Leading Edge Advocate

It’ll be like getting an elephant off of your back.⁠⠀
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I know that sounds kind of dramatic but it’s true.⁠⠀
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The weight lifted off of your shoulders will be equivalent to a mac truck.⁠⠀
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That’s how it feels when people’s nagging comments and thoughtful reminders of your setbacks finally have no effect on you.⁠⠀
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It’s truly incredible.⁠⠀
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But how do you get to that point?⁠⠀
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You have to be really acquainted with yourself and what you’re doing.⁠⠀
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If there’s any doubt they’re going to use that opening to jab, jab, jab with their snarky remarks.⁠⠀
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Your only armor is to be solid within yourself.⁠⠀
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📍 Save this post to remind yourself what you have to do. ⁠⠀
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It happens all the time…⁠⠀
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You go on your computer or social media to do one thing, but end up doing another. ⁠⠀
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The worst thing is, most of the time you never end up getting around to doing what you initially planned to do. ⁠⠀
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It happens so quickly and time goes by so fast that by the time you notice nearly an hour is gone. ⁠⠀
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It’s crazy. ⁠⠀
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You go on to make a post or find something then get sucked into celeb news or a train of funny memes. ⁠⠀
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This is the worst kind of distraction because it’s so close to what you intended to do that it makes it difficult to avoid it. ⁠⠀
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But you have to. ⁠⠀
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If you don’t, you’ll never get around to doing what you need to. ⁠⠀
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So what can you do?⁠⠀
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Flip it. ⁠⠀
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Instead of being sucked down the rabbit hole first, stay focused then dive in after. ⁠⠀
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Make it your reward for not getting distracted. ⁠⠀
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They make it look easy, don’t they?⁠⠀
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All you hear about is how they did this and they sold that. ⁠⠀
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All in a flash. ⁠⠀
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Everything they do turns into an instant win. ⁠⠀
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Meanwhile, you’re still struggling to get there. It feels like you’ve tried everything but still...⁠⠀
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They must have something that you don’t. ⁠⠀
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They must have an edge, like be smarter or know these ninja tricks that turn everything they touch to gold. ⁠⠀
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You’ve convinced yourself that they can pull it off and you can’t. ⁠⠀
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But you’re wrong. ⁠⠀
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You can. ⁠⠀
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They didn’t start with some magical trick that you didn’t. They were just consistent. ⁠⠀
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They didn’t spend their time complaining or wondering. They put in the work to figure it out and make it happen. ⁠⠀
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And they didn’t just do it once. They did it over and over again. ⁠⠀
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You can do the same. ⁠⠀
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Don’t doubt yourself. ⁠⠀
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It can be that simple.⁠⠀
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These are the most basic things you need to remember when you’re trying to build a successful business.⁠⠀
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Otherwise, they end up being the very thing that holds you back.⁠⠀
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It may even feel like a reason to quit, but it isn’t. It’s just a tough learning opportunity.⁠⠀
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Save this post so you can remember how to keep building your business.⁠⠀
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Keep throwing and throwing and throwing shots…⁠⠀
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There will always be balls.⁠⠀
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Just like when a basketball player practices their shot.⁠⠀
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You know, they pretty much just stand in one spot, with that seems like an endless supply of basketballs. Throwing one after another, and another, and another, at the basket.⁠⠀
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Whether or not they get it in the hoop, they just keep shooting.⁠⠀
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It doesn’t matter if every shot is a dunk or a brick, the point is to keep going.⁠⠀
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And that’s how you have to approach your business strategies.⁠⠀
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Don’t let the fear of not getting in the hoop deter you from doing anything. When you avoid failure you end up avoiding growth as well.⁠⠀
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It’s part of the process.⁠⠀
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Instead of avoiding failure, you should set yourself up to continue in spite of it. The same way the basketball player has a bunch of balls lined up.⁠⠀
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You need to keep the process going.⁠⠀
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Don’t allow yourself to be able to sit around and overthink what happened. Keep it moving.⁠⠀
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The reality is it will happen from time to time, but the point is to keep going.⁠⠀
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That’s messed up. ⁠⠀
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Maybe, but it’s gonna happen. ⁠⠀
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You don’t think you have it in ya, ugh?⁠⠀
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That’s why you won’t start, why you can’t finish, basically why you’re procrastinating. ⁠⠀
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But have you ever thought about why you’re not confident enough? Probably not, because up until now you thought that confidence was all you needed.⁠⠀
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Well, it’s not.⁠⠀
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Having the confidence to do something is built on belief, especially when it’s something you’ve never done before.⁠⠀
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Think about it, when you started your very first job you confidently did the hours because you believed that you would get paid for your work. ⁠⠀
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Even though you had never been paid for work or your time before. You did it for at least a couple of weeks before you got proof that you would be paid.⁠⠀
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Prior to that first paycheck, you had no solid proof that the company would do right by you, but you did the work anyway, day in and day out.⁠⠀
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For whatever reason, you believed and so you did.⁠⠀
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You need to do that same thing here. Give yourself a reason to believe and you’ll break down the wall between you and your goal.⁠⠀
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Because when you believe in something you know that it will happen and have the confidence to take action.⁠⠀
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You probably think about it more than you realize. ⁠⠀
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Think about your business too.⁠⠀
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You already know how it’s going to end. ⁠⠀
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I just couldn’t stop. ⁠⠀
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And it was getting ridiculous. ⁠⠀
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Whenever I had sweets in the house I would just keep eating them. ⁠⠀
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I managed to control it enough so that I wasn’t eating it all at once, but I was still eating a lot. ⁠⠀
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Like, one or two times a day I’d make up an excuse to have more. ⁠⠀
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It was nuts. ⁠⠀
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And weird at the same time because there was once a time when I wouldn’t touch it. Yet, now I couldn’t keep my hands off of it. ⁠⠀
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After repeatedly comparing the two situations I realized that it had become a bad habit. ⁠⠀
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Much like when I don’t feel like working I make up a reason as to why doing it later would be better, I made up a reason eating the chocolate or cupcake was a good idea. ⁠⠀
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I didn’t want it to go to waste… yeah, right. 🙄⁠⠀
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I knew what I was doing, and it wasn’t preserving food. ⁠⠀
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I had to stop. ⁠⠀
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Stop eating the sweets and stop procrastinating when it comes to work. ⁠⠀
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So I did what I’d done with old bad habits, I broke it. ⁠⠀
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Now the extra cupcakes get frozen and I get to work. It’s so much easier now. ⁠⠀
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What isn’t?⁠⠀
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Really think about it. What isn’t hard?⁠⠀
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Being broke is a struggle. Having money has its challenges.⁠⠀
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Being a boss is hard, but being an employee isn’t exactly easy.⁠⠀
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Whenever you’re faced with a challenge you’re going to struggle. It’s just how it goes.⁠⠀
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But what makes it suck is when you’re constantly struggling yet not getting any closer to what you want. ⁠⠀
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Sure, life throws you curveballs and you have to adjust to maintain the status quo. But it sucks when you’re doing only that.⁠⠀
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Who wants to work that hard to stay in the same spot?⁠⠀
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If you have to struggle, which life has shown you that it's going to happen, you should be working towards something you want.⁠⠀
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Building upon what you already have, not just sitting stagnant.⁠⠀
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It’s a part of everything, so you might as well endure it getting closer to your thing.⁠⠀
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📍 Save this post to remind yourself that just because it’s hard doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it.⁠⠀
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