Don’t expect to be accepted if you want to be exceptional.

0:00If you are someone who's ambitious, and this is me just talking specifically to you, you have to get used to being alone. [music] I'm saying this because I used to think that there was something wrong with me. When in reality, I just didn't understand what the nature of being exceptional [music] meant. To be exceptional means that you are the exception. It means that you are not normal. And so it's normal for normal people to find you abnormal if you do things that are not normal. I had plenty of friends who were like, "I want to be an NFL player. I want to be a really rich tech entrepreneur. I want to be a a a a touring musician." Right? And they had these goals, but I'm like, dude, I see you just playing Fortnite 4 hours a day, and you you practice guitar once a week. Like what do you Do you really want that, or do you just like saying it because it makes you feel good?

0:45Realizing that I thought most people actually made no sense. [music] They say they had these goals, but they took no action. And they called me work-obsessed, and they would tell me I should take time off. And they're like, "Hey, you're not You're not You're not as cool anymore. You're not You're not hanging out with the boys. Like why aren't you participating in the fantasy league? Why aren't you watching football on Sunday with us?" But the thing is is that like I needed that Sunday cuz I had to prep workouts, I had to prep the music list for the next day, I had to run billing. And I looked at that football game, and I was like, "1 year from today, will I remember this football [music] game? Or will I remember the fact that I'm not where I said I wanted to be?"