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Well, happy new year 2025.

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Welcome to the Inside BS show.

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This is your daily dose of Dave on

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the Inside BS channel, and today is the

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first day of 2025, and I'm glad that

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you're with me.

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Thanks for joining me.

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We're actually on a walk with my big

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dog Andy right now, and the reason that

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you're with me on a walk with my

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big dog is because I've made a commitment

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to 2025.

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Well, actually, the commitment is to myself.

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It's not to the year, but the commitment

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is that I'm going to create content on

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this channel every day in 2025, and the

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reason that I'm doing that is because my

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mission is to add as much value to

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the lives of entrepreneurs as possible.

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That means that I want you to have

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the best entrepreneurial journey you possibly can.

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For some of you, that means creating wealth.

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For some of you, that means developing a

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business that enables your lifestyle.

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For some of you, that means taking your

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business that you currently have that's already financially

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successful and making it an investment that can

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run without you that you can pass on

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to family and friends or that you could

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sell for a windfall that will create generational

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wealth for you and those that come after

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you.

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This show is always going to be about

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Nicola, Nikki G, and I helping you take

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your business, take your life to the next

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level.

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Every Wednesday on the show will be the

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Inside BS show with The Godfather and Nikki

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G, and all the other days will be

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content like this where I'm helping you start

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your day efficiently and effectively.

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You'll get a show like this every single

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day, 6 a.m. East Coast time, so

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you can start your day with me.

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Sometimes the shows will be 15 minutes.

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Sometimes the shows will be longer.

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Sometimes I'll bring on a guest to talk

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to them.

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Sometimes it'll just be you and me walking

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my dog like it is right now with

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a giant school bus picking up a kid

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next to us.

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Today, I want to talk to you about

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how to get your year off to the

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best start possible.

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I want to talk to you about how

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to get your year off to the fastest

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start possible.

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This is based on what I've learned, of

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course, over my 35 years of business experience,

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over my 56 years on planet earth, but

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it's also based on some habits that I've

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created that have made me more successful just

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in the last 12 months.

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That's the theme of today's show.

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If you want to make 2025, if you

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want to make the next 365 days the

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best 365 days of your life, the best

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habits that produce results that compound so that

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your success is put on autopilot.

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I'll be candid with you because that's what

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this show is all about, me sharing a

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conversation with you every day.

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I'll be candid with you and I'll tell

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you that I just rediscovered this and it

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just clicked for me in the last 12

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months.

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My journey the last year, my journey in

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2024 is one that has shown me how

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I can have more success in 12 months

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than I've had in 25 years.

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And it's all about creating habits and in

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business systems and processes that enable success.

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Let me give you a couple of examples.

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In 2025, I decided that I wanted to

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make permanent changes to my health.

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I was on a blood pressure medication because

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my blood pressure had been high ever since

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the first time that I had COVID.

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COVID was a contributing factor.

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blood pressure to be consistently elevated.

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medication for years and my cholesterol, even on

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the cholesterol medication, was always pushing the upper

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was always pushing the upper limits.

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look at and I could set goals based

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below 120 over 80.

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reduce the medication that I was taking.

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The other thing that I wanted to do

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is I wanted to improve my productivity.

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I wanted to get more done on a

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I don't believe in measuring productivity over the

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course of months or years.

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I want to accomplish every day.

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look and I say, did I accomplish the

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three things I set out to do this

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21 things I want to accomplish over the

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track things and I say at the end

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of the week, did I get the 21

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things done that I had set out to

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do this week?

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was getting 15 things of the 21 in

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a good week.

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I wasn't getting the full 21 things done

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in the course of the week.

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could improve my productivity on a weekly basis.

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May of 2024, I was frustrated because my

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health outcomes weren't improving and my productivity was

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actually getting worse because I was distracted.

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I was scattered.

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I was putting out fires left and right.

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productivity systems.

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far out.

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,000 feet when I should have been looking

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at the picture from six inches away.

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make from minute to minute during the course

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of each day have an impact on the

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overall outcome of that day.

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for each minute have an impact on the

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outcome of that hour.

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impact on the overall day.

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If you sleep eight hours, or for the

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average adult, between seven and nine hours, if

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you sleep between seven and nine hours each

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night, you're going to be able to think

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more clearly.

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during the course of the day.

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sleep.

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get more done during the course of the

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I make in the moment that will impact

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my sleep?

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later is the choice you make.

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I made a commitment to myself that 10

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o'clock every night, seven days a week,

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I would be in bed with my head

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on the pillow trying to sleep.

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to ten days, if you're used to going

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to bed at midnight, it's a stretch.

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to sleep.

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habit now of going to bed at 10

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p.m. every night.

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you can wake up at five or six

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and be fully refreshed and ready to go

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the next morning.

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bed at a consistent time every night reprogrammed

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my entire sleep cycle, which made me more

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productive.

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changes can I make that will improve my

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outcomes that I'm looking to drive?

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On Father's Day, 2024, I made the decision

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that I was no longer going to drink

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alcohol.

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For whatever reason, I am not a two

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glass of wine guy.

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I'm more like a two bottle of wine

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guy.

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one that would kill my productivity the next

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What will people's perception of me be?

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social situation without the reduced inhibition that alcohol

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provides?

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can keep doing for the long term?

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knew that I had to change my thinking

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from what I was going to be missing

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out on to what I was going to

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gain by making this change.

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use the modern tools that are available to

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all of us.

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So what I did was I started Googling

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what happens to your brain six weeks after

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you stop drinking alcohol?

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What happens to your brain six months after

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you stop drinking alcohol?

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What happens to your blood pressure six days

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after you stop drinking alcohol?

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What happens to your blood pressure six weeks,

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six months after you stop drinking alcohol?

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And I started doing research that confirmed what

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I thought, what I suspected would be true

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all along, that there is no benefit from

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a health and productivity standpoint to drinking.

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There's only detriment.

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The better outcomes come when you stop this

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behavior.

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So rationally, in my mind, it made complete

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sense.

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turned back.

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least in the first three or four months,

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and now occasionally I still do this, before

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I go into social situations, I will watch

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those videos about the benefits of not drinking.

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with a pen of the reasons why I've

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decided not to do this behavior.

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I review the list, and I have no

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desire to drink.

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going to bed at a consistent time, giving

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up drinking alcohol, I thought to myself, how

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else can I improve my health outcomes?

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And I thought, eating.

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My eating habits have to change.

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So I did some research on foods and

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groups of foods and types of foods.

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I consulted with my doctor.

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I actually have a friend who's a nutritionist.

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I checked with her.

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And I began making lists of foods that

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I liked that would contribute to the outcomes

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I was looking to achieve.

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High fiber foods were the result.

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A reduction in red meat.

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A reduction in calories.

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And I created an eating plan with enough

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variety to keep me satisfied.

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So my idea of variety may be different

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than yours, but I created an eating plan

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that followed that pattern with a specific amount

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of calories every day that I knew I

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could burn that would result in the loss

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of about a pound a week.

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And I thought to myself, hey, if I

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lose 20, 25 pounds, my health outcomes will

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be better.

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And a pound a week doesn't seem like

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that much.

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And I began on this journey.

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And I purposely began shopping for my own

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food.

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And this is a critical habit that I

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have to tell you made all the difference

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to me.

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I make the choice of what to buy

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in the supermarket.

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I make the choice of how to prepare

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it.

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in my mouth.

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I own those choices.

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of those choices all along the way, you

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realize that you can have an impact on

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the outcome.

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So for me, those habits, shopping in the

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supermarket myself three to four days a week.

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to the supermarket is an important part of

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the habit.

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Shopping in the supermarket three or four days

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a week for the food, doing the work

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that was going to make me healthier, preparing

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the food, doing the work that was going

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to make me healthier, those habits at the

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same time every day, that contributed to the

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weight loss of 40 pounds in six months,

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blood work that is completely and totally within

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normal guidelines, unmedicated.

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I was able to go off blood pressure

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medication.

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I was able to cut my statin in

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half.

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And we're going to attempt to eliminate it

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completely.

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And then the final piece of this puzzle

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from a health perspective was exercise.

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And I know you're thinking, oh, Dave, you

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know, just make time to go to the

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gym every day.

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Well, you know, my life is busy, but

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I don't have time.

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And I thought I don't have time to

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go to the gym.

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But I do have time to walk my

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dogs every day.

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Each of my dogs, I walk them separately.

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I walk every day.

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And I thought to myself, okay, here's what

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I'm going to do.

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I'm going to incorporate the dog walking into

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a routine where I walk the dogs each

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a mile in the morning.

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So that's two miles in the morning, each

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a mile in the evening.

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That's two miles in the evening.

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And to incorporate it into my schedule, my

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phone calls that need to be, that I

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need to take, I will take some of

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those phone calls while I'm walking the dog.

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This is what I'm doing today.

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I'm recording this podcast with you right now

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with a ridiculous goofy looking headset as I

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walk around my neighborhood with my dogs.

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But I'm getting the habit done.

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I promised you and I promised myself that

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I would do a podcast show every day

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today because of my schedule.

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The way I will fit it in is

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by recording this episode while walking my dog

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around my neighborhood.

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It is more important to me to reinforce

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the habit than it is to have fantastically

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clean audio quality on the show.

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So striving for progress and not perfection is

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another lesson here.

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So the point to take away as we

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go into 2025 is that your habits will

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determine your outcomes in this year and every

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year that follows.

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So I want you to make a list

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today of your outcomes, five outcomes that you

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want for 2025.

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And then I want you to reverse engineer

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those outcomes.

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And your mission for the next 365 days

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is to think about the habits that will

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lead to those outcomes.

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And here's the thing about habits.

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If your current habits aren't working for you,

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you change the habits.

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And you can change during the course of

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the year at any point.

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My weight loss journey is a great example.

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When I first started, my weight loss journey

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on my list were protein bars and chicken

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breast.

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And what I found is that chicken breast

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takes a longer time to prepare than, say,

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salmon or eating sardines out of a can.

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So there are days when I don't have

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time to prepare the chicken breast.

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So what I do is I just eat

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salmon out of the can.

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It takes no preparation time.

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I pull the lid off.

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I'm sorry, sardines out of the can, not

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salmon.

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I pull the lid off the sardines and

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I eat them and I've achieved my protein

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goal for the day.

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I like the taste of them.

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Some people don't, but I do.

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I achieve my protein goal for the day.

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I get my essential oils and my vitamin

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D through the sardines.

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And it's all done in about 10 minutes

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rather than half hour that I don't have

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to prepare the chicken.

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So you adjust your habits if you're not

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getting the outcomes that you want.

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Am I going to record a podcast on

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my walk with my dog every day?

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Most likely no.

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Will it happen one day a week if

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that's what fits into my schedule?

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Sure, absolutely.

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Will I be recording these shows from an

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airport?

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Absolutely.

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I'm probably going to have to record some

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of these from an airport.

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It's just where I'm going to be when

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I'm going to do it.

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And if I'm going to get an episode

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out every day, if I'm going to be

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able to create this content every day, it

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has to fit into my schedule.

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It has to fit into my work life.

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Is this content less valuable for you because

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I'm creating it while I'm walking my dog?

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No, but I'm not creating it for you.

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I am creating it for you, but I'm

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also creating it for myself.

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So the fact that I'm going to be

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able to look back on this in 365

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days and say, man, when I started this,

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it was really profound that I was able

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to work it into my routine.

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I'm willing to bet that in six months,

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I have a time schedule every day to

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do this.

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And I have a time schedule to produce

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it with better quality.

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And this is the final point on this

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subject.

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The first 30 days of doing anything always

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suck.

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The first 30 days of doing anything are

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always the hardest.

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The first 30 days are when you're developing

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the habits.

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And it's not only about the physical execution

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of the habits.

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It's about creating the neural pathways in your

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brain that make it a habit in the

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first place.

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Walking the dog and recording a podcast is

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the beginning of creating a neural pathway that

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will result in content that is valuable and

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impactful for you and a habit that is

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valuable and impactful for me.

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This is The Daily Dose of Dave here

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on the InsideBS channel.

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I thank you for joining me today.

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We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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Take care.