0:00 In 1954, a psychologist named Julian Rotter proved that people live in one of two prisons.0:05 One group believes outside forces control their lives.0:09 The other believes they control their own.0:12 Last week we talked about breaking out of the comfort cage.0:16 This is the lock on the door.0:18 It's the belief that someone, somewhere, is coming to let you out.0:22 Here's the raw truth for your Monday morning.0:25 No one is coming.0:26 No one.0:26 Not a mentor.0:27 Not a savior.0:28 Not the government.0:29 Not your boss, not your partner, not some future version of yourself who magically has it all figured out.0:36 That person doesn't exist.0:38 That rescue mission was never filed.0:40 The cavalry is not on its way.0:42 The only thing coming is tomorrow.0:45 And the day after that.0:46 And you will be in the exact same place you are right now, unless you burn this one idea into your brain: the only person who can save you is YOU.0:56 So many people are waiting.0:58 Waiting for permission.0:59 Waiting for inspiration to strike like lightning.1:02 Waiting for the "right time." The right time.1:05 Let me tell you about the right time.1:08 It's a ghost.1:09 It's a fantasy you tell yourself so you don't have to face the terror and the glory of right NOW.1:15 You're waiting for the pieces to fall into place.1:18 You're waiting for the universe to send a sign.1:21 Here’s your sign.1:22 It’s this.1:23 This is it.1:24 The universe isn't a loving parent waiting to catch you.1:27 It is a completely indifferent void.1:30 It does not care about your dreams.1:32 It does not care about your potential.1:35 It does not care about your excuses or your trauma or your very good reasons for why you haven't started yet.1:42 It will give you exactly what you earn, and not a single thing more.1:46 All the planning, all the dreaming, all the vision boards in the world mean NOTHING without the fist-through-the-wall force of your own action.1:56 You think you need more information?1:58 You don't.1:59 You think you need a better plan?2:01 Your plan is good enough.2:03 You think you need to feel ready?2:05 Oh, you will NEVER feel ready.2:07 Feeling ready is the biggest lie the timid tell themselves.2:11 You do it before you're ready.2:13 You do it while you're scared.2:15 You do it when you're tired.2:16 You do it when you have every reason in the book not to.2:20 That is the ONLY way it gets done.2:22 So here's the thing.2:24 This isn't supposed to be comforting.2:26 I'm not here to tell you "you've got this." You don't have it.2:30 Not yet.2:31 You get it by taking it.2:32 Radical ownership means you are responsible for EVERYTHING.2:36 The good, the bad, the ugly.2:38 The unfair circumstances.2:40 The bad luck.2:41 The mistakes that weren't your fault.2:43 Doesn't matter.2:44 They are on your plate now.2:46 You can spend your life pointing at the mess, explaining who made it, complaining about how it's not fair.2:53 Or you can pick up a shovel.2:55 Stop looking for a hero.2:56 Look in the mirror.2:57 That's it.2:58 That's the person.2:59 The one who has to do the work.3:01 The one who has to face the fear.3:03 The one who has to get up when they get knocked down for the tenth time.3:08 There is no secret.3:09 There is no shortcut.3:11 There is only the cold, hard, beautiful truth that it is all on you.3:15 It always has been.3:17 So.3:17 What are you going to do about it?3:19 Today.3:19 Not tomorrow.3:20 NOW.
