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0:02You're not failing because the economy
0:04is bad. You're not stuck because you
0:06don't have talent. You're not broke
0:08because you weren't born into the right
0:10family. You're failing because you've
0:12inherited a philosophy that was designed
0:14for someone else. And the hardest part,
0:17that philosophy is whispering to you
0:19right now, telling you it's someone
0:21else's fault. That's the disease. And
0:24this is the cure. See, there's a version
0:27of you that exists in 2027. Not a
0:30fantasy version, not a someday version,
0:33a real version. And that version is
0:36either going to thank you or curse
0:38[music] you. The question isn't whether
0:40you'll change. The question is whether
0:43you'll change on purpose or by accident.
0:45[music]
0:46Because the man or woman you'll become
0:48is not a mystery. They're the direct
0:50result of the daily decisions you're
0:52making right now, [music] today, this
0:54week, this month. And if that future
0:57version of you is broke, lonely, and
0:59tired, that's not bad luck. [music]
1:02That's not the universe being unfair.
1:05That's arithmetic. Let me tell you
1:07something most people don't want to
1:08hear. Your life isn't complicated. Your
1:11situation is. [music] But your life,
1:14your life is following a simple
1:16equation. philosophy, attitude,
1:19behavior, results, lifestyle. [music]
1:22That's it. That's the whole thing. Right
1:26now, most people are trying to change
1:28their results by working harder at the
1:30behavior level. They're saying, "I'll
1:33just work more hours. I'll just push
1:35harder. I'll just find more motivation."
1:38But they're ignoring the foundation.
1:41They're ignoring philosophy. See, you
1:43could have the perfect plan and still
1:45fail. You could have the best strategy
1:47in the world and still be broke by next
1:49year. Because if your philosophy is
1:52broken, everything that sits on top of
1:54it is just expensive failure with better
1:57shoes. So let me ask you this. What is
2:00your philosophy about money, about your
2:02potential, about discipline, about
2:05failure? Not what do you say your
2:07philosophy is? Not what sounds good on
2:10social media, [music] but what do you
2:12actually believe? Because your beliefs
2:15are like the root system of a tree, most
2:17people are looking at the leaves, trying
2:19to make them greener, [music] trying to
2:21make them bigger. But if the roots are
2:23poisoned, all you're doing is killing
2:26yourself slowly with a better
2:27perspective. Here's what most people
2:29believe, and they don't even know they
2:31believe it. Someone else is responsible
2:34for my success. It's the government's
2:36fault. It's the economy's fault. [music]
2:38It's my boss. It's my parents. It's my
2:42circumstances.
2:43That belief system is a cage. And the
2:46worst part, it feels true. But truth and
2:50reality are not the same thing. Your
2:52circumstances might be real, but your
2:54philosophy about your circumstances
2:56determines whether you're a victim or a
2:58victor. Jim Ran taught us something that
3:02most people refuse to accept. You can't
3:04reap what you don't sow. This isn't
3:07mystical. This isn't spiritual babble.
3:09This is agriculture. [music] A farmer
3:12doesn't go out in spring and say, "I'm
3:14wishing for corn." He doesn't sit in his
3:16house and imagine a harvest. He doesn't
3:19post a picture of corn on social media.
3:22He gets up. He prepares the soil. He
3:25plants the seed. He waters it. He
3:27removes the weeds. He tends it day after
3:31day after [music] day. And then he gets
3:34a harvest. The farmer knows something
3:37you've forgotten. There are no shortcuts
3:39in nature. Now, what are you sewing? Are
3:43you sowing discipline or are you sowing
3:45habits that keep you weak? Are you
3:47sowing knowledge or are you sowing
3:50ignorance? Are you sowing integrity or
3:53are you sowing excuses? Because I want
3:56to tell you something that changed my
3:58life. You will not rise above the seeds
4:00you sew. Period. And here's the tragedy.
4:04Most people know this. Deep down. They
4:07know. [music] But they keep asking the
4:09wrong question. They keep asking when
4:11will it be easy. They keep asking when
4:14will it be fair. They keep asking why do
4:16I have to do this? But the real question
4:19is what do I need to sew to reap the
4:21life I actually want? [music] See, most
4:24people are living on a timet that
4:26doesn't exist. They're waiting for the
4:29right opportunity, the right moment, the
4:32right market, the right boss, the right
4:34partner. And while they're waiting,
4:37someone else is sewing, [music] someone
4:39else is working, someone else is
4:41building discipline, someone else is
4:43learning. And you know what happens?
4:45That person reaps. And then we call them
4:48lucky. But luck is just preparation
4:51meeting opportunity. And preparation
4:53only comes from sewing. Here's a
4:55question for you. What would happen to
4:57your life if you exercise the same
4:59discipline with your goals that you do
5:01with your phone? Think about that. When
5:04your phone battery is low, you don't
5:07say, "I'll just wait until it's
5:08convenient to charge it." You find a
5:11charger, [music] you make it happen.
5:13That's discipline. When you're hungry,
5:16you don't say, "I'll wait until
5:18conditions are perfect to eat." You find
5:21food, that's discipline. But when it
5:23comes to your dreams, when it comes to
5:26your potential, when it comes to your
5:28future, suddenly discipline feels like
5:31punishment. Suddenly it feels optional.
5:34Suddenly you're waiting for motivation.
5:38But let me tell you something Jim Ran
5:40knew in his bones. Discipline is not
5:42punishment. Discipline is the price of
5:45freedom. Think about [music] that. The
5:47most free people on the planet are the
5:49most disciplined, not the least. The
5:52entrepreneur who controls their time,
5:55that's discipline. The athlete who
5:57controls their body, that's discipline.
5:59The person who controls their thoughts,
6:01that's discipline. [music] And yet,
6:03we've been taught to believe that
6:05discipline is restrictive. We've been
6:07sold a lie. You want to know what's
6:09actually restrictive? Debt, addiction,
6:12mediocrity, living someone else's life.
6:16That's restrictive. But discipline,
6:19discipline is the narrow gate that leads
6:21to freedom. And here's what makes it
6:23worse. We don't see the cost of in
6:25discipline. [music] We see it as freedom
6:27in the moment. I'm free to sleep in. I'm
6:30free to skip the workout. [music] I'm
6:32free to eat what I want. But you're not
6:35free. You're just deferring the payment.
6:37And the bill always comes due. See, I
6:40talk to people all the time who are
6:42drowning in regret. They're 45 years old
6:45and they [music] say, "I should have
6:47started earlier." They're overweight and
6:50they say, "I should have started the
6:52diet." They're broke and they say, "I
6:56should have invested." But it's too late
6:58to pay with discipline. [music] So they
7:00pay with regret. And regret is much much
7:03more expensive than discipline. [music]
7:05Regret cost you the years. Discipline
7:08cost you the Netflix subscription.
7:10[music] Which one would you choose? I
7:12want to tell you a story. It's not new.
7:15It's ancient. But it applies to you
7:18right now. Two farmers, same village,
7:22same [music] soil, same weather, same
7:25opportunities. Farmer A wakes up at 4:30
7:28a.m. [music] He's not a morning person,
7:31but he does it anyway. That's
7:33discipline. He walks his fields and
7:35checks the soil. [music] He knows what
7:37to look for. That's knowledge. He plants
7:40with intention, not randomly, not
7:43hoping, [music]
7:43with intention. That's clarity. He
7:46waters. He tends. He removes weeds. He
7:49does this for months. [music] No results
7:51yet. No payoff yet. That's faith. Farmer
7:55B. Farmer B is sleeping until 8. Farmer
7:58B is checking on his crops once a week.
8:01Farmer B is hoping for rain instead of
8:03building irrigation. [music] Farmer B is
8:05complaining about the market instead of
8:07improving his yield. Both farmers wait
8:10for the season to end. When the harvest
8:12comes, [music] farmer A has abundance.
8:15Farmer B has just enough. Maybe not even
8:18that. Farmer B looks at farmer A and
8:21says, "You're so lucky." But it wasn't
8:24luck. It was the small decisions
8:26compounded over time. It was 4:30 a.m.
8:30instead of 8:00 a.m. It was knowledge
8:32instead of guessing. It was daily
8:34tending instead of weekly checking. It
8:36was intention instead of hope. Now,
8:40which farmer are you right now? And
8:42here's what's critical. You don't have
8:44to be farmer B next year. The season
8:47hasn't started yet. You still have time
8:49to change your philosophy. You still
8:52have time to start sewing differently.
8:54But only if you accept this truth. You
8:57can't be lazy and rich at the same time.
8:59You can't be undisiplined and free at
9:01the same time. You can't be negligent
9:03and successful at the same time. Those
9:06equations don't work in nature. [music]
9:08And they don't work in life. Here's
9:10something Jim Ran said that nobody talks
9:13about anymore. [music] Formal education
9:15will make you a living. Self-education
9:18will make you a fortune. Think about
9:20that. School teaches you a job, but it
9:23doesn't teach you how to build wealth.
9:25It doesn't teach you how to think.
9:27[music] It doesn't teach you how to
9:28lead. It doesn't teach you how to speak.
9:31It doesn't teach you how to sell. It
9:33teaches you compliance. [music] And
9:35compliance doesn't build empires. So,
9:38here's the question. After you finish
9:40school, do you stop learning? Because
9:43that's what most people do. They get
9:45their diploma and they think, "Okay, I'm
9:48educated now." They close the book. They
9:51stop reading. They stop learning. And
9:54you know what that means? Their thinking
9:56stops evolving. Their income stays the
9:59same. Their perspective stays frozen in
10:02time. But here's the beautiful part. The
10:05person who reads one book a year isn't
10:07more educated than the person who reads
10:09zero books a year. They're transformed.
10:12The person who listens to one
10:13educational podcast a day isn't slightly
10:16better informed than the person who
10:18listens to zero. [music] They're
10:20operating from a completely different
10:22reality because compound learning is
10:24more powerful than any other force in
10:26your life. Think about [music] this. If
10:29you read one book a month, that's 12
10:31books a year. In 10 years, that's 120
10:35books. You'll know more about life than
10:3799% of the people on the planet. But we
10:40don't think that way. [music] We think
10:42one book won't matter. True, one book
10:45won't matter, but 120 books, 120 books
10:49will rebuild your brain. [music] So,
10:51here's what most weak people do. They
10:54wait for the perfect book. They wait for
10:56the perfect course. They wait for the
10:58perfect mentor. But here's what strong
11:01people do. [music] They read good books,
11:03even if they're not perfect. They take
11:06imperfect courses. [music] They learn
11:08from imperfect mentors. because they
11:10understand that imperfect education is
11:12better than no education and every
11:15single day they're getting stronger.
11:18I want you to understand something that
11:20most people get wrong. You don't need a
11:22massive transformation. You need a small
11:25discipline multiplied. See, most people
11:27look at someone successful and they
11:29think, "Wow, they must have done
11:31something huge." But usually that's not
11:34true. Usually they did something small
11:371,000 times. The person with perfect abs
11:40didn't do one massive workout. They did
11:43a 20inute workout over and over and
11:46over. The person with a million dollars
11:49didn't make one massive sale. They made
11:51small sales consistently [music]
11:54over time. The person with a amazing
11:57relationship didn't have one perfect
11:59moment. They had 10,000 small moments of
12:02kindness, patience, and presence. This
12:06is what kills most people's dreams.
12:08They're waiting for the big break. But
12:10big breaks don't exist. What exists is
12:13small disciplines repeated. [music] So
12:16here's what I want you to understand.
12:18You don't need to be amazing at
12:19everything. [music] You need to be
12:21disciplined at a few things. Just a few
12:24things.
12:25What if you committed to reading 20
12:27minutes a day, exercise 30 minutes a
12:30day, one difficult conversation or
12:33important task per day, [music]
12:35investing 1 hour a day in your skill?
12:37That's it. That's barely anything.
12:40That's only 2 hours a day. And yet in
12:43one year, you would have read 30 plus
12:45books. You would have worked out 180
12:48plus hours. You would have completed 365
12:51difficult conversations or tasks. You
12:53would have invested 365 hours into
12:56mastery. [music] Do you understand what
12:58you would become? You wouldn't be the
13:00same person. You wouldn't recognize
13:03yourself. But here's [music] the catch.
13:05It's not easy. Not because it's hard,
13:08but because it's boring. [music] It's
13:10not glamorous. It's not exciting. It's
13:13just showing [music] up day after day
13:17after day. And that's why most people
13:20won't do it because they're waiting for
13:22it to feel good. They're waiting for
13:24motivation. [music] They're waiting for
13:26inspiration. But discipline isn't about
13:28feeling good. Discipline is about doing
13:30the thing anyway. Let me tell you about
13:32the most dangerous word in the English
13:34language. Later, later I'll start that
13:37business. Later I'll go back to school.
13:40[music] Later I'll fix the relationship.
13:42Later I'll get healthy. Later I'll learn
13:45that skill. [music] And years go by and
13:48later becomes never. See right now you
13:51think you have unlimited time. You
13:53[music] think I'm young. I can start
13:55next year. But you're not thinking about
13:57the math. Let's say you're 30 years old.
14:01Let's say you live to 90. That's 60
14:03years left. That sounds like a lot until
14:06you break it down. 60 years is 30 times
14:09what you've already lived. But if you've
14:11spent the last 30 years sleeping,
14:14eating, working, and not building, why
14:17would the next 30 be different? Most
14:20people don't change because they don't
14:21feel the urgency. [music] They think,
14:23"I'll do it when I'm ready." But
14:25readiness is a feeling, not a condition.
14:28The condition is now. The condition is
14:31always now. [music] And the person who
14:33understands that will be a completely
14:35different person in 5 years than the
14:37person who's still waiting. Here's what
14:39I want you to do. I want you to fast
14:42forward to 2031, 5 years from now. What
14:45does your life look like? Are you the
14:48same person or are you someone
14:50completely different? [music] Now,
14:52here's the hard part. That difference
14:54you're imagining, that only happens if
14:56you start now. [music] Not when you feel
14:59ready. Not when the time is right. Not
15:01when the conditions are perfect. Now,
15:04[music] because every day you wait is a
15:07day that person you want to become
15:09[music] is not being built. Think about
15:11it like this. If you wanted to build a
15:14house, [music] would you wait until you
15:15felt like it? No. You'd hire a
15:18contractor. You'd break ground. You'd
15:21start building. But for your life, for
15:24your character, for your skills, you're
15:26waiting for a feeling. And that feeling
15:29will never come. Because feelings follow
15:31action, they don't precede [music] it.
15:34One of the most misunderstood things
15:36about life is this. Failure is not
15:38permanent. It's a season. See, most
15:41people treat failure like it's a
15:43destination. They fail once and they
15:45think, "Okay, I'm a failure." And they
15:48never try again. But that's not how
15:51nature works. Winter always comes every
15:55single year. [music] Sometimes it's
15:57harsh, sometimes it's mild, but it
16:00always comes. [music] And farmers don't
16:02stop being farmers because winter
16:04exists. They understand winter is a
16:08season. Spring will come.
16:11But here's what most people do. They
16:13experience one winter, one loss, one
16:16mistake, one setback, and they forget
16:19about spring. [music] They forget that
16:21seasons change, so they give up. And
16:24they say things like, "I [music] tried
16:27and it didn't work, so I'm not meant to
16:29succeed. I failed once, so I'm a
16:32failure. The economy is bad right now,
16:34so there's no point in trying." But all
16:37of that is just a misunderstanding of
16:39seasons. Here's what strong people know.
16:42Winter teaches you how to prepare for
16:44spring. [music] Loss teaches you how to
16:46value what you have. Failure teaches you
16:49what doesn't work so you can try what
16:51does. So the question isn't [music] will
16:54I face a difficult season. The question
16:56is what will I learn during this season
16:59that makes me stronger because every
17:02season serves a purpose [music] right
17:04now. Maybe you're in a winter, maybe
17:07business is slow. Maybe the relationship
17:09is hard. Maybe the goal seems
17:12impossible. [music] But that's just a
17:14season. And if you understand that, you
17:17don't despair. You prepare, you [music]
17:20learn, you build, you strengthen your
17:23roots so that when spring comes, you're
17:25ready. Most people do the opposite. They
17:29despair in winter and they squander
17:31spring. Then they blame the calendar for
17:34their failure. Here's something nobody
17:36wants to hear. You can't change the
17:38other person. You can't change the
17:40government. [music] You can't change the
17:43economy. You can't change the past. You
17:46can only change you. But that's the
17:48hardest thing to accept, isn't it?
17:50Because it means the power was always in
17:52your hands. And if the power was always
17:55in your hands, then whose fault is this?
17:58That's the realization that transforms
18:00people. I talk to people who are broke
18:03and they say the system is rigged. Maybe
18:06it is, but you're still broke, aren't
18:08you? I talk to people who are unhealthy
18:11and they say food companies are evil.
18:13[music] Maybe they are, but you're still
18:16unhealthy, aren't you? I talk to people
18:18who are lonely and they say, "People
18:20don't understand me. Maybe they don't,
18:23but you're still lonely, aren't you?"
18:25And at some point, you have to ask
18:27yourself, are these problems or are
18:29these excuses?
18:31Because there's a difference. A problem
18:34is something external that affects you.
18:36An excuse is something external that you
18:38use to avoid responsibility. And here's
18:41the dangerous part. You can talk about
18:43problems all day. Other people will
18:46listen. Other people will sympathize.
18:48Other people will validate your victim
18:50story. [music] And it will feel good. It
18:53will feel like you have allies. But it
18:55won't change anything. Because the only
18:57person who can change your life is you.
19:00So here's what I'm asking you to do.
19:03Stop blaming the mirror for what you
19:05see. The mirror isn't bad. The mirror is
19:08just honest.
19:08>> [music]
19:09>> And if you don't like what you see, the
19:11solution isn't to break the mirror. The
19:13solution is to change what you're
19:15reflecting.
19:16That means if you're broke, [music] stop
19:19blaming the economy and start blaming
19:21your spending habits. If you're
19:23unhealthy, stop blaming your genes and
19:26start blaming your choices. If you're
19:28[music] lonely, stop blaming other
19:30people and start blaming your
19:32vulnerability.
19:33Because the moment you take
19:35responsibility, you take [music] power.
19:38And the moment you take power, you can
19:40change things. I want to tell you
19:42something about identity. Your identity
19:45isn't something you're born with. It's
19:47something you build. And you build it
19:50one day at a time. See, people think
19:52they can be one person during the week
19:54and a different person on the weekend.
19:56They think they can be irresponsible now
19:59and responsible later. They think they
20:01can have one identity for their job and
20:03another identity for their personal
20:05life. But that's not how identity works.
20:09Identity is the sum total of the
20:11decisions you make. Every decision
20:13either builds you or breaks you. So when
20:16you hit the snooze button instead of
20:18getting up, you're voting for laziness.
20:20When you eat the whole pizza instead of
20:22eating one slice, you're voting for
20:25indulgence. When you avoid the difficult
20:27conversation instead of having it,
20:30you're voting for cowardice. [music] And
20:32do it once, nobody cares. Do it a h 100
20:36times. Now you're a lazy, indulgent,
20:39cowardly [music] person. That's not
20:41judgment. That's just math. But here's
20:44the beautiful part. The opposite is also
20:47true. [music] When you get up early,
20:49you're voting for discipline. When you
20:51stop after one slice, you're voting for
20:54wisdom. When you have the difficult
20:56conversation, you're voting for courage.
20:59Do it once, nobody cares. Do it a h 100
21:02times. Now you're a disciplined, wise,
21:05courageous person. That's your real
21:08identity. Not what you tell people, not
21:11what you post on social media, but what
21:13you actually do when nobody's watching.
21:16So here's the question. [music] What
21:18identity are you building? Because that
21:21identity is the one that will determine
21:23your results. Jim Ran called this the
21:25slight edge. It's not about massive
21:28change. It's about making better
21:30decisions than average.
21:32And you don't need to make better
21:34decisions than the best people on the
21:36planet. You just need to make better
21:37decisions than average. That's it. If
21:4150% of people wake up early and 50% hit
21:44snooze and you choose to wake up early,
21:46you're in the top 50%. But most people
21:49don't even do that. [music] They choose
21:51the snooze button and then they wonder
21:53why they're not successful. But
21:55successful people don't wake up every
21:57morning and think, "Wow, I'm so
21:59disciplined. [music] They just wake up.
22:02They just do it. They just keep
22:04building." And one day they wake [music]
22:06up and they're a completely different
22:08person than they were 5 years ago. And
22:10that person is free. I want to paint you
22:13a picture. [music]
22:14Imagine that your life is a building.
22:17Your foundation is your philosophy. What
22:19you believe about yourself and the
22:21world. Your walls are your habits. what
22:24you do every single day. Your roof is
22:27your results, [music] the life you're
22:29living. Now, most people focus on the
22:32roof. They try to change the results
22:34without changing the foundation or the
22:36walls, and it doesn't work. A beautiful
22:39roof on a bad foundation is just an
22:42expensive disaster waiting to happen.
22:45So, let me ask you, what is your
22:47foundation? [music] Do you believe
22:49you're capable? Do you believe you
22:51deserve success? Do you believe you can
22:53change? Do you believe the effort is
22:56worth the result? Because if your
22:58foundation is built on doubt, fear and
23:01blame, then no amount of work will save
23:03you. [music] But if your foundation is
23:05built on responsibility, capability and
23:08vision, then you become unstoppable.
23:11Now given your foundation, what walls
23:13are you building? Are you building walls
23:16of discipline or walls of
23:17procrastination? [music] Are you
23:19building walls of learning or walls of
23:22ignorance? Are you building walls of
23:24action or walls of waiting? Because
23:27those walls will hold up your roof. And
23:30the roof that sits on top, [music] the
23:32results you're living right now, that's
23:34just the physical manifestation of
23:36what's underneath. You can't have a nice
23:38roof on a bad foundation. You can't have
23:41results you love when your habits are
23:43killing you. [music] So, here's what I
23:45want you to do. I want you to get really
23:47honest about your foundation and your
23:49walls. [music] Don't tell me what you
23:51wish your foundation was. Tell me what
23:53it actually is. Don't tell me what
23:56habits you wish you had. Tell me what
23:58habits you actually practice. [music]
24:00Because that's the only way to change.
24:03You have to see the truth. And then you
24:05have to be willing to rebuild. And
24:07rebuilding is not fun. Rebuilding is not
24:10quick. [music] Rebuilding is not easy.
24:13But it's the only way to change the
24:14roof. I want to talk to you about who
24:16you're becoming. Not who you are, not
24:19who you were, but who you're becoming.
24:22Because right now, you're in the process
24:24of becoming someone. That process
24:27doesn't stop. [music] It continues
24:29whether you're aware of it or not. The
24:31question is, are you becoming someone
24:33you admire [music] or someone you're
24:35disappointed by? Because one year from
24:37now, you will be a different person. 2
24:40years from now, you will be transformed.
24:435 years from now, you'll barely
24:45recognize yourself. But only if you're
24:47conscious about the transformation. Only
24:49if you're intentional. Only if you're
24:52taking responsibility for the person
24:53you're becoming. Most people just let it
24:56happen. They become bitter because they
24:58were disappointed over and over. They
25:00become weak because they quit too many
25:02times. [music] They become small because
25:04they played it safe. And then they say,
25:07"This is just who I am." But that's not
25:10true. That's who you became. And you can
25:13become someone different
25:15starting now. See, the person you want
25:18to become is not waiting for the perfect
25:20conditions. [music] They're waiting for
25:22the decision. They're waiting for you to
25:24look in the mirror and say, "Enough."
25:27Not enough as in I'm done. But enough as
25:30in I'm ready. Ready to change. [music]
25:33Ready to grow. Ready to become someone
25:36new. Because right now, you're carrying
25:39around an old version of yourself like a
25:41weight. You're telling old stories about
25:43why you can't. [music] You're
25:45reinforcing old beliefs about what
25:47you're limited to. You're defending an
25:49old identity that doesn't serve you
25:51anymore. And you're calling it loyalty.
25:54You're calling it consistency. You're
25:56calling it being realistic. [music] But
25:58it's just fear. Fear that if you try,
26:01you might fail. Fear that if you change,
26:04people won't recognize you. Fear that
26:07the new version of you might be too
26:08much. But here's what I know. The person
26:11you want to become is worth the fear.
26:14The future version of you, healthy,
26:17successful, free, capable, is worth the
26:20temporary discomfort of change. And
26:23change will be uncomfortable. [music] It
26:25will be hard. It will require you to do
26:28things you don't feel like doing.
26:29[music] But that's not a reason to stay
26:31the same. That's a reason to go allin.
26:34Now, I want to give you something
26:35practical. I want to give you the daily
26:38practice that will rebuild your life.
26:40This isn't magical. This isn't
26:42complicated, but it works. And it works
26:45because it's based on philosophy, not
26:48motivation. Here's the practice.
26:52Every single morning.
26:54One, you wake up 30 minutes earlier than
26:57you normally do. Two, you spend 10
26:59minutes in silence. No phone, no noise,
27:02[music]
27:03just you and your thoughts. Three, you
27:05reflect on this. Who do I need to become
27:08today to move toward the life I want?
27:10Four, you spend 20 minutes on one of
27:13these. Read, write, listen to something
27:16educational or exercise.
27:19That's it. That's the entire practice.
27:2230 [music] minutes. Now, why this works?
27:25The silence reconnects you to your
27:27values. The reflection puts you in
27:29control of your identity. The practice,
27:32reading, writing, listening, moving
27:35compounds over time. And here's [music]
27:38the thing. If you do this every single
27:40day, you'll change. Not because you're
27:43special, not because you have more
27:45talent than anyone else, but because
27:47you're being consistent. Most people
27:50read one book and expect their life to
27:52change. Most people go to the gym once
27:54and expect to get fit. Most people go to
27:56therapy once and expect to be healed.
27:59But change doesn't work that way. Change
28:02works through repetition. Change works
28:04through doing the thing even when it's
28:06boring. Even when it doesn't feel
28:08motivating, [music] even when you can't
28:10see the results yet, that's the whole
28:12game. And after 30 days of this
28:15practice, you'll feel different. After
28:1890 days, people will notice. [music]
28:20After 365 days, you'll be a completely
28:24different person. And that different
28:26person will have a completely different
28:28life.
28:29But it all starts with the decision to
28:31wake up 30 minutes earlier. I want to
28:33tell you something about perspective.
28:36Everything you see depends on where
28:37you're standing. From where a child
28:40stands, an adult is powerful and scary.
28:42From where an adult stands, a parent is
28:45powerless and disappointing. From where
28:47a billion-doll company stands, a
28:49million-doll company seems small. From
28:52where a million-doll company stands, a
28:54billionaire seems unreachable.
28:56But they're all just looking at
28:58different parts of the same reality. And
29:01what's powerful about this is this. You
29:04can shift your perspective. You can
29:06choose to look at your current situation
29:08as evidence of why you'll fail. Or you
29:10can choose to look at it as evidence
29:12that you need to change. Both
29:14perspectives are true, but one
29:16perspective keeps you stuck and the
29:19other perspective liberates you. See,
29:21when you're broke, you can think, "I'll
29:23never have money. Look at where I am."
29:25Or you can think, "I'm here because I
29:27didn't know how to make money, [music]
29:29but I can learn." Same situation,
29:32different perspective, different
29:34results. [music]
29:35When you're out of shape, you can think,
29:37"This is just how my body is." Or you
29:40can think, "This is what happens when I
29:43don't prioritize health. I can change
29:45this." When you're alone, you can think,
29:48"I'm unlovable." Or you can [music]
29:50think, "I haven't learned how to connect
29:52with people. I can learn. The situation
29:56doesn't change, but your power in that
29:58situation changes when your perspective
30:01changes. And that power is what creates
30:03momentum. That power is what makes you
30:06dangerous to your own limitations. I
30:09want to say something to you that might
30:10hurt. The version of you that exists
30:13today, that version is not going to get
30:15you to where you want to go. That
30:17version is who created your current
30:19situation. And you can't get a different
30:22result from the same person. [music] So
30:24you have to change. And the good news is
30:27you already know that. [music] That's
30:29why you're here. That's why you're
30:31listening. Because some part of you is
30:33dying to become someone new. Some part
30:36of you is tired of the excuses. Some
30:38part of you is tired of waiting. Some
30:41part of you is tired of being small.
30:44Then that part of you is right. So
30:46here's my question. What are you going
30:48to do? Are you going to forget what you
30:51just heard? Are you going to go back to
30:53your old life [music] and pretend this
30:55didn't hit you? Or are you going to
30:57choose to become someone new? Because
30:59this moment matters. This moment is the
31:02moment where the old version of you dies
31:04or gets another year. [music] And I
31:06can't make that choice for you. Your
31:09best friend can't make that choice for
31:10you. Your parents can't make that choice
31:13for you. No amount of motivation can
31:15make that choice for you. Only you. Only
31:19you can decide that the person you've
31:20been is no longer acceptable. Only you
31:23can decide that your old philosophy is a
31:25liability. Only you can decide to wake
31:28up early and start building. Only you.
31:31So let me ask you directly. Are you
31:34ready? Because if you are, everything
31:36changes starting now, not tomorrow, not
31:40Monday, [music] not next year, now. The
31:44person who has the discipline to read
31:46one more page after this video ends is
31:49already becoming different. The person
31:51who wakes up early tomorrow is already
31:53becoming different. [music] The person
31:55who exercises even though they don't
31:57feel like it is already becoming
31:59different. And that person that person
32:02who's becoming [music] that's the person
32:04who wins. That's the person who looks
32:06back in 5 years and says [music] I'm so
32:09glad I decided to change. Not. I wish I
32:12had changed, but I'm glad I did. Here's
32:15what I want you to remember. [music] You
32:17are not your circumstances. You are not
32:19your past. You are not even your
32:22feelings. [music] You are your choices.
32:24And starting right now, you get to
32:26choose. You can choose discipline. You
32:29can choose growth. You can choose
32:31responsibility. You can choose to become
32:34someone new. The weak version of you,
32:36the version that makes excuses, that
32:39waits for perfect conditions, that
32:41blames other people. That version of you
32:43is a choice. And choices can be changed.
32:47So let the weak version die. [music] Let
32:50it go. Not with anger, not with
32:52judgment, but with clear intention. Let
32:55that version go and [music] become
32:57someone new. Someone who wakes up early,
33:00someone who reads, someone who
33:03exercises, [music] someone who has
33:05difficult conversations, someone who
33:07takes responsibility, someone who keeps
33:09going even when it's hard. That person
33:12is already inside you. They're just
33:14waiting for you to choose them. And that
33:17choice [music] that's available to you
33:19right now, not when you feel motivated,
33:22not when the conditions are perfect.
33:23[music] right now. So, what are you
33:25going to do? Are you going to close this
33:28video and forget? Or are you going to
33:30wake up tomorrow and start building?
33:32Because I promise you, that future
33:35version of you, the one who did the
33:37work, [music] the one who didn't quit,
33:39the one who kept building, they're going
33:41to be so grateful. [music] And that
33:43gratitude will be worth every cold
33:45morning, every difficult decision, every
33:48time you chose the hard right over the
33:50easy wrong. [music] The weak version of
33:53yourself dies today and a stronger
33:55version is born. [music] Welcome to your
33:58new life. The only question now is, are
34:01you going to live

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