Ever feel like life’s challenges are just too overwhelming? You’re not alone. Many of us struggle with maintaining a positive attitude when faced with adversity, and it can be tough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But what if you could transform your mindset and turn those challenges into stepping stones for success? That’s exactly what Eduar Fernandez dives into in this powerful session. He shares his personal journey and the incredible impact a positive attitude can have on overcoming life’s toughest obstacles. It’s raw, inspiring, and packed with insights that can help you shift your perspective and achieve greatness. Don’t miss this must-see moment—watch the video below and discover how a positive attitude can change everything.
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So first and foremost, I just want to thank God for putting me all these amazing people.
So let’s give it up for him.
Of course.
Second, I want to give thanks to my great upline, the Ortiz.
If you guys, they’re right over there.
If you guys can give it up for them, please, the Ortiz family.
Third, I want to give it up to my amazing hierarchy.
So big shout out to my team up there.
Appreciate it.
Thank you, guys.
Thank you.
And just, you know, another man I always want to thank because he just made such a huge impact in my life, and that’s Mara Arizona.
He said he should be here.
Let’s see.
Well, you guys, obviously, there he is.
Man.
If you guys could give it up for one of my great coaches, Mara Arizona.
So, guys, I want to talk to you guys today about leadership.
And by the way, leadership is preparation.
So every time I do a speech, I want to make sure that I can touch somebody.
Right? Because I remember when I came to these events and you guys know when some speakers come up and they give it their all and you come back change, yes or yes.
Right.
And we have some other speakers that maybe they come up, you’re like, I didn’t learn anything, right? So my commitment to you guys is that I won’t do that to you guys, but I want to talk to you guys today about leadership.
Okay? And one of the things about being a leader is that leadership is attitude.
The Lord has a couple of animals that he identifies with, but one of them being the lion.
Okay? And I want to talk today about a little bit about the lion.
See, the lion is not the biggest animal in the animal kingdom.
It is not the strongest animal in the animal kingdom.
It is not the largest animal in the animal kingdom.
But who is the king of the jungle? The lion.
Right.
See, a lion has one thing that leadership reflects, like, no other trait, and that is his attitude.
See, when a lion sees an elephant, even though it’s much smaller, it thinks lunch.
When an elephant sees a lion, even though he’s much smaller, he thinks, I’m going to get eaten.
They both apply an attitude, and that’s in life.
It works the same way.
See, when you guys look at your problems, you need to make a commitment that you will never tell your God how big your problems are, but you’re going to tell your problems how big your God is.
You guys with, you know, if you look at the leadership on this company, whether it’s Mario, whether it’s myself, whether it’s Assad, all these amazing leaders, we all look, we speak, and we come from different parts of the world.
Some of us even speak different languages.
But one thing that all the leaders have in common is their attitude.
See, when I came to this country, I was right under ten years old.
My parents and I, we won a lottery ticket to come to the United States.
My parents and I, we came here in Cuba in 2002, and we came into an airplane into Miami.
And it was the first time that I had experienced things like air conditioning, burgers, doors that opened on its own.
I’m telling you, I was mind blown about doors at Walmart.
They open.
I was like, how is this happening? That’s real.
I’m going to do my best not to cry tonight, because I’m going to actually speak about my dad a little bit.
And for those of you guys that know him, he’s actually going through a pretty aggressive cancer right now.
But anyways, when we came here, guys, we didn’t grow up in the best neighborhoods.
My parents worked super hard.
And I remember thinking, I was like, man, one day I’m going to become super successful so that I could not just take care of me, but I could take care of them as well.
And I was doing that one day.
I was 19 years old, and I was at a gym, and this guy comes up to me and he says, hey, that I grew up playing baseball with.
His name is nor.
He’s still one of my best friends to this day.
He says, hey, man, I work with a financial company.
We’re expanding and looking for people.
Have you thought about doing anything else? At the time, I was actually working for a door to door sales company, and I was like, hey, what do you got? See, guys, when I came into this business, I was 19 years old.
My first year, I only made $8,000.
And then I’m watching Abby over here.
It’s like her first year, she made like, 400,000 or something, right? Like, what the heck? I failed my exam six times.
I failed my securities exam six times, and I failed my 26 exam for, like, two years in a row.
I’m serious.
They would know me at a test center.
They’d be like, what you get this time? I was like, a 50.
They’re like, you got better? I’m like, yes, I’m serious, man.
English is my second language.
I have a hard time with tests.
I’m pretty sure that I’m dyslexic.
But you know what, man? By the way, when I first got started in the company, there was this young man speaking about Neemar is on.
He was wearing a green shirt, and he was 28 years old, and he was talking about how he failed his exam so many times.
And I swear, Ed and Yvonne put me in front of that speech at the perfect time because I was like, me, too.
It was just so many me, dudes.
He was like, I’m sure me too.
Everything.
He’s like, I’m not the best looking.
I was like, well, I don’t know.
I’m just kidding, coach.
Right? I’m just kidding.
But I remember thinking that because people get inspired by people that come from where they come from, and they won.
Right, guys, look, my first four years here, in four years, cumulatively, I made $100,000.
Cumulatively, that’s not a wool, right? 18 to four years, 100,000.
See, for the next four years, after I fixed my attitude, were paid over $1.2 million.
See, guys, today, our average monthly income is higher than my parents income combined when they first got here from Cuba.
A monthly income.
Can you guys believe that? It blows my mind what this company can do and what’s possible right now.
We’re 28 years old, and as long as the good lord gives us health, we have great mentors by the ortizas and the aerosols, and we’re committed to getting our ruby before we’re 30.
And we’re confident that we can do that.
We’re at 453,000 right now, so we believe we’re going to do that.
But again, guys, one of the things you guys got to fix to get big here is you got to fix your attitude.
You have to fix your attitude.
You have to believe that it can happen to you, because.
Because there’s people that come from all types of the world, all parts of the world speak different.
Languages, look different.
Some are white, some are black, some are brown.
All over, guys.
And they’re winning.
What is the common trait? Say attitude.
The second thing I want to talk to you guys today is about stress.
I’m going to do my best not to cry or make anybody cry, okay? But, guys, stress.
We’ve been taught that stress is bad.
But ancient warriors, they looked at stress as an opportunity for growth.
See just how a gem cannot be polished.
Without the pressures of the earth, neither can a man become his highest version of himself without going through adversity.
You with me? Guys, look, I wrote this down, and I wanted to make sure it was right, and I wrote this down.
It says, your thoughts may be involuntary, but your actions must be calculated.
Every single one of you guys, when I came into this company.
I was a boy with a dream.
Today I’m a man with a plan.
See, because boys do what they want to, but men do what is required.
See, we came into this company and we said, man, we’re going to do something great.
And even to this day, it’s the same thing.
Look good.
Sure, you can stay excited for six months.
Sure, you can stay excited for a year, two years.
But, man, a real winner stays excited for as long as it takes.
And today we have such an amazing hierarchy.
I want to shout out three people, and you guys don’t have to clap because I’m almost out of time.
But Ali and Lewis Kamejo, where they’re doing awesome.
Unfortunately, none of my rvps registered for the event, so we got to get on them.
They registered late, right? So they weren’t part of recognition.
Layton Brown and Ryan and Sahas, which, he’s 20 years old, he just won RVP.
Absolute stud.
Okay, the third thing that I wanted to talk to you guys today is about discipline.
Okay, guys, when I was growing up, you know when you get mad sometimes that you ran, I was my little kid and say, mom, I was like, well, I don’t love you anymore to my father.
Okay? And I’m going to try not to cry again.
And he would tell me, he said, let me tell you the deal we have.
Let me tell you the deal we have.
I love you and you respect me.
You don’t love me and I respect you.
That’s not how this thing works.
The way that this works is I love you and you respect me because a father’s love is a disciplinary love.
See, guys, that’s the type of love you guys got to give your hierarchy in your team if you want to win here.
You with me? Because you only discipline people that you love.
Yes or yes? I have a question for you guys, and this is very deep, and I hope you guys take this and run with this.
And that question is, what’s more dangerous? Someone that’s not afraid to die or one that’s found everything to live for? See, my dad’s going through a very aggressive cancer treatment right now, and we’re going through it.
I’m traveling to Arizona in Vita often.
I actually have to move there at the end of this month.
Just a bunch of things going on.
And my dad was going through this treatment, and he told my mom, he says, I don’t want to go through them anymore.
It’s really hurting.
And my mom’s like, you got to talk to him.
This would be my last thing for you guys.
So I go and I talk to him and he’s like, man, I’m 50 years old.
I’ve never smoked and never drank, been a great husband to your mommy.
And he’s like, I don’t get it.
He said, I just, you know, if I have a couple years left, if that’s the case, I don’t want to be in pain anymore.
And I told that about all the great things that are happening in our life.
Now.
My question for you guys, I’ll repeat it one more time.
What’s more dangerous? A person that’s not afraid to die or a man that’s got everything to live for? You guys have something to fight for.
You can do.
Do something special here.
If you guys make a commitment, do the work and listen to your mentors, greatness is possible.
Love you guys.
What you know about Roland.
