A speaker describes his constant battle with a negative mindset. He tells a story about misreading another driver's gestures in a parking lot, only to discover the driver was actually offering him a spot. He argues that working on your weaknesses and facing hard situations is essential to success.
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I can naturally be pretty negative, so I have to battle that every day, literally every day. You know when you drive in front of a grocery store, they have little speed bumps? So I'm in the— I'm going to eat at this little smoothie place, front door's right there. I'm rolling in in the parking lot to cut through. The guy starts coming out, I'm letting him cross like no big deal, but I'm not stopped. I'm like slow rolling, super slow. And the guy looks at me and he starts doing something with his hand. I'm like, what the hell, dude? I'm like nowhere near you, bro. I need to go a little bit further. He's like mumbling, mouth is moving. And I'm like, bro, I'm like 48 feet from you, dude. Relax, I'm not going to run you over. And the closer I get, the more he's making motions and hands. And I'm like, yo, I'm ready to fight this guy. Like, what is happening? So I roll down my window and I look out the right, and he goes, bro, I love your car. I'm about to leave. Do you want my parking spot? I start out negative by thought. That's my default. And so every day in life, I have to pay attention to work on my weaknesses. And so the, the things y'all struggle with, you better get good at getting through hard stuff if you expect to win.