Short Derek Cole Podcast monologue (March 11, 2019) in which the host thanks listeners for birthday wishes, cites Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar speech, and urges listeners to pursue small, daily (1%) improvements in habits—summed by concrete examples—and to accumulate those into larger yearly changes.
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Foreign. Welcome to the Derek Cole Podcast. I appreciate you listening. I appreciate the attention. Thank you so much. And I want to take a quick second say thank you for all the birthday wishes. It's truly humbling and amazing how many people take time out of their day just to say a few kind words. But with this little rant here, I want to include Matthew McConaughey's Oscar speech from a few years ago. So. Search YouTube. Matthew McConaughey Oscar speech. You probably have seen it and listened to it, but have you really listened to it? It's a great speech and it aligns perfectly with how I feel about life. And I hope how you feel about life because. Because every day we must strive to be better. I'm not talking about massive changes. I'm talking about small steps. Each day, strive for 1% improvement in some area of your daily habit. Maybe you pick a salad over a cheeseburger. Maybe you read one verse of the Bible. Maybe you speak encouragement to someone instead of pointing out all of their flaws. 1%. That's all small changes daily. Make massive changes yearly. Then before you know it, you can do 30 push ups because you started with one. You can read a Bible plan every day because you started with a verse. You can be the person you look up to because all these 1% improvements made you a better human. I believe in you. I know you can do it. I believe you can do it. Ready and go.
