Hustle Culture - But is it Wise ?

00:13:51
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Summary

TLDRThe speaker shares personal experiences working as an equine vet tech to illustrate the importance of staying calm in chaotic situations. A story about catching a runaway horse highlights how stepping back can be more effective than frantic efforts. This story parallels advice for driving on ice, where the best action is often to release the pressure by easing off the gas. The speaker criticizes the hustle culture, arguing it can lead to burnout and stress without necessarily improving outcomes. Wisdom, the speaker suggests, lies in knowing when to push forward and when to pause. They recall advising a young man to enjoy his life without undue pressure at 24. The speaker advocates for a balanced approach to life, focusing on peace and wisdom rather than arbitrary success markers like six-pack abs. The key takeaway is the benefit of stepping back and contemplating rather than blindly following aggressive hustling, which might not be the answer to life's challenges.

Takeaways

  • 🐴 Stay calm and back off in chaotic situations, illustrated by a horse story.
  • 🚗 When losing control, ease off, much like driving on ice.
  • 👎 Critique of hustle culture for causing unnecessary stress.
  • 🧘 Advice for youths: enjoy life without pressure; be responsible.
  • 🤔 Wisdom lies in knowing when to press on and when to pause.
  • 🌲 Lincoln's preparedness quote: sharpen your skills before acting.
  • 🚫 Six-pack abs and superficial success markers are not essential.
  • ❄️ Analogies of controlling pressure in life akin to ice driving tips.
  • 🦅 Hunting analogy: sometimes staying still is more effective.
  • ☕ Find peace and wisdom over worldly measures of success.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker recounts an experience working as an equine vet tech in Florida, emphasizing the challenges of managing high-spirited racehorses. They describe an incident where a loose horse, overfed and under-exercised, escaped. While others chased the horse frantically, the speaker calmly approached it, demonstrating that stepping back and staying calm can resolve chaotic situations. This is echoed in their advice on driving on ice, where easing off the gas or brakes helps regain control. The metaphor extends to life, cautioning against the relentless hustle culture that pressures people to constantly push harder, arguing that sometimes the solution is to step back and relax.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:51

    The narrative continues criticizing the prevailing hustle culture, cautioning that excessive effort can lead to loss of control, similar to overspeeding on ice. Using the metaphor of a wild horse, the speaker explains that relentless pursuit is often counterproductive. They contrast wisdom with hustle, arguing true wisdom involves knowing when to pause and reflect. An anecdote about advising a young man underscores the importance of balance, urging young people to work responsibly while also learning to relax and enjoy life. The speaker advises considering not just what is smart, but what is wise, suggesting this approach results in more sustainable and peaceful personal progress.

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Frequently Asked Question

  • What is the main lesson from the horse story?

    The lesson is to remain calm and take a step back when a situation gets out of control.

  • How does the speaker relate driving on ice to dealing with life challenges?

    The speaker suggests that when you lose control, you should take your foot off the gas, similarly in life, step back from chaotic situations.

  • What is the speaker's opinion on hustle culture?

    The speaker believes hustle culture can be detrimental, encouraging people to overwork and lose peace of mind.

  • What advice did the speaker give to the young man he met in Texas?

    The speaker advised the young man to enjoy his life, learn, and mature without unnecessary pressure at his young age.

  • What analogy does the speaker use to illustrate unnecessary hustle?

    The speaker compares hustle culture to chasing a runaway horse, suggesting that frantic efforts can be ineffective.

  • What does the speaker mean by 'wisdom'?

    Wisdom is knowing when to act or pause, and differentiating what is truly wise from what's merely smart.

  • How does the speaker view the pressure to achieve certain standards like six-pack abs?

    The speaker sees it as unimportant and unrelated to actual success or wisdom.

  • What classical reference does the speaker use to emphasize preparation?

    The speaker quotes Abraham Lincoln about spending time sharpening an axe before cutting down a tree.

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  • 00:00:01
    good morning Dwayne
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    here um Dry Creek rangler
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    School few years ago I was working for a
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    guy uh as a equin Vette Tech on the
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    racetracks in
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    Florida um we were taking care of horses
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    in three different racehorse barns we
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    had over 400 horses that we were looking
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    after for the
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    season these horses were standard breads
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    they were Trotters that pull the two-
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    wheed
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    suis and not as high strung and jacked
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    up
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    and um as a as a thoroughbred would be
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    but still race horses
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    still you know in that
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    genre and I was out of one day on the
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    backside of
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    somewhere and somebody let one of them
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    Colts get
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    out and they're overfed too much
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    alphaalpha too much grain in my opinion
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    they're not worked enough and so man
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    when they when they escape they're
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    just they're they're going whoopy
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    they're they're they're not easy to
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    catch sometimes and
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    uh this we were in a part of Okala out
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    there so there were highways and there
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    were not fences all the way around this
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    Ranch and so when one of them horses got
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    loose the ever it would be all Hands-On
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    deck and there were half a dozen people
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    grabbed halters and took off after that
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    horse and uh and I picked up a halter
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    and I just they everybody took off
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    running and I watch that horse his
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    head's up and his Tail's up in the air
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    and he's just moving around and his eyes
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    are wide and he's blowing
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    and and you know everybody's all Energi
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    up and they're after him and he and I
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    see which way he's coming around so I
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    just calmly walk out in the field where
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    he's at and he comes about halfway
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    across that field
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    and he sees me and he
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    stops and so I'm just walking calmly so
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    I just stop and I just
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    take two steps
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    back I just back
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    up and just stand there and look at
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    him and he looked at me for a second and
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    he put his head down walked the rest way
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    across that
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    pasture and walked up to me and I calmly
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    just caught him and there were were and
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    it was all good um I have found over the
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    years that anytime things are getting a
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    little bit out of hand with
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    horses um probably the first thing you
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    need to do is whatever it is you're
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    doing you need to
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    stop and you just need to take a step
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    back
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    um I posted a post on Instagram I don't
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    know two or three days ago if you're
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    driving your truck on ice and your tires
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    break traction take your foot off the
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    gas now after several years in Alaska
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    and driving in Wyoming and and uh you
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    know all over the
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    place what people what
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    people get in trouble from on ice is
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    when they start sliding they start
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    slipping they hit that
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    gas or even worse they hit the brakes
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    when what you need to do is you need to
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    let off the gas as long as the situation
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    allows it let off the gas let off the
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    brakes and
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    just let things run their natural
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    course and let things all of the
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    pressure that's being exerted on the
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    situation is just making the situation
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    worse so just let off back up and chill
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    and get things back under control
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    now there's
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    a a movement
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    today in this circle of
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    men's um bit of Breeze out there I had
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    cracked the door and it's blowing open
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    and I think we'll be all right I don't
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    think it's too disturbing in this circle
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    of wisdom and men's betterment and
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    helping young men and whatnot um and
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    it's I I've watched it and it's gotten
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    to the point that I I don't agree with
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    it I think it's creating in some
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    situations uh more problems than it's
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    solving
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    and and that's his hustle hustle
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    culture if things aren't going the way
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    they should be going you need to hit it
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    harder you need to spend more time you
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    can sleep when you're dead you know you
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    you've got this and you need to be
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    working out or you need to be making
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    sales calls or you need to be slamming
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    and going and you need to be and a lot
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    of guys they're they're in life your
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    wheels have broken traction and you're
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    just spinning and you got somebody on
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    the sideline yelling at you um go harder
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    go harder well that's wrong all right
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    you you've got a a young wild
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    horse metaphorically speaking that has
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    broken loose in your life and everybody
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    has snatched up halters and they're
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    running after it as hard as they can and
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    they're just saying go harder go harder
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    go harder and it's wrong it's not
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    Wise It's not
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    wise all right um I mean if you stop
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    some of the stuff if you actually just
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    stop and think about it it's just
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    positively
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    ludicrous
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    okay but everybody needs to make a mark
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    all these guys they need to make a mark
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    so they need to come up with something
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    the other others don't have they're like
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    look we've got this we have this new
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    insight we've got this this is this is
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    my deal and I have the answer for you so
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    if you want to make a lot of money what
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    you got to do is you got to have sixpack
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    abs or I'm GNA fire you I'm GNA kick you
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    out how many of the smartest men on this
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    planet how many of the richest men on
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    this planet have sixpack
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    ABS it has nothing to do with the
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    equation it has nothing to do with it
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    now there is something to be said for
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    not being lazy something to be said to
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    help those who are just can't drag
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    themselves up out of the swamp all right
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    I understand that but we have to be
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    balanced and listen the answer is not
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    always go
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    harder going hard might be what caused
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    you to lose Traction in the first
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    place a lot of times too much speed on
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    ice too much speed in the course of a
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    change direction a change of Direction
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    that's what will cause you to spin
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    out sometimes the answer
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    is take a step
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    back take your foot off the
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    gas take your foot off The
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    Brak stop in the pasture and take a step
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    back away from that horse that's running
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    from everybody who's saying go harder go
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    harder go harder and they're running
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    away from it and sometimes the things
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    that is eluding you in life are eluding
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    you in life because you go harder
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    because you're saying go harder that's
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    answer that's what I need to do I need
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    to run harder I need to hustle I need to
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    hustle I need to
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    hustle
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    well sometimes it's like
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    fishing sometimes it's like
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    fishing the more you get out there and
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    splash around and
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    move and create chaos the less fish
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    you're going to
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    catch the thing about hunting is you get
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    up in that tree stand or you get in that
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    blind or you get in that Thicket and you
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    be
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    still and you be quiet there's a time
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    for spotting and
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    stalking but there's also a time for
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    just being still and for
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    glassing and for figuring things
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    out and so I just want to encourage you
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    fellas today who are out there killing
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    yourself because some wannabe on the
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    internet has come up with a new thing
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    and says look not only do you have to
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    learn this and not only do you have to
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    make a living and not only do you have
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    to take care of the family that you
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    already have and not only do you have to
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    pay off your credit cards and pay off
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    your deals and pay off your car but dang
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    it you got to get a sixpack Ab too or
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    otherwise you're a complete absolute
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    failure in
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    life set that stuff down and walk away
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    walk away take your foot off the gas now
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    there's a time to put your foot on the
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    gas but I guess
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    that's I guess that's what wisdom is
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    isn't
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    it wisdom is knowing when to speed
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    up wisdom is knowing when to slow
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    down wisdom is knowing when to get out
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    there and lay a hold on something and
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    get a job done wisdom is knowing when to
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    stop and sit down and have a cup of
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    coffee and a cigar and to think and to
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    contemplate I've said this before
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    Abraham Lincoln said if he was given
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    four hours to chop down a tree with an
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    axe he'd spend three of those hours
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    sharpening the
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    axe well if you're in running all the
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    time next thing next thing next thing
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    next thing next
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    thing until you get 6 hours sleep and
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    the rest of time your feet Hit the Floor
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    you're going when are you sharpening
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    your ax
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    when are you stopping and sitting down
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    and looking down the road and seeing
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    which way that road goes and seeing
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    where it might end
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    up there's no one answer for
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    everything and I hate to see these guys
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    that are charging you money so they can
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    kill you
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    these men are not wise they might be
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    wealthy and they might have sixpack abs
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    but they don't walk in your shoes and
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    they are not wise
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    hustling is not always the answer and
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    wisdom is no
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    difference if I have a choice of whether
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    you are going to be
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    successful by this world's
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    standards or you are going to be at
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    peace and
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    wise I'd rather you be at peace and wise
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    all right so I just want to encourage
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    you this morning um I had a young man I
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    had a young man come up to me in Texas 3
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    or 4 weeks ago when I was down there um
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    he recognized me and he asked me he he
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    said can you I'm doing this and I'm
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    doing that I'm doing this and I'm just
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    so can you give me any advice I said how
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    old are you I think he said he was 23 or
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    24 I said do you have a job he said yes
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    I I have a
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    job and uh I said you're working he said
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    yes are you're learning he said yeah I
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    said my advice to you is just
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    chill you'll never be 24 again
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    you will never be
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    24
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    again work your job be a responsible
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    adult learn grow and
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    mature but
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    chill
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    chill all right
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    um You need to start asking
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    yourself in life when things come up is
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    this
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    wise is this
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    wise not is it
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    smart because what is smart is not
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    always what is
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    wise wisdom is what you do with what is
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    Smart all
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    right
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    so I don't know I don't know about this
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    hustle business take your foot off the
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    gas take a step back back away from that
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    runaway
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    coal and see if maybe you don't get a
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    little further a little faster with a
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    little less
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    anxiety might work out better for you
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    all right wish you guys have hope you
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    guys have a good day and uh we'll catch
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    you next time
Tags
  • wisdom
  • hustle culture
  • horse story
  • calmness
  • life advice
  • stress management
  • equine vet tech
  • success
  • pressure
  • young adulthood