Hey, this is LeForn Qsac, Senior Podcast Producer for Fill in the Blanks.

Dr. Phil is off the mic this week, so we're playing an encore of one of his favorite episodes,

Living by Design 1. In this episode, you'll learn the importance of taking care of yourself,

so that you can take care of other people, how you can live on purpose and your personal truth.

And remember, worksheets for Living by Design can be found at Dr. Phil in the Blanks.com. Enjoy the show.

He's a first-class kid and I have all of these secrets that I don't want anybody to know,

and by comparison, I always came in second. Ask yourself how much fun are you to live with.

The last thing you want to do is mis-manage yourself such that you wind up emotionally bankrupt

and become emotionally unavailable. You're the only one you need to control to change

from being right to being happy.

When I said fill in the blanks, I meant fill in different kinds of blanks. Sometimes it's fill

into blanks and other people's lives, but this time I'm starting a series where I'm talking

about filling into blanks in your lives. Not somebody else's lives, your lives.

And this is a series that I want you to get something out of. Look, I can't sing, I can't dance,

I can't even draw a straight line. So that means when I talk to somebody, they got to get something

out of it because you're not looking at me for I candy. And like I say, I can't entertain you with

singing or dancing. So what is it I want you to get out of this? I want you to get out of this

fill in the blank series and edge. I want you to get an edge in your life. And here's the first

edge I want you to get. I want you to be able to figure out who you are and how you got to be

who you are, where you are. Now think about that. You know what you do. You know what your job is,

your mom, your dad, your butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, you're an accountant or an

architect or a teacher. That's what you do. That's not who you are. So I want you to know who you are

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