Tom Bilyeu

Now, when somebody tells me I'm a moron, it's readily available.

I go, aha.

but I'm okay with that because I'm the learner.

And then my brain goes, you've actually done the work.

You even just saying that, like I have the chills right now, just saying that I'm the learner gives me the chills, makes me feel good.

I'm like, yeah.

And it's got all this baggage, right?

This is a key part of why identity is so powerful.

is you've loaded it with all this baggage, hopefully positive baggage.

But when I say I'm the learner, I'm like, what comes with that to me is all the people that laughed at me 20 years ago.

And then I blew past them in business.

And then I blew past them financially.

And then I blew past them on the social scene.

It's like, I knew at that moment, this is a long game.

And if I just don't quit, all the people that are way ahead of me now, I'm gonna be looking at them in my rear view mirror.

So having proven that to myself,

hits me, right?

When I say, ah, but I'm the learner.

And on a long enough timeline, I can beat anybody at anything.

And the weight of my life and the number of times I've told myself that and all that just comes flooding on me.