Reflect Refine and Relaunch (S4) S49 E7

Reflection is not about beating yourself up; it is about realizing just how far you have already come and deciding where you want your motion to go next. This is John C. Morley—Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, Marketing Specialist, Video Producer, Podcast Host, Coach, Graduate Student, and of course a passionate lifelong learner—and you’re tuned into another powerful episode of the Inspirations for Your Life Show, the daily motivational show that helps you move from stuck to unstoppable. In this “Motion Mindset: 7 Days to Build Unshakeable Momentum” series, today’s focus is Reflect, Refine and Relaunch (S4) S49 E7, where you and are going to look back at your week with honesty, appreciation, and strategy—so you can relaunch into your next chapter with intention instead of autopilot.​

1️⃣ List three wins from this week. Before you do anything else, pause and name three real wins from this week—big or small. Maybe you finished a task you were avoiding, had a tough conversation, or simply showed up on a day you didn’t feel like it. When you start with wins, you train your brain to see progress instead of problems, and that fuels the confidence you need to keep moving.

2️⃣ Note one lesson from something that went wrong. Now pick one thing that didn’t go the way you hoped and extract the lesson from it. Ask, “What did this teach me?” instead of “Why did this happen to me?” Turning missteps into insight is how you convert frustration into fuel. You are not rewriting the past—you are upgrading your future.

3️⃣ Ask, “What would I repeat next week?” Look over your week and identify the actions, habits, or choices that you want to hit “repeat” on. Maybe it was a focused work block, a healthier meal, or time you protected for yourself. When you consciously choose what to repeat, you stop leaving your best behaviors to chance.

4️⃣ Ask, “What will I stop doing?” Momentum is not only about what you add; it is about what you subtract. Decide on at least one draining, pointless, or misaligned action you will stop doing next week. Saying “no” to what no longer serves you is one of the quickest ways to speed up your progress.

5️⃣ Celebrate one moment you kept going. Think of a moment this week when it would have been easier to quit—but you didn’t. Honor that. Maybe you finished a workout, stuck with a project, or stayed kind when you were tired. When you celebrate your persistence, you strengthen your identity as someone who follows through.

6️⃣ Thank yourself for one brave decision. Pick one decision you made that required courage: speaking up, setting a boundary, trying something new, or admitting you needed help. Take a breath and offer yourself genuine thanks for that bravery. The more you see yourself as courageous, the more likely you are to keep acting that way.

7️⃣ Review your main goal and update it if needed. Look at your main goal right now—is it still clear, meaningful, and realistic for this season of your life? If not, refine it. Goals are not carved in stone; they are living targets that can evolve as you grow. A slightly updated goal can feel 10 times more energizing.

8️⃣ Check what moved you closer to it. Scan your week for the actions that actually moved you closer to that main goal. Maybe it was outreach, practice, learning, or rest you truly needed. When you connect daily actions to your bigger vision, even small steps feel powerful instead of pointless.

9️⃣ Release one thing that no longer matters. There is at least one thing from this week you are still carrying that simply doesn’t deserve space in your mind anymore. It could be a minor mistake, an awkward moment, or someone else’s opinion. Decide to release it—breathe in, breathe out, and let it go.

🔟 Identify one habit that helped most. Ask yourself, “Which habit gave me the biggest return this week?” It might be planning your day, going to bed earlier, journaling, or moving your body. Naming that habit helps you double down on it next week instead of accidentally dropping what works.

1️⃣1️⃣ Choose one habit to improve next week. Pick one habit you want to upgrade, not overhaul. Maybe you extend your reading time by 10 minutes, prep one extra healthy meal, or cut your social media scrolling by 15 minutes. Small, targeted improvements are how momentum becomes sustainable.

1️⃣2️⃣ Look at how you spent your time—did it match your values? Take an honest look at your calendar and your screen time. Did how you spent your hours line up with what you say matters most—health, family, growth, contribution? If there’s a gap, don’t judge yourself; just decide one way you’ll bring your time and your values closer together next week.

1️⃣3️⃣ Recognize one person who helped you and thank them. Think of someone who made your week easier, brighter, or more meaningful—a colleague, friend, family member, or even a stranger. Acknowledge them mentally, then, if you can, send a messa

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incredible master topic of Motion Mindset, seven days
to build unshakable momentum.
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And tonight's final granular topic is Reflect, Refine,
and Relaunch, series four, show 49, episode number
seven.
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go ahead and kick the show off, but
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All right, guys.
All right.
So ladies and gentlemen, this is John C.

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Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
podcast host, coach, graduate student, and of course,
a passionate lifelong learner.
It's my privilege and pleasure to be with
you here as you're tuned into the Inspirations
for Your Life ever popular life show, the
daily motivational show that helps you build a

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motion mindset and live with pure intention.
Today's episode, as I said, is Reflecting, Refining,
and Relaunching, series four, show 49, episode seven.
And this is wrapping up this whole master
topic of the week.
So you'll use 30 quick prompts to turn
this week into momentum for the next one.

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Okay, are you ready?
Here's prompt number one.
List three wins from this week, right?
That's important.
By listing three wins from this week, you're
going to get your adrenaline going, you're going
to get the dopamine flowing, and you're like,
hey, this is fun, I want to do
more of this.
Yeah, that's what that does.
It causes this recharge, which I think is

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really, really, really, really cool.
So definitely, definitely, you know, check that out.
So I know a lot of people don't
get sometimes what's happening.
But when we celebrate our wins, if they're

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big, or they're small, our brain says, hey,
you know, you're pretty smart.
You're pretty intelligent.
I want to do more of that.
I want to enjoy more of that kind
of activity.
And you can.
But you have to realize that when you
get into this kind of loop, it's positive.
And it just refuels over and over and
over again.
And it's definitely something you want to do.

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All right.
Number two, note one lesson, can you do
that?
From something that went wrong?
Ooh, let's see.
I can share one with you.
So one lesson that I learned.

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So I recently had some APCs basically almost
blow up on me here.
They were kind of, well, they weren't catching
on fire, but they were melting because the
capacitors pop, they use cheaper capacitors in them.
And the lesson, I did a lot of
good stuff, but I don't feel like I

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got value out of it.
So I don't know if I need to
put in my contract that, you know, if
something happens, we're not responsible, you know, like
if the unit pops up, like that should
not be our responsibility at all.
I think that's important to understand because like
tomorrow we need to go back and I

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need to install three of these all over
again.
And I'm not getting paid to do that.
So yes, the client has spent some money
and all that, but I still think I
need to protect and save my value.
So that's a lesson I learned.
So I need to make sure that my
contract, whenever I install APCs says, look, we're
going to install these.
However, if something goes wrong or there's a
manufacturer defect, you're going to be charged for

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the labor to replace them, but not the
actual product itself.
All right.
Number three, ask what would I repeat next
week?
So what would I repeat next week?
There's a lot of good things happening this
week.
So one thing that I learned this week

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is that when I keep the momentum up,
like doing my lifting and stuff, I feel
a lot better and I get things done.
And even though like, you know, last week
I was kind of like eight balling it,
but I still caught up.
I felt really good midweek that I got
all my reels done, got them pushed out
and I felt really good about myself.

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So that's important to realize sometimes when something
doesn't seem salvageable, it is, and you can
still feel amazing.
Number four, ask what will I stop doing?
I think what I'm going to stop doing.
So I was working on these charity drives
and a couple of people that I was

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talking to said they wanted to help me.
Okay.
I think that's important.
And so one person said to me, Hey
John, you know, I'm, you know, I'm going
to help you.
I said, well, that, that's fantastic.
So I was then emailed and told to

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give this person a call at 10 o
'clock and so I called the person at
10 o'clock and guess what?
They didn't answer the phone.

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So what I learned is that when somebody
ditches your place, games with you, just leave
it.
Another organization that I run, I was having
some challenges running some events the past week.
So I said, you know what?
I'm going to give it my best all,
but I'm not going to spend time on
Facebook trying to push things out and trying
to beg people to come work on other

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organic ways to reach people.
This was for a charity thing.
And so I think that's the most important
thing I learned.
I learned that when you count on somebody
to help you and that person is just
too in their own way, like they're available
when they need you.
Okay.
But when you need them, it's like a

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horse of a different color and you don't
want to be nasty because the person's a
client, but you start realizing that they're really
not that supportive of you.
And that's okay.
It's just important to know that before you,
because nobody says, oh, I'm going to do
this.
I'm gonna do that.
And then you find out that they really
don't really follow through.
That's a problem.
You never asked them again.

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Number five, celebrate one moment.
I kept going, you kept going.
So one moment, when I told you about
last week, last week was a little bit
of a challenging week.
And so got the reels done.
It was like, I think they didn't start
getting up to like Wednesday and getting them

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scheduled, but I didn't get them recorded until
like literally Wednesday morning.
That was very late, but I got them
all done, got them all up and scheduled
them.
And I felt really good.
And I kept going and more stuff kept
gravitating toward me.
And I felt really good.
And I felt really, really grateful.

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Number six, guys, thank yourself for one brave
decision.
Review your main goal and update it.
If needed, you know, you might have to
update it.
Sometimes you need to change things around.
Sometimes maybe things go a different way.
And I think that's a very important thing

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to understand is that sometimes they do go
a wrong way.
All right.
Check what moved you closer to it.
You know, in being involved with so many
different charities, so many different organizations, a lot
of people have their handout.
Okay.
And what I mean by that is they

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have their handout.
They want money.
They want help.
But here's the thing that I've learned.
When it comes time for you needing help,
they're too busy.
They're doing something else.
They don't have time.
So it's not about chastising the other person.

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It's just about being mindfully observant to what
they're doing.
That's the important thing.
All right.
Number nine, release one thing that no longer
matters.
Okay.
Identify one habit that helped most.

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Okay.
Choose one habit to improve next week.
What's one habit I'm going to prove next
week?
One habit I'm going to prove next week
is realizing that I have more power than
sometimes I believe I have.
And that power will propel me to the
next level.

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And the lifting guys, I got to tell
you, even though I'm not doing a lot,
I'm doing like three sets of 12 or
three sets of 15 a couple of times
a day.
It's really charging me up.
Okay.
Really, really charging me up.
And I think that's something that a lot
of people don't get.
All right.
They don't get this thing.
And I want to tell you that it's

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very, very important.
Okay.
And the reason I say this is that
what you believe, what you think is what
becomes your reality.
Very important.

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Your belief creates your reality.
But when other people promise or tell you
they're going to do something and they don't,
don't get upset.
Don't re-ask them either.
Just move on.
Number 12, check if your time matched your

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values.
Sometimes we do things and we don't expect
to get anything for them.
But then sometimes we've done them in a
like, wait a minute, like I didn't get
anything.
So I think we've got to be observant
of that.
Number 13, recognize one person who helped you

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and thank them.
Okay.
That's important.
Number 14, clean your workspace for a fresh
start.
Number 15, archive or file this week's clutter
somewhere.
Clean it up.
When we archive things, it could be cleaning

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up a drawer.
It could be all kinds of things.
The thing is a lot of people around
you, okay, they don't mean to be nasty.
But let's face it, they're selfish and they
don't mean to be this way, but they
are.
So you have to protect your own energy
and things you want to do.

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Otherwise, you're going to find yourself burning out.
That's important.
Number 16, write down one thing you're proud
of.
I'm proud of so many things, guys.
I'm proud of going back to school.
I'm really proud of that.
Back as a graduate student, Masters and PhD,

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I'm proud of that.
I'm proud of being able to become a
better baker every year that I worked at
it.
And that's something that really means something to
me.
I'm proud of being able to create things
and make tasty edible stuff.
That's really amazing for me.

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And it's very therapeutic.
Sometimes it's a lot of work, but it's
fun.
And when you get to share that, that's
the importance.
So let's get back to the thing about
people abusing you.
So what do you do when people abuse
you?
Well, you try not to do anything, but

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you also don't, you don't look to overextend
to be more help, okay?
I'll give an example.
This one person said to me they needed
help, and then, oh, no, no, I'll call
you.
I'll get back to you.
I have to figure out what I need.
But it's not a high enough priority for

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them.
So now it's December 5th.
You know what's gonna be a high priority?
The 18th, when I'm getting ready to go
away on the 20th.
So I think this is important to realize,
don't fall over for people, okay?
I don't say that in a negative way.
I say that in a way to protect
your own energy.
Number 17, this is another one of my

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favorites.
Note where you felt most energized.
So this week, I felt very energized creating
content.
I felt very energized being a camera, showing
people how I bake.
I felt very energized doing my exercise, even
my lifts.

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Felt very energized with that.
And I didn't expect, I thought I would
get tired, but I didn't.
I'm gonna use an analogy, and it's the
truth.
No one will help you until your plane
gets off the ground, your train leaves the

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station, no one.
Why?
Because no one wants to be part of
something small.
Maybe they're afraid they had to put too

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much effort in.
And that's sad.
But people do those kinds of things.
Now, I remember in the situation where I
had asked, I asked for the help.
I remember here getting on my phone.

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If I remember here, I had my message.
So I went on the phone.
I think I went to the actual phone
here.
I gotta find the actual message that I
had.
And the message that I had was an
interesting one.
I'm looking here for it.

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I'm looking.
And I can tell you that
when I look at this message and I
look at what was going on, I look

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at the fact that this is something that
I think most people wouldn't understand.
And I say wouldn't understand because people are
busy in their life.
I don't fault people for being busy.
I mean, that is perfectly their own, that's

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their own thing.
I think sometimes people just, they
get in their own way.
And that's a big problem, right?

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You expect people to help you, right?
And when they help you, so I remember,
not sure if you got my email, I
sent something on the 30th and then I
appreciate it.
And he wants to say it's a very,
okay.
So I helped him with some tech issue,

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fine.
Was working on that.
And I helped him, but he didn't help
me.
Now, tomorrow I'm gonna be there and I'm
gonna see the people, but you know what?
I bet you person's not even gonna say

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to me, how can we help you?
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm not gonna ask.
Because some people say they wanna help, but
then when push comes to shove, they get
too busy, that's sad.

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Number 18 guys, note where you felt most
drained in your week.
So I felt drained from a couple of
clients that I felt were abusing me.
Was that really abusing me?
So let me ask you this.
So what do you do when a manufacturer

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product fails?
You get it replaced, but should you change
it out at no charge to them?
So warranty terms, right?

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I think that's what it comes down to,
warranty.
Whether you should swap it out for free
depends on a few things, okay?
Warranty and contract, manufacturer warranties will cover the
part only, not your labor.
If your original quote didn't promise labor on
the warranty failures, you're usually allowed to charge
for the second install.

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I didn't say that specifically.
Many pros eat the labor once when it's
clearly a defective part they supplied.
Treat it as the cost of doing business
and making the customer whole on the original
job.
Some can recover at least part of the
labor from the manufacturer distributor via a warranty
labor claim.
If the failure happens soon after you install,

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it's clearly after.
But let's say ours happened, it happened 60
days after.
Then it happened 30 days after for another
part.
So that gets sticky.
If one part pale at 60 days, another

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at 30 days, you're in a gray zone
where you wanna balance fairness with not losing
your shirt.
At 30, 60 days, most customers reasonably feel
the original job should still be good.
So they'll see this as your install project
failing.
Even if it's the manufacturer defect.
Many service businesses treat the first early failure
as goodwill, they don't charge the customer labor
once.

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Document it as a warranty courtesy.
So now you did that, and then you
have to come back and reinstall.
Is that a charge?
I would probably say no.
But I think you have to document it.
You've already did one goodwill replacement and now

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you have to come back again to install.
It's reasonable.
So one unit failed.
And then a second unit failed.
Goodwill is one thing, but I think you
have to document the fact of what you're

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doing, right?
First failed unit, many business treat it as
goodwill.
Manufacturers covering both effectiveness so you're not paying
for the product.
I've covered the labor on the first failure
as a courtesy for the second failure, there'll
be a labor charge for my time to
come out and reinstall.
If you wanna keep goodwill high, you can

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discount this labor visit, reduce rate or cap
fee, but you should not feel obligated to
keep doing free trips for repeated manufacturer problems.
This sets a fair boundary you stand behind
your work once you advocate with the manufacturer,
but you don't become their unpaid service department.
So I think that's an important thing to

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realize that you're not an unpaid service department,
okay?
Because of their failure.
So, I think you have to be mindful
of these things.
And even though you wanna keep the client,
you find out that the client promises you

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things, but then they don't come through, okay?
Decide one change to boost your energy next
week.
Well, one change is, balance,

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planning ahead.
When you get done with something early, move
on to something else, but give yourself a
little bit of a break.
Don't feel like you gotta push through to
the next log.
Give yourself a little break.
Number 20, set a simple intention for the
weekend.

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My intention for the weekend is to get
everything done peacefully and gracefully to preserve great
integrity and to let my clients see that
I'm going above and beyond.
Now, people are sometimes very grayer, but again,
you have to realize a part is not

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that, all right?
So, choose one thing to fully enjoy tonight.
That's important to realize.
Number 22, acknowledge that progress is rarely linear,
right?
Number three, let go of one regret from
the week, all right?

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Number 24, writing one encouraging sentence to future
you.
The future you, yeah, that's a real good,
I love that.
Number 25, plan one growth move for next
Monday.
A growth move for next Monday is saying,
look, this is where we're coming from, and

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this is where I need to be.
You have to also realize that people will
abuse you.
It happens, it's just the way it is.
Number 26, take a moment to recognize your
overall motion.

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And that's something a lot of people don't
do.
They get afraid of doing it, but it's
something you need to be aware of.
Number 27, smile at how far you've already
come.
Number 28, decide to carry forward the momentum,
not the mistakes.

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Now, I remember it being just Sunday, and
I answered the office line.
I was home, I answered the line.
It was early in the morning, I answered
the line, and they're very happy I picked
up.
But then, I don't know, people go into

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this mode, a mode that you think they're
gonna help you, but then they don't.
And you have to realize one thing, guys.
To get from point A to point B,
sometimes people aren't gonna like you.

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Sometimes they're not gonna like you.
Number 29, end the week with gratitude for
one challenge you faced.
30, go into the weekend knowing you're in
motion, not stuck.
I think a lot of people have a

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problem with one thing, and then they get
stuck.
Then it's like, oh, what do I do
now?
Well, remember, procrastination hates motion.
So if you stay in motion, you can't
be procrastinating.
Just like I said before, if you stand

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a certain way that gives you a positive
energy, no matter how hard you try, you
can't feel bad.
I think that's a very important and wise
thing to understand.
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And think when we start to realize the
fact that we have the power, ladies and

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gentlemen, to propel forward, okay?
Motion mindset, seven powerful days to build unshakable
momentum.
If you missed any part of these, you
can go to BelieveMeAchieved.com and rewatch them.
There's lots of powerful nuggets.
And what I say to you guys is
this.
I say to you, sometimes you might get

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stopped, but don't let that temporary disarmament cause
you to permanently not restart your engine.
Have yourself a great one.
I'll catch you real soon.
I hope you guys keep moving, keep momentum
positive, keep it going, and procrastination will never
touch you.