How much did they first pay you to give up on your dreams?
And when were you gonna stop
and come back and do what makes you happy?
You know why kids love athletes?
kids love athletes because they follow their dreams.
I see guys who work at the same company for their entire lives
they clock in, they clock out
and they never have a moment of happiness.
You have an opportunity
this is a rebirth.
Life has a way of pushing our dreams down.
They can become buried under discouragement
buried under past mistakes.
there are dreams buried under divorce
buried under low self-esteem.
It's easy to settle for mediocrity
even though we have all this potential buried on the inside.
All of us have things that we're believing for
something that we want to accomplish
deep down we know it's a part of our destiny
we can feel it so strongly.
But then we hit some setbacks
we didn't get the promotion
the medical report wasn't good
or a relationship didn't work out.
Now don't let circumstances talk you out of it.
You may not understand why a business didn't make it
Why a person walked away
Why you came down with an illness
You were doing the right thing
but the wrong thing happened.
It's all a part of the process.
Your dream may be buried
the good news is it's still alive.
it's not too late to see it come to pass.
If you'll do your part and start believing again
get your passion back, it is on the way.
Go back and try again.
The true mark of a champion
is even though some dirt gets thrown on your dream
instead of letting it get buried you keep shaking it off
You keep moving forward, you keep looking for new opportunities.
If you're gonna reach your highest potential
you have to make up your mind
that you are in it for the long haul.
You're not gonna let people talk you out of it.
Circumstances discourage you
delays cause you to give up
critical people cause you to get distracted.
you're gonna stay focused on your goal.
This is your time
this is your moment
your destiny is calling out to you.
Dream big and make those big things happen
I'm a dreamer, I will never stop being a dreamer.
if you're going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams
you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen.
You have to believe that you have the right stuff
and that you're able to pull it off.
Now whether you call it self esteem
self confidence or self assurance.
It's a deep-seated belief that you have what it takes
the abilities, the inner resources, the talents and the skills
to create your desired results.
Now believing in yourself is simply an attitude
believing in yourself is a choice.
You have to choose to believe
that you can do anything you set your mind to.
Anything at all
because in fact you can.
What does that mean to you, this victory?
It means everything
it means everything.
It means you were right, it means they were right.
It means that the people that didn't believe
they were wrong.
It means that when you don't believe
you do yourself a disservice because it is wrong.
So you got to believe.
You gotta believe in what you want to do
You gotta believe in what you want to get accomplished
and believe that somehow
somewhere, within yourself and in the universe around you
there are tools and resources that will be of aid
and help the man that really wants to get it done.
Life is death without change.
Are you willing to make a change in your life
to realize the dream
to fulfill what's in your mind, what you can visualize as your life.
and are you willing to put the..
sweat equity, the time
the persistency
that it takes, not on your timetable
but on fate's timetable.
If you are then you have to educate yourself
in whatever that subject matter is.
Dream
That's a powerful word.
You'll get knocked down many times
chasing your dreams
you'll feel like you don't have the energy
to get back up
You don't have the strength to get back up.
You'll feel like giving up is the only option
when you're hit
when you've been knocked down by life.
That's when it's time to hit back.
Many people get hit by life
but they never hit back
Are you going to stay down?
Or are you gonna decide to get back up.
It takes courage, it takes confidence
It takes a strong mindset
to get back up when nobody believes in you.
There's a lion inside all of us
but some people decide to never let that lion out.
Many people keep that lion locked in his cage
are you hungry for that dream?
Are you willing to fight for that dream?
Let the lion out.
Get hungry for your dream
go hunt your dream
Talking about that dream won't take you far.
Working will.
Doubters will tell you to be realistic.
Haters will tell you to quit.
You are the only one who can go and get it.
It's your dream. No one will chase it for you.
No one will hunt for you
No one will support your dream but you
There's a quote that goes
"Everyone wants to eat but few are willing to hunt."
Everyone wants to succeed
but few are willing to put in the work required.
Stop limiting yourself.
You can make your dream into a reality.
But it will only take one person to believe that it's possible.
It will only take one person to put in the work.
That person is you.
There's plenty of humans before you
who have accomplished big things
who are living their dream life.
They've done it. That is proof you can too.
It is proof that you can live your dream
if you really want.
You are the most dangerous enemy to your dreams
because only you decide when to quit and give up on your dreams.
Only you decide when to kill these dreams
You're more powerful than you even know.
You can change the world with your dream
But it only requires you to get out of your comfort zone
and unleash the inner lion.
It requires you to let the lion out of its cage.
It requires you to chase your dreams, no matter what.
If you have a weak mindset
if you're afraid of taking risks
you'll never get far in life.
You will never get that dream with the weak mindset.
Create a mindset that keeps you moving even when others quit.
Life is unpredictable
It's full of surprises
You might be closer than you think
your dream can become a reality
if you refuse to quit.
Be like a lion
never back down from the challenges you face.
A lion never stops chasing its prey until it catches it.
You never stop chasing your dream until you live it.
Dream big
and never let small minds convince you that your goal is out of reach.
It may be out of reach for them
but you know better, believe in yourself.
If you are in the way of my goals and dreams
I suggest you move.
As T.E. Lawrence said
all men dream, but not equally
those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds
wake in the day to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men
for they may act on their dreams with open eyes to make them possible.
That at the end of the day is the very mission of my life
to get people to understand that there is a difference
between dreaming and executing
about doing something based on the things
that you want to see happen in the world.
But most people hit that moment of action and they stop
but they don't stop knowingly.
They stop for a thousand different reasons
that they're never able to put their finger on.
they stop because they're tired, they stop because circumstance dictates
they stop because they don't have enough money
they stop because they're too young, they stop because they're too old
they stop for a whole host of reasons
that at the end of the day are total..
The thing that stops them is fear.
The thing that stops them
is a belief that they don't even know they have
that says that they're never going to accomplish.
They stop because they can't muster the belief in themselves
to move forward
to believe that their actions will have the consequences that they want
to believe
that they can learn the things that they don't already understand
to believe in themselves
that their actions will generate a reward.
And that reward is very simple
that you can close your eyes
and imagine the world that you want to create and open them and create it.
And some people are stopped by something even more dangerous
they dream too small.
And as David Ogilvy said
"Don't bunt.
aim out of the ball park.
aim for the company of the immortals."
When you can do that
when you can allow yourself to dream at that level
when you can allow yourself to believe in yourself
to believe in your ability to become
the kind of person that can swing for the fence
is not only swinging for the fences.
But make contact
to be able to call your shot like Babe Ruth
and knock it out of the park
when you can look at yourself and have the arrogance of belief in yourself
that you are capable of that.
then you are worthy of being remembered
that you are worthy of people knowing your name.
Then you will strike out and have a chance of greatness
but it starts with that
it starts with being willing to believe
that all the people, the wall of humanity
that stands behind you in the past
none of them
none of them have anything that you don't
and the only difference between the greats
the only difference between those who are remembered
and those who are forgotten
is the willingness to step up to the plate
and call their shot.