WEBVTT 00:00:00.620 --> 00:00:08.459 You just want to- to step out of it to step out of the whole race, the whole 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:14.730 business, the- the monstrosity of being alive overwhelms you. If you have depression 00:00:14.730 --> 00:00:18.600 if you have anxiety, if you have post-traumatic stress disorder, if you 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:23.060 have any kind of mental health condition, this is not something to ignore. 00:00:23.059 --> 00:00:30.210 Depression, frustration, anxiety, pain disillusion, it's just a natural part of 00:00:30.210 --> 00:00:35.700 the process of becoming a stronger version of yourself. The thing that keeps one 00:00:35.700 --> 00:00:40.980 living is a sense of future. That there will be a tomorrow and tomorrow I've got to do 00:00:40.979 --> 00:00:46.828 this and then the day after I've got to do that. Get started 00:00:46.829 --> 00:00:53.340 and I'm gonna tell you right now, it won't be easy. It will be hard because 00:00:53.340 --> 00:01:01.500 life is hard. That's what life is. With depression, one of the most important 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:06.118 things you can realize is that you're not alone. I have been places and someone 00:01:06.118 --> 00:01:09.150 has said well you lost an arm and a leg so you have a right to be depressed and I 00:01:09.150 --> 00:01:14.969 stopped and I was like depression is real. No matter what you're going through right 00:01:14.969 --> 00:01:19.829 now it doesn't mean that it's not gonna end. I think too often we're thinking about 00:01:19.829 --> 00:01:23.609 the stresses that we're dealt with right now and we think that there's no light 00:01:23.609 --> 00:01:29.250 at the end of the tunnel. All that you can see is darkness and everything that 00:01:29.250 --> 00:01:34.649 you try to do just kicks you right back in the face and you just can't seem to 00:01:34.649 --> 00:01:39.570 get yourself up. You don't even have to go through something traumatic. Some are 00:01:39.569 --> 00:01:43.349 caused by you know, something traumatic some can be a chemical imbalance in the 00:01:43.349 --> 00:01:51.899 brain. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Life is hard. Life is challenging. 00:01:51.899 --> 00:01:58.590 There are ups and downs and these challenges- these challenges that you 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:07.640 face they're gonna do their best to take you down. Do not let them. 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:12.439 Of course you have to work, of course you have to show up, your team needs you, life 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:16.750 needs you, your family needs you, life is for the living. 00:02:16.750 --> 00:02:22.460 Depression is not only normal, it's essential and be grateful for it because 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:25.939 it allows you to reorder yourself at a higher level. 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:35.359 I speak what's on my heart and I gave my speech and as I was closing, I kind of 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:39.470 mentioned some depression because I was I was coming out of the winter months 00:02:39.469 --> 00:02:42.109 and it hit me again this past winter and I went and saw the doctor 00:02:42.110 --> 00:02:46.040 so it was on my mind and it came up and as I was saying, I thought this 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.179 generation of people probably aren't connecting to what I'm saying. When I 00:02:50.180 --> 00:02:55.040 walked off the stage and they lined up the amount of people that thanked me 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:59.060 for talking about mental health and here I was- I thought they didn't want to hear it I 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:02.449 thought I was stepping out of line. No it needs to be talked about because it's 00:03:02.449 --> 00:03:06.738 not just this generation, it's- people are realizing more and more there's an issue 00:03:06.739 --> 00:03:11.000 and the more we talk about it the easier it is for people to be honest with 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:17.709 themselves and get the help they need. Line up those problems and confront them. 00:03:17.709 --> 00:03:25.870 Face them, fight them. Do not let them bring you down, do not personally 00:03:25.870 --> 00:03:32.020 identify with your depression. See it as you see winter and winter 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:37.420 always leads to spring and summer again, see it as you see nighttime. Nighttime 00:03:37.419 --> 00:03:41.379 becomes daytime again. Hold on to that 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:47.199 fundamental quality of faith and on the other side of your pain is 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:52.459 something good. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. No 00:03:52.459 --> 00:03:56.740 matter what you're going through right now doesn't mean that it's not gonna end. 00:03:56.740 --> 00:04:04.820 Stand up, dig in let those challenges raise you up, let them 00:04:04.819 --> 00:04:12.919 elevate you, let their demands and their trials make you stronger. Adversity you 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:22.219 face today turning you into a better person tomorrow. You are worth more than 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:27.560 diamonds, all the diamonds in the world you are so precious, every single one of 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:34.100 your hearts. You can do something. Life is not always good, life is always not rosy 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:42.050 but life is worth living. There's one thing one thing that if you did every single 00:04:42.050 --> 00:04:46.430 day it would make an extraordinary difference in whatever mental health 00:04:46.430 --> 00:04:49.819 issue you're struggling with and that is exercise and the reason you've gotta 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:53.870 exercise every day is because what we know about human beings is that when you 00:04:53.870 --> 00:05:02.209 physically move, your physiology changes and that changes your brain. Take the 00:05:02.209 --> 00:05:07.859 time to rest because just what if that resting is the 00:05:07.860 --> 00:05:17.129 key to world-class producing? Get outside and exercise every single day as if your 00:05:17.129 --> 00:05:22.110 life depends upon it because you know what? It does. Your brain needs it 00:05:22.110 --> 00:05:27.960 your body needs it, your mental health needs it and I feel like if you had 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:32.430 heart problems and saw a cardiologist well everyone would be concerned about you 00:05:32.430 --> 00:05:35.910 and know you're doing better and it would be open and honest with the crew 00:05:35.910 --> 00:05:39.840 but the most complicated organ in your body, if you have a problem with it 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.489 suddenly there's a- we don't want to talk about that? No and you can get over it and 00:05:44.490 --> 00:05:50.090 that's what people need to realize. You can be cured, you can get past it. I 00:05:50.089 --> 00:05:55.079 assure you the clouds will lift, right? There is 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.620 sunlight above the clouds, you're just looking at the clouds right now and they 00:05:58.620 --> 00:06:03.060 will lift and crisis has come to teach you the big lesson you're meant to learn 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:10.259 to move to your next level in the next chapter of your greatest life. This 00:06:10.259 --> 00:06:15.329 depression will pass. It will go away and something much better will take its 00:06:15.329 --> 00:06:20.339 place but for right now all that you really need to know is that you have to 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:27.629 make it through. Getting your heart rate up, getting outside, breathing, feeling 00:06:27.629 --> 00:06:31.228 connected, getting out of your house which may make you feel depressed and 00:06:31.228 --> 00:06:38.129 trapped. The man I am with you right now as I speak with as much authenticity as 00:06:38.129 --> 00:06:44.029 I know how to share is the result of my times in the valley of darkness. 00:06:44.829 --> 00:06:49.609 Doing that everyday, that physical push you don't have to run, you don't have to 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:53.780 go to an aerobics class- class get outside with your dog in the woods, walk 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:58.339 with a good friend for two or three miles, doing that every single day not 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:01.669 only moves your body which changes your mind it gets you out of your physical 00:07:01.670 --> 00:07:04.610 environment which is one of the things that people with depression tend to have 00:07:04.610 --> 00:07:08.870 a hard time doing and it also creates a bit of momentum and a bit of a routine 00:07:08.870 --> 00:07:14.060 in your life. Every time I experience a bout of depression I come out on the 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:19.670 other end a different person, doing different things but it's because I'm 00:07:19.670 --> 00:07:24.170 aware of what's happening and I'm looking, I'm aware, I want to see the 00:07:24.170 --> 00:07:28.460 opportunities as they present themselves to me instead of falling into the depths 00:07:28.459 --> 00:07:32.930 of a spiral down depression because I'm personally identifying with what is 00:07:32.930 --> 00:07:38.930 happening when I'm upset and your schedule is not full and you actually 00:07:38.930 --> 00:07:44.439 feel like you're wasting your life because you're not this epic producer. 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:50.930 What if those times were actually a different form of productivity, what if 00:07:50.930 --> 00:07:55.970 those times were actually being productive in a different way where 00:07:55.970 --> 00:07:59.590 you're actually producing not in the world but producing within yourself 00:07:59.589 --> 00:08:04.459 producing strengths, producing new insights, producing new ideas, producing 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:08.810 new capabilities, producing new energies producing new emotions, shifting from 00:08:08.810 --> 00:08:12.139 fear to love because when you go through difficult times what do you really do if 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:16.430 you feel your fear and your pain? You release it. It's out of your system and 00:08:16.430 --> 00:08:19.850 you grow in love and bravery and strength, what does that do to your craft 00:08:19.850 --> 00:08:23.480 what does that do to your power, what does that do to your bravery, what does 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.930 that do to the light that you bring into the world? You become this incredible 00:08:26.930 --> 00:08:32.830 force that is undefeatable. I suggest to you that if you are facing 00:08:32.830 --> 00:08:37.500 a challenge don't stop. Stay busy, work your plan 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:41.408 continue to do those things that you know that work for you after you have 00:08:41.408 --> 00:08:46.419 evaluated yourself in the situation. Continue to move, stay busy, stay busy 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:53.039 stay busy. You are part of a larger cosmos whether you know it or not and 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:59.230 communing with nature allows you not to see the bars of the prison cell but the 00:08:59.230 --> 00:09:04.120 stars of the universe and if you can connect with those every day, my dear 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:11.620 friend you will use your pain as an instrument for your greatest growth and then 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:14.919 you try something new and then you'll also go to school and people will put 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.439 you down and parents will tell you that you're a failure because you failed at a test 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:22.990 and you start believing the lies around you saying that you're not good 00:09:22.990 --> 00:09:26.289 enough and no one's gonna want you and you'll never ever do anything good in 00:09:26.289 --> 00:09:30.099 your life and you'll never ever- you know achieve the dreams and goals 00:09:30.100 --> 00:09:36.310 that you wish you had done, or wish that you could do and these steps take you 00:09:36.309 --> 00:09:41.319 closer. That voice saying you're not good enough, you're not good enough, you're not 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:47.010 good enough and all you need is one more step to fall so you have a choice to 00:09:47.009 --> 00:09:51.419 know which step you're gonna take today. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:59.530 I want you to know that no matter where you are in life, no matter how low you 00:09:59.529 --> 00:10:05.079 have sunk no matter how bleak your situation, this 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:13.600 is not the end. This is not the end of your story, this is not the final chapter 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:23.500 of your life, I know it may be hard right now but if you just hang in there, stick 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:30.940 it out, stay with me for a little while you will find that this tough moment 00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:37.690 will pass and if you are committed to using this pain, using it to build your 00:10:37.690 --> 00:10:46.570 character, finding a greater meaning for the pain, you will find that in time you 00:10:46.570 --> 00:10:57.528 can turn your life around and help others going through the same struggles. 00:10:57.528 --> 00:11:01.470 The world right now is in the middle of a mental health crisis. 00:11:01.470 --> 00:11:06.089 It's estimated almost half the population suffers from depression at 00:11:06.089 --> 00:11:11.310 some stage throughout their life rather than join the queue, it's important we 00:11:11.309 --> 00:11:17.549 learn why we get down and then how we can change it because believe it or not 00:11:17.549 --> 00:11:23.069 we create our own negative feelings and we can also ensure that we turn our 00:11:23.070 --> 00:11:28.680 lives around and be a positive change for others. The reason anyone gets 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.569 depressed always comes down to the consistent thoughts we think and the 00:11:33.570 --> 00:11:40.200 consistent beliefs we hold. Let me say that again. The reason anyone gets 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:45.600 depressed always comes down to the consistent thoughts we think and the 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:52.080 consistent beliefs we hold. The point here is that anyone that is depressed is 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:57.200 so because there is an external factor that didn't materialize in their life. 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:01.589 They have lost something outside of their control or don't have something 00:12:01.589 --> 00:12:07.240 that is out of their control. In school we are taught how to get a job 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:13.210 but no one teaches us how to live in a state of happiness. No one teaches us how 00:12:13.210 --> 00:12:18.190 important our conscious and unconscious thoughts and associations are. Is our 00:12:18.190 --> 00:12:24.430 happiness not worth more than a job? Yes it is and before you say happiness won't 00:12:24.429 --> 00:12:27.819 pay my bills, happiness will pay your bills. When you 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:31.690 realize you will be 10 times more energized, focused and take positive 00:12:31.690 --> 00:12:35.950 action in your life when you first choose to develop yourself as a priority 00:12:35.950 --> 00:12:42.700 and then get to the stuff of the world. I've seen some people who many would 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:47.110 consider to have it all in their life because they thought they were not good 00:12:47.110 --> 00:12:52.990 enough, a though,t a belief within them told them they were not worthy. These 00:12:52.990 --> 00:12:58.960 people that many were jealous of, many envious of, were not good enough. 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:05.759 You must value yourself enough to take the time every single day to work on you 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:10.990 to engage in something that will ensure you are a positive influence on the 00:13:10.990 --> 00:13:14.149 world. This of course doesn't mean life will 00:13:14.149 --> 00:13:18.769 suddenly be perfect, the same life challenges will show up but if your mind 00:13:18.769 --> 00:13:25.039 is strong, if your mind is at peace, your reaction to the challenging times will 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:31.458 be very different. Your reaction will be how can I make this work, not why is this 00:13:31.458 --> 00:13:35.179 happening to me and then others will look to you not 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:38.620 with pity but with hope 00:13:38.789 --> 00:13:44.639 because your strength will become their hope, their strength. You really can be 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:50.309 that powerful. You can ditch the victim story, you can leave the pain behind and 00:13:50.309 --> 00:13:58.219 focus on how you will react next, how you will react positively. 00:13:58.220 --> 00:14:03.830 Read, read all you can read to get your mind in a positive place, take steps to 00:14:03.830 --> 00:14:07.580 ensure you will be in a better position next time, whatever pain you are 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:13.370 suffering from how you can ensure it won't show again. Take little steps and 00:14:13.370 --> 00:14:19.460 soon you will be at the top of the staircase. Don't give up, you are worthy 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:25.970 you are more than worthy, you deserve to experience how great life can be and you 00:14:25.970 --> 00:14:31.550 owe it to the world to be that positive change for others, to inspire others who 00:14:31.549 --> 00:14:39.519 will look to you and say he did it, she did it and I can do it too.