REAL AF with Andy Frisella - 326. Pursuing Excellence: 4th Of July Special

Episode Date: July 4, 2022

America needs you to be excellent. In today's episode, Andy talks about the opportunities we have right in front of us, how we can help each other pursue excellence and why mental toughness & discipline will play a crucial role in the success of our country.

What is up guys, it's Andy Priscilla and this is the show for the realest, say goodbye to the lies, the fakeness and del delusions of moderate society, and welcome to Motherfucking Reality, guys. Today is 4th of July, and I have a special Real Talk episode for you. Very quickly, though, I'd like to remind you of the fee for the show. The fee for the show is free. It costs you no money, but it does require some action. So if you like this message, if it gave you some value, if it helps you see things from a new perspective, if it lights a fire under your ass, if it makes you better, if it's something that you think your like-minded friends would benefit from, or even your un-like-minded friends would benefit from, I would appreciate that you share the show. Now, if you're new, this is real talk. This is going to be a short episode that I'm going to

hit on and I'm going to get the fuck out and let you go on with your day, especially on 4th of July. Sometimes when you tune in, we're going to have Q and AF. I have one of the most popular business podcasts of all time on iTunes called the MFCEO Project. I've been an entrepreneur for my whole entire life. I share the knowledge on how to be better, on how to win, on how to become successful, and the principles of success that you can apply to any area of life, not just finances, but especially finances, because that's a big part of being successful. Then we have CTI. CTI is where we cruise the internet. That's what CTI stands for. We put up a bunch of headlines.

We talk about what kind of bias they're trying to spin on it. We deduce the truth. We talk about the problem and the solution. But ultimately, the solution is going to fall on your shoulders, which is the purpose of the rest of the content that we do here. Okay. All of it is geared to make you better. Sometimes we'll have full length episodes where I bring on successful friends of mine who have done amazing things. We're kicking ass in life and all different sorts of ways. And we break it down and talk about how they're just

regular people, just like you and me, who are doing amazing things and what they did to go from ordinary to extraordinary. All right. So that's the gist of the show. We're here to point out the problems and we're here to make things better. Now, that ties right into what I want to talk to you guys about today on 4th of July. Now, I know you guys probably have lots of shit you're probably wanting to do today, and that's great. So I'm going to keep it real short. But today is 4th of July, and a lot of people have fought. A lot of people have struggled. A lot of people have stressed. A lot of people have given their lives to the idea of a free country, the idea of a country where every person is created equal.

And we are allowed to pursue things like happiness and prosperity without the interference of tyrants. That was the point of this nation. The point of this nation was not to be divided by our government, to be overtaxed, to become oppressed, to be told what we need to put in our body or what we need to do with our body, to discriminate, to keep people who are all essentially the same exact blood on the inside from getting along because we have an aggressive media that puts down messages of division nonstop. And we have politicians that benefit from those messages. That is not what

America was supposed to be. America was supposed to be a land of opportunity, the land of the free. All right. The idea of America is not the problem. The structure of America and our systems are not the problem. The real problem in all of what's going on in America is that we as Americans have lost the pursuit of becoming personally excellent. That's the problem. Okay. And I'm going to bring up this example. We're now in July. Today is July 4th. And I could give you a big, long monologue about America and you know I can because I've done it before, but I'm not going to because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what I say about America if you aren't willing to do the work on yourself. Now, a lot of you said in January that this was going to be the year. This was going to be the year that everything

changed. Okay. What's that been for you so far? Have you done the things that you promised yourself you would do or haven't you? It's something to think about because when you look at America and you look at all the problems and you look at what's happening and you look at the distance that we are off the path and the chaos that we are facing on a regular day-to-day basis, that's our own fault. It's our own fault for not controlling the things that we could control. We can control what we put in our brain. We can control what we put in our mouth. We can control the exercise we do. We can control the books that we read. We can control the people we contact. We control a whole lot of shit. And because this country right now is in chaos, many of you are waiting for it to not be in chaos before you start working on yourself, before you start building that business, before you start asserting yourself at your current position to become the best version of that.

Okay? You're waiting for the conditions to align. And I'm here to tell you that that will never happen. We may have extraordinary chaotic conditions right now in this country and across the world. And they are betting on you to go into your turtle shell and hide and not do any work and wait to weather the storm so that, you know, everything is perfect before you start going. They understand that the more chaos they create, the less quality humans we produce here in this country. So what is the way to combat all of this chaos? What is the way to combat all of the tyranny? What is the way to make this

country better day by day by motherfucking day? It starts with you. It starts with following through on the commitment to yourself. You guys think that, you know, oh, well, it's not a big deal. I don't matter. Well, when everybody thinks that, it becomes a big deal. And that's where we are as a country right now. We are in a place as a country where the collective mass majority of people feel helpless. They feel powerless. They feel like they can do nothing. So they do nothing. And this allows the path that we are on to continue. Now you say you want to fix it. You say you're angry about what's going on in the country. You say you're frustrated about what's going on in the world. You say you don't like the way culture is going. Well, what have you done since January to fucking change it?

Because a lot of you have done nothing. A lot of you are living the same life. You're looking in the mirror and you're fucking worse off. You're more stressed. You're overweight. You're 10 pounds heavier, 20 pounds heavier, 50 pounds heavier than you were then. Okay. So when you look around and you see what's going on in the world, yes, we need to get engaged. Yes, we need to talk. Yes, we need to speak up. But at the end of the day, the most important thing that we need to do is to set the right example of what high standards look like. America is supposed to set the bar for the rest of the world for what excellence looks like, for what unity looks like, for what real diversity looks like, for what helping each other out and picking each other up looks like. We are failing at setting that bar right now and that bar is not

being set because we as individuals are not rising to the occasion. Now, I can appreciate that life is hard. I can appreciate that it's a struggle. I can appreciate that there's all kinds of things not going your way. But guess what? They're never gonna unless you make them. So I want you to think about that today. I want you to think about 4th of July and what our country is supposed to be and what we are supposed to stand for. And I want you to think about your tiny little part is an expectation of all of us to live a life that contributes to the betterment of society. There is an obligation for all of us to look at the people that we can help who are fellow American citizens and lift them up and help them get where they need to go.

There is an expectation for all of us to become the best possible versions of ourselves if you take being a lover of this country seriously, because lots and lots and lots of people, millions of people, just like you, just like your brother, just like your sister, just like your mom, just like your dad, have fought and fucking died for you to have the opportunity to not be born into an oppressive state that you cannot escape. And we are fast approaching that reality in this country. And the reason that we are fast approaching the reality of total oppression in this country is because we as individuals are not taking responsibility. We are not valuing the opportunity we have, and we are not executing on the raising of the bar on the individual level, which will create the ripple effect with your children, with your neighbor, with your coworkers to also raise their bar. So when you look at the problems in society and you get frustrated about America and you think

that someone needs to come fucking save it, realize that you are the person that is supposed to come and save it. And if collectively we all understood that, and if collectively we all did what we could to be the best possible version of ourselves, naturally the country's standards will raise. This is the fastest, this is the most peaceful way to fix what's going on in this country. So you may sit there and look at yourself and maybe you're even buying into the media. Maybe you're even believing that because you were born a certain race or you were born to certain parents or you had parents, or you've suffered from depression,

or you're overweight, or all these motherfucking things that they put in your face to give you the exact excuse as to why you can't achieve what it is you want to achieve. You need to understand one thing, and that's this. your hardships, your challenges, your situation will either be the reason you don't make it, or it will be the story you tell when you do make it and you get to make that choice. So today, appreciate what we have here in America. Understand that it's under attack and understand that the only way that we can fix it is by being much, much, much better than we have been.

You've got six months left in the year. That's a lot of game to be playing. You may be down by 10 runs, but guess what? People just like you, people just like you, people with the same situation as you, people with harder circumstances than you, have gutted it up and gritted it out and came out a winner before you. I'm one of them. You can be one of them too. If you can't do this for you, if you can't find it in your soul, in your heart to pursue excellence for you, understand that no matter who you are, no matter what your job is, no matter how much money you have, no matter if you have children or not, there is at least one other person that notices you every single day. You may not even know their name. You may not even know who they are. It might

be the person that works at the gas station. Might be where you get your coffee. Somebody might drive by your work site and see you working every day. There are people that pay attention. And those people that pay attention to you, whether you want to believe it or not, will live a lesser life because you chose to live a lesser life. So if you can't find it in your heart to become what you can become for yourself, understand that the future generations of this country,

the people who will make this country into the best fucking version that it's ever had, that's ever existed in American history, which will happen and is coming, understand that if you don't live to a higher standard, that will not happen. Have a good 4th of July. Celebrate living in the greatest country on the fucking planet. But remember that you have a job to do and you have a part to play and you need to start now. Went from sleeping on the floor Now my jewelry box froze Fuck a bowl, fuck a stove Counted millions in the cold Bad bitch, booted swole Got her on bankroll Can't fold, that's a no Headshot, case closed