Speaker 1: I See's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's
Speaker 1: Up SiZ Team. You're listening to. The Daily Game a
Speaker 1: compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years that
Speaker 1: I found inspiring and helped me through the game of life.
Speaker 1: Today's quote is something I keep in mind to stay motivated,
Speaker 1: and it comes from Michael Francis, a former mobster who
Speaker 1: is the CAPO of the Colombo crime family and son
Speaker 1: of the former underboss Sonny Francis. He told me, the
Speaker 1: path you follow in life is dictated by who you're
Speaker 1: accountable to. It basically means that the direction you're going
Speaker 1: to go in life will be dictated by who you're
Speaker 1: listening to, or who you feel you have to impress,
Speaker 1: or who you're accountable to. Example, if you're accountable to
Speaker 1: your parents and they have the power over you, and
Speaker 1: you're really trying to impress them, you're going to go
Speaker 1: in the direction that they want you to go. If
Speaker 1: you've got bad, fucked up friends but you look up
Speaker 1: to them, you're going to follow that path into being
Speaker 1: a fucked up person. If you're like Michael and you're
Speaker 1: in a mob and you're accountable to gangsters, then that's
Speaker 1: the path you're going to take because you're trying to
Speaker 1: impress them, and those are the people that you have
Speaker 1: to follow their instructions. Those, those are the people that
Speaker 1: are in charge. Now try this one. If you're only
Speaker 1: accountable to yourself, then you now start to do what
Speaker 1: you want to do. If you're accountable to God, then
Speaker 1: you're going to follow the instructions that you feel God
Speaker 1: has given you. I'm accountable to myself, so my decisions
Speaker 1: are only based on what I want to do. I'm
Speaker 1: not accountable to anybody else. When I work on Law
Speaker 1: and Order, I'm accountable to Dick Wolf in that job,
Speaker 1: and I follow their instructions, So that path is pretty
Speaker 1: much laid out when I'm on that show. But in life,
Speaker 1: I'm only accountable to myself and therefore I set my
Speaker 1: own goals. I don't care what anybody else has to say.
Speaker 1: I'm doing what the fuck I want to do. So
Speaker 1: the question is who are you accountable to? Are you
Speaker 1: living your life for your family? Who do you feel
Speaker 1: you're accountable to. If it's a good person, then maybe
Speaker 1: you're on a good path. But if if it's a
Speaker 1: negative person or negative people, that's the path you're on.
Speaker 1: And I've been on the negative path before in my life.
Speaker 1: Or I was trying to impress other criminals and gangsters
Speaker 1: and kids in the streets, and that path was going
Speaker 1: to take me nowhere. Now I'm following my own path.
Speaker 1: Hopefully you'll find your own path. This has been another
Speaker 1: ice cold fact from me iced tea. Listening again tomorrow
Speaker 1: when I drop some wisdom on your ass. Till then,
Speaker 1: stay safe, stay smart, and stay knowing exactly who you
Speaker 1: are accountable to. Ices Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio,
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Speaker 1: show's executive producer is Noel Brown. Supervising producer is Jordan Runtog.
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Speaker 1: origin and give proper credit to its creator.