Daily Motivations - DECIDE TO WIN

Episode Date: April 16, 2023

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And those things called excuses get you 0% closer to your goal. The greatest leaders lead from the back. A humility that is so powerful, it makes the impossible possible. Their light is so dim, it's numinescent. Their light is so dim, it's numinescent. Their footsteps are so quiet, they're thunderous. And their presence is so unknown, it's illustrious. As a leader, you must make your own decisions. You must fill your days with positive habits

and repeatedly complete them, day in and day out. Take your mind and your heart, combine them. Dig out your passion and build greater people of that passion. Don't preach what you can't do. Whatever you do, do not be a hypocrite. Being a leader consists of work. You must lead by example. But when I made a decision

to walk away, when I made a decision, ah, I made a decision that I was going to live the way I wanted to live. Are we always going to make the right decision? Yes or no? Absolutely not. No way in a million years. But most people don't have the guts to make the tough decisions because they want to make the right decision. So they make no decision. But for some reason or another, you've been holding back for some reason or another. You just have not been able to gather your nerves or be able to work through the procrastinating or putting it off or justifying or blaming.

Some reason or another, you just haven't done it. I want you to know that your life right now is the sum total of your decisions. So I need you to do me a favor. I need you from this day forward for the rest of your life, make a decision. Decision-making is the force that shapes destiny, personal, corporate, business destiny. So if you're going to control your life, the way you take control is by making new choices. If you don't like how things are, what do you got to do? Change it. And to change it, you have to make a decision. And by the way, leaders make decisions. That's what makes somebody a leader. They have the guts to make the most difficult decisions nobody else has the guts to make. And they know they're going

to be wrong. But if they're wrong, what do they do? They'll know what they want and see if it's not working and they'll do what? Change it, which means they'll make another decision, do something new and see if it works. That's the essence of how we grow. You know what I did to get where I am right now? I made a decision. Some decisions are major decisions. And also there are a lot of small decisions that we don't make. That they tax our minds.

They drain our energy. They create a lot of anxiety and nervousness. And mental torment. Because we don't take care of it. We decide not to decide. Which is a decision. Deciding to decide, to act, is a major, major challenge for all of us. At different points, in different areas of our lives.

And there are things that happen to us along the way. Experiences that we have that prevent us from working through the mental block of acting, of doing those things that we know we ought to do. What is there that you know you need to do, that you want to do this, but for some reason or another, you've been holding back for some reason or another you just have not been able to gather your nerds or be able to work through the procrastinating or putting it off or justifying or blaming some reason or another you just haven't done it and you know you want to do this you really want to do this but you don't know why you haven't done it.

Because in order to begin to reinvent your life, you've got to make a conscious, deliberate, determined effort. That you really got to put all of yourself into it. It's very challenging to act, to do those things. There that times when you're looking at it and you say, I know I need to do this, but I don't feel like it. I don't want to do it. I know I need to do it, yet leave me alone. No.

I don't want to do it. I think that among the things that prevent us from acting is the fear of failure. And if you've already failed, you don't want to fail again. The pain of that, the disappointment, the fear of loss is another thing. Because many times when we do those things that we know we need to do, we feel that we might lose somebody that we love very much and care about. We don't want to hurt anybody.

Many of us don't act because we want other people's approval. We want everybody to like us and to accept us. And that's not possible. Many of us don't do the things that we want to do and don't act because of lack of self-confidence We don't believe enough in ourselves Some people won't act until there's a crisis situation We don't have the courage, and that's what it takes, courage It takes guts to do that which you know you need to do

If you don't have the courage to act Life many times will move on you and make you up. Life will whoop your butt so bad. You will be so miserable. You will catch so much hell. You say, yes, I will do it. What do you want me to do? Take me.

See, many things we don't do is because of the fact we want people to like us. There's some necessary losses in life. When you decide acting in your best interest, you're going to lose some friends. Everybody's not going to approve of you. There's some people that won't like you. Who do you think you are? You're arrogant. What do you think you can do? You think you can get away with that? You're selfish. Ask yourself, what's blocking you?

What's preventing you from acting? Why don't you have the courage to handle that? Why won't you face that? What are you running away from? What kind of avoidance behavior are you engaged in? Welcome to Daily Motivation, where you get motivated and inspired. Exercise your willpower to change direction. Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose, go for something beyond what you thought you could do,

face all your fears, that's how you conquer them. Say, here's what I'm afraid of, I wonder what I could do to change that. Pick a new destination and start going that way. Now you can change one little degree at a time, or if you want to, you can revolutionize the whole thing who says you couldn't revolutionize the whole thing in a week's time and start a brand new direction that will most assuredly help you arrive in a brand new place a year from now three years from now no telling five years from now where you could arrive. Use your willpower to start the process. Anybody can change. You don't

have to repeat last year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year. Watch it make the difference. I want you to know when you dream your dream that there are other people who are dreaming the exact same dream. When you said to yourself, when the ball comes out, this is what I want to accomplish. You're not the only person that wants to accomplish it. And now I ask you this question. What do you do when a thousand other people want exactly what you want? What do you do when you're not the only one that wants to make a million dollars in your company? You're not the only one that wants to be a CEO.

What if you're not the only one that wants what you want? What if there are thousands of other people who wants what you want what if there are thousands of other people who want what you want you have to outwork them you gotta outcry them you gotta get up earlier you gotta stay up later you've gotta execute and you've gotta go from 70 to 120. I wish I could tell you 70 is enough enough, but it's not going to happen. So I need you to understand something. You can have it if you want it, but the bigger the dream, the harder to grind. We're taught in football to fight from the first whistle to the last whistle.

It doesn't matter how tired you are. It doesn't matter how much pain you're in. And it doesn't matter what that scoreboard says. You give it everything you got. And I know I've been through a lot in my life. Things that most people would give up going through. But as long as I have breath in my lungs, I'm going to fight for the life I deserve. For the life that my family deserves.

And I challenge you, whatever you're going through, it doesn't matter what you're going through. To leave it all out on the field. To fight for four quarters. Because as long as there's time left on that clock, you're still in the game. So never give up. You've lost again and again and again. The lights are cut off, but you're still looking at your dream, reviewing it every day and say to yourself,

it's not over until I win. If you want to make your dream become reality, the people that are running at their dreams know that it's possible that you can live your dream. That it's necessary that you're relentless, that you have a plan of action, that you are creative. The people that are living their dream are finding winners to attach themselves to. The people that are living their dreams

are the people that know that if it's going to happen, it's up to them. And they're resolving within themselves, it's not over until I win. Listen to me very closely. Winners win. And losers lose. And there are those of you out there,

you lose it and you don't deserve to lose. You put in the work, you worked hard and you lose it. And I need you to do me a favor. This is the year to turn that around. The people that are running after their dream know they're going to have hard times. They keep on running because they're saying within themselves. I'm the one I'm the one no matter How bad it is or how bad it gets I'm going to make it The people that are running after their dreams are the people that are hungry listen to me very closely Some of you are broke

Listen to me you flat-out broke Right. You ain out broke. Right? You ain't got gas money. And we're not just talking about money. You broke in your relationship. You broke in your health. And you're not broke because you have to be. Right?

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But I'm saying that after you get off work, just like you invest in them, you need to invest in yourself. And the problem is simple. You're not investing in your idea. That you're always looking for a way to get off. Always looking for a way that you can break through. Always looking for a way that you can strike a telling blow.

And you're broke because you're not getting the eye you're not understanding the eye i told you last week it is about an invention an idea and i got to separate what i do from who i am listen to me you ain't got you can't your phone from who I am. Listen to me. You ain't got your phone getting cut off. Listen to me. You are broke. You've got to make it your personal business to make it happen.

And you've got to resolve within yourself that I can do this, that it's hard. But you've got to say, I'm the one. I'm the one to make this happen. I'm the one to become successful in this business. As you work to help other people to become successful, that feeds your success. That if you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it,

if all that you dream and scheme is for it, to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it. If all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and worthless without it, and if you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it and lose all your terror of the opposition for it, and if you simply go after that thing that you want with all of your capacity strength and sagacity faith hope and confidence and stern pertinacity if neither cold poverty famished or dull sickness of pain or body and brain can keep you away from the thing that you want if darkened and grim you besiege and beset it with the help of god you'll get it it's not over until I win. Stop worrying about what you think are your insufficiencies, your so-called weaknesses, and everything that you think you lack.

Set yourself on fire and dive into the deep. Because the deep is where the living is. And it's time for you to rise and live life on your terms authenticity is your weapon you can't go to the top worried about rejection be yourself and make no apologies for it make a declaration of your liberation boldly step out onto the stage of the world. Strip down naked and expose the real you. Grab the light of fluid. Set yourself on fire and the world will come see you burn. I wish I didn't take life so seriously. I wish I didn't take life so seriously. I wish I didn't take life so seriously. I wish I lived more.

I wish I gave more happiness to my family. I wish I knew how precious life was, how fleeting, how special, and at the same time fragile and insignificant. I wish I didn't give up on my dreams so easy. One day, life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching. When we look back on our life, in our last breaths, we will all wonder, did my life mean anything?

Did my life mean anything to this world? Was I loved? Did I have an impact on anyone else's world? Was I loved? Did I have an impact on anyone else's life? Did I matter? We won't be worried about our bills. We won't be worried about our hair. We certainly won't care about our favorite tv show we won't spare a second thought of others opinions and judgments did i matter before you reach that last breath today might be the time to make a change make your life matter one day it will be over there will be two dates

either side of a dash make sure that dash is not empty make sure it is full of life full of living Oscar Wilde once said to live is the rarest thing in the world most people exist that is all and he was right don't live like everyone else existing be extraordinary live every moment with passion and wonder don't take anything or anyone for granted. What is important to you? What dreams do you have? Go get them. What are you waiting for?

You only have one shot. If you miss the target, at least you will live with pride, knowing you have no regrets. Who do you love? Who loved you tell them tell them now you never know when it will be your last chance don't take this magical thing called life for granted keep your head when everyone else is losing theirs trust yourself when everyone else doubts you. Master your dreams when all others give up on theirs. Be the captain when everyone else is content being the crew. Be the lion when all others are playing sheep.

Be the leader when all others are following. Live each day as if it may be your last on earth. It may be. Leave your legacy. And as Zen Shi says, a flower does not think about competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. And that's really your job, is to see the outside world, to see the flower next to you, to understand the amazing things that are happening all around you. All of the incredible people and the essence of what they have

and what it is that they've done to bring inside yourself and find out what does that Look like when it's me Not what do I look like when I'm them and once you understand the difference between that then you can really Begin to be something unique you can become that thing that you were meant to be that thing that makes you feel alive and whole And that's it. That's the secret You're just trying to be something not that's just inspiring to other people, but that you actually want to wake up every day and be. And that's the thing about it. There's no escaping you. Whatever you become, a lie, the truth,

somebody else, yourself, whatever it is, you spend every day of your life there. And as Albert Einstein said, everybody's a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it's stupid. And that's what confuses people. People believe that they're dumb because they're not finding their path. They're not defining things based on what excites them and what they want to live with every day. They're just looking to what the outside world says is good and I think it's incredible that there are other people doing things that are so extraordinary that we aspire to be like that but you have to understand the difference between being like someone

and trying to actually be so if what inspires you is that somebody works hard work hard if what inspires you is that somebody works hard, work hard. If what inspires you is that somebody gets up every time they fail, get up every time you fail. If what you like is that they are themselves with all their weird eccentricities and quirks, then be true to your eccentricities and quirks. But don't try to embody their eccentricities and quirks. That's the surest way to become the fish that thinks it's stupid because it's being judged by trying to climb a tree. So as Scott Belsky said,

when 99% of the people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history. And that's the terrifying part. You're not going to know. You're not going to know the difference. But if you're chasing somebody else's path, if your whole game is emulation, if your whole game is to mimic that which inspires you, you will never find the thing that's real about you. And look, I don't know about you, but I can be wrong. I can be gravely wrong. I can have people think me an idiot and try something and fail as

long as it was true to me. Because then the lesson I'm gonna learn is going to apply it's gonna take me another step closer to actually being the person that I want to become that I want to live with every day I can't be that if I don't understand who I want to be so look inward identify your path identify what excites you and go after it as if your life depends on it. Because in truth it does. When I was young, I did not know who and what I wanted to be. And so I was influenced by the things that I seen with my eyes. And what I seen with my eyes is what I wanted to become.

Why do you think you need to wait until you get a little older to become the things that you want to become in life? The problem is not making money. Because at some point, we're all going to make some money. The problem is what do you do when you make your money? Eventually we're going to get old, real old, and it's about you. It's about you. So this is what I want to leave you with. When you make the decision, and I want everybody to hear me on this even the adults in the room when you make the decision to do what you want to do with your life just know this because the family and the friends in your life do not share your vision in most cases they will be the first

person to try and talk you out of what you want to do with your life but know this only those that can see the invisible can do the impossible so because you don't because they don't see what you see doesn't mean that you're supposed to settle and not do the things that god has sent you in your mind and your spirit because if you don't control pain it'll control you i am the greatest we all have different talents some of you will be doctors some lawyers some scientists some educators some nurses some preachers the most selfish thing you can do in this world is help someone else why is is it selfish? Because the gratification, the goodness that comes to you, the good feeling, the good feeling that I get from helping others, nothing's better than that. That's where the success is. True desire in the heart, that itch

that you have, whatever it is you want to do, that thing that you want to do to help others and to grow and to make money, that desire, that itch, that's proof to you. Sit beforehand already to indicate that it's yours. And anything you want good, you can have. So claim it. Work hard to get it. When you get it, reach back. Pull someone else up. Each one, teach one.

I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves. It's a great tragedy. People employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life. You don't think about Michael Jordan, the basketball player, and say, oh, he was just like this other player. No. You don't even say he was like this player plus that player, divided by two plus this. No.

It's Michael Jordan. I hope you'll turn toward the problem of your choosing. I hope you'll drop everything. And I hope you'll solve it. This is your life. This is your moment. And it is all down to you. Always gets worse before it gets better.

It's supposed to be that way. The journey you're embarking on here with NFT28 is not an easy path. It's not for the ill-hearted or the weak-needled. It's for the strong people. And before you embark on this journey, mentally, you have to prepare yourself for it. No one is going to get worse before it gets better when you embark this journey you must know that it's gonna go down before it comes up but when it comes up it's gonna go so much higher than you've ever been sacrificing today for tomorrow's betterment sharpen your arsenal for perfection and what you can be but if you didn't

know that mentally you didn't prepare for that, you think something's wrong, maybe it's time to stop. No, it's time to move even further. You have to be equipped mentally to endure this process. Knowing what you're about to go into is step one. Knowing it's an uphill battle, but a winnable one and one that's achievable. And at the end of this race, guys, you're going to be more capable. The first step, guys, is knowing it's a tough road. But through that effort, build a character the person you want to

be at the end. Except that how else do we stay on track? We document everything. Know where we are, guys, you must first know where we've been. I have a dream today. Don't get caught up in Well, I've tried it four or five times and things didn't work out. If there's something that you want and you're hungry for it, you've got to do whatever is necessary until. And when you give the best you can and that's not enough, you must do what is required. And don't give up on yourself.

Don't throw the towel in so quickly. Many people give up on the one yard line. Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference. They were never versions of someone else. They were themselves. Ask him, said, how were you able in spite of all of that negative publicity saying that you couldn't win, how did

you do it? He said, I ignored my critics. I just didn't pay any attention to them. I ignored myself because they kept on saying it so much. There were times I doubted whether or not I can do what I needed to do. See, the last chapter to your life has not been written yet. And it doesn't matter about what happened yesterday.

It doesn't matter about the things that you've done that you feel guilty about. If you wouldn't do it today, you're convicting an innocent person. So I really want to be a certain kind of person. And I get a massive amount of chemical joy for being the kind of person I want to be. Acting in accordance with that. Being tough. Doing the work. Grinding it out.

Pushing forward. Having a goal. Going after it. Developing myself. Being the learner. Like seeing how much potential I can actually wring out of myself. Because this is what I do because, because of that neurochemical rush that I get every time where, don't let Chase hear this, but like when I'm up and I'm working at 4 a.m. and I know all my employees are sleeping, all my competitors are sleeping, and I'm grinding it out. And when

I got up at 4 a.m. and I was working my ass off because you're wasting your life if you do all of that for something that you don't care about. And this is where it gets terrifying. You've got to be excited about the future that you're building is where it gets terrifying. You've got to be excited about the future that you're building. That is the key. You've got to be really amped up about it. It's got to give you energy. When you think about doing that thing, it's got to really amp you up. And if it doesn't, then dear God, what are you doing? There's no moral obligation to go hard and live your life like I live mine. But man, let me tell you right now, if you're not doing things that excite you, if there's nothing in

your life that you've built into this incredible pyre of excitement, you are really missing out. Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. The disproportional reason so many people in here will not win. Let's just get right to the chase. The disproportionate reason that most people in this room will not win is actually not the hard work, which is what I'm gonna talk about probably for the next 45 minutes.

It's your lack of patience. I think there's literally 300 million different ways to win in the US. There is no blueprint, there is no exact way. It only comes down to being able to factor in the 40 or 50 indexes, input points, context points around your life. And then navigating through that.

And so what I really want is for people to understand don't do it like me, don't do it like you, don't do it like Zucks, don't do it like Trapp, don't do it like Cuban. And the lack of patience is what hurts so many people. If you decide in any particular area that you're concerned about to make a conscious, deliberate, determined effort to read one book a month in that area, in five years, you'll be among the top 5% experts in the world. I read a minimum of two books a week. The average American reads only one book

a year. If you decide that area that you love, that you are going to master that particular area in this era of accelerated change, overwhelming complexity and tremendous competition, as you begin to develop and expand your skills and your talents and your vision of yourself you will always be in control of your destiny and I'm saying to them you can live your dream it was hard ladies and gentlemen it was very difficult to pick myself up each day believing that I could do it there were times that I doubted myself. I said, God, why is this happening to me?

I'm just trying to take care of my children and my mother. I'm not trying to steal or rob from anybody. How did this have to happen to me? It was very hard. And here's what I want to say to you. For those of you that have experienced some hardships, don't give up on your dream. No one could have convinced me by holding on, by continuing to push forward, by continuing to run toward my dream, that one day I would have my own talk show.

It's a long shot, ladies and gentlemen, from Liberty City, an abandoned building on a floor, never knowing my mother or father. It's a long shot being here with you today in this dome in Atlanta. It's a long shot. No college training, labeled, educable, mentally retarded, but I kept running toward my dream. You're lost again and again and again. The lights are cut off, but you're still looking at your dream,

reviewing it every day and say to yourself, it's not over until I win! Thanks for listening. Kindly support the movement of this podcast by supporting us or subscribing to our premium content for more exclusive stuff. When you do so, you also get a shout out in our next episode. Thank you.