A old man's advice
Summary
TLDRIn this inspiring video, an elderly man shares his life story of hardships and successes, emphasizing the importance of determination and learning. He encourages young people to rise above challenges, learn from libraries, and be the future leaders who will save the world. His message is one of hope and perseverance, urging never to quit.
Takeaways
- 😀 The speaker encourages young people to overcome hardships and succeed despite tough times.
- 🏠 The speaker shares his personal story of hardship, including living in the back of a car and working 90 hours a week at a Shell gas station.
- 🍎 He mentions stealing food when hungry, indicating the desperation he faced in his youth.
- 📚 The speaker emphasizes the importance of education and self-improvement, even teaching himself to read and write in the service.
- 📖 He highlights the power of reading and learning, showing how it transformed his life and understanding.
- 💼 The speaker discusses the high unemployment rates in the 1950s and how he managed to find work despite the odds.
- 🌟 He believes that good and bad times are temporary, suggesting resilience and adaptability are key to success.
- 🌱 The speaker urges young people to be the future leaders, recognizing their potential to change the world.
- 🌳 He calls on the youth to save the environment, indicating a belief in their capacity to make a difference in global issues.
- 💪 The speaker stresses the importance of determination, inner will, and ambition in achieving success.
- 💖 He expresses love and support for the youth, offering encouragement and a willingness to defend them.
Q & A
What was the speaker's situation when he was young?
-The speaker quit school in the 10th grade and was left by his parents on a street corner, having to fend for himself and work at a Shell gas station for $1 an hour.
How many hours a week did the speaker work at the gas station?
-The speaker worked 90 hours a week at the gas station.
Where did the speaker live during his early working years?
-The speaker lived in the back of an old car during his early working years.
How did the speaker maintain his personal hygiene and cleanliness?
-The speaker took baths in the gas station restroom and washed his clothes in the sink.
What did the speaker do when he was really hungry and had no money for food?
-When really hungry, the speaker would occasionally go to the grocery store and take an apple or an orange without paying.
How did the speaker's life change when he joined the service at the age of 17?
-In the service, the speaker taught himself to read and write, starting with a 196-page western book and using a dictionary to learn new words.
What is the speaker's view on the opportunities available to young people today?
-The speaker believes that young people have opportunities despite the challenges and encourages them to learn and rise above the negative influences in the world.
What advice does the speaker give to young people regarding education and self-improvement?
-The speaker advises young people to educate themselves, go to the library, and learn, emphasizing that determination and an inner will are more important than formal degrees.
What is the title of the speaker's latest book, and where can it be found?
-The speaker's latest book is titled 'Copper Penny' and is available in paperback on Amazon.
How does the speaker describe the importance of young people to the world?
-The speaker describes young people as the backbone of the world, the future leaders, and the ones who can make a difference by addressing issues like greed, waste, and environmental concerns.
What message does the speaker emphasize throughout the script?
-The speaker emphasizes the message of never quitting, having determination, and believing in oneself to overcome challenges and succeed.
Outlines
🧳 Overcoming Early Life Challenges
The speaker begins by referencing a previous video about an old man's advice and acknowledges his need to trim his beard. He then shares his personal journey, starting with dropping out of school in the 10th grade and being left by his parents. He describes his early work life at a Shell filling station, where he worked 90 hours a week and lived in the back of an old car. Despite these hardships, he managed to bathe and wash his clothes in the station's restroom and occasionally stole food from a grocery store. He emphasizes that good and bad times are temporary and shares how he learned to read and write during his time in the service, starting with a 196-page book that he read with the help of a dictionary.
📚 The Power of Education and Perseverance
Continuing his story, the speaker discusses the importance of education and self-improvement. He encourages young people not to be discouraged by the media's portrayal of the world and to use their minds to create opportunities. He stresses that they are the future leaders and the backbone of the world, capable of recognizing and addressing the issues of greed and waste in society. The speaker shares his own path of learning and writing, eventually earning a college education and authoring multiple books. He emphasizes the importance of determination, inner will, and ambition, and encourages young people to rise above frustration and strive for success.
💪 Never Give Up: A Message of Hope and Encouragement
In the final paragraph, the speaker reiterates his message of never giving up, regardless of the challenges faced. He shares his own experiences of running businesses and writing books, highlighting that success is possible even if not spectacular. He encourages young people to trust in themselves and God, and to keep moving forward. The speaker expresses his love for the younger generation and his willingness to defend them, emphasizing that they are the ones who can make a difference in the world by saving the environment and challenging the status quo.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Hardships
💡Successes
💡Determination
💡Education
💡Opportunity
💡Backbone
💡Frustration
💡Rise Above
💡Innovation
💡Wealth and Power
💡Never Quit
Highlights
The speaker quit school in 10th grade and had to fend for himself, working 90 hours a week at a Shell gas station.
He lived in the back of an old car, bathing and washing clothes at the gas station, and sometimes stealing food when hungry.
Despite high unemployment in the 1950s, he was able to find work by asking companies directly.
The speaker joined the service at age 17 and taught himself to read and write.
He read a 196-page book by Louis L'Amour, using a dictionary to learn new words, and eventually read multiple books at once.
The speaker emphasizes that a person's mind is incredible and that young people have opportunities despite current challenges.
He encourages young people not to believe negative media messages and to use their minds to learn and improve their lives.
The speaker shares his belief that young people are the backbone and future leaders of the world, with the power to see through greed and waste.
He acknowledges young people's frustration with the establishment but urges them to rise above it and not let it define them.
The speaker talks about his own journey of self-education and determination, even without a PhD or master's degree.
He has had businesses, written books, and encourages others to believe in themselves and take one step at a time.
The speaker, at 76 years old, still actively encourages young people because he loves and believes in them.
He emphasizes that young people must save the oceans and air, as those in power often prioritize wealth and power over others.
The speaker closes by expressing his love for young people and his willingness to defend them to his last breath.
Key takeaway: Never quit, no matter the circumstances or challenges faced.
Transcripts
good
morning I made a video not too long ago
called an old man's
advice
wow looking at me I looks like I need to
trim my beard a little
bit but I
received several
requests to continue on with that and so
I've decided to share a little bit about
myself and my life and my
hardships and my
successes with
you you know this this world today is
tough it's tough for young
people it's tough for people that for
years have had jobs and security and
made good money and been able to take
care of their
families and sometime ago as you
know jobs were shipped overseas to
improve the bottom line of big
companies and I thought I'd tell you a
little bit about myself
I I quit school when I was in a 10th
grade
um my mother and father left me standing
on on a street
corner it's always up to me to make
it and I had a job working at a Shell
fing
station and I went to the owner and I
told him my
situation and I was making a dollar an
hour and I asked him if I could work
more
hours and so I began working 90 hours a
week
and during that
time as I've said before my home was the
back of an old
car and I work my 90 hours a
week and I took my baths in a ping
station
restroom and I wash my clothes my
private clothes in the
sink and once in a while when I was
really
hungry I would go to the grocery store
and snitch an apple or an
orange now this was in the
50s things were a lot different than
they are
now and I'm convinced that the owner of
the grocery store knew what I was doing
because it was about a half a block away
from where I worked and he knew
me now I've said before that good things
nor bad things last
forever and that's
true and I begin
to learn different
things I
knew in my
soul that if I had nothing to offer I
was as far as I was going to
go now now unemployment at that time was
very
high on the other
hand in the
50s you could go into a corporation and
ask for a job and get
it and after I'd worked 90 hours a week
for a long
time I went into the
service I was 17
in the
service I taught myself to read and
write the first book I picked
up was a book written by Louis lore and
had 196 pages in it I'll never forget
it it was a cowboy story a
western and there were words in there
that I didn't know I didn't understand I
I had no idea what they they
were so I got a dictionary from the
service
library and as I would read if there was
a word that I didn't understand I would
look it up and I will tell you now it
took me almost three weeks to read 196
pages but I
read and I continued to
read and in several months
I was reading two and three books at a
time and I knew where I was in every
single one of
them so that's what you can
do a person's mind is
incredible your mind is as
incredible as a young
person regardless of what's happening in
the world today you have opportunity and
don't you believe for one single
minute what they say in the
media because if you aren't getting
ahead and you need to get
ahead position
yourself to learn go to the library and
learn you are the
backbone of this
world young people without you this
world is
nothing nothing
you are the backbone of this world you
are the Future Leaders of this world you
are the ones that see the
greed of the people that are running it
now you the ones that see the waste of
the people that are running it now we
need you we need your minds we need your
hearts we need your lives we need your
loves we need you to care and and I know
that you do care oh I see young people
stepping on the flag and and throwing
rocks and
rioting that's frustration frustration
it's frustration with the establishment
and I understand it but that's not you
don't let that be you rise above it
you're better than that Rise Above It
Anyway I got kind of off track there but
anyway as I went on and I got out of the
service I had begun to
write
and educate myself I got a little bit of
college
and I've continued
on through my life with that and you can
do the same thing you don't have to have
a doctorate or a PhD PhD or a master's
degree what you have to have is
determination you have to have an inner
will to get things done you have to have
a desire and I know the desire is
there because as I said before without
your
brains without your ambition without
your
drive this world will be nothing nothing
because old people like me die
off I have been successful not
tremendously
successful but I have a decent
retirement I live with my lovely wife in
in
Arizona I've had financial problems
everyone has
those but you can't stop you can't quit
you can't
say I'm a failure you're not a failure
you're not
not you're a wonderful strong
intelligent
youngster take advantage of that trust
in God trust in
yourself and step forward put One Foot
In Front Of Another let me give you an
example I've had a couple of businesses
they weren't tremendously successful but
they were
successful I've written books I have
presently probably 13 or 14 books in a
publication my latest is copper penny
it's in paperback on
Amazon look it up um so you can do it I
did it you can do it I'm 76 and to the
to my last breath I will encourage young
people because I love
them I will encourage young people
because I know they are the future you
are the ones that must save the ocean
you are the ones that that must save the
air because those that are in power the
bottom line unfortunately for many many
of those in power All Over The
World Is
wealth and power over others so I'm
going to close this now but I just
wanted you to know
that people like me old
Soldiers old people we
understand and as old as I
am I would pick up my can and defend you
to my last breath because I love you so
I'm going to stop now but just remember
never quit never quit
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