One of the questions that I've been asked the most after someone hears my story and some

of the losses that I've endured in my life is how did you get to a point where you're

able to achieve your goals and you're enjoying life and you're happy and you're joyous.

In fact, I was asked that recently after on Twitter I made a tweet about what I have been through

and I said, don't give up. You know, I've struggled a lot in my life, but there's a way to achieve

your goals in spite of what you go through. It's less about your circumstances and more about your

mindset and the actions you take. And then I was asked by Smith, my question is, how did you do it?

Set back after, set back tragedy after tragedy. What helped you to persevere and believe in yourself?

All those years, even when the bills weren't being paid and success was elusive.

So, welcome back. This is part two in entering this question. I came up with 14

rules for overcoming tragedy, overcoming obstacles in your life. Now, if you haven't listened to part

one, you want to listen to part one because I really set the stage and I share what I believe are

the foundational rules for overcoming obstacles and tragedies. And today, I'm going to finish with this

the rules eight through 14. And again, listen to that first episode. I really set the stage,

set the context for what we're talking about here. So this time, I'm just going to jump into it and

number eight is create a winning environment. Now, what does that mean? Well, I'll say it like this.

When I was living in Miami Beach, a lot of people don't know this because I don't share it that

often. But I wasn't living in a place that was really supportive to me. I was living in a place

where every morning there was a garbage truck that would come through and wake me up at like six

in the morning. So I had I was living in a place that was noisy. It would disrupt my sleep.

That is an environment that is not conducive to success. Another thing was that I did not

keep my place very organized and clean. I had too much stuff in it. Gisele and I were both

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