Daily Motivations - ITS MY TIME

Episode Date: May 27, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome back, everyone. I want to take a moment to thank our sponsor, The Healthy Hormone Club, for supporting today's episode. The Healthy Hormone Club provides accessible, affordable, safe, and holistic bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to women in menopause and perimenopause. They are on a mission to end the stigma, suffering, and silence around menopause
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Starting point is 00:03:13 I stand here. In my greatness. I own my light. I own my brilliance. I am bold. I am courageous. I am bold. I am courageous. I'm perfect in my imperfection. This is my time.
Starting point is 00:03:37 This is my time. I'm bright enough. I'm old enough. I'm young enough. I've experienced enough. I'm old enough I'm young enough I've experienced enough I'm wise enough I understand that I am
Starting point is 00:03:54 enough Breathe Own it on it in order to achieve greatness you must first believe you can what's the biggest challenge that most of these individuals have what's the common challenge they don't believe man you know it's it's um it's all mental and people don't get it and everybody wants to say okay well here go 10 steps to okay lewis said do eight et said do nine you know this I believe in you
Starting point is 00:04:47 when somebody says no matter what happens whether it succeeds or fails I'm going to be by your side that's when I have the confidence to do difficult things wow so it's the people in my life
Starting point is 00:04:59 you should recognize the potential in yourself and love yourself enough to make the changes that produce the best possible version of yourself or how do you overcome self-doubt how do you overcome self-doubt help someone else overcome self-doubt i love that i love that overcome self-doubt by helping like and it's not a selfish thing i'm only helping you so i can you have to genuinely love and commit to the person so it's not the car the house or whatever it is that internal goal that internal why and so for me i just think that's it like that like you ah it's
Starting point is 00:05:32 just it's something within and you gotta pull it out and so it's easy when you have a why a purpose i'm doing it for this i'm doing it for that it's easy to get up and get going but if it's just for a car what happens when you get the car because you can buy it what happens when you get the house and you can buy the. What happens when you get the house? And you can buy the house. The only reason you're not the best right now is because you don't believe you're the best. Nah. You can learn all the techniques in the world.
Starting point is 00:05:53 If you don't believe in yourself, it won't happen for you. You have got to stand up to that voice. You've got to sell yourself every day on your abilities, on what you're doing, on the goal that you want to reach. You've got to sell yourself every day, every day, every day. According to your level of belief,
Starting point is 00:06:19 it will manifest itself in what you're doing. Whatever we have right now, whatever we're demonstrating in our lives is a result of what we believe subconsciously that we deserve. And part of increasing that belief level is that you have got to convince yourself every day. I believe I'm the best there is. I ain't apologizing for it to anybody. I think I'm the best thing since sliced bread.
Starting point is 00:06:53 If you can't do it, you scratch, claw, and even die trying. So many people are waiting. You're waiting for things to be perfect. You're waiting for everyone to get themselves together. You're waiting for someone to invite you into the room. You're waiting for someone to give you a seat at the table. You're waiting for someone to validate your gift. You're waiting for someone to call your name.
Starting point is 00:07:24 You're waiting for someone to give you the opportunity. You're waiting for someone to call your name. You're waiting for someone to give you the opportunity. You're waiting for everything to line up. You're waiting for all the situations to come together perfectly. And I'm telling you, you cannot wait. You got to start working right now. Depression is not waiting for you to get it together. Poverty is not waiting.
Starting point is 00:07:44 Poverty is not waiting for the perfect moment, for the convenient time to get it together. Poverty is not waiting. Poverty is not waiting for the perfect moment, for the convenient time to get on you. No, no, no, no, no. Poverty will just roll up on you and disrupt your entire life. Fear is not waiting. Stress is not waiting. Your bills are not waiting.
Starting point is 00:08:04 And if fear is not going to wait to attack you, then you can't wait to attack it. If stress is not waiting to attack you, you can't wait to attack it. Whatever is in your life that's trying to bring you, it is not waiting. So you cannot wait. You have got to step up now. I'm telling you, if you're waiting for your degree before you can build a legacy, you're waiting for your father to tell you that he loves you before you can start building legacy. You mean you're waiting for there to be perfect peace in our country before you start building your legacy?
Starting point is 00:08:42 You're waiting for everything to line up before you start working building your legacy? You're waiting for everything to line up before you start working on your legacy? No, you can't do that, man. You gotta start working now. You gotta start building legacy now. You gotta start taking care of things now. You gotta get in your position now. You gotta get your life together now
Starting point is 00:09:05 You got to take this thing seriously now you got to start doing it now Now is the time to start building your marriage now is the time to start teaching and investing in your kids Now is the time to start piecing your money together and getting yourself out of debt Now is the time to start pursuing something greater now is the time to start pursuing something greater now is the time to start building the vision that god put in your heart now is the time to start saving up for the home now is the time to start making those investments in yourself you cannot wait don't wait another day don't wait another minute don't wait another moment now is your time how long are you gonna complain about what you don't have how long are you gonna complain about who didn't do it who didn't take care of you and
Starting point is 00:09:54 who didn't call you and who don't like you and what they said what they think. Who cares what they think? Who cares what they said? This is not about them. This is about me. This is about what God wants to do in me. This is about the legacy that he wants me to build. This is about the impact he wants me to make. Why am I going to put my legacy to the side in order to appease a person who don't know who I really am. Welcome to Daily Motivation, where you get motivated and inspired. Stay with us. We'll be right back. Hey there, fellow listeners. If you're passionate about fitness and wellness, then you're in for a treat with our latest ebook, The Ultimate Female Body Fitness Guide. Click the link in the episode description to grab your copy
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Starting point is 00:11:31 before it's too late. You gotta get to a place where you recognize that I'm not just here passing time I'm not just here just having fun but I'm here to build legacy I'm here to make things happen I'm here to change the world now is your time when you go to God and ask God to give you a cake, God doesn't give you a cake. God gives you eggs on Monday. He gives you flour on Tuesday. He gives you milk on Wednesday and he gives you some sugar on Thursday. And you go to God and say, hey, God, what's up? I asked for some cake. And God said, look, I gave you eggs on Monday. I gave you flour on Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:12:34 I gave you milk on Wednesday. I gave you some sugar on Thursday. And you're saying, God, no, I want cake. But what you don't realize is God did give you cake. But God doesn't give you a finished product. God just gives you the ingredients that you have to work. And when you look at your life right now, what you got to realize is that you don't have a finished product. What you have is ingredients.
Starting point is 00:12:58 And it is your responsibility to work the ingredients that you have to make the cake that you really want. Too many people are saying, when am I going to get my cake? And God is saying, hey, look what's in your hand. You've got enough milk. You got the eggs. You got the sugar. You got the flour.
Starting point is 00:13:16 It's your responsibility now to mix the things in your life together to produce the legacy that you really want. When it comes to legacy you have to recognize that you have enough right now to build the legacy that you really want oh I know you're looking at your life is saying oh this is not much him I know you're looking at everything and you're waiting for something to happen but I promise right now you have enough wisdom to build legacy right now you have enough gifting to build legacy right now you have enough wisdom to build legacy. Right now you have enough gifting to build legacy.
Starting point is 00:13:47 Right now you have enough relationships to build legacy. Right now you have enough energy to build legacy. Right now you have enough money to build legacy. And you can't wait around and hope and wait for the day everything comes together. You have to start building legacy right now as long as you keep thinking you're deficient you'll never make any progress and i need you to stop looking at what you don't have and i need you to start looking at what you do have we all spend time thinking about what we don't have oh oh i wish i had that job oh i wish i had
Starting point is 00:14:22 that car oh i wish i had that person's spouse or I wish I had their life but the truth of the matter is you got to stop looking at what you don't have and you got to start looking at what you do have what do you have right now that can help you build the legacy that you want notice I said that you have enough right now to build your legacy let me say it again you have enough right now to start building your legacy I say that because we spend so much time building other people's legacy and ignoring our own some of us spend our entire lives making sure that our employers legacy is good some of us
Starting point is 00:15:02 spend our entire lives making sure that a politician's legacy is great. Some of us spend our entire lives making sure our favorite singer, our favorite rapper, that their legacy is good. But you got to get to a place where you recognize that it's not just about the celebrity's legacy or the singer's legacy or the politician's legacy. It's about your legacy, that your life matters. Your voice matters. Your name matters. I think, I'm glad that you love your boss, but you got a legacy to build.
Starting point is 00:15:36 I'm glad that you love all your friends, but you can't spend your life building up your friend's legacy and tearing down your own. Today is the day. Today is the day. Now is the moment. Now is the time to start building your legacy. I don't know about you, but I lose my keys all the time. I always lose my keys.
Starting point is 00:16:02 And one day I lost my keys and I started complaining. Where are my keys? And I remember calling out to my wife and said, sweetie, hey, have you seen my keys? She said, no, I haven't seen keys. I said, sweetie, I need my keys. And then my wife said, sweetie, check your pockets. Now, when she said this I was insulted what you mean check my pockets why would I have to check my
Starting point is 00:16:33 pockets huh and don't you don't you think I would know if I had my keys and my posture you just think I'm dumb okay so you just think I don't know nothing. And then guess what? I checked one of my inner, inner pockets. And guess what had happened? I found out that I had my keys way down deep in my own pocket. And I started laughing and my wife started laughing. And what I realized is that it is possible that you could be looking for something that you already have. It is possible that you are looking for something that's already in your pocket.
Starting point is 00:17:17 It's possible that you are looking for a relationship that you already have. I know you think if I knew her, I knew him. But can you do me a favor? Can you open up your own phone contacts and can you start looking for your phone contact because you might find that the person that you need to be linked up to you already have their number but because you're not looking in your own pocket and you're waiting for something to show up you don't know what you already have in the midst of you right now oh I know you're waiting you're
Starting point is 00:17:44 you're waiting you're waiting but what if the knowledge that you right now oh I know you're waiting you're you're waiting you're waiting but what if the knowledge that you need is in your pocket yeah you you got enough books on your shelf right now to change the world you you keep going to buy new books well what about the old books what if you already have the knowledge of the information that you need to start the business what if you already have the knowledge of the information to get over that hurdle what if you already have the knowledge of the information to get over that hurdle what if you already have the knowledge of the information but because you wait and you are waiting for everything to come
Starting point is 00:18:09 together what if you already have the thing in your pocket right now what's in your pocket that you're overlooking what is it that you're searching for what is it that you're waiting for maybe Maybe it's already in your pocket Go ahead. You know what? Let them doubt you Go ahead. Let them overlook you Go ahead. Let them ignore you Go ahead. Let them slam the door in your face Let them not invite you because that's the fuel that you need to get in your closet with God
Starting point is 00:18:46 to get in the cage and start working to get in the dungeon and start moving some stuff that's exactly what you need because today they may be overlooking you but tomorrow they're going to need from the legacy that you built now Now is the time to start building your legacy. Now is the moment to start making your impact. You're never going to get anywhere being lazy. But I would tell you that hard work is what stands out I pursue number one at all times
Starting point is 00:19:33 but you have to be able to look at yourself I always worked hard I was never lazy I was always somebody that believed in hard work. And when you work hard and you have that sense of pride, it goes right out the window if you utilize your efforts in the wrong fashion. But when you do what's right and it's based off of that effort that you put in, Then you feel good about it because you took care of your responsibilities. Then you can go play. Can't do the playing before any of that stuff. Right. If I never try, if I don't go for this, where's that going to lead me?
Starting point is 00:20:20 Don't be scared to bet on yourself. You're going to be scared anyway because it is scary. But at the same time, betting on yourself isn't always leaving. Betting on yourself is believing in you. Knowing who you are, what you're worth,
Starting point is 00:20:37 having an idea about it anyway, and willing to work towards that to validate that reality. That's betting on yourself. Whatever decision emanates from that is based off of you looking at you and saying, I'm going for it. When you don't do that, what you have done is refrain from challenging yourself to be all you can be. You should be scared if you're clueless. You should be scared if you're ignorant to what you want to do, why you want to do it,
Starting point is 00:21:15 and how you intend to go about achieving whatever aspirations you may have. If you're going to overcome that fear at some point, knowledge is a part of the equation what is winning i challenge any human being alive and if you can't do it you scratch claw and even die trying it was about striving to do whatever you could to be the best that you can be. That is what I believe makes me the best. It's my commitment to excellence for the collective whole. I believe I'm the best there is. I ain't apologizing for it to anybody. If you don't have self-confidence, here's what you have.
Starting point is 00:22:05 You have a really bad reputation with yourself. You have built a habit of not keeping the promises you make to yourself. We've all heard this before. You need to believe and know that you're one decision, one relationship, one meeting, one book, one thought, one something away from a completely different life. Here's how I built what I would call almost superhuman confidence in spite of my insecurity think about that superhuman confidence in spite of my insecurity it's an effort play if you don't have self-confidence you've never
Starting point is 00:22:38 kept the promises you make to yourself check that box if you have self-confidence you've started to keep the promises you make yourself if you want to have superhuman self-confidence you keep the promises you make yourself and one more so if i'm going to get up and i'm going to work out i'm going to do 10 reps in the gym i do one more i'm going to do 45 minutes on the treadmill i do one more i want to make 10 contacts in a day i do that and one more if i'm going to tell my daughter I love her every day, I'm going to do that and one more. Because in life, we don't get our goals, we get our standards long term. And so if your standard is one more, what starts to happen is you go, I'm willing to
Starting point is 00:23:16 do things other people aren't willing to do and I combine that, that I have great faith, great associations and I intend to help people. This is a formula to build wonderful self-confidence and never lack humility when you have it. Never link your confidence to your ability. If it's predicated on your abilities or your achievements, you're always going to be chasing it. But if you link your confidence to your intentions, man, you have beautiful intentions. And that is something I knew about me. I know I have a good heart. And all of us, we run around carrying these bags of, I'm not qualified because I made this mistake.
Starting point is 00:23:53 I had this bankruptcy. This relationship didn't work. I did this thing you don't know about. I'm so ashamed of. That's why you're qualified. That's the thing that qualifies you. The humanness in you. You are the only human being with your
Starting point is 00:24:05 combination of gifts that you were given whatever they are and your experience and real human beings help real human beings by being vulnerable and transparency I know where you are I've made greater mistakes I felt worse I know that depression I know that anxiety I know that depression. I know that anxiety. I know that shame. I know what that feels like. You're one away, one relationship, one meeting, one person, one thought away from changing your life. I get it. The pain is unbearable. You keep playing it back in your head. Over and over and over, you keep trying to see where you went wrong.
Starting point is 00:24:51 The situation is on repeat. People are going to talk anyway. So you may as well do what makes you happy. And now some people are going to call you a loser. Some people are going to make fun of you for failing. Some people are going to count you out. Say you will never amount to anything. Call you weak. What what you gonna do?
Starting point is 00:25:30 are you gonna prove them right? or are you gonna prove them wrong? let them think you're weak stop going back and forth with people who don't deserve your time or your attention. If you have been announcing your plans, do me a favor. Stop talking and start showing. No need for you to say what you're going to do.
Starting point is 00:26:04 Just do it. I learned the hard way that everyone who is around me is not for me. Because everyone doesn't want the best for me. And so I had to learn to keep things to myself until I have already done the work. Are you going to show them that failure doesn't define who you are? Are you going to show them that failure is a necessary lesson on the path to success? Are you going to show them that you're a beast in this game? What you going to show them that you're a beast in this game? What you going to do?
Starting point is 00:26:48 You got to get hungry. You got to get ready. It's time to get to work and show them all. Show them you're a different animal. Let them talk. You know, Denzel Washington talks about consistency, the importance of consistency. You got to put in the work, you got to go for it. But you have to have consistency because without consistency you're putting into work the dream is nothing but a
Starting point is 00:27:31 dream and i get all of that but you have to be able to look at yourself and you have to be able to be honest with yourself and know when you mess up because when you mess up. Because when you mess up, it's going to catch you. What I mean when I say it's going to catch you is, at some point, you're going to look at you. And you're going to say, I didn't try. I didn't go for it. But I often tell people this, particularly when it comes to relationships. Relationships come and go. Things don't work out sometimes.
Starting point is 00:28:11 But there is nothing on earth worse than when you know you're the reason it messed up. See, if somebody mistreats you, if somebody that you love don't want you no more but you wanted them and you treated them right and blah blah blah but it didn't work out it hurts but you'll be fine most people will be fine when you're not fine is when you know it was you you messed up you messed you heard that everybody you've run across has had apprehension about who they are, where they are, where they're going, etc. But really, the most important thing it requires is like a literal look in the mirror. Asking yourself how you will feel if you never try. Because there's no one that could become all they could be without looking at themselves.
Starting point is 00:29:11 Absolutely. What is your definition of greatness? My definition of greatness. Sustained excellence. Anybody can be great for a moment. Anybody can have their moment in the sun. But who you truly, truly are at a particular craft
Starting point is 00:29:33 is whatever is done over a sustained period of time. To me, first take being number one is not what I'm proud of. I'm proud of the fact that it's been 11 years. That's what I'm proud of. And the fact that I was able to do that at a continuous level,
Starting point is 00:29:58 that means I had to put my head down and just be about the business and do the work. I'm brilliant because I know I'm not. I steal from those who are and I learn from them and I disseminate that level of brilliance that I got from other people, always giving them credit number one number two here's the biggest thing I think I'm the best because I think about the company how can I help how can I make my bosses more money how How can I get some of it? That mentality is what makes me the best. That's a game changer. Because what I'm saying is,
Starting point is 00:30:53 I'm not saying I'm the best because I articulate myself on television better than anybody else. Even though I think I work as hard as anybody, but I work more than anybody. Or that I got, even though I've been number one for 11 years and more than television, of the interruption is number one on the ESPN, not me. I'm not those guys. They're the institution. You see what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:31:13 I understand who I am. But what I'm saying is, is that you show me what winning is for the brand and I'm going to bust my butt to go and get it for you. I've shown I'm trustworthy. That you can trust that I'm going to be at the top. Or I'm going to go down swing high. But there is never a moment that I'm on the air that I don't think about what they want. And a lot of times, it's just like a musician. If you Jay-Z, you run a rock nation, you're a billionaire, blah, blah, blah. Do you make music just for yourself or do you think about what the audience would want?
Starting point is 00:31:59 If everyone could take this in and realize it's about the win-win. When I was playing high school ball as a freshman trying to make the varsity. Right. And I wasn't as good yet, but I was tall, so they put me in there, right? Right. I would listen to the coach and say, and complaining about some of the starters who weren't hustling, he said, we need more hustle. I need you guys diving for balls, jumping out of bounds.
Starting point is 00:32:19 And I was just like, I'm going to be the hustle guy. I'm going to do what he needs, what he wants, so I can play and try to help him win. And that got me on the team. It's like working for a company. It's like, if you can help the company make more money and show them that, they're going to want to continue to support your growth. It's the win-win. So this is, for me, that's brilliant. And I don't think a lot of people probably think you think that way. They don't. Because if I wasn't interested in making a difference, if I wasn't interested in impacting the lives of others in a positive fashion, they would have not been interested in giving me the time of day.
Starting point is 00:32:52 I had to be interested in something greater than myself to get their interest to elevate in me. Being as excellent as I could possibly be on a day in, day out, week in, week out, month in, month out, year in, year out basis. So how do we let go of the past? So how do we let go of the past? Well, we have to create a compelling future. In other words, you're not going to let go of one thing until you've grabbed on to the next. You have to create a new future.
Starting point is 00:33:20 You have to create a future. And by the way, it's okay that you don't believe all of it initially, as long as it becomes repetitive and we begin to take steps towards it, right? So for me, I still have stuff from my past. There's still a little part of me that doesn't want to be broke. There's still a little bit of fear. But you're not broke. Yeah, but you've interviewed some of the most successful actors, entertainers, so have I. And you get them privately, and sometimes on your show they go,
Starting point is 00:33:44 are you afraid it's going to go away? They go away they go yeah I am that's why I work so hard so there's an element of that that's okay it's creating this vision for your life that's compelling can you survive the temporary and if you can survive the temporary says on the other side of temporary pain you get introduced to your other self and that other self produces that other life and sohuh, and so here's what happens for most of us. We think everything's permanent Because we think it's permanent we make permanent decisions based on temporary conditions Even our bodies other than our souls are temporary But if your body isn't permanent your problem is that your pain isn't you need to create a different relationship with pain in your life
Starting point is 00:34:23 For most people their relationship with the pain and the inconvenience is to avoid it avoid so if you could be yeah but if you could say to yourself on the other side of this is this other self the hardest working you've ever been the most crazy focus you've ever been was the happiest you've ever been in your life and the truth of the matter is that most of you don't understand the effort the time the focus the obsessiveness that's required to do something great with your life but you have to get great and you have to be intentional you have to be obsessive yeah I know what you put into this I know what the time is I know what the relentless pace is I know what the focus
Starting point is 00:34:56 is how much you think about I know this has to be something that's just infectious and when people get around you that emanates and there's an energy and there's like this person's just gonna will this to happen but I think just most people dramatically underestimate the amount of obsessive crazy relentless focus it takes to be great at something and then they go I don't want to be that out of balance or control then you don't want to be great My default personality is insecure. Even today? Even today.
Starting point is 00:35:30 Come on. Very much. Really? Very much. How is that default? You wake up and you say, I'm a nobody? Or what's the story? I lack this.
Starting point is 00:35:38 I'm fooling everybody. Really? If they really knew. I've always tried to disqualify myself. I was bullied as a kid. My dad was an alcoholic. I wasn't a real big guy. I disqualified myself because, you know, the truth is that maybe for a while, everything that I got that was love when I was a child only came when I achieved something. I wasn't good in school, the only thing I was good at was sports, so my default is tons of insecurity. I love to beat myself up with mistakes I've made. I did this, I did
Starting point is 00:36:16 that, I should have done this, I didn't do that. And I've always thought these mistakes, these weaknesses of mine, disqualify me from being happy or helping people. The confidence part is the thing I'm always going to have to work on. Even today, even with all the success and the, you know, the massive show and the big businesses and all the homes and everything that people see. Yeah. What else do you need though, to feel more confident? I don't need other things. it's an internal game the the stuff is really fleeting and temporary so it's not stuff what needs to happen for me is that I'm most confident when I'm living in my intention which is to serve like that's a beautiful expression
Starting point is 00:36:57 of a man a real man is capable of real love that's a sign of real strength and what we do is we gravitate towards the familiar emotions in our life, even if they're not ones that serve us. And I don't think there's negative or positive emotions. I say this in the book. There just are. Yes. Fear isn't negative. It fear in abundance is negative. Some frustration, some anger is appropriate. It's to the dosage level. And we get these four or five of them. For me, some chaos is okay. It's fun. It's exciting. It's exhilarating, right? But getting it every day, every week, every month, all the time, chaos is my gateway emotion to the ones I don't want. Chaos gives me stress. Chaos gives me anger.
Starting point is 00:37:35 Chaos gives me frustration. Chaos gives me fear. I used to think, well, that's a superpower, though, because I've created all these external Look what I made. Look what I did. And I'm doing it because of that. The truth is I did it in spite of it and there's a lot of things in our lives that we have linked to our formula our recipe of success that we hold on to that you've done in spite of those things not because of those things but my dad knew I was
Starting point is 00:38:00 a dreamer and my dad would always say you know I was one decision away from changing my life. The whole time. One choice. And he'd say, Eddie, you're not as far away from these dreams as you think you are. And I'd say, really dad? And he'd go, no, you're actually a lot closer than you think. But because you think it's so far away,
Starting point is 00:38:18 you behave in accordance with that belief system and it always keeps it that far away from you. If the things most important to you are worries fears anxieties problems bills you will continue to have people places and things revealed to you that confirm it my definition of greatness is that you create a life that matches your vision for your life and that's greatness no matter what that looks like for you Thank you. 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.
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