You do have a hero within you. This is not just a platitude neuroscience, and research is confirming every single human being has the capability to be best in the world at one thing. And I guess what I’m really saying to you or reminding you is you may have forgotten the truth, which is you have a hero inside of you. When you were a little kid, you wanted to change the world. When you were a little child, you had this visceral connection with these lofty dreams. And then what happens is the world gives us
this programming and this messaging, which is be average, don’t dream too big, be like everyone else, don’t trust your instinct anymore, stop thinking outside of the box, don’t dare, you will be hurt. And if you start getting this kind of messaging and this kind of conditioning from the world around you every day, then you end up where you might be today. You might be 25, or you might be 30, you might be 17, you might be 70, and you have forgotten that deep inside of you lives a hero who wants to do something great with your life, who wants to inspire other people, who wants to do creative work, who
wants to bring a sparkle in your eye, who wants to build a beautiful life, who wants to have some fun, who wants to change the world.
And I don’t know if this is resonating with you, I’m just speaking from the heart. But wherever you are on the planet, you have a hero inside. You may have forgotten it, you may not tend to that hero. Maybe you’re so numbed out that you’ve forgotten who you truly are. And I just want to humbly, lovingly, respectfully, and hopefully bravely remind you that the fact that you are alive today means you are someone special. The fact that you are alive today means there is a mighty call on your life to do something with the rest of your life.
You can be like everyone else, or you can be a game changer. You don’t get to do both. If you look at most people in the world today, they are addicted to distraction. Their lives are full of complexity. A lot of people are negative. They spend the best hours of their best days being busy being busy. So what I’m saying is, really, if you want to be an a-player in a game changer and a world builder, you really need to make a commitment to think, behave, and show up in the world like very few people do.
I’ll put it to you this way in terms of a brain tattoo or new mentality to wire in through daily practice, which is if you want to have the results that only 5% of the population have, then you must be willing to think, produce, behave, and live as only 5% of the population are willing to do. And if you live like only 5% of the people on the planet are living, the rest of the world, the 95 percenters are going to call you strange. And they’re going to laugh at you and they’re going to judge you. Just remember this, great human beings take the stones that their critics throw at them and build them into monuments.
We live in a world where victims love entertainment. Oh, if you look at most people,
they know the latest video game and they know the latest cool video out there that’s going viral. And they know the best TV shows. And you know what? The average performer knows all the movies that are bestsellers in the box office. And they love to talk and they love to follow celebrities because it’s pretty scary being a hero of your own life. So we can give away our power to celebrities. So the victim loves entertainment, and their whole life is this orbit of entertainment because it’s a shot
in the arm that gives them pleasure because deep inside, subconsciously, pain grows from potential unexpressed. And most people are in a lot of pain. Most people have betrayed their power. And they don’t know why, and it’s this subconscious thing, but they’re in a lot of pain.
They don’t even know they’re in pain they’re so numbed out to it. So what they do is they look for all these different drugs, like too much television, too much web surfing, too much chitchat, too much work, too much busy being busy.
And what I’m encouraging you is to spend less time on entertainment, again, leave the herd, and a lot more time on education. And if you’re still here with me right now, you are different from most people on the planet who just look for something quick, something that makes them laugh, something that makes them feel it’s funny, ha, ha, ha, versus having the depth to say, “How can I build a better life? How can I build a better mindset? How can I do world-class work? How can I use the rest of my life to
make history in my own way?” And if you are here with me right now, I honor and I celebrate you because the world needs more heroes like you.
And so what I’ll leave you with is this. If you want to double your impact on the world, and if you want to double your income, invest in two things, professional education and your personal mastery.