TAKE THE TIME TO VALUE YOURSELF - Powerful Eric Thomas Motivation

Eric Thomas opens with a blunt warning: you are running out of time. He tells the story of a man who told his grandfather he was graduating, only for the grandfather to die two weeks before the ceremony. The question Thomas poses is not abstract. Who will miss seeing you succeed because you stayed average? Who will not be there to enjoy the fruits of your labor because you assumed you had years to get there? The opportunity that could change everything might arrive in the next six weeks, not the next six years. And if you are not ready for it, you will watch it pass.

Preparation before the opportunity, not during it

Thomas draws a sharp distinction between two kinds of people. One group plans only for events, and when the event does not materialize, they do not show up. The other group is hungry in a way that does not depend on external circumstances. They get up and get dressed whether there is an opportunity or not. They practice in the off-season so that when the regular season comes, their play is already practiced. Thomas illustrates this with a story about a kid who called him. The kid said he had been waking up at five in the morning to practice soccer, even though he did not make the team. He was practicing as if he had made it. Thomas says that is the difference between people who wait for a door to open and people who are already in motion when the door appears.