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So, welcome back to Office Hours, and today, in this part two, we broke it up into two

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parts.

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In this part two, we are focusing on the value of having a journal template or a journaling

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system.

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So, you know, one way to do the journal is it's just a place where you write your thoughts

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and, you know, anything you want, your prayers, your questions, what you read, what you learn.

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It just becomes a place of documenting.

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I have, over the years, developed a system so that my journal, it goes with me when I

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travel, and my journal becomes really almost business in a box or personal development

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in a box.

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I can use my journal for everything.

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So first off, I will say that I believe journals are keepsakes, and so I don't want cheaper,

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trashy ones.

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I get the full-size ones that I can, you know, that are lined, that I can open flat, you

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know, that are hardbound, which I label so they're on a bookshelf.

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I get the same ones so they go nice in a bookshelf, same size, okay?

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So that's the first thing I'll say is I would choose high-quality paper, high-quality pens,

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a high-quality journal, and one if you want to keep it, because in my opinion, you go

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back and write a book, it's a record of your life.

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Each year, I usually fill up two of these, and so about a half a year each for me.

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So some powerful things you can do with a journal is to go back, and so you could do

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this weekly, just glancing back, and you could do it monthly, and especially I do it yearly.

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And so yearly, because my journals contain so many prayers, answers to prayers, answers

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to questions, one of the first things I do is I put the year in review, which you can

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see it's like dates and just little quotes of like really ahas or things that God showed me,

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right? So this is 2023 in review, so between Christmas and New Year of 24, I went through

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all my journals with a highlighter, and then I summarized, it took a few pages to summarize

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the year, but it's a really powerful summary to go back and go, what did God say, and what did

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I learn, and what was I going through? And for me, I don't know about you, but my brain, frontal

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right brain, like it's gone, like I barely remember yesterday, let alone a whole year.

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And so to go back and go, wow, and to see how many times like God repeats certain things,

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is pretty amazing. And so like this one, last year on January 1st, God said,

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I am your season, you need never fear anyone or anything, your life is hidden in mine.

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So I'll remember things that God said, right? Or January 6th of 23, trust me in every situation,

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whisper, I trust you, and then wait and watch, I will surprise you with pure,

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can't read my own writing now, oh, pure bliss, okay? 111, 23, my child, everything you do in love

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is part of the healing, keep your eyes on love, make your intention to be love. So these are very

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valuable, very personal to me, okay? Now let me share the screen here, and I will show you a

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template that I use. So we'll share the screen, and we will go over here to the journal template.

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Okay, are you all seeing this? This is very old, it was created in 2012, but hasn't really changed,

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but needs to be updated with my new branding and my new colors, okay? So here is how I use the

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journal. The inside cover, okay? I make into a vision board, so the inside cover, you could put

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one image, or multiple images, or quotes, or verses, so that every time you open your journal,

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you see.

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and sometimes you will carry that from year to year.

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So I had many years, I think I shared on a different call.

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I had a woman with long brown hair

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that was probably a size four or six in a red bikini

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that was laying in the water,

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like in a tropical beach with the water

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like blowing her hair back and she was laying there.

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And that was my image that went inside my journal.

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And of course, nothing has meaning till you give it meaning.

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That's one of the basic rules of life, right?

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And so the meaning that I gave to that image,

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cause it was just an image of a model laying in water.

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But the meaning that I gave was, first of all, her body,

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I wanted her body.

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She represented fitness and health for me.

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And what's really remarkable is I kept that image

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for a lot of years.

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I would take it out, it was lightly taped in,

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and I would take it out and put it in the next year's

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and the next year's.

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And I really carried that image for a long time.

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And what's really interesting is that a decade later,

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my body is exactly that body.

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If I put on a red bikini,

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it was not when I started with that picture.

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I was about a size 14, 16.

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And so it's amazing.

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Scripture says, by beholding, we are transformed.

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And I really believe that the more we look at something,

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the more it influences us and we become it.

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So I would look at that and she was fit,

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but also if she was laying like that,

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I knew the water was warm.

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So she was probably on a tropical island.

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And I knew that if she was on a tropical island,

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if that was me, that I was probably there with loved ones,

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having a really wonderful time traveling.

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So it represented travel.

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It represented love and relationships.

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I usually leave a place better than I found it.

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So I was probably doing some kind of seminar there

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or workshop or something while I'm there,

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vacationing, building relationships.

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So one image works for me,

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but you also could have a multiple of images.

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So the inside cover becomes a vision board, okay?

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And then I would always have a dedication page

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that this journal is dedicated to.

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Then the next four pages.

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Now this was before I added the summary.

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So I now have the summary that I add every year

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that I just showed you.

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That's not on here.

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That's a newer over the last couple of years.

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Pages one to four, I have opposite pages, okay?

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So in other words, on one side, the left side,

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you would put your desire

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written in the positive present tense.

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So that could be personal, health,

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relationships, spiritual.

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On the page directly across that desire,

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and you might be able to fit a couple,

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you might only get one.

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It just depends how you write it out.

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On the opposite side,

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you would put your declarations slash actions, right?

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So if on the left it is,

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I am a New York Times bestselling author.

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This is the desire of my heart to write a bestselling book

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that brings transformation.

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That would be on the desire side.

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On the right side, it would be,

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I will write 500 words a day.

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I will work with a book coach.

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I will start a publishing agreement.

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Like you would list out the what you will do

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to bring that desire to fruition.

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So it's a very powerful mixture of dreaming and action,

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which is the combination of success.

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And then on the next pages,

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you're writing your affirmations.

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Like I keep a couple pages for I am, right?

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I am courageous.

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I am love.

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I am bold.

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I am generous.

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I am abundant.

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And keep a place to always be adding new ones.

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And so this really also can be for your identity, right?

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I am committed to a life of love

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and transformation and so on.

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Then the next page are your goals.

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And then the next page are lessons,

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maybe beliefs that no longer serve you.

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And then the next page can be used

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for visualization or ideal.

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I like doing an ideal day.

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I like doing an ideal week.

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I like doing an ideal client.

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I like doing.

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doing an ideal business.

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It can be done for that.

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And then I save a lot of pages for ongoing gratitude.

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So literally, this is at the front of the journal.

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Then the back is used for journaling.

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But that means when you open, every day,

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you're looking at your vision board.

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Every day, you're looking at your desires

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and your declarations.

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And when you've done them, you're adding more.

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Every day, you're looking at your affirmations,

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so your gratitude.

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So it keeps you on track.

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So this goes with the Prosper Daily Plan,

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where the whole top of the Prosper Daily Plan lists this.

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Now, I put some other uses for your journal.

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It can be used for reflective thinking.

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So a question, for example, is, how can I?

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Or what's possible in the area of?

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What could I do?

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Things that can open up possibility

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is really powerful.

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Prayers and answered prayers.

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Some people use it for critical thinking

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and brainstorming solutions.

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Some people put notes.

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When they read a great book, they go to a great seminar.

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Others put ideas.

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And they do a mind map.

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Now, I personally keep a separate book for ideas.

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And it is my list book.

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It's a little tiny journal that I use for lists.

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I use lists, not to-do lists.

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I use lists as a way of brainstorming.

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So for example, ways to give, bless,

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circulate others to others.

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So what are all the ways that I can just give, bless, serve?

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I'll post articles, videos, content, tithing,

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writing a book, all of these things.

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Or another one, ways to grow my income.

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Some of you might want to be brainstorming.

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What are all the ways I can grow my income?

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I have one, ways to grow the membership site.

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I have one, ways to make the membership site top of class

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and the hugest blessings.

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So I can make it best of class content.

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I can add templates.

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I can create interesting groups.

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I can have guest speakers.

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I can spotlight businesses.

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I can champion a cause.

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I can have scholars.

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You see, it's a brainstorming, masterclass ideas,

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ways to grow a relationship, books to read.

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So I keep that as a separate journal, my list book.

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My favorite, favorite way to use the journal

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that I have shared with you all, many ways, is a form of prayer.

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And so the prayer is in pink.

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You can see I write out my prayer.

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And then you can see in purple, I

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change pens, what God is saying to me, what's coming through me.

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And I just ask God to use my pen, use my hand,

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and speak to me.

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And so it's really powerful to see.

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Those are all the words of God that I've gotten.

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So I just believe that it's being very intentional

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with using your journal in such a way

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that it becomes almost, like I said,

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personal development or spiritual growth in one place.

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So when you're traveling, your affirmations are with you.

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Your gratitudes are with you.

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Your declarations are with you.

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Your prayers and answered prayers are with you.

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The lessons you've learned are with you.

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The books you've read are with you.

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It's just like everything stays in one place.

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There are not little pieces of paper everywhere

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that get ultimately lost.

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And I believe it makes it a keepsake, if only for yourself,

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if not later to pass on.

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Or maybe if you go to write a book,

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you want to go back and reflect.

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So that is how I have used a journal for over a decade

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and a powerful practice that I'm super grateful for.

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Questions, comments, ahas?

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All right.

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I'm going to stop that recording.