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Potential savings will vary. Not available in all states or situations. This is the Ed Milet Show. Welcome back to the show. So you're going to see a change in the show between now and the end of the year. You know, it's been no secret that I've had a few health issues the last couple of years. Heck, I haven't even posted on social media in a few years. But we've been coming strong with three podcasts a week even during that time. Well, between now and the end of the year, I'm going to scale it down a little bit, but give more value. So what I'm going to do is I've created a masterclass is going to come out on Tuesdays and you'll still get your Saturday episodes. We're going to take a pause on Thursdays, but every Tuesday you're going to get a masterclass for me that I've created to help you finish 2025 strong and go into 2026 and make it the best year of your life. I'm calling this Masterclass Max out your mind, Faith, focus and fire. Mastering your internal world so you can navigate your external world. It's going to come out every single Tuesday. I think you're going to love it. Also, just wanted to let you know with that in mind, I'm not doing as much traveling. And so every year at the end of the year I do an event in my home with just a handful of people and it sells out very quickly. In fact, we've already sold out the first day. But here's what this is. It's a chance to come spend a day with me in my home, only 12 to 15 people just with me an entire day. And I'm going to take you through all of my planning and strategies that I use to plan out my own life and my business. In addition to that, I'm going to cover all my mental rehearsal techniques that I cover with just my one on one coaching clients in a one day event with me with just 12 to 15 other people. You can go to max out2026.com to check that out if you're so inclined. It's not cheap. If you can't afford it, please don't do it. You know, most all my content is free, but once a year I do do something in my home with a very small group of people and it's a life changing event. You'll never forget it. So if you're inclined to want to come spend a day with me in my home, I invite you to join me. You just go to the website maxout2026.com and get the details. Maxout2026.com God bless you. Enjoy the episode. All right, welcome back to the show, everybody. Really excited today to talk to you about your road to success. Just your road in your entire life and the things you should expect if you're going to choose the road less traveled. I was reading a couple lines from the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. It's a great poem. If you've not read it, you should. But he says two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled. And I think if you're going to pursue success in your life, you have to decide you're going to be on a road that most people are not on. And a lot comes with taking that road. And I think, you know, a lot of times success is glamorized on social media. Right now it looks like it's about Lamborghinis and private jets and, you know, great dinners and amazing stuff like that. But the truth is the journey to success, especially as an entrepreneur or even as an athlete or in really any endeavor, can be a very painful journey and you can feel very alone. And it's designed that way. And so it often bothers me when I hear people say I need the support from my spouse or my friends or I've got haters, or no one understands me or I'm getting all this rejection and negative feedback from people. I've got haters. That's the road you're on. Those are the signs. You're on the road less traveled. Those are the signs you're on the path that most people aren't going to be on, that you're going to a place most people aren't going to go in their lives. And so what comes with deciding to be great, deciding to do something awesome with your life, is all of those things. The other road, the road that almost everybody you know is on, that road's well lit, it's beautiful, there's all kinds of great scenery. There's not a lot of bumps in the road, not a lot of potholes, right? Everything's wonderful on that road. It's also very crowded. The road to success, the road less traveled. Let me just tell you something. That road, it's windy, it's up and down, there's potholes. You're going to have breakdowns, you're going to have blowouts, you're going to have days that you can't even get it started again. It's a dark road, it's not well lit. It's all kinds of bad things on that road. That's the road to success. And you're not going to see a lot of people there. And then there's going to be a few times you're going to hit a yield sign and everything in you is going to tempt you to yield to the road everybody else is on. Because it looks so good over there, right? Everyone's there, it's well lit, it's sunny out your road, there's ice, it's snowing, it's raining, it's dark, it's windy, it's massive ups and downs, all the breakdowns and when you hit the yield sign, the reason I'm making this message today, I don't care what level of that road you're on or how far down, by the way, on the road everybody else is on, there's navigational equipment, there's directions. Everyone kind of goes in the same direction. The road less traveled, the road to success. Sometimes you feel like you don't have a map. Sometimes you feel like you don't have any direction or sense of direction. And you get so far down it sometimes. Like, what am I doing? Well, let me just say something to you. When you get down that road, you're gonna hit yield signs regularly. They're gonna try to get you to yield and give in and yield back to the other road. And it's your decision right now, when you're listening to me today to say, I will not yield, I will not give in. My will to win, my will to do something great is not for sale. Because I'm gonna tell you, this road is difficult. And I often find it amazing when people say, I'm getting all this resistance, I'm getting all this rejection. The that's exactly what it's supposed to be. Let me tell you what comes on the road to success. And I know this isn't pretty, but maybe for some of you, say, oh, that means I'm in the right place. If recently, at any point in the last 12 months, you've experienced doubt, like lots of doubt, you're probably on the road less traveled. There's no doubts on the easy path. There's no doubts as going to a job every day, collecting a check, going about your business, not trying new things, not challenging yourself, not growing, not contributing. There's no doubt there. What are you gonna doubt? Everybody's doing it, right? So if you're getting doubt, that means you're on the road less traveled. If you have a lot of fear or anxiety on the road you're on, or if you've experienced those emotions recently about what you're doing, you feeling like an imposter, like you have imposter syndrome, like, nobody knows. I don't really know what I'm doing. You're on the road that I think you should be on the right road, the road less traveled. If you felt anything like rejection, like lots of rejection, you get all kinds of rejection on the road. By the way, you want to go get a beautiful relationship in your life, and you're on a road to that, it comes with rejection. You want to build an amazing business, it comes with rejection. You want to build an amazing body, it comes with rejection. So if you experience that you're on the right road, you're on the road less traveled. You don't get rejection on the road to doing nothing. And so the very fact, what I'm trying to get you to understand is the very fact that you're experiencing these things means you're on this road that I've been on that most of your heroes have been on, that the people that make a difference, the people that change the world, that change their own world, that change their families. Generational tree forever. The people that you know that are the most happy and fulfilled at some point had to go down this road to achieve those things. Maybe if you felt a lot of isolation, like, you're alone. I think the number one thing I felt often on my road and my journey, and even to this day is I feel alone. People don't understand me, right? Just get ready by the way if you're going to do something great with your life, you're going to be controversial, people are going to talk about you. You're going to feel like no one understands you. You're going to feel like no one else is coming with you. Even when you're surrounded by a big team, even when you've got a bunch of people working with you, oftentimes it's. You feel very alone. It's a very lonely road. You know what happens when you're alone and you're lonely? You learn a lot about yourself. You know when you're at a big party and it's crowded and noisy, there's all kinds of people around you, everyone's having a great time, you don't learn a lot about yourself. Then it's the times that you're alone and you do feel a little bit isolated is when you actually dig deep into yourself and you find things out about you that you never knew existed. And you work through pain, you work through trauma, you work through difficulties. You're on the right road. You feel any anxiety, you have, any anxiety you've experienced recently, you're on the right road. So I'm actually telling you that these things that seem like the negative things are actually indications. They're actually green lights. A green light is doubt. A green light is fear. A green light is rejection. A green light is isolation. A green light is anxiety. And then here's the other thing that happens when you're on this road because it is so difficult and treacherous, you start really beginning to ask yourself, is it worth it? Is it worth it? And if you've had any occasion in the last recent little while or in the last 12 months of your life to ask yourself, is this worth it? That contemplation of whether it's worth it or not means you're on the right road. It means you're on the right road. See, people that are on that other road, they're not asking themselves if it's worth it because they're making no sacrifice. There's no commitment. Remember this. With no commitment, with no sacrifice. Ultimately in your life, there's never any freedom. And so where you really are is you're on a road to freedom. Spiritual freedom, emotional freedom, financial freedom, physical freedom, relationship freedom. You're on the road to have a freedom of choice of your emotions, by the way, as well. Now, do I think the entire journey has to be painful? Absolutely not. Am I saying there isn't amazing moments and amazing highs and you can have blissful dissatisfaction on the road. And you can enjoy your life still on this road 1000% on the road less traveled, you can enjoy your life. You can have beautiful experiences and an amazing relationships. But the truth of the matter is you see all that on social media all the time. Every once in a while somebody's got to tell you. And also there's some of this other stuff. Also there's some pain. Also there's setbacks. By the way, the only thing that happens on this road is two or three times a year there's just a massive catastrophe in crisis. I'm just telling you, I have not had a year go by in my pursuit to my dreams. There's not been a crisis or a catastrophe every three or four or five months. Couple times, two, three, four times a year. If you haven't had a catastrophe or a crisis in your life in the last 12 months, you're not doing something great. You're not trying to grow. You're not trying to change things. You're literally trying to change your life, change your family's life forever. So these things come with it. This episode brought to you by Progressive Insurance do you ever find yourself playing the budgeting game? Shifting a little money here, a little there, hoping it all works out well. With the name your price tool from Progressive, you can get a better budgeter and potentially lower your insurance bill too. You tell Progressive what you want to pay for car insurance and they'll help find find you options within your budget. Try it today@progressive.com Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates Price and coverage match limited by state law. Not available in all states.