Denzel Washington Reveals the Secret to Unleashing Your Potential!πŸ”₯

Denzel Washington Reveals the Secret to Unleashing Your Potential!πŸ”₯

Taking Risks and Embracing Failure

In this speech, the speaker encourages graduates to take risks and embrace failure as a necessary part of success. He shares personal stories of his own failures and how they led him to success.

Nothing in Life is Worthwhile Unless You Take Risks

  • The speaker believes that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
  • Nelson Mandela said there is no passion to be found playing small and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living.
  • People may have told graduates to make sure they have something to fall back on, but the speaker disagrees with this concept.

Falling Forward

  • The speaker wants to fall forward instead of falling back on something if he's going to fail.
  • Without consistency, you'll never finish.
  • Chances should be taken without being afraid of failing big or thinking outside the box.

Embracing Failure

  • Failing at some point in your life is inevitable, so it should be embraced.
  • The speaker shares a personal story about failing an audition but not quitting and eventually succeeding years later at the same theater where he failed initially.
  • To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.

Giving Everything You Have

  • Graduates are encouraged to give everything they have whether it's their time, talent, prayers or treasures.
  • Whatever gift each graduate has should be used for good in the world.

Michael B. Jordan's Journey to Success

In this section, Michael B. Jordan talks about his journey to success and how he struggled with finding his academic focus in college.

Struggling with Academics

  • Started as a pre-med student at Fordham University.
  • Changed majors multiple times due to lack of academic focus.
  • Ended up with a 1.8 GPA and was asked by the university to take some time off.

A Spiritual Prophecy

  • While helping his mother in her beauty shop, an older woman prophesied that he would travel the world and speak to millions of people.
  • This prophecy came true as he has traveled the world and spoken to millions through his movies.

Taking Risks

  • Taking risks is not just about going for a job but also being open to people, ideas, and chances.
  • Never be discouraged or hold back because it's the chances you take, the people you meet, and the faith you have that will define you.

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