Justin Prince

Most people persist until the sister-in-law tells them that, you know, you're an idiot at the holiday party. Not you and I, my friends, we persist. How long? Until we succeed. And you keep adjusting and adapting and growing and listening and learning and just persisting until you succeed. And that's literally, you know, that's a man. I was just too stupid to quit.

Most people persist until the sister-in-law tells them that, you know, you're an idiot at the holiday party. Not you and I, my friends, we persist. How long? Until we succeed. And you keep adjusting and adapting and growing and listening and learning and just persisting until you succeed. And that's literally, you know, that's a man. I was just too stupid to quit.

Most people persist until the sister-in-law tells them that, you know, you're an idiot at the holiday party. Not you and I, my friends, we persist. How long? Until we succeed. And you keep adjusting and adapting and growing and listening and learning and just persisting until you succeed. And that's literally, you know, that's a man. I was just too stupid to quit.

I just kind of kept persisting and, you know, eventually kind of figure it out.

I just kind of kept persisting and, you know, eventually kind of figure it out.

I just kind of kept persisting and, you know, eventually kind of figure it out.

Sister, they used to say to me, they'd be like, enjoy the journey. If you're not happy, you're not doing it right. And I'm like, I'm not happy. This is hard and I'm getting my butt kicked and I am like not winning and this is not fun. And it is not easy to keep your emotional state, like the way you show up, your emotional energy. at a peak level when you're in that struggle section.

Sister, they used to say to me, they'd be like, enjoy the journey. If you're not happy, you're not doing it right. And I'm like, I'm not happy. This is hard and I'm getting my butt kicked and I am like not winning and this is not fun. And it is not easy to keep your emotional state, like the way you show up, your emotional energy. at a peak level when you're in that struggle section.

Sister, they used to say to me, they'd be like, enjoy the journey. If you're not happy, you're not doing it right. And I'm like, I'm not happy. This is hard and I'm getting my butt kicked and I am like not winning and this is not fun. And it is not easy to keep your emotional state, like the way you show up, your emotional energy. at a peak level when you're in that struggle section.

A quick formula I'll share with you. It's the E plus R equals O. So E plus R equals O. So three quick lessons. It's the event plus the response that equals outcome. Event plus response equals outcome. Lesson number one, the event doesn't equal the outcome. The E doesn't equal the O. Why? Because we get to own the R. My friends, you get to own your response.

A quick formula I'll share with you. It's the E plus R equals O. So E plus R equals O. So three quick lessons. It's the event plus the response that equals outcome. Event plus response equals outcome. Lesson number one, the event doesn't equal the outcome. The E doesn't equal the O. Why? Because we get to own the R. My friends, you get to own your response.

A quick formula I'll share with you. It's the E plus R equals O. So E plus R equals O. So three quick lessons. It's the event plus the response that equals outcome. Event plus response equals outcome. Lesson number one, the event doesn't equal the outcome. The E doesn't equal the O. Why? Because we get to own the R. My friends, you get to own your response.

You get to own what Viktor Frankl, who was hauled off into the Nazi concentration camps with his family, maybe the darkest time in human history, maybe this moment, certainly one of them. And he said, no matter what the guards took from me, they couldn't take what he called the gap. And it was his response to the events. He got to own the response.

You get to own what Viktor Frankl, who was hauled off into the Nazi concentration camps with his family, maybe the darkest time in human history, maybe this moment, certainly one of them. And he said, no matter what the guards took from me, they couldn't take what he called the gap. And it was his response to the events. He got to own the response.

You get to own what Viktor Frankl, who was hauled off into the Nazi concentration camps with his family, maybe the darkest time in human history, maybe this moment, certainly one of them. And he said, no matter what the guards took from me, they couldn't take what he called the gap. And it was his response to the events. He got to own the response.

So my friends, you get to show up with that same energy, that same passion, that same enthusiasm, that same dream, even though you're not there yet. Because remember, direction's more important than destination. You don't always have to be there as long as you're just heading the right direction. Keep moving in the right direction, right? Second lesson, the R is not react. The R is respond.

So my friends, you get to show up with that same energy, that same passion, that same enthusiasm, that same dream, even though you're not there yet. Because remember, direction's more important than destination. You don't always have to be there as long as you're just heading the right direction. Keep moving in the right direction, right? Second lesson, the R is not react. The R is respond.

So my friends, you get to show up with that same energy, that same passion, that same enthusiasm, that same dream, even though you're not there yet. Because remember, direction's more important than destination. You don't always have to be there as long as you're just heading the right direction. Keep moving in the right direction, right? Second lesson, the R is not react. The R is respond.

So great leaders don't react, leaders respond. So you get back up. There's two great questions, by the way, I think we need to ask ourselves as leaders and people that are trying to be change agents in the world and make things happen. The first one is how far, the second one is how long. So how far do I fall when negativity hits and how long do I stay down, right?

So great leaders don't react, leaders respond. So you get back up. There's two great questions, by the way, I think we need to ask ourselves as leaders and people that are trying to be change agents in the world and make things happen. The first one is how far, the second one is how long. So how far do I fall when negativity hits and how long do I stay down, right?