There was this young man who wanted to make a lot of money, so he went to this guru. He told the guru “I want to be on the same level you are.” And so the guru said “if you want to be on the same level I’m on, I’ll meet you tomorrow at the beach.”
So the young man got there at 4AM, he’s all ready to rock and roll, got on his suit, but should’ve worn shorts. The old man grabs his hand and said “how bad do you want to be successful?” He said “real bad.” And the old man says “walk out on to the water.” So he walks out on to the water…and when he got there it was waist deep. And he was like “this guy’s crazy.”
“I asked about making money, not about swimming. I didn’t ask to be a lifeguard,” he said. “I wanna make money!” The old man said “come out a little further.” So he got a little further, and the water was right about his neck level and thought “this man’s crazy! He’s making money but he’s crazy.” And the old man said again “come out a little further,” and so he came a little further and the water was right below his mouth. Then he was complaining “my man I’m not going out there anymore”. But the old man said “I thought you wanted to be successful?” He said “I DO!” And the old man answered “so walk out a little further!” So he walked a little further, dropped his head in the water and held his breath. And the old man held him down, and just about as when he was about to pass out, the old man raised him up. The old man said “I got a question for you,” he said. “When you want to succeed, as bad as you wanna breathe, then you’ll be successful!”
“The only thing you’re trying to do,” the old man said, “is get some air. You don’t care about any basketball games, you don’t care what’s on TV, you don’t care about nobody calling you, and you don’t care about any party. The only thing you care about when you’re trying to breathe is to get some fresh air. That’s it. And when you get to the point where all you wanna do is to be successful, as bad as you wanna breathe, then you’ll be successful. And I’m here to tell you number one: that most of you say want to be successful, but you don’t want it bad. You just kinda want it. You don’t want it bad than you wanna party, you don’t want it as much as you wanna be cool, most of you don’t want success as much as you wanna sleep. Some of you want sleep more than you want success. And I’m here to tell you today, that if you’re going to be successful, you got to be willing to give up sleep. You got to be willing to work out on 2 to 3 hours of sleep. If you really wanna be successful, some day, you’ll gonna have to stay up three days in a row, because if you go to sleep, you might miss the opportunity to be successful.”
“And that’s how bad you got to want it.”
“Don’t try to quit! You’re already in pain, you’re already hurt. Get a reward from it! Don’t go to sleep, until you succeed!”
“Listen to me. I’m here to tell you today that you can come here, you can jump up, you can do flips, and you can be excited when we give away money. But listen to me; you’ll never be successful until I don’t have to give you a dime and do what you do. You won’t be successful until you say ‘I don’t need that money, ‘coz I got it in here (points at heart)’.”
So the young man got there at 4AM, he’s all ready to rock and roll, got on his suit, but should’ve worn shorts. The old man grabs his hand and said “how bad do you want to be successful?” He said “real bad.” And the old man says “walk out on to the water.” So he walks out on to the water…and when he got there it was waist deep. And he was like “this guy’s crazy.”
“I asked about making money, not about swimming. I didn’t ask to be a lifeguard,” he said. “I wanna make money!” The old man said “come out a little further.” So he got a little further, and the water was right about his neck level and thought “this man’s crazy! He’s making money but he’s crazy.” And the old man said again “come out a little further,” and so he came a little further and the water was right below his mouth. Then he was complaining “my man I’m not going out there anymore”. But the old man said “I thought you wanted to be successful?” He said “I DO!” And the old man answered “so walk out a little further!” So he walked a little further, dropped his head in the water and held his breath. And the old man held him down, and just about as when he was about to pass out, the old man raised him up. The old man said “I got a question for you,” he said. “When you want to succeed, as bad as you wanna breathe, then you’ll be successful!”
“The only thing you’re trying to do,” the old man said, “is get some air. You don’t care about any basketball games, you don’t care what’s on TV, you don’t care about nobody calling you, and you don’t care about any party. The only thing you care about when you’re trying to breathe is to get some fresh air. That’s it. And when you get to the point where all you wanna do is to be successful, as bad as you wanna breathe, then you’ll be successful. And I’m here to tell you number one: that most of you say want to be successful, but you don’t want it bad. You just kinda want it. You don’t want it bad than you wanna party, you don’t want it as much as you wanna be cool, most of you don’t want success as much as you wanna sleep. Some of you want sleep more than you want success. And I’m here to tell you today, that if you’re going to be successful, you got to be willing to give up sleep. You got to be willing to work out on 2 to 3 hours of sleep. If you really wanna be successful, some day, you’ll gonna have to stay up three days in a row, because if you go to sleep, you might miss the opportunity to be successful.”
“And that’s how bad you got to want it.”
“Don’t try to quit! You’re already in pain, you’re already hurt. Get a reward from it! Don’t go to sleep, until you succeed!”
“Listen to me. I’m here to tell you today that you can come here, you can jump up, you can do flips, and you can be excited when we give away money. But listen to me; you’ll never be successful until I don’t have to give you a dime and do what you do. You won’t be successful until you say ‘I don’t need that money, ‘coz I got it in here (points at heart)’.”
