Valuetainment - September 08, 2020


Why People Don’t Give Their Best

Hosted by
Patrick Bet-David
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Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

197.25

Word count

793

Sentence count

71


Summary

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If you really wanted to be the best at what you're currently doing, where would you be in 5 years? What would your life look like if you were the best? What does it mean to actually give your best?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Have you ever heard anybody say this, or maybe you've said this before, if I really wanted
00:00:26.540 to, I'd be the best entrepreneur in the world.
00:00:28.840 If I really wanted to, I'd build a big podcast.
00:00:31.420 If I really wanted to, I could build a big YouTube channel.
00:00:33.940 If I really wanted to, I'd be in shape.
00:00:36.220 If I really wanted to, I'd be a millionaire.
00:00:38.400 You ever heard that saying before?
00:00:39.520 If I really wanted to, right?
00:00:41.440 Over the years, I've heard this phrase said by talent to people to me so many times, and
00:00:46.440 they'll, oh my gosh, listen, if I really wanted to, I'd be the best in insurance.
00:00:49.920 I've heard it so many times.
00:00:51.300 And I sit and I try to process it with them, and I wonder, why do people say this?
00:00:56.300 So if you really wanted to, you'd be the biggest.
00:00:58.220 So these are folks that are on real estate, let's just say, and they say, if I really
00:01:00.480 wanted to, I'd be the best real estate agent in the world, but I don't want to be the best.
00:01:04.200 Okay?
00:01:04.960 So why don't you want to be the best?
00:01:06.860 Let's process that.
00:01:07.920 Because if you really wanted to be the best, what does it look like if you were the best?
00:01:12.420 So let's unpack that.
00:01:13.980 You actually really want to, and you do give your best.
00:01:16.480 What's your life look like?
00:01:18.020 Where are you living at?
00:01:19.500 What's your house look like?
00:01:20.980 How much money do you have?
00:01:21.680 You're making five a year?
00:01:22.880 10 million a year?
00:01:23.520 What are you making?
00:01:24.700 Okay?
00:01:25.120 Now watch this.
00:01:26.460 What community are your kids getting exposed to?
00:01:28.900 Is it good for them?
00:01:30.040 That private school, is it good for them?
00:01:31.700 Are they getting better coaches for basketball, football, baseball?
00:01:34.740 Are they able to have better peers around them?
00:01:37.540 Are they in a better environment?
00:01:38.900 Is your wife in a better place?
00:01:40.040 Your husband in a better place?
00:01:41.200 Are you able to use, because you decided to actually be the best real estate agent, the
00:01:46.940 best insurance agent, the best entrepreneur, the best whatever, did you and your family
00:01:50.960 benefit from it?
00:01:51.700 Did your parents benefit from it?
00:01:52.840 Are your parents getting better insurance today?
00:01:55.020 Are your grandparents staying at a nicer place today?
00:01:57.920 So in what way, if I really wanted to, I would be the best real estate agent, in what
00:02:04.140 way do you get a negative from being the best, if you were to give your best?
00:02:08.880 What negative comes with it?
00:02:11.200 Or the truth is, it's just a cop out.
00:02:14.340 You say that because you're cocky, but internally, you're so scared, because you don't really know
00:02:20.240 if you gave your best, you'd be the best YouTuber.
00:02:23.340 If you gave your best, you'd be the best insurance agent.
00:02:25.940 If you gave your best, you'd be the best real estate agent.
00:02:27.560 You don't know that.
00:02:28.740 You're just saying it.
00:02:29.840 Feels good to you, helps you with your pride, makes you feel confident, but deep down inside,
00:02:35.620 you're a little bit scared.
00:02:37.060 You don't know if this is going to become a reality or not, and that scares you.
00:02:40.540 So what's the best alternative?
00:02:42.040 Don't give your best.
00:02:43.200 Why don't I give my best?
00:02:44.420 Because if I don't give my best, I can always hide behind the statement of, if I gave my
00:02:50.920 best, I could beat everybody.
00:02:53.120 And you know it's not the truth.
00:02:54.740 So you're watching this, you've got one of two choices, if you've said this before.
00:02:58.020 If you really did give your best, and you became the best at what you wanted to do,
00:03:03.840 is it worth it?
00:03:05.320 Does everybody in your family benefit from it?
00:03:07.960 So why not go find out?
00:03:09.580 Because if you don't, maybe secretly, you are so scared, you're just trying to conceal
00:03:15.180 it by giving that statement of, if I really wanted to, I'd be the best.
00:03:19.240 Because it's such a warm, fuzzy place to hide.
00:03:22.040 So now, answer that question for yourself.
00:03:24.960 If you really wanted to, and you gave your best in what you're currently doing, where
00:03:32.060 would you be a year, three years, five years, ten years from now?
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00:03:58.400 With that being said, have a great day today.
00:04:00.220 Take care everybody.
00:04:00.960 Bye-bye.