Music Producer | Songwriter 🎹📝|| Featured in HBO Documentary : Any One Of Us || 📸: @mikemac
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American Morality
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After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California, Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego.
He is deranged and dangerous.
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Denzel Washington had a 1.8 GPA when his university asked him to leave. Years later he stood at a podium and told 5,000 Ivy League graduates: "If you don't fail, you're not even trying."
March 1975. He'd switched majors three times at Fordham: pre-med, pre-law, journalism. Cardiac morphogenesis was the course that broke him. He couldn't pronounce it. He couldn't pass it.
He was 20 years old, sitting in his mother's beauty shop in Mount Vernon, when an elderly woman under a hair dryer pointed at him and said he was going to travel the world and speak to millions of people.
He went back to Fordham and switched majors a fourth time. Theater.
Two years later he played Othello as a senior. Graduated 1977. American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Film debut 1981. Best Supporting Actor for Glory in 1989. Best Actor for Training Day in 2001. Tony in 2010. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.
In 2011, Penn picked him as commencement speaker. The Oscars and the Tony made him eligible. His son Malcolm, a sophomore studying film, made him the actual pick. The university secretary called him their first choice, no debate.
The speech itself is about failure. He told the graduates he once had a 1.8 GPA. He failed an audition for a musical because he couldn't sing. He delivered it all in the cadence his father used in the pulpit. Reggie Jackson's 2,600 strikeouts. Edison's 1,000 failed experiments. The "fall forward" refrain ran the entire 22 minutes.
A single YouTube upload of the speech has crossed 35 million views. Every motivational compilation runs it. Every business school plays it.
The woman in the beauty shop said millions. She was off by two orders of magnitude.
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Cooper Kupp said, "I'm going to go earn it again, every single day."
"I think that's the difference, I've never stopped this mindset of earning."
Entitlement is the enemy of hard work.
It's expecting rewards that you haven't earned.
Cooper Kupp shares a masterclass on earning it and how to overcome entitlement.
"Once you start saying 'I deserve it' - that's when the 'I've arrived' mindset starts to happen."
"I didn't deserve the opportunity...I didn't deserve Eastern Washington. I didn't deserve the NFL. But I've worked to earn an opportunity to go attack it."
From small-school recruit to Super Bowl MVP and he still doesn't think he deserves it.
"At no point during that journey...did I then say okay I'm there now, like I've done enough, like I've arrived and now I deserve to play."
That's the trap. The moment you feel entitled is the moment you stop earning.
"I've never stopped this mindset of earning...every year ends and I feel like there's just a little more, there's more we can do. I got to go earn it again."
Entitlement is the enemy of hard work. It's expecting rewards you haven't earned. It's the delusion of deserving without doing.
The best never feel like they've arrived. They earn it every single day.
How they eliminate entitlement:
1. Shift from "I deserve" to "I earn" - Success isn't owed. It's built.
2. Act with humility - Stay coachable. Stay hungry.
3. Embrace growth over status - Focus on getting better, not on what you think you deserve.
4. Earn it daily - Compete. Bring energy. Every single day.
5. Know your sacrifice - Commitment has a cost. Pay it.
It reminds me of a quote from the Clemson strength and conditioning coach: "They don't put championship rings on smooth hands." Nothing is given. Everything is earned.
(🎥 Daily Grind with @CooperKupp)
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Jesse Ventura on Trump: “Who is that? The draft dodging coward? I don’t call him by name. He’s the draft dodging coward who when it was his time to serve his country he did what all rich white boys did. I wasn’t a rich white boy. We had to go. He’s gonna tell me what courage is?”
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To celebrate Happy Gilmore 2 we're giving away TWO of our hockey stick inspired putters featured in the movie!
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This is Monty and Charlie. Monty's back legs are paralyzed. But that doesn't mean he can't race his brother on walks. 14/10 for both
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A five-run inning to tie the game! #WorldSeries
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This has to be the best hype video of all time 🔥🔥✌️ (via @uscfb)
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Affirmative action was never a complete answer in the drive towards a more just society. But for generations of students who had been systematically excluded from most of America’s key institutions—it gave us the chance to show we more than deserved a seat at the table.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, it’s time to redouble our efforts.
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The greatest place on Earth.
ALT An aerial view of Dodger Stadium with the sunset and clouds hovering above.
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Dodgers and Lakers W? It was a good day.
ALT Mookie Betts smiles while running back to the dugout after hitting a home run.
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The number of people living in modern slavery reached an estimated 50 million in 2021, a new report by the UN's labor agency finds.
That's an increase of more than 9 million people since 2016. trib.al/hf7WP8O
ALT Text reads: 50 million. Estimated number of people living in modern slavery in 2021. Source: International Labour Organization
