When you start anything,
when you start out on a path anywhere,
whether it be
to learn something new,
to create a business,
to become more in shape
the first step
the first day,
the first minute.
You're excited.
You're like, yeah, I'm going to do this.
I'm going to kick ass.
And the next day comes
and you're like, "man,
this is a little tough."
And then you take another step
and another step, and maybe you get to Thursday or Friday,
and you're like,
this is pretty hard, man.
And that what happens is
the enthusiasm from the beginning
of the process starts to fade out.
You have a lot to offer
the fact that you are still here
means that your business is not through yet
People don't do what they know in life,
but what they do is
They operate within the context
of the vision they have of themselves
No matter how big your dream is
make small tiny steps ahead.
You must change what's possible for you
You and only you
are the subject that impacts
a burning desire in your imagination
I'm talking about concrete commitment.
I'm talking about the commitment that says
I am going to stay true to
what I said I would do
long after the mood that I said it in has left.
Because I think we all know in this room
character is not something that we inherit,
character is something we gotta wake up every single day,
we gotta fight and we gotta build it.
Never, ever, ever give up.
You can't let them get you down.
You can't let the critics
and the naysayers get in the way of your dream.
So you've got to ask yourself,
what's your why?
What motivates you?
What pushes you?
What drives you?
And if that thing is internal,
if nobody has to call you,
if nobody has to prod you,
if nobody has to reward you,
If you are self-motivated
and self-regulated,
you can have it,
you can be it,
you can do it.
It's necessary you take responsibility for
that you make it happen
that you don't give up,
that you don't take any objection
or disappointment or defeats personally,
that you keep on keeping on
that you don't decide that I can't make it
because you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
You can not give up because
it ain't what you see,
you cannot give up.
when you get to the point
where enough is enough
when you get to the point
where it hurt real bad.
When you get to the point,
you can't take it no more.
When you get to that point..
doors start opening, opportunities start happening.
But what you cannot do
is you cannot quit doing the process.
And the earlier you get in the game
and get on track
the better life
you're gonna have.
It's you
You've gotta make it happen!