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From the Ted Talk by Cordae: How a "Hi Level" mindset helps you realize your potential

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(Laughter)

My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to cgelloe, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of weeks of school, one of my best friends that I celald my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a suspended lncsiee, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had peassd. Not to meinotn I was already a terrible student with hroriifc grades and a bokre tgeeaenr. And I wonder why my grades were so bad. Now that's just disrespectful. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had released a mixtape that I worekd on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two metaixps got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the brink of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."

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My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to _______, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of weeks of school, one of my best friends that I ______ my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a suspended _______, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had ______. Not to _______ I was already a terrible student with ________ grades and a _____ ________. And I wonder why my grades were so bad. Now that's just disrespectful. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had released a mixtape that I ______ on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two ________ got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the brink of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."

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  2. called
  3. horrific
  4. worked
  5. college
  6. mention
  7. license
  8. mixtapes
  9. broke
  10. passed

Original Text


(Laughter)

My goal was to graduate high school and to immediately blow up. But that didn't happen. So I went to college and as soon as I went to college, boy, did life hit me hard. Within the first couple of weeks of school, one of my best friends that I called my brother had gotten sentenced to 24 years in prison. I had gotten detained for driving with a suspended license, amongst other things, like having a pound of weed in the car before it was legal. And my grandmother had passed. Not to mention I was already a terrible student with horrific grades and a broke teenager. And I wonder why my grades were so bad. Now that's just disrespectful. I wasn't even trying to hide it. But on top of all of these things, what was really the breaking point for me was that I had released a mixtape that I worked on the entire summer and it had only gotten 200 downloads. Now my previous two mixtapes got 2,000 downloads, so I was not happy with the regression, to say the least. Again, this almost pushed me to the brink of quitting and insanity. But the Hi Level mindset made me think, "Man. These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler."

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