You Have to Commit to Your Dreams with Les Brown

You Have to Commit to Your Dreams with Les Brown

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What’s up, guys? Welcome back to The Daily Mastermind. Today, I want to give you some straight fire.

It’s late tonight. I’ve had a lot of meetings and it’s about 10 o’clock, but I wanted to prepare something for you tomorrow morning that I believe could really fire you up. Maybe you’re getting home after long days. Maybe you’re working long hours or dealing with overwhelm and all kinds of challenges in your life.

I want to share something that can help you through those moments.

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Introducing Les Brown: The Mentor

It’s a short but powerful message from one of my all-time favorite mentors, Les Brown. This man is pure fire. I’ve had the privilege of working with him many times over the years, including private dinners, and I can honestly say he’s the epitome of inspiration and motivation.

So I want to ask you: what is your commitment level to your dreams, your best life, and your best self?

Les Brown teaches that you have to put yourself in a position where you commit to your dreams and refuse to give up until they happen. You must declare your intentions to the universe and follow through regardless of fear, obstacles, or setbacks.

Les has an energy that delivers this truth in a way few others can. These golden nuggets are the kind of wisdom you’ll want to come back to again and again whenever you need to get pumped up.

So, without further ado, here’s my mentor, Les Brown.

Les Brown on Commitment

“What is commitment? Commitment is the salesman who says, ‘I’m going to make a thousand dollars today, and I’m not going home until I do it. You can turn the lights out. The janitors can be here running the vacuum cleaner. I’m not leaving until I do it.’”

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Personal Stories of Perseverance

Les shared his own story of being a door-to-door salesman. He sold televisions and had a minimum number to sell each day in order to provide for his mother, who had lost her job due to arthritis.

He recalls knocking on doors late into the night, sometimes until one in the morning. People would slam doors in his face, tell him no, or demand he leave. But he persisted. “Would you like to buy a nice television set? No money down?” he would ask again and again. If they weren’t interested, he’d ask for referrals. Sometimes one lead would open the door to another sale.

The lesson? He refused to go home until he had met his goal. Commitment meant staying out there until success came.

Les explained that when you declare your intentions with that level of determination, the universe responds. It aligns with people who refuse to be denied. That’s what commitment looks like—standing in the face of rejection, disappointment, and setbacks, yet refusing to turn back until life yields to your persistence.

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The Power of the Human Spirit

“Nothing can resist a person with that kind of commitment,” Les said. The people who change the world are the ones who make declarations and stand by them.

History is full of examples: John F. Kennedy declaring we would go to the moon. Scientists and doctors who eradicated diseases like polio. Leaders who fought for freedom and democracy. All of them made commitments that transcended fear, setbacks, and even their own lives.

Commitment is standing up for your life. It’s honoring yourself. It’s recognizing that you are a channel through which life expresses itself. And often, we short-circuit this flow with fear, anger, envy, laziness, or giving up too soon.

But Les reminded us—there is nothing as powerful as the human spirit. It cannot be destroyed. It can be bent or tested, but never broken.

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Practical Steps to Commitment

So what does commitment look like in practice? Sometimes it means going back to school, getting training, and sitting in classrooms with people younger than you. It can mean putting yourself in situations where you don’t know the answers and feel awkward or uncomfortable, but pushing through anyway.

Other times, commitment means backing up, regrouping, and trying again after setbacks. Les shared how he once lost his house, his car, and even slept on the floor of his office. He would rise early to give his staff the impression he had arrived before them, though they all knew the truth. Despite embarrassment and struggle, he refused to give up on his dream.

As he put it: “In the prosperous years, you put it in your pocket. In the lean years, you put it in your heart.”

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Courage and Commitment in Action

Commitment often means taking a stand that isn’t safe or popular. Cowards ask if a decision is safe. Politicians ask if it’s popular. But true commitment asks: is it right?

When Les served as a state legislator, he saw colleagues back down from important positions out of fear of upsetting leadership. He witnessed how often people sacrifice their integrity for approval. True commitment requires courage. It means being willing to stand by what you believe even when it costs you.

As Henry David Thoreau wrote, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

Commitment means dancing to your own beat. Others may not understand your decisions or your sacrifices. They may question why you’d leave a “safe” job or walk away from comfort. But you don’t need them to understand—you’re doing it for you.

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Final Words: Living Your Dream

Les closed with a reminder that commitment means living for your dream no matter what. It means staying true to your purpose when it’s lonely, when it’s difficult, and when the odds are stacked against you.

When you are committed, you live with the unshakable belief that nothing can stop you. Commitment turns rejection into resilience, fear into fuel, and setbacks into stepping stones.

As Les Brown powerfully reminds us: commitment is the difference between living life by default and creating a life by design.

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About George 

George Wright III is a proven, successful entrepreneur and he knows how to inspire entrepreneurs, companies, and individuals to achieve massive results. With more than 20 years of executive management experience and 25 years of direct marketing and sales experience, George is responsible for starting and building several successful multimillion-dollar companies. He started at a very young age to network and build his experience and knowledge of what it takes to become a driven and well-known entrepreneur. George built a multi-million-dollar seminar business, promoting some of the biggest stars and brands in the world. He has accelerated the success and cash flow in each of his ventures through his network of resources and results driven strategies. George is now dedicated to teaching and sharing his Prosperity Principles and strategies to every driven and passionate entrepreneur he meets. His mission is to empower entrepreneurs globally, to create massive change and LIVE their ultimate destiny.

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You have GREATNESS inside you. I BELIEVE in you. Let’s make today the day you unleash your potential!

George Wright III

CEO, The Daily Mastermind | Evolution X

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