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That's N.O.CD.com. I got

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one question I asked

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you. Can you do

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this thing alone? I've

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trained 99. 9% of my life

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alone. No one packed me on the

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back. I did all of the work alone.

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You hear me say this all the time,

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but some of you, this is it.

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Your daddy, your daddy can't come

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up here as an alumnus and

2:14

get you hooked up with the

2:16

influential people and get you back

2:18

in school. But some of you,

2:20

this is it. It doesn't start

2:22

with them and they. It starts

2:25

with me. Be alone. Grow that

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dark space. You may not

2:29

want to fight that battle, but

2:31

you need to. When you train

2:33

alone, I can take myself

2:35

to such a level of real,

2:38

real passion and purpose. Nobody's

2:40

going to feed us. You got

2:42

to feed yourself. The feeling I

2:45

get is something I can't even

2:47

expect. I don't need anyone. It's

2:50

on you. You've got to want

2:52

it as bad as you want

2:54

to breathe. Success starts with you.

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It's all on you. If you

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want to be strong, you got

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to learn to fight alone. And you

3:03

may not feel qualified. You may

3:06

not feel like you are

3:08

educated enough. You may not

3:10

feel like you're connected enough.

3:12

You may not think that enough

3:14

people are aware of you. Popness

3:17

in of you. Because you don't

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have a blue chicken. You're not

3:21

a celebrity yet. But you

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got to work hard and

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childish challenge. You've got to

3:28

work with nobody's watching. You've

3:30

got a sacrifice behind the

3:32

scenes. What did God putting

3:34

you? Release it to the world.

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Day in and day out, you've got

3:39

to keep on working. And if you

3:41

get knocked down, so what? Rise

3:43

up? Yes, you're tired. Yes, your

3:45

mind is saying give up. Yes,

3:48

it's saying quit. But you cannot

3:50

quit because you realize you have

3:52

not reached the goal yet. But

3:54

what you cannot do is you

3:57

cannot quit doing the process you

3:59

cannot give up because it ain't

4:01

what you see. You cannot give

4:04

up. Champions keep going when they

4:06

don't have anything left in their

4:08

day. If it's going to be

4:10

personal, make it personal. Don't just

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be great in public. Be great

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in private. If you can see

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it in your head, you can

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hold it in your hands. But

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the question I'm going to ask

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you is, are you committed? Day,

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after day, after day, how to day, why,

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have to grow, have to grow. I can't

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quit, I can't get tired, I

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can't give up, I can't give

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up, I can't give in. Nobody's

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going to believe in it until

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you've already done it. Nobody's going

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to come and celebrate with you

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until you've already done it,

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which means you're going to have to

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work for a long time by yourself,

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with no applause, with no one's going

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to believe in you in you in

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the, be okay with you. If

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I have to do it

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alone, I will.

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Start alone, but

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get started. Every

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single day, you

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are either losing

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ground or gaining

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ground. The choice

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is yours. This

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time. Make it

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personal. Make it

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personal. Make it

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personal. If

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you can make it personal, it's personal.

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It doesn't start with them and they.

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It starts with me. It starts with

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me. I don't know who I'm talking

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to. I don't know what you've been

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called to do, what you've been called

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to accomplish, what you've been destined

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to build. I'm just wondering if

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you are rude enough, doing enough, if

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you can believe in your dream

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again, if you can get committed.

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See, when you get personal, and

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you make it personal, everything changes.

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I'm talking to that athlete, I'm

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talking to that musician, come on,

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who are you out there? That philosopher,

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that engineer, that thought leader,

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that critical thinker, come on,

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that captain of industry, I'm

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talking to you when your personal

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life lines up with your

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purpose. You have public authorities

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wars? You want influence? I'm

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not talking about just fame.

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I'm talking about my influence,

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the power to change people's

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lives. Everybody wants

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public authority, but nobody

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wants private discipline. When

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your habits change behind the

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scenes, when your private life begins

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to shift, when you put aside the

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things that are not serving you. Where's

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your integrity behind the scenes? Come on,

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where are your values behind the scenes?

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What do your habits look like behind

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the scenes? Come on, what kind of

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work are you putting in behind the

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scenes? Come on, write it again. Come

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on, believe it again. Come on, sing

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again. Record the song again. Come on.

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It starts with where you are and

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where you're going. Can you look ahead?

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Can you stretch for it? Can you

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condition yourself? Can you prepare yourself for

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the next thing? Come on. What did

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God put in you! If

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it's going to be personal,

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make it personal. Don't just

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be great in public, be

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great in private. If you

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can see it in your head,

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you can hold it in your

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hands. But the question I

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want to answer is, are

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you committed? Can you identify?

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What has kept you broken?

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What has kept you broke? What

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has kept you defeated? What has

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kept you covered? under the blankets

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of anxiety and stress and overwhelm.

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But you're trying to make business

7:53

moves of people that don't think

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like you, they don't walk like

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you, they don't suck. Like you,

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they're not willing to put in

8:03

the plug to sweat the tears

8:05

behind closed doors. A man is

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rewarded in public for what he

8:10

does in private. I need you

8:12

to disappear for the next 30

8:14

days. What does that look like?

8:17

720 hours dedicated to the future?

8:19

I need you to disappear for

8:21

30 days, just 30 days. Can

8:23

you walk away for 30 days?

8:26

Can you silence the doubters for

8:28

30 days? Can you tell everybody

8:30

to be quiet for 30 days

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so you can focus on you?

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Who you are today has gotten

8:37

you as far as you're going

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to get. If you're going to

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get any further, you've got to

8:44

reinvent yourself. You've got to set

8:47

it down for 30 days. I

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need you to pursue it. I

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need you to go get it.

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All right, I need you to

8:56

go get it. Don't wait for

8:58

it to come to you. All

9:01

right, greatness is not going to

9:03

come, knock on your door. There's

9:05

some opportunity that's not going to

9:08

come, knock on your door. You've

9:10

got to go get them. Without

9:12

even knowing you, if you're watching

9:14

me, you already know you've. I

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already know what you capable of

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doing but my question is will

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you reach your potential? You've been

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too focused on who was not

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there for you and who did

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not believe in you and the

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people that just said it but

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didn't do it. You've been too

9:35

focused on that. The trauma, the

9:38

anxiety and I'm wondering if you

9:40

can begin to shift that focus

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on... What's working in your life?

9:45

What's within your control and not

9:47

what's outside of your control? What

9:49

can you control? Who can you

9:52

influence? The first person that needs

9:54

to be influenced in your life

9:56

is you! It's you! You can't

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lead anybody. You can't go anywhere

10:01

unless you have awakened yourself on

10:03

the inside. to follow a specific

10:06

plan. Write it out, I need

10:08

you to disappear for 30 days.

10:10

Let's sit to me very closely.

10:12

It is no shame in wanting

10:15

to quit. All right? No shame

10:17

in wanting to quit. Let me

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just real quick, let me be

10:22

honest with you. Let me be

10:24

transparent with you. I'm saying this

10:26

stuff, this school stuff is killing

10:29

me, like, it's cramping my style.

10:31

And I just, for a second,

10:33

can I just be transparent? I

10:36

was like, I can't stand school

10:38

right now. I got one more

10:40

stats class to go to be

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finished with my coursework for the

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PhD, and I'm telling you, I

10:47

was like, I'm ready to quit.

10:50

I'm ready to give up. It

10:52

ain't no shame and thinking about

10:54

quitting. Don't just think about it.

10:57

Say to yourself, I gotta rethink

10:59

and get this thought out of

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my mind. Why? Because the shame

11:04

is in quitting. So if you

11:06

thought about it, it ain't nothing

11:08

wrong with that boot. Don't let

11:10

that thought become a reality, all

11:13

right? Free words for you. Shut

11:15

it down. We cannot have the

11:17

future without revelation. We need to

11:20

see how far. We are aware.

11:22

We're supposed to be. Once you

11:24

shut it down, you'll be able

11:27

to diagnose. You'll be able to

11:29

examine. You'll be able to repair

11:31

the roads. You still keep trying

11:34

to walk into your future fractured,

11:36

broken, hurting. You need to walk

11:38

it to your future home. You

11:41

can decide the quality of your

11:43

life, all right? Listen to me.

11:45

You are not a victim. Okay,

11:48

nope, I can't decide how I

11:50

was born. Nope, I can't say

11:52

when I die, but you can

11:55

do it. You can control all

11:57

that stuff in between. And I

11:59

know you're broken, and I know

12:01

you're tired, and I know you're

12:04

confused, and I know that you've

12:06

got questions. And I know you're

12:08

fractured, and I know you're bleeding

12:11

in places nobody can see. But

12:13

if you shut it down, you

12:15

can heal. You're standing at the

12:18

precipice, the edge of the greatest

12:20

move in your life. And the

12:22

time is now, like never before,

12:25

to take a leap of faith.

12:27

It takes faith. Just step into

12:29

your purpose. It takes faith. Just

12:32

step into your destiny. It takes

12:34

faith to pull away from everything

12:36

that is familiar. To step in

12:39

the uncharted territory, to become the

12:41

person you were born to be.

12:43

It takes faith. Can you disappear

12:46

for 30 days? Put in the

12:48

work. Examine what you've written. Think

12:50

over the things you've discussed with

12:53

people. Go through the process. Go

12:55

through the mud. Inhale. Exhale, I

12:57

know it's cold on the other

12:59

side, but it's time for you

13:02

to cross over because you're too

13:04

comfortable. What is preventing most people

13:06

from moving in the direction that

13:09

they want to move is a

13:11

lack of discipline. And

13:14

no one wants to hear that

13:16

answer. It's the harshest answer. This

13:18

is hard work. It's every day.

13:21

When they see that word discipline,

13:23

it's actually slapped in the face

13:25

because they know it's true. He

13:28

has any fraction of self-discipline, the

13:30

ability to not want to do

13:32

it, but still do it. That's

13:34

the most powerful thing in the

13:37

world. What are you going to

13:39

get without discipline? Are you going

13:41

to become more intellectually powerful without

13:43

discipline? You're going to see me

13:46

for who I am. Because I

13:48

need to change who I'm not.

13:50

Discipline is the root of all

13:53

good qualities. If you want to

13:55

make progress in your life, you've

13:57

got to have discipline. Discipline

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equals freedom. You want freedom in your

14:02

life? You want to achieve what it

14:05

is you want to achieve? How do

14:07

you do that? You do it through

14:09

hard work. You do it by knowing

14:12

what it is you're supposed to do.

14:14

And then actually doing it. You have

14:16

to face yourself. What am I going

14:18

to do today to change what I

14:21

see in this mirror? It starts with

14:23

yourself, man. Through hard work. You can

14:25

outwork anybody. Like I'm going to be

14:28

extreme in my discipline. Somebody asked me

14:30

that on social media. How do you

14:32

master discipline? I'm like, you don't. You

14:35

don't. You keep working out. Every day.

14:37

Yes. It takes power. It takes effort.

14:39

It takes discipline to break the old

14:41

youth. It gives you confidence, not being

14:44

afraid. It's overcoming the fear. There's no

14:46

one in the world that enjoys taking

14:48

criticism. It's in the discomfort zone. It's

14:51

where my confidence is getting built. A

14:53

tougher things you go through. the more

14:55

confidence you're going to have, the more

14:57

confidence you have, the better you can

15:00

get, but I'm going to work and

15:02

try and make myself better. And that's

15:04

the mentality you have. A lot of

15:07

us who are afraid of something, we

15:09

allow our minds to choose the path

15:11

at least resistance so we go a

15:13

different route. What I did was what

15:16

I knew how to do, which was

15:18

work. You figured out by going inside

15:20

yourself, because being a warrior takes a

15:23

whole different mindset. That's what I'm going

15:25

to do. You

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have time. You have

15:32

the knowledge and the

15:34

willpower and the discipline

15:36

to get it done.

15:39

Your heart, your life,

15:41

your happiness is your

15:43

responsibility and your responsibility

15:45

alone. One day, you're

15:48

going to realize your

15:50

life is yours. surrounded,

15:52

but ultimately it's yours.

15:54

Then you must decide

15:57

where you want to

15:59

invest this life. Invest

16:01

in something worthwhile. You

16:03

have to picture yourself

16:06

there. Wherever it is,

16:08

you've got to picture

16:10

yourself there. All right,

16:12

the next step is

16:15

you've got to believe

16:17

it. Number one in

16:19

your life's blueprint should

16:21

be a deep belief

16:24

in your own dignity,

16:26

your own worth. and

16:28

your own somebodyness. Don't

16:30

allow anybody to make

16:32

you feel that you

16:35

are nobody. See sometimes

16:37

we can't say I

16:39

can do that, but

16:41

what we can say

16:44

that it's possible that

16:46

I can have my

16:48

dream as we run

16:50

toward it, as we

16:53

work on it day

16:55

in and day out.

16:59

They were going to make a

17:01

change and then they made it.

17:04

This is your moment. It's not

17:06

tomorrow. It's not next year. It's

17:08

not when you're going to graduate.

17:10

It's right here right now and

17:13

every choice you make, you're impocked

17:15

in that thing. We're going to

17:17

be lying. You know when a

17:20

lion is injured. When a lion

17:22

is bleeding. He licks his wounds.

17:24

And he keeps walking. Your time

17:26

is one of the most powerful

17:29

tools you will ever have. Let

17:31

hold up! Do you like home?

17:33

And when that thing tells you

17:36

to quit, you look at it

17:38

in his eye and say, I'm

17:40

doing nowhere. I will want you

17:42

before you break me. You will

17:45

be like a shock. You would

17:47

think like a shock. You can't

17:49

go backwards. And if you stop

17:52

swimming, you will die! Did life

17:54

knock you down? Try and land

17:56

on your back? Because if you

17:58

can look up! Act

18:03

like you here. This

18:05

is the year the

18:07

way. This is the

18:10

year the way. Act

18:12

like you. Home and

18:14

the time for you

18:16

to change your life

18:19

is now. Always feel

18:21

that you have worth

18:23

and always feel that

18:26

your life has ultimate

18:28

significant significance. You choose

18:30

what you're looking for

18:33

because what you look

18:35

for you find that's

18:37

how life works Make

18:39

good choices great things

18:42

happen But you've got

18:44

to believe in you

18:46

So I believe everything

18:49

out. Hear what I'm

18:51

telling you. You've got

18:53

to block everything out.

18:55

You've got to be

18:58

willing to block out

19:00

the pain. You've got

19:02

to be willing to

19:05

block out the disappointment.

19:07

You've got to be

19:09

willing to block it

19:11

all out and keep

19:14

your eyes on the

19:16

prize. I don't know.

19:18

Ask yourself the question.

19:21

What do you want?

19:23

I can't answer that

19:25

for you. What is

19:28

it you want? Then

19:30

after you ask yourself the question,

19:32

what do you want? You got

19:34

to ask yourself this. Are you

19:36

willing to pay the price? That's

19:38

right. You got to block out

19:40

all the negative people. You got

19:42

to block out every single obstacle.

19:44

And you got to keep your

19:46

eyes on the prize. You got

19:48

to stay focused. In the words

19:50

of the great Wayne Buckner, he

19:52

said, if it was easy, everybody

19:54

would do it. You heard exactly

19:57

what I said. to have a

19:59

great marriage, everybody would do it.

20:01

If it was easy to get

20:03

your masters, get your PhD, everybody

20:05

would do it. If it was

20:07

easy to get a 4.0 in

20:09

every class, everybody would do it.

20:11

So number one, if you want

20:13

to get past the pain, if

20:15

you want to get past the

20:17

disappointments, if you want to get

20:19

to your goal, you've got to

20:21

stay locked in. You've got to

20:23

keep your eyes on the prize.

20:25

You've got to be focused. I

20:29

need you to learn to focus on

20:31

the next 24 hours and no more

20:33

because I'm going to tell you what

20:35

happens. When you start thinking about a

20:37

week, when you start thinking about a

20:40

month, when you start thinking about what

20:42

you're going to do next year, man,

20:44

you get overwhelmed. I need you to

20:46

do me a huge favor. And I

20:49

need you to learn to stay locked

20:51

in a 24-hour time frame. Nothing less

20:53

and nothing more. That's right. Take it

20:55

one day at a time. Take it

20:57

one day at a time. You heard

21:00

what I said 24 hours, and if

21:02

you can learn a 24-hour principle, if

21:04

you can learn to take it one

21:06

day at a time, I guarantee you'll

21:08

never get overwhelmed. Stop worrying about next

21:11

semester, right? Stop worrying about the semester

21:13

after that. Listen to me, you focus

21:15

on today. And if you can focus

21:17

on those 24 hours, you can realize

21:20

it is manageable. Once you understand it

21:22

is manageable and that is doable, you're

21:24

going to be all right. Take

21:28

full responsibility of your actions and

21:30

your responses I'm not telling you

21:32

to take responsibility for the things

21:34

that happen that you don't have

21:36

any control of that's not what

21:38

I'm asking you to do But

21:40

what I am saying is that

21:42

the part of the problem that

21:44

has your name written on it

21:46

Take full responsibility for that part.

21:48

There are some things in life

21:50

you can't do anything about. You

21:52

can't do anything about the fact

21:54

that, you know, that boss doesn't

21:56

like you. You can't do anything

21:58

about it if your teacher doesn't.

22:00

Like you, right? But I'm telling

22:02

you today, if you don't like

22:04

your physical look, if you don't,

22:06

if you don't feel good about

22:08

who you are, boom, get some

22:10

gym shoes, tie your laces, and

22:12

get your running. So get rid

22:14

of that book bag mentality. Stop

22:16

giving up before the end, learn

22:18

all you can. Stop being here,

22:20

stop going from one thing to

22:22

the next. Hear what I'm saying?

22:24

Stop trying to overcome before you

22:26

become. That's the problem

22:28

with some of you. You always want to

22:31

blame other people. You always want to you

22:33

want to hold other people to the fire

22:35

But you're not holding yourself to the fire.

22:38

You just say you're giving 50% You owe

22:40

you an explanation. You owe you an explanation

22:42

You need to look at yourself in the

22:44

mirror and say why are you only giving

22:47

50%? What's wrong with you? You need to

22:49

put yourself on punishment You need to tell

22:51

you no more TV. No more snacks. We

22:53

working out now Not no, I can't hand

22:56

do it right now. You need to tell

22:58

you that you own you something and if

23:00

you create a culture of losing if you

23:03

keep being a victim if you keep letting

23:05

losing happen to you if you keep letting

23:07

people do you and treat you any kind

23:09

of way It's going to become a culture

23:27

The dream will destroy you. Let

23:29

it. All men are created equal.

23:31

Some work hard in pre-season. When

23:33

I went to college, guys were

23:35

way smarter than me. 4.0, 3.0,

23:37

they went to the Ivy League

23:39

high schools, came to Oakwood from

23:41

these great high schools. Most of

23:43

them are not doing what I'm

23:45

doing. Why? Because it's not about

23:47

where you come from. It's about

23:49

hearts. You gotta let your dream

23:51

destroy you. You gotta give everything

23:53

you got. No excuses. Excuses. This

23:55

is your opportunity to blow up.

23:57

If you really want your The

23:59

version of you that you are

24:01

right now is a blessing, you

24:03

want to go. If you really

24:05

want to do what you say

24:07

you want to do, you have

24:09

to let your dream destroy you.

24:11

You have to let your dream

24:13

break you down. Because that's the

24:15

only way that you're going to

24:17

be built back up. The version

24:19

of you that you are right

24:21

now is a blessing, but it

24:23

won't take you to the next

24:25

level. What got you here won't

24:27

take you there. So let the

24:29

dream destroy you, tear you down,

24:31

Build you back up, make you

24:33

stronger. The first version of Eric

24:35

Thomas would never be able to

24:37

stand in front of you guys.

24:39

The first version of Eric Thomas,

24:41

the high school drop out, that

24:43

guy would have never been able

24:45

to stand here and help you.

24:48

I had to destroy that Eric

24:50

Thomas. See your problem is, you

24:52

talk a good game, but at

24:54

the first sign of adversity. At

24:56

the first sign of a setback,

24:58

at the first sign of a

25:00

hiccup, at the first sign of

25:02

something not going the way you

25:04

thought it should go. You quit.

25:06

Let the dream destroy you. Let

25:08

it strip you. Let it remake

25:10

and mold you. Don't be afraid.

25:12

Pain is what's gonna lead to

25:14

that future game. You gotta let

25:16

your dream destroy you. You gotta

25:18

give everything you got. To be

25:20

able at any moment to sacrifice

25:22

what we are. for what we

25:24

could be. I don't do well

25:26

in math. You're right. You ain't

25:28

never studied. I'm not good in

25:30

writing because you had never written

25:32

before. But I dare you to

25:34

fail in writing for a whole

25:36

year to see if you can

25:38

get to the end. I dare

25:40

you to fail. I dare you

25:42

take that same class over and

25:44

over again. I dare you stop

25:46

dropping classes like you saw. Would

25:48

a real Aaron Thomas, please stand

25:50

up? Stop being this high school

25:52

dropout. Stop giving up, stop sleeping

25:54

on the streets and get your

25:56

GED. Stop being afraid to take

25:58

a test. Stop being afraid. to

26:00

go to college because your daddy

26:02

didn't go and your mama didn't go.

26:04

Stop being afraid and be the best

26:07

airy time as you can be, but

26:09

listen to me, it's gonna be hard.

26:11

It took me 12 years to get

26:14

a four year degree, but I got

26:16

it and guess what, on a degree,

26:18

it don't have dates. So if it

26:20

took you four and it took me 12,

26:22

it don't show up nowhere. studying, getting about

26:24

three, four hours here, hour and a half

26:27

here, two hours here. You hear me say

26:29

this all the time, but some of you,

26:31

this is it. And even you say, Eric,

26:33

look man, you don't understand. If I

26:36

put everything in, I'm still gonna get

26:38

a 1.0, I'm telling you to do it

26:40

anyway. Because, you know, I told up

26:42

Flunk English three times when I was

26:44

in college, right? Flunk did the first

26:47

time, and I couldn't the first time.

26:49

And I couldn't. And guess what,

26:51

as stupid as this might sound,

26:53

even though you flump, you learn

26:55

a new concept, right? So that's

26:57

one or two less concepts I

27:00

got to learn the next year,

27:02

right? And finally that third time

27:04

I clapped it, which means you

27:06

just take a test. And I

27:08

took the test and I passed

27:10

it. You don't get it. You

27:12

have to give everything you don't

27:14

even realize you have to get

27:16

what you're trying to go. Don't

27:19

you get it when you do

27:21

what they want you will have

27:23

what they don't when you do

27:25

what they refuse? They won't have

27:27

the options that you get to

27:29

choose Because those are reserved for

27:31

those who choose to move when

27:33

other shoes to stand still Those

27:35

are reserved for those that choose

27:37

to get up when so many

27:39

others couldn't find a strength to

27:41

lift up and give more And

27:43

when you get to the point Where all

27:46

you want to do is be successful, as

27:48

bad as you want to breathe, then you'll

27:50

be successful. And I'm here to tell you, number

27:52

one, that most of you say you want to

27:54

be successful, but you don't want it bad. You

27:56

just kind of want it. You don't want

27:58

it bad and you want to... You don't want it

28:01

as much as you want to be cool.

28:03

Most of you don't want success as much

28:05

as you want to sleep. Some of you,

28:07

you can make sacrifices when Monday night football

28:09

is not on. You can make a sacrifice.

28:12

But when a game come on, you just

28:14

attach to it. You just attach to it.

28:16

You can make sacrifices on Sunday when they

28:18

ain't nothing going on. But when your favorite

28:21

show comes on Monday, bam. Some of you,

28:23

you focus into the phone ring. And then

28:25

you're like, I got to die. I'm

28:28

saying to you today that

28:30

there are some of you,

28:32

if you give up your

28:34

cell phone, you would be

28:36

successful. But your cell phone

28:38

is more important than you

28:40

than your success. You have

28:42

to give it everything you've

28:44

got. No more TV, no

28:46

more parties, no more plan.

28:48

If you have a 4.0,

28:50

what you need to be

28:52

doing is studying. Get off

28:54

the phone. I'm sorry I'm

28:56

not available until the end

28:58

of this year. You've reached

29:00

the right number, but you've

29:02

called me at the wrong

29:04

time. Call me back January

29:06

1st. I'm about to get

29:08

busy now. Not only is

29:10

it possible for you to

29:12

have your dream, and it's

29:14

necessary for you to challenge

29:16

yourself to go after and

29:18

get better and leverage relationships

29:20

that can help you get

29:22

to where you want to

29:24

go, but it's you. The

29:26

major key. To your reaching

29:28

your dream, your living up

29:30

to your greatness, your making

29:32

your contribution, is you. You

29:34

went through all of the

29:36

struggles, all of the challenges,

29:38

but you made it, and

29:41

here you are. The work

29:43

needs to be done. If

29:45

it's going to happen, you're

29:47

going to have to eliminate

29:49

excuses. It is possible. to

29:51

fully commit yourself to something.

29:53

It is possible to accomplish

29:55

what you see in your

29:57

hand. Can you give your

29:59

all? You need to shut

30:01

down all negativity. Believe in

30:03

everything that you are and

30:05

understand that within you there's

30:07

something greater than any obstacle

30:09

you'll ever face. Whatever situations

30:11

that you had to endure

30:13

last year, leave it there.

30:15

It has nothing to do

30:17

with what's coming right now.

30:19

Because if you don't feel

30:21

this fire. Then it's not

30:23

a dream. If you don't

30:25

get up, when the count

30:27

is at nine, you don't

30:29

want it enough. If you

30:31

can hear my voice, you've

30:33

got work to do. You've

30:35

got a destiny to fulfill.

30:37

You've got a purpose to

30:39

walk into. You've got a

30:41

test to pass. You're about

30:43

to be given a second

30:45

chance at greatness. A fresh

30:47

start. When you do change

30:49

that internal dialogue, it's time

30:51

to step into the shoes

30:53

you were meant to wear.

30:55

What people think about you

30:57

and the possibilities for your

30:59

dream is none of your

31:01

business. That's their business. They

31:03

have no imagination, ladies and

31:05

gentlemen. They're livering out of

31:07

the past, out of their

31:09

memory. The attitude is it

31:11

can't be done because they

31:13

haven't seen it. They're judging

31:15

according to a parent's. The

31:17

people that are going to

31:19

make it in the future,

31:21

the people that are making

31:23

it today, let me share

31:25

something with you. History is

31:27

being read, but it's also

31:29

being written by people with

31:31

imagination. This is your life,

31:34

my friend. And I'm sure

31:36

when it's all said and

31:38

done, you don't want to

31:40

look back and see that

31:42

you wasted it. This is

31:44

your lot, my friend. So

31:46

you stand up. This is

31:48

your lot, my friend. So

31:50

you rise up. This is

31:52

your love my friend! So

31:54

you keep going! This is

31:56

your love my friend! So

31:58

you never give up! This

32:00

is your life! You have

32:02

the option to choose, are

32:04

you going to let the

32:06

pain in your past define

32:08

your reality right now? That's

32:10

your choice that you make

32:12

every day. Is what happened

32:14

to you when you was

32:16

eight years old? Going to

32:18

define the person that you

32:20

are today? Or are you

32:22

this person who you choose?

32:24

Are you in control of

32:26

your life? You're

32:29

going to let pain happen

32:31

six years ago mess up

32:33

your mood today in real

32:35

life The only thing that's

32:37

real about your journey is

32:39

the step that you take

32:41

right now If you don't

32:43

apply what you hear you

32:45

won't get what you want

32:47

Life doesn't get any easier.

32:49

It doesn't get more forgiving

32:51

We just get stronger and

32:53

we get more resilient and

32:55

we get more resilient You

32:57

are going to incur a

32:59

lot of disappointment, a lot

33:01

of failure, a lot of

33:03

setbacks, a lot of defeats,

33:05

but in the process of

33:07

doing that, you will discover

33:09

some things about yourself that

33:11

you don't know right now.

33:13

And when you figure that

33:15

out, you'll learn like the

33:17

world is off the chain.

33:19

Opportunities are endless, but you

33:21

can't get them looking in

33:23

your rear view or your

33:25

future going to look just

33:27

like your past. Yes, you

33:29

were here because you're different

33:31

you're uncommon one man said

33:33

I choose not to be

33:35

a common man. It's my

33:37

right to be uncommon if

33:39

I can't You don't have

33:41

a reality that you want

33:43

you created you in charge

33:45

of your life Stop praying

33:47

that the storm will pass

33:49

over you and pray to

33:51

grow through the storm Stop

33:53

going around it go through

33:56

it You will grow! Some

33:58

fights are not one in

34:00

the first world. Don't get

34:02

caught up in them. Well,

34:04

I've tried it four or

34:06

five times and things didn't

34:08

work out. If there's something that

34:10

you want and your home report,

34:12

you've got to do whatever is

34:14

necessary until. And when you give

34:17

the best you can and that's

34:19

not enough, you must do what is

34:21

required. It don't feel good doing, right?

34:24

But if you keep going, you actually

34:26

are set up for a success.

34:28

You can't just be a spectator

34:30

in life. If you want great

34:32

things, you want opportunities, you gotta

34:34

go get them and you gotta

34:36

be open to step out to

34:38

come to the zone. And don't give

34:40

up on yourself. Don't throw the towel

34:43

in so quickly. Many people give up

34:45

on the one-yard line. The race is

34:47

not given to the strong, nor the

34:49

swift, but it is given to

34:52

he that endureth until the

34:54

endureth until the end. We

35:00

might be through with our past, but

35:03

our past is not through with us.

35:05

We deal with so much stuff in

35:07

our past. We letting energy

35:09

and things that happen in

35:11

the past affect our emotions

35:13

right now. That's crazy. Everybody

35:16

is facing setbacks. Everybody is feeling

35:18

pressure. Everybody is feeling like this

35:20

anxiety, like can they do it?

35:22

Are they smart enough? Will they

35:24

make it? So what you have

35:26

to choose, right? You're going to

35:28

go through this heat and pressure

35:30

and come out the other side

35:32

shining, or are you going to let it

35:35

crush you? And at a certain

35:37

point, we all have to make

35:39

that decision. Otherwise, someone's going to

35:41

make it for us. It's your

35:44

reaction to adversity, not adversity itself

35:46

that determines how your life story

35:48

will develop. Rock

35:51

bottom is the salad foundation

35:53

to build the future and

35:56

you've lost everything You have

35:58

everything you need You

36:01

need endurance. You need stamina

36:03

to reach some goals. You're

36:05

not going to hit the

36:07

million with the first investment.

36:10

You're not going to hit

36:12

the whole run always at

36:14

first week. I will never

36:17

accept defeat. It doesn't say

36:19

I will never face defeat.

36:21

It doesn't say I will

36:24

never have defeat. It says

36:26

I will never accept defeat.

36:28

I will never quit. Don't

36:30

mean, you know, that everything

36:33

is easy. It means that

36:35

even if I'm not, I'm

36:37

going to see it through

36:40

to the end. I don't

36:42

care what the adversity has

36:44

been. You have two choices.

36:47

You can be unforgiving, bitter,

36:49

angry, upset, and be a

36:51

carrier of grief, or you

36:53

can choose resilience. What you

36:56

will realize is that you

36:58

have greatness within you. What

37:00

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37:03

more powerful than you can

37:05

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