LISTEN TO THIS EVERYDAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE – Denzel Washington Motivational Speech 2019
today’s the beginning of the rest of
your life and it could be it could be
very frightening it’s a new world out
there it’s a mean world out there you
only live once
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so do what you feel passionate about
passionate about take chances don’t be
afraid to fail there’s an old IQ test
was nine dots and you had to draw five
lines with a pencil within these nine
dots without lifting the pencil the only
way to do it was to go outside the box
so don’t be afraid to go outside the box
don’t be afraid to think outside the box
don’t be afraid to fail big
to dream big but remember dreams without
goals
are just dreams
and they ultimately fuel disappointment
so have dreams but have goals life goals
yearly goals monthly goals daily goals I
try to give myself a goal every day and
understand that to achieve these goals
you must apply discipline and
consistency
in order to achieve your goals you must
apply discipline which you are already
done and consistency every day and I
just want to lose day and miss a few
ways you have to work at it
every day you have to plan every day
heard the saying we don’t plan to fail
we failed to plan hard work works
working really hard is what successful
people do and in this text tweet twirl
that you’ve grown up in remember just
because you’re doing a lot more doesn’t
mean you’re getting a lot more done
remember that just because you’re doing
a lot more doesn’t mean you’re getting a
lot more done
don’t confuse movement with progress
my mother told me yeah yeah cuz you can
run in place all the time and never get
anywhere so continue to strive continue
to have goals continue to progress I
don’t care how much money you make you
can’t take it with you
the Egyptians tried it they got robbed
as all they got you can’t take it with
you with you and it’s not how much you
had it’s what you do with what you have
we all have different talents some of
you will be doctors some lawyers some
scientists some educators son nurses
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the most selfish thing you can do in
this world is help someone else
why is it selfish because the
gratification the goodness that comes to
you the good feeling the good feeling
that I get from helping others nothing’s
better than that not jewelry not big
house I have not the cars but the is the
joy that’s where the joy is in helping
others that’s where the success is
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finally I pray that you put your
slippers way under the bed tonight so
that when you wake up in the morning you
have to get on your knees
to reach them
and win while you’re down there say
thank you
grace thank you for mercy thank you for
understanding
thank you for wisdom thank you for
parents thank you for love thank you for
kindness thank you for humility thank
you for peace
thank you for Prosperity say thank you
in advance for what’s already yours true
desire in the heart that itch that you
have whatever it is you want to do that
thing that you want to do to help others
and to grow and to make money and
anything you want you can have so claim
it work hard to get it when you get it
reach back pull someone else up each one
teach one
don’t just aspire to make a living
aspire to make a difference
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I found that nothing in life is
worthwhile unless you take risks
nothing Nelson Mandela said there is no
passion to be found playing small and
settling for a life that’s less than the
one you’re capable of living I’m sure
people that told you to make sure you
have something to fall back on make sure
you got something to fall back on
if I’m going to fall I don’t want to
fall back on anything except my faith I
want to fall forward figure at least
this way I’ll see what I’m going to hit
fall forward this is what I mean
Reggie Jackson struck out 26 hundred
times in his career the most in the
history of baseball but you don’t hear
about the strikeouts people remember the
home runs
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Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed
experiments because the 1,000 and first
was the light bulb forward every failed
experiment is one step closer to success
you’ve got to take risks and I’m sure
you’ve probably heard that before
but I want to talk to you about why
that’s so important
I got three reasons first you will fail
at some point in your life except you
will lose you will embarrass yourself
you will suck at something there’s no
doubt about it
I’m telling brace it because it’s
inevitable and I should know in the
acting business you fail all the time
early on in my career I auditioned for a
part in the Broadway musical
perfect role from the outdoor except for
the fact that I can’t sing so I’m in the
wings I’m about to go on stage but the
guy in front of me he’s singing like
like like Pavarotti so they say oh thank
you very much thank you very much and
you will you’ll be hearing from us I
didn’t get the job but here’s the thing
I didn’t quit I didn’t fall back but I
continued to fail and fail and fail but
it didn’t matter because you know what
there’s an old saying you hang around
the barbershop long enough sooner or
later you’re gonna get a haircut the
point is and I’ll pick up the pace the
point is every graduate here today has
the training and the talent to succeed
but do you have the guts to fail here’s
my second point about failure if you
don’t fail you’re not even trying to get
something you never had you have to do
something you never did Les Brown’s a
motivational speaker you made an analogy
about this he says imagine you’re on
your deathbed and standing around your
deathbed are the ghosts representing
your unfulfilled potential the ghosts of
the ideas you never acted on the ghosts
of the talents you didn’t use and
they’re standing around your bed angry
disappointed and upset they say we came
to you because you could have brought us
to life they say and now we have to go
to the grave together so I ask you today
how many ghosts are going to be around
your bed when your time comes so you got
to get out there you got to give it
everything you got
whether it’s your time your your your
talent your prayers or your treasures
because remember this you will never see
a u-haul behind a hearse
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sometimes it’s the best way to figure
out where you’re going your life will
never be a straight path because taking
risk is not just about going for a job
it’s also about knowing what you know
and what you don’t know it’s about being
open to people into ideas because the
chances you take the people
meet the people you love the faith that
you have that’s what’s going into fine
never hold back give everything you got
and when you fall throughout life and
maybe even tonight after a few many
glasses of champagne
remember this fall forward
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