So high school went on
And God gave me some good gifts and I was a storyteller
You know, I was always concerned though, like
You know, I always needed to be around more people
Where everything was always starting to be
You know, we need to change this, we need to do that
I'd go to a party and then I have to go to another party, like
Where's the party?
Well, we're at the party
[Chorus]
Something never felt okay
Never felt okay
I just never felt okay
I always felt like I was trying to make things okay
I never felt okay
Never felt okay
I just never felt okay
I always felt like I was trying to make things okay
And God gave me some good gifts and I was a storyteller
You know, I was always concerned though, like
You know, I always needed to be around more people
Where everything was always starting to be
You know, we need to change this, we need to do that
I'd go to a party and then I have to go to another party, like
Where's the party?
Well, we're at the party
[Chorus]
Something never felt okay
Never felt okay
I just never felt okay
I always felt like I was trying to make things okay
I never felt okay
Never felt okay
I just never felt okay
I always felt like I was trying to make things okay
I had a younger sister who was very ill
She was born with a rare liver disease and she needed a liver trans-supplant upon her birth
And so when my mother did have free time a lotta time my sister got the affection
Because she was ill
And she got a lot more love and affection than my other brother and my other sister did
I felt like
Anyhow, I was, you know, growing up and one thing I really loved was summertime I, I would go to YMCA summer camp
[Chorus]
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fun, wanted to have fun
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fu-fun, summer camp
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fun
It was a group, group of ki –
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have (fun!), summer camp
She was born with a rare liver disease and she needed a liver trans-supplant upon her birth
And so when my mother did have free time a lotta time my sister got the affection
Because she was ill
And she got a lot more love and affection than my other brother and my other sister did
I felt like
Anyhow, I was, you know, growing up and one thing I really loved was summertime I, I would go to YMCA summer camp
[Chorus]
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fun, wanted to have fun
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fu-fun, summer camp
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have fun
It was a group, group of ki –
It was a group of kids in the summer that just wanted to have fun
Wanted to have (fun!), summer camp
You know I would take the school bus sometimes to a different neighborhood and get dropped off and then walk
'Cause I didn't want people to see where I lived
I started riding my bike to school
I'd ride my bike maybe five miles to school
And I was in middle school
You know and that's fifth grade and maybe that's not wild but
At the time it didn't feel wild to me
You know it felt like This is what I need to do to feel -- okay
So, you know, my peers won't judge me or
[Chorus]
So, I just felt
You know I just felt less than
I didn't know anything about myself, how to feel good about myself
So, the only way I knew to feel good
Was if I could make you like me
I could make you like me
I needed you
To like me
'Cause I didn't want people to see where I lived
I started riding my bike to school
I'd ride my bike maybe five miles to school
And I was in middle school
You know and that's fifth grade and maybe that's not wild but
At the time it didn't feel wild to me
You know it felt like This is what I need to do to feel -- okay
So, you know, my peers won't judge me or
[Chorus]
So, I just felt
You know I just felt less than
I didn't know anything about myself, how to feel good about myself
So, the only way I knew to feel good
Was if I could make you like me
I could make you like me
I needed you
To like me
[Intro]
(Keep redefining what you do until this is true, until this is true)
(Keep redefining what you do until this is true, until this is true)
[Chorus]
Become the best in the world at what you do
Keep redefining what you do until this is true
Until this is true
Become the best in the world at what you do
Keep redefining what you do until this is true
Until this is true
If you really wanna get paid in this world, you wanna be number one at whatever it is that you're doing
[Jordan Peterson]: You know who Akira the Don is?
[Dave Rubin]: Of course, he's amazing
And it can be niche, that's the point
It can literally be you're getting paid for just being you
You know, at this point some of the most successful people in the world are that way
Oprah gets paid for being Oprah
Joe Rogan gets paid for being Joe Rogan
They're being authentic to themselves
If you wanna be number one, but you'd wanna keep changing what you do until you're number one
You can't just pick something arbitrary
You can't say "I'm gonna be the fastest runner in the world." and now you gotta beat the Usain Bolt
(Keep redefining what you do until this is true, until this is true)
(Keep redefining what you do until this is true, until this is true)
[Chorus]
Become the best in the world at what you do
Keep redefining what you do until this is true
Until this is true
Become the best in the world at what you do
Keep redefining what you do until this is true
Until this is true
If you really wanna get paid in this world, you wanna be number one at whatever it is that you're doing
[Jordan Peterson]: You know who Akira the Don is?
[Dave Rubin]: Of course, he's amazing
And it can be niche, that's the point
It can literally be you're getting paid for just being you
You know, at this point some of the most successful people in the world are that way
Oprah gets paid for being Oprah
Joe Rogan gets paid for being Joe Rogan
They're being authentic to themselves
If you wanna be number one, but you'd wanna keep changing what you do until you're number one
You can't just pick something arbitrary
You can't say "I'm gonna be the fastest runner in the world." and now you gotta beat the Usain Bolt
We squander our time with the death of a thousand cuts
We squander our time with the death of a thousand cuts
[Chorus]
A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to do great things in this world
To do great things in this world
You need free time and a free mind to do great things in this world
You need free time and a free mind to do great things in this world
You should be too busy to do coffee while still keeping an uncluttered calendar
People who know me know that I'm famous for simultaneously doing two things
One is having a very clean calendar
I have almost no meetings on it while at the same time I am busy all the time, I'm always doing something
And it's usually what we call “work-related”
It is whatever the highest impact thing is that needs to be done at that time and that I'm most interested and inspired about
But the only way to do that is to constantly, ruthlessly decline meetings
We squander our time with the death of a thousand cuts
[Chorus]
A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to do great things in this world
To do great things in this world
You need free time and a free mind to do great things in this world
You need free time and a free mind to do great things in this world
You should be too busy to do coffee while still keeping an uncluttered calendar
People who know me know that I'm famous for simultaneously doing two things
One is having a very clean calendar
I have almost no meetings on it while at the same time I am busy all the time, I'm always doing something
And it's usually what we call “work-related”
It is whatever the highest impact thing is that needs to be done at that time and that I'm most interested and inspired about
But the only way to do that is to constantly, ruthlessly decline meetings