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Adam Gragg: [00:00:00] I bought this car for myself and it's three years old. Car was great. But something in me was uneasy and I realized that I bought this car. It was the nicest car I'd ever bought. I paid cash for it. I didn't, you know, go into debt. But the reason I was uneasy [00:01:00] about it is because every time I would start resting and reflecting, I would sense that this was a compromise of my values.

And one of the motives for me buying the car was to impress my parents, that they look at me as a successful person and to impress my clients and to impress the people I do business with because I get insecure sometimes driving up in my 11 year old Honda Accord, which is a great car. I am gonna talk to you today about not compromising your values, following through and living your values out.

So one of my core values is stewardship, and I wasn't living out that value. I'm gonna talk to you more about this car thing, but first, I wanna welcome you to the Decide Your Legacy podcast. And just if you've found this podcast helpful and you haven't done so, subscribe on Apple or Spotify. Or wherever you get your podcast content so you'll never miss another episode.

Give it a rating and review that helps it grow organically and reach more people, which it has significantly because of you. Thank you very much. And it helps more people that way because it reaches more people. So a couple risks that I've taken recently, and I share these [00:02:00] because I want you to take risks because for your mental health, it's important to get outta your comfort zone and to do things that are scary, to challenge yourself.

Playing it safe is gonna damage your mental health. So one thing I did is I went and played in a golf scramble, and I haven't played golf. I played golf once of the entire year of 2022. So I was gonna be embarrassed out there, and I knew that going into it because I hadn't played, I hadn't even hit balls.

I used to go do that almost every day after work, and it was inspiring. I went and did it. Sure. I felt embarrassed. It was uncomfortable. I went also to a retirement party for a former professor of mine and I knew at that retirement party I would see people I haven't seen in a long time. And so I was very insecure.

I wanted to like impress people. You know, I felt a great deal of anxiety. I felt that voice in my head. Talk me out of it. Don't go. Don't go. But I went. Had a good time, made some good connections. So I'm Adam Gragg. I'm a legacy coach, speaker, podcaster, and mental health professional for almost 25 years. So my life purpose is to help people find transformational clarity to face their biggest fears that propels 'em forward to face their biggest fears.

So they [00:03:00] can live and leave their desired legacy living it. Now, I talk about stuff that you can describe to your six-year-old, and they're gonna be able to grasp these concepts. I also talk about topics that I struggle with myself. I'm a fellow traveler. I listen to my podcast. I make these for me. In fact, that's one of the reasons I made 'em in the first place and for you.

But it helps me to talk about things that I struggle with. And I get clarity that way. I wanna challenge you to listen as a teacher, not just as a consumer. So think about something from today that you can teach to somebody else. Describe to somebody else within the next 24 hours as you go through this content.

This is the podcast that you do, not just listen to. So why is this important? Why do people compromise on their values? We're talking about not compromising on your values today. Well, for one, it hurts you. When you compromise on your values, you're hurting yourself. You're not living with integrity, and that's what that means.

An integer is a whole number. So you're living a whole life. You're following through, you're living. The life that you proclaim is important [00:04:00] to you to live. So it hurts other people when you don't live according to your values, and they may never actually know what you're doing. But if one of your values is to live a life aligned with your faith and you're a Christian and you know that living a life aligned with your faith means that you're gonna like wait till you get married and you compromise. And no one actually knows about that except you and that other person. But it's gonna hurt you and it's gonna hurt other people who have trust in you cuz they're seeing you not living in line with your values.

Cuz they're eventually gonna kind of get a sense and maybe they never even know. But people do generally know more than you think, especially those that live with you, like your kids. It damages other people. It damages the trust that people have in you and it makes you feel incomplete.

You're embarrassed without even knowing it. So when I decided that I was gonna go ahead and give this car back cuz I had 30 days and get my full refund, you know, I, I knew that there was something that was off there. I mean, I knew that, okay, there's [00:05:00] nothing wrong with having this car. I mean, it was great.

It was fine. It was, but I knew my motives were not right. And that impressing other people was not a good motive to buy this car. And it felt great to go ahead and follow through. Even when I made the decision on Sunday talking to my buddy Allen, that actually I was gonna return the car, it felt great.

I started to have a much better day cuz there was a blockage there. So here's some ways that you can work on not compromising your values. Okay, I got five ways you can not compromise your values. So, number one, identify what your core values actually are. So one of the podcasts I did in the past, I think episode number 20, and I'll link to it in the show notes, is on identifying your core values.

And there's actually a worksheet that I give you access to in that podcast. Most people don't know what they actually are, but it's because they don't slow down to actually identify 'em or their, their parents' values or their religion's values or their values of society that we think we should have.

So companies will post their values on the wall, and I mean, they'll often have integrity and different things that maybe aren't even well thought out. And I don't think integrity is a really good value, core [00:06:00] value, because I think integrity means that you're living a whole life according to your values.

And it's my definition. Depends on how you define it. But you wanna figure out what your top three to six core values are. It could be 12. I think Amazon has 12 core values and they actually have 'em very clear cut and they're pretty inspiring.

I'd encourage you to go check 'em out and in fact, if I can find that, I will link to Amazon's core values. And you can kinda look at those and see how well you think they're living according to those values right now. Cause I really haven't kind of done that assessment. Really recently, but what do people compliment you on the most?

What do people believe your values are? What do your close friends believe your values are? What are the values in other people that you admire? What are the core values that you want your kids to have to have a successful life? And values are behaviors. So it can be following through, it can be persistence, it can be honesty, it can be courage.

You know, one of my core values is. Hope. Always hope. See the hope in every situation. It can be something that is unique to you [00:07:00] and it's non, not something you've gotten externally, but you know inside of you that this is really a behavior that's important for me to live my life by. How would you set up a business?

If you owned a business? What would the values of that business actually be? That's one way to identify your core values so you can figure it out. If you take the time to reflect again, it's gonna mean slowing down, getting off your phone. Doing some journaling, going on a walk, having a mini retreat, talking to some friends about this topic that you'd love and trust and have similar values to you hopefully in some way.

Although we don't have to have people around us that have the same values as us, and we'd be boring. I mean, you would not have good friends if they had all the same values as you. They're gonna have different, unique things cause some people are gonna value, they're gonna maybe value leadership and leading other people in.

At a higher level than you are, and you're gonna value stewardship or you're gonna value conservatism or meaning or conservation, I would say. And it's their value, but it doesn't mean something. It doesn't mean you should criticize 'em for it. It just makes 'em unique. [00:08:00] So you identify your top three to six core values, which if you can do that, and again, it's gonna be a draft at first and you're gonna whittle it down.

And then I encourage people to actually have a statement that defines that core value. So that one I mentioned, we choose hope over fear. So always hope we choose hope over fear. So, and I have a little sentence that describes it. We find hope in all circumstances and inspire others to see the same.

That's a core value of myself and decide your legacy. Cause it's my business and I want that to come out. So we are courageous. Risk takers is a core value that I have. So we take actions that scare us as this is necessary to grow. Another one is we live in perfect lives with rigorous honesty. And the little statement there is we have the courage to tell the truth and be ourselves and does take courage to tell the truth and be yourself.

We have fun. Frequently we find joy, laughter, gratitude, and adventure in each day. So there you go. It's a sample of identifying your core values, and that's number one, to not compromise them because then you're having some clarity that, okay, you know, in your gut you kind of know that I'm doing something I shouldn't be doing, but you haven't taken the time to step back and [00:09:00] identify the values so you can clearly articulate how you're actually violating one of your own core values.

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On a consistent basis, and that means that you are taking intentional steps to remember them. So you have 'em posted somewhere, you have 'em written down, and then you're remembering this is my core value. This is a core value that I have. I wanted to teach this to my kids where they're growing up. I want this in my.

Kid's, spouses, and I want this in my employees, and how am I doing on it? On a scale of one to 10, well, I didn't do too well on [00:10:00] this recently. I need to figure some things out, make some changes, make some adjustments. So we gotta figure that kind of thing out. And the reality is, is for me, when I do things to impress other people and to actually want them to like me based on what I have, my stuff.

I was thinking if someone hires me as a client, cuz I got this nice fancy car, well they're not a good fit for me anyway. You know, cuz if someone's judging somebody by their car, you don't know what their net worth is by their car. I know people that have a hundred thousand dollars cars that don't have anything.

You know, they're all spending it on car payments. You don't know what they have based on their house. You judge people by their merit, and that stuff's not really that important either, because merit, is that true core of a person? Are they honest? Do they have integrity? Are they living according to their values?

You know, I mean, I mentioned in the last podcast. I grew up around a lot of wealthy people and that's what inspires me. It helps me to interact with wealthy people really well because it's not a kind of, I'm not drawn [00:11:00] to that maybe, or intimidated by it. And I've done well. I mean, I, I'm the successful person, not as successful as most of my clients, but I'm still a successful guy.

I feel good about what I've done with my career. I haven't always felt that way, but I do feel good about what I've done with my career and I enjoy my career, but it's crucial that we figure out ways. On a daily basis that we're misaligned with our values. We make some adjustments. You know, it's kind of like we make some shifts.

It's this, it's this jagged line. You know, we're seeing, okay, I gotta adjust this. One of my core values is health and I'm really not getting to the gym. And so I gotta figure that out. I gotta make sure I put it into my schedule and work my schedule around somehow. So if you look at the steps, 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, which are very inspiring to me, regardless of whether you're an alcoholic and.

It's inspiring for anybody cuz I believe, and I say when I go to open a meetings, I'm in recovery. You know, I also say I'm an addict cuz I'm a perfectionist and I'm addicted to work and I'm addicted to worry. A lot of times I get addicted to things. I could get addicted to golf, [00:12:00] I could get addicted to pretty much anything, honestly, ice cream for sure. And you figure out what that thing is that you're compromising on. So step seven of the 12 steps is I made a list of all the persons I've harmed and I became willing to make amends to all of them. Willing is really key. But I want, the point I wanna make here is number eight.

Step eight is I made direct amends to people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. And then number nine, step nine is gonna continue to take personal inventory. And when I, when we were wrong, we promptly admitted it. So that inventory that. Is being defined and laid out so perfectly in aa, and the big book of AA is just some excellent literature or wisdom stuff in there.

I mean, it's, it fascinates me how much wisdom is actually in there. It is challenging you every day to take a personal inventory. And in fact in step four, you're doing this. You're doing this searching and fearless inventory of your life, and you're looking at things in areas. You have resentments and areas where you've been hurt, and areas that you're stuffing and not [00:13:00] dealing with and ever maybe you've never actually talked about before.

So it can be really helpful to go through the process of the 12 steps for anybody. You know, I'd have every one of my clients go through it. I don't take 'em all through it, but it's something that I talk about and utilize when I talk to people. So this personal inventory is crucial. Right there. And so for me, a lot of times my ego gets involved and so it's how, and that's part of my personal inventory is this, my ego here that's really telling me that I gotta say some things that, you know, last night it was, I returned to this car and I was talking to the manager and I said, just to try to impress the guy. And I knew it in the moment. It was like, don't say that, but I said it anyway. And it was something really. Dumb. You know, it was just talking about myself and my career and success and you know, I pay for things for with cash and this stuff I shouldn't have actually said.

It was my ego and that was my inventory. And I didn't feel like I had to make an apology, but my apology was to myself. Cause I wasn't living true to my values by actually [00:14:00] bragging about myself. You know? And it reminds me of situations throughout my life where I've tried to prove myself to people and not by who I am and my merit, but by what I do.

And by what I have, and I don't wanna be that guy. And so returning the car was a great exercise of living out my values. So the third way to not succumb to the temptation or to not actually compromise your values is to be prepared for the temptation to compromise. And that temptation to compromise is gonna come and it's gonna challenge your values.

And you can use this, the excuse that, oh, I don't remember, or I forgot that was a value, but no, that's not a good excuse. It's like saying, I don't know. It's, you can say, well, I didn't make a decision that was in alignment with my values. I didn't choose the path that was going to be living out my values and admitting it and owning it, which ownership is a very, very powerful thing, which is what amends is all about, is ownership.

And you can do a living amends, which means [00:15:00] you don't actually apologize directly to the person, cuz it may do more harm than good, but you live out your apology by changing your behavior and your lifestyle. And that's a living immense, we call it living amend. So how do people compromise their core values?

Well, I would suggest, you know, dating people who you know, aren't a good fit, who don't align with some of your core values. Not perfectly, you don't have to align with your core values, but let's just say it's something like, you know, waiting to get married before you live together or it could be alcohol, nicotine could be pornography, and people compromise with those things.

It could be just living according to your ego or cutting corners, living a dishonest life. Those are things in ways people are actually tempted to compromise. Drinking when you know you got a problem with alcohol, but people go through a process to compromise. I'm gonna talk about that in a second. So when people go through something traumatic in their life, or they have a major life transition, I always tell them, be very careful and don't make any decisions out of.

Out of hurt. Don't make any decisions out of anxiety, out of [00:16:00] depression, out of fear, you know, hold off. You know, in fact, even just wait a year, you know, if they go through a divorce and they can just listen to me and say, Hey, you know, you are gonna be vulnerable for a great period of time. It's not a great time to change jobs.

It's not a great time. You're gonna be tempted to potentially, it's not a great time to date. It's not a great time to go ahead and decide to buy a new car or to go on this. Fancy vacation. You know, it may be good to take a week vacation to Colorado to get away, but it's not a good time to make these major life or many financial decisions, you know, to close down your business because you're gonna be vulnerable in that situation.

And that's when we get tempted. In those types of situations. So I can think of people that go through divorce and then they don't wanna be alone. And so they make compromises and they date people They wouldn't date had they have waited, they do things they wouldn't have done had they had waited to let themselves heal.

So they lose a parent and then they go out and they close their business down or they sell their business and then a year later, like, why did I do that? What was I thinking? How could I have made that decision? Do they go buy this brand new car, it's a hundred thousand dollars [00:17:00] and have a $900 payment on the car?

I have seen this hundreds of times in my career. You know, you gotta remember, I've been doing this almost 25 stinking years. I've worked with thousands of clients in my career. I've seen this happen so many times, and it's by people who you would never think, cuz they are shocked by their behavior when they look back two years later.

And there's this saying, it's like, don't make decisions when you're hungry, angry, lonely. Tired or sick, you know, major decisions. You know, go get something to eat first and then process through it cuz you're probably highly emotional before you make this decision to go assertively. Address your concerns with your boss.

Wait, let's hold off. You know, let's journal about that for a second. Let's just take some time and step back. So when someone's tempted, you know it's gonna start with a thought and. It starts basically like, I deserve this, or I've been through so much, or it's not gonna hurt anybody. You know? Or you just need to escape for a while, and so you're tempted to go ahead and do that thing, which you know is a compromise.

So you go spend that money, you know, it's not, I. It, it's, you know, you deserve it. You work so hard, [00:18:00] you've never bought something nice for yourself, but you know it's a compromise and you go buy that Louis Vuitton purse, which I have no problem with, absolutely no problem with. That's not the point I'm talking about here.

I'm talking about if you're compromising your values to do these kinds of things. So it's becoming medication. It's a numbing behavior. You wanna save up for a Louis Vuitton purse? I hope you do and hope you go get it. I hope you get it on the, in Paris, right there, where they're freaking from. So, and I hope you enjoy every moment of that purse, cuz those are great.

Well-made purses and I got a nice pair of Italian shoes and I didn't go out and buy that to impress anybody. I went and got those cause I thought they were stinking cool looking. And I love those shoes. So you start with a thought, then you start feeding your imagination with that thing that you're gonna compromise by doing.

So you just kind of ruminate on that new car. And you do research and you look at all the pictures and everything, and you start to think about that. Decision that you're gonna make to go get another drink, and that it's not really something that is that big of a deal. And so that is the second step, which is that justification [00:19:00] rationalization.

So you start justifying why you're gonna compromise your values. You say, it's no big deal. It's not gonna hurt anybody. No one's gonna even know, you know, I'm doing this at home. No one even sees what I look at on this, on the internet. You know, they're not gonna know. Come on, big deal. I can. I can look at that.

I can drink that. I can do that. I can buy that. It's my money. So we rationalize it. No one can get through a day without a good rationalization, I promise you. And a rationalization just means you're talking yourself into a way to actually compromise on something you know you shouldn't actually do. Then people, the fourth part of temptation is you take action.

You know, you do that actual thing and then it leads to, then it leads to regret and grief and shame, and that whole cycle starts right there. And one way that you can really prepare for temptations that come is to start to recognize when they happen at the very beginning. So start to recognize when you start having that initial thought that, okay, I've been through so much.

I deserve it. I need to go do that, or, that's not really your value, Adam. Those were set a long time [00:20:00] ago, or, that's not really something that matters in this situation because this is a very unique. Situation right here that you're in. So that's the initial thinking that we can identify in the moment that's not healthy and it's generally gonna have some kind of connection to pain in our lives.

But it's that initial thought. Identify that, and then you can nip it in the bud. Cuz then you're gonna say, I'm not gonna go down that path of. Imagining, and you can just call it lusting, you know, lusting after that car. I'm not gonna go down that path and you cut it off. But one great way of dealing with this is, and this is the fourth aspect, so I shared three with you.

Identify your values, identify your core values, do a personal inventory on a consistent basis, and which means making amends to yourself and changing. Prepare for the temptation. Prepare for temptations to compromise, be prepared. And then the fourth thing is to get accountability. So this goes down to the relationship aspect.

We cannot go it alone. You will not be able to resist the temptations in your life if you do not have some level of accountability. People that know you and love you, those real friends. And I wanna link to a video. So one of my favorite I've ever done and it's on how do I [00:21:00] identify a real friend. And I put this out a couple weeks ago and I sent it to a bunch of people.

Cause I really thought I made a whole lot of sense to myself. So anyway, I wanna link to that because accountability is about friendship and people that you're gonna trust to let know that you have this specific struggle in your life. And so I had some accountability with my friend Alan when I was talking about this lack of peace I had about this car.

And I was able to talk through it and say, gosh, I do think. I'm making a mistake here and, but I don't want to go, I'm gonna be embarrassed. I don't want to go and actually turn it back in. It's just gonna be a shame. The walk of shame kind of thing. And he's like, dude, Adam, you know, what's it worth? I mean, it's gonna take you three hours versus having peace of mind.

And that's what a good friend's gonna tell you. I mean, they're gonna tell you the truth regardless, not like, just enjoy the stinking car and why can't you just be happy and you know what's wrong with you for not enjoying this car? You had plenty of money to buy the car. Just have a great time. Well, no, he knew that there was more to it and I have given him permission in my life to challenge me on things.

And I've given permission in my life to a number of people to challenge me on things. I have a group of [00:22:00] guys I meet with on Wednesday mornings and have for years. I have a good friend, Dave, who he pretty much knows. He has permission to challenge me. A good friend, Brent and Bryan, and people that know I've been friends with for a long time.

And Todd, I mean, they can tell me things honestly cuz I trust him. So you give them permission to challenge you, but you have to first of all, expose whatever those values are. To them so they know when to challenge you when you're compromising them. And by exposing them, I mean you're sharing with them that these are the important behaviors in your life.

And so if you have. Coffee with them, there's a chance that at times you're gonna be able to articulate or they're gonna pick up on it, that stewardship with your finances or that time with your family, or that investing in your marriage is gonna be a truly a core value for you. Relationships or, you know, making personal growth a priority is gonna be a value.

And then they're gonna point out to you like, Hey, not judging you, but so how are you doing in that area? And you're gonna answer the question, you know, you're going to, I mean, If they're, if you're honest with them, they're a good friend, you're gonna say, well, I'm not really doing great here. I'm doing [00:23:00] pretty good here, but there's some discussion about it.

But they're asking you those hard questions and you're sharing with them. Honestly. You can journal about, and this is a form of accountability. You actually journal about how you're living out each of your core values. Maybe give an example. Of how this played out in your home and business and how you could potentially maybe incorporate it more.

You can journal and that's a form of accountability cuz you're writing it down on paper where it's actually gonna be more sticky in that form. You know, it's almost like, oh, someone could read this now. So I could actually. Be held. I mean now I gotta follow through with this. So we're more likely to follow through with something when we actually write about it and we tell our friends about it, especially when we tell our friends about it.

And so you talk about the values as well. If you're running a business, you know, you talk about and you share examples of how your employees are living out those core values. You're sharing examples about how they're lived out in other companies as inspiration. You're sharing examples of how they're lived out in your homes.

Even with your employees. You can do that cuz everything at work is probably gonna have some connection or relation to home in [00:24:00] some kind of way. If. You look at it through a lens of wisdom and the fifth thing you can do to not compromise your values, make 'em a priority so you don't have to live with that feeling of embarrassment within yourself and shame within yourself, cuz you're gonna feel some guilt when you don't live that way.

I mean, guilt is like legit, you know? Shame is like I'm bad. Guilt is like legit. Like you did something wrong and you really hurt yourself. And so you feel guilty because you compromised on something that's very important to you and you. So you feel guilty for hurting yourself or not loving yourself, and you're not able to, in my opinion, love your neighbor very well when you don't love yourself.

So it's a way to love yourself. So the weather, the fifth thing you can do is to work 'em into your life. So by working 'em into your life, I'm telling, I'm talking about here is, is so you look at them and they're posted somewhere, and then by faith you are looking at your weekly schedule and deciding how will I live out this core value in my life?

So you have things in there like where, where is the courage? Core value for Adam gonna come into play. And so we'll have a speaking event right [00:25:00] here, and I'm gonna record a podcast here. I'm gonna need courage for those things. I'm also gonna have this tough conversation with a potential employee, or I'm gonna have some interviews here that I'm gonna have to deal with and.

Also, I have a core value of personal growth. And so I'm gonna plug it in and I'm gonna start reading on these two nights instead of watching the NBA playoffs and, well, or I can do both. Hey, that's compromise right there. So I still don't know if the Lakers or the Warriors won last night, so, but I'm enough to find that out after this podcast.

And so it takes faith to actually work 'em actually into your life. It takes faith to let go of some areas because it means when you're living your life aligned with your values, you're gonna be saying no to some things that don't align. So you're saying no to people. You're saying no to situations, you're saying no to opportunities.

So a lot of my clients, when they do career coaching, I ask them this question like, how does that job align with your values? And then they go through that kind of values exercise. They have their values listed out with statements. I have all my clients create that in the process of doing legacy coaching.

And then they come out on the other end as they filter it through their values. [00:26:00] Coffee filter here, taking out the grinds on the other end. They're like, yeah, it's really not a good fit. I mean, this is not gonna be leading me in the direction of where I'm living out my life purpose. And so it's a great exercise.

It's a great way to make decisions. That's how you work 'em into your life. How do I hire people? Am I hiring people based on our core values or am I hiring to make money fast? Wait a second here. Am I hiring for the bottom line, or am I hiring to improve people's lives by hiring somebody that's a great fit and it's gonna make the other people on the team better and inspire them, and they're gonna all work together?

How am I living according to them? And you end up working 'em into your life by actually. Doing creative things, like even posting pictures that are inspiring, that rec represent that value that no one ever knows actually represents a value in your life, but they're in your office. And so you have pictures of, like for me, I have seven of bottles in my office that represents hope to me that we can make it a seven on a scale, one to 10, and we don't have to be perfect and we can fail.

But there's reminders around me that I've placed there [00:27:00] along with the accountability that helps me to work them into my life, and I can talk a lot about that. So let's review five ways to not compromise your values. Number one, identify your core values. Come on, check out that podcast and the link you can get access to that worksheet.

Do a personal inventory consistently. How am I living according to my values or not a living according to my values? Prepare for the temptation that will come. You will be challenged if you go ahead and identify that this is something that's important to me. You will be tested. I promise you that. That is a spiritual principle.

You will be tested. Seek accountability. Find accountability. Don't run from accountability. Be willing to expose yourself. You know, I talked to my buddy Alan about another area of my life recently that I didn't really want to expose, but I did cuz I trusted him and he didn't judge me. And he's a great friend.

And number five is work them into your life. Make them a part of your life. So it's an in top of mind position. You're seeing them somewhere, you're remembering them somewhere, you're talking about them. So what. Resonates most with you today. I want [00:28:00] you in the next 24 hours to talk about that concept and teach that concept to somebody else.

Don't be weird about it. All you gotta do is just talk about it. Hey, I learned this thing on the Decide Your Legacy podcast. Or, Hey, I just learned this thing somewhere, and then I want you to take. A risk based on something that you have learned. Maybe it's you're gonna identify your values or clarify 'em or make a statement with them, or maybe it's you're gonna do that personal inventory or maybe it's you're gonna go ahead and do something risky that's living out one of your core values that's letting go of something.

Remember, my rule? Adams 30 70 rule Insight is 30% of transformational change. You're gaining insight today, listening to this podcast, reading great books, listening to great content. 70% plus is action. If you're really gonna make some changes, you gotta make some application. I'm sorry. Take a risk, do something different.

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No one else. I appreciate you greatly, and I'll see you next time.