I graduated high school with the number 4 grade point average in my class.
However, I went to one of the lowest performing schools in my state.
I never had any homework,
never had to study,
never had to apply myself,
I never was pushed.
People always looked at me like, "How do you make it look so easy?"
What I mean it was easy,
but unfortunately, that's the exact opposite
of how the real world works.
See in the real world
nothing comes easy.
You have to put in effort,
you have to put in the blood, sweat, tears
If it doesn't hurt a little bit,
if it doesn't sting a little bit,
if it doesn't make you a little uncomfortable
you probably won't get very much out of it.
When I arrived to college
I quickly realized that I needed to study and really put a lot of time into it,
but mentally I just wasn't there.
I was living way too reckless,
I was nowhere close to being focused.
Those poor choices led me to drop out
and instantly I found myself in survival mode.
I heard a wise man say,
"If you fail to plan
then naturally you're planning to fail"
And what I take that to mean is
each and every day
you're executing some type of gameplay
that gameplay is either going to lead you to massive success
or massive failure.
And see what the 18 year old me
fresh out of high school failed to realize is
that it wasn't going to be easy.
It was going to require me to be all in.
It was going to require me to apply myself.
Something I'd never done in high school,
something no one around me had ever encouraged me to do.
And that's why I'm encouraging you
to dig a little deeper,
to give a little bit more,
to try a little bit harder,
to go that extra mile
and understand that the reason why you're taking those classes,
the reason why you're trying to get that degree
is because you are trying to design the lifestyle that you want to live.
You're doing it for your future self.
Because when you make the decision to stop progressing towards a degree
you're setting yourself up to live in survival mode,
When your goal should be to get to thrival mode.
No excuses.
This is your life,
you got to have a reason
you got to have a why.
So when you don't know why
just remember every step you take,
every move you make,
all of your daily actions are either leading you to success
or they're leading you to failure.
They either lead you to win or they lead you to lose
the choice is yours.
So you get to choose
don't be like me.
Please, don't by like me.
Living in survival mode is no joke.
Survival mode is tough
So please, take heed
and avoid the route I chose by any means necessary.
I admit I was young
but life doesn't give you a pass based on your age.
I need you to really listen
from the ages of 18 to 30
you should be eating a lot of ramen.
Gary V would say you should be eating a lot of crap
I won't say that.
But you should be comfortable being broke.
You should embrace the struggle as you work hard in school,
on your business to design the lifestyle that you want to live in the future.
I bet you didn't know that the average millionaire is 62 years old
and only 1% of all millionaires are under 35.
So I want you to visualize the struggle of my life
or the struggle of other people who made similar choices like me
mentally stressed and emotionally drained.
All because we wanted to do it our way
but our way set us up to live in survival mode
and you're trying to design a lifestyle.
So when you find yourself in that place where you want to drop out,
you find yourself in that place where you want to give up,
you find yourself in that place where you want to quit,
you find yourself in that place where you want to throw in the towel.
You hear that negative inner voice saying things like,
I'm homesick,
I don't want to be here,
I'm broke,
I can't take another test,
I can't stand my professor.
Just remember,
if you walk out on school right now
you might be walking out on your future
and you cannot get that time back.
So whether you're in school or not
time will keep on ticking
but one thing is for certain
whatever you're doing right now,
Whatever you're doing tomorrow
is leading you to your future life.
It can be a great life
or it can be a hard life.
Remember,
the choice is yours.
So I implore you to take a moment and think,
I implore you to remember these five things I'm going to tell you right now
as it relates to your future self.
It's not going to be easy
if it was easy, everybody would do it.
I always say,
I could have took the easy route
but there is no easy route.
So number 1.
You've got to be patient.
But the problem is in this day and age
nobody wants to be patient
everybody wants instant gratification.
We're living in the microwave age of social media
When you post something,
you immediately want a successful response.
How many likes I get?
How many comments I get?
How many followers I get?
Patience is a virtue
and life could care less about social media.
Success is a slow grow.
And at times you feel like you're not making any progress
but you got to keep grinding.
You have to take it one day at a time
and let one day become two
and two become three and three become four
and the week becomes a month and the month becomes a year
and before you know it
you're arriving at your desired destination of graduation.
So, please
Keep exercising your patience muscle.
Number 2.
I want you to see the success.
I want you to visualize yourself in 10 years.
I want you to visualize yourself in 20 years
Do you like what you see?
How much money are you making?
What kind of car are you driving?
How big is your house?
See it all leads back to what you're doing right now.
Your present self will set you up for whatever you have
or don't have in the future.
See you're the architect
so you create the design,
you create the layout
and right now you're simply building the foundation.
And if your foundation is strong
meaning you're executing your plan on a daily basis
the day will come
When your original blueprint
turns into the castle of your dreams.
So you have to see the success
because when you can visualize the greatest you in the future
it gives you something to work toward,
it motivates you, it empowers you.
It empowers you to push through even when you want to quit.
It empowers you to push through even when you want to give up.
It empowers you to push through when you feel like you can't take no more.
It empowers you to push through
no matter what obstacles life throws your way.
Number 3.
Make sure you hanging with winners.
Surround yourself with a winner's circle
of positive influences and positive people.
You can't run with the cheetahs
if you're walking with the turtles.
If you show me your friends,
I'll show you your future.
Are the people that you're hanging with every day
serious about going to class?
Are the people that you're hanging with
serious about going to the next level?
Are the people that you're hanging with
serious about being successful?
Number 4.
Build relationships.
You don't go to class every day and not build meaningful relationships.
Later on in life
these are the same people that may be able to offer you a job,
the same people that you may go into business with,
the same people that may own the bank that you request a loan from.
So make sure you're adding value to as many people as possible.
Be likable, show genuine caring concern
and please make sure you're not burning bridges.
Number 5.
Don't let relationships break you
relationships control our mental state way too much.
She broke up with me,
he left me,
why is she ignoring me?
He cheated on me, and I don't know what to do.
I can't function no more,
I can't go on without this person.
Yes, you can,
you have to,
you must.
You're not the first person to be part of a relationship that ended.
You have to love you some you.
You have to find a way to make sure that you believe in yourself enough.
You believe in your heart of hearts enough
to make sure that you don't let a relationship break you.
So never be surprised at the actions of another person
and always, always save a piece of your heart for yourself
and never allow relationships to break you.
This is your life, so make sure you're respecting your personal brand.
This is your life, so make sure you avoid doing detrimental things
that lead you to living in survival mode.
This is your life, so make your future self proud
by working hard to tap into your wildest dreams of being great.
So ultimately,
you designed a lifestyle of greatness
that you were born to live.
This
is a great day
to win
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