Good morning and welcome to the increase your impact podcast. I'm just in

SUA episode 1842. If you were listening to this, chances are you are

pursuing the best version of yourself. You're either a student or in your career

or an athlete or a leader of some kind and you are pursuing a goal. Now in

pursuit of this goal, it is probably very stressful. There's a lot of uncertainty.

There's a lot of chaos. There's a lot of ups. There's a lot of downs. You may be

feeling like you are chasing greatness and at the same time being chased by

other people, being chased by insecurities, being chased, chased by doubt. And

oftentimes when we are pursuing a goal, all we can think about is get to the

destination. Get to the destination. Be the best we can. You are constantly

bombarded with these expectations, not just by other people, but by yourself as

well. Chances are you're really hard on yourself. You beat up on yourself and

you can't seem to shake the fact that you're never quite good enough or you

could always be better. Today's invitation to you is simply this. Give yourself

permission to enjoy the journey. That's it. Give yourself permission to enjoy

the journey. A question I often ask athletes who are competing at the tip of

the spear. I often ask facetiously sometimes, are you allowed to enjoy this

part to which many of them say, you know what I am? I am allowed to enjoy this

part. I just not giving myself permission to do so. And that's my invitation to

you. Give yourself permission to enjoy the journey. Now for the journal prompt

for the day, if you're taking notes, pull up your journal or pull out your

notes section. And I'd like you to write down what specific things do you

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