BE A MAN. - Best Motivational Speeches
09:07 Share

Hey, corporate types, Billy Idol here. Just because you use Workday to drive long-term success, it doesn't make you a rock star. Rock stars drive fast cars, not business operations. Be a finance and HR rock star with Workday.

This Halloween, ghoul all out with Instacart. Whether you're hunting for the perfect costume, eyeing that giant bag of candy, or casting spells with eerie decor, we've got it all in one place. Download the Instacart app and get delivery in as fast as 30 minutes.

Plus, enjoy $0 delivery fees on your first three orders. Offer valid for a limited time, minimum $10 per order. Service fees, other fees, and additional terms apply. Instacart, bringing the store to your door this Halloween. You are a man. Stand up and be a man. Make the hard decisions, make the sacrifices, make the unpopular decisions, and become comfortable in your own skin.

And if you are not a person that you are comfortable being alone with, that is the one person in this universe that you have full power, full right and full responsibility to change. Like, when do you become a man? You become a man when you become responsible for other people. And part of that is taking accountability. I grew up on a in a culture where.

that told me going to war made you a man. Going to prison, coming back, coming back makes you a man. Making a million dollars makes you a man, you know? And it doesn't. Who teaches you to be a man? We all have these ladders of battles, roads we have to walk in our given lives. Be you famous or whoever's out there listening. We all have our individual challenges. It's cliche, money don't make it better. It don't.

Fame just magnifies the problem and the opportunities. I never looked at things as problems. I look at them as opportunities. Maybe that's something I can say. You know, someone, ah, well, she did this. And I'm like, well, what an opportunity you have. Yeah, well, the world, you know, because they did this and Santa said that. Yeah, well, what an opportunity you have to make a difference. Because you never know who's watching.

winners fail a million times. What makes them a winner is that they believe in it, their head's strong. Nothing's gonna stop them. The spectators have tried it and failed it and remain sitting down. They don't get up anymore because they don't believe in it enough. The naysayers' disbelief overrides their ability, potential, and mental capacity that they can be more than that.

Why is that? Why do people assume that tomorrow is waiting for them? Why do people think that that son owes them something? Why do people think that the idea of having more time is the best time to have? You don't have a lot of time, ladies and gentlemen. All you got is what you have. And what you have is what you need. And what you need is to get up and be about your business.

Because life is just that. It's business. So what are you going to do? Are you going to lay around and wait for your opportunities to pass you by? Arm yourself with words. Be precise in your language. Say what you mean. Read. Read great men and great women. Make yourself literate. Get your tongue in order. Get it under your own control. Get rid of the ums and the likes and the you knows and the pauses.

and get rid of everything you say that you only say to impress other people and just see if you can say what you believe to be true. There's sometimes you could be in a meeting and you could be the smartest guy in a room and you don't want to let anybody know that. Let everybody talk, let everybody think they're smarter than you but you really know what's going on. There's other times when you're in the room you could be the least smartest guy in a room but you got to make them think that you're smarter than them and if you can master that technique

then you can get just about anything you want in any negotiation. I found out to be true. Let people talk first. Try to get as much out of them as you possibly can. And then you can kind of figure it out. Like with Gotti, a couple of times I had to sit down with him. I knew that he could never believe that I was winning. So in the midst of the argument, I had to figure out what he really wanted and how I can get what I want, letting him think that he got what he wanted. It's all about how you carry yourself. In the water...

Arsenal, we have different tools. We have physical tools like talent, mobility, strength, coordination, techniques, leverage, angles, timing. But if you're talking about mind, we have different tools, visualization, emotional control. In the spiritual side, we have hope, we have faith, we have patience. Those elements, they give you a chance of

of letting the situation cook in a slow burn and see how it goes because if you're impatient, if you don't have the hope, if you don't believe in yourself, but if you fail, you're going to find the light, you're going to find the hope, you have the hope, things are going to do well. So you become smoother even in the bumpy rides. So I started to feel like my growth was depending on this growth, not only physical, not only mental.

but also spiritual. - I think one of the things that people struggle with is actually being very real with themselves. The difference between understanding who you are versus who you wish you were. And I think that's something that I'm always very fascinated by when I have a meeting like this. Like, what kind of read do you have on yourself? I think I would struggle a lot if I didn't really genuinely know who I was.

And then once you know who you are, you get more comfortable with what you're up to. Are you going to let success sit around and wait for you? You believe that success is your best friend. Success doesn't care about you if you don't care about success. You know why? Because success is already made up its mind. It is going in a direction that it needs to go. It is hunting for the one that wants it the most. But you're not doing the hunting.

You're sitting around waiting. You become something else less of yourself because you don't believe that you have the potential and the capability to be the best of yourself. So why? You just sit back and you wait for somebody to pat you on the shoulder and say it's okay. At least you gave it your best. Your best ain't good enough. Your best don't work. You need to go beyond your best.

You need to go beyond the level. You need to let the world know that you exist. You need to let the world know that you made different. You're built different. You're stronger. You're more passionate. You believe in yourself. When the rest of the world shuts you down, you woke up the next day and you said, I got this. I do this. I breathe this. I am this. You can't stop me. Just in your life, in your life, be an agent for good. It's kind of like people say, I support the troops.

I support the troops. What do you do for the troops? Do you send them care packages? No. Do you walk up to them when you see them in a restaurant, in the airport uniform and do you stick your hand out and say thank you for your service? No, I don't do anything but I support the troops. No, that just means you're not against the troops. And going through life, become a good man or woman. Second, be a dangerous man. Now being dangerous is not being a threat. They're two different things.

Often the most dangerous man in the room is the quietest man in the room. You can't be a good man, a fully good man, if you're not a dangerous man. All right? To be good is to do good to people. And sometimes doing good to people is protecting those people. It's protecting those people, protecting those around us. All right? Third, be educated.

Listen, you want to know how to be a man among men? You start following and reading and listening to guys like Jocko Willett, Jordan Peterson, these guys, and start learning. And start learning. Start reading. And just the brain is a muscle. And like any muscle, the more you work it, the stronger it becomes. And lastly, be wise. Now, wisdom, it's a lifetime of study. Wisdom is.

And wisdom is not what you know. Wisdom is knowing how to apply what you know. Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is classified as a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. We all have dreams. Dream home renovations. Dream vacations. Or sending our kids to their dream colleges. But finding straightforward ways to turn those dreams into realistic goals...

That's where things get tricky. Merrill understands that. That's why with a dedicated Merrill advisor, you get a personalized plan and a clear path forward. And having the bull at your back helps your whole financial life move with you.

So when your plans change, Merrill is with you every step of the way. Go to ml.com slash bullish to learn more. Merrill, a Bank of America company. What would you like the power to do? Investing involves risk. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, registered broker dealer, registered investment advisor, member SIPC. Fall is here. And if you want to sleep in the coziest bed imaginable, you have to start with Bolin Branches' best-selling 100% organic cotton sheets.

You'll spend every night wrapped in buttery, breathable softness, and you'll feel your sheets get even softer with every wash. Discover the difference with Bowlin Branch's 30-night guarantee. Plus, for a limited time, get 20% off and free shipping on your first set of sheets at bowlinbranch.com with code BUTTERY. Exclusions apply. See site for details.