A motivational talk using Evel Knievel's stunts to explore the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Robbie Knievel jumped the Grand Canyon 228 feet in 1999; Evel crashed at Caesar's Palace. The speaker argues belief in yourself and your tools determines whether you attempt the jump.
Hey, welcome back. Excited to be with you guys again today. Excited to share this message with you about the greatest gap in the world. How many of you remember Evel Knievel? Now I'm really dating myself. Right? Evel Knievel. If you don't know him, he was a former motorcycle thief turned daredevil, probably best known for his Star Spangled Banner outfit and jumping his motorcycle over the fountains at Caesar's palace in Las Vegas that ended in this crazy, spectacular bone breaking crash. I think he broke every bone in his body. In 1999, Robbie Knievel of Evil Knievel jumped the Grand Canyon, soaring 228ft across the narrowest part of the canyon. The Knievels were known for spectacular jumps over crazy gaps that included cars and fires and canyons. A gap is that space between where you are and where you want to go. How we perceive that gap and what stands in that gap often impacts whether we'll attempt to bridge that gap or not. For the Knievels, a determining factor in deciding if they were going to jump the gap was their confidence in the vehicle that they would choose to ride that would carry them the distance over the gap. The first step to jumping or bridging the gap started with the belief that they could do it. And we're going to come back to that thought in a minute. Let's make this personal. Are you where you want to be in your life? Have you accomplished all that you've set out to accomplish? In other words, have you arrived? For me and for most of us, the answer is easy. It's no. It doesn't mean we're dissatisfied with where we are. It only means we know and believe that there's more. Now, if you spend any time with me, around me, or in this community, you're going to hear me say this so often it's going to drive you crazy. But I believe that you were created for more. More future, more destiny and more hope, more influence and impact you were created to have on the lives and the world around you. The key is discovering what your more is and.
