WEBVTT - Bonus Commencement Episode: Bobby Bones

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<v Speaker 1>Commencement Speeches for the Class of twenty twenty is a

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<v Speaker 1>production of iHeartRadio. Class of twenty twenty, Parents, faculty, rising graduates,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to commencement. You made it. This year is a

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<v Speaker 1>little different, a difficult time to graduate because the traditional

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<v Speaker 1>graduation day has been put on hold. So we're bringing

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<v Speaker 1>it to you wherever you are, because this is still

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<v Speaker 1>your day, your moment. And now put your hands together.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to be inspired. This year's commencement speaker the

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<v Speaker 1>one and only Bobby Bones. Hello to the Class of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty. My name is Bobby Bones. I am on

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<v Speaker 1>your radio every day with my show, The Bobby Bones

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<v Speaker 1>Show on iHeartRadio, on your TV on American Idol. I

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<v Speaker 1>want a dancing show, which is even more crazy. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also on your bookshelf or your kindle. Got a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of New York Times best selling books there. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know I didn't make the last part. I have a promise,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't want those things to paint a picture

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<v Speaker 1>that I was some cool guy with a degree from

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<v Speaker 1>a fancy college who could have been whatever he wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm a kid from a really small town

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<v Speaker 1>in Arkansas Mountain Pine, Arkansas, population seven hundred and seventy two.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knew that if you ever wanted to be something

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<v Speaker 1>in this world and achieve his dreams, that he'd have

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<v Speaker 1>to put in real hard work. He didn't have advantages.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way I'm saying, he that's me. Feel a

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<v Speaker 1>little weird to say that, but you get it that

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<v Speaker 1>I would have to fail time and time again, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I have to get used to being rejected all

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<v Speaker 1>along the way. And someday, someday, after all these years

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<v Speaker 1>and years of hard work and determination, this person me

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<v Speaker 1>would be ridiculed by his peers and be dubbed an

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<v Speaker 1>overnight success, which is crazy. But as I sit here

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<v Speaker 1>before you today, I'm in my isolated studio, tucked away

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<v Speaker 1>in a corner upstairs at my house. I'm quarantine with

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<v Speaker 1>a girlfriend who is ten times more attractive than me.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's me on a good day. That can be

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<v Speaker 1>you one day. But if that's your thing, whether you're

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<v Speaker 1>a girls or the guys, or dressing up like furry animals,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, rubbing together, whatever your thing is, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna judge you. But if you want it, you can

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<v Speaker 1>do it. Because it's a crazy world. We're living in

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<v Speaker 1>right now, no doubt about it. The coronavirus pandemic is happening,

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<v Speaker 1>and it feels like the last time I left my house,

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<v Speaker 1>Erkle was still on TV, because that's been that long.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, for those of you too young to

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<v Speaker 1>remember Ercle, he was the lovable nerd in the nineties

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<v Speaker 1>TV show Family Matters. For those of you too young

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<v Speaker 1>to remember what a TV is, it was that big

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<v Speaker 1>black box that your mom and dad would angle all

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<v Speaker 1>the furniture in your living room towards. And I know

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<v Speaker 1>you're probably all gotten really gonna make a TikTok dancing

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<v Speaker 1>videos with your cat, but are also sad. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I'm missing your graduation ceremonies and that stinks, like I

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<v Speaker 1>hate that for you, and I wanted to share with

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<v Speaker 1>you guys a little bit of my story so you

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<v Speaker 1>feel less alone, because I hate that you can't do

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<v Speaker 1>what is a big part in all of our lives,

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<v Speaker 1>which is going through graduation. But you're gonna be stronger

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<v Speaker 1>because of it. I promise you that everyone who has

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<v Speaker 1>ever walked to stage before you had to overcome obstacles

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<v Speaker 1>to get where they are and achieve their goals and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe their obstacles didn't come in the form of a

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<v Speaker 1>global pandemic. But I believe there is some beauty in

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<v Speaker 1>dealing with wrenches thrown in your gears. You probably heard

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<v Speaker 1>the phrases that tough times never last. How people do right.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that's true now more than ever. As we

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<v Speaker 1>kind of wait for the world to get back to

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<v Speaker 1>normal or whatever normal may look like, you guys will

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<v Speaker 1>be the ones navigating that road, and you can choose

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<v Speaker 1>to go into it one or two ways, feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>life isn't fair because you don't have it easy like

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<v Speaker 1>those before you, or you can take it in stride

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<v Speaker 1>to realize that if you can get ahead of this

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<v Speaker 1>and come out on top, that you'll come out stronger

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<v Speaker 1>than anyone in history. You're gonna learn so much. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you get to write your own story. They may cancel

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<v Speaker 1>your graduation, they may cancel every event till the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, but they can't cancel your dream. They

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<v Speaker 1>can't cancel you make yourself essential. If you look back

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<v Speaker 1>in history, you can find people before you who at

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<v Speaker 1>one time we're dubbed as being non essential. Walt Disney

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<v Speaker 1>was labeled uns by the Kansas City Star According to

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<v Speaker 1>his editor, he was fired because he quote lacked imagination

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<v Speaker 1>and had no good ideas. Walt freaking Disney Steve jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>He was labeled unessential by Apple. He was fired by

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<v Speaker 1>the company he founded after one of his Apple products

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<v Speaker 1>was deemed a failure. In the eighties, Oprah Winfrey unessential

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<v Speaker 1>by a TV station in Baltimore. Seven and a half

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<v Speaker 1>months into her reporting job there, she was fired and

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<v Speaker 1>reportedly told by a producer that she was unfit for

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<v Speaker 1>television news. You're talking about three of the biggest successes

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<v Speaker 1>in American history. All were told as you're not good enough,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not for you. At one point in every successful

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<v Speaker 1>person's career, and probably more than that, they were labeled unessential.

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<v Speaker 1>Every person you look to and admire for achieving their

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<v Speaker 1>goals has felt so many times along the way. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's what I'm here to talk about. They too were

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<v Speaker 1>threatened to being canceled, but they didn't let us stop them.

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<v Speaker 1>They made themselves be undeniable. They made their dreams and

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<v Speaker 1>their worth essential to them, and then made it essential

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<v Speaker 1>to everyone else Tooma for years has been fight, grind repeat,

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<v Speaker 1>And if you've ever heard that before, I would I

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<v Speaker 1>would suspect you haven't because I'm not famous like Hillary

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton or Oprah or anybody else is doing. You know

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<v Speaker 1>one of these talks, fight, grind, repeat, it's easy. The

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<v Speaker 1>fight is seeing something that you want to do and

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<v Speaker 1>knowing you want to do it and having the passion

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. That's just a fight and getting started.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the fight. The grind is the everyday routine.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the consistency tunnel that is not comfortable because every

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<v Speaker 1>day it doesn't feel like you're getting ahead. Some days

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like you're losing a step. It's discipline, and

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<v Speaker 1>the repeat is resilience because you're probably not gonna make

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<v Speaker 1>it the first time or the forty second time, or

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<v Speaker 1>in my case, a nine hundred and thirty seventh time,

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<v Speaker 1>but being able to bounce back and do it again.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the repeat. That's the fight, the grind, and the

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<v Speaker 1>repeat until you get it. It doesn't have to be

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<v Speaker 1>a job, could be a family, it could be helping,

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<v Speaker 1>it could be work. I wanted to be on the

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<v Speaker 1>radio and TV my whole life. I knew that since

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<v Speaker 1>I was a kid, and it wasn't The people in

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<v Speaker 1>my hometown ever me from achieving that dream. They just

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know that dream could ever be accomplished because no

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<v Speaker 1>one they had ever seen had to achieve a dream

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<v Speaker 1>like that. It wasn't a reality. Kids like me didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have that option of someday having a big, fancy pants

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<v Speaker 1>career like I have now. The struggle daily just to

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<v Speaker 1>get food on the table. Most people in my hometown

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<v Speaker 1>worked at the sawmill. The struggle was just to have

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<v Speaker 1>food on the table. So it wasn't that they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want a dream. Was there was no room for a

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<v Speaker 1>dream because you just had to get food and had

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure the bills were paid. Even for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I was the first person to ever graduate from high

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<v Speaker 1>school my family. The thought of someday graduating high school

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<v Speaker 1>and going into college was never really in the cards,

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<v Speaker 1>the thought of it. But I knew if I ever

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to get my dream job, I would have to

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<v Speaker 1>do just that. So that's why I made doing well

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<v Speaker 1>in school such a priority. It was my way out

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<v Speaker 1>of a small town that was divided by railroad track

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<v Speaker 1>Still to this day, I had to worked the system.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to study hard, had to get good grades

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<v Speaker 1>on my ASATs and acts. I had to land the

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<v Speaker 1>jobs that were cleaning the radio station, convinced the people

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<v Speaker 1>at the same radio station that a dorkey white guy

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<v Speaker 1>with badglasses could actually to get on the air. Like

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<v Speaker 1>all of these really small steps happen way early. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, I'm sta really small steps today. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the really non glamorous things that you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do that makes all the difference in the world. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been on the radio for over twenty years now. I

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<v Speaker 1>have the biggest country music radio show in America, biggest

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<v Speaker 1>one they've ever had. I'll be honest with you, but

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<v Speaker 1>I've only ever been able to get to the place

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<v Speaker 1>where I am now because of all the really small

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<v Speaker 1>steps I've taken, all the adversity that I have been

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<v Speaker 1>through and learned from, and the chaos that I've been

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<v Speaker 1>able to navigate along the way. Basically, it's my tool belt.

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<v Speaker 1>I've used them as tools to craft my own dream.

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<v Speaker 1>I have learned, and I'm not kidding you that the

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<v Speaker 1>world is bendable. You can create the world you want

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<v Speaker 1>to live in, but it does take work. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>you can create the world you want to live in.

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<v Speaker 1>You can decide what you want to do, you can

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<v Speaker 1>set those terms, and you can go do it if

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<v Speaker 1>you want it bad enough. You don't just wake up

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<v Speaker 1>one day and decide I'm gonna run a marathon. You

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<v Speaker 1>kill yourself trying. But what you can do is wake

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<v Speaker 1>up one day and go, I want to run a marathon,

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<v Speaker 1>and then decide to take a walk, and that walk

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<v Speaker 1>leads to a job, and that job works unto a run.

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<v Speaker 1>Before you know it, freaking finish line of the marathon's happening. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't come quick, it doesn't come easy. But if

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<v Speaker 1>it's what you really want, there is no doubt that

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<v Speaker 1>you can do it. But you don't get to that

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<v Speaker 1>finish line without shedding some butt sweat and some tears

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<v Speaker 1>from all parts of your body along the way. And

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<v Speaker 1>but sweat is not cute. I don't know. My girlfriend's

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<v Speaker 1>a guy a nice little butt sweat. Listen, No one

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<v Speaker 1>likes talk about their butt sweat. No one puts that

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram, and I haven't mean that in a non

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<v Speaker 1>funny way. Nobody puts the hard work on Instagram. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>social media is a trophy case. So stop looking at

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<v Speaker 1>other social media accounts going, man, they got it all

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<v Speaker 1>figured out. I'm gonna tell you. The more they're flexing

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<v Speaker 1>the less they got. In reality, the hardest working people

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<v Speaker 1>I know that have great jobs and great careers and

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<v Speaker 1>smart thinking and big plans, they don't post that stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that much. So stop looking at social media as basically

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<v Speaker 1>a trophy case of all the things that haven't haven't

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<v Speaker 1>gone your way or their way in life. You crying

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<v Speaker 1>in a pilot, dirty laundry after not landing that job

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<v Speaker 1>you want to last Tuesday does not look good in

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<v Speaker 1>a post, so don't post that either. So it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter if you have the Alcavia filter or not, or

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<v Speaker 1>the hmming Way filter, whatever all those filters are. But listen,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what dreams are built on, right It's the stuff

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<v Speaker 1>people don't see, much like all the anxieties you're feeling

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<v Speaker 1>right now because you're graduating, you're going out into the

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<v Speaker 1>real world and you don't know what the craft's about

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. You wouldn't known anyway, I'll be honest with it.

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<v Speaker 1>You wouldn't know what's gonna happen in the world anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'd have been like, what do I do? But

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<v Speaker 1>on top of that, freaking Corona is here? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>kidding me? Actually? I'm excited for you, because with any

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<v Speaker 1>struggle comes so much learning. You know. For me, I

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<v Speaker 1>went through a lot of crap to get where I

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<v Speaker 1>am today, and I used to look back and go, huh,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel sorry for that food stamp kid who's a

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<v Speaker 1>little shorter than everybody else, a little poorer than everybody else,

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<v Speaker 1>less athletic than the other guys who didn't have a mom,

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<v Speaker 1>who's an addict, whose dad left. I felt sorry for

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<v Speaker 1>that kid. That's me, right But now I look back

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm so happy that I had that struggle because

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<v Speaker 1>now I'll go back to the tool belt. I have

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<v Speaker 1>the freaking tools. I have them. I have all the tools.

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<v Speaker 1>There's nothing in life right now that's gonna hit me

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<v Speaker 1>that I can't take. You know why, because I've already

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<v Speaker 1>been through it and going through hard times. As sucky

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<v Speaker 1>as it seems, sometimes it's actually a really good place

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<v Speaker 1>for you to be because you're learning, you're acquiring those tools.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's are you willing to go and sit through

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<v Speaker 1>all the hard stuff to get what you want? Most

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<v Speaker 1>people aren't, I'll be honest with you. Most people aren't.

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<v Speaker 1>Most people say they want it, and then when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes down to really wanting it, most people want to

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<v Speaker 1>run a marathon. I mean, I like run a marathon.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't put in the work for that, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>crazy talk. Most people want to run a marathon and

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<v Speaker 1>they're like one day, but they don't ever put in

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<v Speaker 1>the time. I've done a couple of triath lines. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what, it comes to work. Most people want to

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<v Speaker 1>be I have a big fans pants radio show, talk

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<v Speaker 1>to millions of people every day, be on TV, write books.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's all the stuff that you don't see that

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<v Speaker 1>actually make that happen. It's the tiny decisions every single

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<v Speaker 1>day when no one is watching you. It's not an

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram post, it's life. And if you're willing to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>you could be whatever you want. And I'm excited that

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<v Speaker 1>you have a struggle right now because you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be smarter and stronger because of it. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you're listening to these other ones. I haven't heard

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<v Speaker 1>any other speeches that celebrities way richer and cooler than

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<v Speaker 1>me are giving. And they may say they feel completely

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<v Speaker 1>bad for you and life stinks, And I must say,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just lifting weights right now, basically getting stronger for later.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just training for later, I know you can do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you can do it. That's the stuff. Dreams

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<v Speaker 1>are built on, all of your accomplishments, all of your success,

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<v Speaker 1>It's all built on stuff that people won't see. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>that there should be a voice in your head right

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<v Speaker 1>now and talking to you, because yeah, a lie going on,

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<v Speaker 1>and it may say to you, am I good enough

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<v Speaker 1>to make it? Will there even be a place for

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<v Speaker 1>my crazy dreams once this is all said and done.

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<v Speaker 1>That voice is the test because if you're starting a

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<v Speaker 1>question and go, I don't know, maybe that's not for you.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you hear that and you go, yeah, of

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<v Speaker 1>course there is, that's what you're supposed to do. You

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<v Speaker 1>found it. That's it. This is all just a test,

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<v Speaker 1>a test started once your life got flipped upside down.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you how it became the prince of a

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<v Speaker 1>town called bell Air. That's another nineties TV show. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't mean all that stuff before that. I'm not here

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<v Speaker 1>to deny the fact that it doesn't suck right now.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's the world we're living in now. You either

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<v Speaker 1>run with it or you run away from it. That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's okay to be upset that you're missing out. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>getting to walk across the stage and everybody clapping, all

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<v Speaker 1>your family and friends. You should be sad about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a minute and be sad. That's okay. And although

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<v Speaker 1>it may feel like all your hard work will be

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<v Speaker 1>for nothing without that moment, I'm here to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna be fine. You're gonna be glowing. Ten years

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<v Speaker 1>from now, you'll look back and realize you were the

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<v Speaker 1>first in history to celebrate your graduation virtually. That makes

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<v Speaker 1>you special, if anything else. And did you really want

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<v Speaker 1>to sit in some smelly old jim crammed in an

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<v Speaker 1>uncomfortable chair, faking enthusiasm for all these random people you

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know. Probably not. It's way too long anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be honest with you. Make the most of this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll regret it if you don't. I know. It may

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you've been cheeted out of a senior year

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<v Speaker 1>as you saw the class that graduated before you get

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<v Speaker 1>all the fun things for your high schoolers. Maybe you've

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<v Speaker 1>missed out on a senior trip or prom or the

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<v Speaker 1>shot at that crush to probably never go out with

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<v Speaker 1>you anyway, for you college kids, maybe you didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>to finish out that internship that you'd invested so much

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<v Speaker 1>time into. Sometimes we need a storm. There are times

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<v Speaker 1>in my life when a storm has led me to

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<v Speaker 1>a better place, given me a reset, shrunk my head.

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<v Speaker 1>Storms can be great. Maybe not right in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the high winds, I'm pelting right into the storm,

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<v Speaker 1>but when it blows over, you really appreciate the view. So,

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<v Speaker 1>if anything, this has given you a head start to

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<v Speaker 1>finding out that one life isn't always fair. But the

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<v Speaker 1>good thing is you can learn from it and move

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<v Speaker 1>on to the next phase and be stronger because of it.

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<v Speaker 1>The end of high school, you get to going to

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<v Speaker 1>college with a fresh start. No one will remember the

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<v Speaker 1>nickname the mean kids gave you in school, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>t Bone from that time you're short, split wide open

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<v Speaker 1>while wrestling another dude. That's me. No one remembered. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess they kind of. You get it. The end

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<v Speaker 1>of college. Hey, you're in the real world now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>talking to you. It may look a little different right now,

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<v Speaker 1>So come on in, grab a face mask, sanitize your hands,

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<v Speaker 1>take the world by storm, even if you have to

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<v Speaker 1>stand six feet away from your new boss. Class of

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, I'm here to tell you are capable of

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<v Speaker 1>anything that you set your mind too. You are entering

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<v Speaker 1>the next chapter of your life in a world that

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<v Speaker 1>may seem a little more scary and a little more uncertain.

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<v Speaker 1>This hasn't been the most traditional commencement speech, but we're

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<v Speaker 1>living in untraditional times. Go out, set a new precedent,

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<v Speaker 1>be the new standard. Don't let anyone deem you unessential.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't deem yourself unessential. When you think I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if I can make it, I did. Look at

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<v Speaker 1>me crazy. I shouldn't be here. We shouldn't be anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>We're only where we choose to be in work to

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<v Speaker 1>get So. With that being said, I'm proud of you. Congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm talking about. Let's get going. Congratulations, Class

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