Millionaire Entrepreneur Reveals How He Once Taught a Young Gym-Goer a Valuable Life Lesson: “You Are What You Repeatedly Do”

Justin Prince is an international motivational speaker who often helps people enhance their personal growth and greatness. Recently, he spoke about the story of a 14-year-old boy he met at a gym who got himself in trouble and got expelled from school. But realizing that it was just a kid who had made a stupid mistake, spoke to him and gave him some important life advice, a piece of advice that is not just applicable to the kid but to everyone who hears it. 

Justin Prince’s words of wisdom to change your life

In a recent video uploaded by Tyler Hall’s Instagram account, Justin Prince discussed the important ethic in life that ensures success for an individual- “You are not what you did, you are what you repeatedly do.” He stressed that past mistakes do not always define the true identity of a person, but repeated action does.

Sharing the story about a boy whom Prince met in the gym, he said that when he was at the gym; he met a young kid who was pushing the sled. Along with the kid was his father. Prince went to his father and asked him, “What schools does your son go to?” The boy’s father responded by saying, “He’s not going to school today, He got in trouble at school, and so he’s suspended.”

After the billionaire, Price finished his workout, he approached the boy and said “Your dad told me that you’re in trouble right now”. Even though he was not aware of the fact that what that boy did in school, Prince gave a valuable life lesson. 

Prince said, “We all make mistakes, dude. We all do stupid stuff. When I was your age, I did a bunch of stupid stuff, too.” Seeing him pushing a sled, he said to the boy you create your future with your future, not your past. Prince believes that success is an identity process. He said, “If you think you’re a loser, you’re not going to show up and play like a winner.” “If you think you’re a winner, you’re not going to roll over and quit like a loser.” 

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Talking about the book Atomic Habits written by James Clare, he shared the story of two boys, one of whom had stolen the candy. When those boys were asked about who had done the stealing, one child said, “I didn’t steal the candy” and the other said, “I don’t steal.”, which is an identity success in Prince’s opinion and I didn’t steal the candy, was an action. The essence of the story is that one decides his future with the repeated actions he or she does and it may have no connection from the mistake you made in the past. 

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