good morning believe nation today’s message is find your home over to you
message is find your home over to you
message is find your home over to you Elizabeth Gilbert the only thing I have
Elizabeth Gilbert the only thing I have
Elizabeth Gilbert the only thing I have ever wanted to be for my whole life was
ever wanted to be for my whole life was
ever wanted to be for my whole life was a writer I wrote all through childhood
a writer I wrote all through childhood
a writer I wrote all through childhood all through adolescence by the time I
all through adolescence by the time I
all through adolescence by the time I was a teenager I was sending my very bad
was a teenager I was sending my very bad
was a teenager I was sending my very bad stories to The New Yorker hoping to be
stories to The New Yorker hoping to be
stories to The New Yorker hoping to be discovered after college I got a job as
discovered after college I got a job as
discovered after college I got a job as a diner waitress kept working kept
a diner waitress kept working kept
a diner waitress kept working kept writing kept trying really hard to get
writing kept trying really hard to get
writing kept trying really hard to get published and failing at it I failed at
published and failing at it I failed at
published and failing at it I failed at getting published for almost six years
getting published for almost six years
getting published for almost six years so for almost six years every single day
so for almost six years every single day
so for almost six years every single day I had nothing but rejection letters
I had nothing but rejection letters
I had nothing but rejection letters waiting for me in my mailbox and it was
waiting for me in my mailbox and it was
waiting for me in my mailbox and it was devastating every single time in every
devastating every single time in every
devastating every single time in every single time I had to ask myself if I
single time I had to ask myself if I
single time I had to ask myself if I should just quit while I was behind and
should just quit while I was behind and
should just quit while I was behind and give up and spare myself this pain but
give up and spare myself this pain but
give up and spare myself this pain but then i would find my resolve and always
then i would find my resolve and always
then i would find my resolve and always in the same way by saying i’m not going
in the same way by saying i’m not going
in the same way by saying i’m not going to quit i’m going home you have to
to quit i’m going home you have to
to quit i’m going home you have to understand that for me going home did
understand that for me going home did
understand that for me going home did not mean returning to my family’s farm
not mean returning to my family’s farm
not mean returning to my family’s farm for me going home meant returning to the
for me going home meant returning to the
for me going home meant returning to the work of writing because writing was my
work of writing because writing was my
work of writing because writing was my home because I loved writing more than I
home because I loved writing more than I
home because I loved writing more than I hated failing at writing which is to say
hated failing at writing which is to say
hated failing at writing which is to say that I loved writing more than I loved
that I loved writing more than I loved
that I loved writing more than I loved my own ego which is ultimately to say
my own ego which is ultimately to say
my own ego which is ultimately to say that I loved writing more than I loved
that I loved writing more than I loved
that I loved writing more than I loved myself and that’s how I pushed through
myself and that’s how I pushed through
myself and that’s how I pushed through it my home is helping entrepreneurs I’m
it my home is helping entrepreneurs I’m
it my home is helping entrepreneurs I’m so grateful that i found that and that i
so grateful that i found that and that i
so grateful that i found that and that i have so many years left to go to
have so many years left to go to
have so many years left to go to continue to expand that but I love
continue to expand that but I love
continue to expand that but I love helping entrepreneurs I have to remind
helping entrepreneurs I have to remind
helping entrepreneurs I have to remind myself sometimes not to help
myself sometimes not to help
myself sometimes not to help entrepreneurs because it could be
entrepreneurs because it could be
entrepreneurs because it could be detrimental to the other things in my
detrimental to the other things in my
detrimental to the other things in my life you know when i’m on vacation I
life you know when i’m on vacation I
life you know when i’m on vacation I want to help entrepreneurs and send an
want to help entrepreneurs and send an
want to help entrepreneurs and send an email to my newsletter list hey let’s
email to my newsletter list hey let’s
email to my newsletter list hey let’s meet up I want to walk into a shop and
meet up I want to walk into a shop and
meet up I want to walk into a shop and talk to the entrepreneur and found out
talk to the entrepreneur and found out
talk to the entrepreneur and found out how they got started and how it can help
how they got started and how it can help
how they got started and how it can help which can be detrimental to my personal
which can be detrimental to my personal
which can be detrimental to my personal relationship because I’m on a family
relationship because I’m on a family
relationship because I’m on a family vacation when I went to New York
vacation when I went to New York
vacation when I went to New York recently I wanted to go and meet with
recently I wanted to go and meet with
recently I wanted to go and meet with the entrepreneurs there I’m not getting
the entrepreneurs there I’m not getting
the entrepreneurs there I’m not getting paid to do it right like I build up my
paid to do it right like I build up my
paid to do it right like I build up my schedule I brought my bag of clothes
schedule I brought my bag of clothes
schedule I brought my bag of clothes with me to go and meet people so I
with me to go and meet people so I
with me to go and meet people so I didn’t have to
didn’t have to
didn’t have to back to the hotel because that would
back to the hotel because that would
back to the hotel because that would take up time where it could be meeting
take up time where it could be meeting
take up time where it could be meeting with somebody and it’s understanding
with somebody and it’s understanding
with somebody and it’s understanding that when I meet with entrepreneurs it
that when I meet with entrepreneurs it
that when I meet with entrepreneurs it helps me just as much as it helps them I
helps me just as much as it helps them I
helps me just as much as it helps them I am fueled by impact I want to leave an
am fueled by impact I want to leave an
am fueled by impact I want to leave an impact on people’s lives and the way
impact on people’s lives and the way
impact on people’s lives and the way that I can do that best is to
that I can do that best is to
that I can do that best is to entrepreneurship because that’s that’s
entrepreneurship because that’s that’s
entrepreneurship because that’s that’s what I know and that’s what I love and
what I know and that’s what I love and
what I know and that’s what I love and so I could meet with entrepreneurs all
so I could meet with entrepreneurs all
so I could meet with entrepreneurs all day long I would forget to go to the
day long I would forget to go to the
day long I would forget to go to the bathroom and forget to eat and would be
bathroom and forget to eat and would be
bathroom and forget to eat and would be detrimental to my body and I need to
detrimental to my body and I need to
detrimental to my body and I need to force myself to pull away from it
force myself to pull away from it
force myself to pull away from it because I love it so much that’s my home
because I love it so much that’s my home
because I love it so much that’s my home that’s what makes me come alive that’s
that’s what makes me come alive that’s
that’s what makes me come alive that’s what I want to do as much as possible
what I want to do as much as possible
what I want to do as much as possible every day and you need to find that for
every day and you need to find that for
every day and you need to find that for yourself you need to find the thing that
yourself you need to find the thing that
yourself you need to find the thing that you can’t wait to do that gives you
you can’t wait to do that gives you
you can’t wait to do that gives you energy that you look forward to being
energy that you look forward to being
energy that you look forward to being able to do and that doesn’t mean that
able to do and that doesn’t mean that
able to do and that doesn’t mean that every day is a fantastic beautiful
every day is a fantastic beautiful
every day is a fantastic beautiful amazing smell the roses day you’re gonna
amazing smell the roses day you’re gonna
amazing smell the roses day you’re gonna have crappy days but you still come back
have crappy days but you still come back
have crappy days but you still come back to enjoying the work enjoying the
to enjoying the work enjoying the
to enjoying the work enjoying the process I’m not just chasing some end
process I’m not just chasing some end
process I’m not just chasing some end goal but I like what I’m doing every day
goal but I like what I’m doing every day
goal but I like what I’m doing every day and some people know it some people have
and some people know it some people have
and some people know it some people have found that some people have found their
found that some people have found their
found that some people have found their home they know what it’s all about and
home they know what it’s all about and
home they know what it’s all about and they’re chasing it if that’s you then
they’re chasing it if that’s you then
they’re chasing it if that’s you then you can’t quit you got to come back to
you can’t quit you got to come back to
you can’t quit you got to come back to it every single day work on your craft
it every single day work on your craft
it every single day work on your craft get better and eventually it will work
get better and eventually it will work
get better and eventually it will work out for you and others they don’t know
out for you and others they don’t know
out for you and others they don’t know what it is yet you know they don’t know
what it is yet you know they don’t know
what it is yet you know they don’t know what their home is they don’t know what
what their home is they don’t know what
what their home is they don’t know what they’re passionate about and so for
they’re passionate about and so for
they’re passionate about and so for those people you need to explore and you
those people you need to explore and you
those people you need to explore and you want you want to do a lot of little
want you want to do a lot of little
want you want to do a lot of little quits try something then quit and try
quits try something then quit and try
quits try something then quit and try something and quit and try something and
something and quit and try something and
something and quit and try something and quick until you find the thing that
quick until you find the thing that
quick until you find the thing that makes you come alive because what most
makes you come alive because what most
makes you come alive because what most people do is it gets stuck on one thing
people do is it gets stuck on one thing
people do is it gets stuck on one thing that they don’t love and then they love
that they don’t love and then they love
that they don’t love and then they love it less and less and less with each
it less and less and less with each
it less and less and less with each passing year but they stay in that
passing year but they stay in that
passing year but they stay in that because they’re too afraid to jump off
because they’re too afraid to jump off
because they’re too afraid to jump off and then they’re just living for the
and then they’re just living for the
and then they’re just living for the evenings and weekends and they’ve thrown
evenings and weekends and they’ve thrown
evenings and weekends and they’ve thrown their entire life away and I don’t want
their entire life away and I don’t want
their entire life away and I don’t want that to be you you’ve got to find the
that to be you you’ve got to find the
that to be you you’ve got to find the thing that makes you come alive you’ve
thing that makes you come alive you’ve
thing that makes you come alive you’ve got to find your home thing that you
got to find your home thing that you
got to find your home thing that you enjoy the process of doing and try to
enjoy the process of doing and try to
enjoy the process of doing and try to spend as much time there
spend as much time there
spend as much time there possible you do that you’ll have a great
possible you do that you’ll have a great
possible you do that you’ll have a great impact on the world you have a life that
impact on the world you have a life that
impact on the world you have a life that is fulfilling and meaningful and
is fulfilling and meaningful and
is fulfilling and meaningful and valuable and you’ll be happy so the
valuable and you’ll be happy so the
valuable and you’ll be happy so the question is a today is where is your
question is a today is where is your
question is a today is where is your home not where you grew up physically
home not where you grew up physically
home not where you grew up physically but what is home for you do you know it
but what is home for you do you know it
but what is home for you do you know it leave in the comments below and if you
leave in the comments below and if you
leave in the comments below and if you don’t what steps you’re going to take to
don’t what steps you’re going to take to
don’t what steps you’re going to take to try to find it thank you guys so much
try to find it thank you guys so much
try to find it thank you guys so much for watching have an amazing day
for watching have an amazing day
for watching have an amazing day continue to believe and i’ll see you
continue to believe and i’ll see you
continue to believe and i’ll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot
again tomorrow morning for another shot
again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso okay
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