Greatness Within – POWERFUL Motivational Video
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I woke up today like I do every day with
the understanding that everything I know
will eventually meet its end everything
I own every friend I have everything
around me is temporary we are only
passing by
we are the blink of an eye to know that
is to understand the essence of life but
how do we give meaning to something so
short-lived where does our value truly
reside objects material wealth you know
they may be tools but they’re at the
surface level to really understand the
idea the concept of being happy we need
to dig deeper we need to look to purpose
because without that we have nothing
there are things in life that elevate
you to another level that when engaged
in them you don’t realize that time is
passing by they motivate they cry view
and embracing them is like walking into
a dark auditorium and flipping on a
light switch
suddenly gray starts to fade away and
what’s important makes itself known and
this is everything because if we live
life right one will be all we’ll ever
need it’s a rollercoaster ride a burst
of adrenaline an experience to remember
that’s what we are then you have the
ability to put aside anything that
prevents you from capturing that from
being what your heart tells you to be
from going wherever your soul takes you
purpose is the Sun around which
everything else revolves the Big Bang
that starts everything it creates your
universe
the most important thing you can do with
your time is make the most of it not
wasted pursuing the things that aren’t
even at the core of who you are
happiness is the pinnacle right can you
be anything better than a happy is there
another level out there shouldn’t that
be the target the end goal people say
it’s not that black and white it’s not
that simple but it can be that simple
find out when your about and let it
unfold in front of you let it take you
to places that all the money in the
world simply cannot
capture your purpose and follow it into
the sunset
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I’ve spent the last year incredibly
focused building creating in fact I’ve
spent my whole life building putting
countless hours into something that I
believe wholeheartedly will allow me to
leave this place a little better than I
found him and I’m not unique in this way
right we all have ambitions we all work
toward positive change in our lives it’s
essential but like everything in our
world there is more there than meets the
eye
last weekend I decided to head over to
the beach
summers turn to fall I wanted to get one
last trip in kind of bring closure to an
amazing summer and I was walking around
and came across a sand castle standing
in beautiful detail seemingly untouched
by human hands after being completed yet
slowly deteriorating from the elements
and seeing this was a little
disconcerting right you have this
natural tendency to want to preserve it
and the effort that went into building
it but the more and more I thought about
it the more it occurred to me that the
true beauty of it all is not in the sand
castle it’s not in the tower sculpted to
perfection where the meticulously carved
out doors windows and bridges they’re
only symbolic we don’t live for the
final product we live for the journey
the adventure the joy of the process
tackling the unknown
and turning it into something of beauty
that’s why we get up every day that’s
why landscapes oceans and skylines run
away with our imagination they’re
representative of what makes us feel
alive
sometimes it becomes extremely easy to
forget that that degree the championship
the executive position these things we
seek their validation right but they are
not life what you do every day is life
how you turn ordinary things into
extraordinary things cherish the time
you spend there is nothing of greater
importance sandcastles
will not stand forever
the tide the wind a million things will
assist in bringing the sand back to its
original form just like us it’s time is
finite
but the joy of creating such a
masterpiece can never be lost that’s why
we built so why we create
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one of the most important realizations
out there you could say for life in
general certainly any situation is
simply knowing that there are options
there are always always options and
that’s in reference to that metaphorical
edge or cliff that we all come up
against every now and then right in one
capacity or another we’ve all been there
we’ve had enough we’re mentally
physically exhausted the deck seems to
be stacked against us and things feel
hopeless and the reason that this
realization has been so valuable is
because it’s in these moments that the
negative seems to want to overshadow the
opportunity it’s all we see right when
you’ve taken loss after loss after loss
your rough stretch you know the brain
tends not to paint pictures of rainbows
or butterflies does the opposite creates
a narrative of victimhood tragedy
acceptance it says that this is reality
this is forever and that’s why so many
people let the past define who they are
right because when it’s rained for six
weeks you begin to anticipate rain but
that’s why this little rule is so
crucial right it says hey listen take a
step back and remember that you were the
one pulling the strings anytime things
feel hopeless it’s because you are
choosing not to look at what matters
you’re seeing the bad stuff the
footsteps that brought you to your
predicament
but they are not you and they have very
little to do with your ability to change
it will never be a false statement that
the rest of your life starts now with
the decisions you make from here on out
the trick is you have to see the ocean
of opportunity and not that bucket of
water that you tripped over that will
always be the temptation and I can speak
from experience I’ve had projects fail
I’ve had investments fall apart
relationships come crashing down all the
above just like every single person
alive but what makes or breaks us is the
ability to recognize our emotional state
understand that we’re being irrational
our discomfort panic dreary outlook all
of that is self induced self-made and we
can decide to see the good your business
idea was a disaster fine there are two
things you can do you can say to
yourself that you suck and you can dwell
on it or you can think about the
experience the relationships you built
the lessons learned look some people pay
six figures to read about your
experience in a textbook you lived maybe
it didn’t go exactly as planned but
you’ll get to talk about that someday in
an interview right after your next
project your next business blows up and
changes the world you can do anything
you can go anywhere and I say that
because just the thought is incredibly
liberating you’re never stuck in how
amazing
that unless you hold out your hands and
cuff yourself limits do not exist you
have weaknesses
sure fine we all do but the question is
what are your strengths how can you
better utilize what you have you know
the wealthy the successful the
accomplished the people you read about
they take the down times in stride and
I’m not saying smile and whistle while
things fall apart around you what I’m
saying is anything that falls apart can
be rebuilt recreated so don’t forget
that right stop limiting your
perspective a loss is a future game ends
our new beginnings being scared means
you’re trying something new being
embarrassed means you’re learning sure
on the surface these things look bad
sometimes very bad but in the long run
they make you who you are you know I
always say people don’t run marathons
because it feels good when you dig down
there’s something more there they’re
doing it for another reason in the bumps
in the road the pain now it doesn’t mean
you struck out or lost it’s part of the
process it turns into a feeling so
beautiful so perfect that you can’t even
really articulate it
you know when you feel bad about your
situation you are thinking about the
mistakes of yesterday and not the
opportunity of right now you are
thinking about what has and can go wrong
and not what can go right it doesn’t
matter how dire your situation you can
take something from it
so put that into practice next time
you’re feeling discouraged and that time
will come ask yourself what you are
really focusing on seriously and I
guarantee you it’s not on how incredible
your family is how far you come over the
past five years or how every single
thing you need to make your dreams come
true is available to you know you’re
probably thinking about the ridiculous
irrational nonsense that holds you back
right you will face obstacles in life
and you will overcome them but be the
solution not another obstacle in your
own way when you are against the wall or
on the edge think bigger remember that
any situation can be undone any story
can be rewritten see the opportunity
pull out your notebook and get to work
on building the world as you want it
be not as it is the answers are all
around you choose to see them
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