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Today we are beginning a brand new series entitled You'll Be Glad You Did, Timeless Advice for

Troubled Times. Now, here's what we all have in common. This isn't a religious thing. This is

just the thing thing. We have all lived, most of us have lived long enough to basically to

read the benefits from some good decisions we've made and some good habits we've developed.

And most of us have lived long enough to have dealt with the consequences of some bad decisions

we've made and some bad habits we've developed. So, looking back, again, this is kind of the

wide end of the funnel, looking back, we're either glad that we did or we wish we had

or we're glad we didn't and we wish we hadn't, right? I mean, we right now every one of us

could stand up and tell him glad I did or I wish I had story. Now, because eventually, this

is just part of growing up. Eventually, we realized that life is connected, the decisions we made

today end up impacting what's going to happen tomorrow or create tomorrow's realities. And

this is the lesson that every single parent does everything they can to impart to their children.

Okay, if you raise kids or raise grandkids, you've said it a thousand times, these grades count.

In fact, let's just say it together. These grades count. Yeah, because what we're saying is this,

your academic decisions now, right? Your academic decisions now determine your academic options later

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