EPISODE #4: AUDIO READING OF "SCARED OF BEING WEIRD? WEIRD LEADS TO SUCCESS."

Audio Transcript: 

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you're listening to happiest abound

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episode four

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welcome to happiness abound a podcast

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dedicated and designed to help those

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seeking happiness in their lives here

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we'll talk about happiness as gained

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through habit formation being inspired

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by the stories of others and looking for

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opportunities of growth and learning I'm

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Taylor Proctor thanks for tuning in

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hey guys welcome back it's Thursday

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which means it's a special day on the

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podcast instead of talking to you about

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my latest findings and potential

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insights I instead read to you from the

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happiness of bound comm blog we release

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a blog post every Thursday and this

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Thursday's is about being a little weird

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so it's a little bit of a shorter blog

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so that means this will be a shorter

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episode but I do this because a couple

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of reasons one and I did mention this in

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episode one that if you're like me

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you've scanned posts and if you like the

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headlines and the subheads enough you

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might read it but for the most part you

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scan the post and you get the gist and

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we're a nation that doesn't read

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articles so much anymore so I think an

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audio format might be a great way to

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gain those same insights without taking

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the time to have to read it the other

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thing is there may be some readers out

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there who have to listen to the article

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being read by a robot anyways so instead

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of that maybe they'd like to tune in to

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the podcast and have it be read by the

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author me and on that note let's dive

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right in scared of being weird weird

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leads to success have you ever worried

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about being thought of as weird it comes

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across my mind right before I bust out

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my sprinkler and running man dance moves

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before I tell an incredibly corny joke

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before I say that I wake up before 5:00

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a.m. and before I start talking about my

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blog about happiness weirdness equals

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success here's the thing though weird is

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what leads to success Michael Jordan was

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considered weird for practicing

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basketball so much Oprah was considered

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weird for wanting to host a television

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show Gary Vaynerchuk is thought of as

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weird because of his work ethic Dave

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Ramsey is weird because he is debt free

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in his personal life and business in

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fact Dave Ramsey has a quote that's

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pretty well-known debt is normal be

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weird weird in the real world I'd like

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to share a personal example as you may

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know I have tried to rid myself of TV

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and Netflix several times the other day

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I was talking to my husband about how

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much more I get done and how much better

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I feel when I don't waste time in front

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of the TV but

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one of the hardest parts is that it

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makes me feel weird to talk about it

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it is weird not to know about the latest

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shows or be able to join those

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conversations is weird to say that I

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don't want TV in my life but my husband

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gave me an insight that has led to this

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post and a better resolve to be weird he

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told me that you don't hear the most

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successful people talking about TV shows

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that you're talking about the things

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they do that the average person doesn't

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be a little weird the point is everyone

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has the potential to be happy and

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successful but it may mean being a

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little weird weird means passing on a

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dinner with friends or new clothes to be

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debt-free weird means spending 3 hours a

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day practicing weird means saying daily

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declarations out loud to yourself

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weird means following your dreams and

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not worrying about how it will make

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other people feel so the next time

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you're worried about being weird just

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remember that being weird is what

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separates the successful from the rest

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of the world so then the question

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becomes how are you weird pretty short

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and simple right so the question is like

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it ends how are you weird and I'm gonna

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share a little bit because that's what I

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do on this podcast of the ways that I am

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weird I mentioned them in the top of the

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article I do total white girl dance

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moves running man and the sprinkler are

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my oh and the shopping cart and mowing

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the lawn pretty much I think that has

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the Running Man variation are my go-to

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dance moves and they're a little weird

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and totally lame but I don't care

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they're fun another way I'm a little

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weird is I spend my time doing a podcast

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and I write a weekly blog post I

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secretly love TV well I guess it's not

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so much of a secret but I hate it at the

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same time because of how it makes me

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feel and because of how it totally

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drains my productivity and energy levels

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so I'm weird because I do my best to

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stay away from TV and in fact I like

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movies but if I could convince my

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husband to get rid of the TV in the

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house I would although it might look

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weird in the living room because we have

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it on a column and that would look very

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barren and and dull

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if we remove the TV the point is that we

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all have things that make us weird and

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then we all have things that we may want

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to do that we don't because we don't

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want to be perceived of as weird and I

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just want to say it's okay to be weird

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and to give up TV or to wake up at 4

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a.m. to train for a marathon or whatever

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your level of weird may be and let we

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could substitute weird for crazy by the

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way because I think a lot of people when

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they hear you wake up at what time to do

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what that's crazy right no it's ok to be

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a little crazy it's ok to be a little

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weird because that's what's going to

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lead you to your goals and your dreams

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and success in those areas so super

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short podcast today but I hope that's

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okay I hope this has given you something

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to think about and I would love to hear

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how you are weird so feel free to leave

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me a comment on Facebook or Instagram on

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Thursday where I will share the blog on

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Facebook you can look us up at happiness

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abound and on Instagram I am happiness

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underscore abound you can also get those

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links by visiting happiness abound

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dot-com so thank you again so much for

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tuning in I hope to see you again

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tomorrow and don't forget to subscribe

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to the podcast and leave a review if

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you'd like I really enjoy hearing from

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you and I would love any feedback or

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topics that you'd like us to that you'd

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like me to talk about anything like that

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I would just love to hear from you you

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can also email me at Taylor at happiness

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about calm I hope that today's podcast

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has helped remember you are capable of

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happiness abound and have a great day

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being weird

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