487 | Eric Thomas: “There are Things that Come to Workers that Don’t Come to Those Who Just Wish.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2018
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Dr. Eric Thomas is here with your Monday Motivation, talking about the difference between wishing and working, and reminds us that the only way to get what we want is by putting in the work. Visit etinspires.com for more about Dr. Thomas’s books, podcast, programs, and events. You can find today’s full talk here.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QOD is this. |
| 0:02.5 | There are things that come to workers that don't come to those who just wish. |
| 0:08.5 | Here we go. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to the QOD of the day show. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm your host, Sean Crox and the Sean Croxton.com. |
| 0:39.2 | We've got Dr. Eric Thomas on the show for some of that motivation Monday. |
| 0:43.0 | And today the doctor is talking about work. |
| 0:47.4 | We have to be willing to work. |
| 0:50.3 | We have to be willing to work for the things that we want in our lives. |
| 0:53.7 | And if we are not willing to work, then we are just wishing. |
| 0:57.4 | So many of us go through our entire lives setting goals. |
| 1:02.2 | And many times at the same goal over and over and over again. |
| 1:05.1 | And we go through life talking and talking and talking about the things that we want |
| 1:11.8 | from life. |
| 1:12.8 | But at the same time, we are not willing to sit down and do the work. |
| 1:17.6 | We somehow expect it to just show up without doing anything. |
| 1:23.3 | You know, it's a story. |
| 1:25.7 | I think I told you maybe about a year ago, but I might as well tell it again, because |
| 1:30.3 | we got new listeners and stuff. |
| 1:32.3 | But out of a friend. |
| 1:34.3 | And as long as I've known her, she's always been telling me about this book that she wants |
| 1:40.3 | to write. |
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