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Welcome to Future Me, the podcast for dreamers, doers, and champions in the making.
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Get cozy, take a breath, and let's begin.
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Did you know Tiger Woods appeared on national television in America at the age of two to demonstrate his golf swing?
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Two years old.
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He had been watching his father hit golf balls in their garage since he was sitting in his high chair.
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And by the time most children are learning to walk steadily, Tiger was already gripping a club.
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By age three, he shot 48 for nine holes.
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By eight, he had won his first major junior tournament.
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He didn't just start early.
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He started almost impossibly early.
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But tonight's story isn't about a boy who started early.
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It's about a father who saw something in his son that the rest of the world hadn't noticed yet, and decided to give everything he had to help it grow.
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Hey there, champion.
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Welcome back to Future Me.
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I'm so glad you're here.
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Let's get settled in, find your spot, pull your blanket close, take a slow deep breath in, and breathe it all the way out.
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One more time, breathe in, and breathe out.
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Let your whole body go, soft and still.
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Good.
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You're here.
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And tonight I want to talk to you about something very special.
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Tonight's story is about focus, about what happens when you give something your whole heart, and what it means to have someone in your corner who believes in you so completely that their belief becomes your belief too.
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It's about a boy named Tiger and the father who saw his future before anyone else could.
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Eldric Taunt Woods was born on December 30th, 1975, in Cyprus, California.
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His father, Earl, a former Green Beret in the U.S.
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Army, gave him the nickname Tiger, after a friend and a fellow soldier he had served alongside in Vietnam.
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From the very beginning, Earl Woods saw something extraordinary in his son.
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He set up a net in their garage to practice golf shots, and he would let Baby Tiger sit in his high chair and watch.
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Just watch.
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Hour after hour.
00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.439
And something was happening inside that little mine, even then.
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.800
By the time Tiger could walk and hold a club, he was already swinging it with a form that made grown adults stop and stare.
00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:44.960
Earl didn't push Tiger.
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He invited him.
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He made the game feel like joy, like adventure, like the best game in the world.
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Because to Earl, it was.
00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.960
And that love passed from father to son like sunlight through a window.
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But Earl also prepared Tiger in a way that went far beyond golf.
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He taught Tiger to focus.
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Really focus.
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Not just concentrate on the ball, but to go somewhere inside himself.
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A quiet, still place where nothing outside could reach him.
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A place of pure calm in the middle of pressure.
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To test this, Earl would do something that sounds almost unkind, but was actually a tremendous gift.
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While Tiger was in the middle of his swing, Earl would jingle his keys, or cough, or drop his bag, anything to try to break Tiger's concentration.
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:49.280
And Tiger learned over time to go somewhere so deep inside his focus that nothing, nothing could pull him out.
00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.879
That mental strength became his greatest weapon.
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Tiger turned professional at 20 years old.
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And within months, the entire golfing world knew his name.
00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.960
He didn't just win tournaments, he won them by margins no one had ever seen.
00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.199
He made shots that other professionals said were simply not possible.
00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.720
He carried himself with a stillness and a focus on the course that was almost eerie to watch.
00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:23.279
He won the Master's Tournament, one of golf's most prestigious events, by 15 shots.
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Fifteen.
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The previous record was nine.
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He was only 21 years old.
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He went on to win 15 major championships, spending more weeks ranked number one in the world than any golfer in history.
00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:49.439
And then, just when many people thought his story was over, after injuries that would have ended most careers, after years away from the game, Tiger Woods came back.
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In 2019, he won the Masters again, 14 years after his first.
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The crowd went silent, then erupted.
00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.720
Grown men and women wept because they understood what they were watching.
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They were watching someone who had decided in the quiet of his own heart that he was not finished.
00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:21.839
His father, Earl, passed away years before, but in that moment, on that green, you could feel his presence.
00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:32.560
The father who had first believed, who had planted the seed of focus and love and resilience in his son before that son could even speak.
00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.319
That is the real story of Tiger Woods.
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Not just the trophies.
00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.720
The belief passed on from one person to another like a torch.
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I want you to think about someone in your life.
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Someone who believes in you.
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Maybe it's a parent, a grandparent, a coach, a teacher, a brother, or a sister, a friend.
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Can you feel that person?
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Can you feel how they see you?
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That belief, the belief someone else has in you, is one of the most powerful forces in the world.
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It can carry you further than you think you can go.
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It can hold you up when you're not sure you can hold yourself.
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Earl Woods believed in Tiger before Tiger believed in himself.
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And one of the most beautiful things you can do in your life is to find the people who believe in you and let that belief in.
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Really let it in.
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Don't push it away.
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Don't say you're not good enough.
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Just receive it like a gift.
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Because someone in your life has already looked at you and thought that child is going somewhere extraordinary.
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Can you feel who that is?
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Hold on to that feeling.
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That is your fuel.
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That is your foundation.
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And one day, when you're standing somewhere amazing, having done something you once thought was impossible, you will know exactly who helped you get there.
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Let's say these phrases together now.
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Slowly, one at a time.
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I am focused, I am calm, I am ready.
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I let the love of people who believe in me carry me forward.
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Nothing outside me can disturb the quiet inside me.
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I start, I practice, I keep going.
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I am future me.
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I am future me.
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As you drift towards sleep, I want you to find that still, quiet place inside you.
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The place where nothing outside can reach you.
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You are there now.
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Calm.
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Focused, safe.
00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.639
From that quiet place, picture yourself doing what you love most.
00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:57.440
Picture yourself doing it perfectly, completely in the zone.
00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.399
Like time is slowed down just for you.
00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:10.559
And somewhere nearby, the person who believes in you most is watching.
00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:15.279
They are so proud.
00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.279
And so are you.
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You are focused, you are loved, and your best days are still ahead of you.
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Good night, champion.
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See you next time on Future Me.
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A note for parents.
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Earl Woods once said that he tried to be the best father he could because he could see that Tiger had a gift that the world needed.
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You don't need to have a Tiger Woods on your hands to feel that.
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Every child has a gift the world needs.
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If your child is still awake or tomorrow morning, you might simply say, I want you to know that I believe in you.
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I see something in you that is extraordinary.
00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:10.320
No conditions, no qualifications, just that.
00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:17.600
One of the greatest gifts you will ever give your child is not a lesson, a trophy, or an opportunity.
00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.840
It is the unshakable belief that they are capable of something wonderful.
00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:23.759
Say it out loud.
00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.279
Say it often.
00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.440
It becomes a voice inside their head for the rest of their life.
00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:06.160
Welcome to Future Me, the podcast for dreamers, doers, and champions in the making.
00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:09.919
Get cozy, take a breath, and let's begin.
00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:18.559
Did you know Tiger Woods appeared on national television in America at the age of two to demonstrate his golf swing?
00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:20.640
Two years old.
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.920
He had been watching his father hit golf balls in their garage since he was sitting in his high chair.
00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:32.000
And by the time most children are learning to walk steadily, Tiger was already gripping a club.
00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.079
By age three, he shot 48 for nine holes.
00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.520
By eight, he had won his first major junior tournament.
00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:41.280
He didn't just start early.
00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:44.240
He started almost impossibly early.
00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.920
But tonight's story isn't about a boy who started early.
00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:57.039
It's about a father who saw something in his son that the rest of the world hadn't noticed yet, and decided to give everything he had to help it grow.
00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:02.159
Hey there, champion.
00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:03.840
Welcome back to Future Me.
00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.599
I'm so glad you're here.
00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:17.439
Let's get settled in, find your spot, pull your blanket close, take a slow deep breath in, and breathe it all the way out.
00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:25.280
One more time, breathe in, and breathe out.
00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:30.799
Let your whole body go, soft and still.
00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:32.239
Good.
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:33.439
You're here.
00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.719
And tonight I want to talk to you about something very special.
00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:50.079
Tonight's story is about focus, about what happens when you give something your whole heart, and what it means to have someone in your corner who believes in you so completely that their belief becomes your belief too.
00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:56.159
It's about a boy named Tiger and the father who saw his future before anyone else could.
00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:05.760
Eldric Taunt Woods was born on December 30th, 1975, in Cyprus, California.
00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.319
His father, Earl, a former Green Beret in the U.S.
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:17.680
Army, gave him the nickname Tiger, after a friend and a fellow soldier he had served alongside in Vietnam.
00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.159
From the very beginning, Earl Woods saw something extraordinary in his son.
00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:29.039
He set up a net in their garage to practice golf shots, and he would let Baby Tiger sit in his high chair and watch.
00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:30.319
Just watch.
00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:31.919
Hour after hour.
00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.439
And something was happening inside that little mine, even then.
00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.800
By the time Tiger could walk and hold a club, he was already swinging it with a form that made grown adults stop and stare.
00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:44.960
Earl didn't push Tiger.
00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:46.400
He invited him.
00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:52.080
He made the game feel like joy, like adventure, like the best game in the world.
00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:54.400
Because to Earl, it was.
00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:58.960
And that love passed from father to son like sunlight through a window.
00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:03.199
But Earl also prepared Tiger in a way that went far beyond golf.
00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.000
He taught Tiger to focus.
00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:07.759
Really focus.
00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:12.639
Not just concentrate on the ball, but to go somewhere inside himself.
00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:17.759
A quiet, still place where nothing outside could reach him.
00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.520
A place of pure calm in the middle of pressure.
00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:29.520
To test this, Earl would do something that sounds almost unkind, but was actually a tremendous gift.
00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:40.319
While Tiger was in the middle of his swing, Earl would jingle his keys, or cough, or drop his bag, anything to try to break Tiger's concentration.
00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:49.280
And Tiger learned over time to go somewhere so deep inside his focus that nothing, nothing could pull him out.
00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.879
That mental strength became his greatest weapon.
00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:56.000
Tiger turned professional at 20 years old.
00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:00.000
And within months, the entire golfing world knew his name.
00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.960
He didn't just win tournaments, he won them by margins no one had ever seen.
00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.199
He made shots that other professionals said were simply not possible.
00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.720
He carried himself with a stillness and a focus on the course that was almost eerie to watch.
00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:23.279
He won the Master's Tournament, one of golf's most prestigious events, by 15 shots.
00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:25.040
Fifteen.
00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.600
The previous record was nine.
00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.079
He was only 21 years old.
00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:37.759
He went on to win 15 major championships, spending more weeks ranked number one in the world than any golfer in history.
00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:49.439
And then, just when many people thought his story was over, after injuries that would have ended most careers, after years away from the game, Tiger Woods came back.
00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:54.560
In 2019, he won the Masters again, 14 years after his first.
00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.000
The crowd went silent, then erupted.
00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.720
Grown men and women wept because they understood what they were watching.
00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:13.199
They were watching someone who had decided in the quiet of his own heart that he was not finished.
00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:21.839
His father, Earl, passed away years before, but in that moment, on that green, you could feel his presence.
00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:32.560
The father who had first believed, who had planted the seed of focus and love and resilience in his son before that son could even speak.
00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:36.319
That is the real story of Tiger Woods.
00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:38.879
Not just the trophies.
00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.720
The belief passed on from one person to another like a torch.
00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:50.000
I want you to think about someone in your life.
00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.399
Someone who believes in you.
00:05:52.639 --> 00:06:02.240
Maybe it's a parent, a grandparent, a coach, a teacher, a brother, or a sister, a friend.
00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:08.319
Can you feel that person?
00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.079
Can you feel how they see you?
00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:20.800
That belief, the belief someone else has in you, is one of the most powerful forces in the world.
00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.240
It can carry you further than you think you can go.
00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.480
It can hold you up when you're not sure you can hold yourself.
00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.600
Earl Woods believed in Tiger before Tiger believed in himself.
00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:42.079
And one of the most beautiful things you can do in your life is to find the people who believe in you and let that belief in.
00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:44.240
Really let it in.
00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.639
Don't push it away.
00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.839
Don't say you're not good enough.
00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.519
Just receive it like a gift.
00:06:54.480 --> 00:07:01.360
Because someone in your life has already looked at you and thought that child is going somewhere extraordinary.
00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:03.839
Can you feel who that is?
00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:10.240
Hold on to that feeling.
00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:11.839
That is your fuel.
00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:13.920
That is your foundation.
00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:24.240
And one day, when you're standing somewhere amazing, having done something you once thought was impossible, you will know exactly who helped you get there.
00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.279
Let's say these phrases together now.
00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.160
Slowly, one at a time.
00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.199
I am focused, I am calm, I am ready.
00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:45.600
I let the love of people who believe in me carry me forward.
00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:53.360
Nothing outside me can disturb the quiet inside me.
00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.800
I start, I practice, I keep going.
00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.319
I am future me.
00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:14.800
I am future me.
00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:27.279
As you drift towards sleep, I want you to find that still, quiet place inside you.
00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.639
The place where nothing outside can reach you.
00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:36.720
You are there now.
00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:38.000
Calm.
00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.240
Focused, safe.
00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.639
From that quiet place, picture yourself doing what you love most.
00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:57.440
Picture yourself doing it perfectly, completely in the zone.
00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.399
Like time is slowed down just for you.
00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:10.559
And somewhere nearby, the person who believes in you most is watching.
00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:15.279
They are so proud.
00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.279
And so are you.
00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:26.080
You are focused, you are loved, and your best days are still ahead of you.
00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.480
Good night, champion.
00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.799
See you next time on Future Me.
00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:39.840
A note for parents.
00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:47.600
Earl Woods once said that he tried to be the best father he could because he could see that Tiger had a gift that the world needed.
00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.279
You don't need to have a Tiger Woods on your hands to feel that.
00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.080
Every child has a gift the world needs.
00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:02.000
If your child is still awake or tomorrow morning, you might simply say, I want you to know that I believe in you.
00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:05.120
I see something in you that is extraordinary.
00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:10.320
No conditions, no qualifications, just that.
00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:17.600
One of the greatest gifts you will ever give your child is not a lesson, a trophy, or an opportunity.
00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.840
It is the unshakable belief that they are capable of something wonderful.
00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:23.759
Say it out loud.
00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.279
Say it often.
00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.440
It becomes a voice inside their head for the rest of their life.
