Most people never get taught how to build a powerful mindset, so they go through life on default settings.

"When you make a wrong turn, the GPS doesn't judge you. It just reroutes you."

Today's episode gives you a simple framework for mistakes, wrong turns, and the courage to change direction.

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A 4:30 am Uber ride to the airport wasn't where I expected to learn something.

"Everyone needs a dose of inspiration."

That's what my driver Prince told me, and he was completely right.

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Mike Tomlin has a simple way of separating himself from everyone else who wants what he has.

"I don't seek comfort. I don't make excuses. I pour everything I got into what I do, and when the dust settles, it settles, and I keep moving toward action."

There are only three types of people in the world, and today's episode is about which one you're going to choose to be.

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I bribed my daughter and her friend with ice cream in exchange for one honest answer: what's your dream job when you get older?

The answers were incredible. Then came the pause. "But I'm not sure if I'll be good enough. So maybe not."

"What dream are you unwilling to abandon, in spite of not knowing the outcome?"

Somewhere along the way, we all learn to give up before we even try. Today's a good day to stop.

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Years ago, I was stuck in a critical mindset, scanning for what was wrong instead of what was working. A sales manager I worked with said something that stopped me cold.

"The amount of good things in your life is dependent on your ability to notice them."

The gaps and the gains are both there, every single day. Which one you find comes down to what you've trained yourself to look for.

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Summer has a way of building habits you didn't sign up for, sleeping in, staying up late, taking it easy. And whether those habits help you or hurt you depends on nothing more than repetition.

"The future you get is determined by the habits you demonstrate, not the goals you set."

Author Charles Duhigg calls it the habit loop, cue, routine, reward. And it's running in your life right now, whether you're steering it or not.

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The compass showed up more than a thousand years before the clock ever did. I don't know if that was intentional. But I love the symbolism anyway.

"The destination was the whole point. The timeline was whatever it turned out to be."

Wanting something now isn't the problem. Letting someone else's deadline decide your worth is.

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I went bowling with my brothers and my son recently, and somewhere between the strikes and the gutter balls, it hit me.

"The bowling ball doesn't change shape whether you get a strike or a gutter ball."

Neither do you. Compete like it matters, because it does, but stop letting the scoreboard tell you who you are.

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Six weeks ago, podcaster Ben Wilson got a diagnosis that flipped his life upside down in an instant. Stage four cancer, spread into his lungs, spine, and brain. He's never smoked or had a drink in his life.

"Most of us assume we'll get a warning before life flips upside down. None of us are actually promised one."

Instead of anger, Ben is choosing to write, to hope, and to be great in real time.

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Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald dropped a one-liner during Hard Knocks that's stuck with me all week.

"Training camp is simple: how good can we get at what we do?"

Take out "training camp," put yourself in instead, and it becomes the only question that matters today.

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