What is up, you beautiful people? Welcome back to another episode of The Action Academy podcast

where we give you all the information you could ever need, possibly for free. And if you need help

executing it, implementing it, and getting held accountable for it, you can check out

theactionacademy.com in the show description to apply for our community. Guys, you are not

afraid of what you think you're afraid of. And I'm about to

prove it to you. Watch this. Let me set the scene. It's a hot summer's day. It's maybe 80, 85 degrees

outside. You're sitting and laying by the pool. Life is good. Maybe you got some music playing.

The sun's hitting your skin. You've got a cold beverage to

your right. You're loving life and everything's just fantastic. You're so hot that you decide that

you want to jump into the pool. You dip your toe into the water. Then you're like,

woo, man, that is freezing. I don't know about this, right? And then eventually you decide, man, I'm so freaking

hot. I'm just going to make the plunge. I'm going to jump right in. And then you jump in,

you freak out because it's so freaking cold, but then literally like 20 seconds, 30 seconds into

what you realize that it's just fine, right? Okay, cool, Brian. So why are you talking to me

about a freaking pool in January on a financial freedom podcast? Well, my friend, I'm glad you asked.

Here's why. The reason that you aren't taking action is not because you're afraid of the state

that you're transitioning to. You're afraid of the level of discomfort caused by the state

change, okay? The change. Because think about it. The idea of the pool is amazing. That's why we buy

the freaking pool, right, to cool off. And we understand that after about 20, 30 seconds in the water,

our bodies are going to adapt, they're going to adjust, and it's

going to feel very refreshing for us and comfortable. But man, that freaking split-second moment

where you jump in and you're hot and you transition from that state to the next day,

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