Practicality vs Praying [7/20/10]

there is no reason in 2008 to do [ __ ] you hate none all right so promise me you won't this is the talk that I gave um in 2008 that probably changed my game my book deal came from it um a lot of attention it was just one of those talks moments and times Tipping Point whatever the heck you want to call it things happened more things have happened with this talk because it ended up on Ted and you know a lot of people respect that brand and it puts it in a different place and it's been a huge thing and a lot of people have seen my TED Talk people think I've been to Ted and talked I didn't this was from web2 it's like best of web it's what Ted does but here's why I'm making this video and wasting your time though I don't think I'm wasting your time if you zoom in here the latest comment and there's been a lot of comments thanks Marcus you know what Marcus nobody ever sees you say how's it going um so the latest comment is kind of interesting and as you can see I'll show you this by the way this is a big thesis of mine you can see a lot of people have commented and you can see that I have commented to them so really important to engage with your comments online J um just a little side fun it's like a side deal on group on I just gave you that a little bit but anyway more importantly interesting so the guy here's my talk I'll link up this talk you guys a lot of you have heard it he says I'm comfortable this is Mr py Big Ups to him I appreciate his thoughts says I'm comfortable with this all uh persuasive philosophy of if you really want it and work hard you'll get it eventually it's much like a religion because the opposite is true that if you failed even when the economy collapsed or you contracted cancer or Thug smashed your business or whatever uh well that's because you didn't work hard enough or didn't you know pray hard enough someone has to clean bathrooms someone has to dig ditches I find this interesting because if you really listen to my talk and this is something I've heard brought up from this talk and I guess the title of this blog post is practicality versus praying I'm not saying and please don't get it twisted Mr py or anybody else and I didn't say it in that talk or ever any time in my career and I'm not sure why I wented to robot there but what's happening in 2008 and now much more in 2010 is not that if you pray hard or if you work really hard and crush it until 5: in the morning that it's going to happen what I'm talking about and what I'm outrageously passionate about and what I think about on a daily basis whether it's Consulting for my brands or if it's you at home right now who loves the Smurfs and Smurfs it up it's not about the fact that if you work hard enough you'll get it it's a fact that it's practical to have that bat it's like not everybody I want to be freaking LeBron well not as much LeBron James I want to be you know freaking you know Mark Sanchez and be the quarterback of the New York Jets but I can sit here all I want even if I trained football all day I don't know if you see it it's not going to happen however in the business World building a business in 2010 or back in 2008 we have at bats we have a chance it's kind of like this I'm not going to be the Jets quarterback but if this was the business World of Sports was that way I'd be in New York right now or Jersey or in cland trying out for the New York Jets we all have the opportunity cuz the cost of Entry is practical you know that person you were talking about that has to clean bathrooms and dig ditches you're absolutely right Mark pesy you are 100 [ __ ] th% right that somebody has to do it however here's what's different Johnny who had a dig ditches in 1973 when he got home exhausted at 7:30 spend time with the family you know do something around the house dead tired what have you he had no shot of doing a second job cuz when he was kind of done even if he had the passion burning from his chest like fire at 8:30 what was he really going to do now the fact that can you boot up a computer and I understand the finances maybe not everybody can have a computer I mean there is a l I understand barriers but the fact that he can dig up his computer and start it and create content become part of the community go to search. Twitter and talk about his LA Dodgers that he loves start a Tumblr blog or a WordPress blog and start Dodgers talk. com and do it and pound it and his voice can get out there and then the viral nature of the word of mouth economy that we live in that there's a prayer that if you want to stay up to 2:00 in the morning instead of grabbing a beer and just watching the game if he wants to and I'm not saying he has to because there's plenty good things of digging ditches coming home spending time with your family and then resting you can play this game any way you want but the practicality to come home and build a business after hours today is the difference this isn't praying this is opportunity