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I am waiting for the day that people
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realize that the most extraordinary
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athletes and performers in the world all
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have a lens through which they view the
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world that is very similar to each
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others but dramatically different to
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everyone else's. Look, not everyone's
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going to watch this video all the way to
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the end but if you're an athlete, an
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entrepreneur, a creative, a performer of
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any sort, I want you to pay attention a
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little longer than you're used to
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because I'm about to give you some free
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sauce for your mental game. I'm going to
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share with you six core beliefs that
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every single world class operator has
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and I'm going to anchor each of them
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with a quote from a great book. Don't
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take my word for it. [music] Drill these
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into your brain and then go into the
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world and seek evidence to confirm that
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these are true. Number one, you were
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created for glory. [music]
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You have infinite inherent worth. The
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life you've been given is meant to
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develop your character and prepare you
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for that glory. Remember there's nothing
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enlightening about shrinking so that
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other people won't feel insecure around
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you. Your playing small does not serve
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the world. Number two, every
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circumstance and person that you
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encounter is here to teach you [music]
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and help you. It's all working for your
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good. The good, the bad, the
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frustrating, the infuriating, no matter.
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It's all working for you if you let it.
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Number three, self-centeredness is the
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root cause of all fear. Whether you have
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too high a view of yourself or too low a
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view of yourself, both originate from
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self-centeredness. This is where your
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self-consciousness, your comparison,
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your isolation, your lack of vision,
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that's where it all stems from. Number
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four, you are not your mind. Your mind
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is a part of you that you need to train.
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Just like you learned to direct your
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body, you can learn to direct and
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control your mind. Your thoughts, the
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greatest freedom that we all have is our
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ability to direct and control our
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attention, our consciousness. And as you
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come to realize that you are not your
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mind, you will learn to detach from the
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constant stream of negative thoughts and
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useless that comes in there
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every single day. Number five, the
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problem is not the problem. The problem
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is the way you're thinking about it.
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This is one of the founding principles
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of stoicism and the basic idea is that
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you're not ultimately happy or sad due
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to your circumstances but rather because
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of what you think about your
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circumstances. Number six, there's no
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such thing as failure, only feedback.
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Success and failure are highly
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interrelated, equally important, and by
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our culture labeled as opposite. But in
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truth, your ability to learn and grow
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and maximize your potential is directly
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correlated with your ability to embrace
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failure and keep moving forward. I hope
