726 Believing in Yourself with Logan Paul

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I think it's important not only to look good, obviously, but something about working out and pushing yourself, the way I do, is like, it takes you to another level. So when I'm on set and like something's sort of hard-ish.

You're like, I've already been through this every day.

I've been through it every day. Like, dude, I was doing the scene in the thinning where, I had to drown. I don't know if you know this. If you breathe in and then try to sink, you don't sink.

Okay.

Yeah. You float. So you have to push all the air out. You have to push the air out. They put weights on me.

Oh, my gosh.

And I'm sinking. So I have no air in my lungs, and it's. Dude, it's not like a six foot pool.

It's a 12 foot pool.

So, like, terrifying, dude. It was. That's so scary. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I'm like, I'm very mentally strong, man, but during this, I'm like, Why is this so hard for me? It's challenging, man. It's all a mental thing, but again, I'm used to pushing myself, so I was able to do it. But it was just difficult.

Imagine. But most people who aren't athletes and don't go through the daily pain and stress that we've gone through, they can't handle that.

Dude, it's like, yeah, that's what, you.

Know, you couldn't handle it already going through it, but it was like even more challenging. Yeah, that's what do you feel like.

That gives you an edge being an athlete or being a weightlifter? 100%. So yeah, another thing, Yeah, no, this was for a fight scene. Okay. And they're like, all right, let's see what you got. And I'm like, I know karate. Yeah, well my character doesn't throw any punches. They wanted to make him not throw any punches. It's all like knees or kicks or takedowns. And so I wrestled and I did MMA for four years. So I did it and again, it's.

Just like they let me do all.

The fight scenes, which is awesome. Amazing. And then to answer your question furthermore, this is one I think is so important. So every day I wake up, I look myself in the mirror and I say, I will be the biggest the biggest Entertainer in the world. And I say that 10 times in the morning and I say it 10 times at night right before I go to bed. Every single day. Read this book, the Secret. And it's all about this. I mean, you know, I'm sure you've read it. Like, I will, I will. This will happen. I'm going to. And the more you say it, the more you believe it. And I'm. And I do believe it. Like, I'm 100, 100 invested in my goal of being the biggest Entertainer in the world and. Nothing will stop me from getting there. Not a girl, not friends who might be a distraction. That's my goal and I make sure to do that every single day. And then even like, even like when I say it now and when I say it in front of people, they're like, come on, this guy, he's a Vine star right now. Like, I don't care. This is great. I'm 20 years old, dude. In two years, you're gonna be no one's gonna know me as a Vine star. But when you say it, when you tell people, I'm gonna be the biggest entertainer in the world, In the back of my mind, I was like, come on, but the more you say it, the more you believe it. Then the more you get used to saying it, the more other people are like, you're attracting.

Homeboy means it.

Homeboy means it. So, that's great. Yeah, those are like the two.

So you read the speak, the secret, and you started doing that after reading that.

So I read like a little bit, I think I might have been actually an audio audiobook. I've read like enough to get that concept. Yes, and then just started practicing. Just started doing it. 'Cause in high school, believe it or not, I did the same thing. It was, I will be more successful than anyone I know. Whatever that means, I will be more successful than anyone I know. And now I am. I know it sounds bad, but there's not another kid from my high school or that I knew growing up. Yeah, that is like doing the stuff I'm doing now. And like, it's super cocky, but like my goal is always like, Hey, I need to make this happen and I want to be successful. I just want to accomplish my goals.

You're not gonna be successful not believing in yourself.

Exactly.

You gotta have such belief and certainty that it's going to happen, otherwise you're gonna falter somewhere. Writing down every single day what you will create that day, what you're going to become in your life, looking in the mirror saying these things.

So important, man. And like, it's, you're gonna feel dumb doing it, but eventually you'll stop feeling dumb and you'll, you look at yourself and you're like, why, I believe this. And then it's like, wow, this is going to happen. It's certainty and belief. Belief, belief, belief, believe it, dude. That's why my friends and I joke about it. That's why rappers who aren't even in the game yet, I have a couple friend rappers, they all rap like they have a million dollars, two million dollars, three million dollars, crazy cars, girls everywhere. They don't, but they rap like they.

Do and they believe it and that's the life they want and then it happens. It's going to start attracting and happening.

Yeah.

What are things that you do that are non-negotiable for you that you must do? Working out, looking in the mirror, saying that you'll be the best entertainer, the biggest entertainer in the world. Is there anything else you do that you feel like has been crucial to your success or that's really separated you from all your peers doing this?

This is the cliche answer, but again, you need to hear something like seven to 40 times actually start believing it. You got to work harder than anybody else, dude. Like, I, when I work out, I work out at night, so I won't go to the LA parties, those pop.

And LA parties and the clubs.

I don't go to clubs. I don't drink. I've never been drunk. You've never been drunk? Never been drunk.

Good for you. I am so committed to working harder, to working at night when everyone's partying, like, sounds like what you do as well.

Working out at night, whatever it takes, man.

Dude, that's awesome.

That's cool. So you don't go to the parties, you're not in that? Yeah, don't go, don't drink, don't smoke, don't do any of that. It's great. I work out at night. Like, I'll go maybe on a Saturday or Sunday, just because I like being social. And I'm not like, and especially as an actor, I feel like it's important.

For me to just learn and see and observe.

Everything, but yeah, I work out at night so I'm not distracted by the LA parties.

Dude, I'll have to come and join you one night.

Dude, seriously.

Let's work it out.

Let's do it. Let's do it, dude. But yeah, just it's so important to work hard. Yeah.

And that goes consistently building that momentum throughout the day.

Yeah.