1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Ice SE's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Up A Size Team? You're listening to The Daily Game 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: the compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: that I've found inspiring and helped me through the game 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: of life. Okay, today's quote comes from Aristotle, an ancient 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: Greek philosopher and scientist who is still considered to be 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: one of the greatest thinkers when it came to politics, psychology, 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: and ethics. So you know this is going to be 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: a good one. Excellence is never an accident. It is 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. 11 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Choice, not chances, 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: determines your destiny. Aristotle was cold with that one, right. 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: This quote feels especially timely now with social media influencers 14 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: and wanna be tried to make it look like success 15 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: comes easy. What did Aristotle say? It comes from sincere effort, 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: intelligent execution, and I like this part. It represents the 17 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: wise choice of many alternatives, choice not chance, determines your destiny. 18 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: I just did a book called Split Decision, and it 19 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: breaks down the fact that your choices definitely control the 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: trajectory of your life. And my book, I made the 21 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: choice to stop breaking the law. My boy made the 22 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: choice to try one more move, which got him landed 23 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: in prison for thirty five to life. Those were choices 24 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: that weren't chances. Someone said that we make over three 25 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: thousand decisions a day, A decision as simple as do 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: I look to the left of the right. We continually 27 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: make decisions. Do I get up right now and you know, 28 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: go say I gotta go to the restroom. That's a decision. No, 29 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: let me finish what I'm doing. Should I do this 30 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: appointment today or cancel? What should I eat? We're making 31 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: decisions continuously, and as Aristotle says, choices, not chances, determine 32 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: your destiny. So at some point you start to realize 33 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: that I have to make my decisions count. I can't 34 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: just make random decisions. I run into so many people 35 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: to say, oh, just let it go, just let it happen, 36 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: let the chips fall where they may fuck that. I'm 37 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: very methodical, and I try to think out if I 38 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: do this, this could happen, This could happen. You always 39 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: hear the term it's not checkers, it's chess. Most people 40 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: to say that can't even play chess. But to think 41 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: out what's going to happen after this, after that is 42 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: a chance on controlling your destiny and directing your destiny, 43 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: not just letting life happen and whatever happens happens. That's 44 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: kind of like letting go of the steering wheel while 45 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: you're driving. Excellence is never an accident. It is always 46 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: the result of high intention. Wow, Aristotle was bad motherfucker 47 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: for a reason. I feel this quote and it helps 48 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: me stay focused because I know that what I want 49 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: in life is not gonna come by accident, is only 50 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: gonna come by me making the right decisions and making 51 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: those hard choices. And the same thing goes for you. 52 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: This has been another ice cold fact from me, iced tea. 53 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: Listening again tomorrow when I drop some wisdom on your 54 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: ass till then, stay safe, stay smart, and stay knowing 55 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: that achieving excellence isn't easy and it isn't an accident. 56 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: I still he gave us a production of iHeartRadio, Final 57 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: Level Entertainment and Oddity an Asylum Entertainment Company. The show's 58 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: executive producer is Noel Brown. Supervising producer is Jordan run Talk. 59 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: If you like what you heard, please subscribe and leave 60 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: us a review. 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