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Episode #181 - A Brand New YOU Awaits!
Episode 18631st December 2024 • Speaking From The Heart • Joshua D. Smith
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Finding your passion in the New Year is starting yet again! Are you ready for what you can bring? What is holding you back from becoming the best version this year, unlike other years in the past? Today starts a set of great opportunities, and this episode aligns with how you will be able to achieve greatness from past advice and renewed conviction. You will be left with ways that will leave the excuses behind.

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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 181 of Speaking from the

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Heart, and the final episode of 2024.

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I can't believe that we are ending this

year on a high note, especially for

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not only myself, but I hope for you,

as you've gotten through Christmas,

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that you're entering New Year's Day,

tomorrow for that matter, getting ready

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to not only start a new year, but also

have some optimism, knowing that the

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brand new you that you've been waiting

for is on the other side, or is it?

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Have you found your passion?

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Are you ready to get

started in a new year?

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Do you need a last minute pep talk to show

you that this year that is coming up has

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so much to bring to you, and to others?

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What is holding you back from being the

best version of yourself this coming year?

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What has happened in years past?

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What is it that is going

to help you move forward?

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Today's episode is definitely for you,

and we're going to talk about all those

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things building on episode number 179,

and getting you in the right direction.

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Now, if you haven't listened to episode

179 in which I talked about how your

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mood shouldn't be shifted, especially

amongst this type of year that we've had,

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I encourage you to go back and listen to

that one first, and then come back to this

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episode, but I have to say that when we

are thinking about the mood which we have

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now turned around, we can now say that

these are the goals that we want to do.

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These are the things

that we want to achieve.

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We are super excited

for what's ahead, right?

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Right?

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I don't know, but sometimes some

people are skeptical about what

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they can really achieve, even

after they shift that mindset.

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It's almost like a confidence factor is

still not there, despite all the things

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that they've been worked on, to now

be able to say that the brand new you

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that's inside is ready to march forward,

but holding on to the past is really

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what I want to focus on today, because

sometimes we do have those reservations.

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We do have those concerns, even if we

do change our mindset and know that it's

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going to be okay from a positive angle.

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Now I have to caveat this episode by even

saying that this has been a really tough

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year for me, personally, in 2024, and

I have heard that even for many people,

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even in surveys that I have read, that

almost half of the United States, that's

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almost 50%, have even indicated that

this has been a tough year for them,

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whether it has been from a financial

side, a political side, a cultural

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side, a societal aspect that might have

occurred, maybe it was with family.

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There's a variety of different reasons.

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Maybe you've been even let go of from

a job, and I'm so sorry if that does

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affect you, and you have been trying

to get back on your feet, especially

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during this holiday season, but I

promise you that if you want to really

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achieve greatness, if you really want

to get started on this path towards

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success, today is the day that it starts.

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I know that with past advice that

I've given, and even some of the

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things that we have been through

on this show, there have been many

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examples of people, going 180 episodes

back, that we can look at as prime

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examples, people that we can aspire to.

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Those are the people that will help

us to shift our mood, to let us know

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that it's okay to feel the way that we

do, but to also know that we can keep

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moving forward, that we know that best

version of ourselves can be on that

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other side of the fence that we have

to climb, but this opportunity, this

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great advice that I have to give to you

today is really going to change you.

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It's going to radicalize you in

a way in which you have never

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thought New Year's is possible.

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I'm even talking about some of the

episodes that I've done already all

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the way around this time last year

in:

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you can start to leave the excuses

behind and start writing down goals.

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What is it on that sheet of paper that

you want to do, and if you even want to

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stop the episode here at this point, and

go back to last year's set of episodes

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around the month of December, in which

I talked about this, this will be the

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time to do it, but you don't want, more

than anything else, to hold yourself

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back from the ultimate advice that

I have with you today, the brand new

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you that's awaiting is already here,

and I'm already talking to you, that

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person that is that brand new you.

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Now you might be scratching your

head a little bit, and going, "Josh!

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Here you go again.

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Another wacky idea from you, and I'm

going to already cancel the episode out.",

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but before you hit the stop button and

you close out completely, or if you are

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stopping the episode so that you can go

back to those other episodes, hear me out.

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You have already crossed this threshold.

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You are really at the point now

that you can do anything that

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you ever wanted to because now

you have lived those experiences.

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You have been through the muckiness,

the shit that you've had to drag, and

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you had to get to where you are today.

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You have conquered fear itself, so for

all those reasons, I congratulate you.

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I give you a round of applause,

and I really, earnestly mean that.

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Some people don't stop to smell the

flowers of what they've been able

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to do, because sometimes they think

those flowers smell like shit, and

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I understand why you feel that way.

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Sometimes when we are thinking that

we have done so much and we have moved

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that needle forward, if we have been

able to get really positive about

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our lives and super excited about it,

that even then, it still smells murky.

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It smells like we are in

this disgusting sewage.

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We also are trying to get out of that

sewage, because it's stuck to us.

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It's almost like quicksand, and

we're trying to brush it off,

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but if you really boil it down

to it, you are the brand new you.

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Finding that passion, to be able to

start over again has already existed.

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It's already been dormant inside of you.

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I think that for many of us, we are often

hidden from those opportunities to show

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that great compassion about ourselves,

to see that we have what it takes to be

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able to renew our conviction to keep on

moving forward, to keep on achieving the

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dreams that we have been manifesting.

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Just this past Saturday, after this

recording, I had been working on a

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workshop that I've done multiple times

this year, not only with my clients, but

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also with a bigger audience, as it relates

to building your narrative vision, your

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future that you can envision, that you

know that you can ultimately achieve.

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Today it starts.

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Whatever goals you set, whether you want

to use the SMART methodology, or any

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other methodology that is out there, which

there are multiple aspects to choose from.

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Regardless of what you have, if you've

been able to write that story, what it

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looks like to actually live in your goals,

and to visualize them, be able to make

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that story come alive for you, I give you

kudos, because not many people are willing

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to take those concrete steps, actually

set time aside in their day, and actually

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marvel at what they've been able to do.

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Sometimes it's hard for me, your podcast

host, to even do that, and I had to

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really sit back, especially in the

last few days, to think about what I've

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been able to achieve, which, one of the

biggest things which I'm successfully

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have done, and I got it done right

before the end of this year, is graduate

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myself from therapy, so that's right.

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After almost five years, I'm so excited

about sharing my vision, my journey

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that I've been on in therapy, and

knowing that I have this future that

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now I don't have to go every single

week, see a therapist, tell my shit

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to them, and then get some helpful

advice, go about my week again, get

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beaten up, and then have to go back in.

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You have no idea, ladies and

gentlemen, how much that makes me feel.

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It has a freeing effect.

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It's almost like I get my time

back, but yet, at what cost?

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Sometimes going through change,

trying to address fear in itself, is a

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fucking scary thing, and I know that.

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I have lived that this past year with

the things that I've had to adjust to

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personally, but also, having to realize

that I have so much more to learn.

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I have so much more to grow when it

comes to my business that I didn't even

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calculate it when I originally was setting

out for my journey that I had with Your

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Speaking Voice, what I had set out for my

podcast, Speaking From the Heart, but more

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importantly, all the other things that

administratively, financially, and even

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relationship wise, I had to set out to do.

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It's a very tough situation that even

then, I don't know if sometimes I have

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what it takes to even see this brand

new you that I'm trying to figure out

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even for myself, that has arised from

the shadows, to get to where I am now.

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I don't know if that's really

possible, but I believe that we

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all have it, myself included.

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Past advice, renewed conviction, things

we have left on the table in:

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that have been excuses that we should

have never even used in the first place,

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are just some of the underlining tones

that we can start with, that we could

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start to say to ourselves, "This is no

longer going to be the version of myself."

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It's hard work.

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It means that you have to even

dig deeper than you have ever

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dug before, and I get that.

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That's some messy stuff.

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That is, literally, shit that you have to

unleash from your life, and that it never

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comes back ever again, but I promise you,

when you do that, when you realize that

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past version of yourself is no longer

in control, the brand new you will be

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there, awaiting you, greeting you at the

door that you're going to walk through.

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For several episodes now, I've talked

about what it has meant for me to go on

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this journey, what it has meant for me to

get to this point, and I think for you,

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my listeners, you've been on this journey

with me, which, for those that have been

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faithful all along, thank you so much for

making:

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to see what it is that I can do, but with

only a handful of listeners only listening

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to my advice, it makes me sad that

more people could be listening to this,

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changing their attitudes, being able to

affect themselves in more positive ways.

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In this world in which is surrounded by

negativity, and sometimes energy that

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we don't want to spend time in, why

listen to another bullshitter like Joshua

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Smith, your podcast host, talking about

things that maybe he has never done?

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He's a fake!

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He's a loser!

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I have heard it all, and it's okay if you

feel that way, even as you listen to this,

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my sworn enemy, if you will, but this

isn't about a conversation of why I think

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nobody wants to listen to my podcast.

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It's about a conversation of

what I need to do differently.

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What is it that I need to change today

that I know I have the skills in doing,

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so that I'm able to move forward to

become that brand new me, and friends,

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that's exactly what I'm asking you to do.

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Put aside what it is that

you've been doing wrong.

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Think about what is it that you can

do that you haven't been focused on.

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Maybe you already have the answer deep

inside of yourself that will change that

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perspective, that will help you to keep

moving forward, to help others keep moving

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forward, to help your colleagues keep

moving forward, but more importantly,

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as I've mentioned in many other places,

you can be the lighthouse, the light

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that shines for other ships, to guide

them where they need to be guided to.

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It's no secret that this year,

amongst other years, can be

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very tough for many people.

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Whether you are trying to overcome

some death that has happened this

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year in your family, a job loss, or

even yourself for that matter, in

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which you have been on some rocky

roads and you just need a break.

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You are here because you want to see

that brand new version of yourself.

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There is an inkling inside of you

that says that you want this more than

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anything, and I'm shouting from the

mountaintops that you can do this.

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I can do this.

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We can do this, and all it takes is

for you to see that regardless of

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what has happened, whether it's in

this year or other years that you're

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referencing back towards, you are ready

to take on what it is that:

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I know that in this world, in this life

that we live, it can be very tough.

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It can be even challenging, and

even as you hear me say these words

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and shout them, you might still be

asking yourself, "What is it that I

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can actually do to make this happen?

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I don't have these resources.

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I don't have this or

that, that you have, Josh.

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How can you tell me to do something that

I don't even have the possibility to do?"

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I have been blessed this year to talk

to a number of guests, even more than

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I had my first year of this podcast,

that would tell you that you can have

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absolutely nothing in this world, nothing

at all in terms of worldly possessions,

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and still take everything that you have

inside yourself and change for the better.

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One of my guests, Bonnie Hardie, which

was from many episodes ago, shared her

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awesome story of what it means to be

a coach, even when she is homeless.

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Now, if you have felt at any sense at any

moment of what it means to be homeless,

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which I have been fortunate enough to

not be, but have come close enough to

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feel like I have lost it all and I would

be living on the streets, you start to

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appreciate the world a bit differently,

and Bonnie is somebody that, even to this

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day, all these months ago in which that

episode was recorded and then aired on

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this podcast, has been an inspiration for

me to work on becoming that brand new me.

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It doesn't take much to change

your mindsets, especially from

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positive to negative, but instead

of looking at it from that one way

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angle, why can't we look at it from

a negative to positive difference?

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Why can't we look at it from a

negative to positive transformation?

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Our advice, the things that we've been

given, whether that is from childhood, or

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even from contemporary times, the place

that we live in right now, what if we're

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able to speak to ourselves, to share

what it means to know that we have this

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manifestation, deep inside of ourselves,

and it's just waiting to be unleashed?

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I've had many people on the show,

especially as of late, that have talked

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about this, and in 2025, even more

guests are going to dig deep into what

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this looks like, but at this moment,

at this time, I want you to know that

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when you hit the stop button, once you

reach the end of this episode, or if it

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moves on to another podcast, I'll still

be here thinking of you, thinking of

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how great it would be to see this brand

new version of you, unleashed to the

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world in 2025, accomplishing your goals,

testing the limits, seeing what your

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voice can do with your relationships,

confidence and determination that you've

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been building on this show, and oh yes,

even reaching out to me, working with me

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in the new year, helping you to dig even

deeper than you ever thought possible.

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I don't know where you might be

as you listen to this, even now,

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today, as this airs, or in the

future, but I do know one thing.

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I know that you took an interest in

listening to this, and if you made

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it all the way through, that tells me

that brand new you is right there on

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the precipice, being able to step into

that uncomfortableness, that fear that

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you might be facing, but yet doing it,

knowing that you have what it takes, and

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I'm rooting for you, not only in 2024

as we wrap it up, but in:

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Finally, I want to say thank you to

all my listeners, all of you, that have

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made me a brand new me in this year,

and I look forward to serving you in the

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new year with Speaking From The Heart.

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Thanks for listening to episode number

181 of Speaking From The Heart, and

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I look forward to hearing from your

heart, in the new year, very soon.

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Outro: Thanks for listening.

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the best version of yourself.

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