribute every dollar to your name in your honor, what would you want
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them to do with your money? It's an indicator of the cause you care most about. The future
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you most believe in, stand for, and want to support. And once you're clear on what
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that thing is, then ask yourself, what is keeping you from doing something about it
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right now? And finally, on Friday, I shared an experience on an airplane where a new friend
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was a few rows ahead of me, but she blended in as if she was just like everyone else,
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a stranger. They made me realize that every person everywhere has a story, goals, loved
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ones, and experiences. Understanding that people are humans full of richness and depth
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and not just a body makes us treat others differently and seek to get to know them better.
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I'm Brian Ford, and if you're new to the podcast, then check this out. I've put together
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to self-improvement. Plus, as a bonus, I attempted to summarize everything I've ever said
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on the podcast into one life-changing lesson. So if you want to learn what that is and
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make up for lost time, click the link in the description to download the seven fundamentals
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right now. You grew today. Let's do it again tomorrow on self-improvement daily.
