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Now before our episode begins, here's a quick word from our sponsors.

Hey there, good morning, and welcome to wake me up.

As always, I'm your host Tyler,

and I'm so glad that you're here today,

because in this motivational morning wake up

you'll have the chance to do some self-reflection and you'll find inspiration to

become the person that you've always wanted to be.

And you can start this episode, whether you're up and about already or if you're still in bed. But wherever you are, I want to begin by asking you a question.

Who do you think you are?

What do you see when you look at yourself?

What are the adjectives you would use to describe yourself?

And your answer today is probably very different from what your answer would have been a year ago or even a week ago.

You may think you've changed a lot and become an entirely new and different person.

Or maybe it's the opposite. You think you haven't changed at all. You're stuck in your ways.

And maybe these views project forward as expectations into the future as well.

What if I told you the way you see yourself

can drastically change your experience of life?

And I'm going to tell you a story about a friend of mine that will help you see that.

But before we do, let's take a moment just to pause.

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