You have something special. You have greatness in you. Hello, this is Les Brown. I want you to think about something that you'd like to do with your life, something that is your sweet spot.

What is that? What does that look like? And as you think about this, now maybe you know and

you're ready to go after it. Or maybe you don't know and you need to give it some thought. But whatever that is,

I like to share a thought with you right now. And it's by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Do not go where

the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail. Now, that's important. Why? Because most people

are followers. See, you are unique. We're all born unique, but most people die copies. Just think

about it. If you look around today, you'll see people, even children with tattoos.

Now, how did that become mainstream in the culture?

Well, in the United States of America, we incarcerate more people than any other country in the world.

And when you are incarcerated, they tell the inmates you cannot write

and you cannot draw a scribble on the walls. So guess what they do? They write and scribble on each other.

They make tattoos on each other. Some even tattoo their eyes. And when they're released,

they walk around and people see them. And because almost one out of four men have been incarcerated,

they have tattoos. And guess what? My mother used to say, monkey see, bocidoo.

And after a while, the prison population have more impact and influence on the general population

than we have on them. What I mean by that, discouraging them

from going to prison because the recidivism rate is over 80%. If we had a factory and over 80% of

the products came back defected, we wouldn't keep on doing it in the same way.

Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different

outcome. What idea do you have? What service? What gifts?

What knowledge do you have?

We're living in a time where there's no such thing as job security.

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