We were in the old days.

But today, the world is going to hell in a handbasket.

And the world has to realize that we don't need those big guns any more.

Because if they shoot us, then the world is going to live in fear forevermore.

Because there will never be another war to break those peace loving, peaceful people of this earth.

I know that you hear that now, but don't forget what happened in 2008.

And then in 2012.

They're like, "yeah, but we all know it was all the good old days once."

But I got news for you.

If there ever was a good, old time for something like that, it was over a hundred years ago.

And they can call the Civil War "good."

But when the world was better—well, it didn't last.

And they can do the same with the First and Second World Wars.

And the Vietnam War.

Because they were.

We're in bad times, and we're seeing the beginning of the end of a bad time.

And we've got to think about the future of this generation, and it's scary and scary because we can't let them see us as weak.

We can't let them see us as scared.

We're going to get through this, because we've got to believe that we're all the same. Not going to go for the easy route.


The first step is to see that our way of life is strong because it is strong.

It's not some newfangled thing.

It's the foundation on which your way of life—your whole way of life—is built.

And we need to make sure that it doesn't come crashing down tomorrow.

Let it last as long as it's worth it—because it may not be worth it tomorrow.

And then we can look forward to the better times that are coming our way.

As long as they're called "now."

And I'm gonna tell you something about "now"—when it comes right into this sentence, it is totally fine.

I can see it.

For you get used to this now.

It's like a rock that was dropped in a bottomless place—and you have to come up and get it.

And they tell you that you can't climb the mountain if you can't see the valley.

Well, I'm telling you that you can do whatever you want, but if you don't get it right the first, second, or hundredth time you just got to get away from the mountain.

You're a bird of prey, you can't stay on its eggshell forever.

The rock is always there to make sure you see it through.

Yeah, but I'm telling you—the real work doesn't start until you see the valley. And a whole other world.

And if you just keep doing what's on this page until it's right, you'll see the valley and you'll want to be there.

And you'll start getting the rest.

And when it's right, the rest will come.

Because if you don't get it the first, second, or hundredth time, it's never going to get right.

If it doesn't get right, it's never going to be there.

I see a lot of stuff in this book and I hear a lot more than I read.

I'm still learning like hell.

I just have to continue to do my research, work my butt off, and then get my hands dirty.

And then I tell you about the stuff I learn when I do my hands dirty.

And you can make me the best friend you've ever had. That's why I'm here.


I need you to take the other path.

Do you want people to know what you're really about and what you really stand for?

Do you want to stand for something stronger?

To be your own true version?

Take the other path.

Do you want to be a man or woman of honor?

Don't get married early. Don't settle.

Don't give up.

Be good to each other, be kind to each other, be gentle to each other.

Be real to each other, not because of this.

You can do it because of this.

All of it you will do if you are real, and you are real because you are here.