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• The subtle lie

• The story of John

• A seven year longing

• 2 Words that murder your dreams

• 4 suggestions to act on your dreams today.

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Let me be perfectly clear,

These 2 words MURDER your dreams.

What are these two words you're asking?

I'll get to that, but first, Let me see if this describes you:

You're in you're 20's maybe, say, 24.

you live in Sacramento California.

You have a business you operate.

Or you want to start a business.

You Believe in God.

And you probably want to:

Have amazing friends

Do meaningful work

Grow your business

Travel the world

Fall in love.

But also:

There is the pull from others. A pull to stay the same. It's so easy NOT to do the things you've always dreamed about doing.

This societal norm. Patting you on the head saying, that’s cute, but first get a job, settle down. Your dreams will still be there. But that’s the thing. over time if you don’t do the things you’ve dreamed of… the dream fades.

Warning: Goosebumps May Occur

The Story of John

“I’m a 46 year old banker and I have been living my whole life the opposite of how I wanted. All my dreams, my passion, gone. In a steady 9-7 job. 6 days a week. For 26 years. I repeatedly chose the safe path for everything, which eventually changed who I was.

Yesterday, my wife admitted to cheating on me for the last 10 years. 10 years. That seems like a long time, but i can’t comprehend it. It doesn’t even hurt. She says it’s because I’ve changed. I’m not the person I was. What have I been doing in the last 10 years? Outside of work, I really can’t say anything. Not being a proper husband. Not being ME. Who am I? What happened to me? I didn’t even ask for a divorce, or yell at her, or cry. I felt NOTHING. Now I can feel a tear as I write this. But not because my wife has been cheating on me, but because I am now realizing I have been dying inside. What happened to that fun-loving, risk-taking, energetic person that was me, hungering to change the world?

If you’re reading this, and you have a whole life ahead of you, please. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t leave your dreams for later. Relish in your energy, your passions. Don’t stay on the internet with all your spare time (unless your passion needs it). Please, do something with your life while your young. DO NOT settle down at 20. DO NOT forget your friends, your family. Yourself. Do NOT waste your life. Your ambitions. Like I did mine. Do not be like me.”

-George Mack “The Dangers of Low Agency” (Respond “George Mack” to this email and I can forward the full story to you)

The subtle lie: "You can always do it later"

See, you are currently in this golden era. This ramen and air mattress era. Where the cost to live is low. The cost to try something new and fail? Basically zero.

So tell me this. Have you ever thought about the dreams you've had since you were 18?

Now I'm sure you're saying to yourself: What does Daniel know about this subject?

Well, dear friend, quite a bit.

Let me tell you a true story.

I once had a dream.

That dream started in a grocery store. When she said to me "oh wow you're Spanish is very good" (she said it in Spanish, OBVIOUSLY)

It was at that moment, at 17, a dream was born. what was that dream you're asking? To live in a south or central American country for 2-3 months. because, for the first time, I learned the power of "just in time learning." I was taking Spanish 3, and going to work and applying my learning that same day.

Now to be fair, this dream seemed impossible at the time. I didn't have the time or the money or the confidence to do this.

Onward. I then was told about a trip in 2018 to Ecuador. it wasn't cheap. and I didn't have the money.

Then in 2019 I learned about a trip that would happen in 2020. This time, I felt a tug, that now was the time. I really only had money for an emergency fund. (shout out Dave Ramsey) but it was full funded. (Dave would have had a fit to find out I spent half my emergency money on a 10 day trip)

Not only did I invest this money, but I also took 2 more Spanish classes. Spanish 4 and a conversational class.

I was SO EXCITED!

But sometimes going after your dreams doesn't quite go to plan.

Covid.

World shut down.

Trip cancceled. Money refunded. (I wanted the experience. not the money.)

Dream crushed.

Have you ever found yourself doing what seems like everything right, and the dream just keeps aluding you?

That's how I felt.

So, what did I do? Well, what could I do? I planned a trip on my own without the organization. I decided to go for 3 weeks. Right after christmas of 2020. I was able to take 3 weeks off of 1 job, and a whole month off of another. And if i ended up loosing both jobs I was prepared to loose them.

But I booked the flights. This was with the intention that if I didn't hate it, I'd go back over the summer for 2 months. Now I know what you're thinking dear friend.

You had this master plan.

Well that my, dear friend, that is where you are 100% wrong. See, I didn't know what i wanted to do for my career, I just knew that what I was doing I didn't want to do long term. So when I left for the summer it was quiting 2 jobs, without any real plan of what I'd do once I got back.

It was the best decision I've made.

It started a ripple effect of choosing to say yes to do uncomfortable and new things. It jumpstarted a creativity that wouldn't have been possible. To learn another language, go to another country make amazing friends. Have my sister fly in for a part of the trip. My courage to live my dream allowed other people to become a part of it.

That’s why I’m sharing this. Because when YOU live your dream. It invites your friends to do the same. When you elevate, when you pursue the dreams you have in you're heart you remind the people around you of what's possible.

People are such a gift, and the energy you gain from becoming the person you're created to be, is like a fountain of energy that others will tap into.

Let me be perfectly clear,

It would have been so much easier to stay in the good that I knew I didn't want, than move onto an unknown, even if a part of it was a dream I'd had for 7 YEARS. (btw, when you've wanted to do something for 25% of your life, it might be worth investing in doing it)

That was the first time I dreamed great dreams and had the courage to go after them. But I continue to do this in many different areas of my life.

So, what are those two words I talked about at the beginning that murder so many dreams?

1. Someday.

2. Later

I've yet to regret the action I did take.

So if you're like me. Take the risk.

Your life is a story worth sharing.

Murder someday and later. Take. Action.

What is that action? Choose an area, and just do one thing.

Faith:

Health:

Business:

Relationships:

Here are a few suggestions if you’re stuck:

Faith: Develop your prayer life and awareness of God.

How you’re asking?

1. Grab a 3/5 card

2. write down each hour you’ll be awake

3. Try to remember God 1 time each hour

4. Write a check mark by each hour you remember God

5. Do this once this week

6. Read the practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. (59 cents on kindle)

Health:

You could choose eating or exercise: today I’ll go with eating:

1. Buy Veggies and fruit

2. Carrots, celery, bell peppers, snap peas (there’s more just choose some and maybe grab hummus too)

3. Chop em up into bags so their ready to go.

4. snack on them whenever you’re hungry

5. Get apples, Bananas, and oranges

6. have at least one of these fruit while taking a walk first thing in the morning.

Business:

1. Read 100M offers by Alex Hormozi

2. Create a new offer and test it by sending it to 30 people

Relationships:

Each day this week week send one text of gratitude to people who have invested in you in some way using the following framework: (this could be professors, relatives, small group leaders, friends)

The FBI Framework: (full newsletter on this last week)

1. Feeling

2. Behavior

3. Impact

What does this look like?

(1)I feel so grateful (2) that you're reading this newsletter and sharing it with a friend. (3) Because It shows the type of person you are, someone who wants to look for and find the good in others. And people like you are what make the world a beautiful place to live.

That’s it. I wrote it. you read it. Did I murder it? (or perhaps, crush it) or was it too violent for your taste? Either way, let me know.

Resources that informed this Newsletter:

Someday Shaan Puri

Dangers of low agency by George Mack (respond via email and I can forward, it doens’t exist anywhere I can find yet)

Shaan Puri: the 3-step plan to figuring out what you want

Shaan Puri: how i spent a year 'strategically broke' (and why it was the best decision of my life)

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