Transformative Boldness with Jason Tharp | Beyond Hope Project

Join Jason Tharp, the Champion of Hope, on the Beyond Hope Project Podcast as he delves into the transformative power of bold actions. In this inspiring solo episode, Jason shares his personal journey of overcoming challenges, including his battle with a life-threatening diagnosis, and how taking decisive, bold steps can lead to profound changes in our lives. Discover how to harness your unique abilities, confront your fears, and take charge of your destiny to create the life you’ve always envisioned. Whether you’re seeking motivation to change careers, pursue a passion, or simply live more authentically, this episode is a beacon of hope and empowerment.

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hey guys welcome back to the Beyond hope

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project podcast my name is Jason Tharp

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the champion of Hope before we dive in

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um I know you're listening to this right

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now and I know that this this episode is

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going to be impactful I have a request

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happens to spark some sort of sense of

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Hope in you ignition to start just share

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write stories about my life that

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hopefully starts an impact for you it's

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under two minute read and I'm not trying

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to sell you anything that's it for

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promos but I I just want to dive into

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this idea that's called bold action what

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I just did there is being bold enough to

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tell you exactly what I want um and we

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avoid that all the time we're afraid to

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take bold action because if we take bold

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action then they're going to judge me

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and they're going to think bad of me and

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blah blah blah blah blah we all tell

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ourselves all those things but have you

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ever noticed those people out there that

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are in the world that take those bold

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actions your eyeballs go right to them

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and you're like man I wish I could be

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that

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bold the question is is what would

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actually happen if you decide today that

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whatever that thing is I'll give you a

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second to think about it because you're

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thinking about it right now that you

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know that you want to do but you're too

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afraid to do it because it seems too

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bold to actually put that into the world

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because what happens if it's if it

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actually comes true what would happen if

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today you did something very bold in

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that direction maybe you got a job that

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you just hate and it just drives you

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crazy why wouldn't what's what's wrong

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with taking bold action to find

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something that that you actually

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enjoy maybe it's the opposite maybe you

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have something that is making you so

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happy that you go if I could do this all

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the time then my world would be amazing

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but you think you don't know how to do

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it like what would happen if you took

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bold action and taken a class figure it

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out look it online I don't know YouTube

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you can pretty much find anything that

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you ever want to do on YouTube right

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now taking that bold action for yourself

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get you more of what you want and this

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is what's absolutely amazing and this is

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I'm going to tell you from my standpoint

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this was such a huge aha for me because

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I was such a good person at giving stuff

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to everybody else like I want to just

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give give give give then anytime anybody

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tried to give back I would kind of go

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like well wait a minute I don't I don't

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know what what's the catch what's the

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thing and I would always kind of like I

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was a bad receiver of the stuff or a bad

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take or what do you want to call it

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because I felt like I didn't deserve it

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or I felt like you know I wasn't what I

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was taking bold action on for me was

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simple to me so why should I you know

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ask for anything back because wasn't

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like I spent a lot of time doing that

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but you did spend a lot of time doing

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that because you figured that thing out

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about you that's what made it easier

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that's why people come to you to ask you

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those things because you were bold

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enough to declare to the world this is

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what I

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want I want to argue this statement at

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that like when you take bold

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action it is like you are grabbing a

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megaphone and you're declaring to the

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world I am here for far too long I have

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denied myself the ability to do this

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stuff but no more now I'm going to allow

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myself to grow into the thing and the

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person that I want to be because life is

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waiting to come to life through and as

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me and the more I keep denying it the

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more I keep holding back that from the

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world that isn't ego speak that is

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actual what you are able to do you are

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put here to create stuff whatever that

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is you have to understand you yeah you

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the person listening to this are the

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only one in the world that can do the

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things that you do the way that you do

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it now if that doesn't make you realize

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that that's a pretty bold thing there is

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no one else on this world that can do

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exactly the way you do what you do the

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way you do it this is why you do

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it now what would happen if you could

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figure out a way to make that be

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something you do all the

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time like why let that stop you of

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course you are going to have failures

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don't let anybody ever tell you and

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don't fall for any of that crap that all

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these gurus sell online that all you got

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to do is connect X Y and Z and then

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magically your life becomes this thing

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that is not true don't fall for it I

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fell for it it is not true what happens

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is it's taking bold action all the time

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putting out enough stuff out there and

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telling people what you want not what

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you wish for this is what I want and

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this includes declaring it to yourself

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too it declares getting out of your own

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damn way because for so long what you'll

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do is you'll say what you

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want and then inside you go like yeah

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but I don't I don't deserve that that's

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not for

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me so it's like why take the Bold action

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when you just completely get rid of the

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whole thing instead what we take is bold

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action and say like okay you know what

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I'm gonna take the chance today I'm G to

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tell the world what I want and then I'm

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going to get out of the damn

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way now that doesn't mean it magically

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just floats in and all that stff like

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that because I'm telling you right now

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because I've experienced it myself you

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are going to feel like an impostor like

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you're are lying to yourself you're

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going to feel that there is no way that

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just declaring what I want to the world

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will actually work then guess what

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happens one day it does and everything

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that you think that you got right and

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denying all this stuff comes crumbling

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down and you realize that you've been

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lying to yourself the whole time you'll

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kick yourself in the ass going like why

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did I wait so long to allow myself to be

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great you just got to trust me in this

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I'm telling you where I'm sitting right

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now this is exactly what I've

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experienced and why the passion is

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coming through is because I am in that

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position of why did I wait so long

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and I needed to kick myself in the ass

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and I figured it out and I started

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writing about it I started telling

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myself and then what magically started

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happening people started showing up

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people that I didn't even realize were

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paying attention to the stuff started

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connecting me with other people and

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stuff stuff started happening and I'm

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going like whoa what's going on I don't

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know what and then I reminded myself oh

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yeah I took bold action I focused on

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what I wanted not what I didn't want and

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I was brave enough to tell people those

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things and the the beauty of it is is

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that it's not

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external that's that's the awesome part

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of it is I think we think that if I just

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create that one thing that I can sell a

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bazillion widgets to all those things or

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you know whatever it could be it's all

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internal the world you want to create is

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created

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inside so the big Brave bold action

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you're taking is how to create the world

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inside of you to see it come into

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manifest in the outside

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world and it works

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100% you know when you declare to people

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what you want it's amazing how many

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things show up to let you know you're on

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the right path and they'll come in and

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they will kick your knees out and it'll

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shock you and and it'll leave you

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speechless to where you can't explain

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how but it all all comes from you taking

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that first step towards bold action I'll

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tell you a quick story about myself when

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I was

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diagnosed i' never believed that I was

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going to be dead in seven months no

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matter what any doctor told me I would

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always tell them the exact opposite

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that's bull that's when you're

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telling a doctor that does this for a

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living that you're they're wrong when I

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don't know anything about this that's

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bold action then I did everything I

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could to make that reality I meditated I

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pictured myself I I in my mind would

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visualize these little things coming in

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and taking the stuff out of my brain

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when I'd get radiation I would imagine

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when I took my chemo pills thank you for

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allowing me this healing to happen and

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I'm going to let this part of me go and

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I would just tell myself internally this

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story and then I'm waiting for some sort

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of external validation in it and instead

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what I start to do is I let go of the

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expectation of that coming because when

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I was looking for it everywhere and I

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wasn't seeing it I thought I was doing

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something wrong

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instead I stuck to my guns I'm going to

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continue to tell everybody that I run

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across that I that they got it wrong

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with me and I'm going to continue to

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move in that

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direction and then magically stuff

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starts happening like Foo Fighters walk

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is f fighter song Walk is my go-to song

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for everything whenever I'm having a bad

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thing the the words in it it just it's

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you guys know what I'm talking about

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when you have something that just speaks

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deep to your heart that's that's what

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this song is for me

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in the last day of treatment um my wife

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has taking me to treatment and as we

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pull into the cancer

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center literally as soon as she takes

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the ticket out of the

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thing apple is on random thing on my in

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our car and Foo Fighter walk

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play now I'm like tripped out right

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because it's really it's a very

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emotional

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day

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and I asked her the obvious question

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like did you do that which of course she

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was like why would I ever do that to

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you

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and I realized in that moment this this

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was the universe or whatever telling me

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that I'm on the right

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track that I was done with this

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portion and of course as you could

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probably imagine like uh actually I'm

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surprised I got through telling that

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story without breaking down right now

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but I was just an emotional ball and

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then when I walked in two nurses that I

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had been saying hi to every day when I

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walked by them cards for me because they

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found me on social media to let me know

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that they were wishing me the

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best again I didn't have anything to do

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with that other than telling bold action

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letting people know what I would

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do and then I meet with my doctor my

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doctor tells me about how sad the nurses

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are that I'm not going to be part of

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coming in here anymore but they never

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want to see me again all these things

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are showing up when you start to realize

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that all I did was stick true to who I

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was I was brave enough to tell everybody

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what I wanted to do and then I took bold

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action towards it I would not be

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denied no I don't want anybody out there

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to have to go through the stuff that I

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went through to to understand this but I

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am telling you that everything that

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you're trying to do can come to life for

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you by taking that action towards it

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don't worry about the outcome don't

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worry if it's good or if it's bad or any

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of that stuff just keep taking action

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towards it and what you'll find is that

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people will know notice and those people

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that notice will come in and they will

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jar your

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world and they will shake everything

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that makes you go like maybe there's

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something to that and out of that comes

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bravery and that bravery will continue

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to get you to step day in day out a

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little bit in each the direction of that

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until what you realize is that before

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you know it you're sitting here and

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everything that you said would happen

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has happened and then guess what that

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brings it brings more boldness because

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your confidence starts to build up

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and then you start to build a different

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world but then the good part is is that

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you're not starting out without the

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knowledge of knowing how to do it

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anymore because you've done it once

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before and your confidence builds up so

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it goes back to what we talk about what

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hope stands for being hyper aware what

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am I thinking what am I doing what am I

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saying at this present moment that is

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helping me create what I want being

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openhearted enough loving yourself

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enough to do the tough stuff calling

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yourself out being willing to tell

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yourself that you're doing it wrong that

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you need to be more bold and then it's

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being persistent showing up every single

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day every day is a reset you get to

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reset and start over what you messed up

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yesterday you get a chance to rewi

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rewrite it today but the cool part is

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you get to rewrite it today knowing what

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you knew and what you learned from

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yesterday and apply it on how you

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actually get those and when those three

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things come together hyper awareness

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open-heartedness and persistence you're

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empowered and this is how you start to

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create your world you bring all those

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things together

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and it's like you're Voltron in this

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future that you have been looking

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for and you'll one day sit back and go

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like how in the heck did this happen how

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am I meeting these people how are these

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things coming to be and all you really

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come to realize is that all you're doing

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is just being

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you so you're far more powerful than you

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think you

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are and I just want to wrap this up by

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just telling you one thing that maybe

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you don't hear this enough and if that's

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the case uh I'm sorry but I just want to

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let you

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know that you're really

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amazing like life will kick you

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sometimes and it's gonna be

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tough

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and it'll take you by surprise

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too but through that process the

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greatest thing you'll ever find is

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yourself and I know you probably don't

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know

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me but I know that there's greatness

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inside of

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you I want I want to encourage you to

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explore it be bold enough to take the

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chance on

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yourself because the world is waiting

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for everything that's stuck between your

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ears to come forward and you are the

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only one that can create that now you

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going to deny us all that stuff or you

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going to help bring that to life so

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that's a challenge

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today let's see your greatness take a

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chance on yourself you're gonna be

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great so guys if any of this lands with

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you speaks to you in any sort of way

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maybe you just like the food Fighters

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you like that shout out forward it to

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Dave gr I'd love to talk to him sometime

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um just let him know how much that song

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means to me but really truly I want to

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help people I want to help people see

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the Hope in their life and I want to

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help them see what bold action can do

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what can bring to your life so if you

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get any value out of this please make

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sure you share this rate it pass it

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part of this community this movement

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that we're making to bring hope to

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everybody else and um above of all else

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I just hope that this helps power

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