Speaker 1: 0:06

all right now. Hey, hey, welcome back this. This is finished strong friday. Here on the sweet spot and to my beautiful sweet spotters, my athletes, my officers, sales killers, world changers, soul lifters, secret championship level providers who are doing things for people in the shadows that nobody knows about. I see you, I acknowledge you and I'm here to help you get over that finish line. This Friday, this is Finish Strong Friday and I'm Dr Derek Sweet. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a board certified psychiatrist, high performance specialist and your reminder that fear might ride with us in the car, but it never gets the drive.

Speaker 1: 0:56

Okay, and this week we've been talking about contagious courage. We're closing it out. We've been talking about contagious courage. Remember, on Monday, we talked about making your first move, on Making Moves Monday. Remember, on Tuesday, we talked about taking action, that one action to beat the fear. And on Wednesday, we talked about a winning mindset that was Win it All. Wednesday and yesterday, well, entrust Yourself. Thursday, we talked about this idea that if you knew who was standing beside you at all times, you would never be afraid to do what you got to do. Wow, yes, yes, yes. So we're closing out Contagious Courage and we're going to close it out on Finish Strong, friday Strong.

Speaker 1: 1:41

But here's the thing that I want to say. I'm going to put a little twist in it. You know, what you need to know is that it's not just about finishing strong. Brave is how we finish. Yes, sir Brave, brave is how we finish. You won't finish strong by just feeling ready to finish. You finish strong by being brave, by showing up, whether you're exhausted, maybe a little bit banged up, a little bruised, maybe you don't feel certain, you're not sure, you're shaking, but you're not going to shrink in the back and hide in the shadows. You're going to choose faith and you're going to step boldly to the throne. You're going to choose faith and you're going to move forward One step at a time. This is about trusting the moment. Because here's what most people don't realize Courage has a ripple effect.

Speaker 1: 2:44

What is our theme this week? Courage is contagious when you carry yourself. I look at athletes and performers and I look at businessmen and people that I work with, and you know the more elite ones. There's a way they carry themselves In the beginning and at the end of the show. In the beginning and at the end of the game. At the beginning and at the end of the talk. The way you carry yourself at the end of the week tells us a lot about who you are.

Speaker 1: 3:16

The way you show up in the pressure moments oh yeah, the way you keep choosing movement instead of meltdown. That energy, oh, it spreads. Other people feel confident and other people think they can do that too. Wow. I remember my mom and my dad, how powerful these two beings are and where my dad's gone now, but but they were wow. They just exemplified courage. There was no moment where they backed down and never saw them shrink from a challenge. They faced things head on and you know what that spread to me and my brothers and my family.

Speaker 1: 4:03

It's a family trait and it's the same on teams. You know when a team goes on the run, that confidence, it's contagious, it spreads. So when you carry yourself like a winner and you show up even in the moments where there's so much pressure and you're on your last ATP molecule, you're on your last bit of energy, look, that's contagious. It gives your teammates the permission to be bold. It shows your family what resilience looks like. It teaches your community what faith in motion feels like and it tells the world that I don't care what you say to me and how you try to erase me or how you try to put me down. You try to erase me or how you try to to put me down. I have courage and I will stand and I will finish what I started. You know, in ancient wisdom they put it this way I have fought the good fight, I finished the race and I've kept the thing. I'll repeat that I fought the good fight, I finished. Repeat that I've fought the good fight, I've finished the race and I've kept the faith. That was Paul in the ancient days sending us a message, a text message from. I think it was Timothy, I'm not sure, but yeah, that was Paul sending us a text message. Okay, letting us know how we've got to deal with this.

Speaker 1: 5:26

Let me break it down in modern terms. You don't need to be perfect and the conditions don't need to be perfect. You don't need applause. You need to keep showing up on purpose until the very end. That's what greatness is that you're going to be consistent and you're going to keep coming and you're not going to be deterred by external circumstances, because you know who you are, you know what's inside of you and you know who's beside you, bong bong, as they say.

Speaker 1: 5:57

All right, now, your move today. Don't limp to the line, don't you limp to that finish line. Don't you check out early? Send that last message. Take one more bold rep, one more bold step, make one more brave call. Say what you mean and mean what you say. You finish like a warrior, shoulder square, head up, eyes fixed forward with self-trust, and use this affirmation I don't fold, I finish. I don't fold, I finish. Here's another one Fear is loud, but I'm louder. Fear is loud, but I'm louder. And the last one Courage carries me across the line. Courage carries me across the line.

Speaker 1: 6:55

Okay now, okay, sweet spotters. This is Dr Derek Sweet. We did it, man. We've been doing it. Contagious Courage. All week we've been exploring it. If you missed any of the episodes, just go back. These are evergreens, you can use them whenever you need to. All right, you just finished strong here on the Sweet Spot. I'll see you tomorrow for self-care Saturday, where we recharge, realign and remind ourselves that even warriors need rest. Okay, now for those of you who want to connect with me, please subscribe to my YouTube channel and also, if you want to talk to me on LinkedIn or on X or Instagram. Feel free, talk to you soon and be blessed.