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An old mans advice. | Bernard Albertson | YouTubeToText
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The speaker, reflecting on a life of overcoming adversity and continuous learning, emphasizes that individuals, particularly young people, have the power to shape their own destiny through perseverance, self-education, and a commitment to personal growth, regardless of their starting circumstances.
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good morning whoops it's raining hold on a
a minute
minute
there I thought I'd talk to you a little
bit this morning about uh oh by the way
this is a new computer and it does all
kinds of things so I have to be careful
uh I'm not the sharpest tack in the box
when it comes to this new equipment
you're talking to a guy or a guy is
speaking to you now that started driving
a Model A car I remember the first jet
airplane and many first things the
Iceman delivering ice to an ice box
taking it off of a mu drawn wagon so but
I'd like to speak to you a little bit
this morning about young people in
things when I was young as you
know I had a difficult childhood
but there's no no excuse for people not
being able to do what they want to do
you can do
anything that you want to do for
example as I've told you before I lived
in the back of an old car I taught
myself to read and
right so if you're young don't give up
don't say the world is just against me
true I taught my myself to read and
write I've had five books
published I went to to college got a
little bit of
college I've studied scripture for many many
many
years I've raised five
children I've buried a mother father
sister brother wife and
daughter so a person can accomplish
anything that they
want one time to prove to myself that I
Blackboard and I
purchased a correspondence course for
computer programming and I completed it
with the Blackboard
Blackboard
ahead don't stop never stop
learning always reach out to better
yourself because when you do
that things
expand you understand more you're
happier you're
healthier this old saying
that if you don't use it you lose it is absolutely
absolutely
true if you don't use that brain that
God put in your
head one of these days you you'll be
sitting on a front porch
somewhere and you won't hardly know
what's going
on so don't don't give
up if times are
hard good things nor bad things last
forever but most
generally we are in control of our own destiny
destiny
this if you're not getting
ahead you need to do something to allow
yourself to get ahead for an
example excuse me for an example if if
you want a good
job if you want a secure future you have
to have something to offer a perspective
employer now I'm not saying you need a
PhD or a master's degree but you do have
to have something to offer there's going
to be a time in this
country that people that know how to
work with their
hands plumbers
electricians Carpenters cement layers
machine operators mechanics people that
know how to work with their hands are
demand yes it's true you have to have
Education and Training to be an engineer
or a doctor or a
lawyer but I'll tell you the truth I
spent 60 years
working I was successful I've started a
couple of businesses I'm not a wealthy [Music]
[Music]
man but I'm a guy that came from living
in the back of no
car to having a nice retirement and to
be able to talk to you on this
thing so I'm going to close but I I just
wanted to to share that with you this
morning young people I love you I do I I
love young people um my grandmother
always said you know when a baby smiles
the angel sing and that's true I believe
but young people you're the backbone of
this country you're the backbone of the
world I don't care if you're in Asia
Africa Korea Japan I don't care where
you are the United States you are the
leaders the Future Leaders of this world
so Reach Out be
yourselves don't be afraid to to go
after what you need so I love you have a
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