thank you Sam major goal you want or
maybe it’s one you’re already working on
and you have experienced a lot of
setbacks a lot of defeats you’ve
experienced a lot of disappointment
maybe you’ve already given up and maybe
you just need a little far little
encouragement to get back in the game
again here’s what I want you to look at
they’re winners they’re losers and there
are people who have not discovered how
to win and all they need is some
coaching all they need is some help and
assistance just a little support all
they need is some insight or a different
strategy a plan of action to make some
adjustments that will open up the key to
a whole new future for them that will
give them access to the unlimited power
that they have within themselves that’s
all that they need so what I want you to
do is think about something you want for
you that’s real for you that’s important
for you that will give your life some
special meaning and power and I don’t
even want you to say I can do that I
don’t want you to assume that see five
years ago when I started out in this
area I would not have been able to make
the mental leap that I would be up to
where I am right now I don’t want you to
begin to just psych yourself out no no I
want you to be able to say something to
yourself that will enable you to
maintain a level of integrity with
yourself that when you say this even
when you face tremendous setbacks it it
will be a benchmark to keep you in the
game to keep you moving forward
experimenting and readjusting your
strategy and your plan of action
continuously looking for ways to win so
what is that something when you got an
idea you want to move on you might not
have the money you might not have the
education you might not have the support
or resources you need what is that
something that can keep us going that
will enable us to act on our dream
what’s one of those keys that will begin
to help us to discover the secrets to
our dream
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all I want you to do when you look at
your dream you say to yourself every day
it’s possible just say that every day
geez have it’s possible because what
does that do see it begins to change
your belief system see the way in which
we operate ladies and gentlemen it’s a
manifestation of what we believe what’s
possible for us whatever you’ve done up
to this point all that it really is is a
duplication it’s a reproduction of what
you believe subconsciously that you
deserve and what’s possible for your
life most people operate out of their
personal history out of their memory
things they have done things have
experienced things have seen things that
they have observed what I’m suggesting
that you operate out of a larger vision
of yourself
I want you to see yourself doing what
you want to do experiencing what you
want to experience it having what you
want to have doing what is that gives
your life the meaning and value operate
out of your imagination not your memory
because whenever you look at where you
want to go I’m going to warn you you
will have some conversation back here
after you go through the data that
you’ve experienced in life saying you
can’t do it and so what you want to
begin to do is ignore that inner
conversation well most people ladies and
gentlemen when something happens to them
what they do is they begin to believe
that that’s the way it is that’s the way
it’s always been and they can’t see the
possibility of it being any different
example before in April 1954
the common belief the universal belief
because it had been tried again and
again and again and people have failed
the belief was that man was not
physically capable of breaking the
four-minute barrier that he could not
allow a mile in less than four minutes
that was the belief on the planet it had
never been done but here’s what happened
ladies and gentlemen Roger Bannister
came along and he wrote the four-minute
parity now here’s what’s significant
about that since that time up to this
day over 20,000 people have done it
including high school kids what change
20,000 people what changed here’s what
happened when they got on the track they
knew it had been done and because I knew
it had been done there was a new belief
about this barrier about this goal that
was unreachable and those 20,000 people
got into raised believing knowing in
their heart that someone had done it
that it’s possible that they could do it
and I’m saying that if you know anybody
that had some goal some dreams something
they wanted to do and they did it denies
saying that you know in your heart that
if someone has done it then you can do
it it’s possible and that if someone can
make that dream become a reality that
it’s possible that you can make your
dream become reality and so as you begin
to look at where you want to go
beginning to embrace that
it’s possible I’m blessed and highly
favored I’ve got a lot going for me I
got some good stuff in me and it’s
possible that I can bring my greatness
out here in the universe then I can do
what I want to do it’s possible I can
write my own book I can have my own
business I I can take the trip and
travel around the world it’s possible I
can bounce back from adversity and
reinvent my life it’s possible
regardless of where I am the things can
get better for me it’s possible I’m
thinking about two men right here in
Chicago
who are fairly successful similar
background educated they work for a
corporation for many years and they were
among many people that were laid off two
guys who were very good friends one
we’re not looking for a job for several
weeks along with the other one and they
face disappointment and rejection again
and again and again they couldn’t find
any work which is the story of many
people across this country one guy
stopped he became discouraged
he’s got going he stayed home looking at
television became very argumentative and
toxic with his wife drinking beer
getting on the phone talking to his
lover negative unemployed friends
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and he just gave up
the other guy kept looking for a job
everywhere it could go every time he
could get an opportunity kept asking
people networking checking the
newspapers every day kept going
everywhere he could trying to find a job
you have too much education you
overqualified you won’t be here long
enough he kept going he kept going he
went to places they looking at anybody
if you can’t hire me and I know you can
use my talents abilities and skills I
don’t want to sit home and do nothing
just just let me do some volunteer work
you don’t have to give him anything all
right I just want to work I want to be
busy guy said okay it’s on you now but
don’t don’t expect me to give me
anything it’s okay this guy came in and
working with the first one there the
last one to leave was the best employee
there about four weeks later one of the
top managers quit they were looking for
a replacement guess who they selected
this other guy this guy who was
volunteering his time he got the job
what was the difference between the two
men eyesight and mindsight eyesight is
judging on what you see judging
according to appearances but mine site
is how you interpret what you see one
guy said it’s not possible it’s over I’m
finished I can’t do it I can’t make it
he surrendered I’ve faced rejection
again and again I’m not going anymore
there are no jobs out there but this
other guy he felt that in spite of the
knows and rejections in spite of how bad
the economy is
in spite of what the newspapers are
saying that it’s possible that somebody
somewhere will give you a job you just
kept going thinking it was possible you
guess what ladies and gentlemen that’s
what we have to deal with out dream
because things happen to you life that
you can never ever anticipate and many
times when those things happen you want
to give up
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so here’s what I’m looking at one of the
uses for your life right now that you
haven’t even reach for yet see I believe
it when you don’t have enough
encouragement to act on your dreams or
ideas or you’re not enlightened enough
the life will act on you see life it
moved on and said let’s man you have
outgrown this it’s time for you to do
something else so you’ve got to be
willing to say focus to be creative to
be relentless because things are going
to happen to you when you’re working on
your dream when you get on track I
remember when I first got involved in
speaking one of the main things that
speakers like to do is fake to speak to
a certain Association that they have
over 10,000 of their sales reps that
come to this convention and I was
reading lipless I kept saying it’s
possible it’s possible see what I want
to let you know and set you up for
because you said it’s possible don’t
mean that
you’re not going to have any problems I
was working I’ve kept saying it’s
possible they got other speakers on this
program I can be on that program too I
kept telling myself I got all fired up
and I was calling him every day every
day and the lady finally said mr. Brown
I tell you what we want you to come in
and talk to our sales executives you got
the kind of fire and guts that they want
I had to begin to focus on what was the
solution now this was not the only place
that I’ll be able to sell those products
and as I began to challenge myself and
got some help and support him some other
input I eventually did it took longer
but it was challenging
she was telling me about how she was
miserable on the job and how how she was
so unhappy so I said if this if it’s
that stressful and if it’s causing you
that much pain and I say why don’t you
just quit and do something else and she
said something that really put her in
the chorus line with a lot of other
people she said I would but and then I
started to thinking about that so let me
take a poll so I started talking to
other people and I would ask them what
they were doing and I said but is that
your passion and they would say no I
said then what’s your real passion and
they would tell me what their real
passion was then I say well then why
aren’t you doing what you really want to
do oh I can do it but and they want to
continue on so this word you know but
just kept on coming up
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so how is it that many times we block
ourselves and we use these words almost
like we’re in a trance like with
sleepwalking through life that we find
ways to cancel out our dreams that I
think that but is a dream killer that 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
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see but will cause 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 now give your goal watching you
retire
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 and really will tell you some true
stories about people because you have to
judge the 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
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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 stop 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 going to 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 it I 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 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 into an
early grave 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
living there’s no guarantees you’re
going to 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
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 clear 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 if not
pursuing your break you take it to your
grave with you and that’s what most
people do think that’s why the guy said
that many people got aged 21 don’t get
there to tell they’re 65 they’re Walking
Dead you can tell them by the way they
walk
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you got to have life if you excited
about what you’re doing even in the area
selling you know people don’t buy
because of logical reasoning people buy
because of your way of feeling 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 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 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 the on
that door and he said freedom
but very few people would select a duty
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 there
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memo’s choose an active living death
many moles are Walking Dead The Walking
Dead that we’re not doing what we want
to do many must 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 is turned
toxic we go through life living dead
people even if I I think don’t work out
even if I experienced defeat a failure
that does not make me a failure it’s a
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
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you can either live your dreams or live
your fears and I think the majority of
people actually are not living their
dreams but are living their fears so I
want to ask you a question what are your
fears
what are you afraid of what are you
scared of because we all have fears
don’t we all have something that’s
blocking us that’s holding us back and
as we begin to look at life what we
realize is that the reason that most
people are not living out their true
potential and not doing all of the
things and they would really like to do
it’s because of fear some people call
fear false evidence or expectations
appearing real
one of the things that you fear that’s
been keeping you from living your dream
that’s been keeping you from doing some
things that you would like to do let’s
think about those things and how do we
begin to handle that Abraham Maslow said
that the life is about growth and he
said you can either go back to your
comfort zone there you won’t finding you
grow or you must willing be willing to
go forward and face your fears again and
again and again because you’re never
going to have a a fear free exists I
mean some fear is acceptable and
legitimate there are some things that
you you really should be afraid of now
you shouldn’t allow it to immobilize you
you acknowledge it you take it into
account and you carry yourself
accordingly your time that we should
proceed with caution
but it’s the difference between being
stopped by fear it’s the difference
between having a fear and the fear
having you so what do we do one
acknowledging and knowing that it’s okay
don’t condemn yourself for being afraid
it’s perfectly fine to have some fears
you acknowledge your fears you embrace
those fears and then you move on you act
on whatever it is that you fear because
once you embrace it see what you resist
will persist what you resist will
persist so one of the most important
things is is to begin to embrace your
fear
being worthy being capable having what
you need to make your worthwhile person
and that you’re more than able and that
you deserve to be listened to or you
deserve to have that dream and that
passion or whatever it is that you see
and envision there you’ve got to see it
in your mind’s eye so deciding as you
look at your life that you look into the
future and say what fears am i holding
on to what fears that I’m a lying to
imprison me that’s keeping me from
breaking out that’s keeping me from
living up to my true potential that’s
keeping me from really being happy
that’s keeping me from having a sense of
adventure and excitement in my life
what’s what’s keeping me from
controlling my destiny what fears and
I’m giving that permission to notice
what I said that we must give our
permission to fear to immobilizes
because whatever discomfort you
experience whatever challenges of
difficulty that it is you got to handle
got to go up in there and wrestle with
will it be easy no will it be
challenging yes friend of mine who’s
going into recovery
he’s been addicted to crack cocaine for
years and alcohol he was talking about
how challenging it was and while he was
dreading going on going into cold turkey
I said what do you want me to tell you
that it’s going to be a picnic no it’s
not it’s going to kick your butt yes it
is are you going to want to die yes yes
that’s a part of it but that’s just what
you must go through in order to get
where you want to go and guess what you
are strong enough to do it you’re strong
enough and your life is worth whatever
you have to go through to get past this
addiction whatever you have to do this
dream you got whatever you want to do
will it be easy to just run out then do
it no will it happen overnight now will
it be a struggle yes will there be times
when you can’t make ends meet yes that’s
a part of it
will be times you won’t know what to do
yes that’s a part of it
that you accept yourself then you accept
the fear as a fact and not a force so
when you accept yourself and you accept
fear as a fact that means that it’s
something that happens it’s something
that you’re going to experience but it
is not a force to hold you back it
doesn’t have any special power other
than that that you give it so you accept
the fact that you are afraid and then
you move on anyhow you move on past it
and you do whatever you’ve got to do
you’ve got to have a good conversation
to you say hey and answer yourself to
don’t pay these people in the attention
you answer yourself hey what you own do
I’m going in get off all right very good
go on and take care of is you’ve got to
talk to yourself and you build yourself
up and you’ll feel your energy level
coming up and people will feel that
around you see now you go through life
being a plank people can sense that they
can pick up that fear so that’s why
you’ve got to stand up inside yourself
see when you are not filling your life
with the things that you are capable of
doing so we all have some stuff that
we’ve been given and I don’t think that
it’s optional for us to sit on what we
have see if you’re sitting on what you
have what you’ve been given I think
everybody’s been given something to
bring to the planet that only you can do
that only you can perform that only you
can initiate that activity and if you
don’t do that if you’re not filling in
your life with your life work or your
mission then there are gaps in your life
and what we do when we’re not living out
our true identity we begin to fill the
gaps we fill the holes with garbage
alcohol drugs worry self-destructive
behavior so when you begin to look at
your life and you know that that you’re
not doing what you can do because you
have allowed yourself to be held captive
by your fears
now when you don’t have a true
appreciation and acceptance for who you
are and you allow yourself to be
immobilized by fear what happens in the
process is that you begin to abuse
yourself you begin to sabotage your life
you begin to sabotage your dreams you
begin to unconsciously work against
yourself
you become your own worst enemy so what
do you do about that
well you you begin to realize that your
dream and your gifts have so much
meaning and so much value for you till
your hunger for
them will begin to push you past the
fear your hunger to have them will give
you a special dry as you work on
yourself as you begin to acknowledge
your true identity the true power that
you have the true capacity you have to
bring about change the miracle-working
power that you have within yourself to
do the things that you want to do
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maybe it’s one you’re already working on
and you have experienced a lot of
setbacks a lot of defeats you’ve
experienced a lot of disappointment
maybe you’ve already given up and maybe
you just need a little far little
encouragement to get back in the game
again here’s what I want you to look at
they’re winners they’re losers and there
are people who have not discovered how
to win and all they need is some
coaching all they need is some help and
assistance just a little support all
they need is some insight or a different
strategy a plan of action to make some
adjustments that will open up the key to
a whole new future for them that will
give them access to the unlimited power
that they have within themselves that’s
all that they need so what I want you to
do is think about something you want for
you that’s real for you that’s important
for you that will give your life some
special meaning and power and I don’t
even want you to say I can do that I
don’t want you to assume that see five
years ago when I started out in this
area I would not have been able to make
the mental leap that I would be up to
where I am right now I don’t want you to
begin to just psych yourself out no no I
want you to be able to say something to
yourself that will enable you to
maintain a level of integrity with
yourself that when you say this even
when you face tremendous setbacks it it
will be a benchmark to keep you in the
game to keep you moving forward
experimenting and readjusting your
strategy and your plan of action
continuously looking for ways to win so
what is that something when you got an
idea you want to move on you might not
have the money you might not have the
education you might not have the support
or resources you need what is that
something that can keep us going that
will enable us to act on our dream
what’s one of those keys that will begin
to help us to discover the secrets to
our dream
[Music]
all I want you to do when you look at
your dream you say to yourself every day
it’s possible just say that every day
geez have it’s possible because what
does that do see it begins to change
your belief system see the way in which
we operate ladies and gentlemen it’s a
manifestation of what we believe what’s
possible for us whatever you’ve done up
to this point all that it really is is a
duplication it’s a reproduction of what
you believe subconsciously that you
deserve and what’s possible for your
life most people operate out of their
personal history out of their memory
things they have done things have
experienced things have seen things that
they have observed what I’m suggesting
that you operate out of a larger vision
of yourself
I want you to see yourself doing what
you want to do experiencing what you
want to experience it having what you
want to have doing what is that gives
your life the meaning and value operate
out of your imagination not your memory
because whenever you look at where you
want to go I’m going to warn you you
will have some conversation back here
after you go through the data that
you’ve experienced in life saying you
can’t do it and so what you want to
begin to do is ignore that inner
conversation well most people ladies and
gentlemen when something happens to them
what they do is they begin to believe
that that’s the way it is that’s the way
it’s always been and they can’t see the
possibility of it being any different
example before in April 1954
the common belief the universal belief
because it had been tried again and
again and again and people have failed
the belief was that man was not
physically capable of breaking the
four-minute barrier that he could not
allow a mile in less than four minutes
that was the belief on the planet it had
never been done but here’s what happened
ladies and gentlemen Roger Bannister
came along and he wrote the four-minute
parity now here’s what’s significant
about that since that time up to this
day over 20,000 people have done it
including high school kids what change
20,000 people what changed here’s what
happened when they got on the track they
knew it had been done and because I knew
it had been done there was a new belief
about this barrier about this goal that
was unreachable and those 20,000 people
got into raised believing knowing in
their heart that someone had done it
that it’s possible that they could do it
and I’m saying that if you know anybody
that had some goal some dreams something
they wanted to do and they did it denies
saying that you know in your heart that
if someone has done it then you can do
it it’s possible and that if someone can
make that dream become a reality that
it’s possible that you can make your
dream become reality and so as you begin
to look at where you want to go
beginning to embrace that
it’s possible I’m blessed and highly
favored I’ve got a lot going for me I
got some good stuff in me and it’s
possible that I can bring my greatness
out here in the universe then I can do
what I want to do it’s possible I can
write my own book I can have my own
business I I can take the trip and
travel around the world it’s possible I
can bounce back from adversity and
reinvent my life it’s possible
regardless of where I am the things can
get better for me it’s possible I’m
thinking about two men right here in
Chicago
who are fairly successful similar
background educated they work for a
corporation for many years and they were
among many people that were laid off two
guys who were very good friends one
we’re not looking for a job for several
weeks along with the other one and they
face disappointment and rejection again
and again and again they couldn’t find
any work which is the story of many
people across this country one guy
stopped he became discouraged
he’s got going he stayed home looking at
television became very argumentative and
toxic with his wife drinking beer
getting on the phone talking to his
lover negative unemployed friends
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and he just gave up
the other guy kept looking for a job
everywhere it could go every time he
could get an opportunity kept asking
people networking checking the
newspapers every day kept going
everywhere he could trying to find a job
you have too much education you
overqualified you won’t be here long
enough he kept going he kept going he
went to places they looking at anybody
if you can’t hire me and I know you can
use my talents abilities and skills I
don’t want to sit home and do nothing
just just let me do some volunteer work
you don’t have to give him anything all
right I just want to work I want to be
busy guy said okay it’s on you now but
don’t don’t expect me to give me
anything it’s okay this guy came in and
working with the first one there the
last one to leave was the best employee
there about four weeks later one of the
top managers quit they were looking for
a replacement guess who they selected
this other guy this guy who was
volunteering his time he got the job
what was the difference between the two
men eyesight and mindsight eyesight is
judging on what you see judging
according to appearances but mine site
is how you interpret what you see one
guy said it’s not possible it’s over I’m
finished I can’t do it I can’t make it
he surrendered I’ve faced rejection
again and again I’m not going anymore
there are no jobs out there but this
other guy he felt that in spite of the
knows and rejections in spite of how bad
the economy is
in spite of what the newspapers are
saying that it’s possible that somebody
somewhere will give you a job you just
kept going thinking it was possible you
guess what ladies and gentlemen that’s
what we have to deal with out dream
because things happen to you life that
you can never ever anticipate and many
times when those things happen you want
to give up
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so here’s what I’m looking at one of the
uses for your life right now that you
haven’t even reach for yet see I believe
it when you don’t have enough
encouragement to act on your dreams or
ideas or you’re not enlightened enough
the life will act on you see life it
moved on and said let’s man you have
outgrown this it’s time for you to do
something else so you’ve got to be
willing to say focus to be creative to
be relentless because things are going
to happen to you when you’re working on
your dream when you get on track I
remember when I first got involved in
speaking one of the main things that
speakers like to do is fake to speak to
a certain Association that they have
over 10,000 of their sales reps that
come to this convention and I was
reading lipless I kept saying it’s
possible it’s possible see what I want
to let you know and set you up for
because you said it’s possible don’t
mean that
you’re not going to have any problems I
was working I’ve kept saying it’s
possible they got other speakers on this
program I can be on that program too I
kept telling myself I got all fired up
and I was calling him every day every
day and the lady finally said mr. Brown
I tell you what we want you to come in
and talk to our sales executives you got
the kind of fire and guts that they want
I had to begin to focus on what was the
solution now this was not the only place
that I’ll be able to sell those products
and as I began to challenge myself and
got some help and support him some other
input I eventually did it took longer
but it was challenging
she was telling me about how she was
miserable on the job and how how she was
so unhappy so I said if this if it’s
that stressful and if it’s causing you
that much pain and I say why don’t you
just quit and do something else and she
said something that really put her in
the chorus line with a lot of other
people she said I would but and then I
started to thinking about that so let me
take a poll so I started talking to
other people and I would ask them what
they were doing and I said but is that
your passion and they would say no I
said then what’s your real passion and
they would tell me what their real
passion was then I say well then why
aren’t you doing what you really want to
do oh I can do it but and they want to
continue on so this word you know but
just kept on coming up
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so how is it that many times we block
ourselves and we use these words almost
like we’re in a trance like with
sleepwalking through life that we find
ways to cancel out our dreams that I
think that but is a dream killer that 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
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see but will cause 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 now give your goal watching you
retire
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 and really will tell you some true
stories about people because you have to
judge the 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
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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 stop 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 going to 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 it I 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 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 into an
early grave 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
living there’s no guarantees you’re
going to 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
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 clear 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 if not
pursuing your break you take it to your
grave with you and that’s what most
people do think that’s why the guy said
that many people got aged 21 don’t get
there to tell they’re 65 they’re Walking
Dead you can tell them by the way they
walk
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you got to have life if you excited
about what you’re doing even in the area
selling you know people don’t buy
because of logical reasoning people buy
because of your way of feeling 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 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 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 the on
that door and he said freedom
but very few people would select a duty
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 there
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memo’s choose an active living death
many moles are Walking Dead The Walking
Dead that we’re not doing what we want
to do many must 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 is turned
toxic we go through life living dead
people even if I I think don’t work out
even if I experienced defeat a failure
that does not make me a failure it’s a
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
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you can either live your dreams or live
your fears and I think the majority of
people actually are not living their
dreams but are living their fears so I
want to ask you a question what are your
fears
what are you afraid of what are you
scared of because we all have fears
don’t we all have something that’s
blocking us that’s holding us back and
as we begin to look at life what we
realize is that the reason that most
people are not living out their true
potential and not doing all of the
things and they would really like to do
it’s because of fear some people call
fear false evidence or expectations
appearing real
one of the things that you fear that’s
been keeping you from living your dream
that’s been keeping you from doing some
things that you would like to do let’s
think about those things and how do we
begin to handle that Abraham Maslow said
that the life is about growth and he
said you can either go back to your
comfort zone there you won’t finding you
grow or you must willing be willing to
go forward and face your fears again and
again and again because you’re never
going to have a a fear free exists I
mean some fear is acceptable and
legitimate there are some things that
you you really should be afraid of now
you shouldn’t allow it to immobilize you
you acknowledge it you take it into
account and you carry yourself
accordingly your time that we should
proceed with caution
but it’s the difference between being
stopped by fear it’s the difference
between having a fear and the fear
having you so what do we do one
acknowledging and knowing that it’s okay
don’t condemn yourself for being afraid
it’s perfectly fine to have some fears
you acknowledge your fears you embrace
those fears and then you move on you act
on whatever it is that you fear because
once you embrace it see what you resist
will persist what you resist will
persist so one of the most important
things is is to begin to embrace your
fear
being worthy being capable having what
you need to make your worthwhile person
and that you’re more than able and that
you deserve to be listened to or you
deserve to have that dream and that
passion or whatever it is that you see
and envision there you’ve got to see it
in your mind’s eye so deciding as you
look at your life that you look into the
future and say what fears am i holding
on to what fears that I’m a lying to
imprison me that’s keeping me from
breaking out that’s keeping me from
living up to my true potential that’s
keeping me from really being happy
that’s keeping me from having a sense of
adventure and excitement in my life
what’s what’s keeping me from
controlling my destiny what fears and
I’m giving that permission to notice
what I said that we must give our
permission to fear to immobilizes
because whatever discomfort you
experience whatever challenges of
difficulty that it is you got to handle
got to go up in there and wrestle with
will it be easy no will it be
challenging yes friend of mine who’s
going into recovery
he’s been addicted to crack cocaine for
years and alcohol he was talking about
how challenging it was and while he was
dreading going on going into cold turkey
I said what do you want me to tell you
that it’s going to be a picnic no it’s
not it’s going to kick your butt yes it
is are you going to want to die yes yes
that’s a part of it but that’s just what
you must go through in order to get
where you want to go and guess what you
are strong enough to do it you’re strong
enough and your life is worth whatever
you have to go through to get past this
addiction whatever you have to do this
dream you got whatever you want to do
will it be easy to just run out then do
it no will it happen overnight now will
it be a struggle yes will there be times
when you can’t make ends meet yes that’s
a part of it
will be times you won’t know what to do
yes that’s a part of it
that you accept yourself then you accept
the fear as a fact and not a force so
when you accept yourself and you accept
fear as a fact that means that it’s
something that happens it’s something
that you’re going to experience but it
is not a force to hold you back it
doesn’t have any special power other
than that that you give it so you accept
the fact that you are afraid and then
you move on anyhow you move on past it
and you do whatever you’ve got to do
you’ve got to have a good conversation
to you say hey and answer yourself to
don’t pay these people in the attention
you answer yourself hey what you own do
I’m going in get off all right very good
go on and take care of is you’ve got to
talk to yourself and you build yourself
up and you’ll feel your energy level
coming up and people will feel that
around you see now you go through life
being a plank people can sense that they
can pick up that fear so that’s why
you’ve got to stand up inside yourself
see when you are not filling your life
with the things that you are capable of
doing so we all have some stuff that
we’ve been given and I don’t think that
it’s optional for us to sit on what we
have see if you’re sitting on what you
have what you’ve been given I think
everybody’s been given something to
bring to the planet that only you can do
that only you can perform that only you
can initiate that activity and if you
don’t do that if you’re not filling in
your life with your life work or your
mission then there are gaps in your life
and what we do when we’re not living out
our true identity we begin to fill the
gaps we fill the holes with garbage
alcohol drugs worry self-destructive
behavior so when you begin to look at
your life and you know that that you’re
not doing what you can do because you
have allowed yourself to be held captive
by your fears
now when you don’t have a true
appreciation and acceptance for who you
are and you allow yourself to be
immobilized by fear what happens in the
process is that you begin to abuse
yourself you begin to sabotage your life
you begin to sabotage your dreams you
begin to unconsciously work against
yourself
you become your own worst enemy so what
do you do about that
well you you begin to realize that your
dream and your gifts have so much
meaning and so much value for you till
your hunger for
them will begin to push you past the
fear your hunger to have them will give
you a special dry as you work on
yourself as you begin to acknowledge
your true identity the true power that
you have the true capacity you have to
bring about change the miracle-working
power that you have within yourself to
do the things that you want to do
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