It's really sad to see people using their past as an excuse
instead of a lesson. And what I have found is that actually the people
with the worst circumstances are usually better than the naturally gifted people,
all right? So it's like greatness is actually achieved as opposed to inherited.
It's not just a gift. For example, you know, I was just having a discussion and
someone said, "Hey, you know, have you just always been able to get up here and
be on camera and talk about things?" And no, I have not, not at all.
I had Lyme disease over a decade ago, and what happened is my face literally was
paralyzed from the nerve damage. I couldn't even move my face.
I still have a little trouble. So I had to retrain my face, and the neurologist said
it might be permanent to some degree. So when I smile, like it's not all cohesive.
My face is kind of messed up. And even moving my eyebrows, I had to train myself
to move my eyebrows again. I had to go up and down right over and over and over
again. And still, again, it's kind of a little hard to do that.
It has a little pain and it's kind of like waking muscles up. So I never thought I
could even be on camera because I would just go like this. I just talk like this
and no one wants that, right? You have to be animated and interesting.
So I didn't believe that. I thought also that I couldn't even move because my body
was so messed up. I mean it basically almost killed me, and I still have lasting
back pain. That turned out to be the biggest motivator for me though because
the idea that you can't do something and it's a life sentence, that doesn't work
with me, and it shouldn't work with you either. For example, I have
people come and tell me. They say, "Well, when I was in high school, I
lost battle of the bands. I got download and I wasn't good enough." What?
You let that make you stop, really? You let that make you quit.
Come on. You got to look at it like, "Hey, if you fail over and over and over again,
you eventually are a success." You know how many times I failed? Like a zillion,
but if you fail one time and you quit, you're a failure.
You see the difference? If you fail over and over and over again,
you are a success, because you kept going and you kept getting up.
But if you fail one time, you are a failure, as in you are the person that
quit without having that resilience, without having that dedication and drive.
And you say, "Well, I just don't have drive." Well, you don't have purpose.
You're not connected with purpose because you do have drive, you just have
to tap into that drive. And yesterday is a long process but be the person that
fails over and over again, not the person that fails one time and quits.
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