1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,440 Welcome to my daily report, Carl. 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,200 We're having a continuous test with no subject. 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,160 What's your answer and what's it mean for? 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,920 Happy Thursday, everybody! 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:27,520 Man, when I tell you all, it's the eye of the storm. 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:34,160 It's that halfway point in the track when you see the finish line. 7 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:39,000 It's that process that we're talking about. 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 It's that grind. 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,640 That's where we are in this week. 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,320 That's where I'm at personally. 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:55,800 And there's no time to cry. 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:01,360 One day is eventually. 13 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:07,320 To write now is some other time. 14 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,840 One day is today. 15 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:17,600 And I really want to profess that to everyone. 16 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:27,200 Because once you are working for something and you are living and breathing it, you don't 17 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,880 have time for the nonsense. 18 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,280 You don't have time for the misunderstandings. 19 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,280 You see clearly. 20 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,280 You shed the fat. 21 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,280 And that's where I'm at. 22 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:52,400 Cutting through the mess because I have my eyes on the prize. 23 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,960 Like somebody going up for the dunk, all they see really is the hoop. 24 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,640 And with that, let's start it! 25 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,200 First song in my head of the day. 26 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,880 Save Your Tears by the weekend. 27 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,200 Man shout out to our season 11 playlist. 28 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:23,080 Man we got about nine more days until we in our 12 month. 29 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,080 Crazy. 30 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:33,080 And I went with Save Your Tears because I was down on myself. 31 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:39,080 I was tired and I was feeling like there was no end. 32 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:44,840 And this song came on and I said you know what? 33 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,840 That's right. 34 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:56,600 I'm going to, even if I have to cry, I'm going to save this cry for later. 35 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,360 I don't have time to do it right now. 36 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:00,880 And that's what kept me going so. 37 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,360 Shout out to the weekend. 38 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:07,240 What did I read today? 39 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:15,400 I'm Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. 40 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:25,440 And this particular chapter was talking about persistence and what it entails. 41 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:32,320 Habits, willpower, cooperation, accurate knowledge, definitiveness of plans, purpose, 42 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,240 desires, self-reliance. 43 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,240 That mattered. 44 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:53,000 And I'm really starting to peel back the layers of what it takes to endure. 45 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,080 What it means to be motivated. 46 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,760 What it is to be on a mission. 47 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,880 What are those key elements to make that recipe? 48 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:09,400 And this book is helping me out. 49 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,440 Was I physically active today? 50 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,440 Yes! 51 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:25,560 I have my boy Chase today and funny enough, I, my phone died hella early. 52 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:31,680 Like, last thing I'm listening to while my phone died was Autosmoke with Rachel Nichols. 53 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,440 So shout out to the Autosmoke podcast. 54 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:46,000 And basically my phone charger is, my car charger is not there. 55 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,360 I can't find a charger on my bag. 56 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,360 So phone dies. 57 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,880 And I'm like, forget it. 58 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,880 It's just us. 59 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:07,160 It was crazy for a minute because I was really in the moment when I thought, I don't really, 60 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,040 I don't have anybody to answer to. 61 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,040 Nothing to come back to. 62 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,760 And then my heart sank for a second. 63 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,280 Because I'm like, wow. 64 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:23,040 If I die today, I'm not survived by anyone. 65 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:33,800 Who will even know that I'm gone until like 72 hours? 66 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:39,880 And then I thought again, when you're gone, you're gone. 67 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,080 Sad business. 68 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:49,280 But within that, however, we just played and we ran and we really went to the max and 69 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:53,920 he was happy. 70 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,080 That made me happy. 71 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,320 And it was really just us. 72 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,320 I didn't have my phone on me. 73 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,160 I was just, it was me and him. 74 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,680 And I loved it. 75 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:14,080 When I get from my meditations today, bring theory to reality. 76 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:20,640 Because when we say in theory or in my mind, that makes sense. 77 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Bring that to reality. 78 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,800 What is your real reality? 79 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:36,640 Wake up from your dream world, abandon, abandon coping mechanisms for loneliness and be where 80 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:37,640 you are. 81 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:38,640 I love that. 82 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:39,640 Absolutely. 83 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:50,240 100% love that. 84 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,240 In my mind, things make sense. 85 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:59,640 But in my actual life practice, I can easily look back at recent instances where my actions 86 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,360 don't reflect what I know to be right in theory. 87 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,920 I'm not having that. 88 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:15,480 I almost feel like I woke up from five dreams. 89 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:22,040 First things first is for me to point the finger at myself saying, what the hell are 90 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,040 you doing? 91 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:27,200 I hope you do the same for yourself. 92 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,960 Be critical of you. 93 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:41,240 I had a conversation, talking about the conversation with my bro, Cell. 94 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:47,920 And I was telling him that I welcome criticism from my friends. 95 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:57,520 I want to hear what people who have my best genuine interests have to say which would 96 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:04,520 possibly improve me. 97 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:12,520 What can I improve on? 98 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:17,840 My positivity throughout the day. 99 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:26,800 At certain times you get to a low point and you're the one who puts yourself down there. 100 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:27,800 So bring yourself up. 101 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:32,920 Even if the days are long, you still have you. 102 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:38,160 You still have breathing life and you're doing what needs to be done. 103 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,960 Enjoy it. 104 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:46,000 Find joy in everything. 105 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,560 What made me smile? 106 00:08:50,560 --> 00:09:02,560 Chase had a dentist appointment today and just talking with the pediatrician and working 107 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:11,880 together with him and handling some concerns I had for him and really just being on top 108 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:17,760 of his health is wonderful. 109 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:27,720 And this is what I am supposed to bring to this generation and they're going to build 110 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:28,720 off that. 111 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:33,800 And that made me smile. 112 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:43,840 What I succeeded at today, I succeeded at sticking to the script. 113 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,520 I didn't change up. 114 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,320 I stayed where I was supposed to be. 115 00:09:53,320 --> 00:10:02,640 It's not easily done in sequence, day after day. 116 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:11,520 But it's easy to be yourself, however. 117 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:17,440 Once you can accept that person and challenge that person and look that person in the face, 118 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,200 you're all right. 119 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,200 Better than all right. 120 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:31,720 And what I think of my day of raw. 121 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:44,560 Wakefulness, humbling, productive. 122 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:55,240 And what grade do I give myself? 123 00:10:55,240 --> 00:11:09,440 Performance and when you think of a, you're thinking that someone that was super prepared 124 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:10,640 and super smart. 125 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:19,040 I don't think that I'm thinking of a champion that's hard fought and a battle was nipping 126 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:29,280 and tug, but the winner came out on top, but it wasn't without respect of the opponent. 127 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:35,040 It wasn't without the work and the back and forth. 128 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,960 And that's that type of a that I'm talking about. 129 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:46,920 That work for it's that grind is that respect for the opponent. 130 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,960 And I respect you and I'm appreciating you. 131 00:11:50,960 --> 00:12:00,240 And I know that you can push yourself to be the best you and only you can do that. 132 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,760 And it's tough. 133 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:03,760 Such as life. 134 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,760 So what's the key? 135 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:16,920 What's the key?