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Tom Perri has spent decades running marathons and helping other runners reach their goals. After being diagnosed with stage-four cancer in 2019, he kept going.

Since then, he has completed more than 300 marathons, run a marathon in all 50 states after his diagnosis, and continued serving as a pacer for other runners.

In this episode, Shawn talks about:

• Why difficult circumstances do not have to define your entire identity
• How purpose can help you keep moving through hard seasons
• Why helping others can give meaning to your own struggle
• The danger of trying to solve the entire “marathon” at once
• Why discipline can look like taking one small step, then another
• How to focus on what is still possible instead of only what has been lost

Key takeaway:
You do not have to know how the entire story ends. You just need to know the next step.

Question to sit with:
What are you facing right now that feels too big because you are looking at the entire marathon instead of the next step?

Raw thoughts. Real perspective. No filter.

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Terry Bradshaw won four Super Bowls and became one of the most recognizable personalities in football, yet behind the public image he was dealing with battles most people never saw.

In this episode, Shawn talks about:

• Why success does not eliminate anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or private battles
• The difference between toughness and silence
• Why asking for help can require more strength than pretending everything is okay
• The cost of constantly performing “I’m good”
• How honesty and vulnerability can give other people permission to speak up
• Why determination is not always about grinding harder
• The importance of being honest with yourself before you can be honest with the people around you Edit---Shawn-Take-08

Shawn also gets personal about his own tendency to keep moving, producing, and working while becoming more closed off internally, and why that is something he is actively trying to change. Edit---Shawn-Take-08

Key takeaway:
Some of the strongest people you know are carrying things you know nothing about. Strength does not always mean holding it together. Sometimes it means finally telling the truth.

Question to sit with:
How much energy are you spending convincing everybody you’re okay instead of actually taking care of yourself? Edit---Shawn-Take-08

Raw thoughts. Real perspective. No filter.

Connect with Shawn:

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You do not need more time.
You do not need more confidence.
You do not need everything figured out.

You need movement.

In this episode, Shawn talks about:

• Why feeling “ready” is often a trap
• How confidence is built through action
• Why doubt does not mean you are on the wrong path
• The difference between thinking about the next move and actually making it
• Why progress starts when you stop negotiating with yourself

Takeaway:
You do not have to feel ready to move. You just have to decide what the next move is and make it.

Raw thoughts. Real perspective. No filter.

Connect with Shawn:

All Links- pillar.io/theshawnfrench

Stay in the know:

www.thedeterminedsociety.com

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