Why Not You? Turning Life's Field of Possibilities into Your New Reality

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Welcome to the Thinking Big Podcast.

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I'm your host, Sean Osborne.

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And today we are leaning into a topic
that has the power to transform your life.

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And that is creating.

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Your own reality.

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Now, I know what you're thinking,
Sean, that sounds a bit out there, but

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stick with me because by the end of
this episode, you'll understand not

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only why this is possible, but how
you can start doing this right now.

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Well, let's kick things off
with a little fundamental truth.

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Nothing is real until you make it real.

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I'm going to say that again.

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Nothing is real until you make it real.

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Everything in your life, every
achievement, every relationship,

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every success, it all started with
a mere idea and a possibility.

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And it's up to you to turn that
possibility into a reality.

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And that's what we're
going to explore today.

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The incredible process of transforming
possibilities into probabilities and

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probabilities into tangible results.

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Now I want you to imagine for a moment
that you're standing at the edge of a

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vast field and this field represents
all of the possibilities in your life.

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Some parts of the field are familiar.

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These are things that you already know
that you can do, but there are other areas

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that seem distant, maybe even unreachable.

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Those are the possibilities
you haven't explored yet.

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And the question is, how do you cross
the field and turn those distant

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possibilities into your new realities?

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And answer lies in understanding
and mastering the process of

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reality creation or manifesting.

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It's a journey to take things from the
impossible to the possible, and then from

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the possible to the probable, and then
finally from the probable to the real.

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And you're already doing this
every single day and probably

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without even realizing it.

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Think about the last time
you, uh, went to exercise.

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You know, you had an idea,
I need to go run, Sean.

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The idea started as a possibility.

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But because you know where you
can go run, how to get there, and

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that you had some running shoes,
it quickly became a probability.

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And when you took action and actually
went to the gym, laced up the shoes, you

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turned that probability into a reality.

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Now I can hear some of you saying,
but Sean going for a run is easy.

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What about the big things in life?

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What about starting a business,
or changing careers, or

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finding the love of your life?

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And you're right to ask that
question, because those are

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the things that really matter.

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But here's the secret.

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The process is exactly the same,
you know, how you do anything

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is how you do everything.

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And whether you're going for a jog
or you're building your dream life

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for whatever that looks like to you.

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Let's break that down, and if you follow
any of my laws of success stuff, this

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might sound a little bit familiar to you.

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So number one, you're going to,
we're going to break this down.

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So number one, belief,
everything starts with belief.

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If you don't believe something
is possible, you will never take

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the steps to make it probable.

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This is why so many people get stuck.

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They shut down possibilities
before they even explore them.

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You know, your first job is to
open your mind on what's possible.

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Number two, knowledge and experience.

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Once you believe something is
possible, you need to gather

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knowledge and experience.

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This is where you start to bridge the gap.

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Between possible and probable.

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And the more, you know, the
more likely you are to succeed

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and action builds confidence.

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And when you're confident of success,
it builds your persistence to continue.

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Number three is strategy and planning
with belief and knowledge in place.

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You can create a strategy.

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This is where you break down your
big goals into manageable steps.

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Each step you complete increases
the probability of overall success.

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And here's the thing.

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You don't need the entire
strategy, the entire plan to start.

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You will become aware of those
things as you move forward.

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And that leads us into number
four, action and adaption.

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You know, finally, you
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But remember, action without adaption
is just like trying to drive a

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car without a steering wheel.

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You need to be ready to adjust
your course as you go along.

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Now let me give you a real world example
of how this process actually works.

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You know, let's say you want to start
your own business or a new career.

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At first, it might seem impossible,
especially if you've never done it before.

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But let's walk through this process.

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You know, first.

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You need to believe it
is possible for you.

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You have to do that first and
foremost, you know, look around you.

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There are millions of
businesses in this world.

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Many, many started by people just
like you, who've never done it before,

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didn't know what they were doing.

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And if they can do it, why not you?

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That's your shift from
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I want you to adapt the
saying, Why not you?

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Or for you, say, Why not me?

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From a neuroscience standpoint, what
you are actually doing is putting

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a little bit of doubt against your
limiting belief that you can't do it.

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You just doubt it out.

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Doubt it out.

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Next you gather knowledge, you know,
you read books on entrepreneurship,

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you take online courses, you know,
maybe even shadow a successful

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business owner and get into like a
mastermind with other entrepreneurs.

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With each piece of information you
are moving from possible to probable.

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Then as you gather knowledge,
you start to create the strategy.

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You break down the process of
starting a business into steps.

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You'll come up with an idea, create
a business plan, secure funding,

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develop your product or service,
whatever it is, then launching.

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And each of these steps have sub
steps, and as you tick them off, you're

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increasing your probability of success.

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You know, and finally,
you take the action.

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You start working through your
plans, adapting as you go.

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You know, your initial idea is
probably going to need some tweaking.

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And that's okay because
adaption is part of the process.

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I have never, ever once seen
a fully formed process out of

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the gate or fully formed idea,
fully working out of the gate.

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It takes change.

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It takes adaption.

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It takes you when things don't go
right, you change them, you adapt.

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And that's where the magic happens.

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As you move through these steps, once
what once seemed as impossible becomes

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not just possible, not just probable, but
real, you've created your own reality.

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And this process.

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Isn't just a, for big lifetime,
you know, life changing goals.

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It's a framework that you can use to
apply to every aspect of your life.

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And when you do, that's when you
start to truly control your reality.

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Let me give you a real personal example.

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You know, back in 2009, I realized
that I wanted to improve my health.

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Uh, there's a whole story behind
this that I could probably do.

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Five or six episodes on, but let's just
say that my scale was broken and it said

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I was 220 never went any higher than 220.

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Okay.

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That's not great, but
Hey, it is what it is.

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It says 220.

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One day I had to go to get a physical.

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Actually, the nurse came to our house,
uh, to do a physical for life insurance.

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And the nurse came in and she had
her own little scale and it said 270.

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And I literally fought with her for
10 minutes saying, no, you're wrong.

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Your scale is wrong.

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Uh, it is not right.

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And after fighting with her for
about 10 minutes, I became to

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realize that that was reality.

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I was pushing 270 pounds and
I know what you're thinking.

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Sean, how could you not?

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Realize that you're gaining that much
weight and I think it's called delusion.

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Now, there were plenty of signs.

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You know, my clothes kept shrinking.

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Uh, I got new clothes
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And since my scale kept saying 220, I
automatically, and the only rational

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thing I could think of was that my
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she washed them and dried them.

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Anyways, that's a whole long story.

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Trust me, she still won't wash
and dry my clothes to this day.

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But anyways, let me get back
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do something about my health.

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Now, I could have just said, I want
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And honestly, nothing would have changed.

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We have to get specific and crystal
clear on what it is that we want.

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Now, before I tell you what the goal
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just realize if you're new to thinking
big that sometimes I do stupid shit.

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I have big, I think big, right?

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I have big ideas.

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I think big.

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Think of some stupid stuff sometimes.

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So I set a goal to do an Ironman event.

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You know, I saw one on TV while I
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uh, watching TV and I thought,
now that's something I want to do.

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And if you haven't heard of an
Ironman, it is a single 140.

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6 mile endurance event.

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You know, first you start
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4 mile swim, uh, in, in open water,
then you do a 112 mile bike ride,

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and then you jump off your bike,
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you finished off with a full 26.

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2 mile marathon.

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As I said, I sometimes have
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First, I had to believe that it was
possible for me to do an Ironman.

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And when I first had that idea, I in no
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Hell, I couldn't even go to the cupboard
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I was not in a spot to say,
yeah, I think I can do that.

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I, I believe that that is possible for me,

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but as I took some action on
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to build the possibility.

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Then I educated myself on nutrition,
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that contribute to being an Ironman.

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And I created a strategy.

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You know, breaking down each discipline
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like training for a 5k run, then
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for running, you know, joining a
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But here's the crucial part.

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I didn't just create a
plan and hope for the best.

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I systematized it.

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I made it a habit.

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I put it on my calendar.

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I created reminders.

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I tracked my progress.

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The things you track, you manage.

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And I turned my health goals into
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And you know what?

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It worked.

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Now it took three years before I
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That Ironman idea went from
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to actually happening and doing.

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Now for some of you thinking that's
great Sean, but I don't have that

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kind of discipline and that's
where you are Completely wrong.

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Discipline isn't something
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It's something you create Uh, there's a
famous quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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He says First, you must do the thing,
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So in this case, you know,
first I had to exercise before

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I got the energy to exercise.

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I had to do it before I thought
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You have to do it first let's talk
about how you can start applying

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this process to your own life.

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You know, first you need to get crystal
clear on what it is that you want.

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You have to have it in such clarity.

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It's like the Ironman.

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I knew on this date, I had to be able
to do this, this, and this on that date.

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I knew exactly where it was going to be.

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I knew exactly what was going to happen.

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You've got to be crystal
clear on your outcome.

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You know, what are the realities
that you want to create?

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Don't censor yourself with
limiting beliefs here.

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Remember, we're starting
with possibilities.

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Write them down, all of them.

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Next.

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Look at each of those
possibilities and ask yourself,

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Do I believe this is possible?

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And if the answer is no, dig
into it and find out why.

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Do a seven, seven layers deep.

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I do a, you know, I do a thing, just
look it up on, uh, on, on the podcast.

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But a seven layers deep on your why.

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Why?

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Why are you not thinking
that you are able to do that?

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Remember this, what we think are
reasonable goals are really just limiting

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beliefs, rearing their damn heads.

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Often our limiting beliefs come from,
you know, lack of information or from

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past experiences that aren't relevant
to our current or future situation.

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Challenge your limiting beliefs and
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Just doubt that SOB out.

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Doubt it out.

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Doubt it out.

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Remember that saying.

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Doubt it out.

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All you have to do is doubt it
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the possibilities of things.

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And for the possibilities that you want
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The ones that you have.

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You know, what do you need to learn to
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Who do you need to talk to?

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What experiences do you need to have?

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Then create your strategy, breaking
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What are the steps you need to take
to reach each of those milestones?

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Be specific as possible, you know,
because remember each specific step

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increases your probability of success.

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Now here's where people falter.

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They create this plan and then Nothing.

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They don't take action.

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Don't let that be you.

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Choose one action you can do
right now, today, after this

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podcast, what's one thing you
can do to move towards your goal?

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What's one thing to move you
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It doesn't have to be big.

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Remember, we're only dealing
with probabilities here.

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Each small action increases
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But here is the secret sauce that
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to create your own reality.

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You must be adaptable.

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The world doesn't always cooperate
with our plans and unexpected things

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happen and this shit happens, right?

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The key is not to see these as
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adjust and improve your strategy.

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You know, let me give you an example.

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Let's say you're working towards
starting that business that

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we just talked about earlier.

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You know, you've done all the
research, you've created a plan,

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you're ready to secure funding,

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but then a global event impacts
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funding sources dry up.

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What do you do?

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You know, this stuff is what happens.

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And if you're rigid in your thinking, you
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Boom, gone.

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Your dream is done.

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But if you're adaptable, you'll
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You know, maybe you explore crowdfunding
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or you pivot to another idea that's
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specific and suited for the new economy.

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Your goal doesn't change,
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Transcribed And that's the big thing.

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Don't change your goals on a whim.

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Just change how you get to them.

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Adjust.

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Just read, re look at how
you're going to do it.

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You know, this adaptability
is what separates those who

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constantly create their desired
reality from those that don't.

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You know, it's not about
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It's about having a clear goal
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course as needed to reach it.

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I want to say that again.

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It's not about having a perfect plan.

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You don't need a perfect plan.

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It's about having a clear, crystal
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your course as needed to reach it.

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Now, I want to address something
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When we talk about creating your
own reality, we're not talking about

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some magic or some wishful thinking.

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We're talking about a
practical, actionable process

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of turning possibilities into
probabilities into realities.

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It's not about closing your eyes
and wishing for something to happen.

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It's about opening your eyes to
the possibilities and creating

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strategies to make them probable
and then take consistent, adaptable

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action to get them in real.

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And here's the beautiful thing.

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As you get better at this process.

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As you become more skilled at turning
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beliefs on what's possible expands.

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It gets bigger.

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And if you follow the Think and Grow Rich
stuff that I do, this is what we mean

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by when we say success consciousness.

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This is success consciousness.

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Things that once seemed out
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You start to see opportunities
where others see obstacles.

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You become the architect of your own life.

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But remember, this isn't a one time thing.

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It's not like you applied this process
once and suddenly your life is perfect.

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Creating your reality is an ongoing
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do every single day with every day.

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Every decision that you make,
and here's your challenge.

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Choose one area of your life that
you wish to create a new reality.

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It could be your health.

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It could be your career.

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It could be in relationships.

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Whatever matters most to you
right now and apply the process

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that we've talked about today.

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Believe in the possibilities.

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Gather knowledge.

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Create the strategy.

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Take action and be prepared
to adapt as you go.

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And here's the most important part.

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Stick with it.

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Don't stop until.

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Don't stop until you've got there.

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Don't stop until it's done.

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Creating your reality isn't always easy.

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There will be days where you
feel like nothing is working.

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But remember, you're
dealing in probabilities.

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Each action you take, each day
you stick to your plan, increases

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the probability of success.

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And before you know it, what
once seemed as impossible

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will become your new reality.

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You have way more control over
your life than you realize.

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You have the power to shape your existence
and create a life that you love living

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with that power comes responsibility,
the responsibility to think big, to

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plan smart, and to act consistently.

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You know, before we wrap this up, I
want to leave you with this thought.

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Your reality is not something
that just happens to you.

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It's something that you create day
by day, decision by decision, action

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by action, and your new reality
is waiting for you to create it.

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So until next week, this is Sean
Osborne, reminding you to think big,

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believe in possibilities and take action
to create your own amazing reality.

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Thank you again for tuning in
to the thinking big podcast.