I was flunking out of college. I had a 1.7 grade point average. I hope none of you can relate
At A 1.7 grade point average. I was sitting in my mother's beauty shop
They still call it beauty shops now what they call it. Yeah, I'll sit in the beauty parlor
I was sitting in my mother's beauty parlor and
I'm looking in the mirror and I see behind me this woman under the dryer
And every time she looked up she every time I looked up. She was looking at me
Just look at me in the eye
I don't know who she was and I said you know she said somebody give me a pen give me a pencil
I have a prophecy
March 27 1975 she said boy you were going to travel the world and speak to millions of people
Now mind you I'll flunked out of college
I'm thinking about joining. The army. I didn't know what I was going to do and she's telling me
I'm going to travel the world and
Speak to millions of people
Well, I have traveled the world
And I have spoke to millions people
But that's not the most important thing success that I had the most important thing is that what she taught me?
And what she told me that day has stayed with me since
I've been protected. I've been directed. I've been corrected. FAIL
BIG
That's right
Fail big
you only live once so
Do what you feel passionate about passionate about?
Take chances
professionally
Don't be afraid to fail There's an old IQ test was nine dots
And you had to draw five lines with a pencil within these nine dots
Without lifting the pencil the only way to do it was to go outside the box
So don't be afraid to go outside the box
Don't be afraid to
Think outside the box don't be afraid to fail big to dream
big but remember
dreams without goals
Are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
So have dreams
but have goals
life goals
yearly goals
Monthly go daily goals. I try to get my cell phone
every day and
understand
That to achieve these goals
You must apply discipline
and
consistency
You have to work at it every
Day you have to plan
Every day, we're just saying we don't plan to fail we fail to plan
hard work
works
Working really hard
Is what successful people do and in this?
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Remember just because you're doing a lot more
Doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done
Remember that just because you're doing a lot more
Doesn't mean you're getting a lot more?
done don't confuse
movement
with progress
My mother told me yeah, yeah. Oh you've been running plays all the time and never get anywhere, so
Continue to strive to have goals continue to progress
And anything you want good?
you can have
Go claim it
Work hard to get it
When you get it reach back hold someone else up
each one teach one
Don't just aspire to make a living
Aspire to make a difference