1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,280 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sheepgid Sheared podcast. 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,240 I'm your host, Austin Creed and my friends. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,240 Today we're going to talk about greatness. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:11,840 What is it? 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,920 How do we get to it and what does it even mean? 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,560 But before we really dive into greatness, I want you to listen to the following and 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:24,560 I want you to ask yourself what it is that you think about it. 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:25,960 Let's listen to this. 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:31,040 A wise man once said, not to be afraid of the greatest. 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,160 Some are born great. 11 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:40,960 Some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:47,800 What do you guys think about the idea that some men are born great, some achieve greatness 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,760 and others have greatness thrust upon them? 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,520 You know who was who said that? 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,600 And that clip, it says a wise man. 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:01:00,120 Now, my only question was William Shakespeare, a famous playwright. 17 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,480 It was him. 18 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,800 And I believe it wasn't a Midsummer Night's Dream that he wrote that. 19 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,000 I believe that is the correct. 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:10,800 Paul, um, play. 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,720 I could be wrong about that, but I know he wrote it. 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:19,680 And when we get down and dirty to this conversation, we need to really think about what does it 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,160 mean to be great? 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,760 Because we look at history books, we can talk about Alexander the Great. 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,640 We could talk about the Persian. 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,960 What was the Persian guy's name? 27 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,760 Cyrus the Great. 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,400 We could look at these men who were called great. 29 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,560 But what does that mean? 30 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,160 What does it mean to be successful? 31 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,040 What does it mean to be great? 32 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,840 If you think that we're just talking in the abstract or mistaken, in fact, it's very 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,760 common for people to consume the self-help type content where they're like, oh, I want 34 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:57,760 to be better. 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,400 I want to be the, I want to have six pack abs and I want to have a hot girlfriend and I 36 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,200 want to have all these things. 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:08,280 And it's all centered around this idea of besting hypergamy. 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,800 If you don't know what hypergamy is, well, I'll define it for you in case you're new 39 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,760 to the side of the internet or you're new to this discussion. 40 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:21,160 Hypergamy is the idea that a woman wants to get the best caliber man to create the best 41 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,360 offspring and have the best chance of survival for both them and herself. 42 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,720 That is hypergamy. 43 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,120 Hypergamy is not evil. 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,120 It is not bad. 45 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,920 It is not something to be ashamed because it is part of human nature. 46 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,400 It is part of evolution. 47 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,200 It is part of natural selection. 48 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:45,640 And so my friends, as we have this conversation about greatness today, I want you to keep 49 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,640 that in mind. 50 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:50,680 And if you want to talk about greatness, what do you guys think of the debate last night? 51 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:51,680 Hmm? 52 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,040 Now, if you actually watch it, I know people who they didn't even want to watch it. 53 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,280 They're like, I don't care. 54 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,440 It's such a stage fiasco. 55 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:04,080 It's a joke. 56 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:09,440 I mean, for God's sake, you look at the news, the whole thing's a sham. 57 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,760 They don't like Trump. 58 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,760 They don't like Trump. 59 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,760 They do like Trump. 60 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,360 I mean, the whole thing's basically all fixed job. 61 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,320 But we get into the nitty gritty. 62 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:24,640 We get into our wives because we can focus on what makes somebody great when we look 63 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:25,960 at history. 64 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:32,680 But when it comes down to you and me, what is it that the average man, you and I, even 65 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,360 if we're wealthy men, we may not. 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:40,640 We don't have the power that certain people have that are known to be great. 67 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,200 So when we get into this conversation, I want to revisit that quote from William Shakespeare 68 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:52,320 where he says that not to be afraid of greatness because some men are born great. 69 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,640 Now, let's stop right there. 70 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,320 What do you mean some men are born great? 71 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:57,320 What does that mean? 72 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,320 Does that mean that they're born with good genetics? 73 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,120 Does that mean they're born into a rich family? 74 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,920 Does it mean they're born with great talents and gifts? 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,640 What does that even mean? 76 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:11,000 That's a very complicated question, isn't it? 77 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,360 And throughout this entire show, I really want you guys to let me know what you think 78 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:22,080 because at the end of the day, this is a this is not just me telling you what to think or 79 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:23,080 how to think. 80 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,880 Now, this is a conversation, one that I wish you were here have with me as I'm sitting 81 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,760 here in my room. 82 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,200 But unfortunately, we can't be in the same room. 83 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,920 We can have the same ideas. 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,840 We can exchange notes, which leads me back to the quote. 85 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:42,640 So we already talked about some men are born great. 86 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:43,640 Some achieve greatness. 87 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,960 Now, let's stop right there. 88 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,280 What do you mean achieve greatness? 89 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,080 How do you I'll flip it over to you. 90 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,800 How do you define greatness? 91 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:54,640 Is it a certain dollar amount? 92 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,080 Is it having a power over a certain number of people? 93 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,480 Is it bagging a certain number of women? 94 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,760 Is it having a certain number of professional relationships? 95 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,160 What is it that makes someone great? 96 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:14,520 How do you know when you have achieved this greatness that he's talking about? 97 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:20,200 And the final one is some have greatness thrust upon them. 98 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,240 Now, what does that mean? 99 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:29,880 Well, one of the examples that I like to think of when we talk about that last one is the 100 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,880 one I woman named Hadassah. 101 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,920 You might know her as Esther, because that was the name given to her by the that's kind 102 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,160 of like her English name for lack of a better term. 103 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,000 But Hadassah was her Hebrew name. 104 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,280 And I'm not trying to flex like I'm some holy Orthodox Jewish guy. 105 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,280 I'm not. 106 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,280 I was raised Christian. 107 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:54,720 I still consider myself a Christian, even though I really respect Judaism and have a 108 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,720 deep appreciation for it. 109 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:02,240 So when we talk about Esther, she was a great example of God put her in a place to do a 110 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,680 lot of good and to make really tough choices. 111 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:10,680 Now while you may not be put in a situation like that, you can be put in a situation where 112 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,280 you are given opportunities. 113 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:20,760 You are given a chance to do good both for yourself and for others. 114 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:24,120 And the question becomes. 115 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,760 When you have a greatness thrust upon you, are you going to go for it? 116 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,440 Are you going to let it slip by? 117 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,840 And there are songs written about this that Eminem used to write before he sold out, in 118 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:36,480 my opinion. 119 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,920 But this all stems back to. 120 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,920 Why is it? 121 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,320 That we are obsessed with greatness. 122 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,400 What does it mean to be obsessed with greatness? 123 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:54,160 What is it to be mean to be great? 124 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,480 If you think I have all the answers, you're actually wrong. 125 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,280 I'm not here to tell you definitively what is great. 126 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:02,880 I'm here to ask the question. 127 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,320 Because the end of the day, what I think will probably not be what you think, even though 128 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:08,520 I think I'm right. 129 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,320 Who doesn't think they're right? 130 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,120 We ask about greatness. 131 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:20,000 I think greatness is achieved when you have a goal in your actively working towards that 132 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,520 worthy goal you have set. 133 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:28,320 The achievement is obviously great, but it is pushing through the hard times, the uncomfortable 134 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:33,160 times, the uncertainty that makes you great. 135 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:39,960 It is being able to encounter adversity and not give up, not give in, not throw the towel 136 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:48,800 in, but instead push even a harder than last time to find a way to make it happen. 137 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,480 That my friends, in my opinion, is what makes somebody great. 138 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:59,200 Now, obviously, when they reach the end and they've achieved that goal, they finally can 139 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:04,880 prove that they've that they are great to the world, but they become great to themselves 140 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:13,680 when they are able to push past the difficult, hard and horrible times in their life to get 141 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,560 to that point when then people see them winning. 142 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,280 Then people will start to care about how did you get here? 143 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,280 How did you do it? 144 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,680 How can I do it? 145 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,840 But they don't care about you when you're in the gym. 146 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,540 They don't care about you when you're grinding 12 hours a day at your new job or your side 147 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:29,540 hustle. 148 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:31,360 They're not paying attention then. 149 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,960 They'll think you were just born great when in fact it has nothing to do with how you 150 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:41,400 were born and everything to do with what you put into the bank. 151 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:46,680 Time after time after time after time you put in and eventually you started to hit that 152 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:51,840 compound interest and before you knew it, you would achieve what you'd set out to do. 153 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,480 Most people are afraid of greatness because they don't know how to achieve it. 154 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:56,480 They want a shortcut. 155 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,840 They want the easy fix. 156 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,640 There is no such thing as an easy fix. 157 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:07,720 It is only through hard work, determination and good ol' elbow grease that you're going 158 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,000 to get there. 159 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,600 That's what I think. 160 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:18,000 I don't know how in one universe you could sit there and tell me that. 161 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,440 But hey, if you want to make that argument, you're welcome to do it. 162 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,120 But I really wanted to return to this idea of what does it mean to be born great? 163 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,800 Do you think you were born great or do you think you were born average but then became 164 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:38,400 great through your own hard work or maybe somebody thrust greatness upon you? 165 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:46,160 Whether it be God, men, somewhere in between, if such a thing even exists. 166 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,960 I think most people who are great, they achieve greatness. 167 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,880 Now are they born with an advantage? 168 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:53,880 Maybe. 169 00:09:53,880 --> 00:10:00,200 But there are very few men in my opinion who are born great. 170 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,880 And I think there are even fewer men who have greatness thrust upon them and then in an effort 171 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:09,240 to be worthy of their station, they rise to the challenge. 172 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,160 Most people are not given opportunities like that. 173 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,400 Most men are not given opportunities in general. 174 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:20,760 They are just given reasons why they are no good in their garbage, especially today. 175 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,240 It's both a blessing and a curse to be a man and I'm not here to sit here and whine and 176 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,400 complain about being a man. 177 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,080 In fact, I think I leave that to the weaker men. 178 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,160 I never understood the channels on YouTube and on rumble when I'll know all these places. 179 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:41,440 They want to like make fun of chicks or try to tell women, oh, hey women, here's what 180 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,440 you should do. 181 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,680 Here's what you should be attracted to blah, blah, blah. 182 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:48,000 I find the whole thing stupid. 183 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,740 You want to know why? 184 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:56,920 Because they are like men who are more weaker by nature or attracted to greatness. 185 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,200 They want the best they can find. 186 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,440 Wow, are they delusional? 187 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,360 Yes, we all know that. 188 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,520 Does that change the fact that they want greatness? 189 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:08,840 Of course it doesn't. 190 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,160 Because change is nothing. 191 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:17,080 So why the hell do people waste their time trying to logically make sense of something 192 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,520 that is biological, emotional, and subliminal? 193 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,640 That's my question. 194 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:27,880 But I guess it all comes back to being born great, achieving greatness, or having greatness 195 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,800 thrust upon you. 196 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:35,320 Does anybody think there's a fourth option or a fifth option outside of the three that 197 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,800 we outlined that we quoted from William Shakespeare? 198 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,920 Does anybody have any other ones they want to add that they think should be on that list? 199 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,480 Because that's another interesting question. 200 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:51,280 A lot of us are exploited into thinking that we can't achieve greatness without blank, without 201 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:58,480 something else, instead of just putting in the work, taking the risks, losing over and 202 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,120 over again until we eventually win. 203 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,000 We're convinced we should find a shortcut that there's a better way, a faster way, an 204 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,880 easier way. 205 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,320 And that is how, in my opinion, a lot of people are misled and exploited. 206 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,800 They're trying to, they're sold the easy fix when such a thing does not exist and has 207 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,720 never, ever existed. 208 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,120 There is no such thing as an easy fix. 209 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:29,800 There is only hard work, brains and people who stick with it. 210 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,800 That's what I think. 211 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,800 Anybody want to come in here and tell me otherwise? 212 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,920 Maybe there's an argument for it. 213 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,960 I don't think there is, but maybe there is and I'm not seeing it. 214 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,600 I'm not here to argue advantages. 215 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,320 I think I'd rather argue about what makes a man born great. 216 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:55,160 Is he just like a, is he born at a Chad where he has all these muscles and a nice jawline 217 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,160 and all this stuff? 218 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,200 Is that, is that what makes a man great? 219 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,160 As it is intellect? 220 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,240 Is it, what is it that makes a man great? 221 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,400 What in your mind makes a man born with greatness? 222 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,520 I want to know. 223 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:17,280 Maybe you agree with another guy or maybe nobody seems to see you, what you're talking about. 224 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,680 Because we as men, we all strive for greatness. 225 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:27,440 You think the guy who paints beautiful paintings, I think the guy who learns how to rap, the 226 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:35,840 guy who goes and creates a business or the guy who becomes a scientist or a rod on author, 227 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,320 whatever you think that guy who's doing that isn't trying to work out an animus within 228 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:50,480 him to be great, to have access to women, resources, opportunities, a desire to be understood. 229 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,440 Does anybody else think that that's not true? 230 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,120 I think it's an absolute fact of reality that people want to be understood. 231 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:03,480 They want to feel like they are valuable. 232 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:09,480 They, their life has meaning and that their existence is not a waste or an accident or 233 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,560 anything like that. 234 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:14,800 And that's all part of the game of greatness. 235 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:21,320 Everybody wants to be great because they want to feel like their existence has meaning. 236 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,720 And oftentimes we're exploited at thinking that we're, we can't be great or that we 237 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:33,040 can only be great if we do this or if we kiss the ring or whatever. 238 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,400 There's no one way to be great. 239 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,760 Just there is, there is no one way to fail either. 240 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,640 The only way to truly fail in my book is to give up, to say that you can't do it and 241 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,160 to just give up, not say that the way you're doing it's not working and you're going to 242 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:52,360 adjust, but to say I'm just quitting. 243 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:57,600 Greatness is on the forefront of every young man's mind and is what drives men who are 244 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,320 older to make their children great. 245 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:08,640 Great themselves even better or maybe to show someone else or to spite someone else. 246 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,640 They pursue greatness. 247 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:18,360 We all secretly want to be great, but only a hand few of us are willing to pay that price, 248 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:25,520 willing to risk it all and maybe even lose a couple times to get to that point. 249 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,800 That's my, that's what I think. 250 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,800 What do you think? 251 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,480 Let me know what you think. 252 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:32,480 What is it? 253 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,480 What do you think of yourself? 254 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:34,960 Were you born great? 255 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Have you achieved greatness or was greatness thrust upon you in some way, whether it be 256 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,120 cosmic or ordinary? 257 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,120 I'd love to hear it. 258 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,240 My friends, take care of yourselves. 259 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:50,120 Ponder on this question, please, because greatness is something that all of us want, might look 260 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,520 different, but we all want it. 261 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:57,360 The question then becomes, how do we achieve it and how do we avoid the pitfalls and the 262 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:04,320 rabbit holes that can lead us to taking longer to get with where we want to go? 263 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:05,320 Take care of my friends. 264 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,040 I look forward to seeing your comments below. 265 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Until next time, take care. 266 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:10,720 I'm out. 267 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:28,720 Thanks.