REAL AF with Andy Frisella - 164. Realizing Unrealized Potential Through Duty

Episode Date: November 3, 2021

It's your obligation as an American to fulfill your true potential. In today's episode, Andy talks about the responsibility citizens have to America, how real noticeable change happens on the ground level, and the actions you can take to make that change happen now.

What's up guys, it's Andy Purcella and this is the show for the realest say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness, and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality. Guys, today we have a real talk. It's going to be short. It's going to be quick. Before I get into it, I want to remind you of the fee. All right? The fee is very simple. The show made you think. If it made you laugh, if it made you see things from a different perspective, if it was good info, if you think your friends should hear it, if you're appreciating the fact that we're putting out all this amazing content to bless your eardrums and make you feel good and make you smarter and make you more money, please share the show. That's the fee.

All right. Now, I want to get into something. And it's something I think is important. A lot of people, when they think of America and they think of what's important in America, they only think of themselves. They think of building a career. They think of making money. They think of becoming a successful entrepreneur, a successful businessman, having a nice house, having a nice car, raising a good family. Those are the things that matter to most people. Being free to do what it is you want to do. And it doesn't matter what religion you are,

what race you are, what country you come from. This country is made for everybody to have a chance to be better. And when most people think of that, they think when they're born here or that they come here, that it's about them. It's about going out, executing, and winning. And that's true.

It is about you. It is about your journey. It is about building something great for you. But something that's rarely talked about, something that is rarely considered, is something that I literally think about every day. And I think that if you would think about it like I think about it, I think it would help you stay motivated. I think it would help you stay more disciplined. I think it would help you stay sharper. Okay. Those of you who follow me,

you know that almost every day I post this big giant American flag that's in my gym. All right. And that flag is actually as big as our first retail store that we opened back in 1999. Now, when I look at that flag, I'm not posting that flag for the people who've been elected in office. I'm not posting that flag for the media who seems to hate our country and hate us. I'm posting that flag for the idea of what this country could be and the idea of what this country could be and the idea of what this country should be and the idea of what we should be doing to help enrich that soil that makes up this country. Okay.

I look at it different. I don't see my success and my drive and my businesses and all of these things. I don't see that as a selfish quest. I don't see that as, oh, Andy wants to make this much dollars. That's not how I look at it, dude. Here's how I look at it. I look at it like this. I look at it like this country was made for us to go out and build amazing things.

This country was made for us to take care of our communities when we build those amazing things. This country requires people to go out and produce and create so that our economy can flourish and grow and people can have careers. They can buy houses. They can have families. Okay. That's the purpose of growing a company here in America. All right. Now, when we think of, you know, us going out and you think of like achieving your goals and all these things you want to do, it's real easy to get caught up into what you're going to get. Okay.

But what I want you to think about is what is your obligation to this country? What are you paying back into the system? Right? Because entrepreneurs and successful people have a duty to build great things, not just because it creates success for you, not just because it creates wealth for you, but because it provides unlimited opportunities for people to come and build their dreams within your organization, because it solves real problems on the ground level, because it makes life better for other Americans. I see that as an obligation. And the biggest obligation I see when I look at that flag,

when it comes to being an entrepreneur is, and really just being a citizen of this country, if I'm being completely honest, is this. When I look at that flag, I realized that lots and lots and lots and lots of people have died for this country. And the least that I could do to pay them back is to go out and set a fucking example for what it means to be great in this country. And I think that's the biggest obligation that all of us have. Every single one of you listening, every single one of you listening right now that lives here in the United States of America, you have an obligation to build the literal best fucking life that you can.

It's an obligation. It's a duty. It's a must do. Just like people serve in the military, just like people are supposed to serve when it comes to politics, which a lot more regular people are getting into. That's great. Okay. But when it comes to your daily life, when it comes to building your life out, when it comes to your family, when it comes to your career, when it comes to how you treat people, how you live and what you stand for, you have a duty to build that out the very best you can, because that's what causes real change. Real change in this country will not happen until the individual changes and embraces the opportunity that our country affords every single person that comes here. And if it doesn't afford every single person that comes here the same opportunity, then

we work to make that happen. Okay? That's something that we should all be committed to. But when you guys go out there and you point your finger at all these people who aren't doing shit and you're fucking 100 pounds overweight, your business is half ass, your career is half ass, you're half assing it to fucking work. You're a shitty fucking family person. You're a shitty partner. You're a shitty parent. OK, and you point the finger at all these

blue hair people and shit that you say you don't like guess what motherfucker you ain't any better than them you ain't any better okay because our biggest problem in this country is not this person or that person or these people or that people it's this it's that the people who actually believe in america who actually believe in this country who believe that this is a country that should be could be and will be great and inclusive to people from literally fucking everywhere getting along for the common good those people who believe that idea those people who believe in what I call real America, okay, you're leaving a lot on the motherfucking table. And that unrealized potential from that group of people

is what's creating the fucking problem here. All right, we have a big group of people who believe in all the things this country should stand for, freedom, okay, doing the right thing equality of opportunity hard work sacrifice reward kindness for your neighbor service to the country we have all kinds of people who believe in that but those people that group is leaving so much on the fucking table mainly because you're waiting around for someone else to come around and fix it. And what we have here is a degradation of

societal values that have regressed over time to where we have become complacent to being fucking average motherfuckers. What was the last thing you did that was fucking great? How's your bank account? What's your fitness look like? How's your family life? Do you talk to your neighbors about getting better or do you talk about the fucking football game? We have a duty to this country and to all the people who have sacrificed literally fucking everything to be the best that we can. And that's the difference. People ask Andy, how do you stay motivated? Andy, how do you stay going after 23 years of business?

What keeps you going? Because I have an obligation to keep going. Many people came before me, including people in my family who have fucking died for this country. I have an obligation to show up. I have an obligation to show up. I have an obligation to do the best I can. Do I always execute perfectly? No, but I at least fucking try the hardest I can. And that's our fucking problem right now.

So when you sit there and you think about what it is you can do, the best motherfucking thing you can do is to start realizing the unrealized potential in yourself because it sets an example not just for your kids, not just for your spouse, but it sets an example for your neighbor. And when your one neighbor catches it, their neighbor catches it. And when their neighbor catches it, soon you got

a group that's caught it. Then you got a community that's caught it. Then you got a city that's caught it. Now you got a fucking state that's caught it. And after you get some states that have caught it, guess what? Now we've got a country that's caught it. Then you got a city that's caught it. Now you got a fucking state that's caught it. And after you get some states that have caught it, guess what? Now we've got a country that's caught it. We have a culture problem in this country and the culture is mediocrity. And it's spoon fed to us from every single fucking outlet that we have available to us to consume content, whether that be social media, whether that be traditional media,

whether it be commercials, whether it be movies. We are fed mediocrity 24-7. Why is that? It's because of all the shit I just told you. It's because of all the unrealized potential that they want us to have. Because the less we realize our potential, the more they can realize their potential.

You have an obligation to be fucking great being a citizen of this country. You have an obligation to do the best that you can. You have an obligation to be better than you were fucking yesterday. That's the difference. So when you ask me what the difference is between myself and how other people look at it or why I keep going or what I keep doing or what the fuck, why I'm crazy and fanatical about this, because it's a fucking duty for me. It's a fucking obligation for me. And I feel like a fucking bitch if I don't at least try to fulfill it. I don't want to be the person who's laying on their bed at however many years old,

fucking saying, God, dude, I could have done all these things, but I didn't. I don't want to be that person. When it's time for me to go, I want to be the person that everybody says, fuck, dude, that guy squeezed it all out, man That guy fucking left it all on the field. He was a great fucking american That's what I want to be known as I want to be known as a great fucking american And every single one of you can be known for that same motherfucking thing every one of you Because it's not about how much money you make. It's not about where you end up. It's about the example you set for everybody else around you and what you contribute to

when it comes to our American culture. So when you ask me what it is that makes me different, nothing makes me different. It's just how I see things. Spirit box froze, fuck a bowl, fuck a stole Counted millions in a cold, bad bitch, booted swole Got her on bankroll, can't fold, just a note Headshot, case closed