You're gonna get punched in the mouth by life. Things will happen to you
and you'll be wondering "why did this have to happen to me?"
"I'm a good person." "I do the right things."
Life doesn't care. You'll be beaten.
Over and over and over again. And you have to decide in those moments
do you fall down
and fall apart? Or do you get back up?
The question isn't can you handle the situation
the question is can you handle your mind?
Can you manage the thoughts and the emotions that are trying to poison your progress?
Forget managing the situation. Manage your mind.
There are many of us that feel like giving up as an option
and giving up is not an option. And everyone that are breathing in air and oxygen
into those lungs your dream and your destiny
of what you have the ability to achieve I promise you
giving up is the farthest thing from the truth. You were born to be something
unbelievably special. Don't give up on your dream.
You have greatness in you. You're stronger than you think you are.
You can go through more than you think you can. You have the ability to do more
than you can ever begin to imagine. Most people, ladies and gentlemen
go to their graves living a life
far below their potential. And the question is
if you died today what ideas
what dreams what talents
what gifts will die with you?
Once something's important to you it never
leaves your mind. If you always dreamt about
being a singer/songwriter and you never did it
you will be haunted by that at the age of 70.
Because it's stored in the back of your mind. It's something that's meant for you
that's trying to call to you. You see, your dreams, you either pursue them
or they f*cking haunt you. It's not easy reaching your dreams.
It's not easy to achieve a happy and fulfilled life.
It's not easy getting up every day fighting
going through the daily struggles getting rejected constantly
getting laughed at all the time going through trials and tribulations
facing the pain of defeat over and over again.
It is not easy. But if you do it
it is worth it. What is it
that will make it worth it for you to face the rejections?
What is it that will make it worth it for you to brainstorm and not be intimidated
and say I can do this? What is it that will make it worth it for you
to raise the bar on yourself and say I got some more stuff in me
oh, I haven't even gotten my biggest deal yet? What is it that will make it worth it for you
to go back to a customer who slammed a door in your face?
What is it that will make it worth it for you to make no your a vitamin
that you become empowered by it? What is it
that will make it for you when you want to give up
and things are working against you what is it that will make it worth it for you
to get out of the car when you want to keep driving past the office
because of the stress? What is it
that gives you the strength and the power? When life knocks you down
try and land on your back because if you can look up
you can get up. What is it
that will help you get back up again? I want you to think about those goals.
I want you to taste them. I want you to internalize it.
I'm telling you to dream your dream because I want you to feel it.
I want you to taste it. Just like when the weather is changing
you can feel it. I want you to be able to feel
when you're getting closer to it and closer to it.
You've got to have a dream session. You've got to take out 10 minutes
15 minutes, 20 minutes and you've got to actually go in a room
close the door and you've got to see yourself doing it.
You've got to feel yourself doing it. You've got to actually walk in it.
You've got to go into future live it out
come back in the present and start working toward it.
You might have small beginnings you might not have a lot of money
you might not have a lot of resources but there's no excuse.
You're saying, et I'm not that lion
you might be the ant and the ant
has very little but he's determined
he's strong he has a dream
and a goal and he'll do whatever it takes.
Whenever you feel negative whenever you feel your life is getting tough
I want you to say I'm responsible.
I'm responsible for my life. I'm responsible for what happens.
I can't change the past so I'm not going to spend a single second
worrying about what has happened. I am going to become so busy
working on my future and my goals that I don't have time to think about the past.
I need specifics. What are you doing on Monday?
What are you doing on Tuesday? What are you doing on Wednesday?
It's time to put your pieces together of your puzzle.
We turn tragedy into triumph.
That's what lions do. Lions don't cry.
Lions don't give up. Lions don't quit.
Lions hunt. That's what we do for a living.
And if you are a true lion it does not make a difference
what the circumstances is you're not reactive.
I don't care what the circumstance. I don't care what the situation.
You put it on your back and you get after it.
You gotta have that savage mentality. Too often we stay stagnant
too often you have a dream of creating this
or getting involved with there but at the end of the day
sometimes this fear of will I fail?
Will I be accepted? Will I make it?
Will I achieve it? The challenge is
is learning to punch that fear that threshold
right in its mouth. I'm talking about the fear
of that voice in the back of your head
that makes you think that you can't. And you know what?
Maybe you'll make a mistake but you're failing forward.
The thing that we have to continue to passionately
uncompromisingly not give in on
is the fact that I'm not staying stagnant. I'm moving forward.
Because what I feed will grow
and what I starve will die.