You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
90% of it is just showing up
Get there and start working, like you're not gonna feel perfect every day
Gotta be those days you push through
This is what I want you to do
Write down what you would like to fix about your life
If you're 30 pounds overweight, you wanna lose 30 pounds, do it the right way
Write down what you eat
Exercise every day
Force yourself to do it
The brain is the general, the troops are the body, and you get up, and you do it
And then you get to write it down
You know you're doing what you gotta do to get by, but ultimately you're not respecting yourself
I think we all have a certain amount of appreciation and respect for hero figures
We all look at the guy who never lies, always does the right thing, and fucking helps everybody out and that's the John Wayne character, that's the ultimate hero
The ultimate hero
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You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
And when you look at your own life and you don't stack up, you're a thief, you stole money from your wife's purse, and you don't wanna smoke cigarettes, but you fucking have to, you can't deal with the stress, so you smoke
You devalue yourself, you slowly start devaluing yourself
You look at yourself and you realize that if you were judging yourself, you would judge yourself on faith
You can't pretend you're the hero of your story
Hero of your story
Most people get stuck in these patterns, find themselves in the person who doesn't follow through on their ideas
Well, I start things and I quit
No, you don't
No, you have started things and you quit and it gives you a horrible sense of regret
It's made you define yourself by that
You're not who you were a year ago
You're not who you were five minutes ago
You're not who you were last week
So you gotta regulate how much you dwell on regrets of the past. You really gotta be careful
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
You can be the hero of your own story that woke up today
You can be the hero of your own story that at 40 years of age stopped, got out of bed and said, "I'm not doing this anymore
I'm not doing this anymore
And I'm gonna get myself in shape and I'm gonna eat healthy
And I'm gonna do this, 'cause this is me now
This is me now
I decided this is me
And people have to realize that you are not your past
You are not all the times you fucked up
You're not all the times you were drunk
That's not you
That's not you
You are the person who's learned from a great deal of experience
This is a battle that you will fight for the rest of your life, but the key is to fight it, not to give in
Don't give in to that resistance. Fight that resistance. And in doing so, every day you do so, you have won the battle for that day
And you will continue to fight that battle
[Chorus]
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
[Chorus
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
A system will set out the honeypots for people to get trapped in
The ideas of retirement, the ideas of the golden years, providing you benefits, providing you a healthy work environment
Why? Well, because they want people to work for them
They don't want people to realize their own dreams and escape
They want to set it up so that you stick around, stick around some sort of an unsatisfying world
It's up to you to see that video game problem, to see that issue as it comes up on the map and calculate your future
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
90% of it is just showing up
Get there and start working, like you're not gonna feel perfect every day
Gotta be those days you push through
This is what I want you to do
Write down what you would like to fix about your life
If you're 30 pounds overweight, you wanna lose 30 pounds, do it the right way
Write down what you eat
Exercise every day
Force yourself to do it
The brain is the general, the troops are the body, and you get up, and you do it
And then you get to write it down
You know you're doing what you gotta do to get by, but ultimately you're not respecting yourself
I think we all have a certain amount of appreciation and respect for hero figures
We all look at the guy who never lies, always does the right thing, and fucking helps everybody out and that's the John Wayne character, that's the ultimate hero
The ultimate hero
[Chorus]
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
And when you look at your own life and you don't stack up, you're a thief, you stole money from your wife's purse, and you don't wanna smoke cigarettes, but you fucking have to, you can't deal with the stress, so you smoke
You devalue yourself, you slowly start devaluing yourself
You look at yourself and you realize that if you were judging yourself, you would judge yourself on faith
You can't pretend you're the hero of your story
Hero of your story
Most people get stuck in these patterns, find themselves in the person who doesn't follow through on their ideas
Well, I start things and I quit
No, you don't
No, you have started things and you quit and it gives you a horrible sense of regret
It's made you define yourself by that
You're not who you were a year ago
You're not who you were five minutes ago
You're not who you were last week
So you gotta regulate how much you dwell on regrets of the past. You really gotta be careful
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
You can be the hero of your own story that woke up today
You can be the hero of your own story that at 40 years of age stopped, got out of bed and said, "I'm not doing this anymore
I'm not doing this anymore
And I'm gonna get myself in shape and I'm gonna eat healthy
And I'm gonna do this, 'cause this is me now
This is me now
I decided this is me
And people have to realize that you are not your past
You are not all the times you fucked up
You're not all the times you were drunk
That's not you
That's not you
You are the person who's learned from a great deal of experience
This is a battle that you will fight for the rest of your life, but the key is to fight it, not to give in
Don't give in to that resistance. Fight that resistance. And in doing so, every day you do so, you have won the battle for that day
And you will continue to fight that battle
[Chorus]
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
[Chorus
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
You have to be the hero of your own story
And you can do that
A system will set out the honeypots for people to get trapped in
The ideas of retirement, the ideas of the golden years, providing you benefits, providing you a healthy work environment
Why? Well, because they want people to work for them
They don't want people to realize their own dreams and escape
They want to set it up so that you stick around, stick around some sort of an unsatisfying world
It's up to you to see that video game problem, to see that issue as it comes up on the map and calculate your future
But by this means of effortless effort, the individual changes his policy
And a good example of this method of changing is in the selection of an adequate vocal coach, if you intend to take singing lessons
In the, shall we say, “robusto style”, the principal problem was to open your mouth and bellow
And nearly all, or many of the older singers were quite content and happy if they could rattle the chandeliers in the back of the opera house
Then it was gradually discovered that this was the best way to ruin a voice, that there was
These voices were damaged, and damaged terribly
[Chorus]
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
The principal problem that every singer has to get rid of is his own throat
If he could lose it, he would sing better
Get his mind off of the noise he is making, relax, and allow the breath to move as it will
And if he controls the breath with a minimum of mental energy, he will produce a purer tone
While if he gets behind it and shoves with everything he has, he will develop only a badly pressured, badly trained voice
[Chorus]
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Same thing in life
Same thing in life
The purpose of life, the economy of life, is to use a minimum amount of energy to obtain maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Same thing in life
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Same thing in life
And a good example of this method of changing is in the selection of an adequate vocal coach, if you intend to take singing lessons
In the, shall we say, “robusto style”, the principal problem was to open your mouth and bellow
And nearly all, or many of the older singers were quite content and happy if they could rattle the chandeliers in the back of the opera house
Then it was gradually discovered that this was the best way to ruin a voice, that there was
These voices were damaged, and damaged terribly
[Chorus]
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
The principal problem that every singer has to get rid of is his own throat
If he could lose it, he would sing better
Get his mind off of the noise he is making, relax, and allow the breath to move as it will
And if he controls the breath with a minimum of mental energy, he will produce a purer tone
While if he gets behind it and shoves with everything he has, he will develop only a badly pressured, badly trained voice
[Chorus]
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Today we know
That the best way to learn
To vocalize, is to reduce effort
Same thing in life
Same thing in life
The purpose of life, the economy of life, is to use a minimum amount of energy to obtain maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Same thing in life
Minimum amount of energy, maximum result
Same thing in life
Yeah, my opinion is that if somebody wants to stay home, they should stay home
If somebody doesn't want to stay home, they should not be compelled to stay home
That's my opinion
If somebody doesn't like that, well, that's my opinion
This notion though, that you know, you can just sort of send checks out to everybody and things will be fine is not true
Obviously
Some people have this absurd lik, view that the economy is like some magic horn of plenty, like, it just makes stuff
There's a magic horn of plenty and the goods and services, they just come from this magic horn of plenty and then, if somebody has more stuff than somebody else it's 'cause they took more from this magic horn of plenty
Now, let me just break it to the fools out there
If you don't make stuff, there's no stuff
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If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
Yeah, so if you don't make the food, you don't process the food, you don't transport the food, medical treatment, getting teeth fixed
There's no stuff
They would become detached from reality
You can't just legislate money and solve these things
If you don't make stuff, there is no stuff
[Chorus]
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
Obviously
We'll run out at the stores
We'll run out of the...
Machines grinds to a halt
[Chorus]
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If somebody doesn't want to stay home, they should not be compelled to stay home
That's my opinion
If somebody doesn't like that, well, that's my opinion
This notion though, that you know, you can just sort of send checks out to everybody and things will be fine is not true
Obviously
Some people have this absurd lik, view that the economy is like some magic horn of plenty, like, it just makes stuff
There's a magic horn of plenty and the goods and services, they just come from this magic horn of plenty and then, if somebody has more stuff than somebody else it's 'cause they took more from this magic horn of plenty
Now, let me just break it to the fools out there
If you don't make stuff, there's no stuff
[Chorus]
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
Yeah, so if you don't make the food, you don't process the food, you don't transport the food, medical treatment, getting teeth fixed
There's no stuff
They would become detached from reality
You can't just legislate money and solve these things
If you don't make stuff, there is no stuff
[Chorus]
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
Obviously
We'll run out at the stores
We'll run out of the...
Machines grinds to a halt
[Chorus]
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
If you don't make stuff
There's no stuff
You know my mother used to say a long time ago
Whenever there would be any really… catastrophe that was in the movies or on the air
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She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
You know just on the sidelines, that's why I think that if news programs could make a conscious effort of showing rescue teams, of showing who
Medical people, anybody who is coming into a place where there's a tragedy, to be sure that they include that
Because if you look for the helpers, you'll know that there's hope
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
Whenever there would be any really… catastrophe that was in the movies or on the air
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
You know just on the sidelines, that's why I think that if news programs could make a conscious effort of showing rescue teams, of showing who
Medical people, anybody who is coming into a place where there's a tragedy, to be sure that they include that
Because if you look for the helpers, you'll know that there's hope
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
[Chorus]
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
She would say
"Always look for the helpers, there were, there will always be helpers."
And so as a result of there always being a kind of gap, that's the gap you know like where the electric spark jumps
That's the thing behind your head, behind your eyes that you can never get to look at, it's the gap. And because of that little gap, the circle doesn't just revolve in a dull way, just go around, and around, and around type of boring thing
It has rhythm
See if I say, “Yoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee;”
No rhythm, see, it's just one long sound
After a while you'd say, "Oh cut it out," or we just become insensitive to it
What we want to hear is the breaking you see?
And we want to hear and vanish, and come back again, and so on
And that sets up a rhythm, and that becomes interesting
That's putting gaps between, you see we need those gaps
We need those gaps. See?
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
Now you see it, now you don't, Now you see it, now you don't
Oh, that's pretty dull
So, now you see it, now you don't, now you see it, now you don't
Oh that's pretty dull
So, what we're gonna do is this, we're gonna have you see it three times, and then with a regular not see it between them
Then there's gonna be a longer not see it after that one
And then I'm gonna do something very complicated after that so that you don't really know when it's gonna come next
So, it's gonna be a surprise
You know how we all do that?
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
And interesting people are those who do this in very involved ways
Dull people, the sort of people who put their hats on absolutely straight
Are the kind of people for example who have the same meal every day, exactly the same thing, always, see?
See, have no inventiveness
They have the same routine, they go to the same office, they answer the same kind of letters, and that's that, see?
But then if they want to start up a more interesting kind of business and make more money
Take the people who make clothes
They figure out fashion, it's gonna be a new thing for ladies, a new style
We're gonna make them do long skirts instead of the short skirts
And they skirts go “wi-tchi-tchi tchi-tchi tchi-tchi,” like this
Then finally they thought about having topless women
They're gonna play around with that and have an absolutely scandalous ball
But, that's the whole thing you see?
It's this thing of rhythm
And yes you ask, „Well, I see that. What is doing this rhythm? Who, after all, am I?“
And as you explore deeper and deeper and deeper into the nature of yourself
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
Your vibrations and who who is doing all this
And who who is doing all this
Why? He came around, there it was, and we were looking for him and then he vanished
And who who is doing all of this
And who who is doing all of this
Why? He came around, there it was, and we were looking for him and then he vanished
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
And then just when we weren't looking for him again, there he is
But every time we try to see he isn't there
Now, do you see that?
That situation is what's called life
That's the thing behind your head, behind your eyes that you can never get to look at, it's the gap. And because of that little gap, the circle doesn't just revolve in a dull way, just go around, and around, and around type of boring thing
It has rhythm
See if I say, “Yoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee;”
No rhythm, see, it's just one long sound
After a while you'd say, "Oh cut it out," or we just become insensitive to it
What we want to hear is the breaking you see?
And we want to hear and vanish, and come back again, and so on
And that sets up a rhythm, and that becomes interesting
That's putting gaps between, you see we need those gaps
We need those gaps. See?
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
Now you see it, now you don't, Now you see it, now you don't
Oh, that's pretty dull
So, now you see it, now you don't, now you see it, now you don't
Oh that's pretty dull
So, what we're gonna do is this, we're gonna have you see it three times, and then with a regular not see it between them
Then there's gonna be a longer not see it after that one
And then I'm gonna do something very complicated after that so that you don't really know when it's gonna come next
So, it's gonna be a surprise
You know how we all do that?
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
And interesting people are those who do this in very involved ways
Dull people, the sort of people who put their hats on absolutely straight
Are the kind of people for example who have the same meal every day, exactly the same thing, always, see?
See, have no inventiveness
They have the same routine, they go to the same office, they answer the same kind of letters, and that's that, see?
But then if they want to start up a more interesting kind of business and make more money
Take the people who make clothes
They figure out fashion, it's gonna be a new thing for ladies, a new style
We're gonna make them do long skirts instead of the short skirts
And they skirts go “wi-tchi-tchi tchi-tchi tchi-tchi,” like this
Then finally they thought about having topless women
They're gonna play around with that and have an absolutely scandalous ball
But, that's the whole thing you see?
It's this thing of rhythm
And yes you ask, „Well, I see that. What is doing this rhythm? Who, after all, am I?“
And as you explore deeper and deeper and deeper into the nature of yourself
[Chorus]
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm
Rhythm doing a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You'll find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
You find that you're a rhythm doing a rhythm
And behind that there's another rhythm doing a rhythm
Your vibrations and who who is doing all this
And who who is doing all this
Why? He came around, there it was, and we were looking for him and then he vanished
And who who is doing all of this
And who who is doing all of this
Why? He came around, there it was, and we were looking for him and then he vanished
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
(Who is doing all of this)
And then just when we weren't looking for him again, there he is
But every time we try to see he isn't there
Now, do you see that?
That situation is what's called life