The Power of Persistence: Think And Grow Rich Step 8 in 10 Minutes

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Why 98 percent of people fail to
achieve their dreams and what the

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other 2 percent do differently.

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Well, welcome back.

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You amazing listeners to another
episode of the Thinking Big podcast.

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I'm your host, Sean Osborne, here to light
a fire under your ambitions and catapult

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you into the stratosphere of success.

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And today we're going to be diving into
the eighth step from Napoleon Hill's

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legendary book, Think and Grow Rich.

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And it is on persistence.

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So buckle up because we're about
to turn your wavering willpower

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into an unshakable force of nature.

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So persistence,

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it's the secret sauce that turns your
dreams into realities and the relentless

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drive to keep you moving forward.

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Even when the world says no, even
when your friends and your family

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say, Sean, that's never going to work.

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Who do you think you are?

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Persistence keeps you
going no matter what.

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And Hill famously said,
persistence is to the character

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of man as carbon is to steel.

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And today we're going to forge your
persistence until it is diamond.

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Napoleon Hill describes it as a
sustained effort necessary to induce

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faith and the habit of concentrating
your thoughts upon your burning desire

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until that desire becomes a white
hot obsession that cannot be stopped.

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So let me ask you this and be honest.

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How often do you give up on your
dreams and goals the moment you

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face a little bit of adversity?

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How quick do you throw in the towel
when things don't go your way?

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And if you're anything like majority,
98 percent of the people out there, I'm

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guessing the answer is way too easily.

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Stuff's always going to happen.

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We've got to persist.

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But, if you want to be successful and
if you want to be one of the heavy

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hitters in the world who makes big
things happen, you've got to cultivate

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persistence like your life depends on it.

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Because the truth is, It does.

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Your ability to persist in the
Face of failure, rejection, and

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the opposition will determine what
you achieve and who you become

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more so than talent, intelligence,
resourcefulness, or any other factor.

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It's persistence.

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Think about some of the most widely
successful people throughout history.

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Uh, and in this book and think, you're
rich, you know, the Rockefellers,

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the Carnegie's, the Edison's,
the boards, what set them apart?

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Sure.

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They were brilliant.

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And resourceful, but so are a lot
of people who never amount to much.

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The key difference was their
sheer unwavering persistence.

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They refuse to stop.

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No matter how bad times gone, no matter
how many times they failed, no matter how

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much the world doubted and rejected them,

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they kept pushing ahead with an almost
fanatical belief in their vision in

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them, in what they were doing, and
that's what it takes my friends.

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Achieving great things is
never a straight easy path.

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You're going to face obstacles,
hardships, haters, and one of the

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biggest haters of all your own self
doubt and negative programming.

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And the only way to make it through to the
other side and seize your rightful rewards

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is by cultivating a spirit of action.

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Absolute persistence.

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So how do we go about developing
this persistence quality?

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Napoleon laid it out in four
simple steps within this chapter.

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Number one, you need a definite
purpose backed by a burning

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desire for its fulfillment.

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You need to know exactly what you want.

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Number two, you need to define a
plan that you continually act upon.

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Number three, you must
close your mind every time.

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And number four, you need a friendly
reliance with one or more people who

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will encourage you to follow through.

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So let's break those down just
a little bit to help you out.

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First and foremost, you need to
know exactly what it is that you

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want with crystal clarity and you
need to want it with an intensity

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that borders on absolute obsession.

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Why is your goal a must and
not just a nice to have?

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You've got to connect with the burning
desire daily and use it as rocket fuel.

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Secondly, you need a concrete plan of
action that you work on every single

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day, even if you can only take one small
step at a time, one small step each day.

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And it says a concrete plan.

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It doesn't say a complete plan.

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It doesn't say you need
to know everything.

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Everything about getting your goal because
you're not going to know how to do it.

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You just need a concrete plan, one step.

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What's the one next step that you need?

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It needs to be in concrete and you
need to work on it every single day.

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Again, even if it's just one small
step that you can do, the key is

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maintaining that forward momentum
and not sliding backwards into

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procrastination and our same old
excuses that we seem to give ourselves.

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Consistent, persistent effort is
the real secret sauce to success.

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Next.

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You absolutely must protect your mind
from toxic energy and negative influences.

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That's social media.

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That's whatever you look at.

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You need to protect your mind.

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The doubters, the haters, the
skeptics, the complainers who want

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to drag you down into the pit of
mediocrity that they reside in.

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Avoid these people like the plague
and guard your thoughts vigilantly.

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You get to choose what you focus on.

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Focus on the positive.

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Don't focus on the
negative and these people.

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And then finally, surround yourselves
with positive, encouraging, influencing

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people who believe in you and your vision.

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I talk about so much about mastermind
groups, getting yourself in it.

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Into a mastermind, into
that's what this is.

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That's what a mastermind is.

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, but you've got to get involved with
other people and bring people around.

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You is not a big enough number, you know,
create a personal board of directors who

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hold you accountable and keep you fired
up, attend the motivational seminars.

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Join the mastermind groups.

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Again, I've got a few spots opening
up in mind, hire that coach, whatever

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it is, get around the people you
want to be like, do what it takes to

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immerse yourself in an environment
that strengthens your persistence

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muscle, because here's the blunt truth.

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If you don't master persistence,
you are destined to a life of

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weakness, frustration, and regret.

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That's harsh.

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I know that sounds harsh, but it is true.

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You have to be persistent.

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All of your hopes and dreams will remain
daydreams forever, mocking you As missed

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opportunities and half hearted attempts.

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And I hope this is somewhat pissing you
off a little bit because this, I'm here to

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motivate you to start taking the action.

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And I don't know about you, but
to me, it's not really living.

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It's merely existing when we
don't get the things that we

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want, when we don't absolutely
persist our dreams and our goals.

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If you want to suck the marrow out
of life, if you want to become the

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highest, truest expression of yourself,
then you must commit to persistence

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as your default setting, as your
default program every single day,

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from this day forward, starting today,
you've got to persist on everything.

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So let's talk tangible action items.

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What can you start doing immediately
to increase your persistence factor?

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Well, the first and most important step
is making the decision right now with

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irreversible resolve that you will persist
until you succeed no matter what it takes.

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How long?

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Until.

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Until you make it.

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Until it happens.

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You do it.

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You persist until.

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As he says, burn the boats, cut off any
escape routes and put your back up against

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the wall so that you have no choice,
but to keep driving forward, to persist.

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You're going to put yourself in
a spot that makes you do or die.

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That's what it takes.

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When you make that deep gut decision
that there is no other alternative, but

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to persist, you summon up incredible
powers from within and incredible

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powers from within the universe.

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Next.

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Take inventory on your
life and your environment.

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Where are you allowing negative
and toxic influences to pollute

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your mind and sap your persistence?

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Which people?

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Habits, media, activities are not in
alignment with the person that you

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need to become to achieve your goals.

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It's time to pull the plug on those
energy vampires once and for all.

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Replace them with positive
inputs that shore up your faith

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in yourself and your resolve.

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And finally, put yourself into
forward motion and refuse to stop.

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Take bold, massive actions every single
day in the direction of your dreams.

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Not backwards, not direction, don't
take steps, someone else's dreams.

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Take bold, massive actions every single
day in the direction of your dreams.

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And when the inevitable failures and
setbacks happen, embrace them as necessary

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testing grounds for getting stronger.

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Every adversity carries with it the seed
of an equivalent or greater benefit if

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If that's a big, if, if you maintain
your persistent mental attitude.

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The big takeaway from this episode
is that your entire life will be

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shaped by your level of persistence.

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With persistence.

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There are no limitations.

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You can have, do, and become anything
you're willing to fight for indefinitely.

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Without it, you're condemned to a life
of quiet desperation, as Thoreau put it.

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So, from this moment forward, decide
with everything that you've got that

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you will be one of the rare few, one
of the 2 percent who refuse to succumb

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to defeat and keep on keeping on until
you win the day, until it happens.

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Tattoo the word persistence
into your mind and soul.

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Let it become your guiding
force and most cherished value.

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And then go out there and show
the world just how brightly you

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can shine when you never lose.

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Give up now, go put this
episode into action while it's

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fresh, get your mindset, right?

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Create your plan, eliminate those
negative influences in your life, and

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then start taking massive repeated
action until you make your wildest

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dreams, your everyday reality.

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Get clear on your definite purpose.

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Create your action plan.

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Cut out negativity and start taking
massive, persistent action today.

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Refuse to stop until
you achieve your goal.

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And when you do achieve them, make sure
that you come back and tell me about it.

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Because there is nothing that
gets me more fired up than

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hearing about your victories.

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I'm here.

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I am your biggest fan.

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I know you can do it.

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So until next time, keep thinking
big and living even bigger.