Speaker 1: The Bryant Minute with John Hope Bryant of Building the
Speaker 1: Good Life podcast sponsored by Credential Financial. I want you
Speaker 1: to commit from this day forward, from this day forward,
Speaker 1: to decide you're gonna win the battle, and not just
Speaker 1: the war. From this day forward, from this day forward,
Speaker 1: I don't want you rearranging the deck chairs on the
Speaker 1: Titanic of your life. Why are you arguing with somebody
Speaker 1: who does not matter about a topic. They do not
Speaker 1: understand you on a vision, they do not see about
Speaker 1: a plan they do not understand and have not developed yours.
Speaker 1: Why are you arguing with that person? To argue with
Speaker 1: a fool proves there are too step move, keep it moving,
Speaker 1: focus on your dream. Life's about how you respond, how
Speaker 1: you respond, how you respond respond by believing in yourself.
Speaker 1: Folks say that you won't make it. Folks say that
Speaker 1: the barriers are too high. Folks say discrimination will kill you.
Speaker 1: So why trying all that's wrong. I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: a formula to day that over the round it, through it.
Speaker 1: No matter what is coming at you, you'll get to it.
Speaker 1: Here is your formula to succeed. Write this down. There
Speaker 1: are five pillars of success. This is from my book
Speaker 1: Up from Nothing. Number one as much educations you can
Speaker 1: shove down your throat. Once you have it, no one
Speaker 1: can take it from you. Number two. Understanding the math,
Speaker 1: financial literacy, how wealth works. Even if you want to
Speaker 1: distribute money like a socialist, you've got to first collected
Speaker 1: like a capitalist. Understand where wealth comes from. Because if
Speaker 1: you're poor, you can't help anybody help themselves. You gotta
Speaker 1: give to yourself first. And we live in a capitalist democracy,
Speaker 1: but it is a capitalist democracy. Understand what wealth creation
Speaker 1: is and how to produce some for yourself. It starts
Speaker 1: with financial literacy. That's number two. Number three family structure
Speaker 1: and resiliency. Number four Self esteem and confidence. Those two
Speaker 1: things are different. You're confident because you're competent. You're good
Speaker 1: at what you do. You're good at work. You're good
Speaker 1: being a homemaker. You're good being a domestic engineer, a
Speaker 1: mother or a father at home. You're good raising children.
Speaker 1: You're good as an environmentalist. You're good as an engineer.
Speaker 1: You're good as an attorney. You're good as a trash collector.
Speaker 1: What did doctor King say, if you're a trash collector,
Speaker 1: be the best trash collector. The world's ever seen be
Speaker 1: excellent at it. So if you're competent, you'll have confidence,
Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean you have high self esteem. Think
Speaker 1: about it. Self esteem is how you esteem yourself. If
Speaker 1: I don't like me, I'm not gonna like you. If
Speaker 1: I don't feel good about me, I'm not gonna feel
Speaker 1: good about you. If I don't respect me, don't expect
Speaker 1: me to respect you. If I don't love me, I
Speaker 1: don't have a clue how to love you. And here's
Speaker 1: a big one. If I don't have a purpose in
Speaker 1: my life, I'm gonna make your life a living hell.
Speaker 1: Because whatever goes around comes around. That's self esteem, and
Speaker 1: not enough of us esteem ourselves. That's why the world's
Speaker 1: all screwed up. Half of us are depressed and being
Speaker 1: manipulated and preyed upon by so called leaders who are
Speaker 1: praying on our fears and our insecurities. The Bryant Minute
Speaker 1: with John Hope Bryant of Building the Good Life podcast
Speaker 1: sponsored by Prudential Financial. Listen to the full Building the
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