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  • Some of you are, your priorities are out of line

  • and you're partying right now, and you're broke

  • You're broke in your relationships, you're broke in your health

  • like for real, you broken, you broke, you broke.

  • And you're broke because you not getting the "I"

  • you not understanding the "I"

  • I told you last week, it is about an invention and idea

  • If you, if you would get off the couch, stop playing video games

  • stop murmuring, stop complaining

  • stop going to a job you don't like.

  • You about to go to a whole other level

  • in every area of your life.

  • I'm talking about the "I am" I am!

  • I am strong.

  • I am equipped, I am confident

  • I am more than a conqueror.

  • Don't let your words guide you

  • let your actions guide you.

  • Everything you've ever wanted, everything you've ever wanted in life.

  • It's in your idea, it's in your I am

  • - Come on, I am - I am

  • For I am, I am.

  • After you get off work

  • just like you invest in them, you need to invest in yourself.

  • And the problem is simple

  • you're not investing in your I am.

  • Write the idea down and shut up.

  • You ain't got to share your idea with 50 people.

  • You're watching people blow up who had an idea

  • and they turned that idea into a reality

  • and not only are they millionaires or billionaires

  • but they making people millionaires or billionaires.

  • your success is not determined on just what you say.

  • Write the idea down and boom get to stepping baby

  • get to the action.

  • You don't get out of life what you want.

  • Raise your level of consciousness

  • you get out of life who you are.

  • I am the greatest.

  • You haven't convinced you that you need to put the money in

  • so you can get where you're trying to get to

  • you don't believe that you are and the very first thing the creator said was

  • tell them I am

  • After you do, pursue, what does that mean?

  • You never get to a place where you're chilling

  • Not your children's children will be satisfied for a marginal life

  • and a marginal marriage

  • if they see their mom and dad have a marginal anything

  • they're going to embrace that, why?

  • Because you can tell people whatever you want to tell them

  • but people don't live this life based on what you tell them

  • they live it on based on who you are.

  • This information is gonna change your life forever

  • like, if you've been here this information is gonna change your life.

  • Find out who you are, find out what your purpose is in life

  • Everybody got a dream, everybody got a goal.

  • Stop dreaming about it, stop talking about it

  • and get up and do something about it.

  • What are the two most powerful words in the English language?

  • The two most powerful words in the English language are 'I am'

  • Because what comes after I am will shape your life.

  • What you speak after I am

  • what you believe after I am

  • will control your decisions and shape your life.

  • If you believe you are powerful

  • if you believe you are capable of achieving great things

  • you will attempt great things.

  • If you speak into your life resilience and determination

  • to overcome anything

  • you will be ready to face and overcome anything

  • let the power of I am shape your life

  • in the most powerful way.

  • What you speak after I am

  • what you believe after I am

  • will control your decisions and shape your life.

  • If you believe you are powerful

  • If you believe you are capable of achieving great things

  • you will attempt great things.

  • I am powerful, I am strong

  • I am successful, I am an achiever

  • I am abundant

  • I am rich, I am determined

  • I am focused, I am disciplined

  • I am healthy, I am wealthy

  • I am

  • I am

  • I am beautiful, I am wise

  • I am capable of anything

  • I'm someone who makes things happen

  • I'm a powerful creator

  • I am filled with faith

  • I am blessed, I am great, I am a miracle

  • I am connected, I am God

  • I am more than my body

  • I am a powerful spirit

  • I am ready, I am focused

  • I am a fighter, I'm more than enough

  • I am a winner

  • I am a champion.

  • You can't just speak the words

  • you must feel them

  • and you must believe them.

  • Repeat them every day

  • let them soak into your subconscious

  • let the power become one with you.

  • Ali said, “I am the greatest

  • and he became the greatest

  • are you ready to be great?

  • I am

  • I am

  • Replace I want with I am.

  • Instead of saying I want to be rich

  • say I am rich

  • I am wealthy.

  • Say it, feel it

  • feel it until you believe it.

  • I am powerful, I am strong

  • I am successful, I am abundant

  • I am rich, I am determined

  • I am focused, I am disciplined

  • I am capable of anything

  • I am a powerful creator

  • I am limitless

  • I am

  • I am

  • Thoughts are powerful

  • thoughts lead to action

  • actions over time become habits

  • and habits lead to long-lasting results.

  • Persevere

  • nothing worthwhile is easy

  • No one of achievement has avoided failure

  • sometimes catastrophic failures.

  • But they keep at it.

  • They learn from mistakes they don't quit.

  • The key is what we do in our times of pain.

  • Pain will change us

  • heartache, loss, disappointments.

  • They don't leave us the same.

  • You can come out bitter

  • or you can come out better.

  • You can come out defeated

  • giving up on your dreams

  • or you can come out with a new passion, a new fire.

  • Excited about the new opportunities in front of you.

  • Don't just go through it, grow through it.

  • That difficulty is an opportunity to get stronger

  • to develop character, to gain new confidence.

  • That pain is not there to stop you

  • it's there to prepare you

  • to increase you, to develop you.

  • You're going to hit a wall

  • and that wall shocks some people.

  • That wall stuns some people.

  • That wall discourages some people.

  • It's painful hitting that wall.

  • But some people hitting that wall refused to be denied.

  • This person comes back

  • anyhow

  • again, and again and again

  • And if you keep on hitting that wall

  • here's what happens to you

  • that you will have an incredible breakthrough.

  • And it's as if the universe says

  • let's help him out.

  • Come on

  • I admire that kind of tenacity.

  • Let's give her a hand.

  • This person doesn't care about the pain

  • because this person knows something

  • there's no gain

  • without pain.

  • Everybody talks positive about themselves.

  • Everybody talks like you're a beast

  • You dress like you a beast

  • and then when it's time to do what beasts do, you back up

  • you have an excuse.

  • Innovation is rewarded

  • They give you a plaque for it, they give you a reward for it

  • but execution is worshipped.

  • Listen to me, there's no excuse

  • and what will separate those of you from the rest

  • is not what they give you

  • what's gonna separate you is what you do.

  • Listen to me very closely, I want you to know

  • there's only one equation that's missing

  • there's only one thing you cannot purchase

  • there's only one thing you cannot buy

  • and that's what real beasts do.

  • I ain't smart, but the difference between me and most people is

  • you might be sweeter than me, you might be bigger than me

  • you might grind, listen to me, I don't know

  • you might have money, I don't know where you come from

  • but you will not outwork me.

  • Every single time.

  • This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I'm gonna take advantage of it.

  • Alright, everyone looking forward, please

  • Good morning Year Elevens.

  • Today's assembly is about the start of the journey.

  • The start of the rest of your lives.

  • In 2 years time

  • all of you will be finishing your A levels.

  • In 3 years time you'll be studying across the world

  • studying at the university of your choice.

  • In 5 years time

  • you'll have started your careers.

  • Many of you will be in this room working for the top institutions

  • across the globe.

  • You will then

  • get married

  • you then may buy a house.

  • In 10 years time

  • your life will be set for you.

  • In 15 years you'll be 30

  • and from then on your path and your life will be set.

  • I'm sorry Mr. Headmaster

  • let me tell you why that approach may fail you.

  • I know people who graduated at 21

  • and didn't get a job till they were 27.

  • I know people who graduated late at 25

  • and they found work immediately.

  • I know people who never went to university

  • but found what they love at 18.

  • I know people who found a job straight out of college

  • making decent money, but hate what they do.

  • I know people who took gap years and found their purpose.

  • I know people who were so sure about what they were going to do at 16

  • and changed their mind at 26.

  • I know people who have children but are single

  • and I know people who are married

  • but have had to wait 8 to 10 years to have children.

  • I know people in relationships who love someone else.

  • I know people who love each other but aren't together.

  • So my point is

  • everything in life happens according to our time, our clock.

  • You may look at some of your friends and think that they're ahead of you.

  • Maybe some of them you feel are behind

  • but everything happens at their own pace.

  • They have their own time and clock and so do you.

  • Be patient

  • At age 25, Mark Cuban was a bartender in Dallas.

  • It took till 32 for J.K. Rowling to be published for Harry Potter

  • after being rejected by 12 publishers.

  • Ortega launched Zara when he was 39.

  • Jack Ma started Alibaba when he was 35.

  • Morgan Freeman got his big break at 52.

  • Steve Carell only got his break after 40 years old.

  • Virgin was started by Richard Branson at 34.

  • Getting your degree after 25 is still an achievement.

  • Not being married at 30 but still happy is beautiful.

  • Starting a family after 35 is still possible.

  • And buying a house after 40 is still great.

  • Don't let anyone rush you with their timelines.

  • Because as Einstein said

  • "not everything that counts can be counted

  • and not everything that's counted truly counts."

  • And this is the most important thing

  • I want you to be able to create

  • meaningful, purposeful, fulfilling lives for yourselves

  • and learn how to use that

  • to make an impact and a difference in the lives of others.

  • That will be true success.

  • When I was 29

  • I told myself the next acting job I get, no matter what it pays

  • I will from now on

  • for better or worse

  • be a working actor.

  • I got a low-paying theater job in a play called Imperfect Love

  • which led to a film called 13 Moons

  • with the same writer

  • which led to other roles, which led to other roles

  • and I've worked as an actor ever since.

  • I didn't know that would happen

  • At 29 walking away from data processing

  • I was terrified.

  • Ten years in a place without heat

  • six years at a job I felt stuck in.

  • Maybe I was afraid of change

  • Are you?

  • And so at 29, and at very long last

  • I was in the company of the actors and writers and directors

  • I'd sought out that first year

  • that first day after school.

  • I was. I am by their sides.

  • Raise the rest of your life to meet you.

  • Don't search for defining moments

  • because they will never come.

  • The moments that define you have already happened

  • and they will already happen again

  • and it passes so quickly.

  • So please bring each other along with you

  • You, you just get a bit derailed.

  • But soon something starts to happen, trust me.

  • A rhythm sets in.

  • Just try not to wait

  • until like me, you're 29 before you find it

  • and if you are, that's fine too, some of us never find it.

  • But you will

  • I promise you

  • you are already here.

  • You'll find your rhythm or

  • continue the one you have already found.

  • Don't wait until they tell you, you are ready

  • Get in there

  • Sing

  • The world might say "you are not allowed to yet."

  • I waited a long time out in the world

  • before I gave myself permission to fail.

  • My parents didn't have much money

  • but they struggled to send me to the best schools.

  • And one of the most important things they did for me

  • is that once I graduated, I was on my own.

  • Financially it was my turn.

  • This made me very hungry

  • literally.

  • I couldn't be lazy

  • At the end of the day

  • none of us are happy with our jobs all the time

  • but I just sort of, had some perseverance

  • in terms of what I wanted to do and what I didn't want to do

  • and I think NO is a very powerful word in our business

  • that is very hard to use early on in your career.

  • But I also think I was pretty arrogant when I was younger.

  • So I used that word maybe too much

  • but it also helped me with finding roles that I did like.

  • We burn very brightly

  • please don't ever stop

  • Please

  • Don't even bother asking

  • don't bother telling the world you are ready.

  • Show it

  • Do it

  • What did Beckett say

  • "Ever tried, ever failed

  • No matter

  • try again

  • fail again

  • fail better

  • the world is yours."

  • Treat everyone kindly

  • and light up the night.

  • How bad do you want it?

  • Are you talking about it, or are you being about it?

  • Greatness is no joy ride.

  • Greatness is full of adversity and obstacles.

  • How bad do you want it?

  • How dedicated are you

  • to achieving your greatness?

  • Too many times we wake up in the morning

  • and we're ungrateful for that day we're awake, we're blessed

  • The world is full of negativity

  • we don't have to be negative on ourselves.

  • I hate when people talk about I am unlucky

  • I am unsuccessful, I am fat, I am ugly

  • No, you are not, let's change our I am

  • it's gonna fuel our days, it's gonna fuel our life

  • I am successful, I am powerful, I am great, I am amazing

  • That's the words that have to follow our I am

  • It's going to fuel your life

  • let's start taking it with passion

  • Let's start being amazing.

  • Use your I am

  • to change the world

  • if your actions are not in line with your beliefs

  • Stop lying to yourself.

  • There is nobody in this world that can go out there and be great for you.

  • You got to make a conscious decision to stop making excuses

  • Strap up your heart, stick out your chest and get it done.

  • There's nobody in this world that's going to give you what you want

  • You're gonna have to go out there and get what you want by working hard.

  • Being talented is not good enough

  • you gotta work hard

  • you gotta be passionate

  • and you gotta, gotta be grateful

  • Yes, I said grateful.

  • I failed over and over and over again

  • and I've risen to success because of my mindset.

  • Your mindset can be controlled

  • your attitude can be controlled by you, nobody else

  • nobody else can control your attitude and your mindset

  • if you let them,

  • then you're allowing them to own something that belongs to you

  • that is your property.

  • When you get up in the morning

  • don't look at your phone

  • don't check your emails

  • don't think about yesterday's problems, yesterday struggles

  • and what obstacles you got today.

  • Focus

  • focus on the things that you have and not the things that you want

  • focus on the people that love you and not the people that hate you

  • focus on what and who you want to be and become

  • be blessed, be grateful and say thank you.

  • When you wake up every single morning, I want you to wake up with a smile on your face

  • doesn't matter how bad yesterday was

  • doesn't matter what you got going on today

  • and start telling yourself what you wanna be

  • I am rich

  • I am healthy

  • I am great

  • I am amazing

  • I am a great father, I am a great mother

  • whatever you wanna be, start your day off with I am

  • because what follows your I am

  • is gonna shape your day

  • your year

  • and your life.

  • I'm gonna tell you something that one of my mentors Jim Rohn told me

  • If you want change in your life

  • you are going to have to change

  • you're gonna have to do something different

  • you're not gonna be able to get up

  • and be doing the same thing over and over again

  • and expect something different to happen

  • something different to change.

  • If you keep doing that you are insane

  • that is the definition of insanity.

  • Don't be a volunteer victim.

  • A lot of our problems in life

  • is self-inflicted wounds

  • A lot of times as we get older

  • we tend to conform

  • and we stop growing, we stop building as people inside.

  • No one wants to set goals, nobody wants to keep them.

  • We'd rather do what's easy in life

  • instead of getting a little bit uncomfortable

  • and growing

  • When you're uncomfortable is when you start to grow

  • when you're uncomfortable

  • is when you start to build muscles in your mind, in your body, in your soul.

  • Gratitude

  • is the only, only shortcut to success.

  • Be grateful for what's around you

  • Don't take it for granted

  • Get up every single morning and do something that you love

  • For half an hour, for 10 minutes, for five minutes, for an hour

  • start small

  • I'm gonna repeat that, success is little steps of progress

  • if you're moving forward, if you're moving towards your goals

  • towards your greatness, then you are progressing.

  • Don't wait till the weekend, do it now

  • whatever it is

  • you have to believe

  • stop putting limitations on yourself

  • stop doubting yourself

  • stop letting other negative naysayers

  • pull you into their circle of disaster, misery loves company

  • that's a fact

  • We have to rethink what motivates us

  • What pushes us?

  • What is our why?

  • why do you do what you do how you do it?

  • I want to inspire you to become the best you that you can be.

  • Everybody else is taken. You can do the easy things in life.

  • If you do those easy things, life is gonna be hard, I promise you

  • But if you go about it, and do those hard things

  • those things that nobody wanna do

  • those thingsoh, man I gotta get up and do that today, alright

  • then life will be easy,

  • it's a choice that you have to make whenever you're ready.

  • Write down exactly what you want to achieve

  • and then every single day as many times as possible

  • read it to yourself.

  • If you want to make a million dollars a year, write down on a piece of paper

  • I make a million dollars a year

  • I'm healthy

  • I am happy

  • I have the love of my life.

  • Write it down and repeat it every single day.

  • You wanna be great, you wanna be special

  • you wanna be wealthy, you wanna be a billionaire

  • you wanna be the best basketball player, you wanna be the best football player

  • you wanna be the best soccer player

  • you wanna be the best surgeon, the best doctor, the best father

  • whatever your best is going to be

  • wherever the best that you want it to be

  • you gotta get up and you gotta change.

  • You gotta do something that you never thought you'd do

  • You gotta do something that, that people don't expect you to do

  • you got to go ahead and rewrite your own history

  • Stop waiting for somebody to come in there, swoop you off your feet

  • make your life perfect, make your life great

  • you gotta do it, you have to be the change in your life

  • that you want to happen

  • You cannot depend on anybody

  • the only person I'm gonna ever bet on in this world is myself.

  • Because I know that's the one thing I can control

  • my attitude

  • my mentality, yes my mentality

  • I'm the only person that has control over that

  • if you let somebody piss you off, you let somebody get you mad

  • shame on you

  • Stop doing what you're doing every single day

  • unless you are dedicated to being great.

  • Now get up there

  • get outside

  • and go make change happen

  • for you and your family right here, right now, today.

  • My ten-year old son

  • literally brought me to tears

  • Two days ago, I believe, I think it was two days ago

  • I'm cleaning up his room picking up some of his stuff

  • and I see these index cards and I was like aw man that's so crazy

  • I was looking for some index cards

  • So I go to take the index cards to write my goals

  • to put them into the universe, to state them down on an index card

  • and it says do not touch and I'm like, what the heck

  • so I flipped it over

  • I started to read what my son wrote

  • and it brought me to tears.

  • This child is ten years old

  • he wrote a speech that he's gonna give

  • when he goes into the NFL Draft

  • and he doesn't know exactly what team he's gonna get drafted by yet

  • But he thanked me, thanked his high school coach, he thanked his JV coach

  • he thanked, he thanked coaches he doesn't even have yet.

  • Guys he didn't stop there, he wrote his Hall of Fame speech

  • when he gets inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame.

  • What does he have that you don't?

  • What does he have that I don't?

  • What does he have that most people don't?

  • He has full faith and belief in himself

  • And that is what motivated me

  • that is what got me excited

  • that's what gets me up every single morning is my why.

  • So every morning when you wake up

  • I'm gonna challenge you right here, right now

  • I'm gonna challenge you

  • to think something that makes you smile

  • just-just smile, early in the morning

  • be thankful, say it out loud

  • say three things that you're grateful for in your life.

  • Smile

  • and then you're gonna set up the rest of your morning

  • the rest of your afternoon and your day for success.

  • If you really want it

  • then step up and go get it

Some of you are, your priorities are out of line

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