EP193 - Aim High

WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:16.440 Good Day, my friend. Welcome to Um moment with modes. Thank you 2 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:25.559 so much for downloading the show. I am walking on Sunshine because we get 3 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:35.320 another day to be together. Bruce Lee joins the show and this quote, 4 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:41.520 I'm not sure it's from Bruce Lee himself. It might be a quote that 5 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:48.039 he really liked that he wrote down in his journal and his biographer took it 6 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:53.200 as one his own quotes. You know, Marcus does not a lot to 7 00:00:53.479 --> 00:01:00.200 in meditations. He writes down things that are actually quotes from epictetus that he 8 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.519 read while he was studying. So this stuff happens. But I've done my 9 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:11.519 due diligence on this quote. But we're going to go ahead with this quote 10 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:19.280 from Bruce Lee. Don't fear failure. Not Failure, but low aim, 11 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:27.159 is the crime in great attempts. It is glorious to even fail. My 12 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:38.359 friend, mediocracy is crowded. Most people stop when things get tough, when 13 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:46.480 things get hard, and this is when the resistance is going to kick in. 14 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:55.519 This is when the resistance is going to start feeding you the excuses to 15 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:01.200 keep your aim low and to keep you plan small. I don't got time, 16 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:07.439 I don't know enough. Who Am I to think I can do this. 17 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:21.000 I'm too old. All Bullshit. Resistance excuses. Excellence and World Class, 18 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:29.599 though, has plenty of space, because only those who dare greatly can 19 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:38.560 reach it. We know that the resistance is coming, so let's be ready 20 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:44.439 for it. We have to fight it and we have to push past it. 21 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:49.199 We don't have to listen to it, we don't have to believe it. 22 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:58.240 What about this time? Instead of doubting our dreams and doubting our genius, 23 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:06.479 this time let's stout our fears, let's doubt the resistance. This time 24 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:15.840 let's remember our why. I'm just starting to read Simon synics book start with 25 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:22.080 why. I'm only a couple of pages in, but I know that if 26 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:29.360 we start with why at the center of what we're doing, the how and 27 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:35.800 the what will take care of themselves. It might help to write down your 28 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:42.960 why on a card or to keep it on your phone so that you can 29 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:50.240 pull it out and look at it and remind yourself why you started on this 30 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:58.120 journey. I carry three STOIC coins in my pocket. I have a Momento 31 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:03.400 Moray coin reminding me that tomorrow is not guaranteed, so don't waste time. 32 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:12.800 I have an amor fatigue coin reminding me Love Fate, love the things that 33 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:17.279 happen to you and use the things that happened to you to grow. And 34 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:23.680 of course, I have my marcus, a really as coin that reminds me 35 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.079 don't talk about what a good man should be, be one. So when 36 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:35.920 I need reminders of my philosophy, like I did a couple of weeks ago, 37 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.839 I pull one out and I flip it around my knuckles, I flipping 38 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:44.560 around up in the air, I spin it on the table, I look 39 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:50.199 at which one it is and I take a moment to hear the message the 40 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:57.800 universe has sended me. So, my friend, when the tough times come, 41 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:04.160 and we know they're coming, remember your why and as long as you're 42 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:13.279 failing forward, learning new things along the way, arming yourself with more knowledge, 43 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:19.399 you are still moving towards your goals, you are still moving towards your 44 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:29.079 dreams. To Paraphrase Michelangelo, the danger is not in aiming too high and 45 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:36.480 missing. The danger is aiming too low and hitting. Aim High. Me 46 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:43.639 and meg carpet momentum. I'll talk to you tomorrow.