Larry Wilmore
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I do, but then there are blocks to that. Like, I'll do it for a time, and then stop, and then I'll do it for a time. Like, I need accountability there a lot, you know, in the way that I need a deadline for writing.
I do, but then there are blocks to that. Like, I'll do it for a time, and then stop, and then I'll do it for a time. Like, I need accountability there a lot, you know, in the way that I need a deadline for writing.
I don't know, see, we're too smart as humans. We're able to figure out that that's what the deal is, so then we combat that. So you really have to use other tools in order to stick to things sometimes. I created this whole philosophy years ago, I call it creation, and it was trying to give a way to just help clear us up and free us up to do certain things.
I don't know, see, we're too smart as humans. We're able to figure out that that's what the deal is, so then we combat that. So you really have to use other tools in order to stick to things sometimes. I created this whole philosophy years ago, I call it creation, and it was trying to give a way to just help clear us up and free us up to do certain things.
and to have different relationships with things. And I've used it sometimes and it is really helpful and I pass it on to people and that kind of stuff. But you need to have a way in which to have a proper relationship with something, unless you're lucky enough to have the type of relationship where you, it's almost like autistic, where that's the rule, I'm sticking to the rule.
and to have different relationships with things. And I've used it sometimes and it is really helpful and I pass it on to people and that kind of stuff. But you need to have a way in which to have a proper relationship with something, unless you're lucky enough to have the type of relationship where you, it's almost like autistic, where that's the rule, I'm sticking to the rule.
And some people can do that and it's not a problem. But the real thing is being able to stick to something when it's the last thing you wanna do. That's the challenge. Yeah. You know, and so what you have to learn to do is take desire out of the equation and realize that actually what you want has nothing to do with it.
And some people can do that and it's not a problem. But the real thing is being able to stick to something when it's the last thing you wanna do. That's the challenge. Yeah. You know, and so what you have to learn to do is take desire out of the equation and realize that actually what you want has nothing to do with it.
She's been that way her whole life.
She's been that way her whole life.
If you know me and know the type of person that I am, I'm naturally a very happy person. And my happiness comes from gratitude. So I operate out of gratitude more than anything else. I lost my brother a few years ago, Brother Mark.
If you know me and know the type of person that I am, I'm naturally a very happy person. And my happiness comes from gratitude. So I operate out of gratitude more than anything else. I lost my brother a few years ago, Brother Mark.
So funny. I miss him dearly, think about him all the time. I can only imagine, yeah. But the biggest tool to help me get through that was gratitude. Gratitude for being here, gratitude for all these things. Gratitude is the one saving grace that can help you in your life. Because I learned, I sold bookstore to Dora once when I was in college and really kind of changed me in a different way.
So funny. I miss him dearly, think about him all the time. I can only imagine, yeah. But the biggest tool to help me get through that was gratitude. Gratitude for being here, gratitude for all these things. Gratitude is the one saving grace that can help you in your life. Because I learned, I sold bookstore to Dora once when I was in college and really kind of changed me in a different way.
It was an earlier change in my life. That set me on the course to be able to be a stand up, you know, to choose a career for something. And I remember I spent a week where we were all, it was kids from all over the country met in Tennessee for a week and you did this kind of training and then they'd send you to another part of the country and I ended up going to Rhode Island.
It was an earlier change in my life. That set me on the course to be able to be a stand up, you know, to choose a career for something. And I remember I spent a week where we were all, it was kids from all over the country met in Tennessee for a week and you did this kind of training and then they'd send you to another part of the country and I ended up going to Rhode Island.
But that week in Tennessee was a huge week in my life. It changed my life at that time. I'll never forget it. And in fact, I'm still, sometimes I'll be in, I'll say hi to my project manager from that time. Like I'll see him and say, hey, Larry, Tom McAuliffe, if you're listening, Tom.
But that week in Tennessee was a huge week in my life. It changed my life at that time. I'll never forget it. And in fact, I'm still, sometimes I'll be in, I'll say hi to my project manager from that time. Like I'll see him and say, hey, Larry, Tom McAuliffe, if you're listening, Tom.
But there were sayings there that were those Zig Ziglar sayings and all that kind of stuff, which some of those are kind of trite, but some are very powerful.
But there were sayings there that were those Zig Ziglar sayings and all that kind of stuff, which some of those are kind of trite, but some are very powerful.