April 13, 2025 • 18 mins
The secret to transforming your life isn't perfection—it's showing up consistently, especially when you don't feel like it. Day four of the Consistency Project dives deep into "imperfect consistency" as the ultimate tool for creating the life you desire.
Fighting through physical discomfort from endometriosis, I almost skipped today's stream. But that would violate the only rule of this 365-day journey: no starting over. There aren't perfect days, just consistent ones. This mindset shift is already revealing how procrastination and perfectionism sabotage our greatest goals.
Drawing inspiration from "Steal Like an Artist," we explore three powerful concepts for creators: stealing with integrity (researching what works and remixing it authentically), using limitations as creative fuel, and building your own platform instead of waiting to be discovered. My personal "hood to hooded" journey illustrates how limitations forced creativity—braiding hair to fund dental school and adapting to family responsibilities rather than abandoning my dreams.
The emotional lifecycle of any project follows a predictable pattern: initial excitement, the reality check of difficulty, the dark valley of doubt, and finally the satisfaction of completion. The magic happens when you push through that lowest point instead of quitting. By showing up imperfectly but consistently, you build something greater than the sum of its parts.
Join this experiment in real-time as we discover how daily discipline transforms mindsets and unlocks potential. What small step will you take today toward consistency, even when it's hard? Your journey to greatness starts with showing up—imperfections and all.
Thanks for listening and growing with me on this journey towards the ultimate level of success. #Hood2hooded #drshon #drshonconsistencyproject #consistencyproject
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dr Sean TV and we all the way live.
Hey, we all the way live.
Dr Sean is all the way live.
We're just checking in.
Welcome, welcome back to thechat.
Day four of the ConsistencyProject.
Guys.
Y'all thought I wasn't going toshow up.
Don't lose faith in me.
(00:21):
Yet this is day four.
We have 361 more days to go.
It's really grown me up as aperson.
It's allowed me to overcomesomething that has been
hindering me, I feel.
I feel like the lack ofconsistency and discipline and
too much procrastination is sucha hindrance to your goals, guys
(00:43):
.
It's such a hindrance.
It's such a hindrance to yourf***ing goals, guys.
It's such a hindrance.
It's such a hindrance.
Okay, it's just such ahindrance.
So today, our stream is aboutcreating the life you desire.
So today we're going to be justgrowing our mind.
You already know we on thishood hood journey, right, we
(01:05):
doing this together and not onlyam I growing, you're growing.
You can see this experimentunfolding on day four.
Normally, I would have probablyskipped the day by now because
I'm not feeling well.
Um, today was rough.
You know, it was a really roughday.
End Endometriosis, which is afeminine issue that a lot of
(01:30):
women have, and cramps.
How lucky are men.
It's Friday, it's the end of thework week.
I almost didn't show up, but Iremember day four of a 365-day
challenge and the only rule isno starting over and there
aren't going to be perfect days,just consistent ones.
(01:52):
So here I am no perfect days,only consistent days.
It's 365 days of focusing onthis subject but also
incorporating a lot of knowledgeand learning and growing.
To be consistent, it requirescreativity and discipline and to
(02:15):
have fun.
If you're doing something youdon't like, it's hard to be
creative.
I mean consistent in that arena.
But for me, I actually likestreaming, I actually like
getting on here.
It's just those first coupledays.
Especially the first day, isgoing to be the hardest,
especially on a platform liketwitch, because there is such a
(02:39):
massive learning curve to usethe tools to set up your stream
to you see other streamers andthey know how to use the widgets
and the gadgets, and it's alearning curve.
So what you don't want to dowhen you are attempting to knock
out a heavy goal is to allowthose imperfections to prevent
(03:00):
you from being consistent.
We are creating the life wedesire with the tool of
imperfect consistency.
Imperfect consistency, baby.
That's what we're focusing ontoday Imperfect consistency.
Today I read this little shortbook here Still Like an Artist.
Still Like an Artist.
(03:21):
It's a New York Timesbestseller, short read, about 10
chapters.
It's about 10 things.
Nobody told you about beingcreative.
So you remember, when I firststarted the Consistency Project,
I discussed doing my research,looking at other Twitch creators
, like seeing how they do things, adjusting my page, my bio, my
(03:47):
schedule, a lot of that aroundwhat is working for other people
.
So when they say still is notmeaning still, and don't give
credit or take something thatdoesn't belong to you and
pretend like it's yours.
It means like, do your researchand make your own formula.
It's kind of like when we didthe consistency soup how I made
my recipe.
Your recipe is going to bedifferent, even though I gave
(04:09):
you ideas on how to do it.
You can use some of the thingsthat I use, but it's going to be
different.
So that's what this book is all.
That's what this book is talkingabout, and the core theme is
creativity is for everyone andnothing is original, but
everything can be uniquely yours.
If you use several sources,then you can make it into your
(04:29):
own, like.
In dental school we didprojects like systemic reviews.
So these reviews are when yougather research from different
sources and you create your ownresearch project using those
sources on a certain topic, andthat will be your own research
project using those sources on acertain topic, and that will be
your own research project, butusing other people's projects.
(04:49):
So it's kind of like what he'stalking about.
And at the end of the book hetalked about how people took it
too literal.
So we don't want to take thistoo literal.
Okay, it's just a figure ofspeech.
So the three takeaways that Igot from this book, from reading
this book today, is veryhelpful for a budding creator.
(05:09):
The first thing is to stillstill with integrity.
Still with integrity.
That's kind of like what wejust said doing your research,
seeing what works for them andtrying it for yourself.
Study them.
That's what research isstudying something and learning
about it and like, for me,twitch, I went and I I
(05:32):
researched, I learned, I'mseeing how I'm reacting to
certain uh streamers or certaincontent and you do what you like
.
You are who you are, so beauthentic, but also get
inspiration.
Remix it.
Don't copy it.
Remix it.
They do that with songs, like alot of songs are from the 60s,
(05:55):
70s, 80s, but they remix them,make it their own and it works
out.
Many times people aren't goingto unless you're from that
decade or that era.
You're not going back to listento those songs because you
don't even know they exist.
But when somebody remixes it orremakes a new, modern, updated
version, you're like, oh, I likethis song.
And then later you discoverthis song has been remade 10
(06:17):
times.
This is a 10th time and you'rejust figuring out that the
original artist is not who youthink they are.
There are so many songs likethat where you still like an
artist, meaning this is helpingyou with your creative process.
So remember, remix, don't copy,don't plagiarize.
The second takeaway is to uselimitations as creative,
(06:40):
creative fuel.
So whatever you lack which isvery important for this
consistency project is whateveryou lack on your journey.
Use that as fuel, especially onthe hood to hooded journey.
For me, whenever I lacksomething on my hood to hooded
(07:01):
journey, from the hood to beinga doctor, on my hood to hood
journey, from the hood to beinga doctor, I just use what I have
, use what you have until youget what you need.
You got to fake it till youmake it all of that good stuff.
So use those limitations, thosethings that are hindering you,
as creativity fuel.
Many times, in poverty, we aresome of the most creative people
(07:21):
ever.
For example, even though thisis crazy, and this is one of the
things why I had such a desireto become something great, to
really understand money, tounderstand how to be an adult
and to thrive and be successfulis watching my grandma, eartha,
the time that she did win thosecustody battles that I'm always
(07:42):
talking about.
She struggled to raise mysister and I.
She was older.
Many times she would do titleloans, payday loans, write
bounce checks just to feed usand I saw that.
So she was creative with howshe took care of us.
Even though it was.
It wasn't perfect.
We never missed a meal.
She might have been stressedout, but we never missed a meal
(08:04):
and she was creative and how shedid that.
That's a hood perspective.
From a hooded perspective, youstill want to use your
limitations as creativity.
So when I knew that I didn'thave the resources as a young
adult from my parents to gothrough this hood to hood route,
because you really need animmense amount of support, you
(08:27):
really need that family.
That's just going to step upwhen you lack the money.
Sometimes this journey getsvery difficult and very
expensive.
Because I lack that and I knewI did.
I couldn't just call somebodyand say, hey, I need $500 for
this book or I need $1,000 totake this test.
I have to work.
So I had to be creative.
Even in dental school, I wasbraiding hair, doing hair, even
(08:50):
in dental school, raisingchildren that aren't mine.
But I had to be creativebecause it was a family urgency
for me to step in and help thefamily out.
So that's what creativity feelis when you use those limits,
those things that you think areholding you back as creative
juice.
(09:11):
Not having all the resourcesforces you to try your best, do
your best.
See, I want to elevate thisstream to a higher level, but if
I just continue to wait let meturn, my shirt looks crooked If
I continue to elevate this thingto a higher level by showing up
every day, that means thatevery day it gets better.
(09:35):
Every day we grow in every waypossible on a daily basis.
So no limitation should stopyou from being your authentic
self or trying something new orchasing a new experience.
No limitations, so just like noexcuses.
(09:56):
We have no limitations when itcomes to consistency.
You just show up with what yougot and do the best that you can
, and pat yourself on the backand show gratitude once you're
done.
The third thing that I got fromthis book is don't wait to be
discovered.
Don't wait to be discovered tostart being creative and sharing
your greatness to the world.
(10:17):
You must promote yourself,market yourself, be creative
about it.
Don't wait for other people togive you validation for your
greatness, like who has time forthat?
Who has time for that?
Never let anyone do that.
So I decided to help us unlockour creativity, which is
(10:38):
ultimately going to help usunlock consistency, because we
know that consistency is haltedwhen you procrastinate.
Consistency is halted when youare not disciplined or when you
go to excuseville and you justquit because you think about all
the things that you're lacking.
(10:59):
You think about all the thingsthat are imperfect.
You think about everything thatyou don't have.
I don't have this.
What do you have?
Like when you hungry, you go inand you don't have money, you
go and cook what you can make upin the kitchen.
That's how a lot of these greatrecipes got started.
That's how a lot of them gotstarted by being creative.
So tap into your creativity.
(11:20):
Tap into your creativity right.
Unlock your greatest potentialseriously.
So in this book there is thislittle chart.
It's called life, the life of aproject.
He stole this from his friend,maureen mchugh, and it says in
the beginning when you have aproject like, for me, the 365
(11:41):
day consistency project thefirst is the best idea ever.
It's like, oh, this is the bestidea ever.
And then it's like, okay, thisis harder than I thought.
Starts here at a high.
This is the best idea ever.
And then it says, okay, this isharder than I thought it was.
Then your energy goes like oh,this is gonna take some work.
(12:01):
And it goes like, oh, thissucks and it's boring.
And then you have a little darkarea where you're like am I
doing this right?
Because the results aren'thitting how I thought they was
going to be hitting.
And then it goes to oh well,let me come over here.
Oh, it will be good to finishbecause I'll learn something for
(12:24):
next time.
That's where the magic isunlocked when you get past the
lowest of the lowest point.
When you're in the middle of aproject, he like, oh, my
goodness, this is just drainingme, but when you overcome your
goal and you succeed and youpush through on those days when
you don't feel like it, it getsbetter.
You're going to learn somethingfor the next time and then it
(12:45):
goes to another level.
Oh, it's done and it sucks, butnot as bad as I thought it was
going to be.
That little diagram just showsus that sometimes things, when
you have these big, bright ideas, it's like I'm going to do da,
da, da, da, da, da, da.
And then when you start theproject and as the project
progresses, your emotions aregoing to fluctuate.
(13:06):
As you go through this projectYou're going to have some highs,
some really lows, but once youfinish, it may not be this
ultimate masterpiece that youthought it would be, but it's
going to be better than if youhad not done anything or if you
do not show up.
When you don't show up, youautomatically count yourself out
of greatness, and I usedentistry a lot because
(13:26):
dentistry is so competitive.
That's like if you know thatonly 1% of people are going to
get in, or less than 1% ofpeople are going to get into
this field, most people wouldn'teven apply.
And then if you havelimitations, stereotypes.
You are an excuse-ville.
You have all this thing you putin your head.
You're talking yourself out ofyour own greatness.
(13:47):
Then you will never know if youcould be something if you don't
try and if you don't put yourname in in the basket.
When I was putting my name inthe basket for dental school,
there was always something inthe back of my head that was
like dang, there's so many otherapplicants who have 4.0s.
You get intimidated.
(14:07):
You're looking at the averageGPA.
You're like I don't even havethat GPA, but what do you have?
This is just like when you useyour limitations to be creative.
So if you don't have the perfectGPA, you use the other parts of
your application.
You're going to be using yourshadowing experiences, your
volunteer experiences.
You're going to use theleadership experiences that you
(14:30):
have, any work experiences.
You will use everything thatyou can.
You're going to make sure yourpersonal statement stands out
above everyone else's.
You want to make sure that youstand out and be creative so
that whatever you lack no longerhinders you.
But if you don't show up becauseyou have those things that you
think that you lack, then youautomatically just count
(14:51):
yourself out, self out.
Don't be one of those peoplewho live with regrets because
they did not even try, becausethey were afraid to remix things
, afraid to go to the next level.
They're afraid of what willhappen if you fail.
You won't fail if you try.
There is no failure in trying.
The only thing that happenswhen you try is that you learn.
(15:15):
For me, that's the biggest thingthat's happening already with
this experiment is that everyday that I show up here, guys, I
feel like it's so imperfect.
I feel like dang.
I wanted this, but this is adaily thing.
So, more than anything, I'mteaching myself consistency.
Imperfect consistency isshowing up on those hardest
moments, those hardest days,those hardest seconds, when you
(15:37):
just like this project doesn'tmatter anyways.
I mean I might as well justquit.
Nobody saw me yet, but I don'twant to do that because I have
something to prove to myself andthis is what it takes.
I know that if I can go throughdental school for four years
and do that, like I said, Icould do anything.
I could do 365 showing one houra day.
(15:58):
I could do it.
It's a lot harder than I thinkit's gonna be and it's proven to
be a lot more challengingbecause nothing more that you
want to do on a friday nightthan kick back with a cup of
wine and watch some tv.
I was watching um in livingcolor tonight took me back to
the 90s and just watching thatraw creativity baby to get a
(16:19):
good laugh.
Like I said, I read this bookearlier so even though I wasn't
feeling well, I still fill mybrain with good nutrients and
good energy.
You know what I mean.
You got to do that.
You have to do that everysingle day, and the more you do
that, it's going toexponentially grow your mindset
(16:41):
and your life Period.
No days off, no days off, nodays off from consistency.
Otherwise it's not consistency,it's something else.
It's procrastination Period,all of these different things
stealing with integrity, usingyour limitations as creativity
fuel and not waiting to bediscovered by sharing your
(17:04):
greatness now and your creationsnow and building your own stage
.
That's exactly what I'm doingwith this consistency project is
creating my own stage, startingfrom the bottom.
We started from the bottom andsoon we're gonna be here.
This applies to anyone,especially creators like myself,
who are showing up daily to bemore than just professionals.
(17:25):
We are builders of culture,baby.
Dr Sean TV and we all the way live.
Hey, we all the way live.
Dr Sean is all the way live.
We're just checking in.
Welcome, welcome back to thechat.
Day four of the ConsistencyProject.
Guys.
Y'all thought I wasn't going toshow up.
Don't lose faith in me.
(00:21):
Yet this is day four.
We have 361 more days to go.
It's really grown me up as aperson.
It's allowed me to overcomesomething that has been
hindering me, I feel.
I feel like the lack ofconsistency and discipline and
too much procrastination is sucha hindrance to your goals, guys
(00:43):
.
It's such a hindrance.
It's such a hindrance to yourf***ing goals, guys.
It's such a hindrance.
It's such a hindrance.
Okay, it's just such ahindrance.
So today, our stream is aboutcreating the life you desire.
So today we're going to be justgrowing our mind.
You already know we on thishood hood journey, right, we
(01:05):
doing this together and not onlyam I growing, you're growing.
You can see this experimentunfolding on day four.
Normally, I would have probablyskipped the day by now because
I'm not feeling well.
Um, today was rough.
You know, it was a really roughday.
End Endometriosis, which is afeminine issue that a lot of
(01:30):
women have, and cramps.
How lucky are men.
It's Friday, it's the end of thework week.
I almost didn't show up, but Iremember day four of a 365-day
challenge and the only rule isno starting over and there
aren't going to be perfect days,just consistent ones.
(01:52):
So here I am no perfect days,only consistent days.
It's 365 days of focusing onthis subject but also
incorporating a lot of knowledgeand learning and growing.
To be consistent, it requirescreativity and discipline and to
(02:15):
have fun.
If you're doing something youdon't like, it's hard to be
creative.
I mean consistent in that arena.
But for me, I actually likestreaming, I actually like
getting on here.
It's just those first coupledays.
Especially the first day, isgoing to be the hardest,
especially on a platform liketwitch, because there is such a
(02:39):
massive learning curve to usethe tools to set up your stream
to you see other streamers andthey know how to use the widgets
and the gadgets, and it's alearning curve.
So what you don't want to dowhen you are attempting to knock
out a heavy goal is to allowthose imperfections to prevent
(03:00):
you from being consistent.
We are creating the life wedesire with the tool of
imperfect consistency.
Imperfect consistency, baby.
That's what we're focusing ontoday Imperfect consistency.
Today I read this little shortbook here Still Like an Artist.
Still Like an Artist.
(03:21):
It's a New York Timesbestseller, short read, about 10
chapters.
It's about 10 things.
Nobody told you about beingcreative.
So you remember, when I firststarted the Consistency Project,
I discussed doing my research,looking at other Twitch creators
, like seeing how they do things, adjusting my page, my bio, my
(03:47):
schedule, a lot of that aroundwhat is working for other people
.
So when they say still is notmeaning still, and don't give
credit or take something thatdoesn't belong to you and
pretend like it's yours.
It means like, do your researchand make your own formula.
It's kind of like when we didthe consistency soup how I made
my recipe.
Your recipe is going to bedifferent, even though I gave
(04:09):
you ideas on how to do it.
You can use some of the thingsthat I use, but it's going to be
different.
So that's what this book is all.
That's what this book is talkingabout, and the core theme is
creativity is for everyone andnothing is original, but
everything can be uniquely yours.
If you use several sources,then you can make it into your
(04:29):
own, like.
In dental school we didprojects like systemic reviews.
So these reviews are when yougather research from different
sources and you create your ownresearch project using those
sources on a certain topic, andthat will be your own research
project using those sources on acertain topic, and that will be
your own research project, butusing other people's projects.
(04:49):
So it's kind of like what he'stalking about.
And at the end of the book hetalked about how people took it
too literal.
So we don't want to take thistoo literal.
Okay, it's just a figure ofspeech.
So the three takeaways that Igot from this book, from reading
this book today, is veryhelpful for a budding creator.
(05:09):
The first thing is to stillstill with integrity.
Still with integrity.
That's kind of like what wejust said doing your research,
seeing what works for them andtrying it for yourself.
Study them.
That's what research isstudying something and learning
about it and like, for me,twitch, I went and I I
(05:32):
researched, I learned, I'mseeing how I'm reacting to
certain uh streamers or certaincontent and you do what you like
.
You are who you are, so beauthentic, but also get
inspiration.
Remix it.
Don't copy it.
Remix it.
They do that with songs, like alot of songs are from the 60s,
(05:55):
70s, 80s, but they remix them,make it their own and it works
out.
Many times people aren't goingto unless you're from that
decade or that era.
You're not going back to listento those songs because you
don't even know they exist.
But when somebody remixes it orremakes a new, modern, updated
version, you're like, oh, I likethis song.
And then later you discoverthis song has been remade 10
(06:17):
times.
This is a 10th time and you'rejust figuring out that the
original artist is not who youthink they are.
There are so many songs likethat where you still like an
artist, meaning this is helpingyou with your creative process.
So remember, remix, don't copy,don't plagiarize.
The second takeaway is to uselimitations as creative,
(06:40):
creative fuel.
So whatever you lack which isvery important for this
consistency project is whateveryou lack on your journey.
Use that as fuel, especially onthe hood to hooded journey.
For me, whenever I lacksomething on my hood to hooded
(07:01):
journey, from the hood to beinga doctor, on my hood to hood
journey, from the hood to beinga doctor, I just use what I have
, use what you have until youget what you need.
You got to fake it till youmake it all of that good stuff.
So use those limitations, thosethings that are hindering you,
as creativity fuel.
Many times, in poverty, we aresome of the most creative people
(07:21):
ever.
For example, even though thisis crazy, and this is one of the
things why I had such a desireto become something great, to
really understand money, tounderstand how to be an adult
and to thrive and be successfulis watching my grandma, eartha,
the time that she did win thosecustody battles that I'm always
(07:42):
talking about.
She struggled to raise mysister and I.
She was older.
Many times she would do titleloans, payday loans, write
bounce checks just to feed usand I saw that.
So she was creative with howshe took care of us.
Even though it was.
It wasn't perfect.
We never missed a meal.
She might have been stressedout, but we never missed a meal
(08:04):
and she was creative and how shedid that.
That's a hood perspective.
From a hooded perspective, youstill want to use your
limitations as creativity.
So when I knew that I didn'thave the resources as a young
adult from my parents to gothrough this hood to hood route,
because you really need animmense amount of support, you
(08:27):
really need that family.
That's just going to step upwhen you lack the money.
Sometimes this journey getsvery difficult and very
expensive.
Because I lack that and I knewI did.
I couldn't just call somebodyand say, hey, I need $500 for
this book or I need $1,000 totake this test.
I have to work.
So I had to be creative.
Even in dental school, I wasbraiding hair, doing hair, even
(08:50):
in dental school, raisingchildren that aren't mine.
But I had to be creativebecause it was a family urgency
for me to step in and help thefamily out.
So that's what creativity feelis when you use those limits,
those things that you think areholding you back as creative
juice.
(09:11):
Not having all the resourcesforces you to try your best, do
your best.
See, I want to elevate thisstream to a higher level, but if
I just continue to wait let meturn, my shirt looks crooked If
I continue to elevate this thingto a higher level by showing up
every day, that means thatevery day it gets better.
(09:35):
Every day we grow in every waypossible on a daily basis.
So no limitation should stopyou from being your authentic
self or trying something new orchasing a new experience.
No limitations, so just like noexcuses.
(09:56):
We have no limitations when itcomes to consistency.
You just show up with what yougot and do the best that you can
, and pat yourself on the backand show gratitude once you're
done.
The third thing that I got fromthis book is don't wait to be
discovered.
Don't wait to be discovered tostart being creative and sharing
your greatness to the world.
(10:17):
You must promote yourself,market yourself, be creative
about it.
Don't wait for other people togive you validation for your
greatness, like who has time forthat?
Who has time for that?
Never let anyone do that.
So I decided to help us unlockour creativity, which is
(10:38):
ultimately going to help usunlock consistency, because we
know that consistency is haltedwhen you procrastinate.
Consistency is halted when youare not disciplined or when you
go to excuseville and you justquit because you think about all
the things that you're lacking.
(10:59):
You think about all the thingsthat are imperfect.
You think about everything thatyou don't have.
I don't have this.
What do you have?
Like when you hungry, you go inand you don't have money, you
go and cook what you can make upin the kitchen.
That's how a lot of these greatrecipes got started.
That's how a lot of them gotstarted by being creative.
So tap into your creativity.
(11:20):
Tap into your creativity right.
Unlock your greatest potentialseriously.
So in this book there is thislittle chart.
It's called life, the life of aproject.
He stole this from his friend,maureen mchugh, and it says in
the beginning when you have aproject like, for me, the 365
(11:41):
day consistency project thefirst is the best idea ever.
It's like, oh, this is the bestidea ever.
And then it's like, okay, thisis harder than I thought.
Starts here at a high.
This is the best idea ever.
And then it says, okay, this isharder than I thought it was.
Then your energy goes like oh,this is gonna take some work.
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And it goes like, oh, thissucks and it's boring.
And then you have a little darkarea where you're like am I
doing this right?
Because the results aren'thitting how I thought they was
going to be hitting.
And then it goes to oh well,let me come over here.
Oh, it will be good to finishbecause I'll learn something for
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next time.
That's where the magic isunlocked when you get past the
lowest of the lowest point.
When you're in the middle of aproject, he like, oh, my
goodness, this is just drainingme, but when you overcome your
goal and you succeed and youpush through on those days when
you don't feel like it, it getsbetter.
You're going to learn somethingfor the next time and then it
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goes to another level.
Oh, it's done and it sucks, butnot as bad as I thought it was
going to be.
That little diagram just showsus that sometimes things, when
you have these big, bright ideas, it's like I'm going to do da,
da, da, da, da, da, da.
And then when you start theproject and as the project
progresses, your emotions aregoing to fluctuate.
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As you go through this projectYou're going to have some highs,
some really lows, but once youfinish, it may not be this
ultimate masterpiece that youthought it would be, but it's
going to be better than if youhad not done anything or if you
do not show up.
When you don't show up, youautomatically count yourself out
of greatness, and I usedentistry a lot because
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dentistry is so competitive.
That's like if you know thatonly 1% of people are going to
get in, or less than 1% ofpeople are going to get into
this field, most people wouldn'teven apply.
And then if you havelimitations, stereotypes.
You are an excuse-ville.
You have all this thing you putin your head.
You're talking yourself out ofyour own greatness.
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Then you will never know if youcould be something if you don't
try and if you don't put yourname in in the basket.
When I was putting my name inthe basket for dental school,
there was always something inthe back of my head that was
like dang, there's so many otherapplicants who have 4.0s.
You get intimidated.
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You're looking at the averageGPA.
You're like I don't even havethat GPA, but what do you have?
This is just like when you useyour limitations to be creative.
So if you don't have the perfectGPA, you use the other parts of
your application.
You're going to be using yourshadowing experiences, your
volunteer experiences.
You're going to use theleadership experiences that you
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have, any work experiences.
You will use everything thatyou can.
You're going to make sure yourpersonal statement stands out
above everyone else's.
You want to make sure that youstand out and be creative so
that whatever you lack no longerhinders you.
But if you don't show up becauseyou have those things that you
think that you lack, then youautomatically just count
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yourself out, self out.
Don't be one of those peoplewho live with regrets because
they did not even try, becausethey were afraid to remix things
, afraid to go to the next level.
They're afraid of what willhappen if you fail.
You won't fail if you try.
There is no failure in trying.
The only thing that happenswhen you try is that you learn.
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For me, that's the biggest thingthat's happening already with
this experiment is that everyday that I show up here, guys, I
feel like it's so imperfect.
I feel like dang.
I wanted this, but this is adaily thing.
So, more than anything, I'mteaching myself consistency.
Imperfect consistency isshowing up on those hardest
moments, those hardest days,those hardest seconds, when you
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just like this project doesn'tmatter anyways.
I mean I might as well justquit.
Nobody saw me yet, but I don'twant to do that because I have
something to prove to myself andthis is what it takes.
I know that if I can go throughdental school for four years
and do that, like I said, Icould do anything.
I could do 365 showing one houra day.
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I could do it.
It's a lot harder than I thinkit's gonna be and it's proven to
be a lot more challengingbecause nothing more that you
want to do on a friday nightthan kick back with a cup of
wine and watch some tv.
I was watching um in livingcolor tonight took me back to
the 90s and just watching thatraw creativity baby to get a
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good laugh.
Like I said, I read this bookearlier so even though I wasn't
feeling well, I still fill mybrain with good nutrients and
good energy.
You know what I mean.
You got to do that.
You have to do that everysingle day, and the more you do
that, it's going toexponentially grow your mindset
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and your life Period.
No days off, no days off, nodays off from consistency.
Otherwise it's not consistency,it's something else.
It's procrastination Period,all of these different things
stealing with integrity, usingyour limitations as creativity
fuel and not waiting to bediscovered by sharing your
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greatness now and your creationsnow and building your own stage
.
That's exactly what I'm doingwith this consistency project is
creating my own stage, startingfrom the bottom.
We started from the bottom andsoon we're gonna be here.
This applies to anyone,especially creators like myself,
who are showing up daily to bemore than just professionals.
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We are builders of culture,baby.
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