So, Mr. Michael, we talk about all the time mindset.

Yes, mindset, focus, and discipline that we have more of a control over.

We know we can't control maybe every thought that comes into our head.

but we can give a response to those things that come into our head.

So maybe there's an athlete right now listening to us, Daniel, and maybe they, maybe there's a young person who wants to try out for a sports team and maybe their friends told them or people have told them, maybe they've even told themselves that they're not good enough or why should I try out? I'm not tall enough.

I don't have enough strength.

I don't have enough talent.

Oh, yes, when you're playing it.

Do you believe every individual is born with purpose or is purpose something we gradually create through our choices in life?

Both.

I believe we are created on purpose, for a purpose, yet and still it's a path towards discovering on purpose.

You know, we all have gifts, talents, skills, attributes that I believe are God-given.

And to hone those skills requires a certain amount of work and dedication.

So many people ask the question, what am I called to do? What is it that I was put on earth to do? I think one of the best ways to discover that is to serve others.

Something happens when we serve others.

wow thank you so much for that very very beautiful response michael certainly welcome michael mental health conversations have become more common yet many people still struggle to ask for help What do you think prevents vulnerability from becoming more widely accepted?

That's great.

It's important to make sure that our well is full so that we can show up and serve others.

So filling our own tank matters.

Investing in our own mental health, our own physical health, our spiritual health, our relationship health, our career health.

Making those investments goes a long way.

Mind, body, and spirit.

What are, what are we doing in each category? What are we doing to learn mentally? What are we doing, um, learn, right, intellectually to feed our mind? The books we read, the content we consume, the education that we embrace.

Now, the question is, uh, uh, how does one continue to, to, to con-continue to push even though when the results, the result is not coming and, uh, uh, he's feeling tired, he's feeling burnt out, is, is, is not making progress as, as he expected or as he or she expected to get? So how, how, how does one continue to just continue to push and, and, uh, um, just continue to go on?

In your opinion, what really makes an effective leader?

I think effective leaders understand that they have influence.

I believe leadership is influence that helps turn dreams and visions into reality.

So leader, we all, I believe, are leaders on a certain level.

The question is, what type of leader are we? Because we ultimately have to lead ourself, right, towards our goal.

So whether other people follow or not, we need to first understand that we need to lead ourself down the path of success and growth and well-being.

Now, if we want others to come along with us, it's important that leaders understand that we need to set a good example.

So, with like the analysis you've done, the counseling you've done, what challenges are young people facing today?

And condition,

that's a person who understands that we need to have a sense of purpose and a sense of passion in what it is that we're doing.

I believe, Abraham, that we all have gifts and skills and attributes that God has given us and that we need to really implement and employ those skills and those gifts so that way we can thrive.

make ourselves, our lives, our family, our communities, our businesses.

our planet better off when we employ those skills and those attributes.

And, you know, I heard it said, and I really believe this, you know, one of the wealthiest places in the world is the cemetery, unfortunately, because that's a place where a lot of gifts and skills go to die.

And I encourage anybody who's listening here today, no matter where you find yourself, don't die with those gifts and those skills on the inside.

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