Stop listening to people who tell you to be realistic. Being realistic is just a slow road to being average, and you were born for greatness. Everything around you was built by people no smarter than you who were simply crazy enough to think they could change the world. Look at Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They started with zero dollars in a garage. Jobs had to sell his van just to get parts for their first computer. He ignored everyone who said it was impossible and built an empire. You have that same power inside of you right now, but you have to stop letting the opinions of others drown out your own inner voice. Get all the PDF summaries here: https://www.skool.com/believenation/classroom

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar, where he grew up in a small home with his family. His parents loved music, and from a young age, Freddie loved it too. He learned songs quickly and was very talented at remembering music. At 7, his parents signed him up for piano lessons, and his teachers were impressed by how well he played. At 8, Freddie moved to India for school. He felt lonely, but music was his escape. He joined his first band at 12, and that was when he realized that music wasn’t just something he liked, it was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. When he was a teenager, Freddie’s family moved to England. He worked hard to make money, even taking a job as a baggage handler at Heathrow Airport. He also sold secondhand clothes, but no matter how hard things got, he never gave up on his dream of being a musician. In the 1970s, Freddie met Brian May and Roger Taylor, and they started the band Queen. At first, things were tough, they didn’t have much money and played small shows. But Freddie believed in their music and pushed them to be different. In 1975, Freddie brought the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" to the band. The record labels didn’t think it would work, but Freddie didn’t listen to them. When the song was released, it became a huge hit and made Queen famous. Freddie once said, "You can be anything you want to be, just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be.” Believe in your dreams and never give up, no matter how tough things get. #Believe

"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes—understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success." — Arianna Huffington Failure isn’t a roadblock, it’s a stepping stone. Arianna reminds us that making mistakes is part of the journey toward growth and achievement. Every misstep teaches you something valuable and brings you closer to success. What’s one “failure” you can learn from today to move forward with confidence?

On today’s #BelieveWalk, I was reminded to prioritize lifestyle design over absolute wealth. I could’ve done many things over my career to just make more money, but I would have hated it and then burnt out. The reason why I continue to keep going is because I still love what I do and feel that it matters. To join the #BelieveWalk Challenge: 1) Wake up and get outside 2) Go for a 15 minute+ walk 3) On the walk, listen to something that helps you #Believe in yourself Try it for 30 days and your life will change.

On today’s walk, I was reminded that real change happens when you change your identity. Go from saying “I’m trying to quit smoking” to saying “I’m not a smoker.”