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"Fish don’t just jump in the boat" - Tom Brady

Name: "Fish don’t just jump in the boat" - Tom Brady
Uploaded: 2025-06-23T20:34:19+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: John Wetmore
Description: In this brief motivational dialogue, two speakers urge listeners—particularly sales agents—to adopt a proactive, self‑driven work ethic. Using the…

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In this brief motivational dialogue, two speakers urge listeners—particularly sales agents—to adopt a proactive, self‑driven work ethic. Using the metaphor of fish that won’t jump onto a boat, they stress that success requires actively casting a line, repeatedly putting in effort even on off‑days, and refusing to wait for external motivation or opportunities. The speakers argue that confidence and results are built by consistently doing the work, not by hoping someone else will provide leads or push you to act.

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The fish don't just jump at the boat. If you want to go catch them, go catch them. You know, throw that line in the water and go do some work. And if it doesn't work that day, do it again the next day. So you want to be the one that says, fuck it, I'm going to do it anyway. I know I don't feel good today, but I'm going to go out there and I'm going to prove to myself that even on days that it doesn't feel right, I push myself. The only way to gain confidence in yourself is to build something.
It's not to wait for it to happen. That's sick. I think that's where agents struggle, is that they think someone's going to come in get them out of bed every day and make sure that they got deals to close and leads to call and, you know, activity to do. If you want to eat, go out and kill something. Get to work.