Welcome back to Daily Mastermind. George Wright III here with your daily dose of inspirational motivation and education. I hope you have a great morning. I have a special treat for you today.
I have a little clip from Les Brown, who is probably my number one go to when it comes to creating some motivation, awareness, education in my life. I've been listening to Les for quite a while. He's spoken for me. I've had, had some great talks with him, had some great live visits.
I'll tell you what, this guy has got it figured out. He's got the right amount of humor and information in order to really get you thinking about what you need to do to change your life. And here's the thing, there's a short clip I want to play for you where he talks about where most of us are finding ways to negotiate our life because he says when you argue for your limitations, you actually keep them. And, and he kind of encourages us to beware of the.
But, you know, you know, you don't like what's going on in your life, but you, you, you try to change things, but the bottom line is, but is definitely the dream killer. And it's the, it's the word we use when we argue for our limitations. And, you know, I love what he talks about because he says something that I truly believe in, that is, there's no guarantees in life. And if you want to be able to create your life and ultimately create the best version of yourself, the best version of the life that you were meant to live, you've got to take control.
You gotta bet on yourself. You have to stop pretending that everything's okay. You gotta stop pretending that everything is outside your influence and outside your ability to make a change because you have much more power to influence, control, shape, and, you know, basically drive the direction of your life than you give yourself credit for. Yeah, a lot of talents, you have a lot of abilities, you have a lot of innate, you know, natural skills that you probably just have not truly leveraged and developed.
And I really believe that it's time that you realize that, you know, you've got to start betting on yourself. You got to start pursuing and chasing your dreams. Stop setting your dreams aside. Especially as you get older in life, a lot of us, we sort of start to believe we can't achieve what we want to achieve.
And we start to forget that whatever the mind of man and woman can believe, it can achieve. And I think it's really important to surround yourself with the right messaging stuff like, or people like Les Brown and So I hope you enjoyed this today. I hope this is something that inspires you, motivates you a little bit more, and gives you a little something to brighten your day. I appreciate you listening.
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Have a great day. Now, the reason I brought that up is I was riding with a friend the other day, and I know this friend of mine who has been working on a job where she's been miserable for a long time. She was telling me about how she was miserable on the job and how she was so unhappy. So I said, if this.
If it's that stressful and if it's causing you that much pain, I say, why don't you just quit and do something else? And she said something that really put her in a chorus line with a lot of other people. She said, I would, but. And then I started thinking about this.
I said, let me take a poll. So I started talking to other people, and I asked them what they were doing, and I said, but is that your passion? And they would say, no. I said, what's your real passion?
They would tell me what the real passion was. Then I said, well, then why aren't you doing what you really want to do? Oh, I can do it, but. And they would continue on.
So this word, you know, but just kept on coming up. And then it also has some friends, like woulda and coulda and children. And one day, I'm gonna have my own business. Oh, people talk about one day I'm gonna.
Some of y' all know some of those. One day I'm gonna be like, raise your hand. Some of you get up in the morning, look at the mirror. That person I just tease.
All right, so how is it that many times we block ourselves and we use these words almost like we're in a trance, like we're sleepwalking through life, that we find ways to cancel out our dreams. And I think that but is a dream killer. There are a lot of things that we want to do, a lot of places we would like to go, a lot of things we would like to experience, and we just stop at but and we build a case. In fact, I was reading something the other day that talked about but it says but is an argument for our limitations.
And when we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. See? But will cause you to procrastinate. But will cause you to hide out behind fear.
But will cause you to come up with all type of excuses that you can validate your inaction and not acting on your dream. And right now more than ever, people need to look for ways to live their dream. People need to look for ways to make it on their own. There is no such thing as job security.
There's no such thing as a storm proof or a tragic proof. Life. There are no guarantees today, ladies and gentlemen, the illusion is gone. There was a time when we graduated from high school.
You're told, go to college, get out. And you go and work for a corporation for 30 or 40 years, they'll give you a gold watch and you'll retire. Special announcement. That day is gone.
That day is gone. Never to return again. So instead of people living in fear, feeling stressed out, feeling powerless, feeling like victims, I think it should be a time that we need to begin to look at ways that we can become an active force in our own lives. Look at ways when we can decide to take charge of our own destiny.
Look at ways when we can decide to design a life of substance and begin to truly live our dreams. And it's time for people to decide. I'm ready to get on with my life. Shake somebody's hand when you're right up and Bob may say this, don't let nobody turn you around.
Do that right quick. Now. You know, a lot of people say I'm going to live my life one day. When things get right, when I get on the bill stage, when I get my feet on the ground, I said, what have you been walking already?
See, there are no problem free moments. Guy in nimbles had a record one time called if it ain't one thing, it's another. And I say if it ain't one thing, it's 12 others. Always something there to build a case on.
Why you can't move on, why you can't grow to the next level. Why you can't begin to manifest your greatness. Why you can't begin to live life on your terms. Always something there to block you, to keep you where you are and keep you from beginning to develop your true greatness.
Always on fear, how we handle it. And I'm saying that if you've been hiding out behind butt, if you've been using the fact that you don't have enough money or you don't have the education. Take your hair on. Go get the education.
I was saying to a guy the other day who was saying, he said, how old are you? He's 47 years old. I said, your sister tell me that you can't read. He said, that's right.
I said, why? Well, you know, I. I didn't go to school. Excuse me.
How old are you? I'm 47. 47? Yes.
And you can't read or write? Yes. Have you ever heard of adult school, adult education? Have you decided that you should learn how to read to begin to expand your world?
Why are you using that as a racket? Why don't you decide now that you're going to expand your world, that if other people can learn, you could learn too? Well, it's hard for me. How are you?
Have you been in the class yet? Have you signed up yet? No, I haven't. See, a lot of people say no, ladies and gentlemen, to things.
And they don't even know what they say no to. They don't even challenge themselves. He hasn't even gone to sit into a class and say, teach me how to read. Instead, it's been easier for him to go through life, he thinks, trying to play a whole con game, pretending he knows how to do something that he doesn't know how to do.
And you know what? Most of us go through life like that. Most of us go through life pretending. Pretending that we're satisfied where we are.
Pretending that everything is okay. Pretending that we don't have any special goals or ambitions or desires. When really, deep down inside, we do really want more. But if you look at our behavior, if you judge based upon what we do, I really will tell you some true stories about people.
Because you have to judge the tree by the fruit of bears, not the fruit that it talks about. See, a lot of people pretend that they want waterblike. But all you have to do is watch their actions. That will tell you something.
So I used to pretend that I want to lose weight. But how could you tell I was pretending? Watch me when I have a piece of sweet potato pie. Let me give it the walking distance of some peanuts, some potato chips.
See, I was pretending that I really wanted to lose weight. No, you just watch what I eat. I'll tell you what I'm saying. Committed to people.
Tell you. Oh, yeah, One day I want to have a restaurant. See, they're pretending they want to go to business for them. So they're not serious.
How can you tell us? Watch their actions. Watch what they're doing. The proof is in the pudding.
So if you want to do something, if you thought about something you want to do, take it head on. Decide that you're going to start looking at it, start doing research on it, start tackling it. Start becoming involved in whatever and wherever it might lead you to. Begin to explore the possibilities in that particular thing that you're seeking so that you can begin to learn all you can about it.
Decide that you're going to face it, that whatever shortcomings you have, that you're going to strengthen yourself there, whatever training is required, that you're going to go get that training that you're going to get started right now. As George Washington Conver would say, do what you can, where you are with what you have and never be satisfied, as people used to say. I heard Joe Dutton talk about always proud to be more than that, that you are. Yeah.
Don't get satisfied with yourself. Always know that wherever you are, you can enjoy more, that you deserve more. But most people, you know, they do. Most people go for life quietly and safely.
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