[Music] it's time to stay focused it's time to decide clubs partying trying to fit in and socialize rub elbows with everybody so people can stop calling you weird why are you so antisocial because I'm trying to get it why are you staying on the basketball court so much because I'm trying to get it why are you out there practicing in the hot sun when ain't nobody else out there because I'm trying to get it why are you not clubbing like every time I text you and invite you to go do something fun and cool you
always studying because I'm trying to get it I'm just thinking how funny it is where I'm going to be tomorrow morning and my competition still drinking down their fears and they're you know trying to escape their current reality you know Friday night partying so they're going go out there and party it up and everything else you find some relief to the stressful life they live in that's a bull temporary relief I'm working tonight for a permanent relief that's why I laugh I laugh on how much further I'm getting ahead of that mental toughness isn't something
that you sample it's something that you live in every day so when something hard would happen to these kids like in hell week it would draw on something that made them very insecure and they look for Comfort whenever hardness comes and you don't know what it is it may be different for you than it is for me but you go back to your insecurities and then when you go back to insecurities you then look for Comfort within those insecurities and we all look for that cookie that your mom used to give you when you were
sad when you were sick we look for our wife or our husband we look for Comfort it's in those moments you must retrain your mind to think differently what if I told you this was the last Monday morning of your life how do you stay driven I'm going to ask you a question how don't you stay driven let me get this right you won the lotto of the universe which is you are a human being on Earth and you're not driven and you're not fired up and you're not going for it and you're willing to
sit like a lump and just wait till you die you suck it gets harder for anybody that's living and breathing so no matter what you do you got to keep moving forward strong in the trenches you don't know where you're going you're lost you know what I mean you have no Direction so for me I felt like both of them together when you when you really when you have the vision and you're able to manifest but then you also put the work in Magic happens man magic that's where the magic is but a lot of
people never get there unfortunately a lot of people we're blessed that we can dream right I got to get stronger I got to train differently the weight training program that I'm doing I got to teil it for an 82 Game season so that when the playoffs come around my legs are stronger and that ball gets there so I look at it with rationel and say okay well the reason why I shot air ball is cuz my legs aren't there I well next year they'll be there that was it done done come on where are your
values behind the scenes what do your hambers look like behind the scenes come on what kind of work are you putting in behind the scenes come on drop down to give me 50 come on write it again come on believe it again come on sing again and record the song again come on I'm talking to that athlete I'm talking to that musician come on who are you out there when you are committed you give everything you have every single day you are either losing ground or gaining ground the choice is yours this time make it
personal attitude goes a long way so again going back to this guy here chadrick Boseman rest in peace passes away four years has colon cancer no one knows about it he goes to the doctor that mean that this doesn't mean he's not taking care of his body he's going to the doctor but he doesn't advertise his pain sometimes it's just good not to advertise your pain sometime it's good to not just tell the whole world what you're going through I'm not telling you don't talk about it with a group of people I'm not telling you
have some private conversations with certain people I do believe in the ability to have some kind of a form of a release but the way people are doing it right by not posting everything on Instagram all this other stuff what's the point behind it you need attention is that what you need it's not necessarily mental toughness mental toughness people are not looking for attention mental toughness people are trying to get results a big difference I don't drink I don't smoke I don't F around I don't party I don't go out am I lame for that
absolutely to be lame in the eyes of somebody I would never want to be like is nothing but an absolute success this see it's only an uncertain person that needs company and what they do to feel like it's the right thing but real confidence stems from doing what's best for you even if that means doing it alone my biggest confidence comes from consistently pushing myself and leaving no gap between what needs to be done and what I do on day 1962 in a row of run every morning look who's out here with me not a
soul that's just [Music] fine there's no such thing as a free lunch there's no magic pill and there are no three easy payments of $9.99 if you want something if you want to be good at something you want to accomplish something you've got to put in the time and the minimum amount of time that you can put in is an hour a day day of dedicated practice for six straight months if you want to be good at something you've got to do it every day like we look at people like LeBron James why is he
good at basketball because he does it every day you look at Wayne grexi and hockey why was Wayne so good in hockey arguably the greatest of all time because he did it every day and so my number one piece of advice to people if you want to be good at something whatever that thing that you desire is whatever your passion is do it every single day that's the real secret to success hustle is putting it all on the line hustle is waking up one day the day before you die and realizing you gave it your
all into the parenting of your children the building of your businesses the philanthropy that you wanted to do whatever you define it's just you know all in well there's a difference between something missing and am I satisfied yeah right cuz I'm not satisfied I mean I always want to go like I never I never get done with the end of the day and go cool mission accomplished like it's like yeah ET aren't you ready to take a break yes I might be but listen to me I can't why cuz I grind for jayen I grind
for Jada I grind for deei I grind for my mother are you hearing what I'm telling you I grind for Vanessa I hustle for so the days I want to hit that alarm clock I think about my why I can't quit ailles were like the kiss of death athletes like I don't I don't know if I can do this I don't know there's so many factors there the surgery that has to take place the surgery has to go well right and then just it's attendant I'm not dealing with anything that's muscular things that I can
control I can't control attendant you know what I'm saying so like I don't know it's a long long process but like when I I went in the trainer's room my kids are in there and you know they're looking at you and stuff and I'm looking at them and I'm like you know it's all right dad's going to be all right it'll be fine it'll be all right it'll be all right be all right as a parent you got to set the example you got to set the example this this is another obstacle this obstacle cannot
Define me it's not going to [ __ ] me it's not going to be responsible for me stepping away for the game that I love I'm going to step away on my own terms and that's when the decision was made that you know what I'm doing it doing it Champions keep going when they don't have anything left in their tank that's the difference between the greats that's that's what separates them when they don't have no more when it's over when they're tired when they're frustrated when they're ready to give up when they spent their last
dime that's when they get started are you hearing me it's when you have nothing left it's when you depleted all your money when all your energy go when you have nothing left that's when it's showtime when you find the way out of nowhere when you find Brea breath that you don't have when you find energy that did not exist when you want this thing as bad as you want to breathe that's when you find a way you still got work to do stay on that basketball court stay on that football field all the homies texting
and calling and trying to make you feel bad about being so focused it's grind season homie it's not about today it's about the future you do the work now do the work now and all of the that you could ever want to do for your family your kids Your Love once it's all going to be on a whole another Stratosphere un assisted his first time up tonight he hits that one high and deep Reggie Jackson struck out 2600 times in his career the most in the history of baseball but you don't hear about the strikeouts
people remember the home runs Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments did you know that I didn't know that because the 1,000 first was the light bulb every failed experiment is one step closer to success you've got to take risks and I'm sure you've probably heard that before so I had to be here I had to come even though I was afraid I might make a fool of myself in fact if you really want to know the truth I had to come exactly because I might make a fool of myself now fear is going to be
a player in your life but you get to decide how much you can spend your whole life imagining ghosts worrying about the pathway to the future but all there will ever be is what's happening here so many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality what we really want seems impossibly Out Of Reach and ridiculous to expect so we never dare to ask the universe for it I'm saying I'm the proof that you can ask the universe for it before you say we be famous let's find the table that scoot that over
for what what do you want to do really well there's you know the old word 15 minutes of fan there are fads that come in and out all the time they're very Seas we could do he' seek and chase them and we do all the time I got nothing against that but understand that that may not be lasting and and and when you are going to do something that you think oh this is going to get me more liks or give me some Fame just check in with yourself and go well if that goes out
of fashion or if in 10 years as far as you can project 20 years 30 years 40 years am I going to still feel like I will stand by that just just just just measure yourself give yourself a little projection before you go cuz we can do stuff right now to get famous that we will absolutely regret tomorrow one of the hardest things which became one of the greatest realizations is truly coming face to face with myself and realizing even though I have done extraordinary things in terms of my own thinking patterns that there was
a level to which I was still on the run and all of this racing around kept me from having to truly stop and stand with the woman in the mirror and just be still and figure out what do I really want how do I really want to feel and my personal question to you is why not you and there are those of you in this room you are great you are phenomenal and you not walking in it when you actually understand it it's actually fundamentally true you are capable of doing anything you are capable of
all of it but I can't I can't activate something you that you you got to activate that Nelson Mandela said there is no passion to be found playing small and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living it's the what if I can pull off aing Miracle what if I can become someone that no one thinks I can be okay why not me I've already overcome this why can't I go and start a company why can't I build something that's meaningful because if I looked at it the other way and
started to take you know um the count of okay well I can't do this because of where I come from I can't do this because of how I look I can't do this I wouldn't start anything everybody will wake up each day doing subtraction I look at my life as addition we have to decide are you in a place where you are ready to actually shift and do and execute on why you're here all of that is foundationally on your own self-awareness of who you are being accountable and most importantly finally cutting out the can
of insecurity out of your body on the things that have always been there by shedding light this is what you believe is possible is your mindset it is what you believe you are capable of it is what you believe you deserve tell yourself that you deserve to be happy and you deserve to be fulfilled you will start to see reasons for it ask yourself all these amazing event just came from somewhere why not you why can't you be the one that comes up with that next great idea ask the question when you're thinking big why
not you and answer it I'm not just doing this motivational video why not you why shouldn't you win no no forget motivational let's get logical why not you actually answer that why can't you be somebody that can do something in your business that's never been done before why not you answer it if I want to change my life it starts with my action it starts with me waking up every day having a plan and not just move of emotion the greatest fundamental challenge in the world is figure out who are you who Am I who
am I and what do I want who am I what do I want what's important to me and then live that what do I want today what do I want out of this day see what do I feel at the core because it's yours I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks nothing and by the way why not you you know why not you why can't it be you you know what what about you is less than that you are telling yourself is less than why not you you know every one
of us is so unique and so special why not you you are unique and you have gifts to give what keeps you from giving them fear and what we are capable of doing is amazing just do it you are able to do so much more instead of saying I can't do this I can't do that I failed at this I'm incapable of this you can do this like it's going to be okay it's don't let fear hold you back things can be scary and you can push through them you're going to have thoughts come to
your mind of why you can't get it you have the ability in your conscious mind to reject that idea kick it out of your mind thinking of why you can't do something is never going to do you any good and keep thinking until you start to think of thoughts of how you can do it the way I look at it within myself myself why not why can't I be the MVP of the league why can't I be the best player in the league I don't see why not I need you to know that you're enough
I need you to know that you're qualified I need you to know that you're called You're armed and you're dangerous talking about wisdom knowledge Power Authority I need you to know that all you have is all you need anybody is capable of achieving anything I actually believe that because I think human beings are designed to change you're capable of breaking any pattern you are capable of getting control of your health you're capable of launching a business you're capable of making millions of dollars you capable of healing your trauma of finding love of doing absolutely anything
that you put your mind to as long as you are willing to do the work for it and as long as you give up your timeline because I do believe that people who put in the work get rewarded but you just might not get rewarded when you think you're going to be and it might not be the reward that you thought you were going to get but you have something unique with inside of you you have more to offer not only yourself but the rest of the world know that you matter know that your purpose
matters let me be the first to tell you there is none like you in all of the earth and I'm just wondering if you are bold enough and courageous enough to believe what I'm saying you are enough so why not you you can do anything and I think one of the most powerful things that you can cultivate with yourself is being able every single day to have a level of trust in your life in the magic of things in yourself to know that this moment right now is also a DOT on the map of your
life and 5 10 20 years from now you will look back on this moment and you will know exactly why this happened and why it happened is it was preparing you for something it was giving you a skill or an experience or some wisdom or a relationship that you're going to need for something extraordinary that's coming and when you believe that it gives you the strength to face absolutely anything what are you going to do with what you have I'm not talking about how much you have some of you are business majors some of you
are theologians nurses sociologists some of you have money some of you have patience some of you have kindness some of you have love some of you have the gift of longsuffering whatever it is whatever your gift is what are you going to do with what you have they say that true hell is when the person you are meets the person you could have been my biggest fear in life is if there is a final resting place in this world and there's a final judgment and you do talk to something much bigger than you I don't
want to sit down and have a conversation with someone with something that says you're in heaven this is what you should have been on Earth and are you really in heaven now or are you in hell thinking about how much I left on a table for fear so imagine IM you're on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts representing your unfulfilled potential the ghost of the ideas you never acted on the ghost of the talents you didn't use and they're standing around your bed angry disappointed and upset they say we we came
to you because you could have brought us to life they say and now we have to go to the Grave together so I ask you today how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes why not see how much you can do how far you can go why not [Music] you and to all of you watching here come close to the screen and listen people don't have to like you people don't have to love you they don't even have to respect you but when you look in the mirror you better
love what you see you better love what you see be uncomfortable get yourself in a situation where you feel a little bit about a challenge you feeling something about being challenged you're understanding that challenges are good for you challenges are going to make you better going to make you stronger going to push you through any adversity that you may face in life but nobody's coming to save you there's no night and Shining Armor and the people that say they will they don't really stick around for long the reality is this this whole life thing was
never really meant to be about anyone else you're kind is supposed to be the hero of this story even if you feel weak right now even if you feel alone you feel down you feel like you can't do it you can and you will all you have to do is show up so show up today you have the power to do more than you can ever begin to imagine don't underestimate yourself you don't know enough about yourself to become a cynic and so you've got to challenge yourself to access that power that you have within
you you're more than a conqueror I'm amazing when you don't think I'm amazing I love me even if you stop loving me you can say the nastiest meanest evilest [ __ ] that you could ever conjure up it will never change the way I feel about myself it takes Faith to jump off of The Edge it takes Faith to step into your purpose it takes faith to step into your destiny it takes Faith to pull away from everything that is familiar to step in Uncharted Territory to become the person you were born to be it
takes Faith this is my time this is my time I'm bright enough I'm bright enough I'm old enough I'm old enough I'm young enough I'm young enough I've experienced enough I exper I'm wise enough I'm wise enough I understand I understand that I I am am enough [Music] enough self disipline is self-love if you want to be happy you have to love yourself I love me independent of anything that anybody could ever say has nothing to do with being arrogant or egotistical it's just a matter of knowing and being aware of self-worth I love you
if you make it to the end of this video I want you to write self-love is the cure to self-hate self-love is the cure to self-hate and you matter all right there's always going to be somebody that cares about you and you're a good person no matter what people say you matter I love me so the day that you decide to stop loving me I'm not going to love myself any less I believe in me if you stop believing in me I'm not going to believe in myself any less you know as crazy as it
sounds one decision can completely change your life so what are you waiting for I wouldn't change what happened to me and that's the God's honest truth if any one of you had a superhero ability where you could send me back in time and give me a doover I wouldn't accept it I would gladly relive everything I have been through provided I had this helpc up because who I am now and what I offer the world I wouldn't want to give that up to avoid going through those dark days or the pain I went through I
think it was all worth it to turn me into who I am now I think we we look down now to 16year olds and say where are you going to go to college what are you going to do for the rest of your life and it's like they're s they're not fully baked yet how do they know give them a break just say look I think after high school take a year off take two years off join the Peace Corp travel go figure things out or just enjoy yourself for the first time in their lives
they're adults and they don't have to be somewhere they're not told to be somewhere like I tell people all the time we all got to go through something to get something that we want in life things may not always go the way you wanted to go but I promise you if you continue to focus on the positive rather than the negatives you will be all right it's tough sometimes gets tough every day but we got to make it no matter what it is no matter what you're going through just think about it for a second
somebody did not wake up this morning but you did I always say this to people often you are above ground why are you above ground because there's purpose within you there's purpose for you there's opportunity for you you feel like you're missing out on all the fun me too everyone else has more friends everyone else does the fun stuff on the weekends everyone else gets all the attention we're missing out on a lot and it doesn't end there we're missing out on the endless search for acceptance from an empty Source missing out on the constant
need to mask the reality of who we are missing out on the acting like everything is okay and shutting down when the crowd is gone so yeah we're missing out but I think that's just fine for now my life is like I'm running from a pack of starving rules if I slow down at all I will be eaten alive like I have one choice and it's to keep going is fast as I can or I'll be torn to pieces and that's what it felt like and I love that like that sounds so like negative and
dark but like I love that it was such like a motivation no you see it's impossible plus your name your name who can pronounce Watson schnitzel or something like that no one can pronounce that so forget about it Arnold this is the kind of thing that I heard imagine you go from Studio executive to Studio executive from agent to agent from manager to manager and they all said exactly the same thing now that's very encouraging isn't it but you know something I didn't give a [ __ ] I didn't because I believed that I can
be a leading man I believed that I could be another CLE Eastwood or another bird Reynolds I believe that there could be those people I said there's enough room on that ladder that I can fit up there and I look back again and learned from what I learned in sports it's all about the hard work that he put in you get to redesign you are your Michael Angelo you are your greatest sculpture and you get to recar and you get to uplevel as much as you need you're not sentenced to this life this way you
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