The Happy Hustle: 10 Alignments for a Blissful Life with Cary Jack
In this special episode of Saddle Up Live Lesa revisits an inspiring previous interview with CaryJack, known as the Happy Hustler. Cary, who has been featured on Entrepreneurs On Fire, shares his 10 alignments for achieving blissful balance in life, even during challenging times like a divorce. As Lesa and Cary Jack discuss selfless service, optimized health, unplugging digitally, loving relationships, mindful spirituality, abundance financially, personal development, passionate hobbies, impactful work, and nature connection, listeners are encouraged to rate themselves in each area and strive for continuous improvement. Cary also emphasizes the importance of focusing on one alignment at a time to avoid burnout. The episode is filled with valuable insights for anyone looking to navigate through tough times and find happiness. Connect with Cary through the Happy Hustle Podcast and his book, available for free for a limited time at thehappyhustlebook.com.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
00:43 Revisiting a Special Episode with Carrie Jack
02:08 Introducing Cary Jack and His Philosophy
04:01 The 10 Alignments for a Blissful Life
05:44 Selfless Service and Optimized Health
07:25 Unplugging Digitally and Loving Relationships
11:43 Mindful Spirituality and Financial Abundance
13:02 Personal Development and Passionate Hobbies
14:16 Impactful Work and Nature Connection
20:48 Final Thoughts and Connecting with Cary Jack
Transcript
Welcome to this week's Saddle Up Live.
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:I am excited to have you here.
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:This is a special episode.
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:It, I was going through like past
episodes that I had done and I, I forgot
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:all about this one and sometimes if
I've done an episode in the past on
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:doing divorce different, that would
really align nicely with Settle Up Live.
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:I like to.
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:Pull it up and, and, uh.
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:Take it out of the archives and I'm
putting it forward in Saddle Up Live
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:because it's so telling how it is
really all about what I talk about now.
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:I was so fortunate way back in
the beginning of doing divorce
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:different, I was able to get this
young man, his name is Carrie Jack.
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:He's known as the Happy Hustler.
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:He was on Entrepreneurs On.
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:Fire podcast and just like a really
well-known fella and he chose to come
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:on my podcast, which was so lovely.
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:Um, it touches a little bit
on some divorce issues, but
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:it's so interesting to me.
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:To see where I've grown and what
I've learned, especially since going
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:through something else really hard,
like a little diagnosis that I had.
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:So I think this information is really
something that's great for people
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:going through any hard time divorce or
anything, and just, he talks about living
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:a happy life and it was very eye-opening.
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:For me, and please excuse the audio.
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:Obviously I was not, um,
at my top at that time.
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:His sounds great because he's a pro.
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:Um, but my voice could get a little
echoey and weird sometimes, but I
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:think the content is so good that
I'm gonna put it out there anyway,
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:and I hope you enjoy it as much as
I enjoyed taping it and listening to
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:it again, take good care, listen up.
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:Speaker: Welcome listeners.
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:I am so thankful for today's guest.
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:You know, I help people through divorce
and I reached out to Carry Jack.
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:I always think of you
as the happy hustler.
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:I heard this amazing young man on
entrepreneurs on Fire, and Carrie
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:Jack, you were talking about.
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:The 10 alignments and how
to find blissful balance.
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:And I am always wanting to add value to my
clients going through divorce and to help
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:them work together to help their kiddos.
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:Um, you know, and I know that's something
that was kind of a reason that you.
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:Decided to do this podcast because
you are kind of a big deal.
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:And so I appreciate, I
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:Speaker 2: don't know about that,
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:Speaker: you are, I appreciate that
you are willing to add value to my
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:listeners' lives by sharing, the 10
alignments you have a book, you're
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:very successful Your podcast is.
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:Amazing.
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:we are just so thankful to have you here
today if we can jump right in to some
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:of the 10 alignments to help us find
balance even when some of my clients
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:aren't happy going through the divorce,
maybe we can get them in a better
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:balanced area and the future of happiness.
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:Speaker 2: Yeah.
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:First off, thank you for having me, Lisa.
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:I appreciate you and the invite.
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:And you know, I felt called to do your
show and I mentioned pre-chat just
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:because I did go through a gut wrenching
divorce myself as a, you know, an
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:early, teen slash, you know, I think I
was 10 actually, so probably pre-teen.
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:I just want to add value to those
going through something similar
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:because it really is a tough time.
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:And so if, my message can resonate
and even just help positively
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:impact just one listener, I would
consider it time well spent.
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:So yeah, the 10 alignments are basically,
my framework for happy hustling, a
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:blissfully balanced life that you love.
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:And I was out of balance
as an entrepreneur.
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:I was hustling but not happy.
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:I had a real burnout moment in New York
City when I was really grinding my face
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:off, working a hundred plus hour weeks,
getting less than five hours of sleep.
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:I was, soliciting a seven figure
VC funding deal for my tech
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:startup with my brother and
business partner and best friend.
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:we ended up in partnerships with
Microsoft and IBM and had this really
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:great opportunity to scale our business.
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:And I just got to the, the
table when it came time to sign
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:in the deals and, you know.
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:I couldn't take the money.
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:we said no to the funding.
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:We folded the company.
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:I moved to Bangkok, Thailand to
figure out a better way to work
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:and live, you know, 'cause I was
just so unfulfilled, so burned out.
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:And that's where the
Happy Hustle was born.
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:And that's where the 10 alignments
started to take shape Really now it's
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:morphed into this framework that initially
just scratched my own itch, you know?
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:Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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:Speaker 2: Just of being burnout myself.
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:And now the 10 alignments and, and this
soul mapping acronym has helped thousands
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:of other happy hustlers just create
that blissful balance in their life.
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:Speaker: I love that, and
I am, I can't help it.
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:This is so important to me.
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:And I felt like before I heard you,
I was balanced and I found myself
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:listening and taking notes and going,
oh, I'm kind of missing it on this note.
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:So I love, I actually
have 'em written down.
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:I love the soul map.
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:Oh, awesome.
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:Yeah, I can't wait.
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:Speaker 2: That's amazing.
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:Speaker: And I think the first one is
the S, which is the selfless service.
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:Speaker 2: Yeah.
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:What I would urge all of your
listeners, and you know, I think.
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:Podcasts are great, but when you are
an active participant is when you
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:really get the most out of podcasts.
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:And I would urge all your listeners
to go through and quantify where you
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:rank in each of these 10 alignments.
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:five would be your crushing it.
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:it's an A in terms of the grading scale,
you know, and then one would be an f.
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:Meaning you're failing.
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:you need to prioritize change accordingly.
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:So rank yourself, you know, one
through five in each of these
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:10 areas as we go through.
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:And the S stands for selfless
service, as Lisa mentioned.
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:the secret to living is giving.
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:So, identify right now where
you rank in this alignment.
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:Are you living for yourself and
just caught up in your own divorce
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:and, and caught up in your own?
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:Despair or are you starting to give
back to others and, and, you know,
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:thinking outside of yourself, you know,
rank yourself one to five in that area.
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:The O stands for Optimized Health.
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:You know, you have to have your
health both physically and mentally
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:and emotionally optimized in order to
happy hustle in any area and to get
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:through these tough times in your life.
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:You know, this is one of those things
where if you don't have your health dialed
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:in, everything else takes a back seat.
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:Especially now with Covid if you've
gotten sick from Covid, you know
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:how it just completely wrecks
your life and you're just, nothing
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:else matters, but getting healthy.
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:So.
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:Play good offense and start to
take care of yourself and rank
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:yourself right now, one to five
in this alignment, optimize help.
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:The U stands for unplugged digitally.
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:this is one of those, difficult,
alignments to really score
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:high end oftentimes because
we are so hyperconnected.
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:We are, watching movies and streaming
shows and on YouTube and then on social
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:media, and we're constantly connected.
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:But I really, truly believe
being disconnected is how you
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:can actually reconnect to your
true self and your true soul.
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:And, I'll just share something personal.
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:Right now I'm in a dopamine detox
where I'm doing no social media, no
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:movies, no YouTube, No streaming shows
or any of that for the whole week.
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:And I have had some of my most productive
days without those distractions.
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:So rank yourself in that
alignment unplugged digitally.
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:And then you have the
L loving relationships.
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:You know, we're talking about divorce
and we're talking about, you know,
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:getting back to loving relationships,
and this is an important one, obviously.
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:Depending on where you're at right
now, it might be a lower score.
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:But getting back to that five
in loving relationships is
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:really what life's all about.
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:Having that love, you know?
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:So that's the first, that's
the soul part at Lisa.
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:I'm curious if you're feeling
brave, you wanna share your,
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:your rankings and, and score?
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:Speaker: you know, and it's
interesting because when you
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:brought up selfless service.
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:What kind of hit me is
I'm a real good mama bear.
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:I take care of my family, I take
care of the things they're involved
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:in, but I don't think I look at the
bigger picture, and that's what I
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:noticed that's missing from my life.
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:So that is one thing I'm searching for,
starting to find a few of those things
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:because it's kind of selfish when I just.
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:You know, help those in my own little
hut and I wanna start reaching out.
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:So that was only a two on my score.
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:Mm.
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:Okay.
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:it was funny, optimizing health,
I thought, oh, I'm a four.
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:I'm pretty much a four.
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:I work pretty hard on that.
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:But then when you said
physical and emotional.
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:I went, oh, okay.
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:Maybe for physical, but
maybe not emotional.
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:So that's something I need to think of.
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:Mm-hmm.
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:I loved what you said about unplugging
digitally, because I do fasting,
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:like alternative day fasting, but
I'm pretty good about setting it
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:aside and being with my hubby mm-hmm.
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:Or my kids, or my grandson.
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:But I haven't done it for
that long of a period.
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:I haven't done it for a day.
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:'cause it's just such a part
of my work and my life, so.
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:Love that idea and would love to
experience what that feels like.
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:And then Carrie, Jack, this is what's
so different about me, is I have
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:So, yeah, and it's not all great.
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:It's impressive.
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:Speaker 2: I, none of them are, I mean,
every relationship has its adversity.
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:My fiance and I have our adversity
that we're working through
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:Speaker: but I'm gonna give myself
a five on that because, we really do
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:work together and it is hard work.
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:It's not easy, you know,
anything that's like this.
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:This is hard work to get yourself in a
better position, especially when you're
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:Speaker 3: mm-hmm.
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:Speaker: It was a little eye-opening to do
it again with you right here on the air.
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:Speaker 2: Yeah.
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:Well, and that's the thing guys, everyone
listening, just give yourself some grace.
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:You know, it's okay.
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:This is a baseline.
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:This is where you're at currently,
and I rank myself in these
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:10 alignments every Sunday.
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:So it's not a one and done type thing.
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:It's every single week.
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:I look at the week prior and I
look at, okay, where do I need to
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:prioritize change in the future?
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:And that's the, the difference, like
people talk about work-life balance as
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:this finite destination, and I truly
believe it's a never ending journey.
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:You know, it requires constant evaluation,
adjustments, tweaks, pivots, That's
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:why this framework, I think, has taken
off and people are really attaching
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:to it because it's a different way to
actually manifest this balance, but
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:not as this finite destination, but
as this constant work in progress.
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:Yeah.
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:So that's the sole part.
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:Now we're gonna dive into the mapping
part and again, you know, rank where
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:you're at in these, different alignments.
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:The M stands for mindful spirituality.
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:So this is, really important that you're
connecting to a higher power, that
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:you believe in something bigger than
yourself, that you're practicing, breath
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:work and meditation and gratitude daily.
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:I don't necessarily, you know, care
what God you believe in, but I just
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:care that you believe in something,
you know, and I just think it's
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:So that is a, a big, you know.
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:Alignment that I, I see a lot of
people, lacking in o oftentimes,
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:you know, some people are either all
in and, or some people are all out.
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:There's like, sometimes
there's very little in between.
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:So rank where you're at
one to five in that one.
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:the A stands for abundance financially.
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:Right.
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:It's gonna be difficult to happy hustle.
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:Your dream reality if you're
living paycheck to paycheck.
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:but we do need to focus on how you can
create a system that works for you,
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:that you can save, invest, and spend
wisely that is automated And you know,
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:this is one of those alignments that.
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:It seems like it's more important than
the others, but it's really, truly not.
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:It's just another piece to your puzzle,
but it is an important piece nonetheless.
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:So rank where you're at in
terms of abundance financially.
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:The first P is.
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:personal development.
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:I noticed that in the book.
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:Personal development is
the first p in the book.
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:I'll stick with the book, chapter
order, but personal development is,
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:you know, how often are you actually
reading and listening and, you
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:know, watching visually stimulating
and auditorily stimulating, like
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:educational and inspirational content.
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:You know, because you're
either growing and evolving.
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:And those are literally the two options
when it comes to personal development.
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:So rank where you're at in that one.
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:The second P is passionate hobbies.
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:So this is, you know, are you actually
doing fun things for yourself and
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:getting out and filling your own cup.
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:And especially in tough times,
this is a very imperative alignment
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:that, again, I see most high
performers lacking in because they.
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:take care of other people and they're
worried about their business and
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:they're worried about, their kids.
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:And this is one of those where
you have to fill your own cup.
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:You have to, you know, go
do things that you enjoy.
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:I love snowboarding in the wintertime
out here and horseback riding in Montana
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:and fly fishing, and I practicing my
martial arts and playing soccer and, you
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:Okay.
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:And it's important that you do something
that you enjoy regularly as well.
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:So rank where you're at in that one
impactful work is okay, are you actually
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:getting up every day doing something
that you enjoy, that you feel fulfilled
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:doing, that you are infusing your
passion, you know, which is that I.
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:Inward facing calling with your purpose,
which is that outward serving mission.
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:Right?
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:And then ultimately, are you making
a positive impact in the process?
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:Right.
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:And I find a lot of people are
sacrificing their soul for their, for
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:their career, for their paycheck, In
order to truly happy hustle, this is one
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:of those alignments where you have to
really kind of rethink is what you're
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:doing for work right now, actually,
filling the void and creating impact
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:And that nature connection is, are
you getting outside and, tapping into
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:this beautiful planet and getting
away from the, toxic blue light
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:And, 96% of time is spent indoors
for the majority of individuals.
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you have to just get outside
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:We're we're primal being, and oh, by
the way, you gotta protect it in the
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are decimating our natural resources
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by voting with our dollar every day.
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:Eco company called Eco Breakthroughs,
that's fighting the plastic
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and business partner again.
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:And you know, I'm very passionate
about being an eco warrior and, and
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:the simple change that you can make
just listening right now is support
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:more B corporations, you know, benefit
corporations that are very transparent.
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:At the list of B corporations such
as Patagonia, Ben and Jerry's, right?
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:The north face, you know, like there's
companies out there that are doing
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their supply chains are, you know,
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actually fix 'em to create regenerative
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within their business model.
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just you getting outside, but it's
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:You should have 10 scores right now, Lisa.
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:gratitude.
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:I'm gonna give myself like a
four, even a four and a half.
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:I do think, for a lot of my clients and
listeners, you're never really better
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:And so sadly, some of the hard work
that we do is getting that all straight.
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:if you're thinking about going through
this or going through a divorce,
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:Get your budget down.
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:that isn't another worry that you have,
gives you a little freedom to live your
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:Speaker: I love that
one for our listeners.
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:I love everything.
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:When are you gonna stop growing?
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idea, and that's why I love having
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because it's so important to me to keep
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myself a pretty high score on that.
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put a score on that one.
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to tell you, Carrie, Jack, another reason
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:Speaker 2: Oh, awesome.
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:Speaker: I got one back here
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:Speaker 2: Amazing.
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:There you go.
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:Speaker: barn, because
I do this from my barn.
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:Oh, awesome.
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:And then I have a couple other
horses, but do you wanna know
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:At the hobby thing and like I
call going on to run a hobby.
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am like, I can't even believe it.
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need to work on and I've missed that.
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my hobbies, but in reality, where's
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:Speaker: of course you're gonna
wanna be good to the planet
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:And Carrie, Jack, that is not
easy to do living where we live.
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zero here this week.
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you walk out and you at least
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different in this climate.
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probably a little different.
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:Speaker 2: it's pretty
chilly here too sometimes.
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30, you know, so it's not too bad.
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too, but I just, I love all of this If
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:people who are going through divorce can
start looking at this and growing, I want
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:And I don't want their kids to go through
something bad By taking care of yourself.
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:You're taking care of your kids.
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to care for themselves.
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:And Carrie Jack, this is a really
awesome thing, is that you can mitigate
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:the issues that a child has with
a divorce when you work together.
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:So that is always my, I have
a parenting plan course.
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people can do it together.
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this a different way.
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cutthroat and fighting.
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and my clients, so I so appreciate it.
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:Yeah.
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:And we're gonna have all your good
information in the show notes,
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:but tell us how can, what's the
best way to connect with you?
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to echo, you know, taking ego out of
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:I think that's the catalyst to
having a healthy separation.
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:Start to look at your life with
this holistic approach to balance
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:and these 10 alignments hopefully
can help serve in some capacity.
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:I do wanna mention one thing
when it comes to happy hustling.
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:And the biggest key principle is you must
focus on each of these 10 alignments.
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:One at a time.
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:So a lot of people, you know, when
they're at work, they're thinking
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:about their family or their divorce,
you know, and when they're with their
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:This principle of happy
hustling is really focusing on.
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:Each of these different
alignments and being all in.
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:When I'm talking to Lisa, I'm all here.
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:when I'm going to work
out, I'm getting after it.
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:when I'm fly fishing, I'm
not checking emails, right.
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:Each thing on your calendar needs
to have equal importance, and you
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:So that's just a important piece
to this happy hustle and puzzle.
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:in terms of connecting with me, the best
possible thing for your listeners would
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the podcast, the Happy Hustle Podcast.
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want to go deeper in these 10 alignments.
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:The Happy Hustle book.com.
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there and to spread the message.
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first thousand copies for free.
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Happy Hustle book.com.
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:I'll just help out with
shipping and handling.
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:It'll go right to your doorstep.
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you want to get the audio book
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wanted to go deeper, even still.
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place, the happiest of book.com.
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:thank you again, Lisa.
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you and your listeners.
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:divorce is a son of a gun, but
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:whatever adversity arises in your
life ultimately makes you stronger.
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:It has made me stronger as a kid
going through divorce and I vowed
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my partner choice I'm praying
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happens, but ultimately just keep
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make you stronger in the long run.
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:Speaker: Yep.
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the mindset for it, sir.
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happiness in that future relationship.
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:You know the work and
you're helping other people.
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:Thank you.
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:I so appreciate you being here
and taking the time for me and my
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changing my life a little bit too.
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:Speaker 2: I received that, Lisa.
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:Speaker: Peace and love,
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:Speaker 2: everyone.
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:Speaker: Take care.