if you died today what dreams what I did
is what gives what talents what voice
[Music]
see a lot of people go to work every day
miserable and all they do is just talk
about how miserable they are but they
don’t do anything about it
you know that you’re deliberately
operating below your potential you’ve
gotten comfortable you stop expanding
you stop stretching you stop challenging
so most people don’t use their
imaginations
most people don’t dream anymore why
because through the conditioning process
so you know what you can do you know
what you have done and you also have
seen what has been done by others in
your environment by others in your
circumstances then you look at where you
want to go and what most people do they
do that which they feel they know that
can work because they’ve already done it
all they’ve seen it done and so they
allow their negative history to
determine the possibilities for them and
so when they run it to a roadblock even
if they have something beyond their
comfort zone when they run into a
roadblock something happens to them
most people allow life to control them
and their circumstances look into the
future what is it you want what is it
you’d like to create for you you want to
make your dream come true you’ve got to
stay focused some people rather get even
than get ahead stay focus on where you
want to go this is not going to be it
for my life I deserve more than this so
now lonely it’s it’s possible for you to
have your dream but it’s necessary it’s
necessary that you have that you work on
it that you develop yourself that you go
for what is yours in the universe the
major key to your reaching your dream
you’re living up to your greatness
you’re making your contribution to your
making things happen in your life
is you you’ve got to take personal
responsibility to make it now you make
it happen that you don’t give up that
you don’t take any objection or
disappointment or defeat personally that
you keep on keeping on that you don’t
decide that I can’t make it because you
can’t see the light at the end of the
what sometime
you’ve got to remind yourself that
you’ve got powers within you talents
within you that you haven’t even reached
for you whatever dream you’ve got that
dream that idea that has been given to
[Applause]
there’s no guarantees that because
somebody’s now down on their luck they
can never come back
hope your guarantee the to Catholic but
you can’t have lucky who can guarantee
but you can’t do what you want to no one
what we need to do we look at our please
as we get ready tip the plan I’m best to
like to go a lot of things we would like
to experience and we just stop at buck
and we bill 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 corporation for 30 or 40 years
and give your gold watch and 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 should 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 inside
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
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 all my bills
paid when I get 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 call 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 guy the other
day who was saying he I said how old are
you 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 excuse at all are
you 47 47 yes and you can’t read or
write yes have you ever heard of adults
school 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 haven’t even challenged himself he
hasn’t even gone to sit into a class and
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
pretending 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 I really will tell you some true
stories about 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 pie walking
distance of some peanuts some potato
chips see I was pretending that I really
wanted to lose weight no you did watch
what I eat that tell you what I’m
seriously committed to people tell you
all year 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 here on
decide that you’re going to start
looking at it start doing research on
and 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 step in yourself there
whatever training is required that
you’re going to go get that training
that you’re gonna get started right now
the 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 Jo
Dudley talk about always trying to be
more than that which you are yeah don’t
get satisfied with yourself always know
that wherever you
you can enjoy more that you deserve more
but most people you know what they do
most people go through life quietly and
safely tiptoe in turn early great find
out what it is you want and go after it
as if your life depends 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 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 desiring life
you got to live what’s in you life is
just too short and unpredictable but
what are what are we saved but but there
always be tomorrow oh no there’s no
guarantees you’re gonna show up tomorrow
a lot of people who were 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 some don’t the
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 it 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 no
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
wanted to 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 they say have you ever
operated restaurant before he said no I
said we’re really you don’t even 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 all 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 chef he said after
working there people that show up the
working is as hard to find they help
people work 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
should stick to cooking see you gotta
find out what fits for you because you
might decide after you go up in there
and examine it experience it and get
some experience at the about wonder well
you say 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’s 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 take it to your grave with
you and that’s what most people do I
think that’s why the guy said that many
people die at age 21 and don’t get
buried until they’re 65
[Music]
they’re Walking Dead you can tell him by
the way they walk kind of 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 oh
no let the dead bury the dead no no keep
them away from before they grab you what
a hold on to you know some of 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 writing
level 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 six 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 read an I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
y’all know about that already here
they’re going to say Amen it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less 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
want to 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 bought
a restaurant the ones sitting
side-by-side giggling and talking to
each other feed each other with their
fucking food they just got together for
what week
you see them in the car they sitting all
of each other hug in his or they’ve been
together about three days all right 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 marabou people been married
for 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
gotta 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 he got next to me said sku
don’t 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 that man can debate I
don’t care Les Brown maybe Browns book
so I raised my hand this mr. speaker
he said the gentleman from the 29th
House District so yes herbs 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
I asked him some questions he responded
I say I wonder why I said man that
question well cos he won’t be out I mean
I was up there and I just lived it back
to my room about yes I get out of
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 on behalf of at this
legislation for me I said sure I started
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 gasps blip start wriggling and stuff like
is what gives what talents what voice
[Music]
see a lot of people go to work every day
miserable and all they do is just talk
about how miserable they are but they
don’t do anything about it
you know that you’re deliberately
operating below your potential you’ve
gotten comfortable you stop expanding
you stop stretching you stop challenging
so most people don’t use their
imaginations
most people don’t dream anymore why
because through the conditioning process
so you know what you can do you know
what you have done and you also have
seen what has been done by others in
your environment by others in your
circumstances then you look at where you
want to go and what most people do they
do that which they feel they know that
can work because they’ve already done it
all they’ve seen it done and so they
allow their negative history to
determine the possibilities for them and
so when they run it to a roadblock even
if they have something beyond their
comfort zone when they run into a
roadblock something happens to them
most people allow life to control them
and their circumstances look into the
future what is it you want what is it
you’d like to create for you you want to
make your dream come true you’ve got to
stay focused some people rather get even
than get ahead stay focus on where you
want to go this is not going to be it
for my life I deserve more than this so
now lonely it’s it’s possible for you to
have your dream but it’s necessary it’s
necessary that you have that you work on
it that you develop yourself that you go
for what is yours in the universe the
major key to your reaching your dream
you’re living up to your greatness
you’re making your contribution to your
making things happen in your life
is you you’ve got to take personal
responsibility to make it now you make
it happen that you don’t give up that
you don’t take any objection or
disappointment or defeat personally that
you keep on keeping on that you don’t
decide that I can’t make it because you
can’t see the light at the end of the
what sometime
you’ve got to remind yourself that
you’ve got powers within you talents
within you that you haven’t even reached
for you whatever dream you’ve got that
dream that idea that has been given to
[Applause]
there’s no guarantees that because
somebody’s now down on their luck they
can never come back
hope your guarantee the to Catholic but
you can’t have lucky who can guarantee
but you can’t do what you want to no one
what we need to do we look at our please
as we get ready tip the plan I’m best to
like to go a lot of things we would like
to experience and we just stop at buck
and we bill 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 corporation for 30 or 40 years
and give your gold watch and 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 should 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 inside
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
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 all my bills
paid when I get 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 call 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 guy the other
day who was saying he I said how old are
you 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 excuse at all are
you 47 47 yes and you can’t read or
write yes have you ever heard of adults
school 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 haven’t even challenged himself he
hasn’t even gone to sit into a class and
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
pretending 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 I really will tell you some true
stories about 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 pie walking
distance of some peanuts some potato
chips see I was pretending that I really
wanted to lose weight no you did watch
what I eat that tell you what I’m
seriously committed to people tell you
all year 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 here on
decide that you’re going to start
looking at it start doing research on
and 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 step in yourself there
whatever training is required that
you’re going to go get that training
that you’re gonna get started right now
the 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 Jo
Dudley talk about always trying to be
more than that which you are yeah don’t
get satisfied with yourself always know
that wherever you
you can enjoy more that you deserve more
but most people you know what they do
most people go through life quietly and
safely tiptoe in turn early great find
out what it is you want and go after it
as if your life depends 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 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 desiring life
you got to live what’s in you life is
just too short and unpredictable but
what are what are we saved but but there
always be tomorrow oh no there’s no
guarantees you’re gonna show up tomorrow
a lot of people who were 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 some don’t the
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 it 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 no
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
wanted to 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 they say have you ever
operated restaurant before he said no I
said we’re really you don’t even 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 all 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 chef he said after
working there people that show up the
working is as hard to find they help
people work 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
should stick to cooking see you gotta
find out what fits for you because you
might decide after you go up in there
and examine it experience it and get
some experience at the about wonder well
you say 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’s 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 take it to your grave with
you and that’s what most people do I
think that’s why the guy said that many
people die at age 21 and don’t get
buried until they’re 65
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they’re Walking Dead you can tell him by
the way they walk kind of 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 oh
no let the dead bury the dead no no keep
them away from before they grab you what
a hold on to you know some of 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 writing
level 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 six 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 read an I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
y’all know about that already here
they’re going to say Amen it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less 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
want to 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 bought
a restaurant the ones sitting
side-by-side giggling and talking to
each other feed each other with their
fucking food they just got together for
what week
you see them in the car they sitting all
of each other hug in his or they’ve been
together about three days all right 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 marabou people been married
for 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
gotta 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 he got next to me said sku
don’t 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 that man can debate I
don’t care Les Brown maybe Browns book
so I raised my hand this mr. speaker
he said the gentleman from the 29th
House District so yes herbs 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
I asked him some questions he responded
I say I wonder why I said man that
question well cos he won’t be out I mean
I was up there and I just lived it back
to my room about yes I get out of
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 on behalf of at this
legislation for me I said sure I started
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 gasps blip start wriggling and stuff like
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