Highly successful people have a built-in mental instinct that runs constantly at high gear, whether they're negotiating billion-dollar deals or competing in elite sports. The speaker uses tennis players reacting to 130 mph serves and a conversation with Larry Bird, who could anticipate every movement on the court, to show how DNA-based awareness combined with refined skill drives extraordinary success.
Everybody that's successful, they're blessed. There's something in their mind that makes it function. And whether you're doing a billion-dollar business deal or whatever, your mind is always in that gear. And look at guys that play tennis. They're receiving serves at like, what, 130 miles an hour, something stupid, and they're moving forward to the ball. I'd be in the parking lot hoping, you know. I remember having a conversation with Larry Bird about it one time, and he, he could see everything on the court. He saw everybody moving. Yeah. In different— where they're going to go, do I pass or, you know, and I think I was just blessed with something that capable to drive but have the mental awareness at the right pace. I was born with it. You develop the skill as you go along, you refine it and learn and refine it and learn, but you've still had to have the basic instinct. Yeah. Built into your DNA someplace.
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