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The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Roll With the Punches (In the Face) | Mindset Monday

The Tom Ferry Podcast Experience

Tom Ferry

Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

What doesn’t kill you does NOT always make you stronger. What makes you stronger is how you REACT to these situations. Life has longer arms than you do, and when Life wants to box, you can’t play defense in hopes of not getting hit. You’re GETTING HIT. Is it going to be a miserable experience or the wakeup call you needed?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the face that quote by Mike Tyson

0:05.6

I think about it all the time because in business for you and I whether it is

0:09.5

Turning on the news punch in the face a deal falls apart punch in the face

0:13.5

You set your goals and intention and then someone walks in and says I'm leaving or hey, you know what we're pregnant or whatever the change is

0:20.9

It's a punch in the face and my question for you is at this point in your life have you not figured out that part of the game

0:28.4

Is getting punched in the face? It's not if you're gonna get punched in the face

0:32.3

It's how often you're gonna get punched in the face and then what are you going to do when it happens?

0:37.8

Listen, I've been on this planet for 51 years. I've been getting punched every day for as long as I can remember

0:43.8

So it's not getting punched. It's what are you gonna do? What's your plan?

0:47.7

I'm now starting to look for it like what's gonna be the next thing because here's what I know

0:52.1

When I get punched in the face

0:54.8

It is that opportunity to say what do I need to do better?

0:59.3

How can I serve more? Do I need to improve upon my service? Do I need to provide more value?

1:04.8

Do I need to start shooting a different show? Do I need to start educating myself in a different way?

1:08.7

So I can get better and it doesn't mean that I you know, I'll be able to duck and weave and never get hit

1:15.2

It's just what life's about. It's about moving forward

1:19.0

Getting on offense and getting better because we're all gonna get punched in the face

1:24.1

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