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you should be harmless. Virtuous. You shouldn't

1:26

do anyone any harm. You should sheath

1:28

your competitive instinct. You shouldn't try to

1:30

win. You know, you don't want to

1:32

be too aggressive. You don't want to

1:34

take a back seat and all of

1:36

that. It's like, no. Wrong. You should

1:38

be a monster. An absolute monster. And

1:40

then you should learn how to control

1:42

it. You got to learn to manage

1:44

the time that is given to you.

1:46

And this sacrifice is required. This means

1:48

that you can't binge watch your favorite

1:50

television show every day. This means that you

1:52

can't be on social media every day. This

1:54

means that you can't do whatever you want

1:56

all day and think you're going to manifest

1:58

and become this person. and achieve this feat.

2:01

It's not going to happen. And

2:03

so you've got to know how

2:05

to sacrifice your time. You've got

2:07

to sacrifice when you want to

2:09

sleep. You have to be obsessive.

2:11

You have to be obsessive. You

2:13

have to be obsessive. You have

2:15

to be addicted. You have to

2:17

be disciplined. And so actions of

2:19

the question. Have you sacrificed everything?

2:21

Are you paying the price? You've

2:23

got to pay the price for

2:25

what you want. You finally made

2:27

it to the big leagues. And

2:29

now you want to jail? Now

2:32

you got the big head, now

2:34

you can't grind, you here now.

2:36

You here now. You here now.

2:38

You finally made it. And this

2:40

is where you break up, this

2:42

is where you start chilling, this

2:44

is where you get comfortable. You

2:46

made it now. You're in the

2:48

big leagues now. This is where

2:50

you make it permanent. I don't

2:52

know what your sacrifice is. You

2:54

just may have to give everything

2:56

you have. Interest people. From the

2:58

depths of your inner soul comes

3:00

your inner beast and you are

3:02

now honoring it That seed that

3:04

was planted in your heart has

3:06

been laying low for the perfect

3:08

time That seed that was planted

3:10

in your middle has been digesting

3:13

and processing and when all of

3:15

these forces came together They created

3:17

the perfect storm that set the

3:19

stage for your inner beast to

3:21

be born That set the stage

3:23

for your inner beast to take

3:25

form that set the stage for

3:27

your inner beast to break through

3:29

and swarm like a large group

3:31

of bees And now you're ready

3:33

to sting anyone that stands between

3:35

you and the stamp of greatness

3:37

needed to make your successful transformation

3:39

official. I am not afraid of

3:41

pursuing my objectives. I am not

3:43

afraid of focusing. I am not

3:45

afraid of sacrificing. I am not

3:47

afraid of giving everything I had.

3:49

I don't care what anybody thinks.

3:51

I don't care what I look

3:54

like. I'll look crazy if I

3:56

have to to fulfill my destiny.

4:00

Your model for 2024 is

4:02

I will give more. You

4:04

made it. You went through

4:06

all of the struggles, all

4:08

of the challenges. But you

4:10

made it. And here you

4:12

are. At some point, it's

4:15

going to be too late.

4:17

At some point, things you

4:19

really want are going to

4:21

be out of reach. But

4:23

you're not at that point

4:25

yet. There's plenty of time

4:28

left. But only if you

4:30

want it. The truth is

4:32

that you can defeat whatever

4:34

it is that stressing you

4:36

out. You just have to

4:38

stop focusing on what has

4:40

already happened and start making

4:43

things happen. It's time for

4:45

you to be. all in.

4:47

So are you ready for

4:49

more in 2024? Are you

4:51

ready to show the world

4:53

that you've only just got

4:56

started? That the best is

4:58

yet to come. It is

5:00

possible to accomplish what you

5:02

see in your head. It

5:04

is possible. The question is,

5:06

can you give your all?

5:09

This is not the time

5:11

to quit. This is not

5:13

the time to go back

5:15

down memory lane. You got

5:17

to see your life directly

5:19

in front of you. You

5:21

got to trust in yourself

5:24

and believe that if you

5:26

made it this year, you

5:28

can keep going a little

5:30

bit further. Don't wait for

5:32

the perfect time. The perfect

5:34

time will never come. You

5:37

have to start now. Be

5:39

all in. Or be somebody.

5:41

that leaves this earth with

5:43

regrets. If you're truly going

5:45

to be all in, there

5:47

are some things that you

5:50

must be willing to let

5:52

go of. This is the

5:54

year I've given everything I...

5:56

This is the year I

5:58

stop complaining about the past.

6:00

This is the year that

6:02

I don't make excuses And

6:05

if I see it in

6:07

my head I can hold

6:09

it in my end put

6:11

the pedal to the metal

6:13

all gas no breaks That's

6:15

your model. That's your slogan.

6:18

That's the way you live

6:20

your life for this long

6:22

as you go in with

6:24

a positive mindset and a

6:26

strong will all things are

6:28

possible Be

6:32

all in, or be forgotten.

6:34

This is my year that

6:36

I give everything up! Be

6:38

productive, be strong, and from

6:40

the bottom of my heart,

6:42

2024, conduct your business. This

6:44

is the year that I

6:46

make an investment in myself.

6:48

This is the year. This

6:50

is not the year that

6:52

I play around with my

6:54

life. This is not the

6:56

year that I play around

6:58

with my life. This is

7:00

not the year. that I

7:02

sit and wait for destiny

7:04

to help me down. I

7:06

will hunt everything down that

7:09

belongs to me. You made

7:11

it. You're here. The work

7:13

needs to be done. Now

7:15

you have to go a

7:17

little bit further. You say

7:19

you want more, but are

7:21

you willing to make the

7:23

sacrifices required for you to

7:25

get access to more? You

7:27

have to have a laser

7:29

focus. You have to have

7:31

a no matter what attitude.

7:34

You have to be willing

7:36

to get up every single

7:38

time you fall. This is

7:40

the year where you decide

7:42

to think greater than you

7:44

feel. You decide to get

7:46

better, better than you've ever

7:48

been before. You have to

7:50

start now. You're in control

7:52

of your own destiny. You

7:54

can be whoever you want.

7:56

to me. You can accomplish

7:58

anything you want to accomplish.

8:01

This just showing up stuff

8:03

isn't going to cut it.

8:05

You have to be all

8:07

in. It is possible to

8:09

fully commit yourself to something.

8:11

It is possible to accomplish

8:13

what you see in your

8:15

hand, to hold it in

8:17

your hand. It is possible.

8:19

The question is, can you

8:21

give your all? Don't be

8:23

afraid of failure. Because this

8:25

is the only way to

8:28

succeed. I need you to

8:30

embrace the setbacks. I need

8:32

you to embrace the failures.

8:34

I need you to embrace

8:36

the adversity because that's what's

8:38

going to make you. Last

8:40

year, you had some setbacks.

8:42

You can't dwell on it.

8:44

You can't hold on to

8:46

it anymore. You got the

8:48

focus on right now. And

8:50

you must endure. And you

8:52

must push. And you must

8:55

fight. And you must believe.

8:57

that you got what you

8:59

need inside of yourself? If

9:01

you are not giving your

9:03

all, are you willing to

9:05

confront you? Are you willing

9:07

to go hard when it

9:09

looks like you aren't making

9:11

any progress? Is that what

9:13

you want? To live an

9:15

average life? I know you

9:17

don't. So do something about

9:19

you. This is your moment

9:22

to decide. Will you continue

9:24

on living the life that

9:26

you have lived? Or will

9:28

you unlock your greatest potential?

9:30

More pain is coming. But

9:32

that doesn't mean that it's

9:34

over. It only means that

9:36

you have to continue down

9:38

that path, that journey, that

9:40

year, that moment. So many

9:42

individuals are going to have

9:44

to face the reality that

9:46

we are all going through

9:49

some significant challenges throughout our

9:51

lives. But you're here. A

9:53

great life. It doesn't happen

9:55

by chance. It happens by...

9:57

design and the best way

9:59

to design that is to

10:01

just get started. Pick yourself

10:03

up and go give everything

10:05

that you got so the

10:07

day can come that you

10:09

have everything that you want.

10:11

Don't tell me what you

10:13

gonna do. Tell me you

10:16

got it done. Step into

10:18

your greatness. You've got to

10:20

be committed to yourself. Because

10:22

self-commitment is one of the

10:24

most important commitments you can

10:26

make. Let this be the

10:28

year that you keep every

10:30

commitment that you make to

10:32

yourself. Make this the year

10:34

where you decide to just

10:36

get on with it. I

10:38

will give more. 2024. Give

10:41

more. Go all in. Be

10:43

all in. Today and every

10:45

day for the rest of

10:47

your life. There's no more

10:49

mediocre. There's no more mid.

10:51

There's no more average. It's

10:53

right before your eyes. This

10:55

is the place where your

10:57

hunger for change changes everything.

10:59

But I am committed willing

11:01

to sacrifice everything to fulfill

11:03

my destiny. 2024. It's knocking

11:05

on your door. All you

11:08

gotta do is be prepared

11:10

with the right mindset. Be

11:12

all in. Be all in.

11:14

or be somebody that leaves

11:16

this earth with regrets. There

11:18

was a future that I

11:20

desire. I believe in the

11:22

power of my future. And

11:24

as much as life has

11:26

tried to amputate my spirit,

11:28

I refuse to go down.

11:30

I refuse to stop here.

11:32

I refuse to let go.

11:35

I refuse to give in.

11:37

I refuse to keep living

11:39

at 50%. But the future

11:41

is unknown. But if you

11:43

prepare... If you're ready for

11:45

it, whatever the situation that

11:47

may come your way, whatever

11:49

circumstances that you must face.

11:51

But yeah, you have to

11:53

deal with some bumps in

11:55

the road. Yeah, you have

11:57

to deal with a little

11:59

bit of stress and strife.

12:02

But it's worth it. But

12:04

it's worth it. How bad

12:06

do you want it? You

12:08

are inches away from the

12:10

best life that you have

12:12

ever had. I'm giving it

12:14

everything ahead. I'm all in!

12:16

I'm all in! Give everything

12:18

you got within yourself. Give

12:20

all or give nothing. Don't

12:22

have time to waste. So

12:24

I need you to put

12:26

in a thousand percent every

12:29

single day. I was the

12:31

badest person to ever live.

12:33

Doesn't go away, man. You

12:35

got to wake up, even

12:37

though you retired, you never

12:39

retired. You're setting the example

12:41

every single day of your

12:43

life about having a savage

12:45

mentality. Everybody wants to be

12:47

a beast until it's time

12:49

to do what real bees

12:51

do. Everybody gets excited. E.T.

12:53

The guru's story, but nobody

12:56

wants to get up at

12:58

3 o'clock. Things in life

13:00

are going to get really

13:02

fucking hard. And you're going

13:04

to want to win. Win

13:06

loser draw. Still gonna wake

13:08

up tomorrow and go to

13:10

work. If you truly want

13:12

that greatness, you've got to

13:14

work hard. You've got to

13:16

dig a little bit deeper.

13:18

You've got to find it.

13:20

You've got to go after

13:23

it. Because it's not looking

13:25

for you. Success is not

13:27

looking for you. You've got

13:29

to go get it. You're

13:31

not always gonna feel like

13:33

doing what you're supposed to

13:35

do. That's when you're going

13:37

to do it anyways. Success

13:39

is not going to be

13:41

handed to you. Nobody owes

13:43

you anything. When you are

13:45

hungry, when you are no

13:47

longer full, when you are

13:50

no longer satisfied with... when

13:52

you are and you raise

13:54

your standards, it is only

13:56

then that you can have

13:58

your future. What's gonna separate

14:00

you is when it's peacetime,

14:02

when it's war time, you

14:04

gotta get up and make

14:06

it happen. Push with everything

14:08

you got. Tell excuses to

14:10

step aside. Let weakness know

14:12

that it is not welcome

14:14

in your house. Because the

14:17

opportunities are yours. Go get

14:19

it. Go get it now.

14:21

Like for real, you walk

14:23

out of here, pumped up,

14:25

fired up. You get some

14:27

new information. You're ready. Everybody

14:29

wants to be a beast.

14:31

It turns time to do

14:33

what bees do. Because not

14:35

only do I want to

14:37

be a beast. If you

14:39

follow my 24 hours, I

14:41

do it. The one mentality

14:44

that you must have in

14:46

life is that regardless of

14:48

which in front of you,

14:50

you still must lie. I

14:52

feel that most things I

14:54

do are still I grind.

14:56

I have too much to

14:58

accomplish, to be satisfied with

15:00

what I am right now.

15:02

I have too much on

15:04

the line. I have too

15:06

many people depending on me

15:08

to win. I must stay

15:11

hungry. Be a hardworking motherfuck.

15:13

You can't go wrong with

15:16

that mentality. Here's the thing.

15:18

If you want your future,

15:20

they keep listening. There are

15:22

going to be days where

15:24

you are going to be

15:26

so inundated with responsibility. And

15:28

you are going to want

15:31

to completely let go of

15:33

the vision, of the dream.

15:35

As bad as you want

15:37

to hold it in your

15:39

hand, you're going to want

15:41

to let go of it

15:43

all and quit. And I

15:46

don't care if you have

15:48

to listen to me 10,000

15:50

times. If you have to

15:52

listen to this in your

15:54

sleep, write it down, read

15:56

it every day. Until the

15:58

dream becomes a reality. This

16:01

is the power of discipline.

16:03

The race is not given

16:05

to the swift nor the

16:07

strong, but it is he

16:09

that endures to the end.

16:11

They say that discipline is

16:13

doing what you hate like

16:16

you love it. For some

16:18

of you might be reading,

16:20

for some of you might

16:22

be exercising, I don't know

16:24

what it is that you

16:26

hate, but do it like

16:28

you love it and do

16:31

it daily. In order to

16:33

understand discipline, discipline is revealed

16:35

in our daily routines and

16:37

rituals. Discipline unfolds. If you

16:39

want your future, you have

16:41

to cross the bridge of

16:43

discipline. If you want to

16:46

get out of the room

16:48

of ordinary, you have to

16:50

go through the door of

16:52

discipline. If you want to

16:54

dig yourself out of murky,

16:56

muddy water, if you want

16:58

to claw your way to

17:01

the top, you are going

17:03

to have to climb the

17:05

wall of discipline. There is

17:07

no other way. I need

17:09

you to tell yourself right

17:11

now, there is no other

17:13

way. There is no other

17:16

way. There is no other

17:18

way. The future belongs to

17:20

the discipline. Discipline is found

17:22

in our daily routine, our

17:24

daily rituals. You may use

17:26

discipline on occasion, but you're

17:28

not disciplined. And there's a

17:31

difference between having discipline and

17:33

being discipline. When you have

17:35

discipline, you're selective. When you

17:37

have discipline, you're conditional. It

17:39

depends on how you feel.

17:41

When you are disciplined, how

17:43

you do anything is how

17:46

you do everything, and everything

17:48

you do, you show up

17:50

at a thousand percent. Everything

17:52

you do, you execute with

17:54

a spirit of excellence. That's

17:56

what discipline looks like. Cease

17:58

the moment. Lean into now.

18:00

See the power. The beauty,

18:03

the brilliance, the privilege and

18:05

now. There are people who

18:07

are dead and gone and

18:09

they will never be back.

18:11

And if they can come

18:13

back, they would kill to

18:15

live your now. So be

18:18

thankful for now. Love, you're

18:20

now. Number one, you're going

18:22

to have to discover or

18:24

define in your head what

18:26

success looks like for you.

18:29

Because success is not completely

18:31

wrapped up in what your

18:33

mom thinks or what your

18:36

dad thinks or what anybody

18:38

else thinks Success is wrapped

18:40

up in this truth What

18:42

do you believe you are

18:44

destined to become? What do

18:46

you believe you are destined

18:48

to do? So you need

18:50

to get crystal clear on

18:52

what that looks like for

18:54

you? Because it may not

18:56

look like it did for

18:58

your sister your brother your

19:00

mom your aunt to your

19:02

uncle. What does it look

19:04

like for you? Define it?

19:06

Some of us don't have

19:08

a defined purpose. And this

19:11

is why everything we do

19:13

is random. This is why

19:15

you can waste two hours

19:17

on the internet doing nothing.

19:19

This is why you waste

19:21

time because our purpose is

19:23

not defined. Our future. We're

19:25

not crystal clear on our

19:27

future. Whilst we discover and

19:29

we define what does success

19:31

look like for me? What

19:33

does the future look like

19:35

for me? Once we're crystal

19:37

clear on that. We gotta

19:39

discover. We gotta define. We

19:41

gotta get dedicated. We gotta

19:43

do those things that we

19:46

hate like we love it.

19:48

The wise man once said,

19:50

conquer yourself. This is wrapped

19:52

up in dedication. We have

19:54

to get dedicated. Conquer yourself.

19:56

Once you've unlocked those daily

19:58

routines those daily rituals that

20:00

you stay committed to The

20:02

game's gonna change The only

20:04

way you're going to get

20:06

dedicated is if you eliminate

20:08

all distractions. And you gotta

20:10

be so dedicated that every

20:12

distraction gets blocked out. You

20:14

gotta learn how to turn

20:16

your phone off, turn the

20:19

technology off. When the speech

20:21

is over, when the moment

20:23

is done, when the song

20:25

and the dance has ended,

20:27

you gotta learn how to

20:29

eliminate all distractions. Who are

20:31

you with? That is a

20:33

distraction. Where do you go?

20:35

That is a distraction. So

20:37

there's who's and there's what

20:39

and there's where's that are

20:41

distractions in our life where

20:43

we have to identify them

20:45

and eliminate them. This is

20:47

the only way we stay

20:49

dedicated. Go find a mirror

20:51

and look in that mirror

20:54

as they motivate it. Dedicate

20:56

it. So we discover, we

20:58

define. We dedicate ourselves. We

21:00

do what we hate like

21:02

we love it. We conquer

21:04

ourselves. We identify and eliminate

21:06

all distractions. So now you're

21:08

going to have to have

21:10

some perseverance. We talk about

21:12

perseverance, we're talking about persistent,

21:14

we're talking about pressing and

21:16

pushing towards something despite difficulty,

21:18

despite delay, despite distractions, despite

21:20

the doubters, despite the naysayers.

21:22

This is somebody who persevers

21:24

who has an unwavering tenacity

21:26

to achieve what it is

21:29

that they see in their

21:31

head. You gotta learn to

21:33

love where you are disciplined

21:35

people or people. that have

21:37

an aim. They have a

21:39

target. But they are also

21:41

a people that understand the

21:43

beauty, the brilliance, and the

21:45

power of now. You gotta

21:47

learn to love now. When

21:49

we talk about being disciplined,

21:51

it is... Somebody that has

21:53

an objective, yes, it is

21:55

somebody that has an end

21:57

game, a goal and aim,

21:59

a target, but a disciplined

22:02

man or woman learns to

22:04

love now. You may not

22:06

be there, but you love

22:08

who you are becoming. You

22:10

enjoy, you enthusiastically engage in

22:12

the everyday grind, and you

22:14

love the lessons that you're

22:16

learning. You may not be

22:18

there yet. It's still in

22:20

sight, you're still on the

22:22

horizon, but you are ecstatic

22:24

and elated about the lessons

22:26

you are learning on a

22:28

daily basis. You gotta love

22:30

the fact that you may

22:32

be a D, a F,

22:34

or a C student, and

22:37

you know you were designed

22:39

to be an A-plus student,

22:41

but you gotta learn to

22:43

love yourself right where you

22:45

are. You may not have

22:47

a yet, you may not

22:49

see it all yet. You

22:51

may not have the full

22:53

support system. You may not

22:55

even understand completely where God

22:57

wants to take you. But

22:59

if you would just love

23:01

your now, this comes with

23:03

gratitude, appreciation, a heart of

23:05

Thanksgiving for now, your truth.

23:07

You will never be here

23:09

again. The age that you

23:12

are, the place where you

23:14

are, the connections that you

23:16

have, this very moment. We

23:18

will never be here again.

23:20

Cease the moment. If I

23:22

would give you one last

23:24

piece of advice, remember this

23:26

last point. Now that you're

23:28

crystal clear on where you're

23:30

going, who you believe you've

23:32

been destined to become, what

23:34

you believe you've been destined

23:36

to do, you need to

23:38

fix your eyes on somebody

23:40

who's already done it. And

23:42

so you've got to be

23:44

surrounded by a multitude of

23:47

counsel and mentors and coaches

23:49

and people that will provoke

23:51

you and agitate you and

23:53

agitate you and agitate you.

23:55

to greatness. And so if

23:57

all of your friends are

23:59

beneath you, if you're the

24:01

smartest person in the room,

24:03

you've already lost. If a

24:05

majority of your network is

24:07

a distraction. You're bankrupt. A

24:09

wise person once told me.

24:11

Dreams don't work, unless you

24:13

do. Today I need you

24:15

to embrace what comes hard.

24:17

Today I need you to

24:20

accept the challenge. Today I

24:22

need you to fall in

24:24

love with the process. And

24:26

I mean all of the

24:28

peaks and valleys. I mean

24:30

all of the peaks and

24:32

valleys. I mean all of

24:34

the highs and loans. I

24:36

mean all of the ebbs

24:38

and flows. I need you

24:40

to set your internal GPS

24:42

to the destination of next

24:44

level and begin your trek

24:46

to greatness. Your journey to

24:48

the destination of graduation will

24:50

be a bumpy. But you

24:52

must keep going. Stay focused

24:55

and keep your eyes on

24:57

the prize. As your GPS

24:59

guides you. Don't be alarmed

25:01

when it says keep straight

25:03

turn right on failure boulevard

25:05

Keep driving in a half

25:07

a mile make a left

25:09

on setback lane Keep driving

25:11

in a quarter of a

25:13

mile turn right on adversity

25:15

Avenue Keep driving in two

25:17

miles turn left on bad

25:19

day drive Keep driving in

25:21

ten miles turn right on

25:23

heartbreak street and

25:26

the directions will continue. But

25:28

the recurring theme is, keep

25:30

driving. Just like the recurring

25:32

theme in this message is,

25:35

keep going, keep grinding, because

25:37

your motto is, and always

25:39

will be, hard work pays

25:41

off. It always has, and

25:44

it always will. Do you

25:46

have the willpower to overcome

25:48

the dark days? Do you

25:50

have the wheel power to

25:53

overcome the rough patches? Do

25:55

you have the wheel power

25:57

to overcome the bad grades?

26:00

Do you have the wheel?

26:02

power to overcome that professor

26:04

that doesn't like you and

26:06

vice versa. Let me answer

26:09

that question for you. Yes

26:11

you do. Because you refuse

26:13

to let anything stop you

26:15

from designing a lifestyle of

26:18

your dreams. And if that

26:20

means you have to power

26:22

through the dark days, if

26:25

that means you have to

26:27

push through the rough patches,

26:29

that's exactly what you can

26:31

and will do. Because you

26:34

understand that if you sweat

26:36

now. You shine later. Never

26:38

forget what comes easy won't

26:40

last. And the things that

26:43

last the longest never come

26:45

easy. And that's the exact

26:47

reason why. And that's the

26:49

exact reason why. And that's

26:52

why you spend all those

26:54

hours studying. You limit the

26:56

time you spend on social

26:59

media. You very seldom go

27:01

hang out with your friends.

27:03

And you push yourself harder

27:05

than the average person ever

27:08

would. Because you made a

27:10

vow to your momma. You

27:12

made a vow to your

27:14

daddy. You made a vow

27:17

to your sister. You made

27:19

a vow to your family.

27:21

And most importantly. You made

27:24

a vow to yourself that

27:26

you did not go to

27:28

school to be ordinary You

27:30

did not go to school

27:33

to be mediocre You did

27:35

not go to school to

27:37

be middle of the road

27:39

You did not go to

27:42

school to be average As

27:44

a matter of fact You

27:46

always make sure you take

27:49

your annual average vaccine because

27:51

you never ever want to

27:53

catch the disease of average

27:56

So that means you understand that

27:58

at times you will feel pain.

28:00

At times you will not be

28:02

comfortable. At times you will mentally

28:04

hurt. At times you will be

28:06

physically exhausted. But it's those times

28:08

that will catapult you to heights

28:10

you never thought you would see.

28:12

It's those times that will propel

28:14

you to successes you never thought

28:17

you could achieve. It's those times

28:19

that will launch you into a

28:21

stratosphere that only few ever reach.

28:23

It's those times that will thrust

28:25

you into an orbit that most

28:27

will deem impossible. But

28:29

all of your hard

28:31

work will make the

28:33

impossible, possible. All of

28:35

your hard work will

28:37

make the unbelievable, believable.

28:39

If you want to

28:41

bypass coach and fly

28:43

in first class, you

28:45

must first make all

28:47

of your classes a

28:49

priority. Because the studies

28:51

show in terms of

28:53

dollars and cents, those

28:55

that fail to graduate

28:57

high school earned about

28:59

$25,000 per year. Those

29:01

that graduate high school

29:03

earned about $35,000 per

29:05

year. Those with a

29:07

associate's degree, they own

29:09

about $42,000 a year.

29:11

Those with a bachelor's

29:13

degree. It bumps up

29:15

to about $60,000 a

29:17

year. Those with a

29:19

master's degree, they earned

29:21

about $70,000. And those

29:23

with a PhD, they

29:26

earned about $85,000 per

29:28

year. So as you

29:30

can see, the more you invest

29:32

in your education, the more the

29:35

world is willing to invest in

29:37

you. So when you're having one

29:39

of those days, when you're having

29:42

one of those weeks, when you're

29:44

having one of those months, when

29:46

you're having one of those semesters,

29:49

never forget. If you quit, you

29:51

are not only robbing yourself of

29:54

mental gratification. You're also robbing yourself

29:56

of the financial gain. that comes

29:58

when you graduate to the next

30:01

level of higher learning. So let

30:03

that be the fuel that drives

30:05

you to keep giving every ounce

30:08

of your soul. Let that be

30:10

the fuel that drives you to

30:12

keep giving every ounce of your

30:15

heart. Let that be the fuel

30:17

that drives you to keep giving

30:19

every ounce of your being to

30:22

reach the finish line. The great

30:24

Muhammad Ali was once asked by

30:27

a reporter. How many setups do

30:29

you do every day? He said,

30:31

I don't know. Because I only

30:34

start counting. When it starts hurting

30:36

when I feel pain That's when

30:38

I start counting because that's when

30:41

it really counts I need you

30:43

to think the same way When

30:45

you start to feel a little

30:48

pain When you start to feel

30:50

a little uncomfortable when you start

30:53

to feel a little stressed a

30:55

little overwhelmed Keep pushing keep grinding

30:57

keep going Because

30:59

fats when it really

31:02

counts. When you reach

31:04

that point, that most

31:06

others would stop. That's

31:08

when you keep going

31:11

and engage in positive

31:13

self-talk. Just like the

31:15

little engine that could.

31:17

Tell yourself over and

31:20

over again. I know

31:22

I can. I know

31:24

I will. It's not

31:26

over until I succeed.

31:29

It's not over until

31:31

I win. Because stopping

31:33

right now. It's absolutely

31:35

not an option. That

31:38

diploma is mine. That

31:40

degree is mine. That

31:42

job is mine. That

31:44

business is mine. The

31:47

next level awaits. And

31:49

once I get past

31:51

all of the streets,

31:53

bypasses and highways of

31:56

adversity, misfortune, bad luck,

31:58

hardship, misery and heartbreak.

32:00

Misery and heartbreak. at

32:02

my destination of gold.

32:04

Because all of that

32:07

pressure transformed that lump

32:09

of cold, that used

32:11

to be me, into

32:13

a diamond. Now that's

32:16

the mindset of a

32:18

champion. That's the mindset

32:20

of a winner. That's

32:22

the mindset of an

32:25

overcomer. And above all

32:27

else, that's the mindset

32:29

of a graduate. David

32:31

Blice. It's like trying

32:34

to harvest a crop

32:36

where you haven't planned

32:38

it. So today, I

32:40

need you to take

32:43

hard work out for

32:45

a date. And before

32:47

you know it, you're

32:49

in a phenomenal relationship

32:52

with success, that one

32:54

day will lead to

32:56

an incredible marriage to

32:58

greatness. So never forget.

33:01

Hard work pays off.

33:03

So stay dedicated. Be

33:05

persisted. remain positive, dream

33:07

big, and conquer any

33:10

and every obstacle that

33:12

you ever face. This

33:14

is a great day

33:16

to win. and angry

33:19

and bitter is because

33:21

you're functioning on an

33:23

old software internally. And

33:25

life is demanding an

33:28

upgrade and you keep

33:30

pushing off the alarm

33:32

saying remind me tomorrow.

33:34

It's time for the

33:37

next version of yourself.

33:39

Snap out of it!

33:41

You're going to have

33:43

to sacrifice who you

33:46

used to be. It's

33:48

what's going to get

33:50

you in the door.

33:52

Sacrifice! Is what's going

33:55

to have you seen

33:57

it at the table?

34:00

College is not high school.

34:02

And the real world is

34:04

not college. And so you

34:06

can't keep showing up the

34:08

old version of yourself. And

34:10

so you've got to learn

34:12

how to sacrifice your time.

34:14

You've got to sacrifice when

34:16

you want to sleep, you

34:18

have to wake up. When

34:20

you want to watch that

34:22

movie, you've got to read

34:24

that book. If you want

34:26

the future, you've got to

34:28

sacrifice your time. Time. Where

34:30

we spend our time is

34:32

what we value most. Get

34:34

out of this 30-day mentality

34:36

and commit for the rest

34:38

of your life. I need

34:40

you to get out of

34:42

your comfort zone. You can't

34:44

be successful with the companion

34:46

of comfort. Comfort and success

34:48

cannot walk together. Boss up

34:50

and admit that you are

34:52

afraid! You are afraid! to

34:54

fulfill destiny. You are afraid

34:56

to manifest. You are afraid

34:58

to evolve. You are afraid

35:00

to give it everything you

35:02

have because you are afraid

35:04

that people will reject you.

35:06

You are afraid to change.

35:08

You are afraid to move

35:10

boss-up and admit that you

35:12

are afraid. And I'm just

35:14

believing that today is the

35:16

day that you break through.

35:18

I mean you to tell

35:20

yourself I am not afraid.

35:22

I am not afraid of

35:24

pursuing my objectives. I am

35:27

not afraid of focusing. I

35:29

am not afraid of sacrificing.

35:31

I am not afraid of

35:33

giving it everything I have.

35:35

I don't care what anybody

35:37

thinks. I don't care what

35:39

I look like. I'll look

35:41

crazy if I have to.

35:43

I'll feel my destiny. This

35:45

is my time. Late nights,

35:47

early mornings. Sometimes no friends,

35:49

no family. I don't know

35:51

what your sacrifice is. You

35:53

just may have to give

35:55

everything you have! But in

35:57

the end, it'll be worth

35:59

it. The

36:06

future is very expensive. I don't

36:08

know what it is that you

36:11

want to do, but everybody's got

36:13

something they want to do, everybody's

36:15

got something they want to become,

36:17

everybody's got somewhere they believe they've

36:19

been destined to go. And oftentimes

36:21

we don't hit these targets because

36:24

we're not considering the cost. Then

36:26

I just want to share with

36:28

you things that you need to

36:30

start sacrificing. right now. Number one,

36:32

your time. You gotta get used

36:34

to sacrificing your time. If you're

36:37

going to achieve it, if you're

36:39

going to become itch, if you're

36:41

going to go somewhere, then you're

36:43

gonna learn how to have to

36:45

sacrifice your time. You can't have

36:48

the future. And you don't know

36:50

how to wake up at 3

36:52

o'clock in the morning, 4 o'clock

36:54

in the morning, 5 o'clock in

36:56

the morning. You can't have the

36:58

future. You will not be able

37:01

to be able to get up.

37:03

when everybody's sleeping. You only have

37:05

24 hours in a day. You

37:07

got to learn to manage the

37:09

time that is given to you.

37:11

This means that you can't binge

37:14

watch your favorite television show every

37:16

day. This means you can't be

37:18

on social media every day. This

37:20

means that you can't do whatever

37:22

you want all day and think

37:24

you're going to manifest and become

37:27

this person and achieve this feat.

37:29

It's not going to happen. Number

37:31

two, you got to surrender comfort.

37:33

I need you to get out

37:35

of your... comfort zone. If you're

37:37

going to be successful, if you're

37:40

going to achieve it, if you're

37:42

going to become it, you've got

37:44

to break out of your comfort

37:46

zone. Some of you, you have

37:48

financial goals, you have relational goals,

37:50

you have health goals, but you're

37:53

comfortable in the current toxic relationship

37:55

you're in. You're comfortable being overweight.

37:57

But I'm just wondering if there's

37:59

anybody... that's listening to

38:01

me that's just flat

38:04

out tired of being

38:06

comfortable. Number three, past

38:08

versions of yourself. There is

38:11

an irritation, there is an

38:13

anguish and a pain that

38:16

we all carry when we

38:18

show up in a new

38:21

season, the old version of

38:23

ourselves. Every season requires a

38:26

new version of yourself. Another

38:30

version of discipline and

38:33

focus and intentionality. You

38:35

gotta sacrifice the old

38:37

you. I know you keep

38:39

celebrating small wins and what

38:41

you accomplish five years ago,

38:43

two years ago, what you did in

38:46

high school. I need you to find

38:48

a mirror. I need you to

38:50

say goodbye to the old version

38:52

of yourself. In the next three

38:54

to six months, you're gonna make

38:56

you proud. The next thing that's

38:59

gotta go. is fear, pride,

39:01

and ego. For many of

39:03

us, fear is disguised as

39:05

rational and practical. And fear

39:07

is disguised as a planning

39:10

agent. I'm just planning

39:12

out the process and

39:14

I'm just gonna wait.

39:16

I'm just kind of

39:18

walking myself through everything

39:20

and processing everything. And

39:22

so fear cloaks. Fear

39:24

disguises itself as process.

39:26

And I'm talking to you, I need you

39:28

to find a mirror, and I need you

39:30

to bind up the spirit of fear, and

39:33

I need you to tell yourself, I am

39:35

not afraid. I am not afraid. If you

39:37

were to ask me, what do I fear?

39:39

I don't fear starting. I

39:41

fear never starting and sleeping

39:43

in my potential. I'm terrified

39:45

of not manifesting. In becoming

39:47

the version of myself, I

39:49

was destined to be. So

39:52

the next thing you're going to have to sacrifice is

39:54

that vice now listen I don't know what your

39:57

vice is if you're trying to lose weight your

39:59

vice could be ice cream chips, cupcakes, cookies.

40:01

If you're trying to be financially

40:03

fit, your vice could be splurging

40:05

on clothes and entertainment and food

40:08

and recreation. Sometimes you're going to

40:10

have to surrender that month, that

40:12

quarter, that year. It takes a

40:15

lifetime of discipline. Can you surrender

40:17

what you have possessed? Can you

40:19

surrender what is possessing you? Some

40:22

of you are possessed by social

40:24

media. It's no longer a servant,

40:26

it is a master, social media

40:29

is a beautiful servant, but it

40:31

is a terrible master. Can you

40:33

surrender social media? Can you surrender

40:36

your time? Can you surrender yourself?

40:38

Can you surrender your mind? Can

40:40

you surrender your will? Can you

40:43

stop choosing what's killing you? If

40:45

you're going to achieve it, if

40:47

you're going to manifest, if you're

40:50

going to do this thing, then

40:52

you're going to need some stamina.

40:54

Come on, believe it. Come on,

40:57

you gotta start speaking that stamina

40:59

over your life, speaking that endurance

41:01

over your life. Believe it, believe

41:04

it. If you're gonna be extraordinary

41:06

and you can't make ordinary sacrifices,

41:08

there are levels to sacrifice. There's

41:11

sacrifices that everybody makes. Sacrifices in

41:13

every scene of our lives. And

41:15

then there are some extraordinary sacrifices.

41:18

You can't have the future. If

41:20

you can't surrender something that's no

41:22

longer serving you, you cannot manifest.

41:25

You cannot become the next version

41:27

of yourself. You cannot experience a

41:29

higher quality of life unless you

41:32

sacrifice. There are some things that

41:34

you love too much. There are

41:36

some people that you've kept in

41:39

your life. They are toxic. They

41:41

add no value. They are no

41:43

longer serving your vision. It's time

41:46

for the next version of yourself.

41:48

Snap out of it! This version

41:50

of you is not going to

41:53

carry you in this next season.

41:55

You're going to have to sacrifice

41:57

who you used to be. Are

42:10

you ready for

42:12

2024? Last year,

42:14

it's over, and

42:16

it's not coming

42:18

back. The time

42:20

has come to

42:22

trusting yourself to

42:24

be stronger and

42:26

to push forward.

42:29

Are you prepared

42:31

to attack? And

42:33

give it everything

42:35

you have. This

42:39

is the time to give

42:41

all or give nothing. It's

42:43

time ladies and gentlemen to

42:45

change. You choose what you're

42:48

looking for because what you

42:50

look for, you find. That's

42:52

how life works. You have

42:55

to stop over thinking. It's

42:57

time for you to be

42:59

all in. Don't you sell

43:01

your soul. to get someone

43:04

to like you. Don't you

43:06

sell your soul to get

43:08

someone to love you? You

43:11

don't need that kind of

43:13

love. Just remember that. And

43:15

you don't want to be

43:17

around people that like to

43:20

talk about people. If you

43:22

find yourself in a group

43:24

of people that constantly are

43:26

either downplanning somebody or putting

43:29

somebody down and they're doing

43:31

it behind closed doors, they're

43:33

the biggest cowards of all.

43:36

So don't forget that. You

43:38

can't allow your past mistakes

43:40

to define you. Last year

43:42

you didn't know how you

43:45

were going to get through

43:47

it Last year you didn't

43:49

know how you were going

43:52

to stand on your two

43:54

feet If you are not

43:56

giving your all are you

43:58

willing to confront you? Are

44:01

you ready to go all

44:03

in ladies and gentlemen? The

44:05

time has come once again

44:08

again, to cry, to fight

44:10

a little bit, to do

44:12

what you need to do,

44:14

to get what you need

44:17

to be in your life.

44:19

It's life, and we must

44:21

live it every single day.

44:23

Give everything you got within

44:26

yourself. Keep looking up. And

44:28

just understand. that

44:31

you got to

44:33

go all in.

44:35

As most people

44:37

know, life is

44:39

tough. You cannot

44:41

deny it. No

44:43

matter how strong

44:45

you physically may

44:47

be. You got

44:49

to make sure

44:51

that spiritually and

44:53

mentally that you're

44:55

able to push

44:57

through and carry

44:59

on. I'm out

45:01

here running and I

45:04

get out and I

45:06

work through it so

45:08

that I can get

45:10

better at it. The

45:12

thing that kills anybody

45:15

is the fact that

45:17

that spirit of I

45:19

don't want to do

45:21

it or I can't

45:24

do it tends to

45:26

manifest itself and your

45:28

surroundings. And it slows

45:30

down your progress so

45:33

that you can push

45:35

forward. Let me tell

45:37

you, I promise you,

45:39

life does not get

45:42

easy for anybody. As

45:44

a matter of fact,

45:46

it gets harder for

45:48

anybody that's living and

45:50

breathing. So no matter

45:53

what you do, you

45:55

gotta keep moving forward.

45:58

Are you willing to go

46:00

home? When it looks like

46:03

you aren't making any progress,

46:05

are you willing to be

46:07

rejected? So many individuals are

46:10

going to have to face

46:12

the reality that we are

46:14

all going through some significant

46:17

challenges throughout our lives. But

46:19

you're here. And you must

46:21

endure. And you must push.

46:24

And you must fight. And

46:26

you must believe. that

46:29

you've got what you need inside of yourself.

46:31

You've got the trust in yourself and believe

46:33

that if you made it this year, you

46:35

can keep going a little bit further and

46:37

carry on. They're going to be many mistakes.

46:39

They're going to be many setbacks, but as

46:41

long as you go in as you go

46:43

in as you go in as you go

46:45

in as you go in as you go

46:47

in as you go in as you go

46:49

in as you go in as you go

46:51

in as you go in as you go

46:53

in as you go in as you go

46:55

in as you go in as you go

46:57

in With a

46:59

positive mindset and a

47:02

strong will all things

47:04

are possible This is

47:06

not the time to

47:09

quit This is not

47:11

the time to go

47:14

back down memory lane

47:16

You got to see

47:18

your life directly in

47:21

front of you You

47:23

have to have a

47:26

laser The past can't

47:28

do anything about your

47:31

right now. We're talking

47:33

about your future. But

47:35

the future is unknown.

47:38

But if you prepare

47:40

for it, if you're

47:43

ready for it, whatever

47:45

the situations that may

47:47

come your way, whatever

47:50

circumstances that you must

47:52

face. You have to

47:55

have a no matter

47:57

what attitude. It's what

48:00

we do with the

48:02

time that we have.

48:04

and how we work

48:07

towards our greatness. Towards

48:09

the uniqueness that we

48:12

possess inside, let 2024

48:14

be not just the

48:16

new year, but the

48:19

year that you realize

48:21

that you are still

48:24

amongst a living. And

48:26

the work must be

48:29

done. How much

48:31

of yourself are you

48:33

willing to get? Or

48:36

are you going to

48:38

continue down the I'll

48:40

do it tomorrow? Do

48:43

you constantly repeat yourself

48:45

over and over again?

48:48

Giving up false promises.

48:50

It's time ladies and

48:52

gentlemen to change. You

48:56

have to be willing

48:58

to get up every

49:00

single time you fall.

49:02

If you want to

49:04

be a winner, you

49:06

got to be willing

49:08

to do what winners

49:10

do. You got to

49:12

stop living in the

49:14

past and start focusing

49:16

on what you're going

49:18

to do at this

49:20

moment of your life.

49:22

Could this really be

49:24

your year? Today,

49:28

if you can hear

49:30

my voice, this is

49:32

your year. Because you

49:34

are still in it.

49:36

You got to make

49:39

a difference. A new

49:41

year is just another

49:43

year. Another year of

49:45

opportunity of greatness. Another

49:47

year of opportunity to

49:49

see just how far

49:51

you've come. Stop

49:54

saying you're gonna start up

49:56

next year. How about starting

49:58

up right now? This

50:02

is the moment of

50:05

a lifetime for you.

50:07

You have what it

50:09

takes, but you have

50:12

to believe it. You

50:14

have to believe it.

50:16

Nobody else can do

50:19

that for you. Make

50:21

it count. Don't worry

50:23

about tomorrow. Don't worry

50:26

about yesterday. Make this

50:28

day count. Let's

50:33

say you can have a meaningful

50:35

life by adopting responsibility, but it's

50:37

a heavy load You got to

50:39

be awake and alert and on

50:41

your feet and moving towards something

50:43

difficult You have to have some

50:46

self-control and you have to sacrifice

50:48

in the present so that the

50:50

future is better It's complex. You

50:52

have to integrate a lot and

50:54

when you take on some responsibility

50:56

your life has meaning think I

50:58

want a meaningful life. It's like

51:00

maybe you do if you're willing

51:02

to take on the responsibility What's

51:04

the? You're quite different from other

51:06

people and you shouldn't be comparing

51:08

yourself to them because they're not

51:10

like you. You know, they don't

51:13

have your family. They don't have

51:15

your temperament. They don't have your

51:17

troubles. They don't have your abilities.

51:19

The only the only person that

51:21

has those is you. And this

51:23

is why one of the rules,

51:25

I think it's rule four, is

51:27

compare yourself to who you were

51:29

yesterday and not to who someone

51:31

else is today. And see that's

51:33

a game you can win. You

51:35

can win. Because you could be

51:37

a little better today than you

51:39

were yesterday. And that's a good

51:42

thing. You're a little better. That's

51:44

a good thing. And you know,

51:46

no doubt there are some things

51:48

that you could improve. You know,

51:50

if you, if you sit and

51:52

meditate for any length of time

51:54

about what you're not doing optimally,

51:56

answers will spring to mind. You

51:58

know, you could be getting up

52:00

earlier. You could be, you could

52:02

be, you could be watching YouTube

52:04

less. to who you are now,

52:06

that's a game you can win.

52:08

And like I've seen this be

52:11

effective in many, many cases in

52:13

my clinical practice, for example. It's

52:15

like you take stock of where

52:17

you are, you know, what your

52:19

advantages are, what your disadvantages are,

52:21

what your disadvantages are, and then

52:23

you start with little humility on

52:25

the path of incremental improvement compounds.

52:27

And so you can get a

52:29

long ways. And then it's... See,

52:31

because trajectory in some sense is

52:33

more important in position for human

52:35

beings. I mean, if you're starving

52:38

to death and deal, that's not

52:40

the situation that I'm describing. But

52:42

you know, if you've got the

52:44

bare necessities of life and so

52:46

you're not, you're not surrounded by

52:48

absolute privation, what you really want

52:50

is to see that you're on

52:52

an uphill path, you know, something

52:54

that's got the right slope. And

52:56

you can start anywhere on that

52:58

path. And you can improve how.

53:00

a half a percent a day

53:02

or a quarter of a percent

53:04

a day and you think well

53:07

that's not very much it's like

53:09

it's a hundred percent if it's

53:11

a quarter percent a day it's

53:13

a hundred percent four years and

53:15

that doesn't count compounding you know

53:17

which means it's actually going to

53:19

happen a lot faster. I believe

53:21

that the world is constructed so

53:23

that each person plays a vital

53:25

role and so every time that

53:27

someone gets their act together it's

53:29

like great that's going to have

53:31

way more positive effect than you

53:34

think can do an unbelievable amount

53:36

of damage. So even just not

53:38

going bad is a good thing.

53:40

So one of the things I

53:42

learned from Carl Jung, who I

53:44

have great respect for, is that

53:46

we necessarily exist inside a hierarchy

53:48

of values. And that manifests itself

53:50

all the time because in order

53:52

to act, things have to come

53:54

to a point. Right, for you

53:56

to do something you have to

53:58

decide at that moment that that

54:00

thing is more important to do

54:03

than anything else that you're doing.

54:05

And it isn't only how you

54:07

act, it's even how you perceive,

54:09

because when you look at the

54:11

world, you look at some things,

54:13

one thing, rather than all the

54:15

other things you could look. at.

54:17

So even to look at something,

54:19

and this is technically true, you

54:21

have to value the thing that

54:23

you're looking at. Okay, so you're

54:25

always using values to interact with

54:27

the world, perceptually and in terms

54:30

of action. Now those values are

54:32

organized, otherwise you're a chaotic mess,

54:34

so they're organized. There's some consistency

54:36

in what you do, right? There's

54:38

a narrative driving it, that's another

54:40

way of looking at it. Means

54:42

you exist inside a value hierarchy.

54:44

Some things are more important than

54:46

others. Some of the things that

54:48

are important to you are even

54:50

more important than other things that

54:52

are important to other people. Well

54:54

to you, to other people, period.

54:56

But you're pointing towards something. Now

54:59

you might be fragmented and pointing

55:01

to a bunch of contradictory things,

55:03

but that's not helpful. Let's assume

55:05

that you're a reasonably integrated person.

55:07

And so you're pursuing something of

55:09

value. It's at the top of

55:11

your hierarchy. Functionally speaking, whatever that

55:13

is at the top of your

55:15

hierarchy, that's God for you. And

55:17

you might say, well I don't

55:19

believe in God, it's like, huh,

55:21

yeah, but you still have, you

55:23

either have, something that's your God.

55:25

You have an ultimate value that

55:28

a deity would perform. I agree

55:30

with that. And so there's the

55:32

idea of the noble aim, and

55:34

it's not something, it's something that's

55:36

necessary, it's the bread that people

55:38

cannot live without, right? That's not

55:40

physical bread, it's the noble aim,

55:42

and what is that? Well... It's

55:44

to pay attention, it's to speak

55:46

properly, it's to confront chaos, it's

55:48

to make a better world, it's

55:50

something like that. And that's enough

55:52

of a noble aim so that

55:55

you can stand up without, you

55:57

know, cringing at the very thought

55:59

of your own existence so that

56:01

you can do something that's worthwhile

56:03

to justify your wretched position on

56:05

the planet. And whatever it is

56:07

that is you, has this capacity.

56:09

to experience reality and to transform

56:11

it, which is a very strange

56:13

thing. You know, you can conceptualize

56:15

a future in your imagination. And

56:17

then you can work and make

56:19

that manifest. You participate in the

56:21

process of creation. That's an amazing

56:24

idea because it gives consciousness a

56:26

constant... of role in the cosmos.

56:28

Okay, if you just sit there,

56:30

you'll die. You can't just sit

56:32

there. You have to go act

56:34

out in the world. Okay, so

56:36

act towards what? Well, that's whatever

56:38

your aspiration is. You have to

56:40

have an aim. Okay, well, what

56:42

should the aim be? Well, it

56:44

should be something worth doing, let's

56:46

say. Why do something that you

56:48

don't feel is worth doing? What

56:51

do you think is worth doing?

56:53

Well, if you watch other people

56:55

and you judge when they're doing

56:57

something worthwhile. usually judge them positively

56:59

if you see that they're taking

57:01

responsibility, at least for themselves. What

57:03

do you want to be completely

57:05

useless so other people have to

57:07

take care of you? That's pretty

57:09

pathetic. And maybe you could get

57:11

your act together so you're taking

57:13

care of yourself and your family.

57:15

And maybe you could even do

57:17

better than that and take care

57:20

of yourself and your family and

57:22

your community. Well, good for you.

57:24

That's responsibility and that's an aim.

57:26

Well, here's one of the things

57:28

that's cool about that is that

57:30

your life doesn't have meaning without

57:32

aspiration or name. Okay, so you

57:34

need a hierarchy of values. There's

57:36

got to be something at the

57:38

top. It's got to be something

57:40

important. If you don't have that,

57:42

your life doesn't have any meaning.

57:44

So if you criticize the hierarchy,

57:46

or even the ideas of hierarchy,

57:49

you destroy the idea of aspiration.

57:51

And then people have nothing. Well,

57:53

that's not helpful. People are built

57:55

for a struggle and they're built

57:57

for a weight. See what you

57:59

can do out in the world

58:01

while you're waiting to die. It's

58:03

an all-in-game. It better be worthwhile.

58:05

Trickster and the gesture, the comedian,

58:07

right? The trickster is the precursor

58:09

to the Savior. That's one of

58:11

the things I learned from Jung

58:13

that was just... It's so unlikely

58:16

you never think that. It's so

58:18

amazing that that might be the

58:20

case, but the satirical and the

58:22

ironic and the troublemaker, the comedian,

58:24

the fool, the fool, is the

58:26

precursor to the Savior. Why? Because

58:28

you're a fool when you start

58:30

something new. And so if you're

58:32

not willing to be a fool,

58:34

then you'll never start anything new.

58:36

And if you never start anything

58:38

new, then you won't develop. And

58:40

so the willingness to be a

58:42

fool is the precursor to transformation.

58:45

And that's the same as humility.

58:47

And so if you're going to

58:49

write... your destiny, you can do

58:51

a bad first job. You're going

58:53

to get smarter as you move

58:55

forward. That's the thing is that,

58:57

so something beckons to you. That's

58:59

what happens here. Maybe the star

59:01

that you've had a wish on

59:03

was the wrong damn star, but

59:05

at least it was a star.

59:07

At least it was in the

59:09

sky. At least it moved him

59:12

forward. And so you say in

59:14

your life, well, something grips you

59:16

and fills you with interest. And

59:18

you think, well, should I do

59:20

that? An answer is, if not

59:22

that, then something. Have some ambition.

59:24

Have a vision. Have a goal.

59:26

Have a strategy. Try to be

59:28

a good person. Not because it's

59:30

your duty precisely because that's the

59:32

proper way to live. And it's

59:34

not about beating the man or

59:36

woman that's standing in the room

59:38

with you. It's about beating the

59:41

man and the woman that's in

59:43

the mirror. Can you do better

59:45

than you? Can you do better

59:47

than you did yesterday? That's all

59:49

I want to ask you. Can

59:51

you do better? This is the

59:53

day. Come on, say this with

59:55

me. This is the day I

59:57

learn like I never have. This

59:59

is the day I invest like

1:00:01

I never have. This is the

1:00:03

day I take it seriously. I

1:00:05

got one window. I may not

1:00:08

be here tomorrow. I see all

1:00:10

things working for good. I see

1:00:12

you stepping into everything that God

1:00:14

has called you to do. I

1:00:16

see you stepping into purpose and

1:00:18

stepping into the plans that God

1:00:20

already has laid out for you.

1:00:22

This is your day. Get up

1:00:24

and conquer your day. I'm just

1:00:26

wondering what are you going to

1:00:28

do in this next 24 hours

1:00:30

that you did not do. I'm

1:00:32

just wondering if you're going to

1:00:34

level up two millimeters more than

1:00:37

you did yesterday. Are you going

1:00:39

to get better? Are you going

1:00:41

to get stronger? Are you going

1:00:43

to get wiser? Are you going

1:00:45

to pray differently? Are you going

1:00:47

to see this thing differently? I'm

1:00:49

just wondering when are you going

1:00:51

to see... The power of 24

1:00:53

hours. I'm just wondering, when are

1:00:55

you going to seize the opportunity?

1:00:57

You can have journals full of

1:00:59

dreams. You can have fishing boards

1:01:01

from your front door to your

1:01:03

bathroom. But if you don't count

1:01:06

up the cost of what it's

1:01:08

going to take, and if you

1:01:10

are not willing to pay that

1:01:12

price, you cannot have your future.

1:01:14

I want you to get this

1:01:16

mentality in your head. Every day,

1:01:18

you pay. You pay. Forget waking

1:01:20

up at 2 o'clock in the

1:01:22

morning. You may have to lose

1:01:24

sleep for a week. You may

1:01:26

get two hours of sleep in

1:01:28

seven days so that you can

1:01:30

accomplish what it is that you've

1:01:33

been destined to accomplish. What you

1:01:35

are born to contribute to humanity.

1:01:37

And so I know it hurts.

1:01:39

And I know it's expensive. Everything

1:01:41

you need to get to this

1:01:43

next level is inside of you.

1:01:45

There's always another level. Just stand

1:01:47

up! I'm just wondering if you're

1:01:49

gonna rise and see the opportunity.

1:01:51

Rise. Rise above what they said.

1:01:53

Rise above what happened. Get up.

1:01:55

Get up. Get up. You've got

1:01:57

a day to conquer. I know

1:01:59

you don't feel up to the

1:02:02

task. I know you've got some

1:02:04

doubt and you've got some fear

1:02:06

and you've got some uncertainty and

1:02:08

you hate the image that you

1:02:10

see in the mirror and you

1:02:12

hate the way your money looks

1:02:14

and your relationships look and people

1:02:16

that you've given you all to

1:02:18

keep walking out on you. I

1:02:20

know you feel stuck in reverse.

1:02:22

I know you feel like you're

1:02:24

underpaid and undervalued and overlooked. But

1:02:26

listen, get up! This is the

1:02:29

day that everything changes. Get up!

1:02:31

Roger Gore! Get up and get

1:02:33

after it! Get up and get

1:02:35

after it! by design. You are

1:02:37

listening to this talk by design.

1:02:39

Get up and beat yourself from

1:02:41

yesterday. I don't have time to

1:02:43

walk in unforgiveness. I'm focused. I

1:02:45

don't have time to think about

1:02:47

who doesn't like me. Who doesn't

1:02:49

agree with me? I'm too focused.

1:02:51

Get focused. And you got two

1:02:53

options. You can give up or

1:02:55

get up. misery it doesn't matter

1:02:58

if you are alive you have

1:03:00

another opportunity to begin again and

1:03:02

every day every single day gives

1:03:04

you that new opportunity so if

1:03:06

you don't have it to do

1:03:08

list get it to do list

1:03:10

if you haven't planned the day

1:03:12

start planning your day the night

1:03:14

before if you don't have a

1:03:16

morning routine get a morning routine

1:03:18

Start your morning with prayer and

1:03:20

meditation. If you're not tracking your

1:03:22

progress, start tracking your progress. If

1:03:24

you don't have accountability partners, you

1:03:27

need to get accountability partners. If

1:03:29

you have not identified the roadblocks,

1:03:31

if you have not identified the

1:03:33

kryptonite, if you have not identified

1:03:35

the hurdles, what has hindered your

1:03:37

forward progress, identify those things. Get

1:03:39

up and get after it. Every

1:03:41

day that you wake up. Remember

1:03:43

someone else did not. You are

1:03:45

alive for a reason. We've got

1:03:47

purpose and we've got fulfillment and

1:03:49

we've got destiny breathing down our

1:03:51

necks. Yet oftentimes the days can

1:03:54

feel mundane and meaningless. The reason

1:03:56

why days often feel meaningless and

1:03:58

mundane is because we are... Directionless.

1:04:00

Why on earth are you here?

1:04:02

This is your day. You've got

1:04:04

a window. You've got another 24

1:04:06

hours. Because you may not make

1:04:08

it to tomorrow. And if all

1:04:10

we're thinking about is the goal

1:04:12

and not following the journey and

1:04:14

the growth that happens along the

1:04:16

way, then we'll miss the moment.

1:04:18

And when we miss the value

1:04:20

in a moment, we lack momentum

1:04:23

and we stay stagnant, seated, and

1:04:25

reverse. We have to acknowledge, coupled

1:04:27

with that healing is what went

1:04:29

wrong. Where did I

1:04:31

get anything back in return? Where

1:04:33

did I get off kilter? What

1:04:35

could I have done differently? What

1:04:37

boundaries did I allow to be

1:04:39

breached relationally financially with my investments

1:04:41

with my mindset? Where did I

1:04:43

put my energy and I didn't

1:04:46

get anything back in return? It's

1:04:48

like investing in a vending machine

1:04:50

with a sign on it that

1:04:52

says out of order. And I'm

1:04:54

convinced that many of us invest

1:04:56

in people and places that are

1:04:58

just simply out of order. And

1:05:00

this is why we're drained. And

1:05:02

this is why we're tired. And

1:05:05

this is why we're weary and

1:05:07

well-doing. And this is why the

1:05:09

day is mundane. And it's the

1:05:11

same or same. Something's got to

1:05:13

change with you. And so it's

1:05:15

time to start up loaning some

1:05:17

new programming. Some new programming. Here's

1:05:19

what I feel like, but here's

1:05:21

what I've got to do. It's

1:05:24

expensive, it's expensive, it costs, I

1:05:26

know, I get it. I don't

1:05:28

feel like it, I can't see

1:05:30

it, I can't hear it, I

1:05:32

don't feel like I'm relevant, I

1:05:34

don't care what you feel, you've

1:05:36

got to do what is required

1:05:38

in order to manifest. Life and

1:05:41

death is in the power of

1:05:43

your tongue. Just get in a

1:05:45

mirror and start speaking life over

1:05:47

yourself. Start speaking life over your

1:05:49

family. Start speaking life over your

1:05:51

money. Just start speaking life over

1:05:53

it. Life and death is in

1:05:55

the power of the tongue. Can

1:05:57

you do better? you did yesterday.

1:06:00

I'm talking to that person that

1:06:02

keeps failing the mission. I'm talking

1:06:04

to that person that keeps saying

1:06:06

I'm going to make more money.

1:06:08

I'm going to learn a new

1:06:10

skill. I'm going to make bigger

1:06:12

connections. I'm going to invest in

1:06:14

myself and day after day you

1:06:16

fail again and again. I'm talking

1:06:19

to that person that just wants

1:06:21

to beat their self of yesterday.

1:06:23

I don't care who you are,

1:06:25

where you're from and what you're

1:06:27

doing. Get to it. This is

1:06:29

your day! Get up and get

1:06:31

after it! You have another day

1:06:33

where you failed yesterday! Where you

1:06:35

almost gave up yesterday! When you

1:06:38

almost lost your mind! When you

1:06:40

almost gave in! When your back

1:06:42

was up against the wall! What

1:06:44

craft do I need to beat

1:06:46

on? What skill sets do I

1:06:48

need to inquire? What do I

1:06:50

need to be studying for hours

1:06:52

in a day? What programs do

1:06:54

I need to upload in order

1:06:57

to manifest different things? What skill

1:06:59

sets need to be acquired? What

1:07:01

relationship need to be cultivated? These

1:07:03

are the things that I need

1:07:05

to be thinking about. If you

1:07:07

can be 1% better than you

1:07:09

were yesterday. You're making progress. Every

1:07:11

day, every single day is a

1:07:13

new beginning. Get up. You've got

1:07:16

a day to conquer. Quick

1:07:22

question. Do you really want to

1:07:25

be great? Are you a binder?

1:07:27

Are you determined? Are you willing?

1:07:29

Will you go that extra mile?

1:07:31

Will you put forth the effort

1:07:34

that is necessary to get what

1:07:36

it is you're seeking in your

1:07:38

life? For every moment that you

1:07:40

have been given is an opportunity

1:07:43

to be greater than you was

1:07:45

yesterday. For every opportunity that is

1:07:47

given You got to be willing

1:07:49

to work a little bit harder

1:07:52

This is your life now. You

1:07:54

told me you told yourself you

1:07:56

told your friends You told your

1:07:58

family that you're trying to get

1:08:00

somewhere. You're trying to break the

1:08:03

cycle. You're trying to break the

1:08:05

chain. You must continue to find

1:08:07

a way and make a way

1:08:09

out of no way. Don't wait

1:08:12

for a handout. Don't wait for

1:08:14

someone to tell you to do

1:08:16

it. Do it because you need

1:08:18

to do it. Do it because

1:08:21

it must be done. There

1:08:24

are going to be all

1:08:26

kinds of challenges that we

1:08:28

all must face. You cannot

1:08:30

live in this world without

1:08:32

a challenge. You cannot live

1:08:34

in this world without a

1:08:36

struggle. Because with every struggle

1:08:38

that you have been through,

1:08:40

it will help you to

1:08:42

be stronger. But you cannot

1:08:44

give up. You got to

1:08:46

make a decision. What's it

1:08:48

going to be? Failure or

1:08:50

success? Are you going to

1:08:52

look back on your life

1:08:54

and live with regret? Rise

1:08:56

and grind. Your time is

1:08:58

now. It's time for you

1:09:01

to make that change and

1:09:03

become the person that you

1:09:05

were going to be and

1:09:07

become the person that you

1:09:09

were meant to be and

1:09:11

become the person that God

1:09:13

sent you here to be.

1:09:15

No excuses, no retreat, no

1:09:17

surrender. This

1:09:19

ain't the time to be sitting

1:09:21

up there feeling sorry. This ain't

1:09:24

the time to be saying you

1:09:26

don't have what it takes. So

1:09:28

what do you think? You thought

1:09:30

it was going to be easy?

1:09:33

You thought you were going to

1:09:35

be able to just walk in

1:09:37

and walk out and say, hey,

1:09:40

I'm the best of the best.

1:09:42

You're not the best until you

1:09:44

pass the test. So if you

1:09:46

get some setbacks, Embracing. Sure, every

1:09:49

day is not going to be

1:09:51

a good day for you. Every

1:09:53

day is not going to always

1:09:56

happen for you. But it's always

1:09:58

something happening. But you got to

1:10:00

make it happen for the right

1:10:02

reasons For every day of your

1:10:05

life You must continue to believe

1:10:07

in yourself for every day of

1:10:09

your life You must have enough

1:10:12

faith in understanding that it's up

1:10:14

to you to make that difference

1:10:16

counts You got to realize your

1:10:18

only competition is really yourself They

1:10:21

may be winning on the outside,

1:10:23

but if you're losing on the

1:10:25

inside How

1:10:27

can you overcome that? I'm going

1:10:30

to tell you how you can

1:10:32

overcome it. Shut down each and

1:10:34

every negative thought that comes into

1:10:37

your brain. Each and every time

1:10:39

it pops into your brain. So

1:10:41

five in the morning, and you

1:10:44

told yourself the night before, you

1:10:46

were getting up today. And when

1:10:48

it's time to get up, and

1:10:50

your brain starts saying, no, I'm

1:10:53

not ready. Just just, just five

1:10:55

more minutes. No, no, no. Just

1:10:57

10 more minutes, no no no,

1:11:00

just 15 more minutes, you have

1:11:02

to shut it down and say

1:11:04

we're getting up right now. Five

1:11:07

second rule, like Mel Robin says,

1:11:09

you got five seconds to act

1:11:11

on your impulse or it's gone.

1:11:13

So we're not waiting five seconds,

1:11:16

we're gonna rise and shine, we're

1:11:18

gonna rise and climb, we're gonna

1:11:20

rise and give everything we got.

1:11:23

So you always find yourself starting

1:11:25

off on the right path. You

1:11:27

start off, you're feeling good, you're

1:11:30

running, you're doing everything that you

1:11:32

need to do. But it starts

1:11:34

to get harder. Things start to

1:11:36

push it back. Life starts to

1:11:39

push it back. People start to

1:11:41

push it back. Everything around you

1:11:43

starts to crumble. You have nothing

1:11:46

else left to gain. But

1:11:49

then you've got to find something

1:11:51

else. You've got to turn on

1:11:53

that grind switch. You've got to

1:11:56

get down and dirty and nasty

1:11:58

if you've got to. You've

1:12:01

got to do it necessarily is

1:12:03

going to take for you to

1:12:05

get what you want. You've got

1:12:07

to go out there with everything

1:12:09

you've got. It's time for you

1:12:11

to set yourself on fire and

1:12:14

live life with passion and put

1:12:16

yourself in a position to do

1:12:18

the things that you want to

1:12:20

do on a daily basis. Rise

1:12:22

and grind. Because the mindset of

1:12:24

greatness knows that adversity breeds resilience.

1:12:27

And that struggle. Leads

1:12:29

to its next level success

1:12:31

in bona fide brilliance. Wake

1:12:33

up, wake up, wake up,

1:12:35

get up, get up. Give

1:12:37

every ounce of your heart,

1:12:39

give every ounce of your

1:12:41

soul. See, I woke up

1:12:43

early, went to bed late.

1:12:45

I'm in crime mode. You

1:12:47

gotta see the sun in

1:12:49

yourself to live in shine

1:12:51

mode. You gotta understand it's

1:12:53

not a spread, it's a

1:12:55

marathon. And do Kaimo! If

1:12:57

you're not where you want

1:12:59

to be in your life,

1:13:01

it's time for you to

1:13:03

live in redesign mode, refine

1:13:05

mode. Don't you understand you

1:13:07

will put here to win?

1:13:09

Don't be afraid of the

1:13:11

hard work. Don't be afraid

1:13:14

to grind a little bit.

1:13:16

Don't be afraid to sweat

1:13:18

a little bit. It's okay,

1:13:20

man. And I guarantee you

1:13:22

will change your life. Change

1:13:24

the way you think. And

1:13:26

you put yourself in position

1:13:28

to expand! Not shrink! Rise

1:13:30

and grind! See the mindset

1:13:32

of greatness is obsessed with

1:13:34

winning! And it sees the

1:13:36

ultimate outcome right from the

1:13:38

beginning. If you can't get

1:13:40

up and get after it,

1:13:42

how do you expect to

1:13:44

win? If you can't get

1:13:46

up and get after it!

1:13:48

How do you expect to

1:13:50

go to another level if

1:13:52

you can't get up and

1:13:54

get after it? How do

1:13:56

you expect to raise the

1:13:58

championship banner? On your

1:14:01

life, it's time for

1:14:03

you to change your

1:14:05

perception. Because the reality

1:14:07

is, you gotta put

1:14:09

something in to get

1:14:11

something out. You're gonna

1:14:13

have those bad days,

1:14:16

but keep on grinding.

1:14:18

Ladies and gentlemen, this

1:14:20

is a very important

1:14:22

part of your life.

1:14:24

It is a decision

1:14:26

that you have to

1:14:28

make within yourself. No

1:14:31

one is responsible for

1:14:33

that. The grinder. You.

1:14:35

The individual. The person

1:14:37

that you are inside.

1:14:39

We're determining the outcome.

1:14:41

Whatever you're going to

1:14:43

do in your life.

1:14:46

So continue to grind

1:14:48

with everything you got.

1:14:50

Be strong every day

1:14:52

of your life No

1:14:54

matter what comes your

1:14:56

way keep grinding And

1:14:58

keep moving forward Success

1:15:01

is knocking at your

1:15:03

door But you keep

1:15:05

refusing to open up.

1:15:07

It's time for you

1:15:09

to open it up

1:15:11

and let the wind

1:15:13

come in let the

1:15:16

greatness come in You

1:15:18

are the definition of

1:15:20

resilient Don't you

1:15:22

realize the capabilities of you?

1:15:24

It's time for you to

1:15:27

do what you gotta do,

1:15:29

so you can go where

1:15:31

you wanna go. See, the

1:15:34

mindset of success, it has

1:15:36

a winning pedigree. And every

1:15:38

day, the goal is to

1:15:41

add to its legacy. What

1:15:43

legacy are you gonna leave?

1:15:45

When they talk about you?

1:15:47

Well, they say, oh, he

1:15:50

slept in every day to

1:15:52

12. Oh, she slept in

1:15:54

every day to 12. And

1:15:57

did nothing with his or

1:15:59

her life. What'd they say?

1:16:01

That's my role model. That's

1:16:04

my hero. I'll look up

1:16:06

to that person because they

1:16:08

are exactly who I aspire

1:16:11

to be. The choice is

1:16:13

yours. It's not going to

1:16:15

happen overnight. The marathon continues,

1:16:18

but you can celebrate small

1:16:20

winds along the way. And

1:16:22

before it's all said and

1:16:25

done, like Rocky in that

1:16:27

movie, you will run up

1:16:29

those steps. And you'll keep

1:16:32

running, and you'll keep running,

1:16:34

and you'll keep running, and

1:16:36

you'll keep running, and you'll

1:16:39

want to stop, but you

1:16:41

keep running. And the day

1:16:43

will come when you arrive

1:16:46

at the doorstep of next-level

1:16:48

practice. And you raise your

1:16:50

arms, and victory. Rise and

1:16:53

cry, my friend. This is

1:16:55

a great day. Interested

1:17:03

people, watch obsessed people change

1:17:05

the world. Kobe Bryant was

1:17:08

not interested in winning championships.

1:17:10

He was obsessed. If you

1:17:13

really have an obsession to

1:17:15

figure it out, you will

1:17:17

figure it out. Look in

1:17:20

the mirror, motherf-fuh-fuh-uh, is you

1:17:22

versus you. An obsession comes

1:17:25

in the small details that

1:17:27

nobody pays attention to. Because

1:17:30

our obsessions become our possessions.

1:17:32

You hear this all the

1:17:34

time, don't sweat the small

1:17:37

stuff. The 1%ers, the 0.01,

1:17:39

they sweat every single detail.

1:17:42

I'm obsessed with it. You're

1:17:44

obsessed with it. You have

1:17:47

to be obsessed with it.

1:17:49

You have to be obsessive.

1:17:51

You have to be obsessive.

1:17:54

You have to be obsessive.

1:17:56

You have to be addicted.

1:17:59

You have to be disciplined.

1:18:01

Nikita is you. Winning requires

1:18:03

you to be different and

1:18:06

different scarce people. It's never

1:18:08

enough. Nothing great is going

1:18:11

to come without you having

1:18:13

to deal with adversity and

1:18:16

pay tolerance. The price you

1:18:18

will pay for not winning

1:18:20

is infinitely greater than the

1:18:23

price you will ever pay

1:18:25

to win. It's

1:18:27

everything and it's in the details.

1:18:30

If I can do it, why

1:18:32

can't they? You gotta fight like

1:18:34

hell. And if you want a

1:18:36

thing bad enough to go out

1:18:39

and fight for it. So ones

1:18:41

that can fight, the ones that

1:18:43

come back, those are the ones

1:18:45

that succeed. Those are the icons.

1:18:49

Paradise starts in hell.

1:18:51

And if you simply

1:18:53

go after that thing

1:18:55

that you want. Enough!

1:18:57

The ball of greatness.

1:18:59

You earn greatness. I

1:19:01

don't care how you

1:19:03

get their goals to

1:19:05

one. Period. Different scares

1:19:07

people. And any time

1:19:09

anybody's told me I'm

1:19:11

crazy, I've always thanked

1:19:13

them for that. Because

1:19:16

it gave me the

1:19:18

ability to see and

1:19:20

do things that other

1:19:23

people can't do and

1:19:25

acknowledge things that other

1:19:27

people won't acknowledge. If

1:19:29

you're obsessed with taking

1:19:31

your business, your sport,

1:19:33

whatever it is, to

1:19:35

another level, stand up.

1:19:37

You must be able

1:19:40

to deal with pain.

1:19:42

And the more understanding

1:19:44

you have of what's

1:19:46

causing you the pain

1:19:48

and how you've dealt

1:19:50

with it is going

1:19:52

to determine how successful

1:19:54

you will be in

1:19:57

whatever you choose in

1:19:59

life. It's

1:20:02

on you. Your failure and

1:20:04

your success is on you.

1:20:06

I think the thing that

1:20:08

people misunderstand about success is

1:20:10

they're looking for the easiest

1:20:13

way to get them. Look

1:20:15

at the most successful people

1:20:17

in the world. They're the

1:20:19

most coachable. They have the

1:20:22

least amount of doubt. They're

1:20:24

the least amount of doubt.

1:20:26

You usually have doubt because

1:20:28

of what somebody else is

1:20:30

going to think of you.

1:20:33

So the people that aren't

1:20:35

going to see your vision,

1:20:37

people didn't see Jeff Bezos'

1:20:39

vision, people don't see Yvonne

1:20:41

Moss, people don't see Kobi

1:20:44

and Jordan's vision, and that's

1:20:46

okay, but you've got to

1:20:48

be willing to see it

1:20:50

in yourself. Everyone's going to

1:20:52

hit adversity. It's how you

1:20:55

deal with that adversity. You

1:20:57

have to deal with adversity.

1:20:59

And how you deal with

1:21:01

it. Are you going to

1:21:03

fight through it? Or are

1:21:06

you going to curl up

1:21:08

and just roll over into

1:21:10

the corner? People talk about

1:21:12

this all the time. Losing

1:21:15

Bill's character. How much character

1:21:17

do you need? Your dreams

1:21:19

and thoughts better be so

1:21:21

big that they better scare

1:21:23

you. Because you're not thinking

1:21:26

big enough then. You know

1:21:28

what? It has to be

1:21:30

something that nobody else has

1:21:32

thought about before or done

1:21:34

before. The process it takes

1:21:37

to be number one and

1:21:39

stay number one. You have

1:21:41

no idea. Very few people

1:21:43

understand what winning and success

1:21:45

does to an individual's mental

1:21:48

health. Everybody wants to sit

1:21:50

in your seat. Until

1:21:52

they have to sit in your seat.

1:21:55

But it takes a special individual and

1:21:57

there's very few people that can do

1:21:59

that. I

1:22:06

always say this, the

1:22:08

most driven individuals, they

1:22:10

live a life for

1:22:12

many years in certain

1:22:14

times without balance. Everybody

1:22:16

strives for balance, balance,

1:22:18

balance, and in order

1:22:20

to be that obsessed

1:22:22

with something over and

1:22:24

over again, there is

1:22:26

going to be times

1:22:28

where things are going

1:22:30

to be out of

1:22:32

balance. It just is.

1:22:37

You can't be the best

1:22:40

at something and try to

1:22:42

balance everything else around your

1:22:44

life. You don't find balance

1:22:46

you created and it's different

1:22:48

for every individual out there.

1:22:50

The balance I've created may

1:22:53

be completely different than the

1:22:55

balance you've created. And there's

1:22:57

certain times in your life

1:22:59

that the scales are definitely

1:23:01

going to be weighing. towards

1:23:04

one side more than the

1:23:06

other. In early part of

1:23:08

Kobe's career, there was about

1:23:10

basketball and winning. About basketball

1:23:12

and winning. And towards the

1:23:14

end of his career, it

1:23:17

became less about winning. It

1:23:19

was still about basketball and

1:23:21

it became more on spending

1:23:23

time with the family. But

1:23:25

you have to surround yourself

1:23:27

with people. You have to

1:23:30

surround yourself with people. You

1:23:32

have to surround yourself with

1:23:34

people with people with individuals

1:23:36

that would be selfish for

1:23:38

you. They understand your obsession.

1:23:40

They understand your drive. They

1:23:43

understand your attention to detail.

1:23:45

Make sure you're all in.

1:23:47

Your obligation to yourself to

1:23:49

be the best to achieve

1:23:51

the highest level has to

1:23:53

be greater. The pressure you

1:23:56

put on yourself has to

1:23:58

exceed anybody else's pressure that

1:24:00

puts on you. You've got

1:24:02

to start winning. It's a

1:24:04

mindset. Before you have an

1:24:07

exceptional skill set, you have

1:24:09

to have the right mindset.

1:24:11

You have to have a

1:24:13

great mindset. The stronger your

1:24:15

mindset is, the greater your

1:24:18

skill set is going

1:24:20

to be. They've got

1:24:22

to want it. It's

1:24:24

what fuels you. What's

1:24:26

fueling that desire? Individuals

1:24:28

acting control it. knowledge it,

1:24:30

know how to use it.

1:24:32

It takes them to a

1:24:35

completely different level. You

1:24:37

have to win with

1:24:39

all of you. Everybody

1:24:42

can handle pressure. You

1:24:44

know what? Most people

1:24:46

decide not to. But why

1:24:49

is it worth it? Because

1:24:51

the results are self

1:24:53

and good. I have to be

1:24:55

at my best to win. For

1:25:03

people that feel like they're wasting their

1:25:05

time, they're not getting the results they

1:25:07

want, what is one thing that they

1:25:10

could be doing right now that would turn

1:25:12

things around for them? I think one of

1:25:14

the things is the way that we approach

1:25:16

time. This is something that almost no one

1:25:18

talks about anymore. So I feel like you

1:25:21

may be behind. You may actually be behind

1:25:23

your destiny right now. Like, maybe you're not

1:25:25

on pace. In fact, I think most

1:25:27

people watching this, listening will say, I

1:25:29

am behind on achieving sure what it is what

1:25:32

it is. But I feel like it's slipping. I

1:25:34

feel like I'm behind. So you better

1:25:36

figure out time differently. And you can

1:25:38

bend and manipulate time to your advantage.

1:25:40

And so I, about 25 years ago,

1:25:42

went I'm not the most talented. I'm not

1:25:45

the smartest. And I'm really not. I don't

1:25:47

come from a whole track record to success.

1:25:49

Right? I don't have the perfect upbringing. How

1:25:51

in the world am I going to win?

1:25:53

I got to do things other people aren't

1:25:55

willing to do. And I got to fix

1:25:57

the way I look at time. The

1:26:01

most stupid antiquated ridiculous concept on planet Earth

1:26:04

today very well may be that a day

1:26:06

is 24 hours It's so stupid. It's the

1:26:08

dumbest thing ever 24 hour days were contrived

1:26:10

when there were no cars There was no

1:26:13

electricity if I wanted to get you a

1:26:15

message I had to write something down if

1:26:17

I could send it on a horseback. Hope

1:26:20

you get it. That's insane never mind the

1:26:22

internet So it used to take hours, days,

1:26:24

weeks, months, years to do can be done

1:26:26

now in a millisecond in the internet or

1:26:29

on our smartphones. Yet we measured the time

1:26:31

the same way that guy did? That's bananas.

1:26:33

That is so stupid. And so my days

1:26:36

now are from 6 AM. And so my

1:26:38

days now are from 6 AM to 2.

1:26:40

And so my days are from 6 AM

1:26:42

to 2. And so my days are from

1:26:45

6 AM to 2. And so my days

1:26:47

are from 6 AM. Well, why can't you

1:26:49

do that every morning? So I measure time.

1:26:52

I've compressed and condensed time. I've bent it.

1:26:54

My day is 6 a.m. to noon. And

1:26:56

I'm not crazy. You're crazy for thinking it

1:26:58

takes 24 hours, just like some dude in

1:27:01

a cave did 300 years. And it's unfair

1:27:03

in a cave did 300 years. And it's

1:27:05

unfair that people have taught you. It's like

1:27:08

some dude in a cave did 300 years.

1:27:10

And it's unfair that people did 300 years.

1:27:12

And it's the like some dude in a

1:27:14

cave did in a cave did 300-to-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a- Right?

1:27:17

And then the next day is 6 p.m.

1:27:19

to midnight. And some of those are just

1:27:21

fun days. Sundays I chill, right? But some

1:27:24

days they're really super productive. What I've done

1:27:26

now is I have changed a manipulated time.

1:27:28

I now get 21 days a week. Stack

1:27:30

it up over a month. I'm going to

1:27:33

kick your butt. Stack it up over a

1:27:35

year. You're toast. Stack it up over five

1:27:37

years. My entire life is different than it

1:27:40

would have been otherwise. And if you do

1:27:42

this for about 90 of your traditional, that

1:27:44

you think are you will come back to

1:27:46

me and go that profoundly impacted my life.

1:27:49

And here's the other thing that happens. The

1:27:51

world responds to you differently when you value

1:27:53

your time like that. What is precious is

1:27:56

valuable. That's why a diamond or this watch

1:27:58

is way more expensive than the piece of

1:28:00

paper that's written down there because it's more

1:28:02

scarce. When your time, when you interact with

1:28:05

the world, is slightly more scarce, they respond

1:28:07

to you as if you're more valuable. So

1:28:09

you get more accountability, more productivity, more fun,

1:28:12

more joy, and the world flips its response

1:28:14

to you. All of a sudden you become

1:28:16

more valuable and precious to people when your

1:28:18

time is different. And you'll get thousands more

1:28:21

days in your life and live a much

1:28:23

more blissful and happy life than the person

1:28:25

who only gets 24 hours. Building

1:28:31

self-confidence is the process of keeping the promises

1:28:33

you make to yourself and if you lack

1:28:35

self-confidence You've got a relationship and reputation with

1:28:37

yourself. It's not very favorable But in life

1:28:40

as you know we don't get like our

1:28:42

goal We get by 25% of our goals

1:28:44

We get by 25% of our goals But

1:28:46

we ultimately always get our goals But we

1:28:49

get by 25% of our goals But we

1:28:51

ultimately always get our standards But we ultimately

1:28:53

always get our standards. We get the promises

1:28:55

you make to yourself and one more You're

1:28:58

going to make 10 contacts in a day.

1:29:00

You don't make 10 contacts a day. You

1:29:02

do the 10 contacts and you make one

1:29:04

more. So you start stacking up mathematically all

1:29:07

of these one mores. You've just done more

1:29:09

so you're better. But you've changed the standard

1:29:11

of your life. And you've built the superhuman

1:29:13

type self-confidence that I normally do what I

1:29:16

say I'm going to do. I do one

1:29:18

more than I'm saying I'm going to do.

1:29:20

And that's something almost nobody's willing to do.

1:29:22

So I'm going to get things almost nobody's

1:29:25

going to almost nobody's going to get. This

1:29:29

is something that if we could train

1:29:31

ourselves to do our entire lives with

1:29:33

change, which is that Do the inconvenient

1:29:35

or difficult thing in your day or

1:29:38

in your life human nature is to

1:29:40

avoid that you talk you call it

1:29:42

being lazy But just to avoid the

1:29:44

inconvenient Napoleon Hill says in thinking grow

1:29:46

rich, which I love he says on

1:29:49

the other type of temporary pain You

1:29:51

are introduced to your other self and

1:29:53

that other self produces another life. So

1:29:55

what we have to change I think

1:29:57

to some extent is our relationship with

1:30:00

pain I'm willing to pursue pain. I'm

1:30:02

willing to pursue discomfort and do the

1:30:04

inconvenient thing because on the other side

1:30:06

of that I have extended my capacity.

1:30:08

I've literally changed who I am by

1:30:11

getting on the other side of that.

1:30:13

When you find a family or a

1:30:15

person that's happy and successful or either

1:30:17

one, somewhere back in their lineage, they

1:30:20

weren't. That family wasn't. And then the

1:30:22

one shows up. The one. And that

1:30:24

one changes that family. forever. It changes

1:30:26

the way they live, the way the

1:30:28

world treats them, the way they think.

1:30:31

They're the Neo, they're the one in

1:30:33

their family. And in my family, I'm

1:30:35

the one. I didn't like it, I

1:30:37

didn't hope for it, I fought for

1:30:39

it. And if you're listening to this

1:30:42

or watching it, why don't you're watching

1:30:44

it? And if you're listening to this

1:30:46

or watching it, why don't you consider

1:30:48

the fact that potentially you don't think

1:30:50

you are or that you're not qualified

1:30:53

to be the qualified to be the

1:30:55

one? So if

1:30:57

you're listening to this or watching it, stop

1:30:59

discounting yourself. Stop carrying these bags of your

1:31:01

life of the things you're embarrassed or ashamed

1:31:04

of or that you think are insignificant, that

1:31:06

don't amount to anything. Those are the things,

1:31:08

you, precious you, that could change another precious

1:31:10

human being's life in a moment where they

1:31:12

need you the most. And if you don't

1:31:15

believe you're qualified, if you don't believe you

1:31:17

can do it, you're going to miss those

1:31:19

moments in your life. And your entire existence

1:31:21

here wasn't what it was supposed to be.

1:31:25

I was with Kobe the week before

1:31:27

he passed away. I wonder if someone

1:31:29

were to whisper. Kobe? When he got

1:31:32

in the car a day. Six more

1:31:34

days. How would that week maybe have

1:31:36

been different for him? What would he

1:31:38

have said? Who would he have loved?

1:31:41

Who would he have reached out to?

1:31:43

What would have mattered to him? About

1:31:45

the Saturday before. Kobe. One more day.

1:31:47

And there's a whisper happening that you

1:31:50

can't hear. We forget, we're going to

1:31:52

die. Napoleon Hill says, begin with the

1:31:54

end in mind. What if you do

1:31:57

that with your life? What if you

1:31:59

began with the end of your life

1:32:01

in mind and worked it backwards? See,

1:32:03

when we begin to distill downs and

1:32:06

we realize, yeah, there's a power to

1:32:08

one more because they're not promised how

1:32:10

many we have. and there's a power

1:32:12

and there's a blessing that you get

1:32:15

one more in your life. Have another

1:32:17

day to change their life. They have

1:32:19

another opportunity to do one more. They

1:32:21

have another opportunity to make their family

1:32:24

proud of them. They still have more

1:32:26

time. They don't just have one more

1:32:28

day probably to be the one in

1:32:30

their family. Life is beautiful. It's precious.

1:32:33

And sometimes we only have an appreciation

1:32:35

for it in its absence. Sometimes we

1:32:37

only have an appreciation for the power

1:32:39

of the one mores or the people

1:32:42

in our lives. When we imagine their

1:32:44