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Speaker 1: number six and today we're going to be talking about foundations.
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Speaker 1: Everybody's Bill Courtney back with shop Talk number six. Foundation.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember one time when Bill
Speaker 1: Clinton had his button a ringer and he was being
Speaker 1: asked questions and he said, well, that depends on what
Speaker 1: the definition of is is. Some people my age may
Speaker 1: remember that comment and thinking how absurd it was. Doesn't
Speaker 1: really have anything to do with my talk today, but
Speaker 1: in the same vein, I want to talk about what
Speaker 1: the definition is of definition. There's a bunch of different subcategories,
Speaker 1: but this is a definition. According to Webster, of definition,
Speaker 1: one is a statement expressing the essential nature of something,
Speaker 1: the essential nature of something. The other one is clarity
Speaker 1: of visual presentation, and the other one is is right
Speaker 1: here as I'm reading from my phone, everybody is the
Speaker 1: statement or meaning of a word, group of words, or symbol. Okay,
Speaker 1: So that's what the definition of definition is. In other words,
Speaker 1: it's the essence of what something is when you define it.
Speaker 1: That is your essence. That is the essence of a thing,
Speaker 1: a group, or a person. So what's your definition? What
Speaker 1: defines you? And our current society and culture, there's this
Speaker 1: ever growing want, need, and desire for instant gratification. You
Speaker 1: see it on social media. You see it on all
Speaker 1: these YouTube things and Instagram things and listen, I use
Speaker 1: social media. So I'm not like this big social media
Speaker 1: is evil guy. I think there's a lot of good
Speaker 1: that can come from it in the right hands. I
Speaker 1: also think people who are too young to be using
Speaker 1: it should not be using it. And I think as
Speaker 1: parents and adults we should do a really good job
Speaker 1: of thinking about what's available to our kids. Nevertheless, we
Speaker 1: constantly see this desire for public gratification. I remember when
Speaker 1: I would ask for something, my mom would say, put
Speaker 1: it on your Christmas list, put it on your Birthday list,
Speaker 1: or you know, save a little each week and do
Speaker 1: even save up enough money and get it, and you
Speaker 1: know as such, And I think most of you will
Speaker 1: remember comments like those as such. We were once trained
Speaker 1: that things worth having were worth waiting for, and things
Speaker 1: worth having were worth earning. And now, with social media
Speaker 1: and news and the onslaught of stuff in the world,
Speaker 1: people see much more readily today what others have than
Speaker 1: they have at any other time in human history, and
Speaker 1: they desire it, and they desire it quickly and now.
Speaker 1: And oftentimes the desires are not necessarily not necessarily tangible assets.
Speaker 1: Many times they are cars and houses and things like that,
Speaker 1: but also popularity, being known, being liked, being famous, being revered.
Speaker 1: So when you combine this growing societal desire for immediacy
Speaker 1: and immediacy of recognition in some way or another, I
Speaker 1: think we're dangerously close to take to changing who we
Speaker 1: are as people. So why why did I get the
Speaker 1: definition of definition? Is because remember, it's the essence of something.
Speaker 1: In other words, your definition is essence of who you are,
Speaker 1: what defines you, what is the essence of who you are?
Speaker 1: So I want you to imagine in your mind's eye
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl trophy or a World Series trophy, or
Speaker 1: an award in your business or in your community, or
Speaker 1: a plaque or something that gets you that recognition that
Speaker 1: it seems like is so pervasive in our society today,
Speaker 1: that we're all looking for, and we're looking for so quickly.
Speaker 1: I want you to think about that trophy or plaque,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna sit it over here in the corner,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to ask you to stand on it
Speaker 1: for five minutes. If you can stand on it five minutes,
Speaker 1: I'll give you one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. You
Speaker 1: will not be able to do it. I want you
Speaker 1: to think about a basketball or a football. If I
Speaker 1: asked you to stand in the corner for five minutes
Speaker 1: on a basketball or stand on a football, fully inflated basketball,
Speaker 1: fully inflated football for five minutes, I'd give you a
Speaker 1: bunch of money. You should try, but you would fall
Speaker 1: flat on your face. A brick of hundreds that is
Speaker 1: about an inch and a half tall. It's fifty thousand
Speaker 1: dollars wrapped from a bank. If I stacked those bricks
Speaker 1: up about two feet tall, that would be close to
Speaker 1: a million dollars. And if I said, look, I'm going
Speaker 1: to stack these hundreds up and if you can stand
Speaker 1: on them for five minutes, you can have them all.
Speaker 1: You might try, but those hundred dollar bills are going
Speaker 1: to buckle. That thing doesn't it's going to fall out
Speaker 1: from under. You See, you can't stand on money. You
Speaker 1: can't stand on awards and accolades. You can't can't stand
Speaker 1: on the things you achieve in sports, or in music
Speaker 1: or in the world. You can't stand on all of
Speaker 1: those things that we continue to push out to social
Speaker 1: media that seem to more and more be what we're
Speaker 1: looking to define us. Because if the essence the definition
Speaker 1: of you, if your essence is awards and money and
Speaker 1: accolades and fame, and that is your foundation, because that
Speaker 1: is what defines you, that is your essence, you will
Speaker 1: both literally and metaphorically fall on your ass as that
Speaker 1: foundation that you're trying to build crumbles beneath you because
Speaker 1: you can't stand on trophies, football's basketball's money. You just
Speaker 1: can't do it. Conversely, if you build a foundation if
Speaker 1: your essence, if the definition of who you are is character, commitment, integrity, discipline,
Speaker 1: someone who respects the dignity of hard work, understands the
Speaker 1: value of grace and forgiveness. If if what defines your
Speaker 1: core values and tenants that your grandmother probably taught you
Speaker 1: at a kitchen table one day. If that is what
Speaker 1: defines you, If that is your essence, that provides a
Speaker 1: proper foundation that you can then stand on. And then
Speaker 1: after taking the time and putting in the work and
Speaker 1: not getting this immediate reward satisfaction thing, but putting in
Speaker 1: the time and the effort and the work to build
Speaker 1: that proper foundation for your life, then when rewards and
Speaker 1: accolades and money and whatever else you seek in your
Speaker 1: life comes, you can hold them all in your arms
Speaker 1: perfectly because you have something to stand on in order
Speaker 1: to support those riches and rards. I just feel like
Speaker 1: as I look in culture today, I'm seeing it backwards.
Speaker 1: We're wanting those things that immediate gratification things, as if
Speaker 1: that's what's going to define us and be our foundation
Speaker 1: for our lives, and we will crumble under the weight
Speaker 1: of it. All you have to do is look in
Speaker 1: the news cycle and you can see many people who's
Speaker 1: massive fortunes and wealth and fame have crumbled and they
Speaker 1: are either dead or in jail. And there's others right
Speaker 1: now that are facing jail time or death as a
Speaker 1: result of their immediate gratification that they sought by the
Speaker 1: definition of their essence was awards, accolades, fame, and money,
Speaker 1: and they never spent the time to build a proper
Speaker 1: foundation to handle it when it came to them. Football
Speaker 1: coach once told me that, maybe not in the same
Speaker 1: words I did, but basically said, you know, you can
Speaker 1: get all the trophies and you get your name in
Speaker 1: the paper and everything else, but if that's what you're
Speaker 1: basing who you are on, you will fail. Build a
Speaker 1: foundation so then you can properly receive those accolades and
Speaker 1: then you can be healthy with them, which is basically
Speaker 1: what I'm saying to you. Build a proper foundation. Understand
Speaker 1: what defines you. Be willing to put in the time
Speaker 1: and the work, Be willing to save for that thing
Speaker 1: you want, Be willing to put what you need on
Speaker 1: your Christmas list metaphorically, in order to build a foundation
Speaker 1: so that when you chase your dreams and your goal
Speaker 1: and the accolades and the money and all that you
Speaker 1: see comes to you have a proper foundation to hold
Speaker 1: it so it doesn't crumble around you and those you love.
Speaker 1: This is shop talk. I'm Bill Courtney. Think about building
Speaker 1: the proper foundation before you go chase your dreams. We'll
Speaker 1: see you next week.