Les Brown: Getting Unstuck (Full Transcript)

Here is the full transcript of motivational speaker Les Brown’s speech titled “Getting Unstuck.”

 

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INTRODUCING SPEAKER:

It’s my pleasure to be here this evening, to ask you to join together with me to welcome Les Brown for his third in a series of four classes. Les is one of the most inspiring, motivational teachers in America today. When I heard him three years ago, it actually brought tears to my eyes and I rushed one of my son’s over afterwards to introduce him to Les.

And my feeling was every young person in America needs to hear this man, because if you could start them out young, learning the kinds of ideas that he can put across so beautifully and so enthusiastically, and so from the heart, it would change America.

And I knew when he was here before, we’d be having him back again. You know how you just know some things and so I’m just thrilled tonight to introduce to you Les Brown.

LES BROWN – Motivational Speaker & Author

Good evening. How you doing?

When I ask how you’re doing, I want you to say better than good and better than most. How you doing? I know that’s right. And sometimes even better than that, right.

I like to just let you know I really appreciate the opportunity to share some time with you again. Why don’t you give [Leonor] round of applause please?

I’m very very supportive of this ministry. I think that Jack Poland is ahead of his time and the people here who show a level of concern in terms of empowering people and helping them to develop the skills that are necessary to navigate through some of the treacherous waters of life, it’s something that’s very much needed.

This evening we’re going to be looking at how to get unstuck. I think some of you know what I mean.

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves: what’s using my life? Heard a guy give a lecture one time that says we are today what we were when [yesterday]. And he’s talking about the fact that we, to a great extent, behave, think, react, because of some previous experience that we’ve had.

One of the things that we know about life is that it is always changing. Sometimes you’re up; sometimes you’re down. Sometimes things go real well, and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes you’re happy and sometimes you’re sad. Now that’s that thing called life.

And when we begin to understand and know that, accepting that reality that that we will never ever have things just on an even keel all the time. But you’re going to have some ups, and you’re going to have some downs. But during those down moments, that’s where the growth takes place. That’s where the work is.

Anybody can feel good when they have their health, their bills are paid, they have happy relationships, the children are acting normal. Business is successful; anybody could be positive then. Anybody can have a larger vision then. Anybody can have faith under those kinds of circumstances. Am I correct?

See, but the real challenge — the real challenge of growth mentally, emotionally, and spiritually comes when you get knocked down. Somebody said that that adversity introduces a man to himself or woman. How you handle it, that’s where the growth takes place.