The Daily Motivation

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October 2015. Jesse Cole walks into the stadium and the phone lines are cut.

Internet cut. The old team took everything. Nothing left.

He and his wife had already gone over a million dollars into debt to be standing there.

Then it got worse. They sold two tickets in the first few months.

January comes and the money runs out. Emily turns to him and says they have to sell the house.

So they sold it. Emptied the savings. Went deeper in.

Made every ticket $15, all-inclusive, no fees. First night they burned through 10,000 pieces of meat in an hour and fans waited three hours to eat.

They kept going anyway.

Jesse learned one word from Walt Disney that runs everything he does. Plussing. Never stop improving the show.

So he photographed his own crowd every 30 minutes. And he found the thing nobody in baseball wanted to admit.

At the two hour mark, fans start walking out. Every night. No matter what.

That one discovery is where Banana Ball was born.

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Cedric The Entertainer cautions that fame can create an illusion of wealth without the finances to support the lifestyle. Staying grounded, humble and hardworking prevents getting caught up in hype. He credits his longevity to valuing family and only letting those who add value into his inner circle. By diversifying and having others earn their place, he maintains equilibrium despite his success.

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A client was once punished in Catholic school just for writing with their left hand. Patrick Teahan carries that story with him. It shows up in the therapy work he does now, helping adults reconnect with the version of themselves who felt neglected, abandoned, or not good enough.

He teaches something called dialoguing. You write with your dominant hand as the adult. Then you switch to your non-dominant hand and let your inner child answer. A lot of people write that second part in cursive, without even meaning to.

Patrick explains what happens to people who never do this work. They don't get angry so much as numb. They flinch from a kiss on the cheek. They joke their way out of closeness instead of leaning into it. And underneath that joke is a kid who learned a long time ago that tenderness wasn't safe.

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Daymond John reflects on strategies for revenue growth, emphasizing the importance of the 80/20 principle—identifying the vital 20% that contributes to 80% of revenue or joy. FUBU's collaboration with Puma and new opportunities on Shark Tank stand out as significant revenue drivers. Daymond's commitment to investing in emerging entrepreneurs reflects his belief in paying forward the opportunities he received. Excitement permeates his ventures, particularly Shark Tank, as he envisions the next generation of game-changers. Despite challenges, he expresses pride in defying societal expectations, fostering positivity, and embracing the power of doing the right thing.

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He started making videos at 11.

Now he's 27, and over a hundred million people watch every single upload.

Somewhere in between, the comments almost broke him.

"Kill yourself." "This sucks." Comments like that used to wreck his whole day after 50 hours of work.

Then something shifted.

He started sorting every comment into two piles. Noise. And truth.

One piece of criticism changed how he does his biggest charity videos. Someone said he never showed people how to actually help.

So the next video, giving 2,000 people prosthetic legs, included exactly how viewers could donate their old ones. Recycled and given to someone else for a hundred bucks instead of five thousand.

That's the difference between letting hate in and letting feedback work for you.

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