Everything in your life happens for a reason.
Your responsibility is to look at these things in your life
and ask this question. Why now?
You need activation energy to start the chain.
To start to sit down. To start to get out of bed,
to start to walk out the door,
that's the key to creating any kind of change.
This activation energy inside of you that
causes the initial BOOM
and then what do we hear over time?
Once you start there's a chain reaction
and that allows you to keep going.
If you only have 24 hours in a day,
your success is dependent upon how you use the 24
You got to hear me people talk about Oprah Winfrey,
you know Ted Turner, Warren Buffett, listen to me.
I don't care how much money you make.
You only get 24 hours in a day
and the difference between Oprah and the person that's broke
is Oprah uses her 24 hours wisely.
That's it. Listen to me, that's it. You get 24.
I don't care if you broke, you grew up broke,
I don't care if you grew up rich
I don't care if you're in college, you're not in college,
you only get 24 hours and I blew up literally.
If you could have what you needed and wanted
What would it be?
What sort of friends would you have?
What would your family relationships look like?
How would you conduct yourself with your children?
How would you educate yourself?
You need to think through
how it is that your life could be
properly arranged
if you had that ability.
And then you can aim at that.
The funny thing is is that if you
do pause at a goal of that sort
and work towards it
you will move towards it.
The goal will change
because you'll learn things along the way.
I mean I've
dealt with hundreds of people
in my clinical and consulting practice and
we set
a GOAL
we develop a vision
and work towards it
things inevitably get better for people.
So, it's not a luxury.
it's difficult
it's a moral responsibility
and it isn't happiness
The pursuit isn't for happiness
There's always more room to grow.
There's always more knowledge to gain
always more skills to perfect.
We're never done with the education process
because education is part of the path to wealth.
Education and learning is part of the path to health.
Continued education can turn you around.
If you're headed in the wrong direction.
We need to open up our minds to different alternatives.
We need to learn to appreciate
the other side of the debate
So that we can strengthen our own and defend our own.
We need to expose ourselves to a wide range of thoughts
and philosophies and ideologies.
Be eager to learn,
always be eager to learn
no matter how far along you are in the journey,
no matter where you are in your success.
Keep that eagerness to learn,
gather up as much knowledge as you can.
And then what?
Debate it.
Put it all on the table and look at it,
dissect it,
turn it around and stare at it.
Ask questions, make statements.
Make sure that what you finally do,
the model you develop a strong appreciation
for your own style and your own methods
and your own process for achievement.
Make sure that what you finally do
is a product of your own conclusion.
That's what's valuable.
Be a student,
not a follower.