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Welcome to the Inspire Create 
Manifest podcast. 

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I'm Joe Longo, and this is where
we cut through the noise, return

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to simplicity, and reconnect 
with what actually matters. 

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If you are ready to think for 
yourself, trust yourself, and 

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create a life that feels true, 
you're in the right place. 

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Now let's get into today's 
episode. 

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What's up everybody? 
Welcome back to the inspired 

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Create Manifest podcast. 
Today we are exploring the 

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uncomfortable middle. 
The uncomfortable middle. 

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Last week we talked about 
attention. 

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We explored the evidence that 
we've been collecting every day 

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and how that evidence shapes 
what we believe is possible. 

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And today I want to talk about 
that uncomfortable middle space,

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the space where you are and 
where you're going. 

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The space between the prayer and
the answer, between the 

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intention and the manifestation,
between the decision and the 

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results. 
That space, my friends, could be

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very uncomfortable. 
And guess what we do as humans, 

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Most of us quit. 
Most of us quit in this 

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uncomfortable middle. 
And if you've been feeling 

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uncertain lately, if you've been
wondering whether you're on the 

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right path, hopefully this 
episode will help you out. 

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Often it's evidence that you're 
moving. 

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That's right. 
Evidence, evidence, evidence, 

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evidence. 
One of my favorite examples of 

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this is when Abraham was called 
to leave his home and he wasn't 

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handled A detailed man. 
He was given a five year plan. 

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No, he was not given a five year
plan. 

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He wasn't given AGPS system. 
He was not guaranteed anything. 

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There was no certainty, just a 
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And imagine how uncomfortable 
that must have felt to leave 

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everything familiar without 
knowing exactly where you were 

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going. 
And most of us want the entire 

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road map before we take the 
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I know I want. 
I want the road map. 

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I want to know where I'm going. 
I want that address that I can 

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put into the GPS system so I 
know I will get to exactly where

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I need to go. 
But that doesn't happen. 

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Especially when you feel that 
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You know that something is 
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I've been sitting in that space 
of something shifting and 

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wondering, well, what? 
What is shifting? 

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What am I being called to do? 
I'm knowing I'm being called to 

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do something, but what is it? 
Where is my road map? 

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Can I get a sign, some 
synchronicities? 

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Can I get something to help me 
have a little bit of belief to 

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take that step? 
And you know, if you've been 

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noticing, we've been connecting 
a little bit with the Bible. 

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Tina and I have been watching 
the House of David and that 

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little kid David has really been
inspiring me and reminding me 

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that if we have the faith, we 
can kill the giant, we can slay 

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Goliath. 
But we have to have the faith. 

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And maybe even when we were 
kids, we had that faith. 

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We knew. 
I remember when I shattered my 

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ankle and they were like, we're 
going to put pins in and we're 

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going to do all this stuff. 
I'm like, no, we're not. 

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No, we are not. 
I know it's going to heal. 

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I know I'm going to be fine. 
And when we think about Peter, 

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right, Peter had faith, but he 
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He didn't know that he could 
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The miracle didn't happen first.
You know what happened first? 

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The step. 
The step happened 1st and we 

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have to leave the safety of the 
boat before we experience what 

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is possible. 
But we all want the proof before

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we take that step. 
We're waiting for the guarantee 

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that everything will work out. 
But tell me, did life ever 

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operate like that for you? 
Did you ever do anything in life

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where you were shown this? 
Is it, you're going to do this 

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and it's going to get you 
exactly where you need to be? 

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Or did you have to take that 
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And I want to bring this to 
folks that are in a job looking 

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for another job. 
And I'd love it when this 

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happens, when people are like, I
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I will relocate for the job. 
And how many of us have faith 

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that I'm going to get a job? 
And if this job wants me to move

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across the country, I'm totally 
going to move across the 

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country. 
And I like to use this example 

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because let's say you get a new 
job and it is in San Francisco 

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working for a tech company, and 
they're offering you more money 

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than you've ever seen in your 
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All you got to do is give up 
everything from home and move 

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across the country. 
And when we do those things, our

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friends and our family are like,
yeah, go, you got this. 

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And everybody has this faith 
because we have a job offer. 

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You can go, you can move across 
the country. 

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And this has happened to plenty 
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And you get there and you're 
working for that tech startup. 

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And then all of a sudden that 
tech startup says, Yep, we're 

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bankrupt. 
You don't have a job anymore. 

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And we take that as normal. 
But when we say I'm going to 

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follow this path, this calling, 
this thing that is within me, 

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our friends and our family 
typically look at us and say, 

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what are you? 
Yeah, that's crazy. 

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You can't do that. 
What are you thinking? 

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Where's the security? 
And we're all looking for the 

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security. 
We're looking for the proof that

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this is the right step that 
we're supposed to take. 

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But we don't have the proof. 
We have to follow that internal 

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calling, just like Peter did. 
I'm going to walk. 

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I'm going to take that step. 
I don't know how I'm going to 

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walk on water, but I'm going to 
take that step because I believe

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I have the faith, right? 
David showed up on the 

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battlefield and was like, all 
right, I don't know how I'm 

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going to slay this, this giant, 
but I'm going to slay this giant

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because I believe that God has 
my back. 

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God source, whatever you call 
it. 

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Do you have that faith? 
And I continually keep coming 

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back to the faith of a mustard 
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If you have the faith of a 
mustard seed, you can move 

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mountains. 
But how many of us say we have 

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the faith, say we believe, but 
we really don't. 

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We wait and we look around like,
where's where's the proof? 

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Where is show me the proof, show
me the proof, and then I'll take

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the steps. 
But it doesn't work that way. 

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We have to start taking the 
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And once we start taking the 
steps, we start believing that 

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we're going exactly where we're 
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And sometimes there's a boulder 
that rolls run right in front of

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that path that we're walking 
down, and we have to pivot. 

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And that's OK because we have 
faith. 

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And we know that that boulder 
rolled down in front of us so we

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could pivot to get us back on 
the track that we're supposed to

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be going. 
But guess what? 

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This is super freaking 
uncomfortable. 

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So uncomfortable because we 
don't know. 

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We don't have the proof. 
All we can have is faith and 

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belief that I'm listening to 
this internal calling. 

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And if I'm listening to this 
internal calling and I take that

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step, the next step is going to 
reveal itself, and then the next

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step will reveal itself. 
So I've got a question for all 

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of you. 
Where in your life, where in 

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your life are you waiting for 
proof before taking action? 

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Where are you demanding 
certainty before trust? 

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Because, because sometimes those
things that we're praying for, 

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that we're manifesting, that 
we're setting those intentions 

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for, is simply waiting on the 
other side of that step that 

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we're afraid to take. 
So take a few minutes today. 

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Sit down with that question. 
Don't force the answer, but 

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simply listen. 
You already know more than you 

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think. 
The invitation is now simply to 

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trust. 
Can you trust? 

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Can you trust the little voice 
inside? 

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Can you trust where you're being
LED, knowing that if you take 

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that step, the next step will 
present it to itself? 

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Your invitation today and this 
week is simply to trust. 

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Thanks for being here. 
Thanks for listening. 

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If you are in this space 
between, if you are sitting in 

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this uncomfortable middle and 
you want to be part of the six 

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week space between program, 
schedule your free clarity call,

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discovery call, whatever you 
want to call it, schedule your 

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call. 
The link is in the show notes. 

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Click it, fill out the little 
form. 

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You and I will hang out for 
about 45 minutes and we'll start

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exploring where you are, where 
you want to be, and what might 

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be getting in the way as we sit 
in this uncomfortable middle. 

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Welcome to the uncomfortable 
middle, my friends. 

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Have a beautiful week.