what do you want how to life no to be
happy to be happy I want the American
[Music]
99% of people that say stuff like that
are not willing to do what it takes to
make their dreams come true
[Music]
you don’t stop or not start because of
what you don’t have you don’t start
because you don’t realize yet that the
fruit of everything good in life begins
with the challenge it’s not going to
come to you and it’s not going to fall
in your lap and it’s not going to be
something that oh my gosh
it just was so simple it’s always going
to be difficult
[Music]
if you’re stuck that’s the problem the
problem is you’re you’re in your head
you’re thinking that is the universal
problem and it all starts with this
knowledge of what to do and then you
hesitate you think about whether or not
decision-making is really good decision
means that you’re cutting away the side
incise it it means that you’re cutting
away obstacles you’re cutting away
hindrances you’re shifting priorities
that Europe you’re you’re eliminating
the hindrances of your mind and in your
habits so that you can begin to see
if we don’t remind ourself to be happy
we won’t self-will ourselves more often
do the things that will help you to
someday be the person that you want to
be
set your life on fire seek those who fan
your flames the filly translation of
that is don’t be hanging with no Jang
casts Joker’s that don’t help you shine
the prerequisite for spending time with
any person is that they nourish and
inspire you
they feed your flame look at your last
five text messages are those people
feeding your flames or dousing your fire
put your phone down for just a second
and look around look to the people
around you are those people throwing
logs on your fire or they piss it on you
as Martin Luther said even if I knew
that tomorrow the world would go to
pieces I would still plant my apple tree
some things you build whether you can
control the outcome or not sometimes
it’s the process that is the thing
that’s meant to be enjoyed it’s the
process that you’re meant to invest in
and rather than always thinking about
the goal the outcome or what you’re
going to get out of something focus on
to something focus on the part of it
that you can control because you can’t
always control the outcome you can’t
know what’s gonna happen tomorrow
tomorrow’s not guaranteed to any of us
and yet we all Act and yet we create
momentum in our lives when we’re at our
best but we do that not because we can
control every aspect we do that because
we accept that there are things that we
cannot control and as steve maraboli
said incredible change happens in your
life when you decide to take control of
what you do have power over instead of
craving control over what you don’t and
that’s where a lot of people get lost
they focus not on what they have in
their hands they focus instead on the
things that they can’t control it
irritates them it frustrates them it’s
like a splinter in their mind they can’t
stop thinking about the things that they
don’t have control over and they’re
blinded to the incredible wealth that is
around them of things that they could
enjoy right here right now
that’s why gratitude is such an
empowering practice to sit there and not
think of the glorious things may await
you in your
but rather to think about the things
that you have here in this moment oxygen
in your lungs a simple breeze on your
face a window in your house someone that
you love someone that loves you nothing
that costs money nothing that was the
pot of gold at the end of a glorious
rainbow it’s not even about becoming
something extraordinary and waiting for
the results of that it’s simply
understanding that the one thing you can
control are your actions today the
choices that you make what you get to do
how you think about yourself the beliefs
you choose to bring into your life those
things you control and when you
understand the power in acknowledging
that control and taking control and
using it that’s when your life is gonna
begin to change but first you have to
divorce yourself from being obsessively
interested only in an outcome if instead
you build your self-esteem you build
your pride on pursuit you build your
pride on allowing yourself to care about
something so deeply that even though
tomorrow is not guaranteed that you’re
going to plant your apple tree today
that you’re going to love that process
because it is the thing that you can
control you can control how you show up
you can control how you play you cannot
control how other people react you
cannot control what they think about you
but you can control what you think about
yourself you can earn credibility with
yourself you can control what you do and
when you take full ownership of that and
realize that your life is an exact
reflection of it your choices of the
things that you could control and what
you did with them then everything begins
to change you’re not looking to blame
somebody else you’re not even worried
anybody else you’re just asking one
simple question
what can I do right now regardless of
tomorrow to improve my life today focus
there and you’ll enjoy every day of your
life the two things I want to say are
got to be the hardest workers in the
room and don’t the opportunity out let
me just speak from the heart
speak from my gut and really not have
anything prepared but just tell you
what’s worked for me and maybe some of
the stuff that’s work for me might work
for you now currently presently as you
guys have your goals and ambitions the
first thing I just want to say is this
idea and this notion that you could be
anything you want you can accomplish
anything you want right we hear that
you’ve heard that from the time you were
little boys you hear that now you can
win an NBA championship MVP of the
league you could become president you
could become governor you can have you
could be in
and you could be an entertainment you
could do Charles and you do shacking
who’s that you could do whatever you
want to do you guys know that the thing
that has worked for me is to remember
the hard times so and I’m sure you guys
all have your processes and again I’m
going to tell you what to work for me so
before a big movie comes out before back
in the days when I was wrestling with
WWE a WrestleMania match anything big
that would happen I would always take a
moment and I just remind myself all
right I was evicted when I was 14 we
were kicked off the island we couldn’t
live in Hawaii had no place to live what
happened then when I moved to Nashville
I was arrested multiple times by the
time I was 16 years old I got remember
that but before I lace up before I get
on the court before I playing these big
games before I go to the Staples Center
where history says those are those are
historical halls to her at the Staples
Center I would remember that and it
allows me then to be present in the
moment and understand how the stuff I
have around me right now this is it that
I dreamed up when I was a kid I am here
I played for University of Miami played
great teams Warren Sapp where Lewis it
were my teammates they were ballin
Warren Sapp was playing tight in that
time I was starting defensive tackle
yeah it moved him over to Deline
and he looked at me he’s like yo dude
I’m gonna take your spot I said you
ain’t taking my place someone take you
they can imagine I live with me because
there goes my opportunity he women
switch to defensive tackle dip the world
on fire well what that did it quests me
to crush my dreams I had a piss-poor
senior year zero production no NFL no
combine invite nothing finally went to
the CFL Calgary Stampeders make it $250
a week Canadian Canadian I just send
that poem to my my wife at that time I
had no money so I remember that I got
cut from Canada I had 7 bucks in my
pocket
and I always tell that story so now my
production company is seven bucks
advertising agency seven bucks
everything is seven bucks it’s always
remember that what helps me is to keep
the hard times in the front of my mind
because allows me to go into these big
moments that I’ve worked my ass off and
you guys worked your ass off it allows
me to go into these big moments with a
different perspective what it also does
for me and again this just this is what
works for me
I keep my back excuse my language my
back is up against this every day it’s
against my language
but it’s up against us because it’s what
I believe in them when my back is
against it then there’s nowhere to go
[Music]
but that way that’s it the Marines have
a saying everybody wants to go to heaven
but nobody wants to die at some point
you’ve got to be tired of not being
number one we’ve got work every day
I believe in self maximization I think
you should do everything that you can to
be the best person that you can during
your limited time on this earth if
you’re bored with life if you don’t get
up every morning with a burning desire
to do things you don’t have enough
clothes if it’s easy do it easy if it’s
the only thing that should be stable in
[Applause]
the question isn’t can you handle the
situation the question is can you handle
your mind can you manage the thoughts
and the emotions that are trying to
poison your province forget managing the
situation
easy choices are like hard choices easy
life the hard choices what we most fear
doing asking saying these are very often
and the biggest challenges and problems
we face will never be solved with
comfortable conversations whether it’s
in your own head both other people
your footprints to success are really
footprints of success every step is the
[Music]
you [Music]
happy to be happy I want the American
[Music]
99% of people that say stuff like that
are not willing to do what it takes to
make their dreams come true
[Music]
you don’t stop or not start because of
what you don’t have you don’t start
because you don’t realize yet that the
fruit of everything good in life begins
with the challenge it’s not going to
come to you and it’s not going to fall
in your lap and it’s not going to be
something that oh my gosh
it just was so simple it’s always going
to be difficult
[Music]
if you’re stuck that’s the problem the
problem is you’re you’re in your head
you’re thinking that is the universal
problem and it all starts with this
knowledge of what to do and then you
hesitate you think about whether or not
decision-making is really good decision
means that you’re cutting away the side
incise it it means that you’re cutting
away obstacles you’re cutting away
hindrances you’re shifting priorities
that Europe you’re you’re eliminating
the hindrances of your mind and in your
habits so that you can begin to see
if we don’t remind ourself to be happy
we won’t self-will ourselves more often
do the things that will help you to
someday be the person that you want to
be
set your life on fire seek those who fan
your flames the filly translation of
that is don’t be hanging with no Jang
casts Joker’s that don’t help you shine
the prerequisite for spending time with
any person is that they nourish and
inspire you
they feed your flame look at your last
five text messages are those people
feeding your flames or dousing your fire
put your phone down for just a second
and look around look to the people
around you are those people throwing
logs on your fire or they piss it on you
as Martin Luther said even if I knew
that tomorrow the world would go to
pieces I would still plant my apple tree
some things you build whether you can
control the outcome or not sometimes
it’s the process that is the thing
that’s meant to be enjoyed it’s the
process that you’re meant to invest in
and rather than always thinking about
the goal the outcome or what you’re
going to get out of something focus on
to something focus on the part of it
that you can control because you can’t
always control the outcome you can’t
know what’s gonna happen tomorrow
tomorrow’s not guaranteed to any of us
and yet we all Act and yet we create
momentum in our lives when we’re at our
best but we do that not because we can
control every aspect we do that because
we accept that there are things that we
cannot control and as steve maraboli
said incredible change happens in your
life when you decide to take control of
what you do have power over instead of
craving control over what you don’t and
that’s where a lot of people get lost
they focus not on what they have in
their hands they focus instead on the
things that they can’t control it
irritates them it frustrates them it’s
like a splinter in their mind they can’t
stop thinking about the things that they
don’t have control over and they’re
blinded to the incredible wealth that is
around them of things that they could
enjoy right here right now
that’s why gratitude is such an
empowering practice to sit there and not
think of the glorious things may await
you in your
but rather to think about the things
that you have here in this moment oxygen
in your lungs a simple breeze on your
face a window in your house someone that
you love someone that loves you nothing
that costs money nothing that was the
pot of gold at the end of a glorious
rainbow it’s not even about becoming
something extraordinary and waiting for
the results of that it’s simply
understanding that the one thing you can
control are your actions today the
choices that you make what you get to do
how you think about yourself the beliefs
you choose to bring into your life those
things you control and when you
understand the power in acknowledging
that control and taking control and
using it that’s when your life is gonna
begin to change but first you have to
divorce yourself from being obsessively
interested only in an outcome if instead
you build your self-esteem you build
your pride on pursuit you build your
pride on allowing yourself to care about
something so deeply that even though
tomorrow is not guaranteed that you’re
going to plant your apple tree today
that you’re going to love that process
because it is the thing that you can
control you can control how you show up
you can control how you play you cannot
control how other people react you
cannot control what they think about you
but you can control what you think about
yourself you can earn credibility with
yourself you can control what you do and
when you take full ownership of that and
realize that your life is an exact
reflection of it your choices of the
things that you could control and what
you did with them then everything begins
to change you’re not looking to blame
somebody else you’re not even worried
anybody else you’re just asking one
simple question
what can I do right now regardless of
tomorrow to improve my life today focus
there and you’ll enjoy every day of your
life the two things I want to say are
got to be the hardest workers in the
room and don’t the opportunity out let
me just speak from the heart
speak from my gut and really not have
anything prepared but just tell you
what’s worked for me and maybe some of
the stuff that’s work for me might work
for you now currently presently as you
guys have your goals and ambitions the
first thing I just want to say is this
idea and this notion that you could be
anything you want you can accomplish
anything you want right we hear that
you’ve heard that from the time you were
little boys you hear that now you can
win an NBA championship MVP of the
league you could become president you
could become governor you can have you
could be in
and you could be an entertainment you
could do Charles and you do shacking
who’s that you could do whatever you
want to do you guys know that the thing
that has worked for me is to remember
the hard times so and I’m sure you guys
all have your processes and again I’m
going to tell you what to work for me so
before a big movie comes out before back
in the days when I was wrestling with
WWE a WrestleMania match anything big
that would happen I would always take a
moment and I just remind myself all
right I was evicted when I was 14 we
were kicked off the island we couldn’t
live in Hawaii had no place to live what
happened then when I moved to Nashville
I was arrested multiple times by the
time I was 16 years old I got remember
that but before I lace up before I get
on the court before I playing these big
games before I go to the Staples Center
where history says those are those are
historical halls to her at the Staples
Center I would remember that and it
allows me then to be present in the
moment and understand how the stuff I
have around me right now this is it that
I dreamed up when I was a kid I am here
I played for University of Miami played
great teams Warren Sapp where Lewis it
were my teammates they were ballin
Warren Sapp was playing tight in that
time I was starting defensive tackle
yeah it moved him over to Deline
and he looked at me he’s like yo dude
I’m gonna take your spot I said you
ain’t taking my place someone take you
they can imagine I live with me because
there goes my opportunity he women
switch to defensive tackle dip the world
on fire well what that did it quests me
to crush my dreams I had a piss-poor
senior year zero production no NFL no
combine invite nothing finally went to
the CFL Calgary Stampeders make it $250
a week Canadian Canadian I just send
that poem to my my wife at that time I
had no money so I remember that I got
cut from Canada I had 7 bucks in my
and I always tell that story so now my
production company is seven bucks
advertising agency seven bucks
everything is seven bucks it’s always
remember that what helps me is to keep
the hard times in the front of my mind
because allows me to go into these big
moments that I’ve worked my ass off and
you guys worked your ass off it allows
me to go into these big moments with a
different perspective what it also does
for me and again this just this is what
works for me
I keep my back excuse my language my
back is up against this every day it’s
against my language
but it’s up against us because it’s what
I believe in them when my back is
against it then there’s nowhere to go
[Music]
but that way that’s it the Marines have
a saying everybody wants to go to heaven
but nobody wants to die at some point
you’ve got to be tired of not being
number one we’ve got work every day
I believe in self maximization I think
you should do everything that you can to
be the best person that you can during
your limited time on this earth if
you’re bored with life if you don’t get
up every morning with a burning desire
to do things you don’t have enough
clothes if it’s easy do it easy if it’s
the only thing that should be stable in
[Applause]
the question isn’t can you handle the
situation the question is can you handle
your mind can you manage the thoughts
and the emotions that are trying to
poison your province forget managing the
situation
easy choices are like hard choices easy
life the hard choices what we most fear
doing asking saying these are very often
and the biggest challenges and problems
we face will never be solved with
comfortable conversations whether it’s
in your own head both other people
your footprints to success are really
footprints of success every step is the
[Music]
you [Music]
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