The name of today's show, what I want you to write down, I think this will just, you know,

potentially really serve you, is that this, write this down. Success requires no apologies,

failure permits, no alibis. Success requires no apologies. Failure permits no alibis. Where'd

I get that from? It's not mine. It's actually out of the book, Think and Grow Rich that I've just referenced earlier. One of the original versions, I'm holding up my dear friend Robin Sharma sent to me. And so that is not my quote. I can't stand when people use my content and quotes and don't give me credit. That's not my quote. That's out of think and grow rich. But the theme of today is that, listen, success requires no apologies and failure permits no alibis. We can't be making alibis. And so how do we create change in our life? How do we make moves through this difficult times? Because no matter what time you're listening to this, it'll be trying. There's always things to overcome. That's what life's about. One of the things in think and grow rich that I love is in the book. This is so profound, and I hope this gives

you hope, that in the book, he talks about going through adversity, going through trials and

tribulations. And he ends up saying in the book that if you can get to the other side of these

trials, if you don't quit, that you get introduced to your other self, your other self. And so what if it is that all of the tragedies, trials,

tribulations, difficulties in our lives are all set up there so that on the other side of it,

there's another version of it. So on the other side of it, we get introduced to our other self.

I'm 51 years old when this comes out, and I must tell you that I've been introduced to many different

versions of me. And the only way I got to those versions of me was to have to go through something

difficult that tried me, that pushed me, that caused me to question myself, doubt myself,

almost give in, almost resist. If you think about it for you, the things you have achieved in your life, where you are

today, this version of you has been put together, has been developed, has been created because

of the things you learned, the things you went through, the lessons you gained through difficult

times. So when you're hitting these difficult times, just remember on the other side of this time,

whatever it is for you is your other self. How beautiful is that? And when you step back and look at one's entire life, even if you have children and you all were a child at one point, think about the difficult things, and you got introduced to that other version of you. I remember going to high school so scared. There was this whole thing when I was going to high school, they would put the freshman in trash cans, you know, and I didn't know anybody. And, you know, was anybody going to like me? But the person who walked in my freshman year high school, I think you'll agree. A totally different person walked out my senior year. I got introduced to my other self. And then when I started my business journey, you know, there's one guy that started. And then after the first trial and tribulation I pushed through, I got introduced to another self of me. And then another

self and then another self. In relationships, you've been introduced to other selves of you once you've

gotten through them or learned from them. And so what you're going through right now, the beauty of it is,

it's preparing this other self, this better version of you. And you've got to remind yourself of this because it's so easy not to want to outlast the temporary. I did a big long coaching call with Artee syndicate on this. I'm not going to get into what I covered there. I'm going to cover different things today. But I just want you to think about this for a second. Without it, it's just you all the way through

life. There's no change. There's no growth. So this trial, this thing that you're going through,

or maybe just this thing you're trying to accomplish. Maybe it doesn't even feel trying.

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