Eric Thomas

I gotta believe in me before anybody else believe in me.

You have a story.

You know, you have a unique experience.

And so your 12 are shaped by not just your world, but how your world has shaped your thinking.

And I think that's the part that mission is like, guys, you know, if it was easy, everybody could do it.

If it was a cookie cutter, everybody would just follow it to the T. But there's a mindset.

And when I looked at Serena, you know, when I look at the Michael Jordans of the world, Tom Brady, you know, when you look at Michael Phelps, like it is a mentality.

A lot of people that have these issues of the self-doubt is because they have not put the work in to have the belief in themselves that they can accomplish whatever it is.

The reason why you're not taking advantage of this opportunity is not because you don't believe in it.

You don't believe in you.

And when I was number 20, I started saying, I'm the number one motivational speaker in the world.

And I went to the computer.

And the world said exactly what I said, that Eric Thomas is number one in the world.

I spoke it, the world heard it, and it activated.

Your problem is that you don't believe you belong here.

Your problem is that you don't think you should be sitting down here.

Listen to me very closely, if I have one message to leave you with that's a game changer, is you need to start to believe.

In order to achieve greatness, you must first believe you can.

Let's say that I want to start a business.

In your mind, you're like, well, I don't really have the finances or I don't know if I'm ready.