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Les Brown: Move Before You’re Ready | Les Brown Motivation


and if you have something in your life
that’s challenging your health or your
peace of mind anything of a negative
nature that you want to address here’s
an affirmation that I use every day I
think about the little sea and I say to
myself you will not defeat me you will
not defeat me you will not defeat me I
said seven times with power feeling and
conviction and then I say you will not
live in my life you will not live in my
life you will not live in my life I do
it seven times and I tell you it makes a
difference I’m just I’m feeling better
I’m stronger and I’m looking forward to
the treatment that I will be going
through with dr. Ronnie in Martha’s
Vineyard I want to talk to you tonight
about your goals and dreams and I really
want to focus in on this because what
I’m doing I could have not been doing it
if I had not been fortunate because of
God’s grace and mercy I put it off I
procrastinate it for 14 years I was
focusing on what I didn’t have as
opposed to what I do have and I want you
to write this down make your move before
you’re ready
make your move before you ready see I
was saying look I can’t compete with
people who are speaking and they have
PhDs and MBAs and years of corporate
experience that I don’t have and who’s
gonna hire me to teach them how to do
something that I’ve never done well the
truth of the matter is thousands of
corporations have hired me and so what I
was all concerned about was that I don’t
have an MBA I don’t have a master’s
degree I don’t have a PhD I was
concerned about competing with people
who had more education than
focus on you what it is that you bring
what it is that you have and make you
move before you’re ready because there
will never be an ideal time there will
always be something that you don’t have
going for you and so you want to begin
to do what it is you supposed to do now
I remember what I was in South Africa
with Myles Munroe I think was one of the
great speakers on the planet I wrote the
foreword to his book called personal
potential and and so I went over to one
of his people I said like to let dr.
Myles Monroe know that I’m here and so
she said look rather than my let him
know that now because I know he’ll come
out the room why don’t you have
breakfast with him tomorrow morning I’ll
set it up I said okay what time she said
8 o’clock I went down there at 7:45 I
was waiting she came in apologizing
thing he left early now I could have
seen him that night I could have
insisted no I want to see him tonight or
I could have waited I put it off hadn’t
seen him for a long time and later a few
weeks later he died in a plane crash
died in a plane crash
we all have an express expiration date
and we don’t know when or how
same thing with Wayne Dyer we had agreed
to partner to do a special to two of us
with PBS and we kept putting it off
putting it off and he called me les I’m
coming to Orlando let’s get together got
it two days later he had a massive heart
attack and he died so the reason that
I’m saying
make your move before you’re ready walk
by faith and not by sight but the people
that make their dreams happen are people
who are risk takers gotta take some risk
in life
because there’s no safe position in life
you can’t get out of here live you go
diinya don’t die with your dream unless
there’s a quote that my
Angelou said and I want everybody who
has a story to listen she said there’s
nothing as painful as an untold story
buried in your soul Wow
nothing is painful as an untold story
buried in your soul you’re listening to
me not for me you listening for you
because everything that I say you know
everything that I say it’s already in
you everything I’ve done is only a tip
of the iceberg of what you are going to
do you’re gonna do the greater work but
you got a bet on you you’ve got to
believe in you and I did not step out on
faith because I didn’t believe in myself
and there are people who I was supposed
to speak to people who would hear by
voice and they probably died of God but
I finally made the decision to step out
here because somebody saw something in
me that I did not see in myself the next
thing is anything was worth doing is
worth doing badly I remember when I went
out to a golf course and I swung at the
ball and my club went up in the air
about fifty feet I was so embarrassed I
dug up so much grass you two thought I
was a lawn war and I was just bare
embarrassed and humiliated and I just
stopped I said you know what I don’t
like this and the reason I like it
because of the fact that I wasn’t good
at it right away anything that’s worth
doing is worth doing badly it’s worth
doing right if you know how to do it but
if you don’t know how to do it you do it
badly over and over and over again until
you get it right that’s how everybody
learns everybody at some point in time
was a rookie an amateur everybody at
some point in time made mistakes that
something that they wanted to do and
they just kept doing it and doing it and
doing it until they got it right and so
that
important for you to know that don’t
become discouraged when you decide that
you can go into fills and you get
rejection after rejection after
rejection eighty-five percent of people
quit they stop but that 15 percent they
keep on going and going and going and
they earn a good living for themselves
and you’ll be able to do that too is
that the next thing that’s very
important is that you got to be
unstoppable when you have goals and
dreams things are going to happen when
you get on a plane the first thing they
say before they take off fasten your
seat belt because you’re going to reach
your comfortable altitude before things
get smooth and that’s the same thing in
relationships that’s the same thing in
business or any venture that you’re
involved in when you first start out
you’re going to have some things that
have happened to you Forrest Gump is
right life is like a box of chocolates
you never know what you’re going to get
stuffs gonna come out that you did not
anticipate that will catch you on the
blindside but you you want to stay
focused because where energy goes focus
flows and that’s what you want to do
keep your eye on the goal don’t allow
yourself to be distracted by the
rejections by the setbacks by the
defeats I have a thing and people love
it if life knocks you down try and land
on your back because you need to look up
you can’t get up that’s what I’m talking
about whatever so anyhow the next thing
is you look at your goals and dreams
you’ve got to be rid of linkless you
have to be Riddle endless you’ve got to
come back again and again and again and
again and again and when it’s your
passion what is something that you love
and if it’s something that you supposed
to do don’t give up easily don’t sit on
the sidelines you know the world
consists of whiners and winners winners
they look at their situation if it’s not
what
they want and they change it whiners
they look at this situation and they
want to tell anybody at a bus stop
anybody that will listen to them what
has happened to them somebody has done
me wrong you don’t want to do that to
yourself you don’t want to be a whiner
all of us got a story all of us have
something that we can complain about the
native of the game in this thing called
life is to take charge the name of the
game is you taking charge of your mind
harnessing your will and determine that
you come back again winners a willing to
do the things today others won’t do in
order have to think tomorrow others
won’t have what is it that most people
don’t have determination where they just
make up their mind I’m determined to do
that dedication they’re willing to
dedicate themselves and prepare
themselves but reinvent themselves and
create the best version of themselves
mentally emotionally spiritually
physically and financially and the other
thing is that winners are disciplined
they they do what they know not what
they feel they do what they know not
what they feel and most people they do
what they feel and winners they garner
and they harness and they organize their
time to invest in themselves the reason
that when you look at the average
American we live in the wealthiest
country in the world starting out at age
25 by the time they read 65 one would be
rich full will be well-to-do five will
still be working thirty-six will be dead
and 54 will be dependent upon welfare a
family of friends or somebody to feel
sorry for them you don’t want to be a
burden to your family or friends or have
some organization who will feel sorry
for you you are made in the likeness and
image of God you’ve been given authority
and dominion over everything on the face
of the earth so start
acting like it bring up your energy
level I had to tell myself that I looked
at where I am what I’ve gone through and
I’ve had some major setbacks in terms of
health challenges but I looked at what
am i capable of doing and my energy
level has been flat I said no this is
not me I’ve got to bring my energy level
up I’ve got to start doing more things
just because I’m 72 don’t mean I have to
look like 70 to act like 72 walking
around dragging one foot like one foot
in the graveyard and the other one on a
banana peeling Ohno home ain’t going out
like that
I said I had to talk to myself I said
have you lost your mind
do you know who you are you made me
browse baby boy mainly Brown never quit
at 79 my mother was talking about
driving an 8 wheeler cross-country I
said why do you want to do that she said
Leslie it’s something that I always
dreamed about driving a 8 wheeler
because it’s a stick and I like to do
that I just want to do it once I have
dragged on straight country won’t you go
with me well maybe I don’t know whoa I’m
not gonna let you go
she had goals she was working on buying
a house at 70 no at 85 to take care of
senior citizens she didn’t think that
she knows a senior citizen she said she
just didn’t ignore your years your years
will ignore you and so bring your energy
level up that that begins to make things
happen for you you stir people up around
you you start becoming a magnet for
opportunities a magnet for ideas a
magnet of people who can support you and
help you do some things that you don’t
know how to do your
so when you bring your energy level of
things begin to happen for you I’m
telling you what I know and as you look
at your goals and look at your dreams
you have to say to yourself every day I
give thanks that it’s already done I
give thanks that God is blessing me with
the right people the right partners I
give thanks and I’m attracting
opportunities doors are being opened I
did not see money is coming to me right
now money cometh right now there’s
somebody that got my money in their
pocket something that Robert Schuller
said he said there’s no shortage of
money there’s this a shortage of ideas
no shortage of money just a shortage of
ideas we have before having the call
tonight I came up with an idea and as a
result of that idea I’ll be collecting
14 thousand dollars on this coming
Thursday call the people closed the deal
see one idea can change your life one
idea can change your life and this is a
time more than ever
and write this down you have to make a
conscious deliberate determine effort to
be focused a conscious deliberate
determined effort to be focused because
this is a very distracting time don’t
worry about what’s going on in the White
House worry about what’s going on in
your house don’t watch the news there’s
a couple that came over from Mexico and
they were working for a friend of mine
and in a very short time they they
bought a brand new car and and then and
this is in the middle of the recession
they bought a brand new house and so I
said how are they able to do that in the
middle of the recession and my friend
said they speak very little English they
don’t watch television so they don’t
know a recession that’s going on so
they’re not participating
okay lizard there’s some things that you
don’t need to know you need to be
intelligently ignorant you need to tune
it out because it’s too toxic it’s too
consuming it’s too distracting it’s not
good for you ask yourself the question
this is what I do before I answer
telephone calls is it positive if it’s
one of my negative friends that I know
I’m not going to answer it can I make
some money with them if it’s not that
kind of call I’m not going to give them
my time I have time to give to them I’m
72
next thing is is it purposeful can we do
something together I have a friend named
coach Gianni and he always texts me and
says let’s make some money
he knows I’m gonna call him back he
takes that to me because I enjoy that
ecclesiastic chapter 10 verse 19 says a
thesis made for laughter and wine maketh
merry but money answereth all things so
when he texts me let’s make some money
I called him immediately the next thing
is before you answer that phone
it’s got to be positive it’s got to be
profitable and it’s got to be purposeful
something that you haven’t interested
and the other thing as you look at
yourself as you look at your goals is it
one of your passions that they’re going
to talk about see there are people
because we live in an entertainment
driven culture stress-relieving culture
there are people who have nothing on
their mind but garbage nothing on them I
want to know who’s gonna win the
playoffs and they can’t even afford
tickets listen to me
I remember the person and I called him
in thanked him
Steve skilken as I talked about who
helped me to learn the value of focusing
on a goal he was already wealthy because
of what his father left him but he
wanted to make it out right his first
million on his own
and I said if he can have that kind of
vision what can I have and I’ve never
had anybody leave me millions of dollars
so I got busy and I figured out a way to
do it you have the ability to think
things through you have the ability to
brainstorm with other like-minded
individuals collaborative achievement
driven supportive relationships you were
created on purpose with a purpose and
that purpose will be manifested through
you if you decide to live a Purpose
Driven Life if you decide to this not to
go through life just being average but
decide that you’re going to do the
greater works I believe in you you have
something special you have greatness
within you what you’ve done is only a
tip of the iceberg that’s possible for
you and I want to say this to you if you
would like to become a certified Les
Brown speaker or a trainer or a
certified Les Brown coach I encourage
you to listen to the number that Stacy
will give you or you can go online and
look up Les Brown Institute Les Brown
Institute do that okay thank you so very
much if you got a story you don’t want
that story to be buried in you I want
you to email me at Les Brown 7-7 at
gmail.com Les Brown 7-7 at gmail.com I
leave this with you
there’s nothing is painful as running
into the person that you were supposed
to become that happened to me
very painful had to work on myself to
get over it nothing is painful to run
into the person who you were supposed to
come you have greatness in you you have
the ability to do more greater is He
that is in you than he that’s in the
world that’s my story
and I’m sticking to it small we love you
let’s round what I love you back
gee oh my goodness a great message
tonight thank you notes and wrote down
not just listen but wrote it down so you
can commit it to memory because the hand
is the digital recorder of the mind as a
buddy of my other would say so les you
gave us some nugget you know I really
love what you said to wrap up you don’t
want to run into the person you could
yes yes had happened to me this past
weekend oh my goodness but I’m still
here I still got a shot I’m not gone yet
I still got a shot you absolutely do and
we just appreciate you for sharing your
authenticity your passion for this work
and your encouragement for us to stay
the course and to do the work if you do
this you will yeah so we will be sending
love and prayers to you I know you’ll
hang on to kind of listen to the callers
who might want to share a word with you
as you prepare for your 21-day retreat
oh I forgot I want to remind them to
call their friends in Detroit and tell
them to come see me free at Renaissance
unity and Warren Michigan is right
outside Detroit about 15 minutes
I’ll start speaking tomorrow at 7
o’clock I introduced a speaker last week
who was an attorney for Rupert Murdoch
and he was phenomenal than listening to
me since he was 11 years old Darren Ben
Z and Sherita oh my god this is a
powerful sister coming up in here up in
it she’s gonna hit a roof off the place
tomorrow night and so part of what I’m
doing is not training speakers but
introducing them on the platform and I
bring assisted names Sherita
and she’s a bad body almost in u2 video
he’s awesome you better love her yeah
that’s out in Warren Michigan right
outside Detroit Renaissance unity so
I’ll remind everyone again so that they
can come see you there and then they’ll
be able to see you on June 24th in floor
Lauderdale that’ll be one of your first
appearances after you’re free and that
will be you and ona which will be a
wonderful how to tell you that Lawrence
Taylor will be with us Lawrence Taylor
yeah LT and Randall Hill so there’s
going to be a great experience I’ve been
coaching both of them they’re great guys
okay well thank you so much I appreciate
you and I’ll be listening all right
thank you and if you have a comment that
you would like to leave for mr. Brown to
hear I’ll be opening up the call so that
you can do that and he’ll be able to
listen to you and hear your voices I
just ask that you unmute one at a time
so that we can hear each and every one
of you and then I’ll remind you of the
announcements again at the end of the
call on how you can see mr. Brown if you
are near the Michigan area or have some
family and friends out there still let
them know they can see mr. Brown as well
as sharing with you the Les Brown
Institute comm information and
information for those of you near Fort
Lauderdale Florida who want to see mr.
Brown on Saturday June 24th 2017 thank
you to everybody who tuned in tonight we
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be a victim of bumping into the person
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and that’s what my platform is about so
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hearing all of your amazing voices to
the mothers on the line as you prepare
for Mother’s Day remember every day is
Mother’s Day we get the gift of bringing
life into this world
to see our children thrive and grow the
best gift we can get back so I just
saved continued love and blessings to
all the mothers this weekend and look
forward to hearing your voices next week
same time same place
this is dr. Stacey MC grant signing off
and giving you all a virtual hug and kiss bye-bye everyone
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