good morning believe nation its Evan my one word is believe and I believe in
one word is believe and I believe in
one word is believe and I believe in people more than they believe in
people more than they believe in
people more than they believe in themselves and my sincere hope is that
themselves and my sincere hope is that
themselves and my sincere hope is that if you see in yourself what I see in you
if you see in yourself what I see in you
if you see in yourself what I see in you you’ll be able to change the planet so
you’ll be able to change the planet so
you’ll be able to change the planet so to help you on your journey today’s
to help you on your journey today’s
to help you on your journey today’s message is be who you are born to be
message is be who you are born to be
message is be who you are born to be over to you Michael Jordan it’s not
over to you Michael Jordan it’s not
over to you Michael Jordan it’s not about two shoes
about two shoes
about two shoes [Music]
it’s about knowing where you’re going
it’s about knowing where you’re going not forgetting where you started it’s
not forgetting where you started it’s
not forgetting where you started it’s about having the courage to fail
about having the courage to fail
about having the courage to fail [Music]
[Music]
[Music] [Applause]
[Applause]
[Applause] not breaking when you’re broken taking
not breaking when you’re broken taking
not breaking when you’re broken taking everything you’ve been given and making
everything you’ve been given and making
everything you’ve been given and making something better
before glory
before glory and what’s inside of you
what they say you can
what they say you can it’s not about the shoes it’s about what
it’s not about the shoes it’s about what
it’s not about the shoes it’s about what you do in there
you do in there
you do in there it’s about being we were born to be
it’s about being we were born to be
it’s about being we were born to be Michael Jordan did with who was born to
Michael Jordan did with who was born to
Michael Jordan did with who was born to do he found what he was born to do and
do he found what he was born to do and
do he found what he was born to do and the unique thing about it was he found
the unique thing about it was he found
the unique thing about it was he found it and then he actually took action on
it and then he actually took action on
it and then he actually took action on it and he worked hard at it it wasn’t
it and he worked hard at it it wasn’t
it and he worked hard at it it wasn’t just I’m naturally gifted at this and so
just I’m naturally gifted at this and so
just I’m naturally gifted at this and so I can coast and achieve some kind of
I can coast and achieve some kind of
I can coast and achieve some kind of results
results
results he took the work to find the thing that
he took the work to find the thing that
he took the work to find the thing that he was great at and he put in the effort
he was great at and he put in the effort
he was great at and he put in the effort consistently to become an icon and his
consistently to become an icon and his
consistently to become an icon and his chosen profession and it’s great and we
chosen profession and it’s great and we
chosen profession and it’s great and we look up to him and and I use Michael
look up to him and and I use Michael
look up to him and and I use Michael Jordan as an example a lot of my videos
Jordan as an example a lot of my videos
Jordan as an example a lot of my videos and he’s perhaps the greatest basketball
and he’s perhaps the greatest basketball
and he’s perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time but you are no less
player of all time but you are no less
player of all time but you are no less an icon you are no less great at
an icon you are no less great at
an icon you are no less great at something I believe that we all have
something I believe that we all have
something I believe that we all have Michael Jordan level talent at something
Michael Jordan level talent at something
Michael Jordan level talent at something and that’s what you need to find and you
and that’s what you need to find and you
and that’s what you need to find and you either haven’t found it yet because you
either haven’t found it yet because you
either haven’t found it yet because you haven’t done enough exploring to find
haven’t done enough exploring to find
haven’t done enough exploring to find the thing that you’re great at or you
the thing that you’re great at or you
the thing that you’re great at or you haven’t put in the effort to get really
haven’t put in the effort to get really
haven’t put in the effort to get really really good at it you have this thing
really good at it you have this thing
really good at it you have this thing that you have potential to be the
that you have potential to be the
that you have potential to be the Michael Jordan of in your field and
Michael Jordan of in your field and
Michael Jordan of in your field and you’re kind of coasting on it you’re not
you’re kind of coasting on it you’re not
you’re kind of coasting on it you’re not putting in the work you’re not
putting in the work you’re not
putting in the work you’re not practicing your jump shot and your free
practicing your jump shot and your free
practicing your jump shot and your free throws and getting to the gym whatever
throws and getting to the gym whatever
throws and getting to the gym whatever that equivalent is and you’re in the
that equivalent is and you’re in the
that equivalent is and you’re in the street I like to say that Michael Jordan
street I like to say that Michael Jordan
street I like to say that Michael Jordan is not the greatest basketball player of
is not the greatest basketball player of
is not the greatest basketball player of all time as an example and they say that
all time as an example and they say that
all time as an example and they say that the greatest basketball player of all
the greatest basketball player of all
the greatest basketball player of all time is a manager at Starbucks because
time is a manager at Starbucks because
time is a manager at Starbucks because that person that guy at Starbucks who’s
that person that guy at Starbucks who’s
that person that guy at Starbucks who’s a manager now should have played
a manager now should have played
a manager now should have played basketball but he either never picked up
basketball but he either never picked up
basketball but he either never picked up a ball he never explored enough to find
a ball he never explored enough to find
a ball he never explored enough to find out what he was great at or he never
out what he was great at or he never
out what he was great at or he never practiced and I think if you don’t know
practiced and I think if you don’t know
practiced and I think if you don’t know what you will have Michael Jordan level
what you will have Michael Jordan level
what you will have Michael Jordan level talent act then you need to explore so
talent act then you need to explore so
talent act then you need to explore so often we discount things that could
often we discount things that could
often we discount things that could immensely serve us without even trying
immensely serve us without even trying
immensely serve us without even trying because it goes against our culture it
because it goes against our culture it
because it goes against our culture it goes against how we you know what was on
goes against how we you know what was on
goes against how we you know what was on our radar at the start like I never
our radar at the start like I never
our radar at the start like I never thought I was gonna be an entrepreneur
thought I was gonna be an entrepreneur
thought I was gonna be an entrepreneur just I didn’t have unto her as my family
just I didn’t have unto her as my family
just I didn’t have unto her as my family didn’t we didn’t talk about
didn’t we didn’t talk about
didn’t we didn’t talk about entrepreneurship growing up it wasn’t
entrepreneurship growing up it wasn’t
entrepreneurship growing up it wasn’t something I was ever on my radar and so
something I was ever on my radar and so
something I was ever on my radar and so I never thought I was gonna be an
I never thought I was gonna be an
I never thought I was gonna be an entrepreneur and I had the good fortune
entrepreneur and I had the good fortune
entrepreneur and I had the good fortune to connect with two entrepreneurs in
to connect with two entrepreneurs in
to connect with two entrepreneurs in university and and joined their business
university and and joined their business
university and and joined their business and being owner in that and learned
and being owner in that and learned
and being owner in that and learned about entrepreneurship even though I had
about entrepreneurship even though I had
about entrepreneurship even though I had all these entrepreneurial tendencies
all these entrepreneurial tendencies
all these entrepreneurial tendencies growing up and I would be probably
growing up and I would be probably
growing up and I would be probably working at some Bank and hating my job
working at some Bank and hating my job
working at some Bank and hating my job if I didn’t go down that entrepreneurial
if I didn’t go down that entrepreneurial
if I didn’t go down that entrepreneurial path I would be the manager at Starbucks
path I would be the manager at Starbucks
path I would be the manager at Starbucks instead of being the entrepreneur that I
instead of being the entrepreneur that I
instead of being the entrepreneur that I want to be and so if you don’t know what
want to be and so if you don’t know what
want to be and so if you don’t know what you are great at you don’t know what you
you are great at you don’t know what you
you are great at you don’t know what you have that genius level talent out then
have that genius level talent out then
have that genius level talent out then you need to go and start to explore try
you need to go and start to explore try
you need to go and start to explore try stuff say yes when somebody invites you
stuff say yes when somebody invites you
stuff say yes when somebody invites you to something say yes and go do it
to something say yes and go do it
to something say yes and go do it instead of coming up with all the
instead of coming up with all the
instead of coming up with all the reasons why it’s never gonna work out
reasons why it’s never gonna work out
reasons why it’s never gonna work out all the reasons why this is not a good
all the reasons why this is not a good
all the reasons why this is not a good fit for you just say yes and try it how
fit for you just say yes and try it how
fit for you just say yes and try it how many times have you discounted something
many times have you discounted something
many times have you discounted something in your head because you’ve run through
in your head because you’ve run through
in your head because you’ve run through the analysis without ever actually
the analysis without ever actually
the analysis without ever actually taking action and saying yes or
taking action and saying yes or
taking action and saying yes or something so if you’re insanely happy
something so if you’re insanely happy
something so if you’re insanely happy life is amazing you have the career you
life is amazing you have the career you
life is amazing you have the career you want and the life you want and the
want and the life you want and the
want and the life you want and the friends you want and the family you want
friends you want and the family you want
friends you want and the family you want everything is amazing great you don’t
everything is amazing great you don’t
everything is amazing great you don’t have to do any of this
have to do any of this
have to do any of this keep doing what you’re doing because
keep doing what you’re doing because
keep doing what you’re doing because life is amazing but if you’re not happy
life is amazing but if you’re not happy
life is amazing but if you’re not happy if you haven’t found the thing that you
if you haven’t found the thing that you
if you haven’t found the thing that you love yet if your relationship isn’t
love yet if your relationship isn’t
love yet if your relationship isn’t perfect and your business isn’t perfect
perfect and your business isn’t perfect
perfect and your business isn’t perfect and you are daily unhappy don’t sit
and you are daily unhappy don’t sit
and you are daily unhappy don’t sit there and complain and don’t sit there
there and complain and don’t sit there
there and complain and don’t sit there and just dismiss ideas that can help you
and just dismiss ideas that can help you
and just dismiss ideas that can help you grow because it might be scary or new
grow because it might be scary or new
grow because it might be scary or new and foreign and different to you just
and foreign and different to you just
and foreign and different to you just say yes and try it don’t be that manager
say yes and try it don’t be that manager
say yes and try it don’t be that manager at Starbucks who never picked up the
at Starbucks who never picked up the
at Starbucks who never picked up the basketball and could have been the
basketball and could have been the
basketball and could have been the greatest basketball player of all time
greatest basketball player of all time
greatest basketball player of all time be Michael Jordan explorer say yes try
be Michael Jordan explorer say yes try
be Michael Jordan explorer say yes try it see if it makes you come alive if it
it see if it makes you come alive if it
it see if it makes you come alive if it does do it again if not stop it and go
does do it again if not stop it and go
does do it again if not stop it and go do something else you have Michael
do something else you have Michael
do something else you have Michael Jordan level talent at something and I
Jordan level talent at something and I
Jordan level talent at something and I want you to find it so the question date
want you to find it so the question date
want you to find it so the question date today is do you know what you have
today is do you know what you have
today is do you know what you have Michael Jordan level talent at and if
Michael Jordan level talent at and if
Michael Jordan level talent at and if you do what is it leave it down the
you do what is it leave it down the
you do what is it leave it down the comments below really curious to find
comments below really curious to find
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the read thank you guys again for
the read thank you guys again for watching I believe in you I hope you
watching I believe in you I hope you
watching I believe in you I hope you continue to believe in yourself and
continue to believe in yourself and
continue to believe in yourself and whatever your one word is much love and
whatever your one word is much love and
whatever your one word is much love and I’ll see you again tomorrow morning for
I’ll see you again tomorrow morning for
I’ll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso
nothing fails like success you’re
nothing fails like success you’re successful maybe it’s in your health
successful maybe it’s in your health
successful maybe it’s in your health maybe it’s in your finances maybe it’s
maybe it’s in your finances maybe it’s
maybe it’s in your finances maybe it’s in your career maybe it’s in your family
in your career maybe it’s in your family
in your career maybe it’s in your family life maybe it’s in the way that you show
life maybe it’s in the way that you show
life maybe it’s in the way that you show up in the world awesome you’re in a
up in the world awesome you’re in a
up in the world awesome you’re in a really vulnerable place right now it is
really vulnerable place right now it is
really vulnerable place right now it is one thing to be successful it is another
one thing to be successful it is another
one thing to be successful it is another thing to sustain success over the coming
thing to sustain success over the coming
thing to sustain success over the coming decades is that it not a powerful idea I
decades is that it not a powerful idea I
decades is that it not a powerful idea I mean let’s go to the entertainment
mean let’s go to the entertainment
mean let’s go to the entertainment industry it’s very hard to be a one-hit
industry it’s very hard to be a one-hit
industry it’s very hard to be a one-hit wonder let’s not knock a one-hit wonder
wonder let’s not knock a one-hit wonder
wonder let’s not knock a one-hit wonder but it’s even harder to become an iconic
but it’s even harder to become an iconic
but it’s even harder to become an iconic rock band or hip hop band let’s go to
rock band or hip hop band let’s go to
rock band or hip hop band let’s go to the arts it is very hard to come up with
the arts it is very hard to come up with
the arts it is very hard to come up with your Sistine Chapel got it it is even
your Sistine Chapel got it it is even
your Sistine Chapel got it it is even harder to become a Michelangelo so are
harder to become a Michelangelo so are
harder to become a Michelangelo so are you playing the short game are you
you playing the short game are you
you playing the short game are you playing the long game this is rule
playing the long game this is rule
playing the long game this is rule number two you know or lesson number two
number two you know or lesson number two
number two you know or lesson number two the life has taught me play the long
the life has taught me play the long
the life has taught me play the long game aim for legendary don’t just say
game aim for legendary don’t just say
game aim for legendary don’t just say I’m gonna be world-class in my dominant
I’m gonna be world-class in my dominant
I’m gonna be world-class in my dominant pursuit for a little window of time say
pursuit for a little window of time say
pursuit for a little window of time say I want to have the guts and the grit and
I want to have the guts and the grit and
I want to have the guts and the grit and the acumen and the mindset and the
the acumen and the mindset and the
the acumen and the mindset and the capability and the commitment to create
capability and the commitment to create
capability and the commitment to create enduring success and that’s why I say
enduring success and that’s why I say
enduring success and that’s why I say nothing fails like success you look at
nothing fails like success you look at
nothing fails like success you look at the restaurant that is hot in your
the restaurant that is hot in your
the restaurant that is hot in your neighborhood right now they’re on the
neighborhood right now they’re on the
neighborhood right now they’re on the path to obsolescence if they’re not
path to obsolescence if they’re not
path to obsolescence if they’re not really careful sure they went from a
really careful sure they went from a
really careful sure they went from a little neighborhood shop that made
little neighborhood shop that made
little neighborhood shop that made beautiful pasta that had great service
beautiful pasta that had great service
beautiful pasta that had great service that had the owner on the floor shaking
that had the owner on the floor shaking
that had the owner on the floor shaking your hand getting to know your name then
your hand getting to know your name then
your hand getting to know your name then they got written up in the magazines and
they got written up in the magazines and
they got written up in the magazines and they then they got interviewed and then
they then they got interviewed and then
they then they got interviewed and then word of mouth spread like wildfire and
word of mouth spread like wildfire and
word of mouth spread like wildfire and what happened
what happened
what happened they became arrogant you see success can
they became arrogant you see success can
they became arrogant you see success can be so toxic and it happens it is such a
be so toxic and it happens it is such a
be so toxic and it happens it is such a pull on every human being it just plays
pull on every human being it just plays
pull on every human being it just plays with your mind and you literally shift
with your mind and you literally shift
with your mind and you literally shift from humility to arrogance you shift
from humility to arrogance you shift
from humility to arrogance you shift from humility to arrogance and once the
from humility to arrogance and once the
from humility to arrogance and once the arrogance sets in in a mindset it starts
arrogance sets in in a mindset it starts
arrogance sets in in a mindset it starts to populate every other person on the
to populate every other person on the
to populate every other person on the team every other person in the culture
team every other person in the culture
team every other person in the culture every other person in the community and
every other person in the community and
every other person in the community and it is a very
it is a very
it is a very short fall from success to irrelevance
short fall from success to irrelevance
short fall from success to irrelevance so lesson number two is nothing fails
so lesson number two is nothing fails
so lesson number two is nothing fails like success as you become more
like success as you become more
like success as you become more successful become more humble as you
successful become more humble as you
successful become more humble as you become more successful work even harder
become more successful work even harder
become more successful work even harder as you become more successful care even
as you become more successful care even
as you become more successful care even more about your product as you become
more about your product as you become
more about your product as you become more successful learn even more
more successful learn even more
more successful learn even more I invite you it when you are the the
I invite you it when you are the the
I invite you it when you are the the Titan of your industry be sitting in the
Titan of your industry be sitting in the
Titan of your industry be sitting in the room with 18 year olds beginning their
room with 18 year olds beginning their
room with 18 year olds beginning their game when you are the the icon of your
game when you are the the icon of your
game when you are the the icon of your field be the person who is up not a five
field be the person who is up not a five
field be the person who is up not a five o’clock anymore let’s play at four
o’clock anymore let’s play at four
o’clock anymore let’s play at four o’clock reading listening to the podcast
o’clock reading listening to the podcast
o’clock reading listening to the podcast writing in your journal setting your
writing in your journal setting your
writing in your journal setting your goals focusing on your intentions as you
goals focusing on your intentions as you
goals focusing on your intentions as you become more successful be more humble as
become more successful be more humble as
become more successful be more humble as you become more successful be even more
you become more successful be even more
you become more successful be even more punctual as you become more successful
punctual as you become more successful
punctual as you become more successful become even more passionate as you
become even more passionate as you
become even more passionate as you become older become even younger
become older become even younger
become older become even younger yesterday I was walking on the street
yesterday I was walking on the street
yesterday I was walking on the street and I met this man in his 80s he said
and I met this man in his 80s he said
and I met this man in his 80s he said Robin I finally retired he’s probably
Robin I finally retired he’s probably
Robin I finally retired he’s probably close to 90 and he is a legendary
close to 90 and he is a legendary
close to 90 and he is a legendary clothier in the country that I live in
clothier in the country that I live in
clothier in the country that I live in and he just retired and he started his
and he just retired and he started his
and he just retired and he started his shop which is now an empire in 1954 so I
shop which is now an empire in 1954 so I
shop which is now an empire in 1954 so I don’t know what that is but that is
don’t know what that is but that is
don’t know what that is but that is decades and decades and decades and
decades and decades and decades and
decades and decades and decades and decades
decades
decades decades and he did not want to retire he
decades and he did not want to retire he
decades and he did not want to retire he just retired but he is still on fire to
just retired but he is still on fire to
just retired but he is still on fire to do amazing things
do amazing things
do amazing things age is just a number do not let an old
age is just a number do not let an old
age is just a number do not let an old person into your body nothing fails like
person into your body nothing fails like
person into your body nothing fails like success I started actually writing a
success I started actually writing a
success I started actually writing a science fiction novel that had been an
science fiction novel that had been an
science fiction novel that had been an idea I’ve been playing with a long time
idea I’ve been playing with a long time
idea I’ve been playing with a long time book called Avalon and I was working on
book called Avalon and I was working on
book called Avalon and I was working on Avalon and it was coming pretty well and
Avalon and it was coming pretty well and
Avalon and it was coming pretty well and suddenly the first chapter of Game of
suddenly the first chapter of Game of
suddenly the first chapter of Game of Thrones came to me where they find the
Thrones came to me where they find the
Thrones came to me where they find the dire wolf pups
it’s a direwolf I knew it wasn’t part of
it’s a direwolf I knew it wasn’t part of the science fiction not while I was
the science fiction not while I was
the science fiction not while I was writing this was clearly a fantasy
writing this was clearly a fantasy
writing this was clearly a fantasy medieval had these wolves and this large
medieval had these wolves and this large
medieval had these wolves and this large family I’d been reading a lot of
family I’d been reading a lot of
family I’d been reading a lot of historical fiction and I have been in
historical fiction and I have been in
historical fiction and I have been in the back of my mind but suddenly it all
the back of my mind but suddenly it all
the back of my mind but suddenly it all gels and I wrote and I wrote that
gels and I wrote and I wrote that
gels and I wrote and I wrote that chapter in like two three days it just
chapter in like two three days it just
chapter in like two three days it just came to pour out of me goats stop there
came to pour out of me goats stop there
came to pour out of me goats stop there are five pups one for each of the stark
are five pups one for each of the stark
are five pups one for each of the stark children the direwolf is the sigil of
children the direwolf is the sigil of
children the direwolf is the sigil of your house they were meant to have them
your house they were meant to have them
your house they were meant to have them we’ll train them yourselves you’ll feed
we’ll train them yourselves you’ll feed
we’ll train them yourselves you’ll feed them yourselves and if they die you’ll
them yourselves and if they die you’ll
them yourselves and if they die you’ll bury them yourselves
bury them yourselves
bury them yourselves when I did return the books I said to
when I did return the books I said to
when I did return the books I said to myself okay I’ve had many things option
myself okay I’ve had many things option
myself okay I’ve had many things option they never make them I’ve done pilots
they never make them I’ve done pilots
they never make them I’ve done pilots and TV shows tried to keep them within
and TV shows tried to keep them within
and TV shows tried to keep them within budget and producible and ever make that
budget and producible and ever make that
budget and producible and ever make that I’m tired of playing that game I’m gonna
I’m tired of playing that game I’m gonna
I’m tired of playing that game I’m gonna you know I have a big imagination I have
you know I have a big imagination I have
you know I have a big imagination I have an epic story I want to tell I’m gonna
an epic story I want to tell I’m gonna
an epic story I want to tell I’m gonna make it as big as my imagination I’m
make it as big as my imagination I’m
make it as big as my imagination I’m gonna have all the the castles and
gonna have all the the castles and
gonna have all the the castles and battles I want I’m gonna have hundreds
battles I want I’m gonna have hundreds
battles I want I’m gonna have hundreds of characters because the real world is
of characters because the real world is
of characters because the real world is complex I want my fictional world to be
complex I want my fictional world to be
complex I want my fictional world to be complex too not as kind of simplified
complex too not as kind of simplified
complex too not as kind of simplified thing I want to have giant battles I
thing I want to have giant battles I
thing I want to have giant battles I want to have incredible castles that
want to have incredible castles that
want to have incredible castles that each one is distinct from the other that
each one is distinct from the other that
each one is distinct from the other that people remember for all time I want to
people remember for all time I want to
people remember for all time I want to have dragons and direwolves and mammoths
have dragons and direwolves and mammoths
have dragons and direwolves and mammoths and a wall of ice at 700 feet tall I
and a wall of ice at 700 feet tall I
and a wall of ice at 700 feet tall I want something huge and epic that can
want something huge and epic that can
want something huge and epic that can stand up there with token
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