Episode #155 - Believe In Yourself

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Welcome to the podcast where relationships, confidence, and

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determination all converge into

an amazing, heartfelt experience.

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This is Speaking From The Heart.

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Joshua: Welcome back to episode

number 155 of Speaking From the Heart.

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I believe in you and believe in this

journey that you've been on, and I

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appreciate so much that you continuously

turn in every single week to listen to

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not only what I have to say, but what

you have to give back to the world as

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a whole, and for all those reasons, I

wanted to let you know, I have seen you,

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I have heard you, and I believe in you

always and forever, and today, we're

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going to talk about why it's so important

to keep on believing in yourself, even

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if there's nobody else except for me,

that keeps on telling you the same.

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I think this is a very important

subject for a variety of reasons.

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First off, it's almost the end of

this whole entire year of: 2024

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can't believe how fast it's gone by.

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It's been so easy to forget about all

the episodes that I have done, about

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all the subjects that we have covered,

but we need to go back to the roots.

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We have to listen to our own perspectives.

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Believing in ourselves means that

we have to trust on what we've

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been working on for all this time.

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It's so easy to forget that we have this

ultimate power, this ability to either

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succeed or fail, and even celebrities,

those that are on the television screen

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that we watch, whether it's on streaming

services or network television, or even

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all the movies, all the short films that

we watch, you have to learn that being

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expressive means that we have to believe

in ourselves, even when other people might

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not believe in us, just like how actors,

celebrities for that matter, sometimes

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even go through those highs and lows.

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This is a very tough subject to talk

about today because it's very abstract.

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It's not our normal conversation where

we're talking about something that is

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very tangible, something that we can

attach to, so I think the best way to go

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about this is to talk about my own story

yet again, but to talk about it in a way

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that yet, although I've shared it with

all these kinds of details previously

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on other episodes for that matter, I

believe that this take might be something

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worth listening to one more time.

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It's so hard for us, especially as

individuals, to think that we always

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have that capability to believe always

in ourselves, and I know that even with

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me saying that, it's just my perspective.

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For many of us, it is very easy to

get up, look at the sun, and realize

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that we can count our blessings.

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We can see that the day ahead is going

to be very eventful and hopeful for

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us, but for many people, that hope,

that ability to say those statements of

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affirmation, are not so easy to overcome,

and even for myself, your podcast host,

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that has always been the case, even

as I continue to do these episodes.

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Believing in yourself means that even

with all the things that are happening,

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and even as time flies by, just like it

is right now, we have to keep looking

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at the faith that we have inside to

get over those tough days that we

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have, but to be able to relax our

standards, our stress that we have,

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to be able to overcome those other

days that are very easy for us to see.

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I was reviewing recently some of the

things that have been going on in my

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life at a Commonwealth perspective,

and for many of you that have been

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following along the show, or have

known me for so long, know that I've

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worked a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

job being a state civil servant

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for over fourteen and a half years.

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It's been one of the most rewarding

things and has given me a lot of

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perspective on how the world works

from a governmental perspective.

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Call me what you want.

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I guess I am a bureaucrat in many

different ways, but that insight, that

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perspective, has allowed me to dig deep

into this manifestation of how somebody

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might look at the world of government

and how it makes such sense for many of

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us to understand why it takes forever

to do things that we normally think that

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might be easy to do in the first place.

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Why it's so difficult might be

left to your imagination, but I've

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encountered all kinds of people.

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Some of the most nicest, most dedicated

civil servants, to those that give

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a mediocre performance, but keep

on trying anyway, because they are

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doing their best, and then even those

that really suck, and they should

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have been fired a long time ago.

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Obviously, it's very easy for us

to talk about all these different

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perspectives, be able to shed a light

on the things that we need to be working

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on, and I can list specific examples,

but I'm prohibited from doing that.

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I'm not talking about any of those

bad people, because I think government

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does have great service, it does

have a provided need, but given to

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the wrong hands, it can create mass

chaos, and that, unfortunately, is

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where most of my story comes from.

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I've had many bad bosses, most of

them have moved on in their lives

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from the Commonwealth into other

positions, but one thing still rings

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true is that sometimes when those

voices rear their ugly head, I'm still

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saying to myself, "Am I good enough?"

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I think it's so easy to forget that we

have this ultimate power of saying, "No.

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You do not have control of me anymore,

and there's no way that you're

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going to get the best of me today.

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Leave me alone."

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At least that's what you try to tell

yourself, until those voices keep on

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coming back, especially when circumstances

rear their ugly head over and over again.

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I know that I can't be very

specific, but I also know too, that

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for many of us, we have those same

thoughts that manifest from all

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kinds of other places in our life.

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Maybe people that had broken up with us.

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They look at us in the mirror, although

they're no longer there, telling us that

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we're ridiculously ugly, stupid, fat

insecure, all those different adjectives

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that are not only condescending, but

they're not the version of who we are

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today, but at the same time, it's really

hard to accept new people, to accept

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the people that are around us that can

create that manifestation of positivity.

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To tell us that it's okay to have

those bad days, but I'm encircling you,

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I'm trusting you, with that challenge

to keep on working on your beliefs.

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To not be held back, to not

feel like you're unpassionate

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about any of the things that

you are indeed passionate about.

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You are a wonderful soul.

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You are somebody that, regardless of

what your stature is, even if you're a

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celebrity or not, you do have the power

to change everything around you, all

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you need to do is believe in yourself.

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I know that in this world that is

ever changing and is always evolving

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with the different opinions and the

different perspectives that sometimes

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we disagree with, the one perspective

that we count on the most are the voices

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that told us that we are terrible.

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We are insecure.

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We are worth nothing.

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I've had plenty of bonus episodes in

which I've talked about this subject.

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I encourage you to check those out.

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As of the date of this recording, we've

already had two of them, and each of

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them have shown the revolutionary growth

that even me, myself, a business owner,

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a coach, and somebody that is really

trying to keep pushing the perspective

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forward, knows that sometimes that

growth comes in different forms.

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Whether it's the people that we interact

with, or the people that we no longer

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interact with, which both of those

episodes do talk about those perspectives,

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it makes us realize that we have value.

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That we can do some of the toughest

things in our lives, even if other

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people say no, even when they're

no longer around, but I digress.

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I was talking about the Commonwealth,

and yes, a government that's supposed

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to be helping others in their greatest

time of need, is not helping them.

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Where did that trend come from?

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When did we ever stop saying to

ourselves that we can't do what we

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should be able to do, all by ourselves?

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When did it actually begin where we

had to rely on the government to do

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everything, to have everything that we're

supposed to be doing go through them?

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I'm sure my libertarian friends that

are listening to this are jumping

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up and down saying, "Yes, Josh!

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Preach it to the mountains.

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Make sure you know that we want limited

government or no government at all.

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We should be able to dictate and support

ourselves in so many other ways."

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Although, I'm not advocating for any

sort of group by this: libertarian,

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Republican, Democrat, whatever way

that you want to look at this from a

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political lens, that's not my job, and

I've always made that quite clear to

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even my guests, and even for you, my

listeners, that politics is not just

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about what we share as discourse, whether

we want to speak about it or not, It's

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just another idea to me, and it doesn't

mean that any idea is right or wrong.

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Each has its own SWOT analysis that needs

to be done, with SWOT being strengths,

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weaknesses, opportunities, and threats,

and we can even talk about what those

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look like if you're so concerned about

what your belief system is, but that's

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the whole thing, is that even as a

government servant, as somebody that

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helps others in this business that

I've been continuously building, I

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have a sense of curiosity of what it

really means to believe in yourself.

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I think this is the point of the

episode in which I should really

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start discussing what I think is my

viewpoint of how I should believe in

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myself and how it should relate to you.

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That's normally how

these episodes go, right?

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Right?

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I keep saying that thinking that I'll

hear you, my listeners, telling me, "Yes!

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Yes!

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Tell me more!", but I'm going to

do something a little bit different

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that I have never done before

on any other monologue episode,

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and I want you to pay attention.

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I think that it's really important

that you come up with your own

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definition of what it means to believe

in yourself, because you're not

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me, and I am not you, and you have

a voice that allows you to believe

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in yourself just like anybody else.

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Just like anything else that you might

ever do in your whole entire life,

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whether it's on film, television, or some

other medium on social media, or even

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on that old 90s style video recording

camera, if you still have one of those

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camcorders today, trust me on this.

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Your voice is much more sweeter,

much more prouder, much more

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lovely, than you might have ever

given yourself credit, even today.

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This is your pep talk.

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This is the episode that you've been

waiting for, in which it finally

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sinks in all the things that I've been

saying: confidence, relationships,

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determination, being the most authentic

version of yourself, being able to

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share your voice in this ever changing

world, being able to explore topics

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that you have always wanted to explore.

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That's what the trailer of this

podcast even says under some backlit

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music, that sometimes that background

music talks in all kinds of other

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riddles, all kinds of other forms.

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It shows an eager want, but I really

want you to get out of today's episode

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is that you have this ever changing

perspective, and it's okay to be able to

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keep the faith on some days over others.

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It's okay to be who you are.

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It's okay to be weak.

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It's okay to feel ugly, fat, stupid.

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Let those voices come into you and

let them radiate their meanness

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perspective that you don't

deserve, but you have to let it go.

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You have to let it go once and for

all so that you can become not just

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that best version of yourself that

I keep preaching about, but that

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you will finally get out of your own

way to truly enhance the vision and

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the phrase, "I believe in myself."

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That ultimate power that lies inside

of you is something that I've even

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talked about in some of my earlier

episodes of Captain America's Shield,

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and Disney, please don't sue me as I

talk about this, because I'm actually

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helping you to get some money that

you probably don't need, but friends,

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Captain America's shield, the symbol of

hope, the symbol of righteousness, has

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its own coat of arms designed just for

you that has been authentically created

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the moment that you were thought of.

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Whether you believe in some religious

context of that or not is a totally

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different type of conversation, let

alone a decision, that I encourage you

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to have on your own, but hear me out.

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The voice that is ever changing in this

world means that you have to listen

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to yourself, and if you don't check in

on yourself, none of this, none of the

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episodes that I have recorded, even

today's, will ever sink in for you.

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What it means to unlock your hidden

potential, the power to believe in

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yourself, means that you not just

build that framework, whether it is on

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the vision board, whether it's simply

writing on your phone the goals that

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you want to achieve, whether it is about

journaling, whether it is using the

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wheel of life, the color wheel, using

all kinds of other tools that somebody

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has developed, including even the

sphere of influence, which is something

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that I even learned about recently.

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We can assign all the different

shapes, colors, and forms to the

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things that we want to describe in

adjective format, but the truth of

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the matter is you are the artiste.

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You are the perfectionist that allows

you to design and totally control what

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it means to actually believe in yourself.

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Join me in these last few minutes, because

I want to tell you something that is

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really most important, and if you don't

have this in your ear right now, it's time

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to stop what you're doing, put a earbud

in, and listen to what I have to say.

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You, the listener that is listening

to this today, is the most

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authentically created individual

that has ever existed on this earth.

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You are the epiphany of everything that

you have ever thought possible, and

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you are able to believe in things that

others might not ever be able to believe.

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You are the master of your destiny

and you are the truth, you are the

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way in which that goal can be met.

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No matter what voices are

saying to you that you can't.

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No matter what voices are saying

to you that you can, remember, you

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are the best version of yourself,

and that you have the control over

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all these infinite possibilities

if you're willing to manifest them

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into existence, in the physical and

mental sense, give it a chance today.

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You are so worthy.

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You are so powerful.

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You are destined for things that you

have never thought imaginable, and

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for all those reasons, you are the

truth, the way, and the hope, not just

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for yourself, but for so many others.

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I know that you got what it takes,

so, as you click off of this episode

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today, I want you to remember that

ou have all this time left in: 2024

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Make the most of it, because

your podcast host, Joshua D.

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Smith, believes in you just as much

as you can believe in yourself.

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Thanks for listening to episode

number 155 of Speaking From the

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Heart, and I look forward to

hearing from your heart, very soon.

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