Doing what you do for reasons only you understand

Today we talk about the fact that only you have to understand why you do what you do. 

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Appoche production.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, the Building Better Humors Project Podcast. Welcome, be motivated
and be inspired.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Let's go. Heyteendnesa here, Welcome back to The Building Better
Humans Project podcast day. I want to talk about something
we don't really talk about enough, and that is doing
what you do not for applause, not for likes, not
even for legacy, but because you know why you're doing it,
even when nobody else gets it, even when the world
questions your every move. And I'm going to frame this

(00:41):
message to a story. It's a Michael Jordan story that
rarely gets a spotlight, but when you hear it, it'll
change the way you see the goat forever. Now, if
you're an MJ fan, you know the date. June fourteenth,
nineteen ninety eight, Game six of the NBA Finals, Chicago
Bulls for the Utah Jazz. With six point six seconds
on the clock, Jordan drives, crosses over by Russell, st

(01:05):
its back and hits the last shot. Six championships, six appearances,
six wins, zero losses. That shot was supposed to be
the perfect ending, the flawless mic drop, the ride into
the sunset, moment that every athlete dreams of and for
a while it was, Jordan retired for the second time

(01:26):
in nineteen ninety nine, goat status, absolutely locked in nothing
more to prove, nothing left again. But three years later,
something unthinkable happened. He came back, and not in the
red and black of Chicago, but in Wizards of Blue
and Gold. And for a long time people hated that.
Critics said it tarnished his legacy. That said it looked desperate,

(01:48):
said he couldn't let go of the spotlight. But none
of that was true because almost no one talks about
the real reasons he returned. See. After his second retirement,
Jordan became the president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards.
The franchise was struggling, bad on the court, in the
locker room, and especially at the box office. Then came

(02:09):
September eleventh, two thousand and one, a tragedy that stopped
America and the world in its tracks. People were hurting, scared, lost,
and something inside Michael Jordan, that rarest kind of leadership,
told him it was time to do something, not for
his brand, but for others. So, at thirty eight years old,

(02:30):
he laced up again. Mj didn't come back for the glory,
not for the headlines, not for another ring. He came
back to give hope. He donated one hundred percent of
his wizard's salary to the victims and families affected by
nine to eleven. Every game, every check, every dollar that

(02:51):
comeback wasn't about fame. It was about character, about giving
something when people needed it most. He played one hundred
and forty two games over two seasons, aboriginally forty minutes
a night. He didn't need to, he chose to. And yes,
people judged him, said he looked older, said the magic
was gone. But what they didn't see was that he

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was doing what he did for reasons that only he understood.
And if you've ever been in that position, when you're
making a move from your heart and not your ego,
you know how lonely that space can feel. Everyone celebrates
the highlight reel, the six rings, the buzzer beaters, the MVPs.
But this, this quiet, humble, almost forgotten chapter, is what

(03:37):
real greatness looks like, because greatness isn't just about the stats.
It's not about going out on top. It's not about
pleasing the crowd. It's about showing up for others, even
when the cameras aren't kind. It's about giving everything you
have because someone else needs it more. That comeback, it

(03:57):
didn't taint his legacy. In my opinion, it to find it.
So here's the thing. You might be working on something
right now that people don't get. You might be chasing
a goal that doesn't make sense to the outside world.
You might be making a comeback of your own, not
for glory, but because something deep in your gut says
this matters. And if that's you, let me say this,

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keep going. You don't need everyone to understand, you just
need to know why you're doing it. The world doesn't
always reward quiet sacrifice. But character isn't built for attention.
It's built in the background when no one's clapping, when
you're showing up anyway, Michael Jordan didn't come back for himself.

(04:46):
He came back for others. And maybe that's your mission too.
Maybe your greatest moment won't be your high lot real
but the time you showed up when no one expected
you to, the time you gave you all when it
wasn't cool, easy, or popular. That's leadership. That's legacy. That's
being the goat, not just on paper but in spirit.

(05:10):
That's today's episode. Team, If you're on a journey that
no one understands, stay the course. If your motive is
a question, stay grounded, and if your heart says go,
then go unapologetically. You were born to leading your own
way and you never need permission to follow purpose. So
until next time, keep striving, keep rising, and above all,
keep building better humans.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
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