Epsiode #71 - What The Future Holds Ahead For Us

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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 71 of Speaking From The Heart

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and the final episode of a monologue

series for the entire year of 2023.

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I don't think I would ever have been able

to say that if it wasn't for many of you

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that have continuously supported the show

and have allowed me to become the best

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version, the best podcast host, of myself.

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From the bottom of my heart already,

I want to tell you thank you so much

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for being there, for helping me become

what I am today as a result of working

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on all these different things that

I've been able to embark as a result

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of doing Speaking from the Heart.

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It's been a weird seven months, being

able to do this and help so many different

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people, countless of others that I would

have never thought I would ever reach,

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if it wasn't a result of starting this

project, and I want to share a little bit

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about what got me started in this in the

first place, overall in case many of my

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listeners have not been joining us on a

regular basis since May 30th of this year.

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It was a very weird situation in

which months leading up to it, I was

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very hesitant about putting myself

out there, because for the business

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in which I just recently opened at

that time, Your Speaking Voice LLC,

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I realized that I needed to put more

content out there about myself, and

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also what I wanted to share about what

my worldview is in which other people

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could appreciate and enjoy, and maybe

gain some perspective, about what they

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could do to help themselves become the

best version of whatever they want to be.

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I hemmed and hauled for many months

because I was afraid of what I would

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become and many early episodes that

many of you might have listened to at

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that time talked about that imposter

syndrome that we sometimes have;

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sometimes holding us back from really

seeing that if we add value to our

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audience, is it really adding value?

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In other words, are we actually creating

something to help other people become

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whatever they want to be because

we're afraid of what we are sharing?

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I consistently said that John Schuchman,

the host of the Real Estate Survival

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Guide and a very successful real estate

agent, continuously applauded me to keep

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on trying, to keep on doing this, to

keep on wanting to help others, because

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he saw that vision in me to become

something in which I'd be able to share

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to a wide variety of different people,

in that not only would I be helping

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my business, I would be helping others

as a result of what I would be sharing

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through my unique story, which many of you

already know has been about the suicide

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attempt I had almost four years ago now.

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On May 30th, 2023, launching this podcast

was something of a great treat, because

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Episode 1, What Is On Your Heart?, is

still the enduring question in which

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I'm still asking all of you to not only

participate in, in order to understand

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whether you really have what's inside

that heart that really wants to share

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the radical transformation of what

you want to become, but for me, is

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continuously the enduring question that

we're answering on every show that we

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do, whether that is inviting a guest to

talk about their experiences, or even

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the monologue episodes in which we're

creating some of those opportunities to

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become the best version of who we are.

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I have to admit, I never thought

in a million years that when I

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started this, that the podcast was

just going to be about not just the

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financial aspects of which I wanted

to help my business grow, but I also

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just wanted to have more numbers.

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I wanted people to tune in to

just listen to what I had to say.

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I was desperate for it, but then the

realization came early on that it

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isn't just about the relationships.

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It isn't just about the money.

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It's about the fact that I was actually

putting myself out there for the first

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time, and it's been really a treat and an

enjoyment to hear from many of you, off

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and on, about the importance of what this

show has meant, and I still would love

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to hear from many of you that I know are

actively listening to know your thoughts.

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What can we do to make this show better?

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What would you like to hear as topics

that would help you in the personal

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professional struggles that you go

through, not only to become the best

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version of who you are, but also to

work on the values in which I always

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have talked about: relationships,

confidence and determination?

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Something changed about midway through

that forever shook me to the core about

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why I was doing this in the first place,

and it was because of guests that I've

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had on this show, and I'm super excited

for what is in store for the new year

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because there are a number of people,

both friends of mine that have not yet

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been on this show, let alone other people

that I have never met before, that will

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tickle you with opportunity, excitement,

endurance and maybe even challenges,

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that will help you to grow, and continue

to be what you might be in this new

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year that you have written down, and I

know that many of you have written it

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down because you have continuously told

me about those opportunities that you

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have, and I really am excited for many

of you to continue working on those

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goals, but there are people that I would

never have been able to do this with

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if it wasn't for the fact that they

have been challenging my world view.

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Whether it has been people that have

challenged the team in which I have

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surrounding me; maybe even the lifestyle

in which I have continuously lived and

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making me want to change even further;

or maybe just putting on a smile, knowing

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that even if I'm not feeling it today,

there are going to be other people that

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are looking towards that smile in order

for them to be happy about what they

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are doing, and they want to see me be

just as successful as they want to be

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successful in their own right, but I

know that for many of us, if we have that

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opportunity to continue to be blessed,

we have to continuously learn and grow

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from those experiences, and I've been so

fortunate to have accomplished authors,

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accomplished lecturers, accomplished

fitness experts, even other people that

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have had unique talents and situations

and stories that have come a long way,

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including some of my travel companions,

Christopher Hulse and Mark Snow, that

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have even talked so much about their

experiences in their episodes, in which

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I ask you to listen to, because you'll

get a completely different perspective.

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I have to say that even as we continue

to think about what has been done in

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the past, we have to look at what's

in the future from what we've been

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able to achieve and what we can do to

move forward, and I'm super excited to

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continuously work on plans that will

radically change not only the format

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of this show in the new year, but maybe

even help you become that best version

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with new enhanced topics and discussions

about a variety of different things

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that we have yet to scratch the surface.

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I think that those things, in which

I'm very vague about right now, will

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certainly change as we continue to move

forward, in which even after this episode

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airs, I can't wait for you to listen to

more opportunity that we'll talk about

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not only with what the business holds,

which we're going to talk about in the

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next episode of the New Year 2024, but

we are going to talk about what it means

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to not just work through some of the

personal and professional struggles that

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you have to be able to understand that

there is a brighter side to the other

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side of the fence that you're going

through, but yet there's always going

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to be that nagging question, and I'm

sure you're asking that nagging question

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even this moment: what is it that you're

going to do to help us realize what

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those areas of improvement will be?

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Well, that question, which might be very

tedious in nature to answer in a less

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than 20 minute monologue about what we

can do to create those versions of who

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we are, might also mean that we need to

look at some of the bigger things that

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you want to accomplish in the new year.

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I mentioned the fact that this was really

a very tough choice in the beginning of

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the year to even do this podcast, but

something clicked inside of me, which

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I want to share with you a perspective

that might help you, especially if you're

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still struggling a few days before we

start the year 2024, that might help you

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become that best version of yourself,

and it's this: when we know that we're

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doing something right for the first time,

in which we're learning to love and care

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about what are the things that we're

trying to do to help us become better,

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we often stop to examine what we can do

to change those circumstances, in which

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episode number 69, that we were just

literally talking about this, might be

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helpful and it might be a doorway in which

you can walk through to examine what those

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choices are that you are able to make,

but it goes so much more beyond that.

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I think that we often get so hesitant of

the fact that we want to do something in

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our lives that might be really impactful.

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Things on which we might want to change,

not just the nature or the course of

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the direction that we're heading in,

but it's also about the fact that we

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often are scared, maybe you're confused

or afraid, of what those things might

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be on the other side, and maybe you're

not that type of person, but you do have

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some anxiety, even as change happens,

which many of us experience over and

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over again, about why it's important

to just fix when that problem is

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happening at that very moment so that

we are able to keep moving forward, but

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anxiety isn't just the root cause of

all the things that we're dealing with.

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There's obviously circumstances or things

that happened even before that, that

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made us feel that way in the first place.

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I think that we have to understand that

when we explore and even learn from some

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of the lessons that we have with all the

different people and all the different

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places that we've been, that we can

receive perspectives in a variety of

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different ways that we often never thought

we would ever receive in the first place,

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if we're just willing to try something

new, to be bold in which we're creating

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the new avenues in which we can explore

our humanity, and I will tell you that in

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this humanity in which I've been exploring

the last seven months on this podcast,

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has been nothing short of incredible.

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It's had my mouth drop open to even

some of my closest friends, even people

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that I have never met before, of some

of the unique experiences that they've

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had, but also the most important of

lessons in which they have shared,

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and I've often mentioned, even on this

show, about the importance of Matthew

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Roda, in which he has challenged me

so many different ways this year in

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becoming the best version of myself.

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I think that we learn, too, that

we have things that happen to some

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others that we think, "Man, that

will never happen to us", but then it

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does happen when you least expect it.

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I often talk about the fact

that we might lose our jobs.

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We might get a divorce.

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We might have to shift because the

change in which our lifestyle is,

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whether that's in our control or not,

and I have to tell you that even in the

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world itself, it's a very challenging,

dangerous place sometimes when we're

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going through some of those things that

might be very hurtful or very hateful

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in which we don't want to have any part

of it, but yet, it still stares at us.

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I often talk about the fact that this

has been a very challenging year, and

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I've mentioned this to many of my friends

and acquaintances, not only just on a

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personal level, but looking at all the

different things that have happened across

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the world, across the United States, and

they are things in which do not have to

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be named specifically, and I'm not even

talking about the mainstream things.

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I am talking about the deaths that

have happened in many families

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this past year, the many hardships

economically that many people are facing.

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I am talking about just getting through

the day to day: do you have enough

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food, water, and even housing, to

feel safe, to feel warm, to feel that

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you have a place to hang your hat?

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Do you have what it takes to just

keep moving forward, unless you

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have lost that hope along the way?

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This is a very tough year for many of us

in 2023, and I want to respect the fact

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that maybe if you're listening to this,

you might not be the direct recipient of

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some of those issues, but there are also

other people that are going through a hard

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time, but if there's anything that I've

learned as a perspective of doing this

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podcast through my business, Your Speaking

Voice LLC, it's simply this: what are some

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of the things that you could start doing

today that maybe might help other people

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feel just a little bit better about the

circumstances in which they're living in?

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Maybe that's volunteering at a soup

kitchen; maybe that's helping to pack

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clothes, other necessities for people

across the world, in which I know of

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somebody that is doing that in Mount

Joy, Pennsylvania, in which there's a big

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warehouse that allows other people to help

others that are are going through some

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desperate times, but even with all those

things said, there are many, many, many

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ways in which we can give back, whether

that's through the talents, or even the

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strengths that we have lying dormant

inside of ourselves, and I continue to

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encourage you, even as I have mentioned

in other episodes, to do just that,

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but the biggest, strongest thing that

you can do, and which is the biggest

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reminder that I have learned by doing

this podcast, is that you can listen.

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Listening; simple as that.

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Somebody just wants to have a little

bit more attention, where they might

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not normally get attention, and have

you ever stopped and paused to just

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listen, instead of just opening your

mouth and giving your perspective?

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We're given two ears, one mouth,

and I know that's such a cliché

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statement, but it's so true.

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Last time I checked, I do

have two ears, one mouth.

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That means that I speak slower than

what I can listen to because of the two

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ears that I have, and even if you are

reading this as a transcript because

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you are deaf; maybe you have hard

of hearing, but even if those things

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do happen, listening can make such

a big difference in someone's life.

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I think that we can feel blessed by the

fact that we do have two ears, because we

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can start to learn different perspectives

about what other people are going through,

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and that might be the key to unlocking

some of the best opportunities that have

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yet to come, especially if we're able

to continuously challenge that status

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quo, where we showcase not only the

personal and professional struggles, but

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we learn how to create that voice, quote

on quote, in this ever changing world.

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I think if you're ever going to explore

some of those common lessons in which you

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are learning, especially myself that I've

been learning this past year, it's by

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doing this: holding that future far ahead

of you, you're going to be happy that

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you listened, because that perspective

might have changed the course of what

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lies ahead, not just in the new year, but

maybe in the next 5, 10, 20, maybe even

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40 years in the future, and you might be

saying to yourself, "Josh, that's funny.

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I'm not going to live another 40 years

because I've already lived a long time."

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Well, maybe you could save that for the

new world that you might be entering

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because we all have that opportunity to

create that best version of who we are,

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especially as this new year approaches.

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I can't thank enough the fact that we

have guests that are coming up that will

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make this idea come alive to make these

perspectives, create new opportunities, to

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be blessed continuously on every episode,

to be able to share what is on our heart,

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because the enduring question that is

what is on our heart remains the same.

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We need to continue to pursue that,

and I hope that you will join me in

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doing just that, but for those that

have listened to that so far for the

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last seven months: Thank you, and I

encourage you to please drop me a line at

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[email protected], because I

would love to read your testimonies on my

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podcast show, maybe even invite you to be

one of my guests, because let's face it:

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change is inevitable, and what the future

holds ahead for us can be mighty great, as

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long as we're able to listen, and as long

as we're able to speak from the heart.

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Thank you for all of those in 2023 for

making this a successful year launching

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this podcast, and for you being one

of my valued listeners because without

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you, I would not be the person who I

am today, the best version of myself.

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Thanks for listening to episode number

71 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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For more information about our podcast

and future shows, search for Speaking From

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The Heart to subscribe and be notified

wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Visit us at www.yourspeakingvoice.biz

for more information about potential

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services that can help you create

the best version of yourself.

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See you next time.

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