WEBVTT 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.610 "Someday" isn’t on the calendar... 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:08.380 That’s very important lesson for all of 00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:09.740 us mortals here today. 00:00:10.254 --> 00:00:12.924 We're all taught that life is tough, 00:00:13.855 --> 00:00:15.205 life is a bitch 00:00:15.495 --> 00:00:16.555 life is hard 00:00:17.999 --> 00:00:18.959 but it's not 00:00:20.115 --> 00:00:21.655 It’s pretty easy. Right? 00:00:21.683 --> 00:00:23.333 It’s pretty easy to skate by 00:00:23.333 --> 00:00:26.513 and go through life. Right? 00:00:27.729 --> 00:00:28.599 We wake up everyday, 00:00:28.599 --> 00:00:29.529 most of us in the world 00:00:29.529 --> 00:00:30.589 with a roof over our heads 00:00:30.589 --> 00:00:32.619 a big comfy bed under our butts, 00:00:33.334 --> 00:00:34.494 fridge full of foods 00:00:34.737 --> 00:00:36.267 never have to worry about 00:00:36.751 --> 00:00:38.111 starvation or homelessness 00:00:38.143 --> 00:00:39.283 We have friends and family 00:00:39.283 --> 00:00:40.213 that will help us out when 00:00:40.213 --> 00:00:41.003 those things come 00:00:41.003 --> 00:00:41.613 Those were are the things 00:00:41.613 --> 00:00:43.243 that made life dangerous 100 years ago 00:00:43.243 --> 00:00:45.673 Now we complain that life isn’t convenient 00:00:46.635 --> 00:00:47.525 This isn’t a statement 00:00:47.525 --> 00:00:48.025 on modern society. 00:00:48.189 --> 00:00:49.799 This is a statement about motivation 00:00:49.980 --> 00:00:54.860 Life is easy. It is easy to skate by. 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:56.680 It doesn’t even sound that bad, 00:00:56.680 --> 00:00:57.630 it’s called skating 00:00:58.339 --> 00:00:58.999 Skating is fun! 00:01:00.319 --> 00:01:02.019 Who doesn’t love skating? I love skating. 00:01:02.235 --> 00:01:03.785 Who doesn’t love skating? 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.450 It is pretty easy to grow up, 00:01:06.450 --> 00:01:07.540 put your dreams aside, 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:08.550 leave your passions behind, 00:01:09.278 --> 00:01:11.568 take a job that you don’t even really 00:01:11.568 --> 00:01:12.888 mind, raise some kids 00:01:12.888 --> 00:01:13.828 that would most likely be inspired 00:01:13.828 --> 00:01:14.898 to do the exact same thing. 00:01:14.898 --> 00:01:16.428 Go from point A to point B 00:01:16.428 --> 00:01:19.038 to point C until you end up at point Z. 00:01:19.065 --> 00:01:20.015 When you’re passed away and 00:01:20.015 --> 00:01:21.405 and there is a line of people waiting 00:01:21.405 --> 00:01:22.535 to get up and tell everyone else 00:01:22.535 --> 00:01:24.105 who knew you, what a good life you had. 00:01:25.642 --> 00:01:26.422 Nothing bad about that. 00:01:26.422 --> 00:01:28.262 Nothing wrong with that. 00:01:28.275 --> 00:01:29.905 But nothing great about it. 00:01:29.934 --> 00:01:32.374 Nothing inspiring about that. 00:01:32.921 --> 00:01:36.851 The awful truth is, is that life is easy. 00:01:37.642 --> 00:01:39.122 Living... 00:01:39.135 --> 00:01:40.825 truly living, chasing a dream and 00:01:40.825 --> 00:01:43.015 truly living is hard... 00:01:43.529 --> 00:01:44.839 Living is a bitch... 00:01:45.775 --> 00:01:46.525 Living is tough, 00:01:46.525 --> 00:01:47.845 especially when you switch it 00:01:47.845 --> 00:01:48.765 it you ask yourself 00:01:48.765 --> 00:01:50.115 what am I dying to do? 00:01:51.230 --> 00:01:53.100 What is it that puts that fire 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:54.083 in my heart? 00:01:54.083 --> 00:01:55.066 Answering that question 00:01:55.066 --> 00:01:56.050 isn’t the end, thought. 00:01:56.433 --> 00:01:57.523 It’s really just the spark. 00:01:58.112 --> 00:01:59.032 Because once you get that 00:01:59.032 --> 00:01:59.892 fire burning you need to feed it. 00:02:01.686 --> 00:02:03.276 You need to keep reminding yourself, 00:02:03.276 --> 00:02:04.276 putting new coals in there, 00:02:04.276 --> 00:02:05.416 remind yourself everyday about that goal. 00:02:05.416 --> 00:02:07.746 Because we’ve all taken up 00:02:07.746 --> 00:02:10.236 a hobby or a goal or a workout 00:02:10.236 --> 00:02:11.836 that we stop for just a couple of days 00:02:11.836 --> 00:02:12.946 and we never pick them up again. 00:02:13.694 --> 00:02:14.774 You need to constantly remind yourself 00:02:14.774 --> 00:02:16.554 that you are dying. 00:02:16.554 --> 00:02:19.384 And that you are dying to do something, 00:02:19.384 --> 00:02:21.274 because the minute you forget, 00:02:21.274 --> 00:02:23.494 life creeps right back in. 00:02:23.494 --> 00:02:26.474 And life is easy. 00:02:26.474 --> 00:02:27.594 Living... 00:02:27.594 --> 00:02:29.364 truly living, chasing a dream and 00:02:29.364 --> 00:02:32.094 truly living is hard. 00:02:32.094 --> 00:02:35.164 Living is a bitch... 00:03:23.556 --> 00:03:25.796 Just Imagine if you will being 00:03:25.796 --> 00:03:28.166 on your death bed, 00:03:28.166 --> 00:03:29.866 and standing around your bed 00:03:29.866 --> 00:03:33.076 the ghosts of the dreams, 00:03:33.076 --> 00:03:34.146 the ideas, 00:03:34.146 --> 00:03:36.206 the abilities, 00:03:36.206 --> 00:03:37.086 the talents 00:03:37.086 --> 00:03:38.176 given to you by life. 00:03:38.176 --> 00:03:39.636 And you... for whatever reason 00:03:39.636 --> 00:03:41.906 you never pursued those dream, 00:03:41.906 --> 00:03:43.926 you never acted on those ideas, 00:03:43.926 --> 00:03:45.346 you never used those gifts, 00:03:45.346 --> 00:03:47.296 you never used those talents... 00:03:47.296 --> 00:03:49.316 And there they are staring at you, 00:03:49.316 --> 00:03:50.626 as you lying on your bed, 00:03:50.626 --> 00:03:52.836 with large angry eyes saying 00:03:52.836 --> 00:03:54.766 "We came to you! 00:03:54.766 --> 00:03:56.836 Only you could have given us life! 00:03:56.836 --> 00:04:01.796 And now we must die with you... forever... 00:04:01.796 --> 00:04:04.596 And the question is... 00:04:04.596 --> 00:04:06.536 If you die today... 00:04:06.536 --> 00:04:08.866 what dreams, 00:04:08.866 --> 00:04:11.056 what talents, 00:04:11.056 --> 00:04:13.026 what abilities, 00:04:13.026 --> 00:04:14.836 what gifts, 00:04:14.836 --> 00:04:16.776 what ideas 00:04:16.776 --> 00:04:19.406 would die with you? 00:04:21.190 --> 00:04:22.990 The worst place in the planet 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:25.130 it's not in the forest, 00:04:25.130 --> 00:04:26.320 it's not in South Africa 00:04:26.324 --> 00:04:28.154 whether dining lions... 00:04:28.169 --> 00:04:30.279 The worst place in the planet 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.579 is the cemetery, 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:34.849 there you see potential never realized, 00:04:34.849 --> 00:04:36.759 there you'll find books never written, 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.869 there you'll find ideas never acted on. 00:04:39.869 --> 00:04:40.699 And maybe that's why 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:41.749 Henry David Thoreau said 00:04:41.749 --> 00:04:43.289 Oh God! To reach the point of death 00:04:43.289 --> 00:04:46.529 only to realize you have never lived, 00:04:46.529 --> 00:04:48.659 only to realize that you never scratched 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:52.049 the surface of your potential 00:04:52.049 --> 00:04:52.829 Let me say it again 00:04:52.829 --> 00:04:55.009 Live full... 00:04:55.009 --> 00:04:59.119 Die empty... 00:05:46.149 --> 00:05:47.632 I think that 00:05:47.632 --> 00:05:50.295 the most important... 00:05:50.295 --> 00:05:51.989 the most important thing about 00:05:51.989 --> 00:05:55.649 running a company is to remember 00:05:55.649 --> 00:05:59.079 all the time what a company is. 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.839 A company is simply a group of people. 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:05.129 And as a leader of people 00:06:05.129 --> 00:06:07.609 you have to be a great listener, 00:06:07.609 --> 00:06:09.949 you have to be a great motivator, 00:06:09.949 --> 00:06:13.259 you have to be very good at praising 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:16.139 and looking for the best in people. 00:06:16.139 --> 00:06:18.559 People are no different from flowers. 00:06:18.559 --> 00:06:20.629 If you water flowers, they flourish. 00:06:20.629 --> 00:06:23.719 If you praise people, they flourish. 00:06:23.719 --> 00:06:28.939 That’s a critical attribute of a leader...