February 1, 2010 Matt Morris -
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4 Things We Can Learn About Success From Nike Commercials

Motivational Monday #14

Superbowl Sunday is coming up and you know what that means… Tons of new commercials!

I’m actually not a huge fan of commercials (or TV for that matter) but I’ve found that a good majority of the Nike ads feature messages actually teach us a few lessons about achieving success. In honor of Superbowl Sunday Week, I’ve uncovered a few of my favorite Nike commercials with inspiring lessons about success.  Take a look…

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Commitment and Sacrifice

To achieve our dreams, we’ve got to be willing to commit to success… We’ve got to be willing to make sacrifices!

The best don’t become the best by sleeping in and skipping work outs or practice sessions. The best become the best by deciding to become successful and committing to do everything it takes to make it!

Once you make the decision to become successful, you disregard every other option. I highly encourage you to choose success!

Take a minute to answer these questions today: How important is becoming successful to you? When will you set aside time to create an action plan you can commit to? What are you willing to sacrifice to reach success?

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Drive

On your way to achieving success, you will likely have lots of critics. People may say things like “You can’t do that,” or “You don’t have the talent to reach that level of success,” or maybe “You aren’t educated enough to make that kind of money…”

You may even have to deal with people making false accusations about you or your business.

It’s okay though… Critics are easy to overcome if you are truly driven to reach success. What can you do to create enough drive to push you to success?

DREAM! Dreams are the fuel that fire desire.  And desire is the one element that keeps you going when things get rough.

Vince Lombardi once said “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”

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Failure Isn’t Always Bad

If you really want to succeed, you must not be afraid to fail. Michael Jordan proves in this commercial that the most successful people often have more failures than everybody else.

Learn to recognize that past failures have no relevance on future successes. In fact, failure should be celebrated just as much as success because of the knowledge and experience we gain from failing.

This quote from Napoleon Hill explains the failure principle so well, “Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”

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Excuses, Excuses

I’ll keep this one short…

Absolutely no excuses!! You can have excuses or you can have results. What you can’t have is both.

What was your favorite lesson about success from Nike? Let me know in the comments section!

P.S. If you want more lessons about success and motivation, pick up a copy of The Unemployed Millionaire here: http://www.MattMorris.com/book. You’ll also receive over $2,000 in bonus success education materials and feed 5 hungry children!

P.P.S. If you missed last week’s Motivational Monday, watch it here: Motivational Monday #13: 99 Balloons.

  • Eero Laak

    Matt!

    Once again – just awesome.

    Especially the last guy in the wheelchair.

    I think we can all learn a lot from him at this very moment.

    BR
    Eero

  • Donald Fowler

    Hi Matt,

    The Nike commercials are great, and good reminder of what I already know and at times tend to avoid. I do not understand your comments after the fourth video. You state you can have sucess or you can have results. You can’t have both. This I do not understand, it is my opinion that you measure success by looking at your results.
    I look forward to hearing from you on this point.

    Yours,
    Don Fowler

    • http://www.mattmorris.com Amanda

      Hi Don,

      That was a typo… Thank you for letting us know!

      You are right on sir. You measure success by looking at results!

      Sincerely,

      Amanda Troxell
      Personal Assistant to Matt Morris

  • http://www.topgunstudent.com Børge Finsæther

    Hei Matt,

    Good on you :D

    Get the Message OUT!!! Get UP, and Get Going ;D

    All the Best of Wishes,
    Børge Finsæther

  • Susan Kisten

    Hello Matt,

    I love it, i love it, i love it!!!!!

    Unlike most people, I look forward to Mondays just because of the inspiration I draw from your emails and videos.

    Keep on,keeping on.

    Susan Kisten

  • Doris Biddison

    A 70 year old woman can be inspired just as much as anyone else. Keep up your great work – you’ve gone the gaumet and you know you “can” now inspire someone else for good. And, you are certainly doing that. Keep up the great work.

    Doris Biddison

  • http://www.damonjennings.com Damon Jennings

    Great Post! I have always been a fan of Nike and its commercials. When I was young Nike, by way of Michael Jordan, rose to the top of the food chain for basketball lovers. If you did not even like basketball you still got a pair. Whenever kids strapped on a pair of Air Jordans you felt like you could NOT be stopped. It works the same for me in the travel business industry. Once I discovered How To Blog, Article Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and my #1 tool Micro Niche Finder.

    Arguably the most popular NIKE commercials that are out today are by the top two NBA stars. Lebron James and Kobe Bryant! They are using puppets to make money and brand themselves at the same time. The moral of a lot of commercials is also focused on being creative with whatever you do.

    “Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” Arthur Koestler

    To Your Success,

  • Beata Kozlowska

    absolutely uplifting, so many things we can achieve if we really make it a MUST!

    thank you Matt

    Beata

  • http://www.positivemindconcepts.com Don Carpenter

    Great post Matt,
    Get the messages out. Yes, too many people have excuses. I go to the gym 6 times a week. I do it because I really want to.
    I lost my leg a year ago due to diabetes. I have to do it for not only myself, but for people that are obese and have diabetes.

    You don’t want what I have. You just don’t want it. JUST DO IT!! NO EXCUSES!!

  • Kathy

    What a wake up call. Thank You I needed this.

    “Kathy…Just Do It….Now”

  • Gurdev B

    MAGIC! as always from the Master.

  • Gerard McClure

    I loved every video. I usually watch the 1st three all the time, but the one about excuses hit home and I’ve been working on that for a long time. Thanks for posting these.

  • http://www.gr8act.com S.S.LeCarpentier

    A friend of mine says she is running a marathon in a few months, but won’t get up in the morning to train or go running after work…guess who’s getting today’s motivation sent to her right now??!!! The other side of the coin: I am running the SF stairs for Amer. Lung Assoc. on March 27th…looks like I need some stairs to run daily…SEE YOU AT THE TOP.

  • Owen Thomson

    When I was a teenager there was a song that came out..”I don’t like Mondays” It seems as from that time everyone coined the culture.. of Mondayitis! I LOVE Monday, I have a whole week to have some amazing experiences, it is almost the best day of the week.. And I have had a lot of failures so I guess I will end up like Micheal Jordan.. EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL !! Whoo hoo!

  • Desiree ~ Bay Area

    Thanks Matt, Nike provides the basic necessity to just doing it — passion!

    Keep ‘em coming =)

    Desiree

  • http://Simonstepsyscoaching.com Net Millionaire

    What a fantastic post Matt! Im a BIG Nike fan I buy all there gear I love there simple quote which I use in my communications every day…

    “Just Do It”

  • http://www.siekin.com Si Ekin

    Just awesome Matt, thanks. Shivers down my spine so early in the morning. Makes me realise how easy, bu worthless, it is to coast. I really got it. “Do or do not, there is no try.” (Yoda.) Si.

  • http://www.theinternetpulse.com Paul Nixon

    Hi Matt

    What an awesome way to start the week. A new chapter is begining in my life and I am about to embark on a journey that will move me toward my dream of becoming an Internet Marketeer and Motivational speaker.
    I think the videos and your discussion about Committment and No excuses are the very relevant. If we look hard enough, we can always find a reason for not ‘stepping out of the box’. As Henry Ford once said, “If you think you can, or think you can’t, you are probably right”

    Thank you for providing the motivation and tools to make all dreams possible.

    To Success, Wealth and Happiness
    Paul Nixon
    Internet Marketeer

  • http://www.visitbergen.com/en/ Kristian

    Thank you Matt, I have listen to your history and also your training, You inspire me everytime, Thanks man. But that’s not enough and therfor I’m glad that you posted this ads to tell me that I have to get up and do it! I buy your book.

    Greetings from Norway:)

  • http://www.fromthefairwaytothegreen.com Sue Matheis

    Thank you Matt,

    Just do it! My favorite saying “This too shall pass”

    Sue

  • Brandi

    Excellent inspirational / motivational messages / videos ~ as usual Matt !
    Don Carpenter you are a true inspiration in yourself. Meeting many who are overcomers through previous employment / and at various basketball games / public settings, I am always honored to meet them, and at awe of the challenges they have had to endure and overcome. They have given me [still do] the courage to press on through various past life issues ~ physically / mentally / spiritually.
    My most valuable lesson through all I’ve dealt with is to stand up to the critics and and tell them that unless they have a way of critiquing what I’m doing from their own experience, than they can shut their mouth and keep their opinion[s] to themselves….or tend to ‘their’ own business, and stay out of mine !
    President Roosevelt spoke it best ~ in my opinion [long quote], about those on the side lines who judge, yet they are not down in the pit taking the risk / challenges head on.
    I now tell the critics / jokers – ‘Put your money where your mouth is, and I might have the time to lend you my ears.’

  • http://www.MyConquest.Rovia.com Andrea Walen

    JUST FANTASTIC … ONCE AGAIN!

  • Richard

    Outstanding Matt! These videos really allowed me to refocus on the burning passion that is within me, and not allow any excuses to get in my way! Thanks for all that you do and God bless my friend!

  • http://www.howtomakemoneyinrecession.com Thomas Hoi

    ” I have failed over and over and over again…. and that’s why i succeed ! Wow what a quote from Michael Jordan.

    Since young, Michael Jordan is a hero to me even though i dont play basketball… He’s an inspiration to many… but what i dont know is that even he, one of the greatest if not the best NBA star in history had his fair share of failures… and many of them…

    This really inspire me and my own failures pales in comparison to him….

    No matter what failures that may come…

    Just Do It!!

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  • http://www.mattmorris.com/ Amanda

    Hi Don,

    That was a typo… Thank you for letting us know!

    You are right on sir. You measure success by looking at results!

    Sincerely,

    Amanda Troxell
    Personal Assistant to Matt Morris