meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

2219 | Og Mandino: “What We Become Depends on What We Read After the Teachers Have Finished with Us.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Og Mandino shares the powerful truth he learned the hard way: life is a game — but no one taught us the rules. In this inspiring episode, he urges us to stop sitting in the stands and start playing to win by reading, growing, and taking charge of our own success.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Yo, today's Q-O-D is what we become depends on what we read after the teachers have finished with us.

0:09.3

Here we go.

0:37.6

Here we go. Welcome back to the quarter of the day show.

0:40.3

I'm your host, Sean Croxon, and Sean Croxon.com.

0:43.0

We got Ogmandino on the show today.

0:46.5

He is going to talk about how life is a game.

0:50.4

And in order to win this game, you have to know the rules. But of course, like the question is, where do you learn the rules? And the answer is, you learn the rules. But of course, like, the question is, where do you learn the rules? And the answer is,

0:56.9

you learn the rules in the books. Augmandino is coming up. The most important secret of success

1:06.5

that I had to learn the hard way is that life is a game.

1:15.0

It's spiritual and precious, but it's a game.

1:20.9

And you can't play in that game with any chance at all of winning unless you know the

1:26.4

rules. Only one problem. While we were growing up,

1:34.7

they never taught us any of the rules. Not once. Not in primary school, junior high school,

1:42.7

college, university.

1:45.0

Not once.

1:46.0

Did anyone ever teach us how to handle adversity, how to set goals, how to motivate ourselves,

1:54.0

how to use our time profitably, how to give it of all those bad habits, how to accumulate wealth, how to handle stress,

2:03.6

and so much more.

2:06.6

And so most of us become spectators in the greatest game of all.

2:11.6

Pushed aside by those few who know what they want and who know how to get it. The pros, the real performers, they're down on the field,

2:23.3

where all the action and all the glory and all the money is.

2:28.3

And the rest of us, we're up in the grandstands, and we had to pay to get in.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 21 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sean Croxton, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sean Croxton and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.