hey guys i want to tell you that this
video is sponsored by belair on peacock
and the overall message of making the
most out of your life and the
opportunities that come your way
i have studied personal growth for a
decade
read thousands of books and
i'd like to explain my main insight
this might sound strange but it is my
greatest advice listen close i'll make
it concise
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the quickest most efficient way to
change your life
is to change your life
rearrange your life architect your
existence it is as simple as this
think about a seed
if you plant a seed and it doesn't grow
no matter how much you try and toil
you mustn't blame the seed
because the fault lies
with the soil
i visited a graveyard not too long ago
and as i walked around that cemetery i
noticed something
on every tombstone every single one
there's two things
a birthday
and a death date
b
to d
and then i realized that our lives our
very existences are summed up totally
encompassed in that line between the b
and the d
maybe that's why they call it a life
line because our life is that line and
if our lives are in between the letter b
and the letter d in that joint
then that means our life
is the c
and the sea
is choice
now look i'm not here to preach about
life after death
i want to talk about something more
important
life
before death
because from cradle to grave your life
is the sum total of every choice you
have ever made
and according to some scientists the
average person makes 35 000 choices per
day
but i don't believe that
because if people made that many
conscious choices every day their lives
will be different
and most people are so asleep with their
head down moving so fast that they don't
see their choices
are being made on their behalf
let me explain
do you know the number one predictor for
how long you're gonna live
is it a blood pressure
b exercise or c
genes
it's d
none of those
new research shows the best predictor
for how long you're gonna live
is not your genetic code
it's
your zip code
zip code look it up where you live
decides how long you live because your
opportunity determines your
possibilities your map determines where
you get to see life is not like a box of
chocolates
it's more like a restaurant and your
choices are limited to what's
on the menu
where am i going with this i'm saying if
you want to eat the real food of life
you must have the courage to order off
the menu
let me spell it out for you
move
travel change your environment escape
your comfort zone yeah it's hard damn
right it's hard sometimes you gotta cut
the finger to save the arm sometimes you
gotta cut friends out of your life and
it will be sad
but you must hang with people with a
common future
not just a common past
and don't worry about your mistakes
don't even be concerned
because as they say sometimes you win
and sometimes you learn
this i can't confirm second chances do
exist i don't care what you did in those
streets the universe allows u-turns
but you must make a new choice
decide on a new path
and when your time comes
i pray in the middle of your b d
is a squiggle
not just
a dash
thank you peacock for sponsoring this
video i want you guys to check out bel
air which tells an important story about
the power of second chances do not let
the opportunity that comes your way
disappear
take that chance
peace