Daily Motivations - NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS

Episode Date: April 28, 2026

It's the trials and tribulations in your life that are forging you into the champion you will become, through the process.Instagram - @daily_motivationsorgFacebook- @daily_motivationsorg

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But he says, for me to become the greatest basketball player, I missed 9,000 shots when I was playing basketball at the NBA games. Does it make him a failure? No. We all fail. It's okay What is not a case That when you fail you stay down

Whoever stays down Is a loser And winners Will fail and get up Fail and get up Fail and get up That is a winner I want to ask you what are you going to believe

Are you going to believe In yourself You're going to believe Everybody else's judgment on you You see I will try 100 times to get up and if I fail 100 times if I fail and I give up do you think that I'm ever going to get up? No. If I fail I try again and again and again for as long as I try and there's

always that chance of getting up. I can accept failure. Everyone fails at some point. I cannot accept not trying. It is your losses that will humble you. It is your losses that will give you a drive. It is your lawfers that will allow you not to make the same mistake over and over again. You are not your past. You can't be mad when somebody's pursuing the crisis that you're running from. You ain't mad about that, but you're mad about the reward because you knew it should have been yours. That was your reward, but because you was afraid to do the work because you were afraid of the crisis. Now somebody else got your reward.

Stop running from it and run to it. Stop telling me what you're going through. The greats, they get to it, they go through it. And the harder it is, the better. And the problem with most of y'all, every time something go wrong, you start running and doing what other people tell you to do. And what you need to learn how to do is, you walk into your belief system. Look at your belief system every single day and stick with it.

Don't rush the process. Trust the process. Don't rush the process. Trust the process. Don't rush the process. Trust the process. You must have faith. You've got to believe in yourself.

You've got to believe in your abilities. You've got to believe in your service, your company, your ideas, unquestionably. You've got to have faith, and that faith gives you patience. That is not going to happen as quickly as you want it to happen. But you've got to keep moving and keep plugging away. It's the obstacles in our life. It's the hardships. It's the mountains that we close.

that make life worth living. But the mountain's not supposed to stop you. Your mountain has the materials for your miracle. Your conditions are not always in your control. You don't always get to decide what kind of skies you face. There are some things that are outside of your control, but your courage is in your control. Take that leap of faith.

Trust yourself and know within yourself that everything is going to be all right. If people ask you say, how are you doing? even if you're having some difficult times. I'm blessed and highly favored. Because any time you wake up and you don't have a white chalked out around your body, it's a great day. And so I say to you, it's possible you can live your dream. If it's having more, it's achieving more, it's a better farmer,

being a better mother, whatever it is, overcoming addiction, changing our society. It's possible you can live your dream. It's necessary that you have a plan of action, that you're resilient, that you stick to, and you work with the system, that you work with people, that you give support, and that you be there for them, that you have the vision of never given up, that you become creative and relentless, and keep on coming back again and again and again.

And when life knocked you down, jump back up and say, it's not over until I win. If you want to think bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace, and your sleep for it, if all that your dream and scheme is about it, and life seems, useless and worthless without it. And if you gladly sweat for it, and fret for it, and plan for it, and lose all your terror of the opposition for it,

and if you simply go out to that thing that you want, with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope, and confidence, and stir and pertinacity, if neither cold poverty, damage of guilt, sickness of pain, a body and brain can keep your way from the thing that you want.

If dark and grim, you besiege and beset it, What the help of God? You'll get it. No one's around. That's just you and your shadow. What are you going to do, man? When everything says quit, what keeps you going?

Life is going to test that will. Every time. Life is going to see how bad you want what you say you want. It's how we deal with these things in life. And we find out who we are. These moments of depression when things go wrong, A girl breaking up with you, you're getting fired from a job, losing your money. These are all lessons.

The presence in a way, but it's the perception of how you see that present. Do you allow it to destroy you or do you allow it to change you? I'm telling you right now, I know it's hard, I know it's hard. You're not going to sit here and pretend like it's going to be easy. I know it's not. But I'm telling you the sooner you deal with it, and the sooner you get past it, the sooner you can get on it. and so that you can get on with the rest of your life.

A man's character is not judged after he celebrates a victory by what he does when his back is against the wall. So no matter how great the setback, how severe the failure, you never give up. You're going to fail. You're going to make some mistakes. You've got to fight. You will have opposition. Things are going to happen to you in life. It's called life and it's not personal.

Stuff's going to happen. Sure, you might lose comfort and sleep. Sure, it might be frightening, but so what? The darker the night, the brighter the morning. You will fail your way to success. It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times people tell you that you can't do it. It doesn't matter if you don't have a dime in the bag.

The thing that's causing you pain today actually has purpose in your life. Every season you can learn, every season you can grow, Every challenge is developing you. That which does not kill you will make you stronger. You keep standing. No matter how rough the scene, you keep standing. No matter what you don't give up. Your problem, it might not make any sense.

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worth it. Storms happen to all of us. Losers. Losers get weak and give up. Lusers. Lusers get weak and give up. Losers surrender. Losers give in. But winners, they are fueled by storm. Pain actually pushes them to greatness. They actually love it. They actually feel it. They like the pressure.

And if you can grind your way through the hell, if you can grind your way through that defeat, if you can grind your way through that pain, if you can grind your way through it, I'm telling you, it's going to come to bad. Say it with me, breathe life into whatever that thing is. Whatever your circumstances are, say with me, I care, I wish.

I will get through this. I must. It's going to rain sometimes. I can. You're going to feel discouraged sometimes. I will. No matter what the obstacle, I must. I am a winner.

I will not give up. I will not surrender. And in the midst of hell and in the midst of trials and in the midst of tribulation, I shall rise. I will not give up and I will not give in. I will use the pay to push me the greatness. Why? Because I am a winner and all I do is rise above it. All I do is win.

All I do is conquer. I will never surrender. I will grind my way through the disappointment. I will grind my way through the defeat. I will grind my way through it and I shall be victorious. I want to encourage somebody out there who's thinking about quitting. you're thinking about giving up, this is for you. You're going through a tough time.

Maybe you're walking through real depression. Maybe you are in a valley today that you've experienced the worst failure of your life and you are on the verge of giving up. Maybe you're here today and your marriage is on the rocks. Maybe you're here today and you're dealing with anxiety on a daily basis. You know what it's like to be in a lonely, dark place. You know what it's like to want to quit? You know what it's like when the pressure's over.

When people expect your best, but you're at your worst. That is a moment of choice. That is a moment of decision. What will your response be? Are you going to sit back? Are you going to step up? Don't give up. Don't give up.

Stay in it. Stay focused. Adversity creates the perfect moment for audacity. It's a moment for audacity. It's in your adversity. The thing that comes out of you is what defines you. When life is squeezing you and pressure is on you, what's really inside of you? When life knocks on the door, when you go through some stuff, when you get a bad diagnosis, that's when you have to pull on your faith.

That's when you have to be resilient. If it feels kind of dark all around you right now, I want to remind you, it is always the darkest before dawn. And dawn is coming. You've got to be willing to go against the tide. You've got to be willing to harness your will. And say, in spite of this, I'm in control here. I'm not going to let this get me down.

I'm not going to let this destroy me. I'm coming back. You can decide that you're going to stand up to life. You have to learn to turn and look at every obstacle as an opportunity. You've got to get gritty. man, you gotta develop some dog in you. Life is gonna throw some serious blows, some body blows, and they go hurt.

But I want you to feel that pain going through your body. And as pain leads your body, guess what's gonna take its place? Success, no pain, no gain. Pain has a purpose. Don't go through it, grow through it. The heart of the battle, the sweet of the victory. Oh, it's sweet to you.

It's good to you. Why? See, when it's hard, you're a strong. struggle, what you become in the process is more important in the dream. That's far more important. The kind of person you become, the character that you build, the courage that you develop, the faith that you're manifesting. Oh, it's something that you get up in the one, you look yourself in the mirror, you're a different kind of person. You walk with a different kind of spirit. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize.

I challenge you to push yourself. When you get to the point where enough is enough, when you get to the point where it hurt real bad, when you get to the point you can't take it no more. When you get to that point, doors start opening. Opportunities start happening. But what you cannot do is you cannot quit doing the process. You cannot give up because it ain't what you see.

You cannot give up. Champions keep going when they don't have anything left in their tank. When they don't have no more, when it's over, when they're tired, when they're frustrated, when they're ready to give up, when they spent their last dime, that's when they get started. It's when you have nothing left. It's when you depleted all your money, when all your energy gone, when you have nothing left, that's when it's showtime. When you find a way out of no way, when you find breath that you don't have, when you find energy that did not exist. when you want this thing as bad as you want to breathe that's when you find a way

I wish I could tell you it's going to get easier I wish I could tell you that if you just keep going the weight is going to get lighter I wish I could tell you that but that's not the truth the truth is you got to find something within you got to find something within and that's got to push you and that's got to elevate you

and that's got to drive you and that's got to move you And when you find out what your why is, you don't hit snooze no more. When you find your why, you find a way to make it happen. I challenge you to never give up. Today might not be today, but soon it will be my day, and I will recycle my pain. If you're going to be successful in this game, you got to have a dog within you. You got to know it's a dog fight, and you got to go get that fight. Life ain't going to be easy.

Ain't a bike going to end you nut. You got to want to succeed as soon. bad as you want to breathe. You're going to hit a wall. There's a period. Let me tell you how it goes. When things are going real good, when you first start off, life is playing with you.

You're going to hit a wall. You're going to be going and things are looking great. You're excited. You're going to tell everybody about it. And then all of a sudden you hit a wall, wham. And that wall shocked some people. That wall stunned something.

That wall knocked the life out of some people. That wall discouraged some people. That wall discouraged some people. people. It's painful hitting that wall. In time of adversity you don't have an obstacle to deal with. You have a choice to make. Some will choose to go back. They turn their power down and they have defeated themselves in their minds and say, I can't do it. And there's some small number who, when they hit that wall, they decide, wait a minute, I'm supposed to be over there. This kind of person refuses to be denied. This person doesn't care about the pain. This person comes back again and again and again.

And if you keep on, hit that wall. Here's what happens to you that you will have an incredible breakthrough. And it's as if the universe says, let's help him out. I admire that kind of tenacity. As you're working times with tears falling down your face and you look back on the times, then you will cherish those times. As you do that, as you go through that when you come through, ladies and gentlemen, when you come through that ballot, when you come through that fight, there will be a look in your eyes that everybody will know this is a different person here. The harder the challenge, the greater the growth.

If you lose your job, if you go through a divorce, if you're coming back from addiction, If you're coming back from failure after failure after failure and disappointment after disappointment after disappointment, you must know within yourself there must be a deep inner knowing of your true identity. You've got to know you are a winner you were born to win. It is your right to win. It is your right to have your dream. You don't get these ideas unless you also have the capacity to make it happen.

Give yourself a fighting chance. Whatever you go after, whatever you say, this is your stuff. Sue it passionately. Let there be a deep hunger in you that you won't be denied. And that when things happen, that they won't immobilize you, they won't deplete your energy. Something as powerful as you cannot be contained. Life is 10% what happens to you. 90% how you react.

And I'm telling you, the way to ignite the dream is you got to shut out every single thing. And you got to believe I am the greatest. And so life normally brings. because when it hit you, you weren't ready. But if you stay ready and you stay plugged up when you hear bad news, it don't break you because you already energized. You got to learn how to take your pain and let your pain push you to greatness. You got to learn how not to give up or how not to give in.

And you got to understand that greatness was within you. And you got to pull it out. You got to climb every mountain. You got to pick up all the way. You got to cry if you got to. But whatever you do, you can't. give up. You cannot give in. And if you give up and give in, you will never experience greatness. So keep going. Nobody ever said it would be easy. I know greatness is within you and you got what

it takes. So get up and let's make you happen. So don't you dare turn around and go back home. Don't back down from the pressure. Get back up. Don't quit. Keep the faith. Never, never give up. You need to hear this loud and clear. You need to get this in your spirit because I don't know what you're walking through, but some of you right now, you are in a tough season. An event has happened and something's happened and maybe you have failed. But I want to remind you that failure is not final. It's formative.

It is part of the process. It's part of the journey. Your failure matters as much as your success. How do you think you're going to grow if you don't ever fail? Yet some of you have failed and you have decided, well, guess what? I'm a failure. No, failure is an event. It is never a person.

Just because you failed doesn't mean that you're a failure. In fact, failure is actually fuel for your future. You have to fail in order to succeed. The darker the night, the brighter the morning. This two shall pass, you're going to get through this thing. You are not a victim. So stop talking like it. Stop acting like it.

It's your trial. It's your tribulation that's going to get you out your comfort zone. It's your trial. It's your tribulation that's going to take you to the... next level. So listen to me, it ain't no shame in thinking about quitting. It ain't no shame. It ain't no shame in getting tired. There's no shame in feeling burnt out. It's no shame. But the trick is say to yourself, I got to rethink and get this thought out of my mind. Why? Because the shame isn't quit. So if you thought about it, it ain't nothing wrong with that.

But whatever you do, don't let that thoughts become a reality.