what’s stopping you are you tired you’re
good enough sleep don’t have enough
energy don’t have enough time
is that what’s stopping you right now
don’t have enough money that the thing
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excuses sound best to the person this
may come above you stop feeling sorry
for yourself get off the pity party
telling everybody you’re sad and sob
stories trying to get people to show up
to your pity parties and your pity
parades if you ever see me in a Rolls
Royce a six or seven star hotel living
my life to the fullest don’t get jealous
of me because I worked my ass off to get
it nobody handed me nothing wake your
ass up awaken the beast inside it’s game
on
it’s go season it’s time for you to take
advantage of the access and the
resources that you have in your country
in your community you got a problem with
your life you got a problem with your
environment do something about it if you
want it go get it
recognize the excuses are not valid
they’re conjured up they’re fabricated
their lies and how do you stop the lies
you stop the lies with the truth that
the truth is you have time
you have the skill you have the
knowledge and the support and the
willpower and the discipline to get it
done
the fruit of everything good in life
begins with the challenging everything
is a field that’s good and this it’s not
going to come to you and it’s not going
to fall in your lap and it’s not going
to be something that only it just was so
simple it’s always going to be difficult
if you’ve got this is your chance this
is your shot this is your moment this is
your time this is your place this is
your opportunity my time my woman
tomorrow tomorrow to love ain’t no such
thing as too long
we only got today it’s no dream if you
happen make it happen
and why you still got work to do
stay on that back
stay on that football field it’s grind
then a lot of things that we want to do
a lot of places we would like to go a
lot of things we would like to
experience and we just stop at but and
we build a case in fact I was reading
something the other day that talked
about but it says but is an argument for
our limitations and when we argue for
our limitations we get to keep them
see but will cost you to procrastinate
but will cause you to hide out behind
fear but will cause you to come up with
all type of excuses that you can
validate you’re in action and not acting
on your dream and right now more than
ever people need to look for ways to
live their dream people need to look for
ways to make it on their own there is no
such thing as job security there’s no
such thing as a storm proof or tragic
proof life there’s no guarantees today
ladies and gentlemen the illusion is
gone there was a time when when we
graduated from high school you’re told
go to college and get out and you go and
work for a corporation for 30 or 40
years and give your goal watching you’ll
retire special announcement that day is
gone that day is gone never to return
again so instead of people living in
fear feeling stressed out feeling
powerless feeling like victims I think
it should be a time that we need to
begin to look at ways that we can become
an active force in our own lives look at
ways when we can decide to take charge
of our own destiny look at ways when we
can decide to design a life of substance
and begin to truly live our dreams and
it’s time for people decide I’m ready to
get on with my life
shake somebody’s hand on your writing
life a guy named Bob may say they say
don’t let nobody turn you around do that
right quick now you’re not a lot of
people say I’m going to live my life one
day when things get right
when I get Alma Beals page when I give
my feet on the ground I say what have
you been walking on see there no problem
three moments guy named dimples had a
record one time called if it ain’t one
thing it’s another
and I say if it ain’t one thing is
twelve others always something there to
bilikiss and why you can’t move on why
you can’t grow to the next level why you
can’t begin to manifest your greatness
why you can’t begin to live life on your
terms always something there to block
you to keep you where you are and keep
you from beginning to develop your true
greatness always some fear how do we
handle it and I’m saying that if you’ve
been hiding out behind but if you’ve
been using the fact that you don’t have
enough money or you don’t have the
education take it head-on don’t get the
education I’m saying to a god the other
day who was saying he said how old are
youse is 47 years old I said your sister
tell me that you can’t read he said
that’s right I said why well you know I
I didn’t go to school as excuse it how
old are you I’m 47 47 yes and you can’t
read or write yes have you ever heard of
adults tool adult education have you
decided that you should learn how to
read to begin to expand your world why
are you using that as a racket why don’t
you decide now that you can expand your
world that if other people can learn you
could learn too well it’s hard for me
how do you have you been and sit in a
class yet have you signed up yet no I
haven’t see a lot of people say no
ladies and gentlemen two things and they
don’t even know what they’re saying no
to ever even challenge themselves
he hasn’t even gone to sit into a class
that say teach me how to read instead
it’s been easier for him to go through
life he thinks trying to play a whole
con game pretending he knows how to do
something that he doesn’t know how to do
and you know what most of us go through
life like that most of us go through
life pretending for
tending that we’re satisfied where we
are pretending that everything is okay
pretending that that we don’t have any
special goals or ambitions or desires
when really deep down inside we do
really want more but if you look at our
behavior if you judge based upon what we
do and really we’ll tell you some true
stories of our people because you have
to judge a tree by the fruit it bears
not the fruit that it talks about see a
lot of people pretend that they want
more out of life but all you have to do
is watch their actions that will tell
you something so I used to pretend that
I want to lose weight but how could you
tell I was pretending watch me when I
have a piece of sweet potato pies peanut
some potato chips say I was pretending
that I really wanted to lose weight no
you just watch what I eat that tell you
what I’m seriously committed to people
tell you all yeah one day I want to have
a restaurant see they’re pretending they
watch what they’re doing the proof is in
the pudding
so if you want to do something if you’ve
thought about something you want to do
take it head-on decide that you’re going
to start looking at it start doing
research on it start tackling it start
becoming involved in whatever and
wherever it might lead you to begin to
explore the possibilities in that
particular thing that you’re seeking so
that you can begin to learn all you can
about it decide that you’re going to
face it that whatever shortcomings you
have that you’re going to strip in
yourself there whatever training is
required that you’re going to go get
that training but you’re gonna get
started right now at George Washington
Carver which they do what you can where
you are with what you have and never be
satisfied yes be fully used to say are
you heard Joe doubly talked about always
trying to be more than that which you
are yeah don’t get satisfied with
yourself always know that wherever you
are you can enjoy more that you deserve
more but most people you know they do
most people go through life quietly and
safely tiptoe in turn early grave find
out what it is you want and go after it
as if your life did
turns on it why because it does people
that have found their passion people
that found the things that they love
people that have found the things that
they can pour their lives into those
people live longer I was in New York and
I had to do a seminar at a special
church and a guy by the name of Reverend
Johnny Youngblood and I said how is it
that you were able to build this big
housing facility and got all of the
various community and religious groups
together to to have this dwelling for
2,000 residents that were once homeless
how were you able to take on this
responsibility wasn’t it overwhelming he
said the kind of work I do he said it’s
in me I’ve got to live what’s in me and
I think that’s everybody’s desire in
life you got to live what’s in your life
is just too short and unpredictable but
what are the what are we say but but
there always be tomorrow oh no there’s
no guarantees you’re gonna show up
tomorrow a lot of people who are here
yesterday that they’re not here today
there are a lot of opportunities that
were around yesterday they’re not here
today oh you can wait but you know what
Abraham Lincoln said well good things
might come to those or to who wait but
all of the things that have been left
over by those who hustle
so who want to go through life picking
up leftovers you deserve much more than
that
the leftovers that somebody has left you
so take it head on begin to explore
here’s something else decide to do it
now decide whatever you want to do that
you are now going to become actively
involved right now exploring the
possibilities for you that you’re going
to look at it and do just a little bit
of it right now when I decided to become
a speaker I didn’t just quit my job and
just ran out and say I’m a motivational
speaker know what I did was I decided to
start looking at other people that were
involved in the speaking profession I
volunteered to work with some speakers
so that I could learn whatever you want
to do get your feet wet gain some
experience doing some volunteer work in
the area and find out whether or not
this thing you want to do will fit for
you friend of mine told me he wanted to
have a restaurant and say have you ever
operated restaurant before he said no I
said we’re really you
you know if you want one I said what’s
your expertise what do you bring to the
table he said I can cook real good I
said well what about the management side
what about the business part of the
restaurant you’re not gonna be cooking
all the time
somebody’s got to receive the money
who’s gonna manage the personality said
you got a right you got a point there so
this guy got a job in a restaurant in
the evening time on a part-time basis
after doing that for a while he said you
know what I think I just want to be a
he said after working there people
didn’t show up the working it says hard
to find the help people weren’t
responsible they headaches the guess
what gives giving him problems day in
and day out they weren’t ever satisfied
he said no I just think I’ll stick to
cooking so you gotta find out what fits
for you because you might decide after
you go up in there and examine it and
experience it and and get some
experience on the about on it well you
said this is really not what I want this
does not fit for me
so decide that you’re going to do that
now Johnny Johnson said something that’s
very important he said there’s no
defense against an excellence that meets
a pressing public need see whatever you
decide to do look at it and find out
what is it that I have that I could
bring to the table that can begin to
enable me to ensure that I could be
successful in this where is the opening
for you there’s room for you out here
out here in the arena called life
there’s room for you to come out and
live your dream don’t allow but to keep
you in the corner or keep you up in the
bleachers looking at life being a
spectator not being a participant making
a difference in life I believe that all
of us came here with something all of us
showed up to give something and that
nobody but nobody is going to give that
service that you have to give no one’s
going to produce your product no one’s
going to write your book no one’s going
to open your academy no one’s going to
begin to create your date here with a
special curriculum to help to cultivate
the high self esteem and our children
that’s your idea and if you don’t bring
your ID out here when you die all of us
will suffer because we’ve been deprived
of your genius because you’re allowed
but to keep you in the bleachers and not
pursuing your greatness you
to your grave with you and that’s what
most people do I think that’s why the
guy said that many people died aged 21
and don’t get buried until they’re 65
they’re walking dead you can tell him by
the way they walk how’d it look in the
face when they speak to you
I was giving a speech of this high
school and a lady came after school she
said mr. Brown I want to talk to you
about my son I said what is it she said
he’s not motivated I said I wonder why
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you’ve got to have life if you
excited about what you’re doing even in
the area of selling you know people
don’t buy because of logical reasoning
people buy because of your way of
feeling people don’t like to be robbed
their people no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a whole load to use
of so the fact that that whatever you do
you want to be excited about you want to
have the kind of excitement that is so
contagious that people want to be around
you because whatever you’re doing
whatever you talk to people about this
particular idea that you have they’re
looking at you and they want to know do
you believe it and are you the kind of
person they want to be in business with
and if you’re not positive if you’re not
energetic if you’re not fired up about
it how can you expect anybody else to be
fired up about your idea am i right all
right repeat after me please I’m gonna
be fired up about my dream I’m gonna go
at it
with everything I got shake somebody’s
hand on your right and left and say you
got what it takes
there are a lot of people who say but I
tried once or twice and it didn’t work
out and so they use that as an excuse
not to ever come out again guys said if
at first you don’t succeed you’re
running about average so so so if you
have come out here with an idea and it
didn’t work out two or three times well
that’s all right you’re running about
average you know I heard something a
jarring question it says why is it that
people prefer known hell’s to unknown
heavens you know why because it’s
comfortable ladies and gentlemen I
remember I was in a service once and I
heard dr. Johnny Coleman give this
example she talked about a man who had
been captured behind the enemy lines in
a war and was sentenced to to be killed
or another option the captain said to
the guy listen he said tomorrow morning
at 6 o’clock you can face the firing
squad or you can go out this door over
here and the guy said what’s off the
door he said no one knows all we can
tell you just unknown horrors he thought
and the next morning he selected the
firing squad after the shots rang out
the captain’s secretary said what’s
beyond that door and he said freedom but
very few people would select to do it
because it’s unknown see a lot of people
never live their dreams a lot of people
never do the things they want to do a
lot of people stay on jobs where they’re
miserable I reckon I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
some of y’all know about that already
they’re gonna say hey man it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less I
when I used to go to work she said when
I stepped in the door felt like a
refrigerator dropped on my shoulders how
many all understand that kind of feeling
they were miserable just hated to go
after 60 minutes on Sunday afternoon or
come Monday morning my head just to
thrive I just couldn’t take it didn’t
wanna go sometimes just just for the
heck of I just drive on by I used to
hate to go to work many must choose an
active living death many of us are
Walking Dead The Walking Dead that we’re
not doing what we want to do many of us
stay in relationships where we’re dying
together rather than growing and
expanding and living together we’re
miserable but because we don’t have the
courage to see ourselves beyond that
relationship that has turned toxic we go
through life living dead people and then
you can always tell couples that have
been together for a little while born a
restaurant the one sitting side-by-side
giggling and talking to each other feed
each other with their Farkus food they
you see him in the car they sitting all
of each other hook and smoke or they’ve
been together about three days now but
if you see people to the restaurant to
you know see a couple and they’re
sitting in front of each other take so
long for this food I wonder when they go
hurry up those are the Mary was four
years living in two separate rooms
sleeping in two separate beds well it’s
cheaper to keep it not necessarily it’s
a quarter to the price you want to pay
see the price of peace of mind the price
of living the truth of being honest with
your servants and wait a minute it’s got
to be more than this so you’ve got to
decide wait wait even if I things don’t
work out even if I experienced defeat a
failure that does not make me a failure
it’s the difference between failing and
being a failure if you if things don’t
work out if you don’t produce the
results you want that’s all but don’t
confuse who you are with the results
that you produce I used to be a state
legislator in Columbus Ohio and I
remember once I was going to introduce
some legislation on the floor and after
getting that legislation passed a guy
came up behind me and he had some
legislation that I opposed him on that
and I was about to stand up to debate
this guy and got next to me said sku
don’t debate that guy why do you know
who that is I said no it’s will Koski
from Toledo it’s a bad dude he’s a
lawyer unless a man can debate I don’t
sorry raise my hand miss mr. speaker he
said the gentleman from the 29th House
District
so yes serves to tell the gentleman I
like to take him on challenge him on
this legislation
he said well cause he said I would more
than like to mr. speaker
everybody say whoa I asked him some
questions he responded I say I wonder
why instead man that question well cos
he won’t be out I mean I was up there
and I just live it back to my room with
my yes I can’t add up however here’s
what I learned when you win see you if I
win a debate I win because of what I
know when I lose I lose because what I
don’t know so I had to check out what is
it that I did not know I wasn’t prepared
I did not do enough research I did not
do my homework so he handled me like he
wanted to so I came back again I waited
on some other legislation did my
homework but he was more than able to
take me out again but pretty soon each
time it would take him it would become a
little bit more difficult and a little
bit more difficult and the older guy say
would you argue in behalf of at this
legislation for me I said sure I start
volunteering to do work in the
legislative committees for the older
guys I said absolutely and the more I
did it the better I became and then
people began to start respecting me and
when I would ask her said Mr Speaker I
like to speak on that bill so guys blip
start wriggling and stuff like Jimmy
other oh wait a minute a ruffle do we have
good enough sleep don’t have enough
energy don’t have enough time
is that what’s stopping you right now
don’t have enough money that the thing
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excuses sound best to the person this
may come above you stop feeling sorry
for yourself get off the pity party
telling everybody you’re sad and sob
stories trying to get people to show up
to your pity parties and your pity
parades if you ever see me in a Rolls
Royce a six or seven star hotel living
my life to the fullest don’t get jealous
of me because I worked my ass off to get
it nobody handed me nothing wake your
ass up awaken the beast inside it’s game
on
it’s go season it’s time for you to take
advantage of the access and the
resources that you have in your country
in your community you got a problem with
your life you got a problem with your
environment do something about it if you
want it go get it
recognize the excuses are not valid
they’re conjured up they’re fabricated
their lies and how do you stop the lies
you stop the lies with the truth that
the truth is you have time
you have the skill you have the
knowledge and the support and the
willpower and the discipline to get it
done
the fruit of everything good in life
begins with the challenging everything
is a field that’s good and this it’s not
going to come to you and it’s not going
to fall in your lap and it’s not going
to be something that only it just was so
simple it’s always going to be difficult
if you’ve got this is your chance this
is your shot this is your moment this is
your time this is your place this is
your opportunity my time my woman
tomorrow tomorrow to love ain’t no such
thing as too long
we only got today it’s no dream if you
happen make it happen
and why you still got work to do
stay on that back
stay on that football field it’s grind
then a lot of things that we want to do
a lot of places we would like to go a
lot of things we would like to
experience and we just stop at but and
we build a case in fact I was reading
something the other day that talked
about but it says but is an argument for
our limitations and when we argue for
our limitations we get to keep them
see but will cost you to procrastinate
but will cause you to hide out behind
fear but will cause you to come up with
all type of excuses that you can
validate you’re in action and not acting
on your dream and right now more than
ever people need to look for ways to
live their dream people need to look for
ways to make it on their own there is no
such thing as job security there’s no
such thing as a storm proof or tragic
proof life there’s no guarantees today
ladies and gentlemen the illusion is
gone there was a time when when we
graduated from high school you’re told
go to college and get out and you go and
work for a corporation for 30 or 40
years and give your goal watching you’ll
retire special announcement that day is
gone that day is gone never to return
again so instead of people living in
fear feeling stressed out feeling
powerless feeling like victims I think
it should be a time that we need to
begin to look at ways that we can become
an active force in our own lives look at
ways when we can decide to take charge
of our own destiny look at ways when we
can decide to design a life of substance
and begin to truly live our dreams and
it’s time for people decide I’m ready to
get on with my life
shake somebody’s hand on your writing
life a guy named Bob may say they say
don’t let nobody turn you around do that
right quick now you’re not a lot of
people say I’m going to live my life one
day when things get right
when I get Alma Beals page when I give
my feet on the ground I say what have
you been walking on see there no problem
three moments guy named dimples had a
record one time called if it ain’t one
thing it’s another
and I say if it ain’t one thing is
twelve others always something there to
bilikiss and why you can’t move on why
you can’t grow to the next level why you
can’t begin to manifest your greatness
why you can’t begin to live life on your
terms always something there to block
you to keep you where you are and keep
you from beginning to develop your true
greatness always some fear how do we
handle it and I’m saying that if you’ve
been hiding out behind but if you’ve
been using the fact that you don’t have
enough money or you don’t have the
education take it head-on don’t get the
education I’m saying to a god the other
day who was saying he said how old are
youse is 47 years old I said your sister
tell me that you can’t read he said
that’s right I said why well you know I
I didn’t go to school as excuse it how
old are you I’m 47 47 yes and you can’t
read or write yes have you ever heard of
adults tool adult education have you
decided that you should learn how to
read to begin to expand your world why
are you using that as a racket why don’t
you decide now that you can expand your
world that if other people can learn you
could learn too well it’s hard for me
how do you have you been and sit in a
class yet have you signed up yet no I
haven’t see a lot of people say no
ladies and gentlemen two things and they
don’t even know what they’re saying no
to ever even challenge themselves
he hasn’t even gone to sit into a class
that say teach me how to read instead
it’s been easier for him to go through
life he thinks trying to play a whole
con game pretending he knows how to do
something that he doesn’t know how to do
and you know what most of us go through
life like that most of us go through
life pretending for
tending that we’re satisfied where we
are pretending that everything is okay
pretending that that we don’t have any
special goals or ambitions or desires
when really deep down inside we do
really want more but if you look at our
behavior if you judge based upon what we
do and really we’ll tell you some true
stories of our people because you have
to judge a tree by the fruit it bears
not the fruit that it talks about see a
lot of people pretend that they want
more out of life but all you have to do
is watch their actions that will tell
you something so I used to pretend that
I want to lose weight but how could you
tell I was pretending watch me when I
have a piece of sweet potato pies peanut
some potato chips say I was pretending
that I really wanted to lose weight no
you just watch what I eat that tell you
what I’m seriously committed to people
tell you all yeah one day I want to have
a restaurant see they’re pretending they
watch what they’re doing the proof is in
the pudding
so if you want to do something if you’ve
thought about something you want to do
take it head-on decide that you’re going
to start looking at it start doing
research on it start tackling it start
becoming involved in whatever and
wherever it might lead you to begin to
explore the possibilities in that
particular thing that you’re seeking so
that you can begin to learn all you can
about it decide that you’re going to
face it that whatever shortcomings you
have that you’re going to strip in
yourself there whatever training is
required that you’re going to go get
that training but you’re gonna get
started right now at George Washington
Carver which they do what you can where
you are with what you have and never be
satisfied yes be fully used to say are
you heard Joe doubly talked about always
trying to be more than that which you
are yeah don’t get satisfied with
yourself always know that wherever you
are you can enjoy more that you deserve
more but most people you know they do
most people go through life quietly and
safely tiptoe in turn early grave find
out what it is you want and go after it
as if your life did
turns on it why because it does people
that have found their passion people
that found the things that they love
people that have found the things that
they can pour their lives into those
people live longer I was in New York and
I had to do a seminar at a special
church and a guy by the name of Reverend
Johnny Youngblood and I said how is it
that you were able to build this big
housing facility and got all of the
various community and religious groups
together to to have this dwelling for
2,000 residents that were once homeless
how were you able to take on this
responsibility wasn’t it overwhelming he
said the kind of work I do he said it’s
in me I’ve got to live what’s in me and
I think that’s everybody’s desire in
life you got to live what’s in your life
is just too short and unpredictable but
what are the what are we say but but
there always be tomorrow oh no there’s
no guarantees you’re gonna show up
tomorrow a lot of people who are here
yesterday that they’re not here today
there are a lot of opportunities that
were around yesterday they’re not here
today oh you can wait but you know what
Abraham Lincoln said well good things
might come to those or to who wait but
all of the things that have been left
over by those who hustle
so who want to go through life picking
up leftovers you deserve much more than
that
the leftovers that somebody has left you
so take it head on begin to explore
here’s something else decide to do it
now decide whatever you want to do that
you are now going to become actively
involved right now exploring the
possibilities for you that you’re going
to look at it and do just a little bit
of it right now when I decided to become
a speaker I didn’t just quit my job and
just ran out and say I’m a motivational
speaker know what I did was I decided to
start looking at other people that were
involved in the speaking profession I
volunteered to work with some speakers
so that I could learn whatever you want
to do get your feet wet gain some
experience doing some volunteer work in
the area and find out whether or not
this thing you want to do will fit for
you friend of mine told me he wanted to
have a restaurant and say have you ever
operated restaurant before he said no I
said we’re really you
you know if you want one I said what’s
your expertise what do you bring to the
table he said I can cook real good I
said well what about the management side
what about the business part of the
restaurant you’re not gonna be cooking
all the time
somebody’s got to receive the money
who’s gonna manage the personality said
you got a right you got a point there so
this guy got a job in a restaurant in
the evening time on a part-time basis
after doing that for a while he said you
know what I think I just want to be a
he said after working there people
didn’t show up the working it says hard
to find the help people weren’t
responsible they headaches the guess
what gives giving him problems day in
and day out they weren’t ever satisfied
he said no I just think I’ll stick to
cooking so you gotta find out what fits
for you because you might decide after
you go up in there and examine it and
experience it and and get some
experience on the about on it well you
said this is really not what I want this
does not fit for me
so decide that you’re going to do that
now Johnny Johnson said something that’s
very important he said there’s no
defense against an excellence that meets
a pressing public need see whatever you
decide to do look at it and find out
what is it that I have that I could
bring to the table that can begin to
enable me to ensure that I could be
successful in this where is the opening
for you there’s room for you out here
out here in the arena called life
there’s room for you to come out and
live your dream don’t allow but to keep
you in the corner or keep you up in the
bleachers looking at life being a
spectator not being a participant making
a difference in life I believe that all
of us came here with something all of us
showed up to give something and that
nobody but nobody is going to give that
service that you have to give no one’s
going to produce your product no one’s
going to write your book no one’s going
to open your academy no one’s going to
begin to create your date here with a
special curriculum to help to cultivate
the high self esteem and our children
that’s your idea and if you don’t bring
your ID out here when you die all of us
will suffer because we’ve been deprived
of your genius because you’re allowed
but to keep you in the bleachers and not
pursuing your greatness you
to your grave with you and that’s what
most people do I think that’s why the
guy said that many people died aged 21
and don’t get buried until they’re 65
they’re walking dead you can tell him by
the way they walk how’d it look in the
face when they speak to you
I was giving a speech of this high
school and a lady came after school she
said mr. Brown I want to talk to you
about my son I said what is it she said
he’s not motivated I said I wonder why
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you’ve got to have life if you
excited about what you’re doing even in
the area of selling you know people
don’t buy because of logical reasoning
people buy because of your way of
feeling people don’t like to be robbed
their people no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a whole load to use
of so the fact that that whatever you do
you want to be excited about you want to
have the kind of excitement that is so
contagious that people want to be around
you because whatever you’re doing
whatever you talk to people about this
particular idea that you have they’re
looking at you and they want to know do
you believe it and are you the kind of
person they want to be in business with
and if you’re not positive if you’re not
energetic if you’re not fired up about
it how can you expect anybody else to be
fired up about your idea am i right all
right repeat after me please I’m gonna
be fired up about my dream I’m gonna go
at it
with everything I got shake somebody’s
hand on your right and left and say you
got what it takes
there are a lot of people who say but I
tried once or twice and it didn’t work
out and so they use that as an excuse
not to ever come out again guys said if
at first you don’t succeed you’re
running about average so so so if you
have come out here with an idea and it
didn’t work out two or three times well
that’s all right you’re running about
average you know I heard something a
jarring question it says why is it that
people prefer known hell’s to unknown
heavens you know why because it’s
comfortable ladies and gentlemen I
remember I was in a service once and I
heard dr. Johnny Coleman give this
example she talked about a man who had
been captured behind the enemy lines in
a war and was sentenced to to be killed
or another option the captain said to
the guy listen he said tomorrow morning
at 6 o’clock you can face the firing
squad or you can go out this door over
here and the guy said what’s off the
door he said no one knows all we can
tell you just unknown horrors he thought
and the next morning he selected the
firing squad after the shots rang out
the captain’s secretary said what’s
beyond that door and he said freedom but
very few people would select to do it
because it’s unknown see a lot of people
never live their dreams a lot of people
never do the things they want to do a
lot of people stay on jobs where they’re
miserable I reckon I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
some of y’all know about that already
they’re gonna say hey man it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less I
when I used to go to work she said when
I stepped in the door felt like a
refrigerator dropped on my shoulders how
many all understand that kind of feeling
they were miserable just hated to go
after 60 minutes on Sunday afternoon or
come Monday morning my head just to
thrive I just couldn’t take it didn’t
wanna go sometimes just just for the
heck of I just drive on by I used to
hate to go to work many must choose an
active living death many of us are
Walking Dead The Walking Dead that we’re
not doing what we want to do many of us
stay in relationships where we’re dying
together rather than growing and
expanding and living together we’re
miserable but because we don’t have the
courage to see ourselves beyond that
relationship that has turned toxic we go
through life living dead people and then
you can always tell couples that have
been together for a little while born a
restaurant the one sitting side-by-side
giggling and talking to each other feed
each other with their Farkus food they
you see him in the car they sitting all
of each other hook and smoke or they’ve
been together about three days now but
if you see people to the restaurant to
you know see a couple and they’re
sitting in front of each other take so
long for this food I wonder when they go
hurry up those are the Mary was four
years living in two separate rooms
sleeping in two separate beds well it’s
cheaper to keep it not necessarily it’s
a quarter to the price you want to pay
see the price of peace of mind the price
of living the truth of being honest with
your servants and wait a minute it’s got
to be more than this so you’ve got to
decide wait wait even if I things don’t
work out even if I experienced defeat a
failure that does not make me a failure
it’s the difference between failing and
being a failure if you if things don’t
work out if you don’t produce the
results you want that’s all but don’t
confuse who you are with the results
that you produce I used to be a state
legislator in Columbus Ohio and I
remember once I was going to introduce
some legislation on the floor and after
getting that legislation passed a guy
came up behind me and he had some
legislation that I opposed him on that
and I was about to stand up to debate
this guy and got next to me said sku
don’t debate that guy why do you know
who that is I said no it’s will Koski
from Toledo it’s a bad dude he’s a
lawyer unless a man can debate I don’t
sorry raise my hand miss mr. speaker he
said the gentleman from the 29th House
District
so yes serves to tell the gentleman I
like to take him on challenge him on
this legislation
he said well cause he said I would more
than like to mr. speaker
everybody say whoa I asked him some
questions he responded I say I wonder
why instead man that question well cos
he won’t be out I mean I was up there
and I just live it back to my room with
my yes I can’t add up however here’s
what I learned when you win see you if I
win a debate I win because of what I
know when I lose I lose because what I
don’t know so I had to check out what is
it that I did not know I wasn’t prepared
I did not do enough research I did not
do my homework so he handled me like he
wanted to so I came back again I waited
on some other legislation did my
homework but he was more than able to
take me out again but pretty soon each
time it would take him it would become a
little bit more difficult and a little
bit more difficult and the older guy say
would you argue in behalf of at this
legislation for me I said sure I start
volunteering to do work in the
legislative committees for the older
guys I said absolutely and the more I
did it the better I became and then
people began to start respecting me and
when I would ask her said Mr Speaker I
like to speak on that bill so guys blip
start wriggling and stuff like Jimmy
other oh wait a minute a ruffle do we have
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