This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

by Kevin Hart

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. —Maya Angelou

Energy flows where attention goes,

experiences are nuggets of gold, and with perspective they contain valuable wisdom.

Success, they say, is where preparation meets opportunity.

there are two kinds of preparation: One is dedication to your personal craft, to the specific skill set you need to reach your goal. The other is to prepare your life and your mind to find, embrace, and receive that success.

Repetition breeds competence.

Mindset. Is. Everything.

keep your head up and keep moving forward.

every trial and tribulation life throws at you becomes a gift to make you grow and become stronger?

Instead of coming from a negative place and looking at those moments as a “failure,” he called them “temporary defeats.”

Keep a positive mindset.

What-is-ness is accepting everything for what it is. When shit inevitably happens: it is what it is. You are at peace with the nature of this new reality.

People can spend days and even years complaining about something that happened to them or why something is the way it is. It hasn’t even occurred to them to drop the ultimately self-harming tools of blame and victimhood.

Sometimes we’re bitching and complaining about shit we can’t fucking change. Make the best of those moments. Complete those moments. And after completing them, move on rather than sitting there and letting it fuck up your day. That’s my suggestion. Be like water: allow, adapt, and keep moving.

Consistency is important not just because it takes time to create change but because it gives your mind an opportunity to see new results—to see what you’re capable of—and change its belief systems around what’s possible for you.

Being on time is the key to success not just in any job but in everything.

you are the only person who can change a goddamn thing about your life.

Ownership shows strength and humanity.

“Give yourself permission to be you, and let go of the anxiety that comes from the impossible pursuit of being liked by everyone. It’s so liberating.”

You got nothin’—unless I give you something, and that’s not just me. Nobody has anything on you unless you give it to them. Your emotions, your response, your anger—those are all things controlled by you.