This is what I want y'all to do tonight tonight. I want to go
I want to go somewhere because I told you you know like I don't know if you maybe because you're a human and
You've gotten so accustomed to human that maybe you don't know what you're capable of doing is a human, right?
Anybody get a new phone when you get a new phone
But the iPhone 7 8 right the iPhone or you went to the galaxy when you get that or Christmas or you get that gadget?
When you first open up that gadget? What are you? What are you happy about?
What it can do all the stuff it can do?
Right if you like a geek. I'm not a geek right, but I imagine if you a geek you're going through life
I only use the stuff
I need like I'm not even interested and the other stuff, right
But the geeks know everything you can do let's do me very closely
I believe that some of us have gotten so caught up with school and work you forgot what you can do as a human
Like really you just forgot like you so caught up on life and problems
You're so caught up on paying bills you forgot you human you forgot you - what made up the phone
You made up the TV. It made up cars. You made up lie I got human we fly a hundred years ago
That would have told me I could like we could fly to Australia
And watch TV you watch a TV y'all we watch a TV on the with Australian
This is this is what happens when you add wild thoughts
And that's why what's all about tonight like wild thoughts like wild thoughts like like
I don't want you to be in school
For grades because I told y'all week we passed that and that's why school is so hard for some of you
That's why I like it so hard for some of you because that's all you doing his life. Are you in the wild thoughts?
No more you don't dream crazy. No more. You kind of settled into like whatever little life
They gave you whatever a check they gave you
Whatever they told you to do for 40 hours like you locked in on that and I just want you to do yourself a favor
Maybe the weekend when you're not busy
I just want you to start touching the buttons to see what you came up world I had a friend of mine
She's an older lady right she jumping out of planes
I'm like I love it
We're going out of town. We're going on the cruise. I'm like you ain't hanging out with us taste like no I'm like wait
You're going she's like I'm about to jump out of play
I'm like out of play videotaping it recording it with that phone some of you
Huddle like she got the probe way. Whatever that is little camera
We taking pictures and watching it like everything's giving we looking at it, and it's like unbelievable
But you know how many humans are dead before they die it's unbelievable like it's so many humans like at 50 dead
60 dead and they just wait 40 years just you know right out
It's like you did at 60 and an 80s 5 you finally just by Prokop
And they just do a nice little service look. I dare you at 89 to die 89 years old
92 years though if you live in your wildest dreams alright and do me a huge favor
Look around the room see if somebody you know
Because the danger is part about when you start having wild thoughts if you hanging around people who don't have wild thoughts
They're gonna make you feel stupid dumb
I'm just being real gift from around them like if they not they don't have wild thoughts get from around because as soon as you
Start talking about one day. I'm gonna have a PhD
they're gonna say what you a high school dropout I
Need to get around people
I'm say I'm about to get a PhD I didn't get around people who like yo you bought you two I
Thought I was the only one
That wasn't real smart, but that was going back to this PTSD thing so I get to Michigan State. I had like a
2.67 and I got into Michigan State
University right and it's what I love guys
Don't let don't let no don't let them bring up your path somebody said to me. Okay. We see all your letters of recommendation
We see all the community stuff you did what man they let you in with a two six?
I'm like does it matter. I'm confused. I got wild dreams. I'm getting the masters. I'm going for the PhD
I'm trying to change the world. I'm just stupid enough to think I could change the world
I'm dumb enough listen to me. I got to hear me I didn't get this confidence
when I got the PhD I had this confidence with the GED I
Knew everything I learned prior all the fire card my li
All the poker all the fuck the tongue all of that
I brought all that the 21 I brought all of that the high school dropout all of that what I?
experienced on the streets of Detroit eight miles seven mile all of that
I brought all of that with me instead when I got to Michigan State
I may not have what you and you and were you and what you have
But you don't have what I have don't let people stick you in your past and try to make like your past is something negative
Your past is that that gives you permission to be in your presence, so do me a favor
I want you to get out of the average thinking
and look
Okay, I'm gonna give your secret
I want you to start having a wild thought
Because here's the deal if you have wild thoughts and they don't work out you can always go back to average thought the whole bunch
Of people waiting for you when you come back. I promise you they wait you cooking average is gonna
Be there, so just do me a favor
But just start thinking crazy and wild I want to own multiple homes and multiple cars. I want to have that nonprofit
I went out that profit, and I'm gonna be able to travel the world I'm gonna whatever
Okay, raise your hands. I'm telling the truth. You are crazy stupid talented. You know you are
But you get stuck on average not using your full potential MCN. Just some stuff
You know you could be doing this you ain't doing them you CA
You know you could be doing hands down listen to me real quick Eric Thomas
I don't really know who I am but you here tonight right so. I'm telling you
I'm giving you full permission to start to have a wildest dream to be yourself. I'm giving you permission. It's not waiting on people
It's the weirdest thing
I mean some of the most talented smartest people in the world who stuck because they waiting for me
I gave you permission
I give you permission to be yourself like I'm give me and why why do I have the authority cuz I'm myself
So I'm in for erik tiemens permission. I ask no other motivational speaker was it alright to go hip-hop
I'm just doing what I know I've been called a dude
unapologetically I
Wanna make sure I say that I ain't even know if I can say it
I just tried to see if I could say it I was in my head
I was like can I say that word I just said it and came out. You don't have to apologize to anybody to be great
You don't owe it to anybody else to play little no more come on
Don't play little no more like you don't want your brother to feel bad
Or you don't want your cousin to look you have full permission
You don't want your parents to think you will know it all you have full permission to be your
Greatness right now you have full permission
To be your greatness whoever you whatever your greatness is you have full permission to be that right this second
What up what up what up is your boy et look man first and foremost, I just want to say
Thank you a right to all those teachers out there in America. Thank you
Especially K through 12 look we know the reality
The reality is you're underpaid and overworked right look the reality is you're not just teaching
Your being a mom a dad you're coaching
You you're doing so much you're uber driver right you are you are the librarian?
You know like you to cook some of your providing food for the kids like you are
Inspirator a motivator and empower look. We just want to say. Thank you on behalf of ETA and the ETA family
Just thank you so much, and I'm thankful for those teachers
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