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guest . Let

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there be light . Do you

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realize that the reason why we

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have light today is because

1:08

of a relentless human being ? The

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reason why we're able to have

1:14

the luxury that we do to flip on a simple

1:16

switch is because of somebody who

1:19

is absolutely relentless and

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believe that anything is possible

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and that there's really

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no such thing as no and there's

1:27

no such thing as failure . I

1:30

have not failed . I've just

1:32

found 10,000 ways that won't work

1:34

. That was said by Thomas Edison

1:36

, the man who invented the

1:39

light bulb , and the man who went

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through 10,000 attempts before

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he was successful Not 10,000

1:46

failures , but simply

1:48

explored 10,000 opportunities

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. Another thing that Thomas

1:53

Edison said is many of life's

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failures are people who did not

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realize how close they were to success when

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they gave up . It makes me think of

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a graphic that I've seen

2:04

many times , and maybe you've seen

2:06

it that there's someone chipping

2:08

away with an axe at

2:11

a mountain and he's been chipping

2:13

away and chipping away and chipping away . The

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graphic shows that he just walks

2:18

away and he was searching

2:20

for gold and he was

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maybe two or three

2:25

more hits and he

2:27

would have struck the gold mine . That's

2:30

where I believe that anything

2:33

in this life truly is possible , and this message

2:35

is about why I believe that

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anything is possible and how

2:39

you can adopt that mindset

2:41

as well . I often talk about anything

2:44

being possible if and

2:46

when you develop the

2:48

mindset and systems and

2:50

framework that either I'm preaching

2:52

or that my guests are preaching , but I

2:54

haven't really dived

2:57

deeper into why I

2:59

really believe that anything

3:01

is possible , using examples

3:04

and studies and research

3:06

from others . That's what we're going

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to cover here is why I

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believe and really why

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you should believe that anything

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and I mean anything is

3:17

possible . I've found myself having

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just a little bit more of a fascination

3:23

and curiosity behind

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why some people are able to

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, we'll say , break

3:30

the norm , and why

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, the best of the best , what

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has put them in their

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seats ? Why are they at where

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they're at ? What are their defining moments

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? And time and time and time

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again , whether it's me researching

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or me interviewing them , it's

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almost as if these failures

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, or rather opportunities , serve

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as some prerequisite for

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success , meaning that the

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more you've overcome

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, the more times

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people have told you no or doubted

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you , the more time that

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you've had difficulty doing something

4:09

that you're really good at now , I

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believe , is the more or higher

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likelihood that you have to

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achieve anything that you want . And

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now I'm not stating

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that you need to go through really bad stuff in

4:22

order to be successful , but

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there are likely obstacles that everyone

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has encountered in their life , whether you come

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from an amazing family or

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a broken family , that can

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propel you to any level of success

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that you ultimately

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envision . In this fascination

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and curiosity , I've

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come to rename

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or reframe what

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I think of the word no , and

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the word no N-O in

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my book now simply means

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new opportunity . No

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for anything that you've encountered in life

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means you have a new opportunity , either

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to go do that thing again , modify

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your approach , or you've got a new opportunity

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to do something else that you were actually meant

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to do . Maybe it's not that one

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thing you were searching after , it's the next

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thing . So no means

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new opportunity , and

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another way I like to look at it is no

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simply means not right now , but I'm going

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to come back and get it later . Now , again , just

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as I've studied the back stories

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behind some of the people that we're going to talk about

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today people that you likely know I

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found that there isn't a single one

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where anyone was born into anything . None

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of them were given anything . People

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have emerged because of

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the difficulties they've encountered

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and their mindsets , and

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I'll start with one of my favorite ones

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, and , as you guys know , I'm a

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runner , if this is your first time tuning in

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. I love running , I love endurance sports . I

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believe that they do so

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much for your mind . And

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think about the four minute

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mile . Roger Bannister

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was the first person

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to break the four minute mile and

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there were , up until he had done it , the

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sports scientists , the

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athletes and really the

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world was saying this is impossible . There

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had been countless people that had run

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401s and even four

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flats , but it seemed like the illustrious

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sub four was

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impossible . And

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for those that actually believed it , you're

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right . If you think you can or you can't

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, you're right that's said by Henry Ford

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. For those that believed it was impossible

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, they didn't end up achieving it . But it takes

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one , it takes one with

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anything in life to show us

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that , hey , that thing , you

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actually can do it . And then

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it opens the door for countless

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others . So Roger Bannister broke

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the four minute mile and now

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in the NCAA

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and in professional track

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and field , it's not uncommon

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to see people running their one

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mile in the three minute

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40 second range , but most

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commonly in the three

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fifties . And that's just the

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norm now , because it took one

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person not taking

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no for an answer , looking at

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hey , this is another opportunity

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, a new opportunity , and

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I'm going to train differently , I'm going to adjust my

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approach , I'm going to do things

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differently , do things differently than

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anybody else has done to this point and

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show that this is possible . The

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next one on the running world is

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Elliot Kipchogge , sub two hour

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marathon , sport scientist

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. This is impossible , you can't do it . Elliot

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Kipchogge , famous for saying impossible

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is nothing . The only limits

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that humans have are

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the limits we place on ourselves . Any

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human is unlimited . There

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are no limitations that face us other

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than what we put on ourselves . And

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Elliot , for a few years , actually

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attempted to achieve

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the sub two hour marathon , got really close

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. His first attempt was in

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a sponsored we'll

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call it experiment by Nike , the sub two hour

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project , and he ran

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two hours flat and 25

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seconds . So think about that for a minute . He

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was off the mark by literally

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less than a second per mile

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. Insane , and

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that could lead him to believe . You

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know what . Maybe it's not for me

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, maybe they are right , maybe

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the critics are right , maybe

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this is actually impossible . But

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not to Elliot , with the mindset

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and understanding that these

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opportunities , these trials , these tribulations

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are ultimately your

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prerequisites or qualifiers for success

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. So he comes back a couple years

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later in Vienna , austria

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, and runs a 159

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40 . Now the

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sub two hour marathon hasn't

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been broken yet in an official

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race , but the keyword is yet because

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Elliot Kipchogge opened the door to

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show that , hey

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, this is possible . So

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this is why , again

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now , I believe that , beyond just

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adopting the mindset and

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incorporating the things that talk

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about , often , look at other people

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. So , by studying other people , whether

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it's the Elliott's , the Rogers , or

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even organizations that

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have thrived and even started in the

9:44

most difficult of times , this

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is why I believe that anything

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is possible . Look around at other

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people and if you see where

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they come from again , none

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of them come from a place where everything was

9:57

given to them then it

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will , I believe , start to

10:02

open your eyes and

10:04

open some doors in your mind that , hey , you know what

10:06

. I can do . Anything , too . You

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can do anything . The only thing you can't do is what

10:11

you say you can't do . Now

10:13

, switching away from athletes

10:16

, what I've found in some other

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people that , again , you

10:20

may know , is that things

10:23

didn't go their way right off the bat . Walt

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Disney Walt Disney

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, the man behind Mickey Mouse and

10:30

this global empire that we see today

10:32

and that many of you have been to the parks

10:34

to experience the magic . I know I have

10:37

and still , even as a 31

10:39

year old , I think that place is amazing . Walt

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Disney was told that he

10:44

wasn't innovative enough . Think

10:46

about that and going back to the beginning , with

10:48

the person that was chipping away at the mountain . What

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if Walt Disney would have walked away

10:54

at that , at

10:56

people telling them you know what ? You're not innovative enough

10:58

. Dude , this , this dumb mouse

11:00

idea , nobody's gonna buy that . What

11:03

if he would have walked away at that and

11:06

think about how many millions , tens

11:08

of millions of people have experienced

11:10

Disney's magic . When I look back

11:12

on my life and talk to a lot

11:14

of friends like that's something we reflect

11:16

on and Smile about , laugh

11:18

about , like hey , remember that time you

11:20

went to Disney , what was your Disney experience ? And

11:23

those are some of the most fun

11:25

times in my life . But he didn't

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stop because someone said I , you know what

11:29

. Walt Not innovative enough

11:31

. He believed in himself and he believed enough

11:33

in his vision . So there's another lesson there that

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, regardless of what people say , it's

11:38

important to have a Strong

11:41

belief in whatever it is that you want to do , because

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it doesn't matter what other people say . If

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it did again , if it mattered to Elliot

11:48

, if it mattered to Roger , if it mattered to Walt , if

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it mattered to Steve Jobs with

11:53

Apple which people don't know , steve

11:56

actually got fired from Apple Then

11:59

we may not have the iPhones

12:01

that 90% of us are using today

12:03

. That's why

12:05

I believe that anything

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is truly possible

12:09

now , looking

12:12

at these people . And here's another one George Clooney

12:14

. You've probably watched

12:16

a fair amount of movies with

12:18

George Clooney in it , and

12:21

George Clooney was

12:24

actually rejected from several

12:26

of his auditions , and I

12:29

didn't know this until I read the obstacle

12:31

is the way by Ryan Holiday . This was one of

12:33

my favorite books in 2024

12:35

. The obstacle is the

12:37

way , and it basically

12:40

highlights throughout the entire book , all of

12:42

these stories whether

12:44

it's people , organizations , military

12:47

organizations and

12:49

what they overcame

12:51

to eventually experience greatness

12:53

that these things that we think

12:55

are Obstacles in our lives

12:58

are actually the

13:00

things that will help us the most . They are

13:02

the opportunities that are being placed in front

13:04

of us . So , george Clooney I figured

13:06

that he must have been a successful

13:08

actor , probably started small and

13:11

then worked his way up , almost

13:13

Didn't make his way into the

13:15

film industry at

13:17

all , but he adjusted his

13:19

perspective , adjusted his approach and

13:22

Now we have the George Clooney

13:24

that we see today , and I know that I

13:26

look forward to any movie that he's

13:28

in , because you know it's gonna be a good one

13:30

because of the quality

13:33

of his work and how he is sharpened

13:35

and refined his craft Over

13:38

the years , and a lot of that is

13:40

likely driven by those times

13:42

where he was told no , and

13:45

he's got this chip on his shoulder , or really this gift

13:47

that every time he goes out there and gets on

13:49

camera he's probably thinking man , I'm gonna show you

13:51

guys that I am the best

13:53

and I can do this and there's

13:55

no role that I Can't

13:58

serve in . So

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, george Clooney , folks , amazing , amazing

14:03

example . Beyond researching

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people , other people

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, I've looked around at people

14:10

in my life and been intentional about Surrounding

14:13

myself with people who not only share the

14:15

same belief system that anything is

14:17

possible , but also have

14:19

demonstrated themselves that

14:21

they can overcome unthinkable

14:24

odds or that they

14:26

can go ahead and break the norm

14:28

, they can flip the script

14:30

on anything . And

14:33

One person that comes to mind immediately

14:35

is Jen drum , and Jen

14:37

recently became the first woman

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in the world to summit the

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second highest peak in each

14:44

of the seven continents , which is actually

14:47

more difficult than hiking

14:49

the first highest

14:52

peak in every continent , which you

14:54

would think otherwise . But Jen became

14:56

the first woman in the world to do that , and it wasn't

14:58

without a Near-death

15:01

experience and it wasn't without

15:03

having to attempt or recline

15:06

some of these mountains multiple times

15:08

because on the way on Her

15:10

first attempt at K2

15:12

, she had teammates that lost

15:14

their lives to frostbite

15:16

and avalanches . And

15:19

she kept coming back

15:21

and there's people telling her Jen , you shouldn't

15:23

do this , jen , you've nearly , almost

15:26

died . And now here

15:28

, now , the door is open for

15:30

more women to

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Do what Jen did , because

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she took no as hey

15:38

, new opportunity . We'll come back

15:40

, we'll do it again , we'll get stronger , we're gonna

15:42

embrace life . We

15:45

don't get to choose how we die , but we get to choose

15:47

how we live this life , and that's

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something I'll never forget . Jen saying and

15:52

she's somebody that I keep in touch

15:54

with regularly and

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Just being around her presence and

15:58

getting some exposure to her network Further

16:02

ingrains in my mind that you

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know what . You can do anything

16:07

that you want . Look at Jen

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. I've got a friend of

16:11

mine , joe Pettit , another podcast guest

16:13

that's local to South Carolina . Joe

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was addicted to drugs

16:18

, not making much money , kicked

16:20

out of his house , living in a

16:22

single wide trailer , not

16:25

the quote smartest

16:27

guy in the world , and he

16:29

decided to turn his life

16:31

around . Take the naysayers

16:34

and ignore them , put their comments

16:37

to the side , and Now

16:39

Joe is speaking

16:41

all over the United States

16:43

and even getting some international gigs

16:45

. He has created financial

16:48

freedom for his family . He is an author

16:51

. He's an amazing

16:53

person , but somebody that you know

16:55

. You look at him At

16:57

the time that he was struggling the most and

17:01

you may think , man , that guy's a loser , that guy's

17:03

not gonna do anything with his life . And

17:06

here he is showing us that , hey

17:08

, you know what . Anything is

17:10

possible . And the more that

17:12

I see Joe or hear from him and just

17:15

stay close to him Sometimes it's

17:17

just by tapping into his podcast

17:19

or keeping up with his post I'm like , damn

17:21

, if Joe can do it

17:23

, you can do it . Joe can do it , I can do

17:25

it . And and Joe , not a knock to you

17:27

, I know you would agree with all this . I love you to

17:29

death , brother . But this just

17:31

shows , man , that it's

17:34

possible . It is possible

17:36

. The last one

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I found this one to be

17:40

the most interesting when I was

17:42

reading the obstacle is the way , and

17:45

One that I don't reference much

17:47

. I don't . I don't really dive too much into military

17:50

topics and I've pulled

17:53

. I've interviewed folks that have military

17:55

experience and I believe there's a lot to learn there , but

17:57

I haven't really chatted too much about

17:59

this . So World War

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two People may be familiar

18:04

with the Germans and the Blitzkrieg

18:06

. And people are probably familiar with the Blitzkrieg

18:09

for a couple reasons . One , if you're

18:11

a football fan , you hear about the Blitz

18:13

, and the Blitz is where the

18:15

defense Goes all

18:18

in and rushes the offense , primarily

18:20

to sack the quarterback or

18:22

stop a running play . So

18:25

Blitz is , you got the whole line coming at

18:27

you , we're going and there's some big boys coming

18:29

at you . And you also

18:31

may be familiar with the Blitzkrieg because of

18:33

the Blitzkrieg bop . I believe

18:35

that's a song from the Beatles

18:38

. But the Blitz is a

18:40

familiar term here in the United

18:42

States and that originated in

18:44

World War two with the Germans

18:46

. And how they were successful

18:49

in many of their pursuits

18:51

is they would take their

18:53

tanks and they

18:55

would Line

18:57

all their tanks up in any city they wanted to

18:59

invade . They would just go full

19:01

storm in into the cities

19:03

with their tanks and that the Blitzkrieg

19:05

and Absolutely

19:07

pulverize Wherever they

19:09

wanted to go . They would pulverize

19:11

the city . No one wanted to stop this

19:14

bum rush of tanks . You're not going to get in front

19:16

of it . And at

19:18

the time the United States General

19:21

Dwight Eisenhower is in a room

19:23

with his

19:25

soldiers and People

19:27

are telling him man , we can't stop the Blitzkrieg

19:29

. We need to watch out . Sir

19:32

, it's probably time that you know we

19:34

we maybe even pull out of this mission

19:36

. And Eisenhower

19:38

said there's not going to be

19:41

a single person at this table that

19:43

speaks anything negatively

19:45

about this Blitzkrieg . From now on

19:47

, you're gonna look at it as an

19:50

Opportunity . Nobody is gonna talk about

19:52

how the Germans are kicking everyone's

19:54

ass . We're gonna look at what opportunity

19:57

do we have to modify

19:59

our approach to stop

20:02

the Blitzkrieg ? And From

20:05

that point on , just making that simple shift to

20:07

in your mind that you know what

20:09

again , how can I look at this ? How can

20:11

you look at this as an opportunity ? So

20:14

, rather than say , oh man , I'm about to get blitzed , can't

20:17

stop this Blitz , just

20:20

let them come sack me , what

20:22

can we do to look at it differently

20:24

? And they modified

20:26

their approach to where they

20:29

actually allowed the Blitz to come through

20:31

. But then they set up their armies

20:33

to where they were basically

20:36

flanked on both sides . So we said , all right

20:38

, fine , you know what , we'll let you Blitz

20:40

the middle . But here's what we're going to do this time

20:42

Instead of you running us over in the middle

20:44

, we're going to set up our teams on

20:47

the sides , flank both sides

20:49

and then also be ready from behind

20:51

. So , basically , on this next Blitz

20:54

that you do Germans , it's going to feel

20:56

like you're actually being

20:58

pushed into a net because now we've

21:00

trapped you and that's how we

21:02

defeated the Blitzkrieg . Just looking

21:04

at it a little bit differently hey , we're getting

21:07

ran over . Okay , you know what , let's move to the

21:09

side and then we'll trap them in our

21:11

quote net . By adjusting

21:13

your perspective and approach , you

21:15

can achieve anything

21:18

, same thing that George Clooney did he

21:21

adjusted his perspective and

21:23

his approach and now he

21:25

is one of the greatest and most

21:27

well known actors of all time . So

21:30

what we've covered so far is why

21:32

you can believe and why you should

21:34

believe that anything is possible is

21:37

one . We have other people

21:39

that have paved the path for us , and

21:42

they've done so by simply

21:44

saying no , looking

21:46

at no as a new opportunity , having

21:48

extremely high belief in themselves

21:51

, in the mission or

21:53

the cause that they're pursuing . And

21:57

then we've looked at surrounding

21:59

yourself with those people and

22:02

some of these people that we talk about . Yeah , it

22:04

may be a little difficult

22:07

, a little more difficult for you

22:09

to surround yourself with

22:11

, say , elliot Kipchoge right

22:13

now , but it's not to say

22:15

that's impossible , but most of

22:17

you probably don't live in Kenya

22:19

and would see him on a daily basis , but

22:22

you can still access

22:25

all of the material content

22:27

that's out there about him . You can

22:29

tap into the people that are making

22:31

the content about him , because if

22:34

they're making the content about him , they're probably

22:36

covering other stories

22:38

, other similar , inspiring stories that

22:40

continue on this theme . That , hey

22:42

, you know what successors reserved

22:44

for everyone . Limitations

22:47

are only created

22:50

by yourself , so

22:52

there's really no excuse for surrounding

22:55

yourself with these people , because , even the ones

22:57

that aren't locally available to you , you

22:59

can choose to consume the content

23:01

that is being put out there about

23:03

them . You can choose to read

23:06

the books that they talk about . You can choose to

23:08

listen to the podcast that they talk about . All

23:10

of that is public information , and

23:12

that's how you can still latch on to someone's mind

23:15

and heart without

23:17

being with them , directly with them , directly

23:19

next to them . These people are always

23:21

shouting out the resources

23:23

that have helped them . So jump into it , dive

23:26

into it , grab it . These

23:28

people are dropping tips

23:30

and tricks for us . Success leaves clues

23:32

. People , success leaves

23:34

clues . Another

23:36

reason why I believe that

23:38

anything is possible

23:40

and again , why you should , too . Look

23:43

at yourself . Look

23:45

at yourself , because I'm willing

23:48

to bet you that there

23:50

is something or a set of events

23:52

that you've encountered and

23:54

overcome that has put

23:57

you where you are today , or

23:59

even better yet . Maybe

24:01

there is something or a set of events that has occurred

24:05

in your life and you haven't tapped

24:07

into it yet . Man , you've got the

24:09

greatest resource available at

24:11

your hands . If you have something

24:14

or a set of things that have happened , what you

24:16

believe is to you , and you haven't

24:18

flipped the switch yet to look at it how it's

24:20

happened for you , man

24:22

, I'm so excited for you because

24:25

as soon as you do that , as

24:27

soon as you do that , you're going to open your

24:30

mind , your body

24:32

, to unlimited

24:35

possibilities . So think through

24:37

that for a second . And

24:40

as I was preparing for this , I started to use

24:42

myself as a science experiment and

24:45

looking at my life

24:47

and my journey , and I'm

24:50

sitting here now getting

24:52

the opportunity to talk

24:55

to and create conversations with some

24:57

of the most disciplined , heartwarming and inspiring

25:00

people on the world people that have been

25:02

on the top podcasts in the

25:04

world . I'm getting the opportunity

25:06

to leverage my

25:08

resources and create content on

25:11

LinkedIn on a weekly basis

25:13

all these things and I

25:15

say that , not to

25:17

toot my own horn , but if

25:19

I look back at

25:22

who was Ryan Cass

25:24

10 years ago , more than 10 years ago

25:26

, but 15 years ago , during those

25:28

formative years , I was

25:30

not focused , I was

25:32

not structured , I did

25:35

not get good grades , I was

25:37

not a great runner , I had

25:39

to push hard just to run a

25:41

sub eight minute mile . When I first started

25:44

this journey in high school on the wrestling team

25:46

, I was

25:48

not a great podcaster . To get

25:51

started still have a lot of room to grow . My

25:53

first interviews God bless

25:55

you if you go back and listen to them . And

25:57

no discredit to the guests

26:00

, but the interviewer , me I

26:02

wasn't that great , was not

26:04

that great , but I do truly believe

26:07

that the only thing

26:09

that we can't do in this life is

26:11

what we say we can't do . And

26:13

again , going back to that Henry Ford

26:15

quote if you think you can or

26:17

you can't , you're right . But

26:20

I've looked at myself as a science experiment

26:22

and I encourage you to look at yourself as

26:24

a science experiment . What

26:26

have you overcome ? Give yourself

26:28

credit , give yourself grace . I guarantee

26:31

you there's things there . But this

26:33

whole belief or illusion that

26:35

success is reserved for the

26:37

most structured , the most disciplined yes

26:40

, there are a lot of benefits to that , but

26:42

a lot of these people that have that that we admire

26:44

, didn't have that before , myself

26:47

included . And if I can do it , then I truly

26:50

believe that anybody can do it , because I

26:52

don't believe I possess any special

26:54

God given talent that

26:57

anyone else doesn't have . There's

27:00

, there's no way . I'm as

27:02

normal as it gets and have

27:05

have built all of this as

27:07

a result of working on the

27:09

belief system surrounding myself , with the

27:11

people , things that you

27:14

are either doing or you can do , or anyone

27:16

can do . The last thing , as

27:19

I was going back to the

27:21

obstacles , the way I found this really

27:23

awesome , really awesome excerpt

27:26

here . Sports psychologists

27:28

recently did a study of elite athletes

27:30

who are struck with some adversity or serious

27:32

injury . Initially , each

27:35

reported feeling isolation , emotional

27:37

disruption and doubts about their

27:39

athletic ability . Yet afterward

27:41

each reported gaining a desire to help

27:43

others , additional perspective and

27:46

realization of their own strengths . In

27:48

other words , every fear

27:50

and doubt they felt during the injury

27:52

turned into greater abilities

27:55

in those exact areas

27:57

. So think

27:59

through that , man . Even if you're going through some things right

28:01

now , even if you're injured

28:04

or have been told no

28:06

like on the other side of that is

28:09

the best version of you On

28:11

the other side of that is the

28:13

success , is the

28:15

dream that you've

28:18

envisioned . On

28:20

the other side of that , because we all

28:22

go through that . We all go through this quote

28:24

, whether it's sports or not . We all have experienced

28:27

this and we will experience this . Success

28:29

isn't reserved for a small population

28:32

. It is available for everyone

28:34

. If I can do it , you

28:37

can do it . Look at the pioneers

28:39

, look at the pathfinders . Look at the people that

28:41

have been put into this world

28:43

, I believe , to inspire

28:46

us that we

28:48

can do anything . So

28:51

look at what others have done

28:53

, who have defied the odds and overcome it . Look

28:57

at their backgrounds , look at their beginnings . I

28:59

promise you that none of them have

29:02

any sort of God

29:04

given abilities where that you and

29:06

I don't have . Some of them may

29:08

be a little more genetically blessed , but beyond

29:10

that , it comes down to discipline

29:13

heart , belief . Surround

29:15

yourself with people who have overcome

29:17

the odds . There are people that share this mindset

29:20

. Again , I believe

29:22

they're available everywhere in the world , but

29:24

if they're tougher to find , you still have the

29:27

resources that they talk about . You

29:29

still have networks . There's

29:31

still so many other pockets of people that may

29:33

be one or two degrees away from these

29:35

people that you admire ? Ask them what

29:38

is it about this person that makes them who they are ? We

29:41

have access to so much more people and so

29:43

many more resources and information that we could

29:45

ever possibly believe in this life . Go

29:48

out and seek it and

29:50

then again , and lastly , most importantly

29:52

I think , look at yourself . What have you overcome

29:55

? What gifts have you been given ? What obstacles

29:57

and really opportunities

29:59

have been placed in your

30:01

way ? I guarantee you there's some , and

30:05

I wish that , by tuning into this

30:07

, that you understand that

30:09

success is reserved

30:11

for you . You

30:13

can create anything that you want in this life

30:15

and you will

30:18

win today and in the future

30:20

. Thanks so much for tuning in .