The talk show die
empty by Les brown is one of the greatest motivational speeches I
have heard in a while. I have never heard someone speak with as much
conviction as he does and his story is extremely encouraging. For me
it just indicated possibility
The speech part that
got me was about the number of people who live all their lives
discovering when it is over they never lived, because they allowed
obstacles such as fear and lack of dreams to hinder them from making
it. He says that the reason people do not make it is not because they
aim high and miss but because they aim low and hit. He talks of a man
who was being buried and the brother said that man did not die alone,
he died with many dreams, potentials and talks about the number of
people who go in to the grave with unsung songs.
It got me thinking
the number of time we postponed ideas or we say nothing when we
should have said something. It got me in to the realization of what
it is that hinders everything we ever could have done.
Fear, he mentions is
one of the factor that hinder people in making it in life. I have
been a victim of fear, not once, not twice but many times. The reason
people usually don't make it is cause the y think of all the possible
obstacles they will encounter once they start what they want to do.
Les browns mentioned that when there is no enemy from within then the
enemy without will have no impact. This case example applies to me a
lot. Many times I have a vision and wonder how am I going to do it,
and many times it is procrastination that has made me unable to do
that which I could have done given time. What is worse is when I ask
people about what they think and the possibility of these dreams many
times I get a discouragement because many time fear is confirmed.
The first step to
every activity usually encourages one to keep moving. I love the
phrase that he said, you can start walking where there is no road and
you create a track.
Many time we look
for paths that other have done before and we either get discouraged
or don't find it, and if we find it we never get to win. Because that
is what everyone else does.
Extra ordinary
results comes when extra ordinary things are done and that mens you
do that which other would never do.
What struck me most
of all the things is the number of time we do things just enough to
survive. People just survive on that which is enough. People just
work to get enough to get the basic needs, keep a job and ordinary
things. I was impressed by the part where he said people need to aim
for great things and all these things come with hard work. Most
importantly is that greatness is not a destiny, it is a choice. These
words struck me with greatest impact, on how we are in such control
of who we become we just refuse to take charge and hope it will find
us.
The part that scared
me the most is the part where he said, if you do not take steps
towards what you want then you will find yourself where you do not
want to be.
I was reminded of
the number of time I say where I do not want to be and forget that I
should clearly state what I want instead and work towards achieving
it.
It was a great
motivational speech that dared me to be different, because as he
continued to say it is only those who do things differently that make
it. Truth is the number of time we are afraid to stand out. I find
myself wanting to hide behind other but yet again the secret to
success is in doing things differently.
I was motivated to
be different and more so to make it. When I think about it, I just
have to make it, just like he said. I have to be able to provide.
There is definatley something that drives me that does not leave me
with the choice of not making it. I just have to make it. I just have
to be able to go on holidays when I want to.
I think for most of
the time in life we think that things will fall in to place and that
they will just happen, but most of what I learned from this video was
it does take personal initiative and God of course.
Another greater
lesson is on what he mentioned on opinion of people should not be our
reality, for some reason I could identify with him and a lot of what
he said. In the past I let a lot of people define me and tell me what
I could or could not do and that is what used to be my limitation,.
The time I decided to take charge of my life and call the shots and
say you know what this is who I am.
I came to a
conclusion that really someone needs to know who they are and that
way no one will have to tell them who they are as long as they know
what they are made of.
On the other hand, I
believe that there is another side to this coin. I feel that
sometimes great people are chosen and are born. One is, God creates
opportunities for people and chooses to elevate people and at times
people have made it by sheer favor. So in as much as one can decide
to be rich, there has to be more than just the usual that is usually
a guiding factor. Sometimes God does put situations that will
obviously give a benefit and help someone be the rich person they
want to become. I feel that yes it is a choice, but at times it
takes Gods favor.
Above all we need a
lot more people who motivate people to stay positive and reminding
people to dream in a world that is constantly putting people down, we
need such people to constantly remind us why we are in this world and
what we possibly could be if we allow ourselves to dream.
After watching this
video, I purpose to be reading motivational books so as to be able to
surround myself with positive energy. It is negative energy that
kills morale and if it possible to get a lot of positive energy from
putting in a lot of positive staff then I will do so just to make
sure I get. The movie encouraged me and I know that it is a life
changing message.
In conclusion, God
places in us the ability to choose our destiny thorugh the choices we
make constantly and the thing we do. My favourite line, greatness is
not a destiny it is a choice.
