Summary

In this episode, Sam Varner encourages listeners to leave reviews and ratings for the podcast. She announces a birthday giveaway and offers a 90-minute coaching session as a prize. Sam emphasizes the importance of maintaining momentum in business and setting short-term and long-term goals. She advises listeners to reflect on their progress and make a plan for the upcoming months. Sam urges entrepreneurs to take aggressive action and put their offers out into the world. She highlights the power of a six-week plan and motivates listeners not to give up on their goals. The episode concludes with a reminder to leave reviews and ratings for the podcast.

Chapters

00:00

Introduction and Review Request

01:00

Birthday Giveaway Announcement

03:28

Reflecting on Results and Goals

04:50

Revisiting the Plan

06:27

Taking Aggressive Action

08:22

The Power of a Six-Week Plan

09:08

Don't Quit, Keep Trying

09:31

Self-Motivation and Accountability

10:11

Final Thoughts and Review Reminder

Hey everybody, I am here today.

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We are gonna chat all about Profit like

usual, but before we get started, I have a

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little ask.

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I want to see if I can get 45 reviews of

this podcast, new reviews of this podcast

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by the time I turn 45.

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So my birthday is May 7th.

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We currently, this one, this episode is

gonna go live on the 19th of March.

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So...

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I think we can do it.

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Can you help me out?

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Can you go to your podcast player, leave

me a review and a rating?

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I would be so, so grateful.

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And then take a little screenshot of that

and send it over to me, DM it to me on

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Instagram at Sam the Prophet Coach.

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I know it's a little bit of work for you,

but I can't tell you how much it means to

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me and to the growth of this podcast.

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If you do that, I'm going to on my

birthday, which falls on...

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Ooh, it falls on a Tuesday.

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So it means that for this podcast, if we

get those 45 reviews, two things are gonna

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happen.

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First and foremost, I'm gonna shout out

and thank you for leaving your review.

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Secondly, I am going to give away, you

heard it, give away a 90-minute coaching

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session with me where you will be eligible

to win if you send me that DM with a

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screenshot of that review on your podcast

player.

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before my birthday on May 7th, you will

get 90 minutes to sit down with me, pick

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my brain, ask me all the questions, have

me work through what is that strategy that

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you're currently really needing help with.

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This is your opportunity.

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If you've been sitting here listening to

this podcast for the last hundred and so

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episodes, I really want to encourage you

to take advantage of this.

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Leave me a review and a rating, take that

screenshot, send it over to Instagram at

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Sam the Profit Coach.

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Let's flood my Instagram and be entered to

win.

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I will draw it on May 7th, my birthday

episode.

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So make sure you're listening in to that

one as well.

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Okay, on with the show.

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As they say, here we are.

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We're in March now, right?

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So the warm and fuzzies of, hey, it's a

new year.

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Let's go, let's go has probably worn off.

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You may or may not be feeling like you're

slogging through it again.

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right, that you're taking actions that

aren't impacting things.

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Or you're having a phenomenal year and

you're really seeing some growth.

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Either way, I want to remind you today

that one of the most critical pieces of

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moving forward in your business is to

continue the momentum.

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So we can't go at new year's speed all

year long.

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It's impossible and it would feel terrible

overall.

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What we do need to do is make sure that we

know where are we aiming for.

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What are we trying to accomplish in the

short term and then the slightly longer

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term?

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And I like to be looking at what do I need

to get done this week so that I can be as

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most efficient towards those goals as

possible and what has to be done by the

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end of the month.

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If we're doing this 12 times a year that

we're reviewing, I promise you, you're

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gonna get much closer to your goals than

if we just kind of do the work, do the

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work that we think we should be doing.

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and not actually be checking in on, hey,

is what I'm doing working?

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First and foremost, is what I am doing

creating the results I wanna see?

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Have you asked yourself that this year?

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Do you see evidence?

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Do you need to take the time to do it?

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I really wanna encourage you to do this.

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I know it feels hard as a business owner

to stop, reflect and plan, but going by

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the seat of your pants and just work,

work.

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all the time is not the way of growth and

it's not the way of a CEO.

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Instead, it's the way of maybe a really

great manager that is just keeping the

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shop open.

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So when you reflect, you wanna be looking

at the metrics you've decided are

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important.

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Sometimes this is sales, sometimes it's

profitability, sometimes it's project

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completion, right?

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We're not always in a grow, grow mode.

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So.

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if it's project completion or getting

things done that need to get done, you

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need to be able to track those.

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You need to know what they are and be able

to determine how far along in those items

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are you actually getting.

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So, okay, we're gonna assume, pause this

podcast, do that evaluation, come back to

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it, okay?

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So I'm gonna assume that you took the time

to sit there, evaluate, review.

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and you've got some work to do, or you

accidentally have veered off the path of

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your plan for this year.

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First and foremost, there is no shame in

this.

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We all do this.

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That shiny squirrel situation happens to

all of us.

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There are very few people that can work

for a continual year with their head down,

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eye on the prize, and not deviate in any

way.

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If you have, it is okay.

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But you caught it in March instead of

November.

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So for that, high five.

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Okay, go back to the original plan, the

one that you set out at the end of the

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year last year.

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What were you trying to accomplish?

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What tactics and strategies were you going

to use to actually accomplish it?

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Have you done any of those?

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How successfully?

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Have you put your full ass into it or have

you just done a half ass?

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Yeah, ask the questions, right?

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I want some blank space here for you to

determine.

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Dust yourself off and realize you need to

write your plan for the rest of March and

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the rest of April.

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What exact day to day actions will create

the results you need?

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For most of you, if you're looking for

sales increase, revenue increase,

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profitability, most of the time it's going

to mean you need to sell more things to

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more people, which is usually going to

mean you need to tell more people that you

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have things that you can sell.

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So if that feels true for you or really

uncomfortable, which means it's true, then

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what on that list of for the end of March

and beginning of April are you doing to

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create opportunities to discuss your

offers with other people and get them to

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buy?

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I do not care what the website looks like.

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I do not care about the backend systems.

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If you have no clients, you don't need

systems.

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Now there's a fine line and all of you are

shaking your heads and saying, yeah, but

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if I didn't have a system, when I get

clients, I won't know what to do.

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You can pull that stuff out and you'll be

a heck of a lot more motivated when you

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have people that are in the wings waiting.

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So instead of hiding behind the computer,

doing the things that feel easier, they

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still feel like work.

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So you feel like you're getting things

done, but really you're not telling

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anybody what you're doing.

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and you're not selling it to anybody and

so you're getting frustrated, here's the

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solution.

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You are gonna write out your next six

weeks and it's going to include putting

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your offers out there in the world.

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Like super aggressive, putting it out

there.

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How are you gonna do it?

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You're gonna do it in person.

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You could do it on social media.

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You could do it through your email

marketing.

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You could print flyers.

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You could go to networking events.

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You could do it any number of ways.

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Talk to old clients, upsell current

clients, change your fees and make more

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money.

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All of those ways are available to you.

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But if you're saying for the next six

weeks, I'm all in on my goals, then what

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is the plan?

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We will accomplish nothing without a plan,

I guarantee it, okay?

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So, based on all of that, we are gonna

look at the next six weeks, even just the

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next six weeks.

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What do you think you can accomplish?

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How much can you get done?

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in six weeks, I promise you, it will blow

your mind.

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It will blow your mind if you go all in

and you do the things that you need to do

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and you lean into it and you don't take

your foot off the gas and you don't let

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yourself hide behind the things that feel

easier.

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And you don't get distracted by doing the

laundry or washing up the kitchen just

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because it has to be done.

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It for sure does, but you know what?

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You don't have to do it during work hours.

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This is a business, not a hobby.

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This is me kicking your ass with love

into...

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Don't quit.

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Don't quit your business, don't quit your

goals, don't quit your dreams just because

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up until now, you haven't hit them.

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The only way that I can absolutely

guarantee you won't hit them is if you

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take your foot off the gas, you don't look

backwards and evaluate, and you don't

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bother trying.

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Yeah, I know it doesn't feel good, right?

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This kick in the ass comes to you from Sam

the prophet coach because this girl, Sam

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the prophet coach, often needs that kick

in the ass too.

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Listen, I can talk the talk, but walking

the walk is just as hard for me as it is

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for you guys.

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And so half the time I'm hopping on the

mic here today to tell myself the same

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thing.

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This episode, I'm recording it currently

before spring break.

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I'm going on a week's vacation with my

family.

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I am so pumped, right?

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But I know I'm gonna need to hear this

when I come back.

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So for all of you and for myself, review

what you're doing, implement the things

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that you said you were gonna do, stop

half-assing it, and let's make the six

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weeks from March 19th through to the end

of April be badass.

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And for the love, because you know I need

it and I would be so grateful for the

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birthday present, please remember, send me

a rating and a review on your podcast

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player.

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take a screenshot of that, DM me over at

Sam the Prophet Coach on Instagram and be

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entered in to win that 90 minute session

with me where I can help you get from

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where you are right now to where you wanna

be.

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And with that, I'll see you next week.