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If I Knew Then: Part 3

This is the third episode of the miniseries, “If I Knew Then: Journeying Through Choices and Discovering Your Path” in the Lynda: Rooted&Real podcast.

In this installment, discover the lessons learned from your past in ‘If I Knew Then’ Part 3. Lynda shares insightful perspectives that encourage self-reflection and foster personal development.

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If I Knew Then Part 3

Regret

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[00:00:12.48]It’s Rooted&Real again because you know what, when life, when you start facing life
[00:00:22.38]as it is, when you start being real with yourself, it can get pretty ugly because you’ve really
[00:00:29.18]got to search within yourself and see. So today we’re going to do, where did it all go wrong?
[00:00:40.68]You know like when you’re, let’s say you’re doing treasure hunting
[00:00:46.04]and at some point you’re getting it all right and then you just take that one wrong turn
[00:00:52.86]and at some point people start looking for you because you’re gone man. So that wrong turn, where was it?
[00:01:04.52]It could be anything, it could be self-esteem, your self-esteem was down, it could be you’re
[00:01:13.97]hanging around ‘kukus’ (chickens) not eagles and it could also be that you’re also, you were at a point
[00:01:24.22]where you’re comparing yourself with the ‘Jamisons’, you know the next door neighbour or that person
[00:01:29.66]that you went to school with, they’re so far yet you’re still in that place. So that one wrong turn
[00:01:36.14]that changed everything, where was it? Mine was at campus. At just one point I decided I’m not doing that
[00:01:55.00]I’m not doing this, I don’t want to teach and I want to make money and I’m leaving, I’m not coming back
[00:02:02.93]and if I knew then honestly what I know now, I’d have found somebody to talk to
[00:02:16.20]you know but then man if you’re seeing a counselor, guys are looking at you like hey
[00:02:20.77]you need a shrink, you’re wasted. Now at least you know everybody’s, a lot of people are doing it
[00:02:27.32]so I would have found somebody to talk to
[00:02:34.12]to just urge me not to take that wrong turn. I would have listened to my friends and I had
[00:02:43.50]really beautiful friends, I still have them, who meant well. I would have listened to my mom,
[00:02:51.01]to my relatives, I would have but I was also in this place of I have decided
[00:02:57.73]and I’m doing it and that’s one wrong turn that changed everything
[00:03:04.52]because I didn’t have to teach but I should have just gotten that degree
[00:03:12.04]So where was your wrong turn, that place that you wish
[00:03:20.44]either somebody reached out to you or you reached out to somebody
[00:03:26.12]or you had some divine intervention, where was this one place that you made that wrong turn
[00:03:35.96]and again I ask, if you knew then what you know now, would it have made any sense
[00:03:48.04]so on the comment section just tell me where that wrong turn went or you can inbox me
[00:03:54.28]you never know but this is where we are getting ROOTED, this is where we are so REAL!
[00:04:02.29]Thank you for listening guys…

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Fri, 29 May, 2026
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