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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

044 | Debbie Ford: “I’d Rather Be Whole Than Good.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2016

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today on the Quote of The Day Show, the late Debbie Ford, author of The Dark Side of The Light Chasers, tells a story of how she learned to own and love her shadow side. This clip comes from Debbie’s audio program The Answers are Within You available on Audible.




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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'd rather be whole than good.

0:03.4

And that is the quote of the day.

0:30.0

Welcome back to the quote of the day show on your host, Sean Crox and of Sean Crox and

0:38.6

dot com.

0:39.6

Today's feature speaker is the late, the great Debbie Ford and Debbie Ford is the author

0:46.4

of an incredible book that I highly recommend.

0:49.0

So so grab a pen, write this down.

0:51.5

It's called the dark side of the light chasers.

0:54.6

Again, the dark side of the light chasers.

0:57.5

And today's clip might be a little bit longer than normal.

1:01.2

And it's because I want to get the entire concept in there.

1:03.8

I want people to hear the whole thing because it's a concept that I feel like would be a

1:08.2

huge game changer if more people really understood it.

1:11.9

And I learned about it maybe two or three years ago when I read Debbie's book, Dr. D.

1:15.6

Martini talks about this quite frequently.

1:17.9

And it's all about owning and loving all sides of yourself.

1:23.2

Like I know about myself, I can be generous, but I can also be stingy.

1:27.1

I can be kind and I can be cruel.

1:29.7

There are light, light parts of myself, but there are also dark parts of myself.

1:33.0

And it's all about owning them because when we try to disown them, things can get a little

1:39.4

a little challenging.

1:42.0

And it's kind of a trip.

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