🎙️53. Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Fire: Passion as a Catalyst for Success

In this episode of Fearless Thinking, host Michael Devous delves into the power of passion in entrepreneurship, highlighting it as the key ingredient that separates successful businesses from the rest. Drawing from personal experiences and observations, Michael explores how passion fuels creativity, resilience, and innovation. He discusses the challenges of uncovering one's passion and offers practical steps for finding it, including self-reflection, exploration, and listening to your gut. He also emphasizes the importance of nurturing your passion through inspiring goals, connecting with others, and focusing on the impact you want to make.

Key Highlights:

• Passion as Rocket Fuel: Michael describes passion as the driving force behind entrepreneurial dreams, propelling individuals through challenges and setbacks.
• The Passion Paradox: He acknowledges that while passion is crucial, it can also be challenging to maintain during the demanding launch phase of a business.
• Uncovering Your Passion: Michael outlines three essential steps: self-reflection, exploring interests, and listening to your intuition.
• Nurturing Your Passion: He suggests setting inspiring goals, surrounding yourself with inspiration, and celebrating even small wins to keep your passion alive.
• The Ascend Hub: Michael introduces The Ascend Hub as a community-driven platform where entrepreneurs can connect, collaborate, and fuel their passion.

Impactful Quotes:

• "Passion is the fire that ignites you on your journey... the fuel that will propel you forward, even when the road gets rough or tough."
• "When you're ready to bring that passion to life and you're ready to get behind it, you're going to be blown away by all the things that flood into your head."
• "You won't know the problems to solve that you feel compelled to solve if you haven't experienced problems yourself and overcome them."
• "If you're really passionate about it, it's contagious... And it can attract people to you. Customers, investors, team members, who are now inspired by their vision and their enthusiasm."
• "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just that little extra... and that little extra is your passion." - Jimmy Johnson

Key Takeaways:

• Passion is a crucial ingredient for entrepreneurial success.
• Discovering your passion takes time, self-reflection, and exploration.
• Nurturing your passion is essential for maintaining motivation and achieving your goals.
• Passionate entrepreneurs are more resilient, creative, and inspiring.
• The Ascend Hub is a community that supports entrepreneurs in finding, igniting, and sustaining their passion.

Important Links:
Gina Bianchini's Book Purpose: https://a.co/d/5l8PQjQ
YouTube: https://bit.ly/FearlessThinkingYTChannel
https://theascendhub.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldevousjr/
https://michaeldevousjr.com/

Transcript

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Hey there everybody. 

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And welcome to Fearless Thinking, a 

podcast designed to help you navigate

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authentic leadership and the 

entrepreneurial journey. 

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I'm your host, Michael Devous.

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And these are my thoughts, lessons and 

insights from my entrepreneurial 

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journey into coaching workshops, 

motivational speaking. 

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And of course, what I picked up from 

interviews with inspiring leaders and 

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entrepreneurs along the way.

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My mission is to help people unlock 

their untapped potential by using fear 

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as a catalyst for powerful change and 

growth,

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so they can step into the greatest 

version of their most authentic selves.

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All right, let's get in to some Fearless 

Thinking.

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Hey, fearless thinkers.

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Welcome back to the fearless thinking 

podcast.

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I'm your host.

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Michael Devous

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I just got confused, for some reason, 

on that word, not sure why.

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Episode 53, Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Fire:

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Passion As A Catalyst For Success.

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I've talked about passion a few times 

on this show,

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and we're going to take a (HITS MIC sorry about 

that)

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We're going to take a

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slight dive, if you will, into looking 

at the secret ingredient

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that separates good business from truly 

great ones,

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especially when it's talking about 

passion

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so what fuels

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your fire.

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Now, passion,

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to me, is like

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the rocket fuel

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for

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our entrepreneurial dreams. 

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It's what gets us

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up and running in the morning, out of 

bed. 

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It's what keeps us going when things 

get tough,

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and helps us stay focused and guided 

like a targeted missile towards a 

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specific goal.

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And it's also what makes your business 

truly unique. 

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Because your passion is, it's like your 

signature sauce it's you it's. 

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That part of you that's so excited to 

bring your vision and your dream to 

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life. 

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Your passion, your

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new product, your services, whatever it 

is you're trying to bring out into the world

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and bring to life, is that secret thing 

about you it's what makes you unique. 

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But it's also what makes your,

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what you sell, how you sell it, what 

you give when you bring it to market,

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it's what makes it unique. 

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Nobody else can do what you can do, how 

you can do it the way that you can.

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And passion is sort of an expression, I 

believe, it's like a fiery energy. 

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It's like the energy expression of what 

that element is for you.

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Excuse me

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now,

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it is. 

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It is. 

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Excitement. 

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It's more than just excitement

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and dedicated interest it's a deep

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seated love for, pardon me

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while I

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mute those notifications. 

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I apologize

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it's a deep seated love for

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not only what you do,

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but what you're trying to create, 

innovate and make a difference with the 

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impact you're trying to make. 

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anybody can bring a product to market 

and a service or whatever.

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But it's that

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special thing about how you want it to 

the kind of impact you want it to make, 

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not only in your life, but in the life 

of others, that really creates that 

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sense of passion and energy behind it. 

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It's the reason that you're willing to 

put in all of the long hours and take 

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those risks and weather those storms. 

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It's the reason why you're up at ten 

o'clock at night, still on your 

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computer, going through ideas of 

branding concepts and messaging marketing.

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And you wake up in the middle of the 

night trying to write something down, 

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because it's infused

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in you. 

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And uncovering that passion

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is,

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well, it's a challenge, I think, 

sometimes in order to tap into it, you 

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know, if you're not sure what yours is, 

and this is something I've heard from a 

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lot of people, especially younger 

individuals, who are trying to find 

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their passion, or having a hard time 

locating, like, what is my passion? 

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What am I passionate about?

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The journey that we have? 

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Growing up doesn't really train us to 

find our passion.

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You would be lucky if you had parents 

who understood that and who guided you 

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towards your passions, who allowed you 

to practice

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many different things to get the 

flavors and tastes of life and the 

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experiences of life under your belt, as 

well as taking certain risks so that 

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you could establish

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what you were prepared to undertake, 

what you were prepared to go after, 

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what you were prepared to chase down.

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I've known a lot of people, even some 

recent people, that just have a very, 

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very low

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tolerance for any kind of risk.

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that kind of saddens me, because I 

think it's hard to find your passion. 

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Because your passion is, if you're 

passionate about something, it's 

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something you're with, it's something 

you're willing to risk

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a lot for

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passion. 

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When you're passionate about something 

you really want to do and bring to the 

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world, you're willing to risk an awful 

lot, your time, your comfort zones, 

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your money, your effort, your talent, 

people,

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you name it,

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experiences, memories. In order to chase 

down something you truly believe in.

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And if you have a zero risk

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tolerance, if you have a low risk 

tolerance,

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a threshold that you can't get above, I 

don't know that you're going to be able 

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to find

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a real passion that's going to drive 

you, because you won't risk anything

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beyond this particular comfort zone. 

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And I think if you were raised with 

getting outside that comfort zone, testing

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those boundaries of your risk in order 

to find out what it is that you're 

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willing to do, to become that greatest 

version of yourself, what you're 

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willing to

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step into

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and overcome

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in order to take on those challenges, 

really does test your metal, and really 

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can help you discover what you really 

care about.

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And part of that is, obviously, start 

by looking within. 

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If you're early on in this career and 

you want to become an entrepreneur.

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I talked to

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so many young individuals, some 

teenagers and some young adults, who

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think that just getting online and 

starting a business is what they want 

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to do. 

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They don't want to go to school. 

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They don't want to go to work for 

anybody.

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You know what?

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You cant...

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You don't want to go work with anybody?

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How are you going to work for yourself?

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You haven't even established

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a work

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ethic,

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right? 

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And you haven't even practiced it for 

other people to determine what you're 

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willing to do to get something out of 

the experience, whether that's a 

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paycheck, whether that's knowledge, or 

whether that's an understanding of 

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yourself and what you're capable of 

doing,

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and you're not even willing to do those 

things. 

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But you think you could jump online and 

suddenly become an entrepreneur,

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and you have no idea what you want to 

do, but I want to sell somebody to make 

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some money. 

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if you really truly want to become an 

entrepreneur, you want to find that 

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passion, you need to start looking 

within. 

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You've got to start reflecting on your 

own values and your strengths

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and what truly lights you up. 

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And I would suggest that individuals 

who have little to no experience in the 

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world outside of the comfort of their 

own tablet or their screen that they've 

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been on for a number of years, are not 

going to have

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values, strengths and items that light 

you up. 

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You're not going to have activities.

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I have

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two individuals staying with us at the 

moment who are young,

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and they just love to be on their 

mobile devices. 

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They don't want to do anything else. 

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It doesn't matter that they're 

surrounded by the beauty and the nature 

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that's around us. 

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It doesn't matter that there's 

beautiful storms to look at, or a 

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sunset that's outside, or we could go 

hiking, or things like that, to get 

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them away and pull them away from those 

digital devices,

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they would literally

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run back to them.

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So excited to just get back online and 

get on their devices. 

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There is a real,

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a real

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dopamine hit that is being developed in 

design in these gangs and these online 

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devices that these kids are getting.

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If that is how excited they are to 

return to sitting down,

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being sedentary

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and not being active, and just looking 

at a screen

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that terrifies me for them,

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and finding their passion that's really 

going to be a massive challenge for 

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them. 

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And if you find yourself in a similar 

place, in order for you to find that 

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passion, you've got to get out into the 

world and start testing

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activities,

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interests,

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values, experiences.

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What problems do you feel compelled to 

solve? 

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You won't know the problems to solve 

that you feel compelled to solve if you 

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haven't experienced problems yourself, 

and overcome them if you haven't helped 

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others develop solutions to problems to 

overcome them. 

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Those experiences are crucial. 

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And helping you identify within 

yourself what it is that really matters 

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to you, and how you can find that 

passion, exploring your curiosity. 

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Number two.

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These kids, these people,

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if you want to be online, man, you know 

your curiosity is being

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diminished. 

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Your life is being pushed down. 

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They're sucking that energy out of you. 

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I'm telling you, if you want to find 

out your curiosity, you've got to get 

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out into the world and experience 

things to find out what you're curious about.

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It's fascinating when we sit there 

making dinners and stuff. 

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I don't like that. 

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I don't think I like that. 

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And I don't want that.

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They haven't tasted it, they haven't 

tried it, and they haven't experienced

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it. 

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But they know they don't like it.

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This, this

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block to experience.

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I challenge it every single time.

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You have to taste life.

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You have to get out there, and you have 

to start exploring your curiosity. 

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Do not be afraid to try new things. 

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Take classes, attend workshops.

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Get your experiences under your belt. 

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Get the reps under your belt. 

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This is the risk this is what I'm 

talking about, what people don't have 

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any any

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level of risk,

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you know, they're not comfortable with 

taking risk outside of the known things 

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that they already know. 

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It's just such a strange thing for me. 

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I don't have that. 

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I've, I ran after things that were not 

chaste things.

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I literally

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walked

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the boundaries of risk and danger and 

adventure.

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Because I didn't have that.

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I just had a very high risk tolerance, 

I think. 

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And I don't know if that was developed 

in me and taught to me by my parents,

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but I certainly had it from

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as far back as I can remember. 

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And your passion just might be 

something that you haven't discovered 

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yet. 

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And if you're not willing to get out 

there and take those chances, if you're 

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not willing to get out there and take 

some risks and try some new things, 

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you're going to have a really tough 

time finding that passion.

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Now, the other last thing here is to 

listen to your gut, a gut. 

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Your instincts can only be developed, 

developed through experiences.

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You have natural inborn instincts to 

protect you, to keep you safe, which is 

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what your brain does, which is to tell 

you not to try anything, not to do 

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anything, out of the normal, not to 

take too many risks.

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Well,

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unfortunately, you've got to work 

against that. 

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And you've got to test a few things to 

see how your instinct works. 

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While you're out there paying attention

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to those little sparks of excitement.

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And those ideas that nag at you in the 

back of your head about something that 

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you should follow down, something that 

you should investigate, something that 

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you should research,

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something that you should try out. 

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That's your intuition

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guiding you towards something that 

might be your passion. 

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And if you don't take those risks, you 

won't find out. 

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Now, after you've done all of these 

things, it's time to fan the flames of 

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your passion. 

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It's time to start igniting some of 

that energy. 

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Because once you've identified it's 

important for you to nurture it. 

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This is part of what I talk about with 

foster, your fear in the 4 F's of

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Making Fear Your Friend. Feel,

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Foster, Flip and Free.

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Fostering that relationship with the 

things that are risky. 

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The fears that we have that are nagging 

at us about something in front of us 

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helps us do a number of different 

things. 

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One set inspiring goals.

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You can create a vision board for 

yourself. 

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You can write down your goals and 

remind yourself of why you started on 

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this journey in the first place, I 

would encourage you to write down not 

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only your goals on one side, but your 

fears on the other. 

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Every time you do one of these 

journeys, every time you take one of 

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these things down, you want to write 

them down. 

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You always need to identify any fears 

associated

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with the experience you're about to take

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right now. 

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It could be a small experience. 

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It could be a big experience. 

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But it's important for you to 

understand the excitement.

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And what's on the opposite, the 

opposite side of that with fear.

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If the fear is equal to the level of 

excitement, it's probably something you 

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should be taking a look at, it's 

probably something you should investigate.

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Most of our fears have to do with only 

one of two things. 

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One, it is a fear of keeping us safe. 

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And that is a safe place, which doesn't 

just mean physical safety, emotional 

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safety, psychological safety

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and physical safety, those three things 

your brain will attempt to try to keep 

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you to do so that you stay in a known

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space and set of experiences

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outside of there. 

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On the other side, outside that box 

outside your jar is the unknown.

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And your brain will also adopt and adapt

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fears

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that it says, oh out there that's scary 

out there. 

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You might fall, you might trip, you 

might fail, you might not succeed.

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You might not do this, or

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you might not be worthy or have enough 

experience, or whatever it is.

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Fill in the blanks here. 

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Those are unrealistic,

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they're not real, and they don't even 

exist. 

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They haven't even happened yet because 

you haven't had the experience to 

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determine whether or not the value of 

doing them is worth it for your passion.

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Second surround yourself with 

inspiration.

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This also helps bolster you. 

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So if you're really taken on something 

that's new to you and you're kind of 

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hesitant about doing it and taking 

those risks,

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if you connect with other passionate, 

like minded and like valued people, entrepreneurs,

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if you read their biographies of 

successful individuals and people 

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who've attempted some of these things, 

or attend events where other 

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individuals are interested in something 

that you're interested in going after 

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better together, man, farther, and 

further and better together, you can 

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get some of that inspiration and some 

of that strength that you may not have, 

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personally from your own individual 

experiences. 

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By borrowing that from a few other 

people. 

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Who've already been down that road.

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Third, celebrate your wins. 

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Even the small victories deserve 

recognition. 

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People, I talk about this on the 

Fearless Road podcast.

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We celebrate when we talk about, and we 

investigate the valleys, not just the 

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mountains. 

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Anyone can stand on top of a mountain 

and brag about how they got there, and 

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brag about their riches and their 

successes. 

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I'm talking about the small steps. 

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Nobody leaped up a mountain.

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Nobody jumped up a mountain.

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You take small steps, and every single 

small step, even the littlest ones, got 

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you up that mountain. 

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And they are worth

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recognizing

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as efforts you have made.

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And you put that in your pocket, you 

put that in your toolbox, acknowledging 

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your progress

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during your journey keeps you motivated 

and keeps your passion burning bright. 

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It also trains you how to recognize.

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By the way, when successes are real, it 

teaches you how to recognize

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not only yourself, but in others, about 

where they are, what they've 

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accomplished, and why they need 

recognition for. 

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Everybody wants to be recognized for 

the accomplishments they've made. 

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If you're going to be an entrepreneur 

and start a business and hire people 

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and bring them on board. 

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You're going to have to recognize and 

reward them. 

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You're going to have to acknowledge 

their successes, even the smallest ones 

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that they make. 

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Because it's going to be crucial for 

your team to believe in themselves. 

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And that's up to you to help them do 

it. 

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It's up to you to make sure they feel 

that for real, so that you can obtain 

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and attain excellent workers. 

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Great talent to help you build your 

vision.

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All right. 

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Now, turning

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passion into profits, or taking all of 

that, right? 

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You've found your passion. 

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You've done your research. 

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Now ready to go and you're going to 

launch this business you're going to 

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take out into the world.

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Passion isn't just about feeling good,

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not just about bragging and being 

excited about the thing that you're 

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doing, in the services that you're 

bringing to the world it's powerful

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business

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asset that you can use to market, 

remote and sell what you have. 

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Right?

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Passionate entrepreneurs are more 

resilient, more creative and more magnetic.

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They attract customers, investors, team 

members, and who are now inspired by 

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their vision and their enthusiasm. 

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If you've ever watched shark tank, you 

know who I'm talking about. 

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You know which ones that get up there. 

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Who've got that real fire that you see 

it,

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you feel it. 

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It comes through that TV, and you're 

like, wow,

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the bird's got some passion for what 

they do. 

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It's real and it's infectious. 

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And it is a powerful asset to help you 

get to success.

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Now, the Ascend Hub, which I've been 

talking about,

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all of the things that we're going to 

be doing inside the ascent of building 

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that community

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where we help you fuel your 

entrepreneurial passion and fire by 

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providing you with resources, 

mentorship and community,

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where you get to harness your passion, 

your ideas, your innovations and build 

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a business that you truly love. 

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But we get to do that together.

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I will be talking about making fear 

your friend. 

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I will be coaching all the 

entrepreneurs and aspiring mentors and 

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leaders in there about how to turn fear 

into a catalyst for powerful growth and 

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change. 

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I will be giving workshops

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and talks, and hotseat Q & A's, and 

you name it, all those different things

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inside the Ascend Hub to help all of 

the entrepreneurs,

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entrepreneurs and aspiring mentors and 

leaders get to a place of success 

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together, but also help lean on each 

other. 

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I want that feedback, and I want that 

passion coming from you to help me

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light mine and keep mind lit as well. 

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So if you're ready to ignite your 

passion and you're ready to turn it 

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into your purpose, and you're ready to 

put that power behind your purpose, 

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then, you know what?

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Like, subscribe, follow. 

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Give me some reviews. 

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Those will be awesome. 

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But join the Ascend Hub we're doing a 

huge promotion right now.

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So get out there. 

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Take a look at the links. 

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They're in the bios or in the things, 

whatever.

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They're on my YouTube channel and

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my LinkedIn profile and Facebook and 

everything, they're out there. 

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So go check it out. 

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Become part of the team, become part of 

our membership.

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Become part of something big. 

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And help us ignite.

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Real impact will change for all 

aspiring entrepreneurs, mentors and leaders,

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because the journey

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it's just better together. 

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Guys.

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We are better together. 

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Me to the power of we.

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Ok?

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That's my spiel that's my soapbox.

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Have a great arrest of your week. 

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And thanks for listening to

Fearless Thinking, podcast.

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I'm your host. 

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Michael Devous, get out there.

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Get on fire. 

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Find your passion ok

Bye