Give it all you've got! Part 5

19 Sept 2024 · 3 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker uses the well‑known Chinese bamboo tree story to illustrate how sustained effort without visible results can eventually lead to explosive growth. He describes planting and watering the bamboo for five years with no sign of progress, only for it to shoot up to ninety feet in weeks, drawing a parallel to personal dreams such as building a business, traveling, raising a family, or accumulating wealth. The speaker emphasizes consistency, diligence, and perseverance as essential virtues, labeling them as “point number 4” that helps overcome adversity. He reinforces the message with examples: Walt Disney’s multiple bankruptcies and nervous breakdowns before achieving his vision, and a personal reference to “Rico” who succeeded through similar persistence. The talk ends with a dramatic, unfinished anecdote about a man encountering a lion, hinting at inevitable challenges that must be faced. Overall, the content is a call to keep working toward one’s goals despite apparent stagnation, trusting that breakthrough will come with continued effort.

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There's this tree that grows in China. It's called a China bamboo tree. And when you plant this tree in the ground, you have to water it and fertilize it for 5 complete years before you see any results. And I can imagine that while a man is out there planting this tree and watering this tree, his neighbors are peeping out of the window at him Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, seeing him constantly watering the same spot, and yet there's no results, there's no manifestation. And I can imagine that one will walk out and say to him, hey neighbor, you've been watering this spot for quite some time. Are you sure that's something there? Yep, I planted a Chinese bamboo tree. About 3 years ago. Well, for 3 years I see no evidence that there's anything growing. But yet this man is determined, he's focused, he knows what he's done, he knows that he's planted something in the ground. And instead of quitting and giving up on his dream, he continues to water that particular spot and fertilize the ground where this bamboo tree is planted. Well, ladies and gentlemen, after five years of watering and planting that Chinese bamboo tree, that tree grows to be ninety feet tall within five weeks. That's exactly how it would be with your dream. That's how life is. Sometimes you're going to work at something and work at it and work at it and work on it and work on it, and it looks like you're not getting anywhere. Sometimes you will work hard to accomplish something and you'll put a lot of time in it, a lot of energy, and a lot of effort, and it looks like nothing's happening, nothing's growing, everything's falling apart, everything's falling through. But through consistency, through diligence, which is point number 4, you will overcome any type of adversity and you will see Your Chinese bamboo tree come to fruition. That Chinese bamboo tree for you may be your own business. It may be traveling the world. It may be raising a family. It may be having millions of dollars in the bank. It's not going to happen easy, and it's not going to happen quick, and it's not supposed to. Through blood, sweat, and tears. Blood, sweat, and tears. It's going to cost you, but if Rico can do it, so can you. If Walt Disney can have 7 bankruptcies and 2 nervous breakdowns and still get back up and brush himself off and say that my dream of Walt Disney World will come to pass, then you can too. Never give up on you. And I'll leave you with this. There is a man running through the forest. He realizes that there is— A lion.