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Welcome to the

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Alax.com podcast. The

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place where future

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billionaires come to get

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inspired. Your life is

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the sum of the

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choices you make. Even

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something as small as where

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you choose to sit in class

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dictates who your friends end up

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being. Throughout your life, you'll unknowingly

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choose the direction you're going. The

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goal of this video is to

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put you face to face with

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some of the most important choices

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you'll have to make before you're

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forced to make them. Having the

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wisdom to think about these beforehand

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gives you an incredible advantage in

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life. So let's just jump right

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in. Number one, would you rather deal

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with failure or the regret of not

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trying at all? You are born with

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potential. Then you get shaped by

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your family, your education, your environment,

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and the people who you keep

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close. This molds people in different

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ways. Some cultures encourage risk-taking while

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others are more conservative. The choice

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you have to make is what's

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more scary, failure or regret. Failure

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is not something to joke around

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with because it can bring public

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humiliation. It can have repercussions on

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your livelihood and you only get

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to fail so many times before

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you're unable to play the game

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anymore. But growth only happens when

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you stretch your limits. Something that

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we want you to think about

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is this. Failure is temporary. But

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regret is permanent. You can always

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rise up after failure. You can

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learn from it. Use it as

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a stepping stone to get yourself

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closer to success. But regret? Well,

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regret is something that will eat

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you from within. You'll carry it

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with you until the very last

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day of your life. Which burden

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do you wish to carry? Number

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two, will you live the life

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you want or the life your

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parents want? Now we had to

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include this one, okay? Every person

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should choose the life they wish

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to live. Learn from people who

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you respect, but don't let anyone

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dictate your life because it's not

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their life to live. Why does

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it matter what your uncle thinks

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your life should look like? Why

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does it matter what that low-wage

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teacher thinks your major should be?

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Parents would gladly sacrifice happiness and

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fulfillment for the security of their

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children without even realizing just how

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much damage they might be doing.

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There's this quote by Frank Zappa

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that goes like this, if you

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end up with a boring, miserable

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life because you listen to your

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mom, your dad, your teacher, your

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priest, or some guy on television,

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then... You deserve it. Number three,

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would you rather spend your time

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growing or being entertained? Now this

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is something you have to deal

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with every single day. How are

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you going to spend your time?

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Do you choose to be entertained

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or educated? Everyone wants your attention,

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okay? That's why the feed never

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ends and the reals keep coming.

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The simple distinction between what's good

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for you and what's pure entertainment

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is enough to make you more

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aware. People love entertainment. Celebrities are

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seen as people of importance and

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value because they have money. People

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worship them for their success, but

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life is built by builders, okay?

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You can become one too, or

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you could spend your time glued

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to the screen, not realizing that

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you are being. farmed for content.

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Number four, would you rather enjoy

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the present or secure the future?

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Now sometimes the only thing that

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matters is the present moment, right?

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Christmas with your family, walking your

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dog on a Saturday morning, front

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row tickets to your favorite artist

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catching up with an old friend.

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These are moments when you're creating

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core memories and then there are

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moments when you're actively building and

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secure... your future. The choice most

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people make is to live somewhere

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in between. Many people choose to

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live somewhere in the middle. They

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often socialize when they should be

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working and even when they're out

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they're glued to their phones. They

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sacrifice the future for that present

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moment and they ironically are not

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even that present. You're always trading

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with the future my friend. It's

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up to you to decide what

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kind of trades you want to

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make and what kind of ratio

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you want to maintain. Number

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five, do you want to work for

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others or for yourself? Now, you can

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be happy and fulfilled in both situations,

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okay? The first one comes with security

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and consistency, while the second one comes

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with a lot more stress, but higher

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rewards. It all boils down to what

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kind of expectations you have for your

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life. The reason why it's important to

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make this distinction is because most people

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want the best of both worlds, while

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also not committing to any of them.

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And that's what leads them into a

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loop of low job satisfaction and feeling

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like they're just a cog and a

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bigger machine. That's how you get people

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who've learned nothing new in the past

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five years and feel stuck. But if

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you want to live a truly enriching

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single day. See you on the Inside.

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Number six, do you want to be

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surrounded by winners or... losers. Now you

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are the average of the five people

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you spend most of your time with.

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If your friends are poor, lazy, and

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unfulfilled... Guess who's going to join them?

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Your inner circle has such a radical

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impact on the life you live. You

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only get to realize it once you

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escape it. The moment you disconnect and

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can focus on your growth, you'll start

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to understand just how unmotivated and boring

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your life really is. This works the

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other way around as well. If you're

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accepted by a group of like-minded people

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who are not afraid to fail, who

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are open to learning and investing in

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themselves, These people will spark something within

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you. At the end of the day,

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it's a choice you have to make.

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When you think of you and your

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friend group, do you see yourself as

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winning or doing the exact same thing

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that you've done for the past 10

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years? Number seven, would you rather be

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tired or broke? Everything you do in

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life will be balanced between these two

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options. Are you willing to learn and

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work for it? Or can you live

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without it? Whatever you desire in life

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from a successful business, to your dream

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body, to the social group and status

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you aspire to be a part of,

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it's all a matter of effort. Nobody

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is going to come to your door

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and offer you the life of your

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dreams on a platter, okay? The theme

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of sacrifice is forever present in our

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videos for a good reason. Everything good

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requires you to sacrifice something in return.

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The bigger the sacrifice, the bigger the

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reward. You want some cold, hard, motivational

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truth here? If you want something and

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you don't have it, it's because you

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don't want it enough. Take a moment

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to ponder this, okay, until it becomes

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a part of who you are. Number

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eight. Do you want to stay in

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the city you were born in or

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move somewhere else? Your location is one

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of the de factoes with the highest

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impact on your life. Life in the

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big city is drastically different from life

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in a small town. Summers on the...

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seaside are drastically different from summers up

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in the mountains. Your hobbies change. The

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people you hang out with change. The

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entire rhythm of life changes depending on

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your location. One of the most, if

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not the most important choice you can

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make for your well-being, is the place

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you call home. And people usually make

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the choice based on what's comfortable and

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easy without any deeper thoughts behind it.

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Number nine, do you want to be

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the driver or the passenger in your

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life? Once again, you're faced with an

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existential dilemma. There are two ways to

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live your life, okay? The first way,

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like everything is pre-written in your destiny,

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and you're just floating by on a

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boat carrying you wherever that river goes.

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Or two, the world is chaotic, filled

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with unlimited potential. Nothing is set in

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stone, and you're the one writing every

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single page. Now depending on this choice

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and the way you view life, things

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get more or less complicated. If you

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pick the first one, there's no need

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to struggle or push yourself because destiny

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has already been picked out at your

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birth. The second one has its downsides

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as well, of course, because if your

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life is terrible, you're the only person

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to blame. You take complete ownership of

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it, the good and the bad. When

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life is happening to you, you have

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to make a call, okay, are you

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going to shape the outcome yourself? Or

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are you willing to let the dice

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roll and just see how they fall.

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Number 10. Would you rather risk it

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all or play it safe? Now, we

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found there are different character traits that

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influence the attitude that one has toward

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life. Some people are calculated and never

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try to expose themselves to risk, while

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others embrace it, sometimes to their own

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detriment. Both choose to take action. Both

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want to end up at the same

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destination, which is usually happiness, personal fulfillment

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and financial success. What's different, though, about

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these two is the road they take.

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The higher the risk, the shorter the

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distance to that destination. But don't just...

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it's going to be an easy road,

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okay? On the other... But don't ever

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imagine it's going to be an easy

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road. On the other hand, there's this

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beaten path, the one that others have

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walked on before you and got to

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exactly the place where you wanted to

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be. If you're smart about it, you'll

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going to have children or not? Now

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there comes a point in your journey

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where you start to think about kids.

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It's that weird period between 25 and

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30 when the majority of your friends

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are having those children, and there's this

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weird pressure from society to follow that

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same path. But look, okay, here's where

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we stand on this issue. Do not

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bring a child into this world if

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you're not ready to be a parent

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at the same time. If you want

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kids, don't wait that long either because

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that gap in age will make it

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even more difficult to connect with them

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later on. Mainly because of that age

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gap and the difference in generations. If

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you have your first child at the

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age of 32, which is a completely

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acceptable and normal age these days, by

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the time they turn 18, you're 50

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years old. This kid will grow up

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with VR technology embedded in their contact

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lenses connected to the clouds since they

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were born spending time in virtual worlds

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with their friends with their friends. You're

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just going to be this old person

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telling them about the time you installed

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Snapchat and couldn't figure out how to

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use the interface. Number 12. Will you

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ignore the problem or will you deal

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with it? Help the monster under the

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bed, the dragon hiding in the closet,

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and that elephant in the room. You

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should never postpone dealing with these problems

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if you have the ability to fix

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it right now no matter how uncomfortable

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it might be. The more you ignore

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it, the bigger it grows and the

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more damage it can cause. Be frank

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about it and just deal with it

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head-on. People wish that if they ignore

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it, maybe the problem will just go

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away, but it doesn't, okay? Ignorance is

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really expensive. If you ignore the cavity

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in your teeth, you'll soon be paying

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for an implant. If you don't pay

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your bills on time, you'll be getting

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penalties as well. Ignorance demands interest. And

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speaking of expensive things, number 13, your

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life partner. Now statistically speaking, the average

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marriage in the United States only lasts

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8.2 years with a national divorce rate

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of 41%. Things are pretty similar in

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the rest of the developed world as

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well, with 35% being widely accepted as

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a fair ratio globally, which means one

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in three marriages will statistically end up

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in divorce. The partner you have alongside

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you will shape the direction you're heading

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in. Think of you two in a

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boat, each holding a paddle. If you

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two aren't in sync, well you're not

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moving forward. Number 14. Do you want

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to serve yourself or serve others? Now

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here's a moral dilemma for you. What

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drives your existence? If you were laying

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on your deathbed, did you take more

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than you gave? What are you leaving

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behind? How many lives did you change?

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How many people are better off because

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you happen to come into existence? Serve

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yourself and do it as well as

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you can. Become them of... valuable version

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of yourself that you could ever become.

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Grow. Evolve. Be as successful as you

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can be. Then in the second half

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of your life, share that wealth, that

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knowledge with as many people as you

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can. Now this doesn't mean giving all

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of your wealth away to charity, although

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there is a case to be made

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for the giving pledge many billionaires have

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already joined. Winning is about the positive

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change you can have in this world.

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And number 15, are you living or

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just surviving? Now many people go through

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life without enjoying the beauty and pleasures

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available. Life isn't just about paying bills,

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going on diets and then dying, okay?

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Just by the virtue of watching this

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video alone, you have access to the

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tools and knowledge to change your life

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for the better to start living. Go

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through this list again and figure out

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the choices you've made that are holding

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you back, and make it a priority

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for you to start correcting those, okay?

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The best time to start was yesterday.

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The second vest is right now. Out

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of the things we mentioned on this

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list. Which choice will you address? immediately.

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Write it down in the comments because

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this helps to materialize your choice. And

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of course as a thank you for

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watching this video until the very end

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here's a bonus choice you have to

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make. Number 16 what are you going

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to do after this video ends? With

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every Sunday video you get this rush

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of motivation, right? This new insight, this

15:08

new attitude toward life. But will it

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materialize in the real world? Or is

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it just something you do for semi-entertainment

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purposes? None of this advice will work

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unless you work yourself. When you're sitting

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alone in your room focusing on the

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things that you're lacking in life, you

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have the power to change them. Okay?

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So start small. Start with the choices

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on this list and make the smallest

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progress you can today. Then do it

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again tomorrow. Do this enough times and

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you'll see that life starts to be

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a lot better. More enjoyable. and more

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rewarding. We hope you hope

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you learned something valuable

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here today, Aluxer.

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We'll see you back

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here next time.

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Until then, take care.

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take care. This was was

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a great podcast today,

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wasn't it? Thank Thank

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you for spending

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some time with us

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us, taking another step

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toward improving the

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way you look at

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life. way you If

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you're hungry for more,

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wishes you a very

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productive day. day.