Principles for Success: "The Call to Adventure" | Episode 1

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概要

TLDRIn the first episode of 'Principles for Success,' the narrator discusses the importance of developing personal principles through experiences and reflections. He emphasizes independent thinking and decision-making, stating that the quality of decisions shapes one's life. The narrator shares his journey from an ordinary background to success, attributing it to lessons learned from mistakes. He believes that success comes from embracing reality and forming principles that guide actions. The episode sets the foundation for exploring how these principles can lead to meaningful work and relationships.

収穫

  • 🧠 Think for yourself about what is true.
  • 📜 Principles are smart ways to handle recurring situations.
  • 🔍 Mistakes are valuable learning opportunities.
  • 🌊 Life is like a river, carrying us through decisions.
  • 💡 Quality of decisions determines quality of life.
  • 🏆 Success is a result of a unique approach, not uniqueness.
  • 🤝 Meaningful relationships are more valuable than conventional success.
  • 🚀 Embrace reality to navigate your journey.

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    In the first episode of the ultra mini-series 'Principles for Success', the narrator emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and independent thinking in achieving success. He shares that his own success is rooted in understanding his limitations and learning from mistakes. The narrator introduces the concept of principles as essential tools for navigating life's challenges, acquired through experience rather than innate knowledge. He reflects on his journey from an ordinary background to success, attributing it to a unique approach to life that anyone can adopt, which involves embracing reality and making informed decisions. The episode sets the stage for further exploration of these principles in subsequent episodes.

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ビデオQ&A

  • What is the main theme of the video?

    The main theme is about developing personal principles for success based on experiences and reflections.

  • What does the narrator emphasize about decision-making?

    The narrator emphasizes that the quality of your decisions determines the quality of your life.

  • How did the narrator acquire his principles?

    He acquired his principles over a lifetime of experiences, mostly from making mistakes and reflecting on them.

  • What is the narrator's background?

    He describes himself as a very ordinary middle-class kid from Long Island.

  • What does the narrator believe about success?

    He believes that success is not about uniqueness but about a unique approach to life that anyone can adopt.

  • What will episode two discuss?

    Episode two will explain what it means to embrace reality and deal with it.

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    - [Narrator] Principles for Success.
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    An ultra mini-series adventure
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    in 30 minutes and in eight episodes.
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    Episode one, The Call to Adventure.
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    Before we begin, let me just establish the fact
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    that I don't know much relative to what I need to know.
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    Whatever success I've had in life
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    has more to do with my knowing how to deal
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    with my not knowing than anything I know.
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    That I should be telling other people what to do
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    sounds kind of presumptuous to me.
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    But I'm going to do it because I believe
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    that the principles that have made me successful
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    could help other achieve their own goals.
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    I'm now at a stage in my own life
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    in which it is much more important to me
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    to pass along what I've learned about how
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    to be successful than to seek more success for myself.
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    What you choose to do with these principles is up to you.
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    You have to be an independent thinker because only you can
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    develop your own principles based on your own values.
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    This brings me to my first and most fundamental principle
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    which is that you need to think
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    for yourself about what is true.
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    So let's get started.
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    Early on, I've discovered I needed principles.
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    Principles are smart ways for handling things
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    that happen over and over again in similar situations.
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    There are principles for everything.
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    From skiing, to parenting, to cooking, and so on.
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    I'm going to share some of my most important
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    overarching life principles that influence
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    how we approach everything that we do.
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    I didn't start out with principles,
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    I acquired them over a lifetime of experiences.
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    Mostly from making mistakes and reflecting on them.
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    My life principles are simple but they're not complete.
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    I still struggle to make the best decisions
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    and I still make mistakes
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    and learn new principles all the time.
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    This is the reality.
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    At the beginning, I needed to escape
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    the conventions that surrounded me
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    which meant that I needed to think for myself.
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    Unless you want to have a life that is directed by others,
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    you need to decide for yourself what to do
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    and you need to have the courage to do it.
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    But I didn't know that at first.
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    I only learned that from going on my adventure.
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    Looking back on my own journey,
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    I now see that time is like a river,
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    that carries us forward into encounters with reality
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    that require us to make decisions.
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    We can't stop our movement down this river
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    and we can't avoid the encounters.
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    We can only approach them in the best possible way.
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    In your lifetime, you will face millions of decisions.
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    The quality of your decisions
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    will determine the quality of your life.
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    Over the course of my lifetime,
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    the most valuable things I've learned
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    were the results of mistakes I've reflected on
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    to help form principles so I wouldn't
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    make the same mistakes again.
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    These principles took me from being
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    a very ordinary middle-class kid
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    from Long Island to becoming very successful
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    as judged by conventional measures.
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    They also gave me the meaningful work
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    and meaningful relationships that I value even more
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    than these conventional successes.
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    People often ask me how I did it.
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    I can assure you it wasn't because
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    of my uniqueness as a person.
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    It was the result of a unique approach
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    to life I believe almost anybody can adopt.
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    It starts with embracing reality and dealing with it.
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    In episode two, I'll explain what that means.
タグ
  • success
  • principles
  • decision-making
  • independent thinking
  • life lessons
  • personal growth
  • reflection
  • embracing reality
  • meaningful work
  • journey