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Now have you ever wondered what it means to be the best in the world?
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Now I'm sure this is a question that most of us have asked ourselves before.
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You know, maybe you're not sure what it means to be the best, how to get to be the best,
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and all the steps in between and how to get there.
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Well, you know, ask no longer because today I'm going to answer that for you with a little
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help from an anime whose essentially its whole premise is based on the question of being
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the best.
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And that anime is called Blue Lock.
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What's going on guys?
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My name is Nate, your host, and you're listening to the Otaku Liberation.
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This is a show where we help you break free from the chains that are holding you back
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in your life by connecting some biblical principles with themes from your favorite anime.
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Now again, right now this is going to be my little spoiler warning for all my anime only
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listeners out there that I will be covering just a little bit of stuff from the manga.
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Not too much, don't worry.
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But again, I make sure I put the spoiler out there just so everyone's aware.
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Alright, so let's get into it.
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So Blue Lock.
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What is Blue Lock?
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Well, Blue Lock is a series, and again, kind of disclaimer here, I'm going to butcher all
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of these names so please, please forgive me.
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But Blue Lock is a series written by Munoyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura.
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And essentially, the long and the short of it is, the series is about this guy named
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Ego Jimpachi who's over at Blue Lock.
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He's the one who created the facility and basically the storyline.
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He wants to create the best egotistical striker in the world to play for Japan's national
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team.
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And I set the stage at the context of it, this is right after the 2018 World Cup, and
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Ego wants to fix the problem with Japanese soccer, you know, whether it's just holding
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them back and preventing them from winning the World Cup essentially.
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Because at this point in time, Japan has yet to win a World Cup and he believes that having
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specifically an egotistical striker, one who wants to score goals at no matter what the
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cost, no matter what, and basically, unless the team's not winning through their goals
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then they don't want to play type thing.
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And it's an interesting concept, I mean that's what drew me to the anime in the first place,
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it's a very interesting concept.
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So once I started watching it and eventually read the manga, I really love how it breaks
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down the concept of A, what does it mean to be the best?
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And B, how do you get there?
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What is it that you bring, basically what do you bring to become the best, to be the
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best?
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And again, it kind of parallels to, from a biblical standpoint, from God, it's like,
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okay, how do we live up to God's expectation for us?
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How do we live up to the vision that he envisioned when he made us, right?
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How do we live up to, essentially solve the problem that he created us for?
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And when I was doing my study for this episode, I really, it honestly kind of scared how a
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lot of these kind of parallel.
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So for this episode, I got three points that I kind of want to go over and it goes in sequence.
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So the first point I'm going to go over is discovery.
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And what I mean by that is discovering your weapon, discovering your gift, your talent.
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And I say weapon because that's how ego refers to the blue lockers, the players, to their,
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what it helps them score essentially.
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And that's what their weapon is.
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And within the anime, there's all various characters, all very different, and there's
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also very, very different type of weapons.
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And we got one guy who's an instinctual dribbler.
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He doesn't really come up with any fancy footwork that gets calculated.
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Just whatever his heart feels in the moment is what he does.
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You got one guy whose spatial awareness is on point where he can essentially see the
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whole field almost as if he's standing above it.
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And you got another guy whose first touch is immaculate.
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If the ball is coming to him, he can take it down in any, which way possible and very
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unpredictable and just more and others like that.
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But essentially what ego wants the blue lockers to do is to discover their weapon.
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What is it that makes them special, makes them unique and what helps them to score goals.
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And that really spoke to me because again, it's the same thing with them, with the guy,
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because we all have different gifts and talents that we were blessed with.
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They were put in us for a particular work, particular goal in mind.
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And even though that's within us since birth, it's up to us to pursue and discover it.
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And I think that's, I know that's something that people may not really understand all
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the time.
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It's okay.
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If God put this in me, then I should just know what it is, right?
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Yes and no.
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When you first start to really reflect and just start doing self work, you'll know.
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I'm sure right now you're thinking about something like, okay, and I know I'm pretty good at
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this and pretty good at that.
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I can do things.
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And that's another thing.
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Just because you're good at something doesn't necessarily mean it's your gift.
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And just because it's your gift, that means that's the only thing you can be good at.
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And I think, again, this is just kind of me personally, at least in my life, that you
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will know what your gift, what your talent is, because there will be a peace that comes
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with it.
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It'll, no matter what, it won't feel like work.
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It'll feel like purpose, right?
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And what I mean by that is, I'll use myself for example, in terms of what it feels like
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to do work.
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And I do IT stuff on, you know, from my day job and on the side sometimes.
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And I'm good at it, but I've had to work at it as well.
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And there's been ups and downs and some joys and a lot of headaches that come with it.
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And I don't know if that's really my gift per se, but I know that's something I'm good
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at because I've worked hard to improve it.
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Whereas I feel like your gift would be something that just comes naturally to you.
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It comes naturally and it doesn't feel, it feels, I'm not going to say effortless, but
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I can't think of a better word for it, but it just, it feels like, it's almost like a
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flowing river, right?
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You're not going against the current, trying to get better at it.
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You just kind of, it kind of goes, it comes to you naturally and you just build on that.
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You build on that momentum.
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And essentially that's what it is, what it means to discover your weapon, your gift is
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to really, honestly play around with it.
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Play around with the different things, different interests that pop up for you.
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You know, if you want to learn to play an instrument, go play an instrument.
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You're going to learn how to cook, right?
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Or a particular workout, particular sport, try comedy and whatever it is that piques
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your interest that you think, okay, this may be it.
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Go out and do it.
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Because if you don't, you won't ever know if that, if that was the thing that God put
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you on this earth for, that was the thing he put in your spirit.
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If you're too afraid to even try it, right?
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So discovery is, can be the most nerve wracking and it can also be the most fun.
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Yeah, you can discover a lot about yourself and you can really discover what isn't your
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gift, right?
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I know for a fact, my gift is not sinking whatsoever.
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I can't carry a tune at all and I'm not going to try to.
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And no, I'm not going to do it on this episode either or any episode.
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So don't even ask.
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But if I never wanted to even explore that option, I would have never known.
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And the worst regret that people have isn't that they failed at something.
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It's typically because they never tried.
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And I just want to encourage everyone out there today just to try, see what sticks and
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what doesn't and just have fun with it because it's not nothing in the world.
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And the way Eagle describes it to the Blue Lockers is to have to turn zero into one.
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How do you go from the very beginning and to turn it into something, into a goal here
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in the literal sense, but in the sense of our gifts and talents, how to turn it into
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a goal, something that we can strive for.
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So I mean, so that's the first point is discovery, discovering your weapon, your gift, your talent,
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whatever you want to call it, and really finding out what it is.
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And so that's first step.
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The next step is we got put down as evolving or evolution, essentially evolving your weapon
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or you want to put another terms refining your gifts and talents.
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And essentially is that, OK, so let's say you found out what your gift is or you have
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an idea of what it is and now what?
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So now we had to go through the refinement process and really, really trimming out the
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fat and really putting it through its paces to see how far can you take this thing.
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And again, if it's from God, it's going to go way beyond what you think it will.
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But essentially is like, OK, so I had this thing.
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So let's say, OK, let's go back to the singing example.
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So let's say for for argument sake, singing was my is my gift.
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I know the first fat is my gift.
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That's what God put on me.
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So what do I do now?
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How do I refine this?
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OK, that may be, you know, going to a vocal coach or a couple of vocal coaches, right,
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to teach you how to really control your voice and the muscles like in your windpipe and
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things like that.
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Again, I'm just kind of spitballing here.
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I don't think I'm not a singer, so I'm not sure.
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If you are, feel free to correct me and tell me what the actual process is.
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But you know, if you guys you guys may get the idea right or say, let's say you say you
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have a naturally athletic body, right?
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You pick up on things really, really fast in terms of anything physical, whether it's
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playing soccer, playing football, baseball, just working out gymnastics, martial arts.
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Let's say you pick up on things really quick and the refinement could be just doing the
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practices, doing the drills and things and really focusing in on that aspect on.
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OK, so, you know, say I've learned this new drill, this new pass here.
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Let me keep practicing, keep drilling, keep going over and over and over again with the
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repetition.
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And each time you do it, you're going to get better and better and better and better at
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it.
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And in regards to the Blue Lock and how they go about it, ego stresses them to do just
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that, find their what he calls their formulas.
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And the formulas are key part to being successful in terms of being a striker for them, because
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it takes their gifts and it takes the takes their gifts that they discover and takes how
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they apply it to turn it from zero to one.
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And now they have to replicate it.
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Now they had to be able to do it over and over and over again, because the first time
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is a miracle.
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And everything after that is actual skill.
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And that's me getting the same thing is just really taking that gift and putting it through
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his paces, finding out your formula, finding out what works for you and for what's out
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for you specifically.
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Because again, a lot of people that can have similar gifts and there may be similar gifts
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and talents.
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But the truth is how you apply them is very, is very different and unique to you.
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And it can be different for somebody else.
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So it's up to you to again, continue that self work, continue that discovery, but also
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figure out, okay, how can I hone this?
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How can I get better at it?
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How can I make it my own essentially?
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And I'd say I can't explain useful.
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One of the characters, he, he, the main character, Yoichi Sagi, he, again, his gift of spatial
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awareness, right?
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So he can see the field and the position of the players and kind of almost predict how
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plays are gonna, are plays are gonna happen, right?
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And so he used that to position himself in opportune spots where he figured the ball
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was gonna go.
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So that way he can get it and potentially score, right?
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So I mean, that's what, that's his gift.
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The second thing he had to add to it was his direct shot, which is how he shoots the ball
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on goal, right?
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And his direction is basically if a pass or a ball is in his vicinity, he doesn't try
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to take it down into recent or anything like that.
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He just, he just shoots as accurate as he possibly can get.
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And so that's two pieces of his formula, right?
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It's his spatial awareness slash positioning and then his direct shot.
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So combining those two things allowed him to create goals repeatedly.
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And again, that's the whole thing of evolving your weapon to the point where you can use
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it subconsciously repeatedly and just refine it with little minor tweaks and things like
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that over and over and over again.
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And I mean, yeah, it's pretty much in it.
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Is it going to be hard?
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Yes.
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Because anything worth having is going to require hard work, right?
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Especially when you're trying to get to the point where you want to be the best of the
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best of whatever it is that you decided to do and to really take it to that next level,
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it's going to be hard.
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It's going to be hard and hard work, but the fulfillment you're going to have during the
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hard work and especially after is nothing to laugh at because at that point you really
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do feel fulfilled.
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And honestly, I think it's something that we all strive for, whether we know it or not,
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it's just to be fulfilled in our lives.
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So yeah, so again, the first thing was discovery, discovering your gift, your talent, your weapon
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as Bluedock puts it.
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Second thing is evolving that weapon, gift or talent.
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The third thing I want to go over is using that weapon, gift or talent and really how
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to use it for yourself and for others.
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And I really want to kind of harp on that piece a little bit because in Bluedock, well,
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yeah, Bluedock really puts the idea of soccer on its head because as most of us know, soccer
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is a team sport.
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You know, 11 guys on the pitch, 11, the biggest 11 and it's all for the common goal of literally
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scoring goals and to beat the opposition, right?
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So you got different positions, different players are good at different things and they
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work together in order to, you know, to win.
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And Bluedock, it's no, none of that.
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You're there to score goals and that's it.
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You don't care about what no one else is doing.
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Your job is to score goals and all you care about because that's the mindset that they
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have to have in there.
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It's a doggy dog type of world.
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And in doing that, they, funny enough, funny enough, in doing that, by only focusing on
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themselves, they inadvertently help the other guys by winning, right?
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Because in this, in the series, you know, losers are kicked out of Bluedock and then
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they're pretty much their future prospects to soccer are destroyed more or less.
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You know, again, without going into too much detail about the story and things like that,
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essentially what happens.
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So losing is a very real thing for them.
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So that's why they strive to win.
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And some people sacrifice, they do sacrifice their pride in order to support others because
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again, it doesn't matter if you score all the goals in the world, if your team loses.
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So but in doing that, that doesn't mean you can't neglect yourself and your own weapons
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and talents in order to just boost up somebody else.
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So that's where you got to find that balance to be able to use your gift and your talent
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for yourself, for yourself and your fulfillment and peace and then to pursue the, essentially
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the path that God put out for you.
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But you also had to figure out how to use it for others because we ask what the Lord
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will does.
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He wants us, he doesn't, everything that he gives us isn't just for us, right?
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And I mean, I know that's, it's a novel concept to really think about, but every day that
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he blesses us with isn't necessarily for us.
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It may be just be there for us to hold and to give to somebody else who may need it further
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down the line.
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And the same thing for our gifts and talents.
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I mean, yes, it's going to benefit us because it's ours.
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I mean, we're stewarding over from him and he wants us to use it and to prosper and to
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be successful with it.
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But at the same time, he wants us to reach out to others, to reach out and is, you know,
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to be a blessing in however that may look like, right?
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And not just that, but also to work together, you know, to work together for, you know,
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a greater purpose, for something that's beyond yourself.
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And I think that's where the real peace aspect comes from is when you're working with something
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beyond yourself as you were at peace.
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And I'm sure parents understand that a hundred percent, right?
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Because before when you're first of all, obviously when you're single, whatever, it's pretty
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much just you trying to figure out, make your own way.
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Then you may get together to get married and it's okay.
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Now it's me and this other person and we got to figure out how to make this dynamic work.
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And then you add kids in the mix.
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So now we got to make sure that me as an individual is good.
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Me with my spouse is good and how we, how we work together.
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And now we got kids in the mix and make sure, okay, like myself, my spouse, and then, and
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my kids as well.
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And of course, above all, it makes your relationship with God is right.
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God is the foundational piece for all of this, right?
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So keep that in mind.
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But you see how we start adding more people gets a little more complicated.
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That's why it's important that, you know, in my mind that you, that you are right.
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You're right with the Lord.
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You're right in your purpose and, and you're confident in your, in your, just, just, just
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in yourself, right?
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To make sure you know who you are in him.
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That way you can stay true to yourself no matter who else is involved in your life.
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And it's easy, very, very, very easy to get lost in that.
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Because if you have a, if you have a big heart, a bleeding heart, you know, if you really
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care about other people, you sometimes may put their needs above your own to a detriment.
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I mean, you're, you're given and given and given and given, but no one's giving back
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into you, right?
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So it's important to find that, find that type of balance in all aspects of your life.
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Make sure you make sure you're good first.
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And then, then, then you can pour out into many people as you want.
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Cause the way I like to think about it is the, the, like if you're on an airplane, right?
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When they're explaining to you how to put on the oxygen mask in the case of emergency,
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they'll drop down and you got to, they always tell you to put your mask on first before
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you help somebody else.
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And the reason is you, you passing out trying to help somebody else before you finish helping
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them, is it going to help either one of you, right?
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So make sure your mask is on first.
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Make sure you got good air coming in into your lungs so you can help other people.
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And I know for me, that was, that was a lesson I had to learn, you know, honestly, relatively
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recently is just to make sure that you're okay first.
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Not necessarily be selfish or self-centered, but you have to be okay before you can truly
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help somebody else to the best of your ability.
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And just saying that, kind of going back to your talents and your gifts, you know, hone
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it, learn from it and learn more about yourself while you're practicing with these things.
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And like I said, just have fun with it.
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Figure out what you can do with this gift and then how you can apply it to your own
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life and to other people's lives and how you can work together with other people in order
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to make something even greater, right?
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And honestly, the scripture that kind of ties all of this together, it was a couple of scriptures,
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but kind of say the same thing is in, you know, first Corinthians chapter 12 verses
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four through seven.
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And this is in regards to the spiritual gifts that God's given us.
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Again, this is in the CSB version, the Christian Bible version, because I don't speak the
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yield English.
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That's just not my style.
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But in the first four, it says, now there are different gifts, but the same spirit.
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There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
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And there are different activities, but the same guy produces each gift in each person.
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A manifestation of the spirit is given to each person for the common good.
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So again, it says really just reiterating that we are all blessed with different gifts
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from from the same guy, from the same spirit.
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And these gifts may look nothing alike, but they all have a common goal within the common
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good for the kingdom and reaching out and just really doing what you can to help help
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the next person.
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Right.
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And again, that's really, really what it's all about.
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It's kind of ironic that I've chosen to use Blue Lock as this example, because the whole
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premise of the show is me, me, me.
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I'm the best.
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I'm the king of the world.
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It's either me or nothing else.
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But if you think about it, even if they have that mindset, they can't help but help somebody
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else because without without somebody else helping them, then they're liable to lose
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everything themselves.
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So even even the most selfish, the most self-centered person can inadvertently be a blessing to
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help help somebody else.
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And I don't know.
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I don't know if it's just me.
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I just think that's kind of funny to think about.
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But but yeah.
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So again, just kind of recap is, you know, discover your weapon, your talent, gift, whatever
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you want to call it.
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Really spend some time exploring different things that you may be interested in.
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Second is evolve it or refine it.
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Really trim the fat and really get to know it intimately and see what works for you and
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how you can improve on it.
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And you ask God, ask the Holy Spirit to guide you because it came from him.
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So who better else who better has to know what to do with it than him.
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Right.
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So that's how how basically how you can use it to the best of your ability and to maximize
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its potential.
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And then thirdly is is to actually use it right.
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Use it.
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Figure out how you can use it to betterment the path that he set you on and then figure
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out how you can combine it with others in order to get to the ultimate goal that he
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set out.
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We just come together for the good, the good of everybody, essentially.
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So yeah, again, I just want to thank you guys for tuning in to today's episode.
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I pray that you got what you needed out of it and that you learn something new about
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yourself.
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And if you haven't, did you go back and learn something new about yourself?
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Right.
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Again, feel free to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review.
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I would love, love, love to read you guys review and comments because I'll take those
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to heart and honestly strive to improve each and every episode and get better and better
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at this.
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So that way I'm delivering the value that you guys, you know, that you guys need out
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of it.
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And yeah, that's pretty much it.
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And I just want you guys to always remember you are the main character of your story and
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that story doesn't end till he says so.
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All right.
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See you next time guys.
