Today I wanted to talk about listening to your heart than to what other people think. Throughout your life some people, even the ones you love, will give you their opinions on how you should live your life. The main thing is that you in your heart know its right for you and you ain’t hurting anybody. This can be tough but as long as you know it’s right for you, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. I hope you all enjoy today’s video!! šš
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People Who Succeeded Because They Never Gave Up
The saying “Never Give Up” may be a little cliched but its so true and its a great reminder. The odds may not be great to achieve some of our goals but giving up makes the small percentage to 0% lol. So I wanted to share 5 stories of people who achieved their dreams when things didn’t look so good and when felt like giving up, they still pushed on.
1. John Krasinski John Krasinski is best known for his role as Jim Halpert in the office was a struggling working actor before he got his iconic role. He moved to New York to pursue acting and he says he was very lucky cuz his Mom was so supportive she told him that if it doesn’t work in 2 and a half to 3 years that he would pull himself out cuz she wasn’t going to do do it. Now 2 and a half years later of getting small roles while having to work his job as a waiter, he decided that maybe acting wasn’t for him so he called his Mom and asking her if she can pick him up and she told him it was September and to wait it out till the end of the year, 3 weeks later he was casted as Jim in the hit comedy series The Office
2. Stephen King Stephen King is one of the most famous authors in the world mostly known for writing horror books. King was a high school English teacher when he started writing and he was starting writing a book but threw it away because he felt it wasn’t good enough and it wouldn’t sell. Luckily his wife saw the pages in the trash and told him that she was interested and wanted to know how it ended but even after King started to write and finish the book, nobody wanted to publish it. It was rejected 30 times before being accepted. That book was Carrie and ended up being one of the most successful books of all time, selling over 350 Million Copies and started Stephen Kings career of being one of the most successful authors in the world.
3. Matt Leblanc Matt Leblanc mostly known as the lovable Joey Tribbiani in Friends was broke before landing the role, in fact he only $11. He says that one time he was going to get new headshot and the photographer was telling him that one tooth was longer than the rest and to get that filed. He contacts a dentist and finds out that its $80 to get it done and being very tight money he couldn’t afford that so he goes to a local drug store and buys something to do it himself. Before Friends he was much like his character Joey, a struggling actor who gets a role every now and then until landing his role in Friends.
4. Sylvester Stallone This is a classic story that I love hearing about I think its incredible. Back before Stallone was a famous actor, he wrote this script for Rocky and when talking with other studios to get this film made, they all wanted a big named A-list actor to do it but Stallone was very stern about him playing Rocky. Even though he needed the money, he still refused to sell the script without having the studio agree him to play as Rocky. It got so bad that he had to do the unthinkable for any dog lover, he had to sell his dog just so he and his wife could afford to buy food for the both of them. So he eventually got a studio to agree to have him play Rocky, he now has some money so he went back to the guy he sold the dog to and he wouldn’t give him back because he now has an attachment to the dog. After he negotiated with him, he made an agreement with the guy to put him in Rockh for his dog back.
5. Dave Bautista Before acting, David Bautista was one of the top wrestlers for the WWE and when he decided to leave the WWE and move onto acting. Transitioning from wrestling to acting even after The Rock’s success wasn’t easy, he said that he was broke and sold and lost almost everything and had trouble with the IRS. He could have gone back to the WWE but he wanted to move on in his life. After 3 years of leaving, he got the role of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy and that changed his life forever.
And hearing this story was actually what gave me the idea for today’s video.It goes to show that there are no overnight successes and it may seem easy on the outside but there is a struggle and sometimes everyone feels like quitting but if you keep the faith and push on, you’ll see that everything happens for a reason and you will end up being where you are supposed to be. You always have a chance to live out your dream and do what you’ve always wanted to do, the only thing that will kill that chance is giving up
Short about me: My name is Brent Hosaka and I am a Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle Coach from Hawaii. if you want to read my full story you can click here.
Don’t Be Afraid When People Copy You
Today I want to talk to you about this quote that I love and I think it’s a great quote for entrepreneurs, but also a great quote for everybody. And I don’t remember who said it or where I saw it. I tried looking it up, but I couldn’t quite find who said it or where I saw it. The quote is āDon’t be afraid when people copy you, be afraid when they stopā I think that’s such a powerful quote. Because often times weāre thinking we don’t want anybody to copy us. We get upset when people copy us. We get offended if people copy us. But really, I think and especially after seeing that quote, which kind of changed my mindset is people copying us could be one of the biggest compliments. That means you’re doing something right. That means you’re doing something that they like.
So a great example is Nintendo. I love Nintendo. So when I was a kid, Nintendo was the gold standard of video games. Everybody wanted to copy them so much. So much so when Nintendo created a failure, which was called the Virtual Boy, which had virtual reality goggles. It had red and black graphics for whatever reason. Nobody knows why lol And it was not a great system, but you know what another company ended up copying it. And that device may have been even worse than the Virtual Boy.
So see, that’s how you know you’re doing something right. If people start copying you even your bad ideas. So and then when Nintendo went into like the Nintendo 64 and the Game Cube and they had great games, I loved their games, but people stopped copying them because they stopped innovating. And then the Wii came out and then again everybody wanted a part of that Sony, Microsoft, everybody wanted a part of that motion control thing because the Wii was just so popular.
So that just goes to show that if you have a great idea that other people copying you is really the biggest compliment and it’s not something we should get offended of, sometimes we get offended of and sometimes I’ve done this is when someone copies your inspirational quotes or something you said and doesnāt give you give you credit. It can make you not feel that great because you feel you deserve credit. But when someone is copying you really is such a great compliment. And it’s just something that I really has changed my mindset and think it’s a great one for entrepreneurs and a great one for everybody else, just in case someone ends up copying any one of us, because it means that if somebody liked it and if somebody liked it, that means we’re doing something right.
And it is really it really is a compliment telling you that whatever you’re doing is training. You learn how to innovate by growing, by learning, by learning new stuff, by educating yourself. And when you do that, other people are going to look up to you. People may copy you, but it’s good to change your mindset in that and realize that it’s actually a really, really great compliment.
āDon’t be afraid when people copy you, be afraid when they stopā – Unknown
Short about me: My name is Brent Hosaka and I am a Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle Coach from Hawaii. if you want to read my full story you can click here.
Visualize Your Goals Before They Happen
Visualize Your Goals Before They Happen
Visualization. What is it? One of the keys to success is to visualize your goals before they happen. Seeing the action step that you will be taking in your mind before you do it. It’s a concept that I learned from Tony Robbins and I wanted to teach it to all of you. Hope you all enjoy this week’s video!
Here are some key concepts to visualize your goals before they happen:
- Always visualize your goals in present tense as if they had already happened.
- Use powerful “I am” statements such as “I am at my perfect weight”.
- Visualize your goals at least twice a day once when you wake up and once before you go to bed.