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*Please see the excerpt below for a clarification on Lesson 9 regarding Shaun White.Email Patrick for sponsorship information: patrick@paytongroupllc.comNote taking app: EvernotePaper planner: Franklin Planner2020 Audit / 12 Lessons from 2020:Write your plans in pencilRemember the 3 Circles (Concern, Influence, Trust) adapted from Steven CoveyRushed or hurried and ‘right now’ are rarely rightCrisis always reveals character and conviction (so welcome the crisis/test)Find coaches, mentors, and advisors; we all need them. Blind spots and your success can be dangerousThe greater your leadership load, the more valuable your time alone; therefore, plan for it.Keep practicing seeking to understand before demanding to be understood (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey; Habit 5)The 5 Plus 1 is still a good foundation (faith, family, friends, fitness, finances; plus 1: servant leadership) Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf*The Shaun White Rule works; Tools of Titans by Tim FerrissYou only control your thoughts, words, and actions; you cannot control other people.Read and keep reading, and read more and more about dead people.*In this episode, Patrick references the Shaun White interview in Tim Ferriss' Tools of Titans. Patrick paraphrases White's response to one of Ferriss' questions and mentions his wife and children; In the interview, White uses the word 'family' as he is not married and does not have children. We apologize for the inadvertent error and have included the excerpt below to clarify:---TF: What’s your self-talk just before dropping into an Olympic run?SW: “I say, ‘At the end of the day, who cares? What’s the big deal? I’m here, I’m going to try my best, and I’m going to go home, and my family’s there. . . . Even though my whole world’s wrapped up in this, who cares?’”TF: The “and I’m going to go home, and my family’s there” is a line he adopted from Andre Agassi, one of his mentors. Shaun and I both love and recommend Andre’s autobiography, Open.”