Speaker 1: I See's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's
Speaker 1: Up to SiZ Team. You're listening to The Daily Game
Speaker 1: a compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years
Speaker 1: that I've found inspiring and help me through the game
Speaker 1: of life. Today we're celebrating the unofficial end of summer
Speaker 1: with Labor Day. Kick your feet up, spend some time
Speaker 1: with family and friends, and enjoy yourself. Today's quote comes
Speaker 1: from Voltaire, a French writer and one of the most
Speaker 1: influential philosophers from the eighteenth century. Each player must accept
Speaker 1: the cards life deals him or her, but once they
Speaker 1: are in hand, he or she must decide to play
Speaker 1: the cards in order to win the game. So, in
Speaker 1: other words, you don't have a choice. What race you are.
Speaker 1: You don't have a choice. What sex you are. You
Speaker 1: don't have a choice. Whether you were born into affluence
Speaker 1: or poverty, you don't have a choice. It has to
Speaker 1: do with your parents. Once your dealt is hand, it's
Speaker 1: up to you to play the hand to the best
Speaker 1: of your ability. Some people are dealt four aces and
Speaker 1: still fuck it up. Some people are dealt bad hands,
Speaker 1: like myself, and have managed to figure a way to
Speaker 1: survive in the game. It doesn't matter what hand you've
Speaker 1: been dealt. If you're a player, you're going to figure
Speaker 1: the best way to play those cards so you can
Speaker 1: win the game. And nobody can control that deck because
Speaker 1: at birth, when you're coming out, you don't know where
Speaker 1: you're coming out. As far as this deal, all I
Speaker 1: can say is that if you want to believe in yourself,
Speaker 1: look at all the players who've been dealt bad hands
Speaker 1: that have managed to come out successful and on top.
Speaker 1: One time I was doing research, and you know, I'm
Speaker 1: an orphan, and I realize that a great percentage of
Speaker 1: the billionaires in the world were orphans. Maybe that made
Speaker 1: them realize that there was no one to fall back on.
Speaker 1: That's one of the things that it motivated my hustle.
Speaker 1: But I always said, you know, for me being black
Speaker 1: coming out of the mud, the game is going to
Speaker 1: be extra hard. But I said, I'm that much of
Speaker 1: a better player than everybody, so that kind of leveled
Speaker 1: the field. This has been another ice code fact from
Speaker 1: me iced team. Listening again tomorrow when I drop some
Speaker 1: wisdom on your ass till then, stay safe, stay smart,
Speaker 1: and stay knowing that in the game of Life. No
Speaker 1: one controls the deck I Sees Daily Game. It's a
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Speaker 1: credit to its creator