Inspiration straight from success stories

This compilation of famous speeches is fantastic. There really is something to be gained by listening to the stories of wisdom, success, even failure, from people who we think of as having really big success stories. This set includes speeches by J.K. Rowling, Jim Carrey (my favorite one, did you know he’s a meditator?), Ellen Degeneres, Steve Jobs (who never graduated college!), Denzel Washington, and many more. It’s so important to hear their stories and perspectives because we live in such a fast-paced world, even faster than when some of them found their success–and so many people get overwhelmed by despair when they’re not successful on their first try. Sure, there are stories of people getting really lucky and being scouted on the streets, but realistically, it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of resilience to keep at your dream and your vision. 

For a lot of us who have big dreams, it feels as if that’s the only thing we can do. It’s like breathing. To not be living that dream feels like we’ve been transplanted into a universe, a wrong one that we don’t belong to. We feel so out of place and we try desperately to outrun that deep, painful feeling of emptiness and dread for a life without our vision coming into manifestation.

Listen to these speeches and put yourself there. Imagine what that quantum leap will feel like–to accomplish, to succeed, to suddenly have everything you need to make your dream a reality. To suddenly resonate with the frequency and the life you know you’re meant to be living. It’s easy to feel stuck forever, especially for those of us coming out of heartbreak, pain, suffering, adversity. But success and happiness are possible. It takes trust and faith in yourself and your path, but listening to these stories can help you to realize that their world, the world of the successful, even the rich and famous, isn’t some separate dimension. It’s attainable, but you have to keep trying. The only way to be certain you’ll never succeed is to never try.

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