LES BROWN► I want to share with you how to reach your goals I think the Bible greatest
motivation book ever been written now I want you to repeat after me please we
got to recondition our minds first let us say together good things that's
supposed to happen to me yeah write that down I want you to say that to yourself
every day see we live in a world where we believe that bad things are supposed
to happen to us I remember a part of my life issued when
things are going good for me and I said this is too good to be true something is
bound to happen guess what it did thou shalt decree a
thing that shall be established under you and shall accomplish that when - it
has been sent what's your word what what you say about yourself about your fears
be conscious of that on a daily basis why because your words are powerful in
the beginning was the work life and death is in the tongue watch what you
say never say I'm broke I'm overcoming a cash flow problem
claim what you want not what you don't want so firm good things for suppose to
happen to meet and begin to believe that began to expect that now I was talking
to my oldest son Calvin we're going for walk and I said Calvin do you want to be
successful he said yes i dad okay kept on walking then I stopped and I
looked him in the eyes it's my namesake my Junior I said Calvin we're looking at
each other I died on do you expect to be successful given the fact that you are a
single parent of two kids given the fact that you decided not to go to college to
further your education given the fact that you're very talented but you're
behind on your dream and your bills do you expect based upon your performance
based upon what you produce at this point in time in your life do you expect
to be successful and Calvin got quiet you can see if you ask most people that
the manpower conference do you want to be successful do you want to live a life
of productivity do you want to live a life of contribution do you want to be a
better father do you want to have your own business other dreams you want
everybody will say yes but the one shows up in conversation expectation shows up
in behavior say I can tell what you expect by what you do that's why the
Bible says judge it's a tree by the fruited bear not to prove that it was
not to prove that it talks about not the fruit that it claims
but by one thing you are doing see what you do when you leave here when the
music stops when the shouting dies down your behavior how you conduct yourself
writing your goals down deciding to enroll in school to get a GED deciding
to sit in the class with children young enough to be your grandchildren decide
to find some part of some idea of some service that you can provide so that you
can begin to create some value for yourself
so you can create well let me tell you something ladies and gentlemen it's very
important that we begin to learn how to create well I'm not talking about loving
money don't believe that a lack of money is the root of all evil people are steal
for money people have killed for money people go to jail for money every time
the unemployment goes up in those areas where the unemployment is higher that's
where you have the highest incidence of crime and violence whenever the
unemployment goes up 1% in our community 10,000 children and women are better won
money makes a difference in your life I never wanted to be rich all I've ever
wanted to do was to be comfortable how many of ever want to become will raise
your hand then I realize not to be comparable you've got to be rich
no friend of mine Zig Ziglar said people say money won't make you happy but
everybody want to find out for themselves
Rita Davenport said money and important but is right up there with oxygen and
let me tell you some fellows even if you're homeless I am if you've got some
money women will find something cute on you
he got yellow like Dimmesdale honey
money makes a difference I used to be so broke when creditors would call the
house my children would answer the phone and say bye daddy say yeah I was gonna
broke it once on my life I want my bacon trip the alarm I'd say you poverty sucks
you hear me repeat after me please I'll never be
broke again yes write that down I affirm that I'll
never be broke again never never will I ever be broke again let me tell you what
money does number one it gives you control over your life
write that down number two it gives you options three it allows you to live a
life of contribution to contribute to things that you feel strongly about like
this ministry and the work of project 2000 we'll be doing to change the lives
of young people Bishop Jake's vision is that we can have
little league football teams and baseball teams and basketball teams then
we can have Lou League dermatologists and cardiologists and endocrinologist so
he is now establishing an institution project mm to give our young people the
methods the techniques to reinvent themselves as we go into the next
millennium and this era that Peter Drucker calls the era of a three C's
accelerated change overwhelming complexity and tremendous competition so
here's the first step to accumulating wealth if you expect to do it write this
down you must be willing to do the things today others won't do in order to
have the things tomorrow others won't have that's why the book of life says
the road to life is straight and narrow and few there be that find it because
fuel there will be that are willing to do the things today others won't do in
order to have the things tomorrow others won't have what are the things that
others won't do number one make discipline a major force in your life
how many of you know if you'd have been more disciplined you'd be further alone
to reach your goals right now Socrates said the undisciplined life is an insane
life Road life is straight and narrow because
few there be that are willing to discipline themselves here's something
else that most people won't do make it okay to fail a lot of people 85% of
people allow their fear of failure to outweigh their desire to succeed repeat
after me please anything that's worth doing is worth doing badly yes anything
is worth doing is worth doing right as we have been taught if you know how to
do it but if you don't know how to do it is
worth doing badly until you get it right
now write this down you don't have to be great to get started but you have to get
started to be great
the first time I stood up to speak I stood up and my mind set down I looked
at the audience and I've had it I had to introduce a play at school we approved
we brought the school ran up mr. Washington mr. Brown where you going on
mr. wash and I I can't think what I don't know did you rehearse yes I did
well what's wrong why did you say your Liza I don't know so I just got up and I
looked at them and everything let me let me do it another day please oh no go
back out there mr. da mr. Washington how much the police searched so don't don't
don't send me I did not mess up this around if you run now you will always be
running anything that's worth doing is worth doing badly until you get it right
why are you moving I guess I got to go to bathroom sir mr. brown
go back out there yes sir Wilbur espanha please call 12 Angry Men directed by you
still you are in Washington now ran off the next day hey alfalfa
Bravo are you they dogged me out they talked about me so bad
the next time another event came up mr. Washington mr. Brown you're up I said no
mr. Washington everybody says no not him I said there right mr. Washington not me
he said mr. Brown you uh yes sir and I went out and pretty soon the people
laughed at me didn't bother me they would throw paper and I can catch it
without losing my concentration and then one day I came out and a hush went
across the audience because it must have been something about me that indicated
that I had come to myself and mr. Washington been practicing with me to
give a presentation and I looked at the audience and I said I choose not to be a
common man it's my right to be uncommon if I can
I seek opportunity not security I do not wish to be a kept citizen humbled and
dull by having the state look after me I want to take your calculated risk to
dream in two bills of failing to succeed I refuse to live from hand to mouth I
prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence the Parilla
fulfillment to the silk arm of utopia I will never cower before any master nor
been to any threat it's my heritage to stand erect traveling afraid the face of
rebellion say this I have done girl stood up say that's my boy free hearty
unlike me from there our baby but I didn't start off like that you have
something special you have talents abilities in you that you don't even
know so how do we begin to create wealth let me give you some some ideas
number one right if found knowledge what knowledge that you have in this economy
part of what we need that people willing to pay you for that next is talent what
talent jion's talents playing football I don't have that as a tower my talent is
talking to me that my definition of success is doing what you love to do and
find somebody to pay you to do it you want to master your talent find out what
it is that you love to do I love the tall scriptures another key that says to
us and what we need to do to begin to develop ourselves
Luke 1234 where your treasure is there will your heart be also so what do you
love to do and then explore ways in which you can earn a living doing that
cooking writing painting working with numbers working with people the other
thing is not only must you have knowledge talents some skill but the
other thing that's important face to act on whatever your dream is see if you
don't believe in yourself how many people you know that have a lot of
channel a lot of abilities but they don't believe in themselves raise your
hands cf faith is very important so the faith
to act on those dreams those desires here in scripture that I that I like
very much proverbs 16 16 chapter third verse commit thy works unto the Lord and
I thought shall be established commit means to carry into action deliberately
commit means to make it happen no matter what
commitment the difference between next time you
have bigger than age the chicken was involved the pig was committed he had to
give it all up that's going to take a minute to sink in alright so when you
make a commitment I'm going to become wealthy when you make it important when
you decide I'm going to do it no matter what life changes for you see most
people don't keep their commitments to their commitment that's why they lead
lives of poverty lives of misery lives of unhappiness Socrates said the
uncommitted life isn't worth living so part of what you must do whatever
commitment whatever covenant you make with God while you're here to go back to
be a better partner to go back to make a difference in the community to go back
to change your life to decide not to ever to use drugs or alcohol again to
decide to visit you're going to begin to recreate yourself that you're going to
be reborn to a new state of consciousness whatever commitment that
you make keep your commitment to your commitment no matter what if it's hard
then do it hard particular commitment to your commitment