EP186 - Tentative Efforts = Tentative Outcomes

WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:17.160 Good Day, my friend. Welcome to a moment with modes. Thank you 2 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:23.719 so much for downloading the show. I am so happy that we are here 3 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:31.800 at the beginning of another week. Epictitis is in the House, and epictitis 4 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:40.600 tells US tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to 5 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:47.479 your endeavors, decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determined to pay 6 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:56.359 the price of a worthy goal. My friend, I feel like I have 7 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:04.159 lived this quote myself, at least the first line. Tentative efforts lead to 8 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:11.760 tentative outcomes. When I look back in my childhood, I grew up in 9 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:18.000 a paycheck to paycheck foundily, neither one of my parents graduated high school. 10 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:23.359 I don't think my dad even went to high school, and I can remember 11 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:32.239 the worry that happened in our house whenever the word strike came into our existence. 12 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:38.959 Every couple of years. There was always a lot of anxiety about dad 13 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:48.599 going out on strike. I can see now how this affected my acting career. 14 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:55.799 I was never able to fully commit to it. I have always lived 15 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:01.799 in fear of not knowing when my next pay day is. When you live 16 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:12.199 paycheck to paycheck. Missing one or, Heaven Forbid, two can really put 17 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:19.199 you in a mind. I even had some success in my acting career. 18 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:24.599 I landed a couple of commercials, the best one of Ford Mustang Commercial, 19 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:31.960 and that ended up paying me about twenty five thousand dollars. But I didn't 20 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:39.240 know how to handle twenty five thousand dollars and too soon it was gone, 21 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:47.599 and eventually I gave up that dream for a steady paycheck. Even now, 22 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:54.560 this affects me, which is why I gave myself a year to leave the 23 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:01.120 factory, and there's a hundred and twenty seven days left of that, by 24 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:08.919 the way. This time, though, is different. This time I have 25 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:16.960 more than a dream. This time I have a plan and on that plan 26 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:24.840 I have measurable goals to reach, and this time I'm not doing it alone. 27 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:29.400 I have a team around me, I have a mentor, I have 28 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:36.479 teachers that believe in me. My friend, if we don't fully commit to 29 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:40.520 our dreams, we never learn all the things that we need to know. 30 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:47.680 We never acquire and hone the skills we need to master in order to reach 31 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:54.319 our goals. It doesn't matter whether you're starting a business, writing a book 32 00:03:54.439 --> 00:04:00.319 or a song, whether you have a plan to get healthier or becoming a 33 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:09.400 guitar teacher, we need to commit fully to our dreams and commit fully to 34 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:14.680 the work that it's going to take to achieve them. When we do, 35 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:20.959 our Muse will know that we're ready for the gifts that she has been waiting 36 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:28.360 to give us. It's up to us to get to that place where we 37 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:35.600 can receive those let's get to step in my brind carpe momentum. I'll talk 38 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:45.360 to you tomorrow.