This John Maxwell who said leadership is influence nothing more nothing less. Your ability to influence people within the sphere of your periphery. It's not about making a nice impression. It's about making an impact. It's about doing your best. I learned how to make an impact from the wisest person I ever met in my life. A third grade dropouts. That third grade dropout is a great thing.

A third grade dropout. The wisest person I ever met in my life who taught me to combine knowledge and wisdom to make an impact was my father.

My father taught himself how to read, taught himself how to write. Decided in the midst of Jim Crowism as America was breathing the last gas with the Civil War. My father decided he was going to stand and be a man. Not a black man, not a brown man, not a white man, but a man.

Saying this boys I won't have a problem if you aim high and miss, but I'm going to have a real issue if you aim low and hit.

Quoting Henry Ford saying if you think you can or if you think you can't, you're right. Lessons like me, son, don't judge people. The tendency of a person is to walk away from somebody that's different from them. You stay there and you get to know them. Vision is the ability to see the invisible. Don't judge.

Son, you'd rather be an hour early than a minute late. We never knew what time it was at my house because the clocks were always ahead. 30 years my father left the house at 3.45 in the morning. Why daddy? He said maybe one of my boys will catch me in the act of excellence.

Aristotle said, you are what you repeatedly do. Therefore, excellence ought to be a habit. Not an act. You're going to do a job, do it right. Do it the right way. Be kind to people. He always told us kind deeds are never lost.

Ego is the anesthesia that dens the pain of stupidity pride is the burden of a foolish person. You'll never be a great executive. You'll never be a great teammate. It's all about you. You'll never be a great staff member. It's all about you. Make sure that servants' towel is always big.

12 years ago when Ozzie Smith walked into the hall of fame, he said, I've always been told how afric. I can be. Always been criticized about being afric. But I want to tell you something. I stand here before you, before all of these people not listening to those words. But telling myself every single day to shoot for the stars, to be the best that I can be. Good enough isn't good enough if it can be better.

While you're struggling, rock bottom can also be a great foundation on which to build and on which to grow. Person that gets up off the canvas and keeps growing, that's the person that will continue to grow their influence. Don't ever forget that.

8 minutes after the hour, it is a Cook's pest control best of addition. I am Helmsey and this is the Rick and Bubba Show.

Well, you've had Speedy and Greg for a couple days this week. You get me today. And then next week we share the duties again. And then on January the 6th, we'll all be back together again. Certainly hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and on a great 2020. It is weird saying 2020. But you know what, time flies. It certainly does. And thankful to be a part of this show for 10 years.

And the show will be starting its 26 year. So pretty amazing. And look forward to hanging out with you in 2020. We'll will continue on.

I know I'm Greg and Speedy heavy today. And I'm going to go back to Speedy here. He said, you know, Speedy's known for saying something that he probably didn't mean or just came out. He forgot he was on air and this.

No exception here. Take a listen. We learned about socialism that every time we've ever been associated with a free t-shirt campaign. Oh, hey, can I have 12 of them? Yeah, we're giving away one a party or not. Hey, my cousin can come. Can I get six of his family? So you think that's good to come ask for six. Yeah, they free.

Wait, wait, do you have free pizza at a remote? Oh, well, that's it. I just have one. We've lived that friend. My favorite is when people were putting pieces of it in their pocket.

I like that. So, so you're going to eat that with Lynn on it. Yeah, as much as I love pizza, Rick, you look at me and you go, that boy's had some pizza. I don't store it in my pocket. No, that's it. I remember one time mushrooms not big on lent. Right.

I remember one time making making nachos in my pocket, but I was not in the right right. My favorite and it was a jacket. You didn't have to wear it every day. You know, my favorite is when I was on air promoting that we've got

Pizza so come by and see me and then when everybody came by all the guys and the really should pet eating it and I didn't have him for the last year. I don't know what word you said, but I think you said

I did say that. I just kind of ran. I said, I'm sorry they've eaten it all. And guys just got, you know, stuff. Oh, yeah, well, I never even promoted free

pizza on there because I knew whatever business I was at. They were going to eat it for the listeners. Got there. So I never wouldn't bring

I even start saying this is we brought you something. Yeah, thanks for hiring us. Here's you some pizza. Yeah, have a nice day.

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