Yes You Can

I've got something I need to tell you
It's really, really important for you to hear this
And never, ever forget it
Today, I'm gonna tell you
The kindest
The sweetest
And most powerful thing that you could ever tell yourself
Could you imagine that there might be one phrase
That you could tell yourself
In the right context
In the right situation
That you could tell yourself
That might be so, so hard for you to say
At least the first time?
And then, as you keep saying it
It gets easier and easier
As you keep saying it, you start to live it
As you start to live it
Your life becomes a reflection of everything that you've ever dreamed
Everything that you've ever hoped
And everything that you've ever wanted
So, what could this mystery magic phrase be?
What could this phrase be
That I'm telling you is the kindest, sweetest
And most powerful thing you could ever say to yourself?
Before I tell you the phrase
I'd like you to think about an area of your life
That you feel paralyzed in —
Something in your life, some task in your life
Something in your life that just continues to slay you
Continues to disable you
You continue to not be able to beat or win at it
I want you to think of that area
Think of it right now and take a breath with me
Ask your body and say
Body, please bring to my mind
Please bring to my awareness
Please bring to my heart
An area of my life that I still struggle with
Now, in this area of your life that you struggle with
I want you to hold it in your mind
And this thing
This phrase, this magic phrase that I want you to say
Right to the area where you feel most wounded
Right to the area where you struggle
Right to the area where you feel like you can't
Right there
So, we've got the area that you struggle with
And we've got what you're wanting in that area
Those two things we're holding
Take a breath with me
And I want you to, very gently, just with 1% of your energy
I don't want you to say this in a way
That's gonna completely trigger you
I don't want you to say this in a way
That's gonna completely throw you off
I don't want you to say this in a way
Where your brain is just gonna check out as soon as you hear it
I want you to, as gently as you could imagine
With the touch that you would use to touch a newborn baby
I want you to say this out loud to the area that you struggle with
Hold the area you struggle with again
Take one more breath with me
And you know you're gonna be doing this right
If it brings a little bit of a tear to your eye
Here's the phrase
Yes, I can do this
Yes, you can do this
Yes, you can
Yes, yes, yes, yes
You can
You can do this
You can
You can do this
There is someone who's been in your situation
In the history of the 7 or 8 billion people alive
There's someone in your situation
That has had everything happen to them
That you've had happen to you
It's in the situation that you're in
Probably even worse, that's been able to do it
You have an example
It is possible to be done
This other person that's been alive —
Someone else has been able to do it
And maybe, even, maybe you're doing the Elon Musk thing
Where you're actually going to Mars
Or something like that that's never been done before
But what do you think Elon's saying?
Yes, I can do this
That's what Elon is saying as he's going to Mars
Yes, I can do this
While so many other people are saying no
Elon is saying
Yes, I can do this
Yes, I can go to Mars
That's what the guy Roger Bannister said
When he was gonna run the 4-minute mile
And everybody was saying no
And Roger Bannister was saying
Yes, I can do this
This phrase is so powerful, and so magical
And so wonderful, and so kind
It is the sweetest thing that you could ever utter to yourself
In the areas that you struggle
This is how you need to talk to yourself
This is how you need to build your personality
This is how you need to talk to your heart
This is how you need to encourage your soul
This is how you need to speak to all of your friends
And all of your family, and all of your loved ones
Could you imagine if you spent a year telling yourself
In the areas that you struggle
Yes, I can do this
Yes, you can do this
Yes, you can do this
Because you know why I'm saying it so many times?
Because how many thousands of times have you maybe said
No, I can't do it?
How many thousands of times have you said that?
Feel
Feel me
Feel this
Feel this phrase go to the area where you struggle
And become kind to yourself
For some of you, it may be the first time in your life
The first time in years
That you're being kind to yourself
Well, you were probably kind to yourself when you were born
You were probably kind for the first few years
Until you saw the world was unkind
Or your parents were unkind
Or people were unkind
So you started becoming unkind
But I'm pretty sure you came out of the womb kind
Because your default state is kind
Listen
Listen closely
Yes, you can
In the area where you're paralyzed
Yes, you can
In the area where you've fallen down 10,000 times in your mind
Yes, you can
Yes, you can
Yes, you can
Yes, you can
I believe in you
Hear my heart
I believe in you
You can do it
If I can do something, so can you
We're both struggling together
We're both breaking down together
We're both overwhelmed together
We're both pursuing the thing that causes our heart to get squeezed —
Together
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, you can