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Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction. We say yes to creativity because

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we're that unplugged in our lives, totally uncut because we

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make mistakes. So turn it into a tool. This is

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arrow unplugged. If somebody were to come up to you

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and say, what do you envision yourself as I mean,

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bosses do it all the time. Who are you? What

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are you? What are your goals? Give me your five

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to ten year plan. Who are you in that vision

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that you have painted on the inside of your core?

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Who are you? The toughest part about that is trying

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to live out what we do in vision. The personal

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expectations aren't being met by determination, and what do we do?

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We blame it. We blame it on big businesses for

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torturing our ambitions. Yet we've given up on so many

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personal visions. It's become too easy to fit in. You

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know what I'm talking about here, We just want to

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fit in. I'm going to work here for a moment

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to level things out just a bit, and when the

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time is right, I'm going to reach for a greater

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level of productivity. The race to the Top features the

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footwork of not the best in the business, but rather

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those who have said, I'm going to sacrifice my soul.

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I don't care how many hours I put in. Yeah,

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I'm going to get to the top because when I'm

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up there, I won't have as much work to do

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because everybody else will be doing it for me. We've

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been there, We live it every single day. Those who

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can take time and do things with it that others say, ah,

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it's too painful. The thought of working in those hours

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and on those schedules is something that many of us

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have set aside. A very successful company is always looking

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for newer ways to cut back. It doesn't matter how

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challenged those on board are. Less always means more when

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trying to live out what we envision. Our ambitions are

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stuffed into a box. It's easier to just fit in.

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No such thing as a nine to five job anymore.

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We work whatever they're willing to give or whatever they're

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willing to expand, and no matter what, if somebody doesn't

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show up, you're putting in the time. It doesn't matter

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what your personal life is, You're putting in the time. Hey,

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it's harrow. This is the daily Mess, a chronological walk

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through an everyday world. I am a daily writer. It's

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not a negative thought here. It's about awareness, It's about saying, yeah,

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that's what I do. I just fit in. And why

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do I just fit in? Because I don't want the

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stress that they've got. I can't. And yet your leadership

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qualities are sitting right there where you're fitting in. Decisions

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that need to be made are right there where you

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decided to fit in when they could be up here.

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But it's the way that people are treated and the

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expectations from those above them that keeps you from saying, Okay, no,

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I'm not going to do it. I'm okay, I'm just

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going to fit in. This is the daily mess. I

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try to come to these pages holding on to something

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negative because I believe inside my soul that winning is

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a choice. And the sad part about that is is

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that negative is no different. Although the feeling might be present,

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it doesn't mean that it has to be lived out.

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It's not like a light switch where you can just

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turn it on turn it off. H It doesn't work

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that way. Nor can you wish your negative energy away

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because it's weight, it's got a sound about it. The

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ambition is to identify what is negative, don't give it

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any fuel, even in weakness. It has that voice, but

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how loud will it play in your heart? I write

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every morning the very reason why I sit down the

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very second I get up, because I need to get

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into my head and heart and clear things out, not clean,

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but rather clear things out. I need to have a fresh,

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new beginning. I don't always wake up in a great mood,

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nor do I expect to. I have too through multiple

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moments of dark thoughts, knowing that being open with reality

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will always win over assumption, and things that will change

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will be met with a stronger soul. But here we are,

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with life moving so quickly that I guarantee whatever thoughts

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are going through your head right now, they will be

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long forgotten in one hour, maybe even two. Fitting in.

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We would love to find that one place where we

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can make the money, have the workplace success. But we've

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chosen to fit in. Oh I'm guilty of that. My

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radio career took a spin when I said, man, I'm

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tired of coming to work feeling like I'm going to

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get fired every day, because that's what it is. It's

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all about the ratings. And if you don't have the ratings,

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well you're not making money for the radio station. So

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I feared for twenty six years. Oh my god, oh

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my god, oh my god. Why last month it was

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we were number one. This month we're number five. Ha,

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How is that possible? And you fear, and you fear

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in your fear. So I got into the production room,

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creating commercials, doing imaging because I didn't want to have

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that stress anymore. So I decided to fit in. And now,

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several years later, now that I'm not in the industry

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of radio or terrestrial radio, it's a different story when

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it comes to podcasting. In my heart, it's still broadcasting.

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It's reaching you. But who I was in radio is

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not who I am today. And that's why I'm trying

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to share with you that fitting in can be comfortable

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or maybe a little bit of discomfort, but it's time

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to step through. You have learned things in your life

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and on your journey that needs to put things in place.

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You see how people are treated. You see how others

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are making their way to the top without making the stop,

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without getting the experience that is required in finding proper success.

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I love me some American Idol. America's got talent, the voice,

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I love it. I love it. But what musicians don't

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love about those shows. They haven't put in the guts

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and the pain to be on that stage. You got

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a beautiful voice, but you didn't put in the time.

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You understand where I'm coming from. Now you have put

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in the time, and we both fit in. Huh. And

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you wonder where your ambition is? You wonder where your

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drive is because if you give too much of your

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drive and too much of your voice, those above you

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are going to look down on you. They're not always

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inspired by your personal moments. Let's unlock the door from

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being a fitter inner, and let's find our place where

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we have a voice. I'm arrow, and that's the daily mess.