My friend Rob is the co-owner of EXIT Realty Birmingham….

… and he’s flipped over 300 houses over the past decade PLUS been part of 1,000+ successful real estate transactions (he only lost money on two of them).

But things weren’t always like that…

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When I met him he was just then—

‼️ overcoming a drug addiction

‼️ had been homeless, living in the Target parking lot

‼️ been in and out of jail— changing cells more than you probably change your shoes

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I met him when he “searched me out” and “stalked me” (in the best way possible). He was at a Christian business-leaders’ luncheon (his dad dragged him to it) when he met a pastor who mentored me who suggested he give me a call after he suggested that— since he was clean— he would like to “give back” and help others find their path forward.

That led to volunteering…

… which led to a staff position…

… and a friendship…

… and more connection and projects later.

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What’s the point…?

Listen in…

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Links referenced

Access the GY6 book = www.GY6.online/AC

Free download of the Advance Planner = https://www.jenkins.tv/FreePlannerPDF

The Advance Planner (hardback, Advance on-demand course, and other Advance Planner-related resources— all on this page) = https://www.jenkins.tv/planners

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC

Rob’s resources, mentioned in this talk =

His book, The Long Way (Still Gets You There) = https://www.riseuponline.info/TLW

His mini-course for house flipping = https://www.riseuponline.info/offers/joTvbzT3/checkout

Rob's next live training = www.RiseUpOnline.info/live

Upcoming events

📳 The GY6 LIVE! workshop = on the events page of the GY6 site = www.GY6.online/events

👟The “Be The One” 5K = signup to run, walk, volunteer, or just support the movement = www.BeTheOneToday.com

One of the biggest reasons that “dreams don’t get done” is because we fail to attach the dreams to tangible actions.

💡 We look at the IDEA only rather than the IMPLEMENTATION

🧐 We leave it in our HEADS rather than moving it to our HANDS

💭 We remain DREAMERS instead of DOERS

Let’s review the 3-step process we’ve been discussing:

1️⃣ STEP 1 = DECIDE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO…

2️⃣ STEP 2 = DEFINE WHRE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW

Which leads us to…

3️⃣ STEP 3 = DO THE DAILY WORK

You must get practical and proactive about making progress…

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You just focus on LEAD measures instead of LAG measures.

It’s easy to confuse LAG measure with LEAD measures.

Or, to say it another way, it’s easy to confuse the “outcome” with the elements that create the outcomes— the causes with the consequences.

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Yes, a lot of it comes down to your schedule (which is why, as we discussed in step 1, you must recognize that every area of life is interconnected and impacts the others— so we need alignment).

Your schedule is like a checkbook for your time, energy, and focus…

Look at it, and you can tell what kind of LAG measures (read: outcomes) you’ll experience.

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John Maxwell said, “A lot of people have uphill dreams but match them to downhill habits.”

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And, “People don’t follow through on RENTED dreams— only dreams they OWN.”

Think about it: who washes and changes the oil and rotates the tires in a rental car?

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Progress is often slow— even imperceptible from day-to-day.

In the same way that plants have a definite CULTIVATION time between sowing and reaping, so also do our dreams.

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And the time of reaping is different depending on numerous factors— just as is the case with plants.

Furthermore, in the same way you can’t crack a seed, pull up a stem, or stretch a leaf in order to produce your plant, you can’t manufacture a move of God in your dreams.

A lot depends on that combo of PROVIDENCE and PATIENCE and PERSISTING…

(Which is one of the reasons we don’t want to procrastinate, yet recognize the patience persistence of it all.)

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Do the work.

Even though you can’t explain how a plant (or dream) manifests (see Mark 4:27), we DO KNOW that it “works.”

We’re told not to grow weary in doing good— because we will reap a harvest (Galatians 6:9).

In fact, the authors of the New Testament prayed that we would prosper in EVERY AREA of life (see 3 John 2).

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Resources related to Advance

Free download of the Advance Planner = https://www.jenkins.tv/FreePlannerPDF

The Advance Planner (hardback, Advance on-demand course, and other Advance Planner-related resources— all on this page) = https://www.jenkins.tv/planners

The 21-day challenge, self-study / re-charge + re-boot + re-ignite your dreams = https://www.jenkins.tv/challenge

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC

Rob’s resources, mentioned in this talk =

His book, The Long Way (Still Gets You There) = https://www.riseuponline.info/TLW

His mini-course for house flipping = https://www.riseuponline.info/offers/joTvbzT3/checkout

Upcoming events

📳 The GY6 LIVE! workshop = on the events page of the GY6 site = www.GY6.online/events

👟The “Be The One” 5K = signup to run, walk, volunteer, or just support the movement = www.BeTheOneToday.com

Continuing from the previous talk about looking ahead and deciding where you want your life to go— in multiple areas (each of them important)….

… we come to step 2.

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STEP 2 = DEFINE WHRE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW

You must do this with radical clarity.

For instance…

💰If you plan to get out debt, you must know what you owe, you must know what you’re spending (the bigger issue in budget is often what’s going OUT and now what’s coming IN).

📕 If you propose to write a book you must know what stories and ideas and assets and recordings and other resources you’re starting with…

📈 If you’re projecting a fundraiser or an event, you need to know the date, the location, the lead team, the business plan, the “win” for the event, and more…

This is true with everything we do from losing weight to starting projects to building relationships.

But…

… we often avoid radical clarity, because we (wrongly) attach our identity to “where we are.” That is, we (wrongly) connect our identity to externals measurements.

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The truth…

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Where you are isn’t who you are.

Where you are isn’t where you must remain.

Where you are IS where you must begin.

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So…

Go back to step #1 | DECIDE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO (in each area of life).

And,

DEFINE WHERE YOU ARE NOW— in each of those areas.

So you can,

DETERMINE THE STEPS REQUIRED— no matter how many or how few— to “reverse engineer your way back” from where you want to be to where you are now.

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In other words, reverse engineer your destination so you can build a bridge backwards that—

🏁 guarantees to take you there

🧠 gets your mind in gear

💜 grants you the gift of hope + expectation of better things to come

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Resources related to Advance =

Free download of the Advance Planner = https://www.jenkins.tv/FreePlannerPDF

The Advance Planner (hardback, Advance on-demand course, and other Advance Planner-related resources— all on this page) = https://www.jenkins.tv/planners

The 21-day challenge, self-study / re-charge + re-boot + re-ignite your dreams = https://www.jenkins.tv/challenge

One-to-one personal coaching = https://www.jenkins.tv/PC

Upcoming events

📳 The GY6 LIVE! workshop = on the events page of the GY6 site = www.GY6.online/events

👟The “Be The One” 5K = signup to run, walk, volunteer, or just support the movement = www.BeTheOneToday.com