The Beverly Hills SWAT team just swarms my bedroom.
Within seconds, I found myself handcuffed right
under a massive poster of Al Pacino in
“Scarface.” That line, I have to give people just a couple of seconds because they
didn’t expect me to be a meth-addicted,
drug-dealing ex-con. And now I’m on a TEDx stage giving a speech.
My name is Dr. Adi Jaffe, and for the last 20 years, I’ve used my own
reinvention story and my neuroscience and psychology PhD to guide some of
the world’s most successful and incredible personalities, leaders, and
teams through their toughest transformations.
After 20 years of doing this work, I know this with certainty: We resist
change because it’s uncomfortable. Discomfort, it’s not the enemy.
It’s a sign that you’re ready to move forward.
If you’re afraid of failure, you’re doomed to fail.
Because look, I’m not unique in overcoming my difficulties.
At best, I’m unique in being so public about them.
We cling to the habits, the behaviors, the relationships that have shaped us,
even if they’re holding us back, even if they’re dragging us down.
Now I look at negative outcomes as opportunities.
By walking through the fire and not running away from
it, by embracing failure and building its learnings into the
way that you do everything, you get to claim your future.
You get to call your shot. You get to know that no matter what
happens in your everyday life, you can show up the next day
better. I’m not saying the road is easy for everybody. That’s not what I’m saying.
I’m just saying it’s worth it. That’s the power we all get.
You get to do that. That is your destiny.
Do not give up on
yourself.
