August 10, 2025 • 9 mins
Are you still waiting for permission to chase your dream? 🕒 In this brutally honest and empowering episode of Open My Mind, we unpack Tyrese Gibson’s unfiltered message about stepping out of your comfort zone, overcoming doubt from close circles, and becoming significant — not just successful.
🎯 This episode will challenge you to:
“Only those who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
It's time to rise, work, evolve, and walk unapologetically into your greatness. Your past doesn’t define you — your decisions do.
🎯 This episode will challenge you to:
- 🔓 Break cycles of limitation and fear
- 🧠 Build confidence even when others doubt you
- 🚀 Use vision and self-discipline to fuel your next move
- 📉 Stop letting lack of money, support, or resources define your value
- 💡 Embrace the unfamiliar to activate your purpose
- 🛑 Quit praying and procrastinating — and start producing
“Only those who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
It's time to rise, work, evolve, and walk unapologetically into your greatness. Your past doesn’t define you — your decisions do.
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
If you don't know, now you know it's true. When
you're ready to do something and try something new that's
out of your comfort zone, that's out of your norm,
it's always the one you're dating, the one you're married to,
(00:43):
the one that's in your family, your friends, in your
immediate circle, that will always try and talk you out
of doing something special and significant. Do you know how
many people have had visions, ideas, and huge career moves
(01:06):
that they were about to make and they allowed the
word no to stop them. Boldly walk into the room
with your head held up high, and if they don't
get it, laugh about it. Don't disown your ideas because
(01:29):
they're disowning your ideas. Don't lose confidence in your ideas
because they don't have confidence in your ideas. Don't be
afraid to walk into the unfamiliar. Don't be afraid to
do what's a deep inside of you to do. You
(01:53):
got gifts, you got talent, you got capabilities, you got inventions,
you got all of these things that you need to
unleash on the world. You don't have money, you may
not have the financial resources, but don't allow your visions
and ideas to be stifled because of what's in your
bank account or not.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
And something inside of you made you say that even
though I grew up in this situation, I'm still gonna
work and be a better man or a woman. I'm
still gonna do whatever I have to do to break
the cycle. I'm still going to decide that I love
(02:37):
myself enough to do better, bigger and more significant things.
But it takes a very strong minded person to decide
that because I was born into this doesn't mean this
is going to define the outcome of what my life
(02:59):
is and purpose on this.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Earth is destined to be. I see what's not there.
I have visions. My visions are bold and unapologetic. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
They say you got to think out of the box.
In my mind, there is no boxing.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
To have ideas and visions and dreams, and then to
do any means necessary to see to it that the
vision come to life. Only those that can see the
invisible can do the impossible. And then there's even more
power to be able to see what doesn't exist, and
(03:47):
then to be able to articulate it and verbalize it.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Just keep in your minds and your spirits open to
the possibilities. I'm telling you stop being afraid of the unfamiliar.
It's time to do something significant. It's time to get up.
(04:23):
It's time to get back into being significant. Just woke up.
You gotta do what you gotta do. What are you
gonna do today to walk towards your goal?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I'm just curious.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I'm curious. How many text messages are gonna come do
today where you respond and end up conting acting with
that person that can take you off your path? How
much time and energy you're going to dedicate to your
(05:08):
gift and your talent or your goal. How committed are
you to produce some results? A lot of people talking
about what they're going to do, but how many of
(05:29):
y'all today are going to decide to do it? I
want you to write in the Land of the Blind,
the one eyed man is king. I'm a king? Are
you a king or a queen? I'm just asking. Are
(05:51):
you in the gym? Are you doing anything to walk
towards your goals of being in shape, more focused, getting
an A plus on those tests? Are you training as
hard as you know you're supposed to be training to
make the team or stay on the team.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You worked your ass off, you got up at six
am in the morning. You decided to stay in your
college dorm and not party, drink, smoke, and get high.
You decided to focus and get away from all of
the distractions so that you can pass that bar, examine
that test. You decided to focus so that you can
get a high test grade on your SSAT scores and
(06:39):
end up going to college to state play sports, football, basketball,
or anything that your college degrees allowed you to do
and become. You decided to focus, get it done. You
sacrificed all of the fun, the perks, and all of
the fun shit you could have been doing because you
were that focused. I'm getting out of your own way,
(07:04):
breaking the cycle, breaking the devil cycle of your.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Own family and your surroundings.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I decided to love myself enough to want better, desire better,
and seek better, and move in the direction of something better.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
What is the next level of you? Are you done?
Are you done? Evolve?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
That shit that you accomplished was five years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
It's over. You're still alive.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
You're getting on your knees every night and you're praying,
But then you're getting off of your knees and ain't
doing shit. You can't get points today for yesterday's gay.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I don't give fuck how much money is in my account.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I'm gonna make a statement every day.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
I want to become the things that I see. Go
get it.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
If you got a problem with your life and your career,
stop complaining about it. You spend so much time on
your knees. Your knees are bleeding. Get up off your
knees and do the work.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
There is more to do. I don't care how much
money I have in my pocket. I'm trying to be significant.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Does anybody know how much money was in Martin Luther
King's bank account? How much did Nelson Mandela have in
his bank account before he died?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
He was significant. He made a statement. He lived his
life with a sense of purpose. He was selfless.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
He wanted to make a difference in everybody's life and
everybody he ever came in contact with.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I refuse to be another man that lived and died
and wasn't significant period. But then
If you don't know, now you know it's true. When
you're ready to do something and try something new that's
out of your comfort zone, that's out of your norm,
it's always the one you're dating, the one you're married to,
(00:43):
the one that's in your family, your friends, in your
immediate circle, that will always try and talk you out
of doing something special and significant. Do you know how
many people have had visions, ideas, and huge career moves
(01:06):
that they were about to make and they allowed the
word no to stop them. Boldly walk into the room
with your head held up high, and if they don't
get it, laugh about it. Don't disown your ideas because
(01:29):
they're disowning your ideas. Don't lose confidence in your ideas
because they don't have confidence in your ideas. Don't be
afraid to walk into the unfamiliar. Don't be afraid to
do what's a deep inside of you to do. You
(01:53):
got gifts, you got talent, you got capabilities, you got inventions,
you got all of these things that you need to
unleash on the world. You don't have money, you may
not have the financial resources, but don't allow your visions
and ideas to be stifled because of what's in your
bank account or not.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
And something inside of you made you say that even
though I grew up in this situation, I'm still gonna
work and be a better man or a woman. I'm
still gonna do whatever I have to do to break
the cycle. I'm still going to decide that I love
(02:37):
myself enough to do better, bigger and more significant things.
But it takes a very strong minded person to decide
that because I was born into this doesn't mean this
is going to define the outcome of what my life
(02:59):
is and purpose on this.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Earth is destined to be. I see what's not there.
I have visions. My visions are bold and unapologetic. You know.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
They say you got to think out of the box.
In my mind, there is no boxing.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
To have ideas and visions and dreams, and then to
do any means necessary to see to it that the
vision come to life. Only those that can see the
invisible can do the impossible. And then there's even more
power to be able to see what doesn't exist, and
(03:47):
then to be able to articulate it and verbalize it.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Just keep in your minds and your spirits open to
the possibilities. I'm telling you stop being afraid of the unfamiliar.
It's time to do something significant. It's time to get up.
(04:23):
It's time to get back into being significant. Just woke up.
You gotta do what you gotta do. What are you
gonna do today to walk towards your goal?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I'm just curious.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
I'm curious. How many text messages are gonna come do
today where you respond and end up conting acting with
that person that can take you off your path? How
much time and energy you're going to dedicate to your
(05:08):
gift and your talent or your goal. How committed are
you to produce some results? A lot of people talking
about what they're going to do, but how many of
(05:29):
y'all today are going to decide to do it? I
want you to write in the Land of the Blind,
the one eyed man is king. I'm a king? Are
you a king or a queen? I'm just asking. Are
(05:51):
you in the gym? Are you doing anything to walk
towards your goals of being in shape, more focused, getting
an A plus on those tests? Are you training as
hard as you know you're supposed to be training to
make the team or stay on the team.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
You worked your ass off, you got up at six
am in the morning. You decided to stay in your
college dorm and not party, drink, smoke, and get high.
You decided to focus and get away from all of
the distractions so that you can pass that bar, examine
that test. You decided to focus so that you can
get a high test grade on your SSAT scores and
(06:39):
end up going to college to state play sports, football, basketball,
or anything that your college degrees allowed you to do
and become. You decided to focus, get it done. You
sacrificed all of the fun, the perks, and all of
the fun shit you could have been doing because you
were that focused. I'm getting out of your own way,
(07:04):
breaking the cycle, breaking the devil cycle of your.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Own family and your surroundings.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
I decided to love myself enough to want better, desire better,
and seek better, and move in the direction of something better.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
What is the next level of you? Are you done?
Are you done? Evolve?
Speaker 2 (07:31):
That shit that you accomplished was five years ago.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
It's over. You're still alive.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
You're getting on your knees every night and you're praying,
But then you're getting off of your knees and ain't
doing shit. You can't get points today for yesterday's gay.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I don't give fuck how much money is in my account.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I'm gonna make a statement every day.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
I want to become the things that I see. Go
get it.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
If you got a problem with your life and your career,
stop complaining about it. You spend so much time on
your knees. Your knees are bleeding. Get up off your
knees and do the work.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
There is more to do. I don't care how much
money I have in my pocket. I'm trying to be significant.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Does anybody know how much money was in Martin Luther
King's bank account? How much did Nelson Mandela have in
his bank account before he died?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
He was significant. He made a statement. He lived his
life with a sense of purpose. He was selfless.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
He wanted to make a difference in everybody's life and
everybody he ever came in contact with.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I refuse to be another man that lived and died
and wasn't significant period. But then
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