Looking for a summary of "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho? This video will give you a brief overview of the book's themes and messages about following your dreams.
Embark on an inspiring journey with me, Fabio, as we traverse the captivating landscapes of Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" and unearth the treasures held within our own aspirations. This episode promises to illumine the path to discovering your Personal Legend, that inner calling that propels you toward your true life's purpose. Santiago, our shepherd protagonist, sets out in search of worldly treasure but finds the expedition offers far more than gold; it reveals the golden wisdom woven into the fabric of his dreams and the reality that shapes his existence.
Amidst Santiago's adventures, we confront the familiar foes of fear and complacency, challenging us to break free from the shackles of routine and embrace the uncertainty that accompanies the pursuit of dreams. Together, we examine the milestones of Santiago's odyssey, from the mystical stones of omens to the enlightening encounters in a crystal shop and with an Englishman alchemist. These pivotal moments foster resilience and an unwavering focus on the signs that guide us to our destiny. The narrative invites you to reflect on your own journey, encouraging the embrace of every experience as a step toward self-discovery and success.
As we reach the conclusion of Santiago's quest, we realize that true wealth lies not in material possessions but in the love and growth we garner along the way. The episode wraps up with a contemplation on how joy serves as a compass in our endeavors, be it creating content or navigating life's myriad choices. Tune in for a heartfelt discussion that transcends the bounds of a mere book summary, transforming into a heartfelt dialogue about the profound riches that await when we align with our dreams and dare to follow them.
Looking for a summary of "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho? This video will give you a brief overview of the book's themes and messages about following your dreams.
Embark on an inspiring journey with me, Fabio, as we traverse the captivating landscapes of Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" and unearth the treasures held within our own aspirations. This episode promises to illumine the path to discovering your Personal Legend, that inner calling that propels you toward your true life's purpose. Santiago, our shepherd protagonist, sets out in search of worldly treasure but finds the expedition offers far more than gold; it reveals the golden wisdom woven into the fabric of his dreams and the reality that shapes his existence.
Amidst Santiago's adventures, we confront the familiar foes of fear and complacency, challenging us to break free from the shackles of routine and embrace the uncertainty that accompanies the pursuit of dreams. Together, we examine the milestones of Santiago's odyssey, from the mystical stones of omens to the enlightening encounters in a crystal shop and with an Englishman alchemist. These pivotal moments foster resilience and an unwavering focus on the signs that guide us to our destiny. The narrative invites you to reflect on your own journey, encouraging the embrace of every experience as a step toward self-discovery and success.
As we reach the conclusion of Santiago's quest, we realize that true wealth lies not in material possessions but in the love and growth we garner along the way. The episode wraps up with a contemplation on how joy serves as a compass in our endeavors, be it creating content or navigating life's myriad choices. Tune in for a heartfelt discussion that transcends the bounds of a mere book summary, transforming into a heartfelt dialogue about the profound riches that await when we align with our dreams and dare to follow them.
Hi guys, my name is Fabio from Journey to Success, and welcome. Today we're going to talk about this new book, and the name of the book is the Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. The book is something we already know, honestly, because we did some episode a couple of weeks ago or one month ago around a couple of weeks ago, or one month ago around and that occasion was just the reading of the summary. Right now, my focus is a little bit different, so I like to study the summary of the books, or the books itself, and then I like to share with you the best value, so the best highlights that I catch from any book. So, on my way, and in my opinion, it's more interesting. You're not going to be disappointed, especially about this new story, about this new novel. What else, before to go forward, I'm doing properly kind of summary. So if you are allergic of spoiler, for example, I'm allergic of spoilers. So if you're allergic of spoilers and just, of course, you are free to uh, you know to to turn off the video, turn off the audio and uh, to come back another time, there isn't problem, okay, but if you are here, you're going to learn a lot from it, I promise you.
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So, first chapter we talk about Santiago. Who is Santiago? Santiago is a shepherd and is a shepherd that has to go back to one of the merchants. So he used to work with those merchants and now, after one year, he had to go back for work reasons. But the funny thing is that when they first met, one year before, santiago fell I wouldn't say fell in love, but like the daughter of the merchant so he was just dreaming for one year, dreaming about this woman and talking to the ships about this woman. You know, like crazy, but yeah, he was very excited about the idea to see the woman. Right, and what happened in this first episode, let's say he finally meets again the woman and somehow he's not enthusiastic. He's not like he remember, he's like, ok, and now what it's not like I remember. And here we learn the first lesson.
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And I wrote here dreaming is what makes life interesting. Dreaming is what makes life interesting. So I'm not saying that the reality is boring, I'm not going to say to you that the reality is not fascinating. But you build your reality. Okay, you make your reality and everything comes from a dream. Okay, If you dream very, very low and say to yourself okay, you know, I just want a nice job. Not even a nice job, I just want a job, pay the taxes, pay my rent, and that's it. And then for sure you're gonna get that outcome that you have not to complain that your life is boring or it's not the life of, you know, kim Kardashian or Brad Pitt, pitt, okay, so that's that's the point. Uh, vice versa, if you uh dream about something right, something hardly, and then you work for it and then you reach the outcome, there is also the other side. It's also possible that you are going to feel disappointed, but we're going to go forward and we're going to reach the end to talk better about it. So I think this, for now, it's good insight.
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Anyway, going back to the story, so, past one year, this year, he was dreaming about this woman and he felt disappointed, but in this year he also realized that he liked to travel. He wanted to travel. So he finally decided to go forward and uh to to travel around cities, villages, and the funny thing is that sometimes Santiago used to have a dream, a proper dream, where a guy, a child, used to show him a treasure, and then every time he used to wake up, and then again he used to have this kind of dream right in his trips. Okay, so he decided to go to a gypsy woman, and this gypsy woman was a woman, where she was able to translate the dreams. And this gypsy woman said to Santiago Santiago, listen, this, what you are doing is a dream, but we call it soul from the world, we call words from the world, we call it also I'm going to tell you now personal legend. We call it personal legend.
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So what are personal legends? Personal legends are not only dreams, they are all the package. So it's the outcome is the dream, the achievement, the satisfaction, the happiness, uh, the path. You know that you did the journey, the journey to success. Now I don't want to, uh, to mention the title of my podcast, but that's the point, right? So the name is Personal Legend.
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So you are talking with personal legends. You are talking with what you want to achieve, and what you want to achieve is this treasure that this child shows you. Every time I tell you something, this can be real. That's what the gypsy woman says. This can be real, but it's up to you. But don't have to pay me. Now. If you find the treasure, you have to pay one tenth of the treasure to me, as Santiago says okay, good deal, let's do so.
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So he went out from his, from her. Santiago says, okay, good deal, let's do so. So he went out from his, from her I don't know how to call it office, so let's say his office. So he went out from her office and he decided to relax. Maybe he had some intense you know intense situation with that woman. And just a small note to Paolo Coelho Paolo, I'm doing the summary on my way I'm sure that it's not properly correct what I say Just to show to my community, to share with my community, all the important highlights. Okay, that's what we want to reach with this episode. So now I can go forward. So I know that I'm doing a little bit on my way, okay, so maybe in this case we have not to talk about spoilers, in case you didn't read the book, by the way.
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Okay, let's say that Santiago was very tired from this meeting and then he finally decided to have a rest and take a book. So he takes a book, he reads a book and then, at a certain point, there is this person, approaches him and he says hey, I know this book. It's very, it's very good book. Can I stay here? And Santiago say, yeah, ok, sure. So these two people, they bound together, they talk, they communicate, they conversate.
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And then Santiago likes to share about the dream. Like you know what I used to have, this dream, I like I about the dream, like you know what I used to have this dream. I have this dream, I do this dream, where there is this child that will show me a treasure in a certain point. So I went to the gypsy. She said to me what it is blah, blah, blah say to me. She said to me what it is blah, blah, blah. And then this man, the name of the man is Melchizedek. So Melchizedek says okay, so I'm going to tell you also who I am. So my name is Melchizedek, I have to write and I am the king of Salem. I am the king of Salem, I am the king of Salem and as a king, I would like to reveal something beautiful, something important to you. Santiago, I guess, said okay, well, go on.
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He says the word prevents people to achieve their personal legends. Okay, I can translate also in this way so the word prevents people to achieve their dreams. And I would like to stop here, I would like to take a break. It is true, the world prevents us to reach our dreams Causes two important things.
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One of them is the fear. Fear of everything, fear of maybe you are afraid to be in front of the camera, fear to take the mic. Fear can be also small. Right now, my fear is that I would like to grow on Instagram organically. Maybe it takes some time. I would like to do some art, but I don't want to ruin my engagement.
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You know, all these small or big fears can prevent us to reach our success. So this is the first fear. This is the first point. It's fear. The second point is this is pretty easy to explain is the routine.
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We love the routine. We say that we don't like it, but we love it. I mean, we don't like what we do. I'm sure you don't like to. You know to wake up any morning to. You know to take the car and go to your boss and maybe this boss is going to scream to you. And you don't like the environment. You don't like that, but you like the routine. You like you not be in this comfort zone. Well, it's wrong. If you really want to achieve something in your life, you have to risk, you have to be outside this routine, okay, so that's what Melchizedek says.
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Another thing that Melchizedek gave to Santiago were two stones. So a black stone the meaning of the black stone was a yes and the white stone the meaning of the white stone is a no stone the meaning of the white stone is a no, and it's just that the stones were just a way to kind of predict the future. You know to read better the omen. That's the reason why the king gave the stones to Santiago and it basically helped him to reach better his journey, his success. Okay, guys, and very nice, very beautiful.
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But of course then the king claimed something from him that was one part of the ship, and of course he was happy to give to the king the ships and he had also to sell the rest of the ship. And of course he was happy to give to the king the ships and he had also to sell the rest of the ships so he could finally buy the ticket from where he was living right now that was in Tarifa to Africa, africa, where lies the treasure? Exactly close to the pyramids. Okay, fascinating, very, very fascinating. So he gives for free the ships. He sells all the ships, like everything. He truly sells everything to have money to buy the ticket.
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He finally reaches Africa and, by the way, I've been in Morocco. Why am I in Morocco now? Because he has to go through the desert. Right, and you can go through the desert via Egypt well, via different countries actually, but it's mostly via Egypt and Morocco. And it's so beautiful, the desert is such a beautiful thing and we did the camel but I'm gonna stop it. But it's so fascinating so I missed a little bit, but anyway, sorry.
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So Santiago Santiago reached Africa, reached the desert. Someone approached him and says, hey, you need a camel to go forward. You need to go forward, but you need a camel. And then Santiago says OK, so there is no problem. And then the man asked money in a way to give the camel to him. So he was just pretending to sell the camel, but actually it was a thief. So he ran away with the money of Santiago. Santiago had nothing.
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So he reached Africa. He was poor at that moment. Fortunately, he saw a crystal shop and this crystal shop was looking for someone to work for him and he said all the story about the man, etc. Etc. So the boss of the shop decided to give the job to Santiago. I don't know how many months or years worked there, but finally he had the money to buy back the ships and of course, he asked to the boss if it was okay for him to leave. The boss said yeah, of course it's okay. And Santiago said yes, because I want to go back home, honestly. And then the boss said no, you are not going to go back home, so you are going to leave. The boss say yeah, of course it's okay. The Santiago say yes, because I want to go back home honestly. And then the boss say no, you are not gonna go back home, so you're gonna leave this, this place, here. That's okay for me, but you have to continue, because I hear about your story of dreams and personal legends. I believe it, so you have to go forward. And then Santiago says okay, you know what? Well, I'm actually closer to reach the pyramids than go back home. So, okay, let's do so.
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Okay, so here we have another part of Santiago and Santiago finally takes back the ships. He has a tent as well, so he reaches a certain part of the desert and I think he has also a caravan or something like that. And finally he reaches another person, another man, an Englishman, and was a very important match, because they communicate, they share their dreams, they share their personal legends. Also, this Englishman was looking for his personal legend, but it was a very important, let's say casuality, because this man was reading a book and in this book, this book talks about the story of the alchemist. So in the story of Paolo Coelho, the alchemists are real and the basis of the book, inside the book, an alchemist can read the desert and can achieve any personal legend.
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Now, santiago was amazed about it. He didn't read the book because, anyway, we have to know that he's a shepherd, so he always trusts his stones to read better. The omen. But there was a new hint to go forward with his journey. Right, and here we learn another lesson from the book.
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And the lesson of the book is that everything happens for a reason. Everything happens for a reason. Okay, your journey to success and your journey to your dream. Probably right now you think you are spiraling. Probably right now you think you are lost, but you are where you should be. There are corrections in your path, that's absolutely normal, but you have to trust the process. You have to go forward. That's the only thing you have to do.
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Okay, and everything happens for a reason. Because in this path that you're doing right now, that you are having right now probably, you are learning something, you are doing something. You are doing something that you think it's not important for your success, but it is Everything we are doing right now. It's important to reach our success, as much as you don't give up. You have not to give up, you have to go forward. Okay, you have to be focused. Your brain has always to be there, has to be. Your focus has to be clear. Your vision has to be clear. Okay, if your vision is clear, there is nothing that you have to be clear. Your vision has to be clear. If your vision is clear, there is nothing that you have to be worried for it. So it doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing right now. As much as you are, as much as your brain, your focus, everything is there, it's where it should be. So and okay, so and okay. So I will say everything happens for a reason.
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So Santiago trusts this book anyway, even if he didn't read so much maybe not at all, but just a couple of pages. Well, he understood that the alchemists are good to reach his dream right. So, with the Englishman, they reach this tribe, where there is, where in this tribe there is one of the alchemists that can help them to reach their success. And the alchemist, of course, is a person, as I said, who knows how to reach the desert, so he knew about these two strangers. But here is the funny thing in this tribe, in this neutral ground, the chief say to Santiago listen, santiago, I'm happy that you reached this point, but you need to stay here because between us there is a war right now, and, I think, a war between tribes. Now we are in a neutral ground, so it's ok for us, very enough, but you have not moved from here. That's very important, so your caravan must be here. And Santiago says well, ok, that's ok, very enough.
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And in this place he met, he met this new girl, where he fell in love, and the name of the girl is I think it was Fatima, yeah, I think it was Fatima. I didn't write I think it was Fatima. So the name of the girl, let's say it's Fatima, it's Fatima, 90%, sure, it's Fatima. So I did it right. Anyway, let's go back.
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Santiago meets Fatima and they fell in love. He fell in love like hell and he wants to marry, he wants children, grandchildren, everything. That's it. Like he forgot about the treasure for a while. And then Fatima, of course, she loved him as well, she loves him as well. And he said listen, I hear about your dreams, I hear about your personal legends. You have to find the treasure.
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And at the same time, in the same night, or maybe the night after, as I say, it's not that accurate my story. Forgive me, paolo, forgive me. I'm sure that I'm getting the best highlights in a way that people understand how to reach their success. That's the point. But anyway, okay, let's say, same night, paolo had this dream, and in this dream it was kind of omen, where he dreamed where there were intruders inside the tribe, right. So he went to the chief. He said to the chief listen, I had a dream, I made a dream. In this dream I saw intruders were here and the war is coming also here. But also something that you have to know to the chief I have to leave because I have to reach my personal legend. So I'm sure the chief at that moment say convenient, very convenient, that you tell me this and now you leave.
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No, well, what he says? He says something smart. He says okay, for me you can leave, there is no problem. But if we have, we're going to be prepared for the war. We're going to trust you. So if there is a war, as you mentioned, so fair enough for 10 people we, you know, we fight or we kill you're going to have a golden piece, you're going to have money, basically. But if no war comes here, since it's a neutral ground, then we're going to kill you.
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And then Santiago would say well, okay, I hope it was a moment then, not a dream. So of course, the war came and he was willing to go away as well, because he won this kind of bet, right? But before to leave, the alchemist stopped him. And it was kind of. The alchemist was very doubtful, like hey, how did you know that? So the alchemist took his word and say hey, but tell me the truth, how did you know that? How did you know? Yes, we defeat the people thanks to you, but how did you know? I don't understand. So who are you? And then santiago said just the true, listen, I have just two stones. With the stones, I predict the future barely. And that would be me, and I sometimes make weird dreams, you know that's it.
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And the alchemist believed it in the story. And also the chief was grateful to Santiago. He wanted to give money to Santiago. He wanted to give money to Santiago, he wanted to make him a counselor, but of course he refused.
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And with the alchemist they just went away from the tribe to reach, you know, the destination, and and once they are kind of close to their destination there is another tribe, and this tribe take them, because evidently they were in their ground. But the alchemist says hey, we have a lot of money, he has a lot of money, santiago has a lot of money. So you can take everything if you like it. But just, you know, this man is a wizard, he's a powerful wizard, so if you make something bad to us, it's not good omen. The tribe was a little bit doubtful and the chief said Okay, you know what we can do in this way. You wizard, you have three days to prove us that you can make magic. But if in these three days you don't prove anything to us, then we're gonna kill you. So here the part is a little bit magic, because you don't prove anything to us, then we're going to kill you. So here the part is a little bit magic, because Santiago prayed to the desert, prayed to the sun, and at the end he becomes wind and he appears to the other side of the tribe and the tribe believe in the story and they gave the to Santiago the destination where they should be.
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I have a personal opinion about this. It's not in the book, but this magic thing, right, I have a personal opinion about this. It's not in the book, but this magic thing, right, that Paolo mentioned like from nowhere, and maybe I'm wrong, but it can be related to the law of attraction. Okay, because he prayed to the sun, he prayed to the desert, he prayed to the sun, he prayed to the desert, and he makes true that that could become something magical to appear to the other side to continue his journey. So, as we know, law of attraction it's something magical. Of course you have to work for it, you have to understand the sign also, right? But also in this case, he first went to the desert, then the desert didn't work, then he went to the sun, then the sun suggests something. So, like you know, it can be close to the law attraction concept, but I don't want to go so much forward in this case. Maybe it's not the case. It's just my opinion. All right, it can be true or not. Anyway, also in this case, they finally leave and they finally leave and there is a close, the pyramid, there is this dangerous land and this land. They were close to die also. Santiago hears story about two people who died in this land, but they finally got it also and finally they were close to their destination. Like they were there.
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Santiago was tired. Santiago was tired and the truth is that, even if I didn't mention so much, but when he left the tribe, he used to think a lot about Fatima. He just realized, he realized that he loves Fatima. The real treasure for him was Fatima. He just realized, he realized that he loves Fatima. The real treasure for him was Fatima. And he wanted to go back. He was satisfied, he was truly satisfied about the journey and he realized that all this correction was you know, we're bringing to the real treasure that was Fatima. All this correction was you know we're bringing to to the real treasure that was Fatima.
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But the alchemist say listen, we did everything like how dare you? We're here? You know there is a beetle, the beetle that I don't know, the gypsy woman say to you that would be the treasure is here. You have just to dig. Man, how dare you? So I think it happens in my imagination, of course and anyway the alchemist say let's dig it. Here should be the treasure. Why you have to go back now. Reasonable, right, okay.
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So they start to dig, they start to dig, they start to dig, and another man sees these people, or Santiago, digging, and then he beat him heartily and he's still the money again. And Santiago says listen, I'm just digging because I'm sure that here there is my, there is my personal legend. And then this man says to him well, I also dreamt once ago about my personal legend. It's in Spain, in this place, but of course I didn't do it. It's something for fool. You are fool as well. And Santiago was like amazed. Because, well, this man said to Santiago what was his treasure? And here, guys, ends the book. Ends the book.
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Okay, someone can be disappointed about it, but you have not to be. That's the point. So the point is not the fact that the fact that Santiago finds the treasure, yes or not, because since you can be disappointed or you can be happy, you can be satisfied about the outcome, or you can be like I reach it. You can be so many things. That's not the point. The point is the journey.
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Santiago gained so many skills, so much knowledge, and he also realized what was the real treasure for him, that it was Fatima was to go back. So from now on, everything is an extra. He's going to find the treasure. Yes or not is an extra. He reached anyway the goal. He reached the destination right, he did it. He reached it. He was happy with his journey. Yes, he found a true love, a true treasure, and he gained a lot of skills. Meanwhile, he learned how to be persistent during the way, something that you have to learn, guys. This guy has been kicked, kicked out like so many times, poor guy and all the people like stealth from him. You know, but he, you know, he went forward and he reached his destination.
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So what we learn also from this part? We learn that, uh, it's important to reach your goal, but once you reach your goal, you have also to understand that any emotion that you can have can make you happy, can satisfy you or can disappoint you. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, because you have to enjoy the journey. You have to enjoy the journey. You have to enjoy the journey. That's the mistake, the real mistake that all of us I include also myself, sometimes all of us do. We are too much focused on the outcome. It's great to be focused on the final destination, don't make me wrong. It's great, you should. You should be focused on the final destination, but you have not to be obsessed on that. You know, on that goal, you can be obsessed of the journey in a healthy way. Okay, that's what the book teaches. It's a very beautiful book. I love that. And what else? What else? What else? Yeah, so what us? Also, this book.
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It teaches the concept of fear. The fear is, uh, it's something that you have to completely defeat. There is maybe a point where you you can do okay, but for sure, at the start you have to master the fear in a way to reach certain success. The dreams you have to dream, guys. If you dream, dream, then you can make the dream a reality, and then dream and reality are just such beautiful things in your life, in your world, in your environment. But you have to dream first, otherwise you have just fear and routine that brings you to be a sheep.
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Third point Don't be a sheep. The sheep in this book is just a symbolic thing. The sheep doesn't have direction. The sheep doesn't have dreams. The sheep doesn't have a choice. Sheep can do only two things Follow other sheep or follow the shepherd. That's it. So don't be a sheep, guys. Don't be a sheep.
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And this I'm sure you enjoyed. Well, I enjoyed a lot, honestly. So if I enjoy, it means I'm sure there are other people here around me that can enjoy as well. This is another lesson. It's not part of the book. I don't know extra pill how to recognize if you are in a right path. You have to look at yourself and you have to make this question Am I enjoying? Am I doing a video? Let's say you're doing a video, right, so I'm doing a video. Do I like listen myself? Let's say you're doing a podcast. Do I like hear myself? So if your answer is no, that's okay, no problem. It means there are corrections to do and you have to work for it. If your answer is yes, it's great. It means there are other people like you. That's your target, okay. So, guys, thank you so much for being here on Journey to Success and see you in the next episode, cheers.