This is a YouTube video titled "Monday Motivation BFG38" containing a motivational talk delivered by a single speaker on July 8, 2025. The speaker shares an inspirational quote from Dennis Waitley and discusses the importance of self-belief, dreaming big, and nurturing personal potential for success. The content is a monologue focused on personal development and motivation.
Hi there. Welcome to this week's inspirational quote. This week's quote comes from Dennis Whateley, who was one of America's leading motivational speakers in his time. He was born in 1933 in San Diego and he's well known for his audio collection, the Psychology of Winning and his very successful books, the Winner's Edge and Seeds of Greatness. And his quote is this. It's not what you think you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not, which is a little bit of a tongue twister. So it's what you think you are not. So in essence, it's similar to a lot of the quotes that we hear around what we believe in ourselves. And ultimately, this is the key cornerstone of any success, that any great athlete, any great leader, will hold deep within themselves their belief about what is possible for them to achieve in their lifetime. And it starts off with a dream. You know, a lot of successful athletes, a lot of amazing leaders had a dream and then they built on that dream and they were encouraged to seek those dreams and look, look for them and continue to take the next step towards them, encouraged by their parents, encouraged by their friends, their colleagues, etc. Now, they're the lucky ones because a lot of people, a lot of people on the planet actually don't have those initial seeds of greatness. We all have them planted in us, but actually they're not necessarily nurtured and encouraged by sometimes our family members and sometimes our closest friends and peers and work colleagues. So the, the greatest way to step forward with your beliefs is to hold your own personal beliefs about you. What you believe is possible for you to achieve and as all great leaders and great athletes around the world have shown us, is that to be really successful in life is to dream really big dreams, outrageous dreams. So what are you going to start thinking about in terms of your own personal beliefs as you walk through this week? And think about Dennis Waitley's quote about it's not what you think you are, it's about what you think you are not. So what are you believing in yourself about what you don't believe you can achieve currently in your life? Have a think about that and start scratching under the surface of what's holding that up. What's the evidence for you to believe that is true and start looking for and start finding evidence to show you that it is actually true? More true that it's achievable. Have a great rest of your week and I look forward to sharing next week's quote. With you. Bye for now.
