Real Change 2 (Episode 61)

🎧 From Lost to Found: How One Teen's Journey from Zero Hope to College Success Will Inspire Your Own Transformation! Join us for a raw and honest conversation with Janaya, whose powerful story from Episode 2: Real Change continues as she navigates her freshman year of college, revealing both triumphs and struggles that will resonate with every listener.

Through honest reflection and authentic experiences, Janaya shares her journey from a challenging high school experience to finding her path at a private college, demonstrating how mindset and support can overcome academic obstacles.

This enlightening episode explores:

• Why rejection can sometimes be divine protection - and how a "dream school" denial led to a better fit
• The hidden opportunities in academic support programs like HEOP that can make private college affordable
• How to navigate the emotional rollercoaster of college transition while staying focused on long-term goals
• The critical importance of building relationships with guidance counselors and mentors who can open doors
• Why your friend group shapes your future and it's okay to outgrow old connections
• Real talk about college challenges, from difficult professors to condensed summer programs

Perfect for: High school students planning their future, college freshmen adjusting to campus life, teens questioning their worth and abilities, and the educators, counselors and parents supporting youth through major life transitions. Plus: Essential insights on balancing academic growth with personal development and how to stay resilient when college feels overwhelming.

Transcript

Welcome to Mindshift Power Podcast, a show for teenagers and the adults who work with them, where we have raw and honest conversations. I'm your host, Fatima Bey, the mind shifter. And welcome, everyone. Today, we have with us Janiyah. You've heard her before.

She is featured on episode two and five, a couple more couple other episodes. But this is a follow-up for episode two, which is called Real Change. That episode will be linked in the podcast description. I highly recommend that you listen to that episode first so that this one makes more sense and you can hear her progress. You can hear the changes.

And we're in a true Fatima fashion. We are gonna be raw and honest, about victories and failures and all of it. So, something you're you're going to I believe that every single listener will you either see yourself in this episode or see someone you know in in some of the things she's gonna say today. So regardless of your age, I want you to listen. And I also wanna let you know, Jania is in her dorm room.

So, unfortunately, you may hear some small background noises, door slamming in the hallway. She's in a dorm room. Can't help it. And, I do have editing, editing technology here, but I don't have Hollywood editing. So it is what it is.

You might hear some noise in the background. I'll do the best I can to minimize it, but it might be there. Alright. So I am so freaking excited to do this episode. I could not wait to do it.

So her episode aired about a year ago, little over a year ago. Right now, this is October of twenty twenty four, and the first episode aired in August 2023. So when Janiyah, on the last episode, Janiyah was 17. She is now 18 and soon gonna be 19. She's grown up.

And In the last episode, we talked about Janiah's journey from feeling low about herself with no hope for her future, which is where she was when I met her, to deciding that she was gonna be she was gonna go to college and then eventually become a family lawyer. So back then, we were talking about ideas, and now let's hear her progress. How are you doing, Janiyah? Good. Good.

So I guess I gave away the answer to this already. Are you in college now? Yes. Yay. You should go to college.

So how was the how was the college application process? Like, how was it the journey to getting to college? It was like hell. Straight hell. Tell us why.

Well, it was hell because my GPA was not good, so it was really hard for me to get into college. So when I found the college that I'm at now, they end up wait listing me because my GPA didn't meet, like, their standards. So they had to send it off to the HEOP program. Mhmm. And the the HEOP program has to make on or make a decision on whether I can have a chance to go to the school.

Yes. And, because I've been with Janiyah this entire time and helping to walk her through a lot of things, the first college that she really, really wanted to get into, they rejected you, didn't they? Yes. They did. And you were very sad about that?

I was very, very sad. Consult but you did have some concerns because it was a huge school, and I was very fascinated on, oh my god. The school looks so fun. It's a lot of people and parties. And she's and then you was like, I don't know about that.

Mhmm. So So do you think now you and I already had this conversation, but for the audience's sake, do you think it was a good thing that they rejected you? Yes. Yes. I am actually very grateful because I learn better in smaller place in smaller classrooms, and I need extra support.

And if I was to go to the other school I wanted to go to, I would have been doing really, really bad. I am struggling in college, but I would have been doing a thousand times worse in that college. I think it's it'll be up to a point where I would have probably dropped out if I went to that college. I think you're I think you're probably right. I think it would have been overwhelming.

I'm glad that they rejected you. I know it didn't feel good and you know? But, but you still kept hope alive and you kept going. And you kept applying and because I take that as God's that's God's protection, and he wants me to go to another direction. So rejection, that's God's protection.

So he's saying You you just heard it from a 18 year old girl. I yes. Sometimes rejection is God's protection. You are, you mentioned it earlier. So what program are you in, that that, accepted you into the college?

HEOP stands for Higher Education Opportunities Program. Yep. And and this has this program been good for you? It has been very, very good to me. Couldn't thank them enough.

I I had mentioned it in a previous episode, another, episode where we're talking about colleges. For the audience listening, HEOP is the, Higher Education Opportunity Program, and it is an amazing program available here in New York State. I don't know. There are other programs like other programs like in other states. I don't know what they're all called.

They all go by different names, and it's not in every state either. Similar programs, I should say. And then you have the the EOP, which is the same program, but it's a state version. I highly recommend it if you're in New York state to try to get into it if you can. If you get the opportunity to get into it, try because they are amazing.

Not just with financial aid, but the amount of support that they give students is pretty, pretty strong. So are you in a public or private college, Janiyah? I am in a private. And the big what's the biggest difference between those two? Private schools is, all is very expensive.

Yes. Yes. So The the biggest difference is thousands of dollars. I will tell you guys from my perspective, and Janiyah will just confirm this. When she was, you know, seeking out her colleges, I was actually wanted her to go to a state school, because I know that it's cheaper and, you're likely to get more financial aid because you have less to pay.

And I didn't want her to come out of college with, you know, $30,000,000,000 in debt like everybody else does. So I really want I was really encouraging her to go for state schools. I wasn't even looking at the private schools. But it turns out this this private school was a so much of a better deal for her than any of those state schools. You remember those conversations, Janiyah?

Yes. You wanted me to go to a state college, like a community college. Mhmm. Your hope her whole plan was for me to go to a community college where I can get that academic support because community college, they do tend to give you a lot of support and and prepare you for a four year school, and it'll be more cheaper when you graduate. But I guess that wasn't the plan.

And I'm glad it didn't work out because I think where you are right now is so much better than any of those other places. You know? You still could have done it, but just the support that you have at this particular school is really good. So I'm very grateful that you're in it. Now let me ask you because, again, this is kind of an update and, taking a journey through Janiyah's, progress and struggles and ups and downs.

So were you nervous about your college interview? Yes. I was. Yes and no. I was I was between.

Okay. So tell us what you mean. The reason why I would say yes because I was nervous is because I was competing with other people. The reason why I wasn't nervous is because the HEOP wanted to know who you are to see if you will be a good candidate for the program. And I was confident about that because I know myself very well.

So I'm like, okay. This is no pressure. What was your college essay about? My college essay was a personal narrative about me and the journey I went from nothing to rock to diamond. It was.

The reason why I'm mentioning that audience, for you, those of you listening, especially if you're, you know, if you're going to college soon, you're a junior, senior in college, and you've gotta write your Cal JSA, don't write the standard one, two, three. The more personal you make it and and genuine, like, really, really genuine, the more it'll stand out. The cookie cutter ones, they see a million of those a day. They they don't stand out. Tell them during your interview, did you feel what did they say to you that made you really feel like it went well and you stood out to them?

I thought it was so the HOP so the HOP team is four people. So I was in I would all four of them interviewed me, and all four of them asked me different questions. So it was different things that they it was different things they was really impressed about me. One of them asked me one of them one of them asked me how do I feel about when I'm struggling? Do I ask for help?

And how do I how how do I how do I ask for help? And how do I eat how do I feel when I receive help? Like, what do I do when I receive help? Okay. Yeah.

I I'm trying to remember the way you worded it to me. Yes. So I told them I was like, miss Faye, when she helped me, helping me finding out who who I am, I could have chose to, like, not listen to her. I could have chose to not take her advice and her tips, but I did, and I kept going to her. How that's why I am the way I am today because of because of her or I give her my credit.

And and I I I told them every time I struggle really, really bad, I always ask for help. And that stood out that stood out to one of them because they're like, you know what? Because there's a lot of people that struggles, and they just decide to stay where they're at. So Yes. I like that about you.

And one of the one of the other this was actually she's the HEOP assistant. What stood out to her was I she realized she liked that I, realized that I had value in my I had value. And because she told me that that's what is the HOP is about because a lot of you guys, you know, went through you guys' high school struggles. And we want you guys to know, like, listen. You guys have value.

You can do it. So yeah. I wanna interject there, and kinda go back to something. I'm talking to the audience right now that Jania said. What she didn't mention is when she was nervous about her college interview, she she gave me a call first.

Right? Like, a few days before, she's like, I'm really nervous. It was like on a Sunday and the interview is Tuesday or something like that. And she's like, I'm really nervous. Oh my god.

You know? And what I wanna point out and reiterate the point that she just said, the good thing is that she did reach out to someone, whether it was me or someone else. She reached out to someone when she was feeling nervous, didn't know how to get unnervous or how to really properly prepare instead of just sitting there and being nervous and holding it in. She might not have done as well at the at the interview if I if she didn't have me to, like, poach her a few days beforehand and get her to feel more comfortable. I didn't tell her what to say.

Not one time did I tell her what to say. I just coached her into being mentally prepared to do it for herself. And, you know, we it's important that you ask for help. You might not have a miss bae. You might have an uncle Joe.

You might have, somebody at your church. You might have somebody at school. It is really so important that you ask for help when you're feeling nervous and you have those moments. The find someone you can trust and ask for that help. It really can matter and make a difference.

That person can really make a difference in your life if you let them. And the key thing is she really could have ignored everything I said. She could have been, like, I know everything. I don't need Lizzie you. She could have done all that.

Yeah. I probably would have even gotten to that college if it wasn't for miss Faye because she was teaching me how to learn myself and to learn who I am. And if it wasn't for her, I would have been a lost soul. So Mhmm. And thank you, Janiyah.

But I want your audience to know that I do not have magical powers. There are others around you who might be just like me who can help you. So it's so important that you reach out for help. This this just this whole episode just excites me. So now you were nervous for your interviews, but let's move on to law school.

So, obviously, you're not in law school yet because you're only a freshman in college right now. Mhmm. And when I last talked to you, it was before you before you began your senior year in in high school. So the school particular school that you're in has a program that can fast track you to a particular law school, which is so perfect because it's something that we had talked about, you know, prior to that. And that's really what she wanted.

And lo and behold, she was able to get into a school because not all schools have that. And so she's in the perfect place to do exactly what, you know, she really was trying to do. Now let me ask talk about college finances because that's something that we should talk about because I want other people to to hear. How many loans did you have to take out? Well, first of all, it's a private school.

Private schools usually cost at least $35 a year, but most of the time, it's between 35 and $60 a year. The that's on average. I am pulling those numbers off of my memory, but it depends on the state that you're in. They can those numbers can all be different. But when it comes to private colleges, they are a lot.

So how many loans did you have to take out, Janiyah? Due to the HVOP program, what? That's amazing because most people have to take out several. And how much is that loan or roughly how much was that one loan one loan? It's only around $3,000.

It's in that range. I want you guys listening. I'm get where I'm giving you these details because I want you to be encouraged. That can be you too no matter what state you're in. Is it like 96% of your tuition is paid for Yes.

Outside of the loan or some percentage around there? Because we're not looking at our paperwork right now, but somewhere around 96% of her college is paid for. That means 96% of her the her first year in college is paid for. She does not have to pay it back. Grants and, tuition assistance and all kinds of different things.

So it does not all coming from one source. But I want you all to know that that can be you too. You do not have to take out $50,000,000,000 in loans. And $3,000 is a lot when you're a college student, but it's not a lot when you look at the overall value of what you're getting, but the overall, you know, cost of tuition, she can literally pay that back before she even goes to law school if she wants to. Or if she wants to pay it back within the first year after college, she can.

It's not that's not a lot. It's not gonna keep her in debt for years, you know, like 10 or $15,000 or the other amounts that a lot of people pay for. Right, Janire? Yes. So I'm so excited about that.

Now let's talk about another topic that I think people need to hear from you. Okay. You're not alone in this. Has college been a challenge? Yes.

It has. So let's talk about just just a couple of the ways that it has been a challenge. So in college, it's more you're more independent. That's what I'm struggling with. Mhmm.

I'm also struggling with with one of my professors because when you're in high school, if you don't work too well with the teacher, you can just get them switched easily. In college, it's not an easy process. You can get your professor switched, but it's gonna you're gonna it's not gonna look too nice if you do that. It will affect you with drawers transcript. On my transcript.

It's not gonna look too nice. So, yeah, it's it's hard. And for all of you listening, if you are, high in high school and you're looking to go to college, you're going to get professors that suck. Period. End.

Whether you like it or not. Some some of them will be amazing and really good teachers. But, unfortunately, everybody who's a professor does not have the gift of teaching. They have a whole bunch of knowledge and some paperwork behind their name. It doesn't mean that they're good teachers.

So no matter what school you go to, what topic it is, you are going to have to navigate around bad teachers. That is a fact. I'm just preparing you now. Doesn't it makes it harder, but yeah. High school, they give you they they're too lenient sometimes.

In high school, you can navigate around bad teachers. You can just go to your guidance counselor, principal, like, listen. I don't want to teach you no more. I don't work. Switch you just like that.

You'll be you have a new teacher the next day. College? Oh, no. It don't slide. You can, but it's not gonna look good.

Right. Right. So I want I wanted all of you to hear that. Tell me about what what was the summer like? Explain to the audience what you, what you had to do this this summer and what that was like.

So due to the HOP program, since I had since I have, like, a low GPA, they took us for the summertime to prepare us for the fall semester, and we had to get our credits up. And I'm not gonna lie, it was straight hell. Mhmm. It benefit me. It it did it had some, a lot some good things happened in the program.

The reason why I say it was hell is because the HOP program, we was doing fifteen weeks of work, and it's they squished it in into five weeks. The HOP used to be fifteen weeks long, but decided to cut it to five weeks, and that was a lot. I did not I feel like I I was always busy. I didn't really have no personal time, and it was very overwhelming for me. So I was ready.

I'm not gonna lie. I was ready to quit. I called miss Day every day crying, saying, listen. I don't wanna do this anymore. I am ready to, like, leave.

I even told my high school guidance counselor. And my high school guidance counselor, she's very close to me as well. We have a strong relationship. She's one of the reasons why I also got into the college. Yeah.

She back to she basically, like, said, like, hey. I have a girl, Janiyah. Her her application is coming, so, like, can keep an eye out on that and like that. And after that, that's when it had to get that's when she sent it to the HOP office because she couldn't, like, accept me because I didn't it my my my GPA didn't meet it, didn't meet the standards. I wanna backtrack for a second and mention something.

Last year, one of the first things that I told one of the things I told Janiyah was I specifically basically gave her an assignment to find and really get to know her guidance counselor. Before you go into college this year, get to know your guidance counselor because that will be your best friend. They know more than I do, and they can help you with the stuff I don't know. It is and my point in mentioning that, it is very important that we get to know to the the people that can help us get to the next level. Who sometimes it really isn't what you know and who you it is who you know.

And I don't mean kiss people's butt and be fake. Okay? Let me make that clear. That is not what she did at all, and I don't want you doing that either. I it it is okay to befriend people and network with people who are gonna help you get to the next level.

That's a beautiful thing. In fact, it's smart. So for you out there, I want you to take that lesson away from just that little piece of if you're in high school, make friends with your guidance counselor or somebody who's more familiar with where you're going, whether it's college or another area. You know, that's so important to do. I'm sorry.

I decided to to add that in there. So how do you feel you have grown within this past year? Are you the same, Janiyah, you were at the last interview? No. Okay.

Why? Has college helped to increase or decrease your confidence? Honest answer. It college decreased my confidence. Okay.

It I feel like college, like, humbled me because before in the last interview, I was very excited. I was going into my senior year, going into college, and and, and my next goal will be getting my bachelor's degree. Mhmm. But, you know, easier said than done, and I didn't realize that at first. I'm just saying, yeah.

I'm gonna be majoring psychology. I'm gonna be doing this and that. And I'm it's gonna be easier for me because I'm interested in that, and it is completely the opposite. Yeah. It's actually not it's it's college don't get me wrong.

College is fun, but you have to take classes that you don't like. Mhmm. And the classes that the major that you are interested in, especially when you are a freshman, go say that you're majoring in business or child education, nursing, whatever, or any major. When you are and when you are in when you are a freshman in college, you're doing the basics, and the basic stuff is it's not fun. It's not fun.

Maybe when you get when you're in your I'll say in your junior and senior year, that's where it gets fun. You know when you're about it's like it's like going to a water park or you're going somewhere fun. You know, sitting in a car, right, it's not fun, but you have to do it. But then when you're getting out the car, because you're at the destination, walking there and then actually being there now, it's fun. So you just have to wait.

So you said that it reduced your your confidence, and I know because we've had these conversations. Academically, it has, really, really, really challenged you in ways that high school did not. And probably should have. High school should have challenged you more, but it didn't. So that makes college makes you feel kinda stupid sometimes.

Yes. Am I am I right? Now are you stupid? I am not stupid. Okay.

So you haven't lost your confidence completely? No. But I know I'm not late. I'm stupid. I can't do it.

Okay. So what I what I hear is that it's challenging, but it makes you feel like maybe, oh my god. Can I do this? But at the end of the day, what I also hear in your voice is hope Yes. For the end game.

Hope am I correct? Am I putting words in your mouth? Am I right? Yes. Hope for the end game.

And I want the audience to hear that because this is the reality of what growth looks like y'all. Growth isn't perfect. You don't go from a to z overnight. That does not work, and it is not true. You're going to have moments of challenging.

You're gonna have moments of doubt. You're gonna have moments where you wanna throw in the freaking towel. But are you gonna throw in the towel? No. I'm not gonna throw the towel.

As you guys can hear, she she has her doubts sometimes. And I'll tell you, this summer, it was a challenge because she's not lying when she said she called me every day. And it was after one conversation after one conversation, she goes, miss Bae, you're a coach. Yes. And I'm like, that's what I've been doing this whole time.

Duh. But but she doesn't think of me in that terms of that title. But sometimes, you know, she needed that encouragement, and it really was hard for her. And and I'm she was literally trying her absolute best, and I and I can say with a % certainty, she was not playing around. She wasn't hanging out with friends and joking, drinking, and doing all that stuff.

She wasn't running around with boys. She was literally focused and trying her hardest. But that's also why she's there now. If she hadn't done this, she would have failed right out. So Are you partying now, or are you focused or a little bit of both?

I'm not. I'm not I'm gonna be honest with you. I have not been to no parties. I haven't. I have not.

Not yet. I haven't done it. I will. I have been sociable. Listen, y'all.

Sometimes, I have had to tell Janiyah, you need to make sure you make more friends because Janiyah is perfectly happy sitting in a room and studying. And I and I'm glad it's beautiful that she's that way. But I also wanna see her be balanced. And and all for all of you out there, some of you is the opposite of her. You'd rather party and not study, but you're not gonna get anywhere doing that.

Yeah. I haven't been You need to have balance. I haven't been to no parties yet. I have been sociable with my friends yet. So Which is good.

No. There's nothing wrong with partying. No. I I I you should have some fun because if you don't, then you end up exploding later because you you didn't get your angst out. You know?

And how do you feel about your future right now? How do I feel about my future is I still want to advocate for children that has not changed and will not change. Mhmm. Something that has changed is how I'm gonna get there because Okay. Let's go to that.

Because as you guys can see, previous podcast, I said I will major in psychology. I changed that. I'm actually majoring in criminal justice. I don't like it. I'm actually thinking about majoring in sociology.

Mhmm. So, yes. I don't know which path I'm gonna take, but I'm gonna get there somehow. Right. The thing I wanna add for the listeners is she wants to be a family attorney.

And the reason she wants to be a family attorney is to be able to advocate for children, the way she wished someone had advocated for her. And she did talk about that in episode two in the last episode. But we have talked about because she's been messaging me all the time about this, we have talked about the different ways in which she can still do that. Family lawyer is just one way. There are other avenues that still require schooling and still gonna keep it where she is and she's still gonna move forward that she can pursue first before becoming a lawyer or become a lawyer and then do these other things.

So, do you mind if I tell the audience the other thing you're considering? Yes. So is it is it called juvenile Probation officer. There you go. Probation officer.

There's we talked about so many different titles, so forgive me, audience. Juvenile probation officer, and she just she can still do that. And she could still be a family attorney too. What's your eventual goal at tell the audience. What is your eventual goal after being a family attorney?

Oh, my actual main, main, main goal is to be a, family judge. A family court judge. Yes. Family court judge. Personally think that if she becomes a I do think she would make a good, juvenile probation officer because she'd be real with the with the teens and relate to them.

But, also, they wouldn't be able to run all over her, and I think that's a perfect combination. But if you combine that with being a lawyer, I think that's excellent, combination of different perspectives before becoming a judge. Now that's just my personal opinion. But the good thing is that Janiyah has options. She does not even have to decide that this year.

She can decide next year what she's gonna do. But what I like about what I see from Janiyah, and again, I'm talking to you as the audience. What I like about what I see from Janiyah is she is very much focused on deciding what her bigger picture is in the future. Which way do I wanna go to get there? She's not waiting for a shoe to drop or a rock to fall on her.

She is planning. And if you are in that stage, it is okay if you haven't figured it out yet. If you're listening, you're in high school or you're in the first year of college and you're you're you made your decision, but you're like, I don't know. Maybe I might wanna go this way. It is okay for you to figure that out.

There's nothing wrong with you. It, in fact, is very normal. The people who are in denial about it are the abnormal ones, not you. So I just wanna point that out. So if we do another follow-up episode after this, we'll say what she has decided because what she's deciding is how what to narrow it down to.

Her overall goal is still the same, but like she said, there's different paths you can take to get there. And she's been kinda up and down and talking to me about it and and still hasn't made a fine decision, and that's okay. It's her first year it's her first semester as a freshman. So it it's good that she's thinking that, but it's okay that she hasn't fully decided that. She hasn't changed the end game, but still deciding how to get there.

And that is, oh, so wonderful. So what advice, Janiyah, do you have for the teens who are in high school right now? The teens, my advice is please be mindful on what you do in every grade because every grade counts, and it will affect you later. It will it will it will affect you later at towards the end. Another thing is plea if you are a teen that is in that is in your junior or senior year, high in high school or planning on going to college, I please ask you guys to please, please, please appreciate these teachers now because you're not gonna get that same support in college.

Another thing is please be involved in a lot of things because that's also that's also very important because me looking back at my high school, me I mean, college, I'm obviously I was thinking about my four years of high school. And I'm like, I really wasn't really involved in a lot of things, and you don't you really don't want that. You don't wanna have a bland four years of high school. Very good advice. And the advice she's given you is conversations that she's already had with me.

But she didn't know who she was until just, you know, the end of her junior year, which is when she met me and, you know, I started coaching her and she started to realize that she had value and started giving effort. You know, all of that took place at the end of her junior year. So she was able to get into the the good college really good college that she's in now, and move forward even though she didn't do that great the first three years. And I'm saying that because as an audience, if you're in high school, take her her advice, Tahid, please. Do the best you can from where you can't stop the past, you can change the past.

Yes. But you can start today and make a difference and care about your future. And just understand that you matter enough to care about your future. And and started making. Go ahead.

Surround yourself around p good peers because surrounding yourself around people that's not going anywhere, don't have any goals, don't care about anything. People feel people that feels like they have nothing to lose, don't hang around those people like that. Because if you're hanging out with people that have nothing to lose, you're gonna end up having nothing to lose, and you're not gonna go anywhere like that. And who you hang around is who you become. If you can't really find anyone that's, like, on that's really on the same boat as you, it's okay to be alone.

Yes, boring sometimes, but you gotta do what you have to do to be successful. And that's how I was in high school. I felt like I could I couldn't relate to and well, towards in my senior year junior senior year, I started to get more serious about things. And, you know, when I started to mature, I couldn't really find people like me. And I just felt, like, all all all alone and by myself because the way how I was maturing.

And college is different now. I'm with people that's like me now. You just you said a whole lot right there. And for adults listening, I want you to know you can apply that same principle to your own life. Who are you around?

Where are they going? People with no goals, no go nowhere. Okay? And, you you wanna be careful who you're hanging around and take your future serious. Well, Janiyah, I wanna say publicly, I am so proud of you.

There's so many more conversations we've had that we don't have time to put on the air today, but, watching you grow has been a beautiful experience. Watching you become who you're going to become and watching you go from who you were to who you are has been so fulfilling for me, and I love it. And I can't wait to see your future. You too. And now for a mind shifting moment.

There is a lot to unpack in this episode. I hope that you walked away with something. I want you to think back to what you heard today. I want you to notice something. Growth is full of imperfections.

You heard someone who went from no confidence to confidence to realizing that, oh my god, this is not as everything I thought. Well, life is like that. It doesn't mean you give up, and it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you. Growth is a process. Progress is a process.

I want you to take away from this, how can you apply that principle to your life? Take a moment today to look back and see the progress from where you were to today. Don't forget to account for your progress. And if you haven't had any, well, be honest about that too, and it's never too late to start now. Progress is a process.

If you are determined to reach your end goal, you can too. Just make sure you get the proper help to help you get there. Thank you for listening to mind shift power podcast. Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel at the mind shifter. If you have any comments, topic suggestions, or would like to be a guest on the show, please visit fatimabay.com/podcast.

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