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It was 3:08 in the morning.
May of last year.
I was in my office already a lofty 8 minutes into my day.
Headphones on, speaking (uh, reading) into a microphone… and yelling at ducks.
Yes, ducks.
As I tried to record a passage for The Zebra Code audiobook, those feathered freeloaders on my backyard lake quacked like it was their job.
I must’ve sounded like a lunatic, hollering “Come on! I need 75 quiet minutes!”
But here’s the truth…
I wasn’t just recording an audiobook.
I was chasing a big goal that was important to me.
Writing a book is one thing.
Giving voice to it, putting myself on record, was something else entirely.
Big goals aren’t really about the thing you achieve.
They’re about who you become in the pursuit. (In this case, hopefully, not a total lunatic. )
They stretch your patience, your creativity, your confidence, and yes… even your relationships with ducks.
This week’s video is all about this truth.
What really happens to you when you work toward a massive goal (and why the transformation almost never looks the way you expect)?
Watch: How Working Toward a Big Goal Changes You!
If you’ve ever set an ambitious goal, whether career-related, personal, or financial, you’ll see yourself in this.
And if you haven’t yet?
It might just give you the push to start.
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Andrew LaCivita, a globally-renowned career and leadership coach, is the founder of the milewalk Academy®. During the course of his distinguished career, he has impacted over 350 companies, more than 100,000 individuals, and spanned nearly 200 countries, helping them unlock their full potential. He is an award-winning author who gained international recognition with his groundbreaking books, Interview Intervention: Communication That Gets You Hired, The Hiring Prophecies: Psychology behind Recruiting Successful Employees, and The Zebra Code: A Step-By-Step Guide to Mastering Career Skills That Make You a Standout Professional. These seminal works, along with his celebrated vlog, Tips for Work and Life®, consistently earn top spots on reputable, worldwide lists which rank the best career advice books and blogs. Andrew remains actively engaged across various social media platforms and shares his expertise through his weekly Live Office Hours on YouTube every Thursday.
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