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Welcome to Make a Difference, a podcast about reflection and self improvement.
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Each month the podcast will choose a series of quotes centered around a topic for reflection and then thoughts for discussion and implementation.
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We all get stuck sometimes and these shows are designed to show us a way to get unstuck.
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These shows are published Monday through Friday.
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Join us daily to make a difference on how you view your personal outlook and hopefully improve it.
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We will kick off the show with your host, Mark Quinn after this short break.
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Welcome back to Make a Difference.
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Today's quote for Reflection states, you don't have to see the whole path.
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You need the courage to take the next right step.
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Have you ever felt stuck?
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Maybe you've been waiting for the perfect plan, the perfect opportunity, or the perfect moment to begin.
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You know something needs to change, but you're not quite sure where to start.
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I've been there.
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The only thing I've learned in this life is is that rarely changes happen in a single dramatic moment.
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More often, transformation begins with one small decision, one simple action, one next right step, and the courage to take it.
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When I faced one of the most difficult seasons of my life, I wanted answers.
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I wanted certainty, I wanted reassurance that everything would work out.
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But life doesn't usually give us that kind of clarity.
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At least not up front.
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Recovery doesn't happen overnight.
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Growth doesn't happen overnight.
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Change doesn't happen overnight.
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It happens one step at a time.
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Looking back, I realized something important.
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I didn't need to know the entire journey ahead of me.
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I only needed enough courage to take that first next step.
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The truth is, many of us become overwhelmed because we're focused on the entire mountain instead of the next foothold.
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We see the distance, we see the obstacles, and we see all the things that could go wrong.
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And sometimes the journey feels so big that we are overwhelmed and we just never begin.
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But what if you stopped focusing on the whole journey and you started focusing on just the next right step?
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Not next year, not next month, not even next week.
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Just today.
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Live in the moment.
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Just this moment, just the next right step.
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Because that is where progress begins.
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Your future is not built by giant leaps.
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It's built by the next right step taken again and again.
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Until one day you look back and you realize you climbed the mountain.
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That's what I'm thinking about today, and I'll see you in our next episode.
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Sam.
