What an Ex-Homeless Top Earner Knows That Could Change Your Life

From the archive: originally published March 2013 on the Empower Network blog.

The original video from this post wasn’t preserved in the archive.

I’m going to be drinking a lot, because my throat is dryer right now than when I used to smoke pot all the time.”

David Sharpe was talking about WATER here because he has actually been clean and sober for 5 years now. The road he was down before that is darker than most will allow themselves to travel.

If you are struggling with something, the best thing that you can do for yourself, is get through it, and THEN talk about it.

Now, it is NOT the time to talk about it as you are going through it…

This speech is full of gems.

I’ve always respected David Sharpe. After listening to this entire speech, I do so even more because I realize, as you will realize, that he has been through more of his own personal journey than most will understand from the stories that are on the surface…

She had me up in front of my mom’s house, with my mom, her friend, and this other weird guy that, I’d invited him, but I didn’t want him to come, and then I invited all my friends, and he was the only guy that came. And I’m stuffing these hamburgers in a pantyhose demonstrating what this food was doing to your intestines…

…I guess the point was that you could do this to your body, and the products would wash it down or something. If you look at what I did, compared to what we know now, it is a drastic change.

You will see and feel what he has been through to get to where he is at now. You may even remember parts of your own personal story. You will also see and know that you will go through some things as you are on your own personal journey to success.

Give Yourself Time to Grow

Give yourself time to grow. What you are getting here, is you are getting an education that you don’t get in college.

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78% of football players are broke, 3-5 years after they retire from football.

Here’s why… They don’t know shit about business or marketing.

Professional athletes, and actors, are two of the few examples of success that are placed in the public eye. Their accomplishments are, and should be celebrated, because they rise above the pack, and have become exceptional at a specific skill.

You will become great at something when you make the decision to do what most people are not willing to do to develop a certain skill.

David Sharpe demonstrated this point in his speech.

Your time is NOW,

-Aki Wood
‘Freedom Fighter and Relentless Dreamer’

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