[Music] one characteristic became apparent as a major predictor of success and it wasn't communication skill it wasn't emotional intelligence good looks or physical health it wasn't even IQ it was grit to be successful at anything the truth is you don't have to be special you just have to be what most people aren't consistent determined and willing to work for it no shortcuts Integrity purpose determination and discipline that it takes to be a champion in life grit is about persistence resilience and determination it's about showing up day after day it's about holding on to your dreams
even when the road ahead looks dark and uncertain grit is passion and perseverance grit is having scam grit is sticking with your future day in day out not just for the week but for years it's the most important attribute it's more important than intelligence it's more important than domain expertise that ability to grind through even when you don't see immediate results even when it looks like you're going backwards that ability to stay gritty and grind that's the difference between winners and losers you practice piano practice math you practice cooking practice some grit grit is work
grit is a challenge of a lifetime grit is something that many people don't even know how to get through it it's about winning one-on-one battles fight your fight it's our fight to fight one and six doesn't Define who you are what def find who you are is what you do when you want in six if everything you got today fight so F first things you're going to find about being gritty is that it really has to be something that you're excited about that's worthwhile to you for whatever reason to push through to um suffer through
the boredom the difficulties and all of that and I think that's the most underlooked part of of grit is that that it needs to be something that you're compelled by it's got to be like cool and exciting and interesting to you we often hear stories of people who succeeds seemless without effort those who make it look easy but what we don't see is the grit behind their success the countless hours they spent practicing failing trying again the times they wanted to quit but didn't we don't see the struggle they faced or the sacrifices they made
and yet through it all they held on I'm telling you from experience ience I got a g I lived in abandoned buildings at out of trash can I got a PhD now and that ain't no that ain't on IQ that's all that's on GQ grit that's all grit PhD is all grit master's degree all grit took me 12 years to get a 40 degree that's all grit so I can't teach you how to be elite but I can teach you how to go in there I'm talking about grit I can teach you how to go
in there and murder some other team not with Talent just outdoing so I'm talking about endurance just having more stamina than they got let me tell you something about grit let me tell you about what it really means grit is when you're hurting so bad grit is when you're hurting so bad but you know you got a job to do grit is something that pushes you and a total different direction now I'm not talking about those naysayers I'm not talking about those individuals that cry and moan and groan because they're not getting what they want
right now how do you get through something you got to keep climbing it's going to hurt it's supposed to hurt if it doesn't hurt how you're growing the greatest Minds the most successful entrepreneurs and the most accomplished individuals didn't get to where they are without failure they didn't get to where they are without learning adjusting and keeping at it when things got tough you see grit requires a shift and how we perceive challenges we must begin to see difficulties not as threats but as opportunities talk about grit right that ability to grind and stick with
something even when you're not seeing progression even when you don't see results being made so it's a really important attribute right don't look for any gains where there's been no sacrifice don't look for don't don't wake up and look for no game don't look for your game to improve don't look for the record to improve without sacrifice there are no gains it's easy to get discouraged when things don't go as play it is easy to quit when success seems so far to reach but if we Embrace grit we shift from being passive observers of our
circumstances to achieve creators of our own futures you think this is tough so the fact that he's riding you the fact that the coaching staff is riding you and saying no shortcuts do it the right way do it over do it over do it over do it over why because in practice you get to do it over in the game you don't they write that stuff down it's it's recorded everything we do takes time takes courage takes understanding takes the will it takes a reason it takes knowledge ladies and gentlemen climb and you slip up
get up when you feel like you want to quit don't quit know that you have to do these things know that you have a responsibility to yourself to the people that depend on you and love you climb climb climb up consider the story of Michael Jordan Jordan didn't make his High School varsity team on his first try he was cut from the team to he wasn't good enough many would have given up but Jordan didn't instead he chatted his disappointment into Relentless drive to improve his failures became his motivation and the result six NBA championships
five MVP awards and a legacy that inspires athletes worldwide but grit isn't conformed to the World of Sports it's present in every field from business to education from science to the Arts take JK Roland for example before writing the book Harry Potter series Roland faced numerous rejections from Publishers she was living on welfare struggling as a single mother but she refused to give up on her story today the Harry Potter book have sold over 500 million copies and has been translated into 80 languages her success not just a tale of talent but a story of
grit the courage to preserve despite overwhelming odds so why am I passionate cuz I got a chance to control my own life you have a chance to control your destiny that my friend is the American dream not a Cadillac not a big house the American dream is all men are created equal grit is the bridge between dreams and reality it's the strength to keep going no matter what so when you face obstacles in your life in your own Journey remember that the greatest success stories aren't built on Talent alone they're built on grit the ability
to preserve the courage to rise in the unshakable believe that no matter what you will reach your goal with Grit [Music] [Music] [Music]
