Take Control of Your Life

Control isn't about managing every circumstance—it's about having a clear destination and continuing forward despite inevitable obstacles. It means you've set your GPS and even when storms hit, detours appear, or traffic slows you down, you maintain your direction with purpose

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Life is waiting for you each day and you have to
prepare for each challenge alongthe way towards success.
It's not simple, but it can bedone.
Welcome to my Common SenseMotivation episodes.
I'm Chris Fantastic Powell.
Are you in control of your life?
We hear this all the time.
I'm in control of my life.

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But are you Really or are youjust repeating something that
sounds good?
Because real control means morethan just saying it.
It means you're not just wakingup and reacting to life, you're
directing it.
It means you've picked adestination, set the GPS and
even when storms hit, detourspop up or traffic gets heavy,

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you're still moving forward.
So ask yourself do you knowwhere you're going?
Do you have a goal that you'velocked in so tight you can feel
it pulling you forward?
Do you understand thatchallenges will come, but you're
ready to face them, not avoidthem?
Are you driving with purpose orjust hoping for a lucky break?

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Because the truth is, if you'renot steering your life, someone
or something else is your past,your fears, your excuses, your
habits or even other people'sopinions.
They'll gladly take the will ifyou hand it over to them.
But here's the good news youwere born to drive your own
journey.
You've got the power to chooseyour direction, your destination

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and your destiny.
You may not control everythingthat happens, but you do control
how you respond, how you growand where you go from here.
So don't just ask about beingin control.
Show it.
Wake up with intention, livewith clarity, Fight through the
obstacles, keep your hands onthe wheel and your eyes on the

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vision, because the greatestfreedom is not just being alive,
it's knowing that you are theone shaping your life.
You're not the passenger,you're the driver.
So now, where are you headed?
Make it happen.
I'm Chris Fantastic Powell.
Thank you for listening.
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