1. Do hard things 2. Do your thing 3. Do it for decades 4. Write your story

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Yes! And writing your story is the most powerful of all those!

@BreathFitness

9 ай бұрын

@@grahamcweaver I’m rewriting today!

@vanshsharma6663

9 ай бұрын

5. No "Not me" 6. No "Not now"

@harendrasingh_22

9 ай бұрын

100%!

@Ricardo_Cordero

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for 30 minutes of my life back.

"Life is suffering, so choose something worth suffering for." Life changing words.

What a time we live in where we can hear such speeches for free

1/ Do hard things: Embrace challenges and discomfort because life is not supposed to be easy. 2/ Do your thing: Choose a path that aligns with your passions and values, even if it involves uncertainty and risk. 3/ Do it for decades: Commit to long-term goals and keep improving over time, realizing that great achievements take time. 4/ Write your story: Create a compelling vision for your future and take action to make it a reality, regardless of obstacles or fear.

It has been 25min since I finished watching the video and I already quit my job and broke up with my girlfriend.

@SIMPLETRUTHS2012

6 ай бұрын

...and I've started dating her. Wow, she's a really special person!

@giosasso

6 ай бұрын

​@SIMPLETRUTHS2012 I finished watching 25 minutes ago and i've already finished building my time machine with parts I had in my garage. It's unbelievable, because I've already gone out on a test run. I went back in time to 65 million years ago. I met an amazing Neanderthal woman. We fell in love and had 14 kids. Sadly 3 asteroids were about to hit the planet, so I had to travel back to earth. As I write this, i'm in a wormhole. It turns out the universe has amazing wi-fi, and it's free. Life is short when it's going well and far too long when it's not.

@cwong1107

6 ай бұрын

I think you missed the main point lol

@tomrutlandiv9339

6 ай бұрын

i think you nailed it.

@CeeGeeZ

6 ай бұрын

Whaaaa⁉️

Brilliant talk! Never say, "Not me, not now." Now is the time to face your fears; the time to do hard things.

I’m not sure how many times I might listen to this but it will be many. Thanks, Graham!

@sunleticonversations5784

9 ай бұрын

right 😊,

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind note. So happy it's helpful.

@johneerf5568

9 ай бұрын

Same.

@JA-fj4yh

7 ай бұрын

​@@sunleticonversations578412:13 😮 13:27 😅 14: I y41 yf

@shawnthomas3802

7 ай бұрын

Why do you say "might listen" rather than "will listen"? It baffles me that so many people talk this way.

This was a really inspiring talk. I'm 68 years old and you moved me, Graham!

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

So happy to hear that!

@JosiahWarren

8 ай бұрын

You should go logarithmic

"Don't write a story about what happened. Write a story and then make it happen". Thank you, G. His story with his wife was heartwarming.

These guys may not realise how lucky they are to hear a speech like this before graduation. Could be life changing for many.

@sajalkhanna7828

8 ай бұрын

You're right. But adding on to that, I think we should realise how lucky we are to be seeing this for free from our phones from a different corner of the world. Take a moment. This was the promise of edtech and youtube is here doing that for us. Cheers

@noneofyobusiness7099

7 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Important life lessons like this are an invaluable thing to hear about at this age and will prevent some heartache

Graham! There’s no count anymore for how many times I have watched this masterpiece. Really appreciate you and want to thank you in person (whenever possible) for how graciously you have impacted and inspired a chain of thoughts that are in an upward spiral. Cheers to you!

Probably the MOST inspiring and relatable video about MEANINGFUL goal setting that I've ever seen! Thank you for posting it.

Whats great about this is Most of the people in the room forgot about this talk already But you are here, learning, and watching. So don’t feel bad that you werent there in person. You got this

@Hdianvciadpei

8 ай бұрын

Yes, but “you” didn’t go to Stanford, so you might not “make it”. Still, play the asymmetric game.

@BijanIzadi

8 ай бұрын

@@Hdianvciadpei i honestly like my chances better not going to a school like that, or any school at all. Most people are chasing something that they think only school can provide them. But its all so interesting. I would have liked to go though

I am currently starting a software business with a cofounder and there is so much hard work coming, I was feeling really unhappy earlier this day. This talk helps me so much! I will listen to it tomorrow again after waking up!

Excellent speech. I have already listened to it twice in 12 hours. Not only the content is powerful but the way Graham express himself is very effective.

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@winniethexi2184

7 ай бұрын

I, too, quit my job within 24h after listening to the lecture. Now I am fucked and cannot feed my children, thanks bro.

Love the commentary on doing your thing/playing big. Needed to hear that. Thank you!

One of the best, most inspirational story tellers I've ever heard. And he gives you his framework to lead a successful, happy life. It would seem that Graham has returned to and embraced his former self, Dream Weaver.

This is one of the best talks from recent times. Thank you so much.

This was powerful, thank you Graham, you made a big difference for me, I'm going asymmetric

This is such an enlightening video. Thank you Graham

Life Begins when Fear Ends !! How you identify that Fear and end it will define your story for the rest of your life. Privileged to be audience to such great orators sharing their Life experiences and summing it up for others to learn.

This is one of the most positively life changing talks I have ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing this!

Life changing speech I have been longing to hear these words.. Don't miss this video for anything! Graham love you man!

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Wow, incredible. This talk will be a powerful catalyst for many who watch and listen.

I wish I have a lecture like this! So inspiring and true, and I’m glad Im blindingly following the 4 rules he was saying!

I am returning to this video a third time already in the last half a year. It’s priceless. Thanks, Graham!

I would like to say thank you so much for this talk. 💗 It's exactly what I needed to hear today.

Thank you and excellent antidote framework to fear and ensuring to Play Big!

This is so inspirational ✨." Do something that's worth suffering" .The things he has talked about in this video are just to the point and are really an eye opener for all of us . Really amazing 👏👏

Thanks for sharing this, for those of us that didn’t make Stanford, it’s appreciated 🙏

“Fear disguises itself as I’m helping you. Not me not now”

Hands down, one of the best lectures I've seen in a long time and that make me feel motivated on changing. Thanks for the words Graham, amazing!

Love the lecture! I’m in the process of transitioning from a poverty mindset, into an individual that can build a solid foundation of wealth for the long term. I spend so much time playing not to lose vs defining the criteria I want & playing the game to win. Thanks for the value given here !

Fantastic orator and practical. Would have watched number of times and i keep repeating

I needed to watch this today. Glad that I am here.

Absolutely amazing talk

So much of clarity. And now is the time ❤

sensational. It’s always amazing when things find you at exactly the right time. Let’s play big.

@alexanderwhite1171

7 күн бұрын

"When the student is ready, the teacher appears."

Everything you want is on the other side of the ‘worst part’ Life is suffering. So choose something worth suffering for. Write your story and make it happen. Biggest obstacle is fear who disguises itself as being practical mostly it’s disguised as ‘Not me, not now’

I am really thankful for your talk! It’s really touching!

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

So happy it was helpful for you!

1:07: 💡 The speaker shares his experience of losing half of his largest investor's money and the lessons he learned about investing. 5:08: ✨ The speaker shares four principles to live an asymmetric life and improve one's life dramatically. 8:06: 📚 Life is suffering, so choose something worth suffering for. 12:36: 📚 The speaker shares four principles for success in business and life. 16:44: 📈 Despite facing financial difficulties and uncertainty, the speaker hired an executive coach who helped them create an aspirational plan for their business, leading to the successful hiring of a CEO and significant growth. 20:25: ✨ The speaker shares their experience of how they changed their story and made their dreams come true. 25:36: 💔 The speaker reflects on the loss of their friend Monty and decides to live life without fear of failure or loss. 29:51: ✨ The biggest obstacle in life is fear, but the antidote to fear is to play big and do hard things. Recap by Tammy AI

@JosiahWarren

8 ай бұрын

You forgot thw logarithmic explosion

@rxcjhd

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@MoyaFedora

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@vishalnangare31

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

@EdT.-xt6yv

7 ай бұрын

Fear /asceticism?

Thanks so much for a great inspiration, right to the great points

Amazing speech, "How big would you dream if you knew you can't fail?" this line changed my perspective. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your vulnerability and wisdoms. Truly words to live by.

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Very Inspiring & motivational....

Nailed it! Thank you so much!

This was phenomenal

What a speech! Worth coming over again & again

@mohamedachrafmrabet4523

6 ай бұрын

commenting to get you back to watch again :D

this is the exactly the video that I have been looking for 2 years. thank you for the video -and I got it for free-, it really moved me..

This was such a beautiful talk. Hello good morning sir.

The best possible speech to watch at the end of this year.

Wow, what an incredible presentation from Devin Weaver! Made me think of things I gotta do now 🤙🏽

Wow, that’s amazing advice! Great story

Inspiring for sure, do hard things that you love and do it for decades, but began It with the story you want in 5 years!

This is Gold.

Thanks for this valuable knowledge sir. I am always thankful for this... and I want you to say, I love you... ❤❤

Was this a final test for the Stanford graduates? * Did any of them notice that Graham’s rhetoric and message that “you can write any story you want“ was devoid of any ethical dimension? * Did anyone spot that this kind of thinking is entirely compatible with the behaviour and beliefs that brought us the global financial crisis and any number of corporate dumpster fires? * Did anybody see potential downside to giving future C-Suite Executives “an antidote to fear”? A belief that “there is no obstacle that will not yield”? Class of 2023, if now is your time, as Graham Weaver said, I sincerely hope that Stanford University has helped you cultivate the critical thinking and ethical compass you need to put this last lecture into perspective, so that your future endeavours do not come at an asymmetric cost to others.

@someguy2885

6 ай бұрын

I noticed that life was charted as some inevitably increasing value over time. As if life gets better and better and better and then stops, as if childhood is our lowest of lows. It was very hard for me to stay engaged after seeing that.

@HoraceMash

6 ай бұрын

@@someguy2885 …the “more is always better” mindset has a lot to answer for.

@misterbeach8826

3 ай бұрын

This is not critical thinking. You are just some social media guy with no major life goals. How about you become a billionaire and make serious contributions to the economy and environment? So that other adults take you more seriously.

@jsquire5pa

3 ай бұрын

Brilliant comment .. also it’s absolute rubbish that “there is no easy path” .. yes there’s a lot of human suffering but some people defo have easier lives than others .. and some people are happy go lucky and my experience of such people is that they are almost invariably happier than people who are endlessly goal oriented .. less successful but happier

@anoushkas8726

Ай бұрын

​@@misterbeach8826 No, " Mr Beach "!😂😂 His argument has a lot of merit but but you don't have enough brains to understand the nuance that both the lecture and this comment hold value and have their own pros and cons. But you're not developed enough to sit with the discomfort of knowing that life is complex and there are more truths than one.

A friend died young, giving Weaver the courage to change career, end relationship, etc. There is a lot psychology to unpack there.

Do your hard thing for decades, like you are the hero of your story.

Pure gold!

Thank you Graham! Great life lesson and story.

This was spectacular - thank you for posting to share with others who weren't there. Sad to see other commentors projecting their self anger in the comments.

It’s been a long ride, but a glorious one. This is going to be the very line on my tombstone. ✅

Fantastic talk!

Best talk I've heard in years...

I am so glad I came across this

Amazing content amazing body language and very honest speech

Your talk was motivating & guiding , Graham. Though, in terms of numbers the number of folks who follow what you say will be no doubt be many but those who actually achieve what you have, may again be asymmetric:)

Really solid. Blessings

Quite inspiring as a motivational speech!

Wow! Prediction- This speech will be one of the most watched graduation speeches in a few years time and Mr Weaver’s star will only ascend. What a master storyteller!

@lexsite

7 ай бұрын

Why do Indians get so over-the-top emotional over stuff like this? This comment section is full of funny comments from them lol

Walked out of there with quite a few lessons learned but sadly the take-away I can't get over is how incredible the nickname Dream Weaver is

4:10 : "they stack logarithmically" -> Nope, they stack "exponentially". ;-) Still the glitch does not discount the value and quality of the talk. Thanks so much for sharing this!

@optimizedpran1247

8 ай бұрын

He also called the returns equation (1+r)^n quadratic but its exponential. All good though.

Loved the lecture. He did misrepresent what Budha said though. Budha said life is suffering, but also that there is a path for that suffering to stop.

Just went all in on bitcoin. Thanks for the advice man.

@deftuncut

21 күн бұрын

I went full time crypto 5 years ago

@lukedowneslukedownes5900

7 күн бұрын

Wowww you probably made good money by now actually

Great character - humble and accomplished.

As a Stanford MBA alumni who knows Graham, there were several good points/concerns about this lecture. 1. I definitely agree with the advise of going after big challenges and live your best life today. Yes, delayed gratification is important but you need to balance that with youth and having great life. 2. If you met Graham in person, the guy looks like a model. Good looking guy, athletic, smart, loved by women and respected by men. Since he has definitely led a charmed life, his story of struggle does not really resonate with most people. 3.The speech sounded a bit of an advertising presentation of what a great firm he has and how successful they have been. 4. I don't really agree with the statement do it for decades. Yes, don't be flakey but in life you have to pivot and change with the times. I have a highly intelligent family member who has been in the jewelry business for 40 years and has hated it for most of that time. If he would have been lucky to have found "his thing", which was real estate, he would have been happier and more financially successful.

@grahamcweaver

9 ай бұрын

Not sure about the model comment. But thank you:) On the point of your friend in the jewelry store - that's the second point - "do your thing" If he hated it, it likely wasn't his thing.

@jmoricedfcurm4809

8 ай бұрын

Even if he has had a privileged life, doesn't take anything away from his story. The message is 100%. Play the ball not the man.

@chiggy515

8 ай бұрын

I was moved by your story - and your manner - I would expect you'd to be a solicitous and kind person in-person, which I'm guessing has been essential to your success and the joy you've brought to others along the way and very importantly, evidences that you don't have to be an asshole to succeed@@grahamcweaver

@faraaz144

8 ай бұрын

I think the 2nd point only makes his message resonate more. I believe very very few people are born athletic. It takes hard work and dedication every single day to better yourself athletically. Someone with a great body shows that they have struggled and are familiar with that process.

@davidr4523

7 ай бұрын

@@grahamcweaver thank you. So if you quit early you really never learn if this activity was your thing. If you stay for decades trying to make it work, it may be too late to make a change.

Excellent speech worth the 35 minutes.

This was one of the best information I’ve heard in many years

@jesseobonyo6073

8 ай бұрын

Coincidentally, I’m also graduating in November. Daystar University- Kenya. Stanford has been one of the places where I dream to do my post grad. I wish I had the finances to make it work.

Thank you 🎉

this is spot on. wish i knew this years ago

Fantastic speech

Thank you Graham.

The meditating on goals, what you desire, and believe you have it (its done), may be the most important part of the equation.

Thank you !

The Recap as text: The biggest thing that you're going to face as you graduate, for most of you and through your lives, like the biggest obstacle you really have, is going to be fear if you really boil it down. And fear is very manipulative and it shows up in all these kinds of different ways and it tries to disguise itself. Okay, it disguises itself as being practical. I'm being practical right now. It disguises itself as I'm helping you. It disguise itself as I'm saving you. And most of all, it disguises itself as not me, not now. What I have given you today is the antidote to fear. That's been my goal. The four things that we talked about are ways that you can tangibly and tactically throughout your lives look fear in the eye and say to fear, not today. Today I'm going to play big. Today I'm going to play for this asymmetric life. Now is the time to do hard things. There's something that you fear right now, that's exactly where you should go. You should be doing that thing. There's something you're putting off right now, you should be doing that thing. Everything that you want is on the other side of worse first. Now is the time to do your thing. There is suffering, you will suffer, so pick something worth suffering for and realize that you are underestimating yourself at your full power when you're excited about something that's not going into your equation. Do it for decades because you excited for a decade knows no bounds. There is no obstacle that will not yield to you excited for a decade. And finally, write your own story. No matter where you're starting and no matter what your role you have after school or where you are right now, it doesn't matter. You can start today writing your story. Inside of you, you have magic, you have your own life, you have something that's special for you and there's really only one question you need to answer, which is, are you going to give yourself permission to lead that life, to live that life and to let that out? That's a question you're going to answer over and over and over in your life from now on. Are you going to give yourself permission? It's permission you need.

@srisundarihardiyanti

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@grahamcweaver

4 ай бұрын

Wow. Love that recap. Thank you!

Thank you very much for this video. explained in best way possible.

@grahamcweaver

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@calebaw

9 ай бұрын

a😊a@a@@@@

With full respect to the personal stories and great achievements of Graham, I'm looking forward to at least one of those motivational speakers to tell - and have the same amount of luck I had in my life. You can definitely improve your chances, but even learning how you do it usually comes to you by luck

@mfawls9624

7 ай бұрын

You're speaking of material/financial success I assume?

@AutoMattOn

7 ай бұрын

never have i ever heard a motivational speaker from the investment world go through 1/10th of what most people go through. this guy had an easy life, was bouyed up by systemic advantage and now claims it was all down to his brilliance. it was just luck all along. just another investor-bro with a book to sell

@tencido

7 ай бұрын

"Chance favours the prepared mind"

@someoneinmyhead

7 ай бұрын

@@tencido, I agree you can best your chances, same as you can squander them. But even before you get conscious of that so many things have to align. Even when you're there, chances disperse randomly. That's why you don't see all the humans aiming there but getting there even keeping to pep talk themselves like you do

@tencido

7 ай бұрын

@@someoneinmyhead What you're telling is only one part of the equation. It's not just that a prepared person will be able to better utilise a lucky break or a good chance; the more important thing is that the 'Likelihood' of getting good opportunities can dramatically improve if you are aiming at a goal single-mindedly - more visibility, better knowledge of factors and knowing what areas to focus on etc; even the probability that you would recognise a good opportunity would improve if you are well prepared

Asymmetry is Amazing !!!

Truly amazing ❤

this video is incredible, i also love his attire

This video was very inspirational.

Love The Seminar ...

Amazing 🎉❤😊

Done that and it works! Just do it!

Greatest success comes to those who can afford to fail. The rest is a facade, a dramatic presentation, a censured story cut the real impactful connections to elite circle and capital.

@ankurmehrotra6506

8 ай бұрын

Pretty well said. The access to PE partners and ability to afford failure makes all the difference.

This is terrific. Be fearless.

What an inspiring video

Ali tells me to watch a video, I watch the video. Excited to learn!

Its so greattt