Feb. 17, 2025
892. Why Avoiding Hard Now Makes Life Harder Later (And How to Fix It)
If it hurts now, it’s going to be easier later. If it’s easy now, it’s going to be a lot harder down the road. That’s the reality of life—you either pay now and play later, or play now and pay later.
Too many people avoid the hard stuff, thinking they have time. They stay comfortable in their careers, ignore their finances, and put off taking care of their health. But here’s the truth: avoiding the challenge today only makes it worse tomorrow.
In this episode, I’m breaking down why taking on a little bit of hurt now sets you up for success and long-term freedom. I’ll show you how small, intentional actions in your work, money, and fitness compound over time—and why choosing the hard path today gives you control over your future.
If you’re tired of spinning your wheels and want to stop waiting for life to force you into change, this episode is for you. Let’s talk about how you can take control now—before life makes the choice for you.
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Transcript
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Today, I want to talk about taking on a little hurt now so that life becomes easier or more manageable later, and you'll hear this in my next video.
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Take care.
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Bye.
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Uh, my radio voice, I got a little bit of crud, so I'm trying to work out of that sound.
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I don't sound too good, but I don't feel bad.
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I just don't sound too good.
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So hang in there with me.
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So here's the truth.
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If it hurts now, it's going to be easier later.
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But if it's easy now, it's going to be a lot harder later.
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I want you to be reminded of that.
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it's the principle of pay now, play later or play now, pay later.
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And if you're getting older, which we all are got to remember, man, this is the youngest you're ever going to be.
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You just own the decline now.
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And if you think that you have time, think again, the easy road only leads to harder times down the line.
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So today we're going to break this down.
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Where in your life do you need to take on a little bit more hard stuff?
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You do it now so that way you can create more freedom for yourself later.
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All right, so let's dig into this a little bit.
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Let's start with work being.
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That's probably where you spend most of the time.
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Anyway, maybe you've recently been promoted.
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Maybe you're stepping into a leadership role.
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What most people do is when they get promoted or step into leadership, they settle in, they get comfortable and they start protecting their position instead of growing into it.
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They stop learning.
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They begin to avoid challenges.
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You're too good for all of that.
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They won't get their hands dirty.
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They delegate the hard stuff.
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And before you know it, they're hiding behind a title that they can't actually hold up.
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And trust me, people see right through that.
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If you want to stay ahead, take on hard now.
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Push yourself before someone else forces you let me tell you what's beneficial about choosing to do the hard work.
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Number one is voluntary.
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You take it on.
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Nobody's forcing you to do it.
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And so if you choose a little hurt now, You get to control the intensity, the duration and the consequences.
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But if you end up waiting, life is going to do it for you and you're not going to like her terms.
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Same thing with money.
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You got debt.
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Face it, man.
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Stop ignoring it.
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Stop this back of the napkin thinking you can have a great month and swing it all at once and eliminate your debt.
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Just stop.
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Confront it.
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Sit down.
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Look at the numbers.
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Get real about it.
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See where you stand.
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You didn't get here overnight, but you can get out of it over time.
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First thing is you got to confront it don't add to the debt.
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Stop the bleeding.
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Carterize it.
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Start small.
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So what's your minimum payment?
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Can you double your payment and still maintain your lifestyle?
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Or can you double your payment plus whatever the interest is?
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I know it sucks.
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I know you can kick the can down the road.
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I know you don't know how you got here.
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I get it.
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I was 100, 000 at one time, man, I was 100, 000 in credit card, just credit card debt.
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That attorney looked at that and said, bro, there's no coming out of this.
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You got to bankrupt.
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And I had worked for years, man, to build my credit up and I had to start all over.
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And it's, it was a long road, but it was a painful road, but I learned so much.
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So do what you can to sustain, sustaining is the biggest thing because you don't, it's kind of like a crash diet trying to fix it all at once isnt going to last, you're going to put it all back on.
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Consistency beats intensity and most importantly man, don't wait for the perfect time Don't tell yourself once I get that raise once I land that deal.
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No, just start now use what you already got You got a little bit even if it's ten bucks man, throw something at it because waiting is It's just another form of avoidance.
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Again, you confront these things, you get to control the intensity, the duration, you get to control the terms instead of life controlling the terms for you.
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Let's talk about fitness and health.
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Super important.
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Your body, same deal.
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The older you get, the more you're going to wish that you would have taken care of yourself later and you don't want to be one of those guys that has a walker with tennis balls on it.
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And your loved one that has to help you get out of a damn chair has to help you get off the toilet, bro.
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You don't want that.
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And it seems so far fetched.
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You think you have time, but let me tell you something coming from a 51 year old.
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It wasn't that long ago.
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I was 25.
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It wasn't.
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I'm telling you.
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It seemed like just a couple of weeks ago.
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And suddenly you're 51, like half my life is gone.
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Shit.
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I better make this a better second half.
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Right?
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It's the thing that you got to confront.
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So start taking care of yourself.
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I'll be honest, man.
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I don't like to work out at home.
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I don't because I get to watch TV or fooling with the dogs.
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I just don't have the same intensity.
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So I prefer to go to the gym and get away from it.
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I That's just kind of my, my thing, but whatever works for you, man.
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Start by walking 10-12k steps a day.
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Do some body weight exercises, do a little strength training, whatever it is, man.
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Just confront, set the time, set the frequency and just keep showing up.
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and let me tell you something.
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Your strength and mobility training should be just that.
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It's not to overcome the seafood platter that you had last night.
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Get your diet right.
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Your diet is going to be way more important than the strength and mobility training in that aspect of looking better, feeling better.
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That's the diet side of it.
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So a simple, Way to look at it.
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Take your body weight.
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Multiply times 13.
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That is your maintenance calories.
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In other words, if you're going to stay at this weight, this is how many calories that you're taking in every day.
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Sobering.
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I know, but look at that now slash about 500.
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If you slash it by 500 your daily count, you keep track of that.
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You're gonna lose a pound a week.
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And it doesn't seem like much, but what's going to happen is, is as you start feeling better and looking better, you may increase the intensity a little bit.
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And then it goes one and a half, two pounds a week in 90 days, bro.
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You're a, you're a brand new person in just 90 days, but you got to take on a little hurt now.
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So that way you look good later.
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You had the freedom later.
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You're not buying the big boy pants anymore.
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Just keep things consistent, man.
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Look, whatever area of your life that you're struggling with.
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Stop waiting for something to force you.
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And it's kind of human nature, man.
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We kind of like, okay, I'll get to it.
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We T we pick these themes, right?
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Well, I'll do it this weekend.
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I'll start Monday.
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Well, you know, I got a lot going on, so I'll start next month.
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Hey, the half the month is going, then it's going to be next quarter.
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Then it's going to be next year.
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It just goes on and on.
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And before you know it.
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You're 51 years old and being like, Whoa, wake up.
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You wake up now, confront it just a little bit, man.
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Take control of it.
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Take on a little challenge.
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If you take on the challenge now, you get to control it.
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But if you wait, life is going to make the choice for you and the consequences are going to be way higher, more expensive, more dire.
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You're going to be in desperation mode.
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You don't want to be in that situation because your options are going to be very few.
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And that's what you got to look at, man.
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If you take on the hurt right now, you're creating options for yourself.
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Don't you want more freedom?
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Don't you want more options?
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Take on a little bit of hurt now.
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Now let me tell you this, this is not going to be an overnight change.
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It's just daily habits.
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For me, it's super simple.
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I bang the drum on it all the time.
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Wake up at a set time, write at least one page, empty your mind, clarify your thoughts.
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It's the only time I'm alone with myself, read 15 to 20 minutes, work out, share something of value.
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This is what this is.
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And not only do I get to share it with you, but I share it with me too.
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It holds me accountable.
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It sets the sail for the day.
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And then visualize that's important, man, where are you going?
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Don't just try to get through a day, a week, a month.
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I get sucked into that trap too.
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And it's like, bro, am I moving the needle here?
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I keep things super simple, man, I just worked that process every single day.
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And if I do, man, I stay aligned.
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And when I don't, I get a little bit out of kilter.
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The good news is.
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I can get it back on track because sometimes it's just maybe a little, maybe it's just one thing that's off and I could just nudge it back and that's what's good about a, a simple process.
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So that's what I do every single day.
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I don't worry about the results.
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I just follow the process.
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The results are gonna take care of themselves when they need to take care of themselves.
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Discipline equals freedom.
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Jocko Wilnick said that it's something he lives by.
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It is so true for all of us.
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And discipline simply means just to get better.
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So stop saying, Oh, I'm not disciplined.
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Yeah, you are.
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You're just sitting there using that excuse that you're not disciplined.
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You are just do better.
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That's all it means.
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You get to these crossroads, you get to these decisions, do better in the situation.
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It doesn't have to be a massive shift.
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Just start.
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It doesn't have to be anything big, man.
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Just start small.
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Take it on.
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Because when you do, you're going to create the freedom that you want.
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All right, let's get out of here.
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Let's go apply it.
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Today, I want to talk about taking on a little hurt now so that life becomes easier or more manageable later, and you'll hear this in my next video.
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Take care.
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Bye.
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Uh, my radio voice, I got a little bit of crud, so I'm trying to work out of that sound.
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I don't sound too good, but I don't feel bad.
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I just don't sound too good.
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So hang in there with me.
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So here's the truth.
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If it hurts now, it's going to be easier later.
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But if it's easy now, it's going to be a lot harder later.
00:00:36.905 --> 00:00:39.994
I want you to be reminded of that.
00:00:41.164 --> 00:00:46.054
it's the principle of pay now, play later or play now, pay later.
00:00:47.043 --> 00:00:53.765
And if you're getting older, which we all are got to remember, man, this is the youngest you're ever going to be.
00:00:54.694 --> 00:00:56.223
You just own the decline now.
00:00:57.424 --> 00:01:05.623
And if you think that you have time, think again, the easy road only leads to harder times down the line.
00:01:06.313 --> 00:01:07.763
So today we're going to break this down.
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Where in your life do you need to take on a little bit more hard stuff?
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You do it now so that way you can create more freedom for yourself later.
00:01:19.998 --> 00:01:22.489
All right, so let's dig into this a little bit.
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Let's start with work being.
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That's probably where you spend most of the time.
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Anyway, maybe you've recently been promoted.
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Maybe you're stepping into a leadership role.
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What most people do is when they get promoted or step into leadership, they settle in, they get comfortable and they start protecting their position instead of growing into it.
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They stop learning.
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They begin to avoid challenges.
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You're too good for all of that.
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They won't get their hands dirty.
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They delegate the hard stuff.
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And before you know it, they're hiding behind a title that they can't actually hold up.
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And trust me, people see right through that.
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If you want to stay ahead, take on hard now.
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Push yourself before someone else forces you let me tell you what's beneficial about choosing to do the hard work.
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Number one is voluntary.
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You take it on.
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Nobody's forcing you to do it.
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And so if you choose a little hurt now, You get to control the intensity, the duration and the consequences.
00:02:32.318 --> 00:02:38.188
But if you end up waiting, life is going to do it for you and you're not going to like her terms.
00:02:39.628 --> 00:02:40.639
Same thing with money.
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You got debt.
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Face it, man.
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Stop ignoring it.
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Stop this back of the napkin thinking you can have a great month and swing it all at once and eliminate your debt.
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Just stop.
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Confront it.
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Sit down.
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Look at the numbers.
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Get real about it.
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See where you stand.
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You didn't get here overnight, but you can get out of it over time.
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First thing is you got to confront it don't add to the debt.
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Stop the bleeding.
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Carterize it.
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Start small.
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So what's your minimum payment?
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Can you double your payment and still maintain your lifestyle?
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Or can you double your payment plus whatever the interest is?
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I know it sucks.
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I know you can kick the can down the road.
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I know you don't know how you got here.
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I get it.
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I was 100, 000 at one time, man, I was 100, 000 in credit card, just credit card debt.
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That attorney looked at that and said, bro, there's no coming out of this.
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You got to bankrupt.
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And I had worked for years, man, to build my credit up and I had to start all over.
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And it's, it was a long road, but it was a painful road, but I learned so much.
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So do what you can to sustain, sustaining is the biggest thing because you don't, it's kind of like a crash diet trying to fix it all at once isnt going to last, you're going to put it all back on.
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Consistency beats intensity and most importantly man, don't wait for the perfect time Don't tell yourself once I get that raise once I land that deal.
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No, just start now use what you already got You got a little bit even if it's ten bucks man, throw something at it because waiting is It's just another form of avoidance.
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Again, you confront these things, you get to control the intensity, the duration, you get to control the terms instead of life controlling the terms for you.
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Let's talk about fitness and health.
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Super important.
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Your body, same deal.
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The older you get, the more you're going to wish that you would have taken care of yourself later and you don't want to be one of those guys that has a walker with tennis balls on it.
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And your loved one that has to help you get out of a damn chair has to help you get off the toilet, bro.
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You don't want that.
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And it seems so far fetched.
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You think you have time, but let me tell you something coming from a 51 year old.
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It wasn't that long ago.
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I was 25.
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It wasn't.
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I'm telling you.
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It seemed like just a couple of weeks ago.
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And suddenly you're 51, like half my life is gone.
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Shit.
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I better make this a better second half.
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Right?
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It's the thing that you got to confront.
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So start taking care of yourself.
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I'll be honest, man.
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I don't like to work out at home.
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I don't because I get to watch TV or fooling with the dogs.
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I just don't have the same intensity.
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So I prefer to go to the gym and get away from it.
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I That's just kind of my, my thing, but whatever works for you, man.
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Start by walking 10-12k steps a day.
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Do some body weight exercises, do a little strength training, whatever it is, man.
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Just confront, set the time, set the frequency and just keep showing up.
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and let me tell you something.
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Your strength and mobility training should be just that.
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It's not to overcome the seafood platter that you had last night.
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Get your diet right.
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Your diet is going to be way more important than the strength and mobility training in that aspect of looking better, feeling better.
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That's the diet side of it.
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So a simple, Way to look at it.
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Take your body weight.
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Multiply times 13.
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That is your maintenance calories.
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In other words, if you're going to stay at this weight, this is how many calories that you're taking in every day.
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Sobering.
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I know, but look at that now slash about 500.
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If you slash it by 500 your daily count, you keep track of that.
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You're gonna lose a pound a week.
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And it doesn't seem like much, but what's going to happen is, is as you start feeling better and looking better, you may increase the intensity a little bit.
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And then it goes one and a half, two pounds a week in 90 days, bro.
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You're a, you're a brand new person in just 90 days, but you got to take on a little hurt now.
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So that way you look good later.
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You had the freedom later.
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You're not buying the big boy pants anymore.
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Just keep things consistent, man.
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Look, whatever area of your life that you're struggling with.
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Stop waiting for something to force you.
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And it's kind of human nature, man.
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We kind of like, okay, I'll get to it.
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We T we pick these themes, right?
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Well, I'll do it this weekend.
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I'll start Monday.
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Well, you know, I got a lot going on, so I'll start next month.
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Hey, the half the month is going, then it's going to be next quarter.
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Then it's going to be next year.
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It just goes on and on.
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And before you know it.
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You're 51 years old and being like, Whoa, wake up.
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You wake up now, confront it just a little bit, man.
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Take control of it.
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Take on a little challenge.
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If you take on the challenge now, you get to control it.
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But if you wait, life is going to make the choice for you and the consequences are going to be way higher, more expensive, more dire.
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You're going to be in desperation mode.
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You don't want to be in that situation because your options are going to be very few.
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And that's what you got to look at, man.
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If you take on the hurt right now, you're creating options for yourself.
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Don't you want more freedom?
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Don't you want more options?
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Take on a little bit of hurt now.
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Now let me tell you this, this is not going to be an overnight change.
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It's just daily habits.
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For me, it's super simple.
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I bang the drum on it all the time.
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Wake up at a set time, write at least one page, empty your mind, clarify your thoughts.
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It's the only time I'm alone with myself, read 15 to 20 minutes, work out, share something of value.
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This is what this is.
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And not only do I get to share it with you, but I share it with me too.
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It holds me accountable.
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It sets the sail for the day.
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And then visualize that's important, man, where are you going?
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Don't just try to get through a day, a week, a month.
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I get sucked into that trap too.
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And it's like, bro, am I moving the needle here?
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I keep things super simple, man, I just worked that process every single day.
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And if I do, man, I stay aligned.
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And when I don't, I get a little bit out of kilter.
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The good news is.
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I can get it back on track because sometimes it's just maybe a little, maybe it's just one thing that's off and I could just nudge it back and that's what's good about a, a simple process.
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So that's what I do every single day.
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I don't worry about the results.
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I just follow the process.
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The results are gonna take care of themselves when they need to take care of themselves.
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Discipline equals freedom.
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Jocko Wilnick said that it's something he lives by.
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It is so true for all of us.
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And discipline simply means just to get better.
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So stop saying, Oh, I'm not disciplined.
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Yeah, you are.
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You're just sitting there using that excuse that you're not disciplined.
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You are just do better.
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That's all it means.
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You get to these crossroads, you get to these decisions, do better in the situation.
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It doesn't have to be a massive shift.
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Just start.
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It doesn't have to be anything big, man.
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Just start small.
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Take it on.
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Because when you do, you're going to create the freedom that you want.
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All right, let's get out of here.
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Let's go apply it.