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games 26 times I've been trusted to take
the game-winning
shot and
missed I failed over and over and over
again in my life [Music]
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and that is why I succeed 9,000 missed
shots we has failed
before more than
once we're here does not like
failing well no no buzzword gets more
attention or is more widely desired than
the word success people are spending
hours months years in the search for
Success the reality is not all achieve it
it
or at least not all persist long enough
to achieve it because of one fundamental
element of success
failure all of you has ra raised your
hands all of you have failed
before I have failed many times
before and that is a fundamental part of
success the question then is which one
is greater my desire to succeed or my
fear to
fail I wish to discuss three principles
today that if applied will impact Our
Lives now and forever number
one don't quit too early most obstacles
we Face are here to test our character
not to stop us who here has heard of
NCAA coach John Wooden
before John wooden's perhaps the
greatest college basketball coach in the
history of the world he has won 12
championships 11 of which were
consecutive titles the true
personification of success both on and
off the court but most people don't
spend any time trying to understand what
happened to John Wooden in his career
before all that success he went 16 years
without winning anything now think about
that 16 years and no titles then 12
years and 11 titles many people would
call phase one of his career a failure
but he called it preparation a common
excuse that I think all of you will be
able to relate to that we often use is
when something goes wrong is well it
didn't work out thus it's just not meant
to be right and we usually stop right
there but that's not how life works most
of the time I remember learning a lesson
from a professor in California he said
get in line and stay in line don't quit
too early number two there's no such
thing as failure if you learned a lesson
succeeded have you thought of that
before because we usually measure
failure or success by the out outcome
not by the effort but if you've given
your best you succeeded Robert kosaki
put it well when he said sometimes we
win sometimes we
learn and we usually when we win we tend
to party right but when we lose we tend
to ponder I have a professor at BYU who
has taught me a principle that at first
sound very uncomfortable he said and I
hope my boss is not here to to hear this
he said Eduardo go out there get a job
get paid to make mistakes and then go do
your own thing right so in his perspective
perspective
failure is a vehicle a friend not an
enemy it's a Connecting Point leading us to
to
success in other words the faster I
failed the faster I learn the faster I
learn the faster I succeed so maybe the
lesson here is grow and fail as as fast
as you
can just don't quote me on this
this
right just last year during the
recruiting season I was trying to find an
an
internship it's a big battle finding an
internship I had 16 interviews locked in
I was sure I was going to get an offer
but after all those 16 interviews I got
no offers I was frustrated and super
discouraged but then my father who is in
the audience today was wise enough to
come up to me and lift my vision said
son you've lost a few battles but the
war is still on this is part of the
process all the 16 interviews are going
to help you find what's best for you
just keep giving your best effort two
days later I had my 17th interview and
got the offer there's no such thing as failure
failure
number three the past does not equal the
future who here has been rejected by a
girl or a guy before and if you don't
liar well there a lot of people have not
raised their hands I'm surprised I'll raise
both well all of us have but the tragedy
of this experience is not the experience
itself it's the meaning that we usually
take home with us because I was rejected
then I'll be rejected again the past
will equal the future perfect formula for
for
misery the past does not equal the
Future Tony Robbins one of the greatest
teachers that I know has taught this
principle in a marvelous way he said and
if you're going to take anything home
from my talk take this principle the
only thing that keeps us from getting
what we want is the story we keep
telling ourselves about why we can't have
have
it the only thing that keeps us from
from getting what we want is the story
we keep telling ourselves about why we
can't have it reality is now is our
reality we can create our own story
we're all great storytellers we have a
blank page in front of us every day to
create a story based on our now truth
not our on our past truth I hope this
three principles have been beneficial to
you today don't quit too early there's
no such thing as failure the past does
not equal the future and next time when
you're facing challenges all of us which
will surely come to test our character
may we remember the words of Michael
Jordan greatest basketball player of all
history I failed over and over and over
in my life that's why I succeed thank [Applause]
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