Hello, friends. Welcome to Level Up with Debbie Neal. I am your host. There is nowhere. I would rather be

than right here, right now with you. This podcast is all about leveling up in all aspects of our lives.

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Together, we are leveling up. You ready?

Hello, my friends and family. I hope you are absolutely amazing. Today, we're going to be talking

about declaring victory over our lives. So, we're going to be talking about declaring victory over our lives. So what I want to say is we're approaching the Fourth of July. But by the time you listen to this, we've already approached the Fourth of July. I'm obviously recording earlier. So when we think about the Fourth of July, it's a time when we celebrate the birth of our nation, if you live in the

United States of America, which I do. Okay. So we're celebrating the birth of our nation. We're

celebrating our independence and we're celebrating our freedom. And when the declaration of

independence was written, it wasn't just words on a page. It was a commitment. It was a stand.

It was a birth of an identity that would shape generations. It was a courageous decision,

right, made by people who were no longer willing to be oppressed, no longer willing

to settle for less, and they knew what was possible. And when this all occurred and when

it was written, they faced enormous risks. They knew that there would be sacrifices,

but the cost of not declaring independence was far greater. So here's what I want to do today.

I want to really ponder on that for a moment. Like, I don't know about you guys,

but I could take like any event, anything and like turn it into a business training, right?

I want you to think about that for a minute, a declaration. It was an unshakable statement of

truth, a refusal to settle, a promise to create something

greater. So how does that apply to you leveling up your success? A declaration in your life.

You know what it is? It's a line in the sand. It is you rising up,

stating to yourself and stating to the world what you stand for and what you will create

and what you are no longer willing to tolerate. A declaration is not a wish. It's not a maybe. It is a decision. When we make a

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