it was coming I knew that just saying here huddled wasn't gonna work grabbing
her eight-year-old son Dominic five-year-old daughter Reese she'd
opened to the basement my name is doc Kinley I used to be a bartender and now
I bring clean water to the world the water is not going to be making you feel
sick to stomach
nitre buzz lon slack-jawed save US team is depending a little bit too
much talent in Prague
he's a member of the New York Yankees and Jim Abbott pitches a no-hitter
against the Cleveland Indians the young man from Michigan would have his
crowning moment as a major league pitcher
you're only limitations in life are the ones that you set on yourself you're
only limited by you and I'm limitless you can't tell me boundaries you know I
i firmly believe that's what makes pro athletes pro athletes CEOs and
millionaires millionaires because they don't know limits they aren't scared to
step outside the box and outside the boundaries and push themselves that's
what we need to do you see when we blame other people when we blame past it
doesn't move us forward it slows us down and true leaders and all of your leaders
in this room true leaders don't blame other people
I have found walking through every door believing that we go through the door
jump out the window i'm going to learn how to fly on the way down and you want
to know i have always had my best successes and so I wholeheartedly
believe in the belief that all of us have the right to be there as for what
we want we all can be rich we could all put our dagger in the sand whatever that
thing is called and say that's me I'm going for it what the heck
we are moving in two places and positions of power and leadership and it
is happening and I have a wish I am old enough to make this wish I'm 60 years
old okay i'm 52 but if you say 60 you get more compliments
across minor conference and I became arrogant I got to the University of
Minnesota I met my first team made it went something like this what's up dawg
my name is Walt by an all-state from Chicago in other words the Messiah has
arrived my teammate stood up and said this what's your name again wall barn on
state from Chicago that's not bad but I name is Willie burden all-american from
Detroit Michigan all american is that like a small town or something it plan
on this flight i was sitting in an aisle seat and there's an empty seat and then
the person against the window his name was Robert but he said Tom you can call
me Bob I said great Bob are you going home or going to work well I'm heading
home Tom and I said Bob what do you do and it's some reading material in his
hands and so what he did he heard the third question but he paused to answer
and he put his reading material away and he slung back in his seat and he just
dropped his shoulders released a large sigh and said in response to my question
he said Tom I I sell insurance property and casualty after talking with Bob for
about 10 more minutes I realized he didn't have a clue what he did you see
Bob saw himself as a paper pusher he's the guy that filled out a bunch of
policies and be quite honest with you ladies and gentlemen it we read him and
what he failed to realize is that he was a man the loud mothers and fathers to
take their children and tuck them in bed at night time pulling a sheet right up
under their chin and kissing him on the cheek or the forehead and saying the
words I love you sleep well because there's a roof over their head no you
see what Bob does lady stomach he puts families back together and yet he didn't
even get it
we have to celebrate our mistakes I know that sounds like something you learn in
school you know come on kids we after it's okay to make mistakes but when we
get older we don't like to celebrate those mistakes and yet we all make them
all the time and I don't even have a great story well I have one story about
this but it's not really that related to this I mean it is but like we all mess
up sometimes you know what a person messes up and then they don't admit it
and everybody else knows some people will say don't admit your mistakes you
know that old saying don't let them see you sweat you know something they see a
sweating before we even know we're sweating the best leaders the best
service providers are the ones that go check this out you know those are the
people you go wrong
in closing let me tell you how you're all feeling today squares hands up you
thought this was a pretty good day you don't really like motivational speakers
but you thought we all did a pretty good job but you do wish there have been a
couple of slides triangles I know what you're thinking about me right now
you've been thinking for three hours I wonder how much they paid her circles
hands up you want my job and where's the circle women hands up you love this top
don't you think this is and squiggles squiggles hands up you're thinking
somewhere in this place there's got to be a bar open right now
and I finished my tour and I made my way back home and I was sitting in my family
room and it was the first time I'd experienced any peace are quiet and
literally months and I remember thinking to myself why me you know what separated
me from the pack of all these people who wanted to win this there were 250,000
people who apply and I think really there were three main reasons that I
think these are why people are successful especially in the real estate
business one it's a term called practical execution in the real world
it's about getting the job done secondly it's about agility agility is probably
the best trait we can bring to the table in the real estate business it's so many
of us are oblivious to it so many of us have those blinders on they stay in that
comfort zone you know they've been doing this for 20 years 30 years and that's
the way they're going to continue to do this and lastly it's about risk it's
about understanding risk respecting risk and converting risk into success
I snuck up on this mom and her daughter in Islam and in Kampala we just helped
him get clean water and I didn't want him to see me because I saw how much fun
they were having just sitting on their porch in the morning drinking water and
they had nothing they lived in one of the worst slums and trash dumps that
I've ever seen and this is what I saw and this is why I think about of all the
different countries I've traveled to I don't remember you know sickly faces and
kids with flies in their eyes and not feeling good and just upset with life in
general when I think about all the places I've been in hard places I've
been these are the faces that I see and remember and we come back here sometimes
and it's difficult for me because we get stuck in a traffic jam too long or our
phones aren't downloading or emails fast enough and we get pissed off about that
and then I remember quickly then that nothing and that they're so content and
happy with life and you know I I just hope that that y'all could see that is
this life is so much more than just the day-to-day grind in the bottom line but
it's all about the people that make life worth living so y'all thank you so much
for having me I'm so honored to be here thank you god bless