Tyler Nicholson
Speaker Slam® Alumni

Tyler Nicholson

Youth Mentor & Speaker

About

Tyler Nicholson

Bold, honest motivator who speaks from personal experience. Graduate of the school of hard knocks, passionate about helping youth. Puts family first, hard work a close second.

On Stage

1 Speech at Speaker Slam®

Personal Transformation · 2017

Unlocking Personal Transformation

Jan 25, 2017Revival Bar · Toronto

Speaking on the theme Personal Transformation at Speaker Slam® in Toronto on Jan 25, 2017, Tyler Nicholson took the stage with a five minute story.

Transcript

personal transformation is exactly that personal okay we've had six what am i number seven six speakers before you give their take on or their personal transformation what they're going through it's all different every one of us say if if he actually did the six steps you would know what seven to get puppies like this right and to be cool you got to have a beard like this bro you know somebody can't teach you got to just say you know what I'm saying right in front of all I know what you're saying right you know what I mean like this is what happens this is how

you get cool all right that's just my I just speak on behalf of all the gym goers you know I mean like you know protein I eat tuna okay that was as funny as I'll be okay now let's get serious okay there's a lot of us in the room that you know we may want to transform our lives but we're like we don't know how okay we're looking for like that six steps we're looking for that that eight steps to a better me we're looking for that you know that program that we can follow and the truth is there isn't my personal transformation I'm gonna

take different steps than he does right he took six I took seven right it's different for everybody right it's not gonna be the same now one journey is gonna be the same are you following me okay so there's gonna be there's there's a meta frame though there's something that you can kind of measure at what level of your transformation you're at and this is something that I've just recently learned myself by you know we live in an age of information if you want to learn something you seek you will find it okay so the first stage of this personal transformation the first the first kind

of tear the first level is the the non then that you're not aware that you're even in control of anything that's transformative in your life right you're just you just you go to work do your thing and it just man you know you're complacent yeah it's just just go through the motions right then there's thinners level 2 and level 2 you're kind of wondering well if I do this then then maybe this can happen right now you're becoming aware that you're actually in control of what's transformative in your life whether it's physical whether it's your financial whatever it is you're you're now becoming aware that

hey I have something to do with this okay then we go into the next tier which is level 3 and level three is where you start to practice you're a practitioner now right the gym you're taking those steps right I get up every day and at five o'clock I'm in the gym right and I'm doing my repetitions I'm not grunting that loud but you know what I mean i'm doing i'm doing my repetitions okay I'm doing what I got to do and follow in those steps I'm now practicing okay now I want to get to stage five though I want to transform my life or

I don't want to transform I don't just want to do it right takes discipline you got to do you got to follow the steps you got to make sure I get up at five I set my alarm well now I'm in level five where like I'm fundamentally changing things in my life for changing now where I don't need my alarm to get up anymore I'm up to five minutes before my alarm goes okay now I'm transforming now it's becoming a ooh 'el they say that if you want to transform anything in your life if you want to create a new habit you have to do

something thirty times consecutively in order for it to become a habit and now I don't need the discipline to do it anymore it's just who I am now so now I'm transformed now I'm in that stage four process of fundamentally changing where the old Tyler there's things that I don't tolerate from the old Tyler anymore I'm a new Tyler right the crowd that you hang around with the things that you do just your lifestyle changes things change in your life okay so now I'm in level five and I'm fundamentally changed I'm transformed right the sixth and final level to that transformation is where your transformation

becomes so profound the impact on your life during your transformation now inspires others to transform now your transformation you're seeing it happen before your eyes I got friends in the back who've known me since I was 12 years old they've seen the transformation I'm not I'm telling you I was one of those guys that had a lot of potential okay yeah I mean had a lot of potential but I was getting suspended every other day for how I wore my pants you know I mean I hey my butt cheeks out a little bit I was one of those guys you know I mean where you

had to walk like a penguin to keep your pants up I don't tolerate that type of behavior anymore and so I've transformed from that little thug idiot you know what I mean I'm different now right and that growth happens automatically things will happen in your life automatically if you want to transform an aspect of your life it boils down to what you're paying attention to where you're directing your aim do you want to change physically then you got to pay attention that's where you direct your attention you're gonna grow physically regardless your body's gonna age your joints are gonna de to deteriorate there's you know

you get a bit of a potbelly I'm working on it right abs are born in the kitchen abs are in the kitchen okay you can do crunches all day it doesn't matter but you you you you just it just becomes a part of you it just becomes a part of you and it's you have to direct that energy into whatever it is whether it's your finances go to chapters and grab a book read up on finances learn now we live in the age of information there's no excuse anymore to be in the non-practitioners stage you want to transform your life it starts with you you

know what I mean there is no excuses anymore there isn't we have all these people that are willing to get up on stage and tell us about you know motivate you want some motivation there's a motive behind that I can motivate the hell out of you guys you get out here and you'll feel oh yeah all warm and fuzzy inside and then you go in the real world and then what then what you don't have me on the microphone loud in your head trying to motivate you you're on your own now what is it right that's where you that's where the discipline comes in and

that's where you've got to dig deep it starts with you so this personal transformation again I look I'm all for it and I'm glad they're all gather here today to get you know all these speakers takes on personal transformation but whatever it is don't compare yourself to anybody comparison is the thief of all joy so I can compare myself man you did it in six all it took me seven like what's wrong with me it don't ever compare yourself to someone else's journey okay because yours is unique you are an individual those individual ideas yes there's there's a criteria there's steps you can take but

you got to take the action so without action you will have you won't have any results and like the speaker said before who is it I can't remember your name I'm sorry but you cannot have success without struggle it's going to take work it's gonna take work so in closing I just want to tell you no matter what it is a year after if you seek you will find you seek mediocrity you're gonna get it you seek extraordinary lifestyles you're gonna get them but it starts with you thank you

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