Priyanka Chopra describes how setting a year-and-a-half deadline for her acting career at 18, with a backup plan to return to college, helped her overcome low self-esteem. Evan Carmichael then demonstrates stretch goals through a breath-holding exercise, showing how adding five seconds to your personal best pushes you past what you think is possible.
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Good morning, Believe Nation! Today's message is set goals for yourself. Over to you, Priyanka Chopra.
I wake up every morning with an espresso to keep me going.
I had the worst self-esteem when I was a kid. I was made fun of because of the way I talked, because of where I came from. I was made fun of on every level. And the only way you can change change that is setting goals for yourself and saying, "I will be the best version of me." When I was 18 and I started doing movies, I gave myself a year and a half, and I said, "If I don't— if I sense that I'm not good at what I'm doing and I don't see something opening up for me, I'm gonna go back to college." I always had a plan B. I still always have a plan B, and that's what I always tell young people, you know, life doesn't end It just keeps moving. You have to put your blinkers on and find what you do best and just keep moving.
So I remember that I used to do presentations here in Toronto and city, and one of the things that I would do is around goal setting. I would have everybody hold their breath, everybody in the room, have them hold their breath and tell them, "I want you to hold your breath for as long as you can. As long as you possibly can, hold your breath and time it." And it doesn't matter what their actual score was, it's all relative, but time it, write that down. And then whatever they wrote down, say 40 seconds, I would have them add 5 more seconds to it. I want you to hold your breath for 45 seconds. And everybody could do it. Everybody could add 5 more seconds to their score. Everybody could do more than what they thought was their very best. I said, "Do your very best!" at the start. And they could all go beyond their very best because they had their goal. And that's the power of goals. If you have a goal that stretches you, you'll do more and go further than what you thought was your very best. And so it's important in whatever you want in life, whatever dream you have, to set goals for yourself to help push you, to help motivate you, to help you get there. Now, your goals may not always serve you, right? The goals you set 5 years ago may not reflect who you are now. You may need to adjust your goals as you go along, but having goals has been proven to be a very effective way to help you go out and be that best version of yourself. And I hope you're doing it in your life and your business. So the question of the day today is, what is one of the most important goals in your life right now? Leave it down in the comments. I'm really curious. I'm going to join in the discussion. Thank you guys for watching. Have an amazing day. I believe in you. I hope you continue to believe in yourself and whatever your one word is. And I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso.
