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Kevin Lowe: What if the way in which you brushed your teeth this morning,
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Kevin Lowe: the way in which you showed
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Kevin Lowe: Up to that workout that you.
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Kevin Lowe: Didn't want to go to, the way in which you walked into work,
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Kevin Lowe: What if that was.
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Kevin Lowe: Representative of the way you show up to everything in life?
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Kevin Lowe: I know it sounds a little dramatic to compare seemingly mindless activities
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Kevin Lowe: like brushing your teeth to that of how you show up for your family,
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Kevin Lowe: for your work, for the things you love.
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Kevin Lowe: But maybe it is because there's been this one little thing that's been stuck
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Kevin Lowe: in my head and it's been changing the game for me. What if the
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Kevin Lowe: Way I show up for one thing is how I show up for everything?
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Kevin Lowe: And my friend, I can't help but think that maybe it could be the game changer for you as well.
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Kevin Lowe: So if you're up for a little mindset shift, a quick little dose of some inspiration
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Kevin Lowe: and motivation to make the most
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Kevin Lowe: Out of what we have.
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Kevin Lowe: Left in the year 2025?
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Kevin Lowe: Well, my friend, this is for you.
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Kevin Lowe: And this is episode 412 of Grit, Grace, and Inspiration.
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Kevin Lowe: I am your host, Kevin Lowe. And just so you know, we're not here on the podcast.
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Kevin Lowe: I am also an inspirational public speaker. So if you.
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Kevin Lowe: School, whatever it is.
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Kevin Lowe: Looking for a speaker for your next event,
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Kevin Lowe: Can find that link
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Kevin Lowe: At the top of today's show notes.
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Kevin Lowe: Again, the website is kevinspeaks.org
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Kevin Lowe: For all things in.
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Kevin Lowe: Regards to me as an
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Kevin Lowe: Inspirational public speaker.
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Kevin Lowe: And with that, my friend, it's on with today's episode. I hope you enjoy.
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Podcast Intro Music: Yeah, I got grit grace and inspiration on my mind.
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Kevin Lowe: The topic for today's episode.
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Kevin Lowe: It came directly from my own personal life.
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Kevin Lowe: Because here lately, I've.
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Kevin Lowe: Been really trying
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Kevin Lowe: To get specific, to get devoted.
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Kevin Lowe: About improving my own personal health, my physical health, my mental health. Focusing on the same
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Kevin Lowe: Stuff that I talk about here on the podcast.
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Kevin Lowe: And in doing so, I've been reminded of this saying,
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Kevin Lowe: This little idea.
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Kevin Lowe: Of how we do one thing is how we do everything.
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Kevin Lowe: And so sure enough, it's really been an amazing motivational boost for me.
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Kevin Lowe: Because every time I sit down and I start to do something, it can be anything from.
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Kevin Lowe: Jumping on the new under
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Kevin Lowe: Desk elliptical I got. Ooh, baby. First and foremost, game changer.
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Kevin Lowe: We can work on the computer while working out. It is absolutely amazing. Highly recommend.
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Kevin Lowe: But whether it's that.
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Kevin Lowe: Or it's making my bed, or it's folding laundry, doing dishes,
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Kevin Lowe: brushing my teeth, I've been reminded of this little saying,
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Kevin Lowe: how I do one thing is how I do everything.
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Kevin Lowe: So when I'm tempted to cut corners, when I'm tempted to not do my full hour
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Kevin Lowe: on the elliptical, I'm thinking, ah, you know what, 45 minutes, that's good enough.
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Kevin Lowe: Or maybe it's making the bed and deciding,
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Kevin Lowe: You know what? We're just going to cut some corners today. We're not going to
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Kevin Lowe: actually be sure the sheet is tucked.
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Kevin Lowe: In on the corners. We're
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Kevin Lowe: Just going to.
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Kevin Lowe: Throw it on and let it go. No, because how I do one thing is how I do everything.
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Kevin Lowe: And if we start our day with this mindset of showing up to everything at our
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Kevin Lowe: best, then I believe it means that we're showing up to the
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Kevin Lowe: World as our best.
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Kevin Lowe: And I don't know about you, but that's how I want to live. And I guess maybe
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Kevin Lowe: more importantly, that's what I want to be known for.
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Kevin Lowe: Now, I'm going to give you some practical applications and dive a little bit
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Kevin Lowe: deeper. But I guess I first want to make one quick disclosure.
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Kevin Lowe: This doesn't mean that this is how life goes every day. Matter of fact,
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Kevin Lowe: I'm recording today's episode.
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Kevin Lowe: And yeah, I don't think I took the time to be sure the bed was perfectly made. It was more
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Kevin Lowe: One of those mornings where you just throw it on, have it looking presentable.
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Kevin Lowe: And you go on about your day. So I'm not talking about perfection
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Kevin Lowe: All the time. I'm just talking about us doing our best when we can.
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Kevin Lowe: Because remember, it's life.
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Kevin Lowe: And life is messy.
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Kevin Lowe: It's crazy. Rarely ever do things go the way we hope.
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Kevin Lowe: But we just have to do what we can. And when we have the opportunity to take
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Kevin Lowe: things to the next level, to be sure that we are doing our absolute best, then why don't we do it?
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Kevin Lowe: Again, it doesn't have to be all the time. But when we have the opportunity,
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Kevin Lowe: when we feel good enough to do so,
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Kevin Lowe: Let's do it. Let's go the.
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Kevin Lowe: Extra mile and see what it can do for us.
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Kevin Lowe: To help this hit a little bit closer to home, here are a few true scenarios,
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Kevin Lowe: some life applications for how this applies to everyday life.
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Kevin Lowe: I want you to think about these scenarios and determine which one,
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Kevin Lowe: if not all of them, apply to you.
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Kevin Lowe: The way that you show up to the gym or
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Kevin Lowe: Maybe don't show up.
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Kevin Lowe: What if that same level of commitment is
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Kevin Lowe: How you show up to your relationships?
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Kevin Lowe: It's the way that you're showing up to your marriage, to your friendships, to the
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Kevin Lowe: Relationships you have with your colleagues at work.
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Kevin Lowe: And are those relationships benefiting from the way you're showing up or not?
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Kevin Lowe: You know the truth. You know if you're giving it your all or not.
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Kevin Lowe: So think about it.
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Kevin Lowe: What if the way in which you're going to the gym or not going to the gym or you go to the gym,
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Kevin Lowe: But you don't really work out, you more just kind of socialize?
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Kevin Lowe: What if that's then being reflected in the way you show up to the other commitments that you have
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Kevin Lowe: Throughout the day?
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Kevin Lowe: When you're at work and you have a task to complete, are you always cutting corners?
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Kevin Lowe: Are you always looking for shortcuts? Are you always making excuses for why.
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Kevin Lowe: You don't have
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Kevin Lowe: To do it exactly right? If so, then you have to look at other aspects of life.
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Kevin Lowe: Where else are you cutting corners? Is it your dreams, your goals?
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Kevin Lowe: Are you cutting corners on those? Are you making excuses why you can't achieve them?
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Kevin Lowe: Again, the way we do one thing is the way we do everything. Here's the thing.
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Kevin Lowe: The way we show up, if you start showing up as your best, if you start being excited.
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Kevin Lowe: Enthusiastic, really compelled and motivated to show up in life in one aspect,
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Kevin Lowe: it's going to be carried over to
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Kevin Lowe: Others as well.
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Kevin Lowe: It's like this chain reaction. It's like a domino effect.
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Kevin Lowe: It just happens. The positive energy, the positive vibes.
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Kevin Lowe: They radiate around you.
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Kevin Lowe: They start impacting even those around you.
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Kevin Lowe: By you showing up to your best in one aspect, before you know it,
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Kevin Lowe: your entire world can change.
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Kevin Lowe: The truth here is simple. You can't just put yourself in a box.
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Kevin Lowe: Who you are at work should not be different from the person you are at home.
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Kevin Lowe: If you are somebody who really excels at work,
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Kevin Lowe: You get all of your stuff done.
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Kevin Lowe: You do what you need to, you be sure that every single thing is accounted for,
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Kevin Lowe: you excel, you're getting employee of the month.
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Kevin Lowe: And yet at home, you're a different person.
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Kevin Lowe: You're letting the house go. You're not cleaning. You're not doing the laundry.
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Kevin Lowe: You're not keeping up with your home to the way that you're proud of.
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Kevin Lowe: Well, maybe that means that you got to have a mindset shift.
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Kevin Lowe: That if I'm showing up to work as my best, well, let me show up to my life
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Kevin Lowe: As my best.
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Kevin Lowe: Which honestly, I mean, you could say that that's even more important than work.
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Kevin Lowe: It's showing up to you, for you, for your family,
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Kevin Lowe: As your best.
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Kevin Lowe: Now, remember, this isn't about being perfect.
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Kevin Lowe: I get it. Like I said, it's life. But it's more about showing up for us.
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Kevin Lowe: About being disciplined,
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Kevin Lowe: About having the courage.
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Kevin Lowe: The enthusiasm to want to make life better for us. Life isn't easy.
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Kevin Lowe: It's hard.
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Kevin Lowe: It's a challenge.
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Kevin Lowe: I get it.
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Kevin Lowe: But if we're not willing to go all in for us, then what are we doing?
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Kevin Lowe: What am I doing? What are you doing? If you're not willing to wake up tomorrow
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Kevin Lowe: morning and give it your best shot because you know in the end it's going to
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Kevin Lowe: be better for you, then my friend, what is any of it worth?
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Kevin Lowe: And remember, it starts with the little things.
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Kevin Lowe: It starts with the way you wake up in the morning. The way in which you greet
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Kevin Lowe: the day, that represents everything.
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Kevin Lowe: So I'm not asking you to make big,
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Kevin Lowe: Dramatic changes in your life. No, ain't nobody got the energy for that.
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Kevin Lowe: What I'm asking you to do is to show up with intention,
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Kevin Lowe: To show up with integrity, to show up as you, as your true, authentic,
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Kevin Lowe: best self in every aspect of life.
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Kevin Lowe: From getting dressed in the morning,
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Kevin Lowe: To brushing your teeth.
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Kevin Lowe: To walking in the door at work, walking in with a smile,
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Kevin Lowe: Your head held high.
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Kevin Lowe: Your shoulders back.
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Kevin Lowe: Because why? Because the way you show up.
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Kevin Lowe: The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.
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Kevin Lowe: And my friend, as I said, when you carry this type of energy,
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Kevin Lowe: when you show this level of enthusiasm for life, I'm telling you,
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Kevin Lowe: the impact is monumental.
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Kevin Lowe: It's going to radiate around you because it's going to make others in your family,
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Kevin Lowe: At your workplace.
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Kevin Lowe: Start wanting to be better themselves. So here's my challenge for you today,
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Kevin Lowe: is I want you to think of one thing that you typically rush through.
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Kevin Lowe: You cut corners on. You don't give much mind. You don't pay much attention to.
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Kevin Lowe: You just do it.
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Kevin Lowe: It's part of your normal everyday routine. I now want you to do it like it matters,
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Kevin Lowe: To show up fully.
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Kevin Lowe: So whether it's the way in which you make your bed, it's the way in which you
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Kevin Lowe: greet your spouse in the morning, It's the way
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Kevin Lowe: In which you pack your lunch for work.
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Kevin Lowe: I want you to show up with intention.
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Kevin Lowe: I want you to give it your all. I want you to pay attention,
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Kevin Lowe: and I want you to remind yourself when you start to cut corners,
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Kevin Lowe: When you start to do it the sloppy way, the easy way, the lazy way.
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Kevin Lowe: I want you to say to yourself, the way I do one thing is the way I do everything.
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Kevin Lowe: That right there is a hit to the gut when.
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Kevin Lowe: You are cutting corners. My friend, it is a gut
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Kevin Lowe: Check that we.
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Kevin Lowe: All need to be reminded of, to remind ourselves the way I do one thing is the
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Kevin Lowe: way I do everything. So my friend,
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Kevin Lowe: I leave you with this last little bit of encouragement.
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Kevin Lowe: You can't build a life
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Kevin Lowe: That you're proud of.
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Kevin Lowe: By half showing up. And at the same point, you can't become the person you want
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Kevin Lowe: to be if your character changes on the setting.
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Kevin Lowe: If you're a different person at home than you are at work,
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Kevin Lowe: If you show up.
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Kevin Lowe: And give it
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Kevin Lowe: Your all at work.
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Kevin Lowe: But then you come home and you do nothing, you don't give it your all,
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Kevin Lowe: my friend, you got to make some changes.
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Kevin Lowe: Again, I want
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Kevin Lowe: You to show up in all aspects of life.
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Kevin Lowe: Giving it your best. Now, like I said, I'm all about giving yourself a break,
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Kevin Lowe: Cutting yourself some slack.
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Kevin Lowe: Give yourself some grace. But there's also a time for us all
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Kevin Lowe: To be our own coach, to encourage ourselves, to push ourselves a little bit more.
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Kevin Lowe: To do better, to be our best,
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Kevin Lowe: To show up.
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Kevin Lowe: In every aspect of life from the little things to the big things in our best possible way.
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Kevin Lowe: My friend, I'm your host,
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Kevin Lowe: Kevin Lowe. I hope today's episode encouraged you, motivated you,
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Kevin Lowe: inspired you to start showing up to life from brushing your teeth to showing
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Kevin Lowe: up at work as your best self possible.
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Kevin Lowe: Because remember, the way you do one thing It's the way you do everything.
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