Daily Motivations - SELF DISCIPLINE (LISTEN BEFORE YOU START YOUR DAY)

Episode Date: July 14, 2022

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control. Tim Ferriss Just because you're struggling with self-discipline doesn't mean you have to raise the white flag and declare your self-improvement efforts a complete failure. Instead, work to increase the chances that you'll stick to your healthier habits - even when you don't feel like it. Amy Morin “With self-discipline most anything is possible.” “Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. The class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. ” “A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it tomorrow.” Instagram - @daily_motivationsorg     Facebook- @daily_motivationsorg Interested in sponsoring this show reach out to us via [e-mail] Speakers: Marcus Elavation Taylor Eric Thomas Coach pain Dr. Jessica Houston Brain M. Bullock Joe De Sena Walter Bond Billy Alsbrooks William Hollis Freddy Fri Ronald A. Burgess Jr. David Goggins Grab your Ultimate Female Body Fitness Guide Ebook  copy now at an exclusive 50% off discount  https://selar.co/42zb40?currency=USD Kindly Support Us Below to sustain future episodes. Support the Show.

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well, if I show up, this better happen. Just show up and put the work in. That's it. Get up early. Do some kind of workout. Eat good foods. Clean your room. Make a list of things that you're supposed to do in your life

and then wake up in the morning and do those things. That's what discipline is. Discipline, focus, practice, suffering, push, push, push, and then all of a sudden you get better and better and better. So be careful that your routine is pointing to where you're trying to get to and you're not wasting time. So I'm looking at Warren Buffett. He says he reads six hours a day. It's not a complicated process, but it definitely requires discipline. It requires insulating yourself from popular opinion.

You just simply cannot, you can't pay any attention to it. It just doesn't mean anything. So you got to have a goal. You got to have a dream. You got to have a dream. You got to get hungry. And then you got to get real disciplined. Because motivation will get you going. But speech will get you fired up.

But discipline is going to give you the power to stay committed to whatever that goal is. You need to make the most out of every situation, which means you need to discipline your mind. Stop making excuses. Get after it where you are right now and repeat after me. I am in control of my destiny. Find that self-discipline. And stop making excuses. And stop depending on other people to bail you out.

You've got more fighting you. You've got more strength in you. You've got more wisdom in you. There is no time for excuses. Most people give up on themselves easily. You know, the human spirit is powerful. There's nothing as powerful. It's hard to kill the human spirit. And that wild card goes off at four or five in the morning. Your mind says, no, you just say, this is what we do. It's what we do now. It's the disciplined, desperate, dangerous mentality. And I don't care who you are.

I don't care where you come from. I don't care what your story is. At the end of the day, you can win if you choose to learn the things that you need to do and then f***ing do that. Not a time to be partying no more. Not a time to create a legacy now. You had your

fun. Now get to work. Now build a legacy. Because if you're not disciplined, then there is no business that can be done. You want to be more disciplined? Get after it. You got to have care to have passion.

And you hear people say all the time, I don't care. If that's you, you don't have passion. You gotta care, okay? You gotta care if we win or lose. You gotta care if we come in last place. You gotta care if I don't win a championship, I'm gonna be pissed off. You gotta care if you get divorced. You gotta

care if you file bankruptcy. You gotta care if you don't get the 3.0 GPA you shooting for. You feeling your goals. You feeling your blanks. You got to care if you don't get the 3.0 GPA you shooting for. You feeling your goals. You feeling your blanks. You feeling your dreams. You feeling your goals. And at the end of the day, let me tell you something, champ. You got to care. Because if you don't care, guess what? It ain't going to happen. If you don't care, guess what? You ain't going to grind. If you don't care, guess what? You're going to quit when it's getting tough. If you don't care, you're going to throw in the towel. So I'm here to tell you the first thing we got to do is get you to care about your future.

Get you to care about your goals. Get you to care about succeeding. Get you to care about failing. Let me tell you something. If you go into a jungle, there's two people who care. That lion, that gazelle. That gazelle wants to live another day. And that lion wants to eat so he can live another day. And let me tell you who's going to win that battle. The one who cares the most. Because that lion knows if I give all my energy at this gazelle, and if I miss the gazelle, if I don't catch the gazelle,

I've exerted all this energy and I don't get to eat. I gotta waste another day to eat. I'm in trouble because I won't have the same strength tomorrow. I won't have the same focus tomorrow. I won't have the same drive tomorrow. I won't have the same energy tomorrow. So I've got to care enough that I see this opportunity. I see that gazelle coming by. I've going to have the same energy tomorrow. So I've got to care enough that I see this opportunity.

I see that gazelle coming by. I've got to get it. But on the other hand, that gazelle is like, man, if I can elude this lion, I can live another day. If I can

elude this lion, I can get home to my family. If I can elude this lion, I can get home to my baby. If I can elude this lion, I can get home to my family. If I can elude this lion, I can get home to my baby. If I can elude this lion, I can get my family out of the projects. If I can elude this lion, we can get off welfare. If I can elude this lion, I can get out of bankruptcy. If I can elude this lion, just one more day. Maybe I can get off drugs.

If I can just elude this lion. Even in the jungle. The lion in the gazelle. The one who's gonna win. The one who cares the most. But I don't care where you are now. I don't even care where your lot is.

I don't care where your mama is. I don't care where your daddy is. I don't care what they did. I don't care how they are. I don't care your background. I don't care what your mama is. I don't care what your daddy is. I don't care what they did. I don't care how they are. I don't care your background. I don't care what house you live. I don't care what name you're from. I don't care what size of tracks that you're on.

All I'm telling you right now is that until you care, you can't get to A. Inside your company, who cares the most? Inside your division, who cares the most? Inside your family, who cares the most? Inside your family, who cares the most? We gotta care, man. If that lion is hungry enough, and if he care enough, he gonna get that gazelle.

But if that gazelle is fast enough and elusive enough, that gazelle gonna get away. When you wake up in the morning, every day, you gotta care.

And you gotta live your life like you a lion. You gotta live your life like you are that gazelle. Study. Strategy. Over the years. life like you are that gazelle. Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is a victory over yourself of yesterday.

Tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. There is a student mentality in all of us that must be tapped into. A student is resilient. A student is disciplined. It is only through discipline that you will experience the freedom of a warrior. A student never surrenders. See, the strategy is the plan. The strategy, the game plan, the plan of action, the recipe, the how must be studied before the first step is taken. I am convinced that so many of us lose because of what we were not willing to study. We must grow a discipline to deliberately investigate

what we are getting ready to enter into. We must be calculated as we enter into new seasons, into new relationships. This is the road to becoming a warrior. An experienced, skilled, and calculated soldier. A fighter. A game changer. Somebody who refuses to stay down. This is somebody who is set apart from those who operate in the realm of normalcy. This is somebody who is above and beyond. We got a bit of a work ethic to go after it.

A student is a disciple and a disciple is disciplined. Disciplined to achieve the spirit of the warrior. They are perfectly positioned for victory daily. Discipline is an invitation out of normalcy. A man who studies is a man who is allergic to average. To you, I warn you, and you don't even know it. Take a deep breath. Inhale.

Exhale. Inhale. Inhale. Exhale. And exhale. Inhale. And exhale. After today, everything is about to change. Because change starts with you. To understand this is to know the difference between men and lions. Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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The nightmare is to reach our 60s, our 70s, our 80s, or even our deathbed and to talk about everything we should have done. I should have done that. I should have invested in this. I should have made the relationship work. I shouldn't have got a divorce. There are things that you have been called to do. But it is the challenges that makes us great. The challenges is what builds us up.

The hardships. All of these things that we all had to endure. Nothing can stop what we are made of. Where am I? Where am I trying to go? What am I trying to get done? What am I trying to do? I know they say it's January, here we go. New year, new me.

You need to say no, this is a we go. New year, new me. You didn't say no. This is a new season. This is a new month. This is a new year. It is a new time for me to find out where am I going? This is the time to ask yourself, where are you? This chance is all up to you and you alone. Don't just do enough to get by. Exceed expectations, over deliver, and you will find that that same energy that you're putting in is coming back to you. You gotta have a dream

and you have to put it on the calendar and you have to break it down bit by bit, piece by piece, day by day. These are not your years where you just settle for an average marriage and settle for an average career and settle for an average worship life. No, this is the year that you decide, I want new, I want fresh, I want the real stuff. You got to renew your mind. We can. We can. We will. We must. We must. real stuff you gotta renew your mind I can I will I must Everybody gets this wrong. I talk to millions of people across 50 countries.

It's life's big myth that you can get fit before committing to something challenging. Let me explain. We call it the Spartan Paradox. You must first commit to something. And that forces you to do the work. With Spartan, we got 7 million people off the couch by having them put a date on the calendar. It's that simple. Once you put a date on the calendar, you get serious.

You become disciplined. And if you don't't you get your ass kicked because that day comes that event arrives with or without you then what? then you're embarrassed humiliated

and you want another crack at it everyone everywhere I mean across 45 countries says to me, oh, first I'm going to get in shape. First I'm going to start eating healthy. First I'm going to get my lifestyle intact. No way.

All the science, all the data, all of our millions of conversations across all these countries says, bullshit, you're just going to procrastinate. You're not going to do it. Of our millions of conversations across all these countries says, Bullshit. You're just going to procrastinate. You're not going to do it. You end up talking yourself out of doing the work. New Year's resolutions don't work. Gym memberships don't work.

Diets don't work. The only thing that works is a date with something challenging on your calendar. So you want to find success? Put a date on the calendar, create a deadline, force yourself to make the hard choices daily. Look, if humans didn't need deadlines, schools wouldn't need professors, right? Construction sites wouldn't need foremen. Teams wouldn't need coaches. Construction sites wouldn't need foremen. Teams wouldn't need coaches. Think about it. If you want to change, if you're ready, get a date on your calendar.

You have to commit. You have to make it real. It's the Spartan Paradox. I think I could end it just like that. It's the Spartan Paradox. That's it. Your mouth is a creative weapon. It's not a tool for distributing excuses.

The first sign of a loser is an excuse. Champions take full responsibility, good or bad, for their outcomes. Tell the world one time what you're going to do. And that's it. Spend less time talking and more time grinding. Think like a champion. Speak like a champion. And then work it out out grind 120 all day every day stop making excuses champions make adjustments not

excuses every time you justify being average you invited the enemy mediocrity is a dream killer your Your coach, your trainer, your teacher, your foes is not the problem. It's your consistency. You got to make a decision. How bad do you want it? Average is on the left. Success is on the right. You got to choose which one you want. A champion's workout doesn't officially begin until pain arrives. You see, greatness is right on the other side of pain. So what are you running from it for? You say you want to be successful, then push through it. Stop making excuses and go get it.

Very few battles are won under ideal circumstances so you gotta simulate and practice the unknown so that the unexpected will not derail you every morning when you get up ask yourself how can i put myself in a place where i'll be uncomfortable See you have to master the unknown. You gotta master your fears You gotta master the unexpected so when it happens you are prepared champions Can push through and keep going when everyone else around them is quitting They have immersed themselves in pain so often that they have become immune to it. Greatness is on the other side of pain.

Go get it! The more you expose yourself to pain, the more comfortable you will become in its presence. A champion's workout doesn't officially start until pain arrives. Everything else is just a warm up. A boxer can be the best technician in the world, but if he gets in the ring and the first time he gets hit he falls apart, he's not going to be a champion, I tell you that. See, and life is just like that with us. We're good until we get hit in the face.

But what separates champions from the rest is when they get hit, they keep coming. When you hit them a second time, they get stronger. And by that third time that life hits you and you're still standing, the world will know there's a champion in the ring. How bad do you want to be successful? Do you want it bad enough to get hit in the face? Because I tell you right now, that's what life's going to do to you. It's going to hit you when you least expect it. When you got your guard down, how will you respond? Refuse to let the world break you, show life what a champion looks like. I'm Billy Osbrooks, blessed and unstoppable.

Welcome to Daily Motivation, where you get motivated and inspired. We all have two people. We all have two people. And I'm not saying you're crazy. We have the easy voice. That's that voice that we all love. That's that very comfortable voice. That's that mommy holding you saying,

it's going to be okay. Doesn't care how good you are. Just loves you. Just loves you no matter how messed up you are in life so that's that one voice this other voice that we walk very far away from is the voice saying hey man you ain't doing so we try to get this voice out of our head completely and we live over here in this land so what you have to do first is turn up this voice over here. The voice saying things to you that aren't nice.

That it's in our head saying, you know what, man? Dude, you're not doing shit. I'm not saying to put yourself down. I'm saying listen to the truth. And the truth isn't in the 20%. The truth is in this other part of your brain saying, look, man, you're wasting a bunch of percentage here. We have 80 more percent that we're not tapping into because in this other 80% is suffering, pain, failure, failure, failure self-doubt

darkness And then a whole bunch of light But to get to this light you gotta go through all of this So I'll have this know that I can get over here But over here man, this is much better because I gotta go through this journey That is not fun. This just from 20 to 100%, this shit in between is not fun. So we decided to live over here. So everybody goes, how do we do that? You know exactly how to do that.

You know exactly. It's not a magic trick. There's nothing I talk about that's a magic trick. It's all back down to a very primitive mindset of we just have to do. It's like breathing. Breathing becomes normal. Like we don't know that we're doing it.

That's how you have to live your life. When that alarm clock goes off at four or five in the morning, your mind says, no, you just say, this is what we do. It's what we do now. Because to get to where you want to go, the amount of pain involved, I'm not saying physical, I'm not saying you got to break yourself off. The amount of mental pain of how many times you're going to have to do something that you don't want to do to get to where you want to go. When I was 297 pounds and I was fat as hell trying to be a Navy SEAL, the scariest thing in the world to me, even to this this day was that that could have been the rest of my life I thought then I was trying hard that's the scariest thing in the world I thought then 297 pound working for Ecolab spraying for

cockroaches making a thousand dollars a month I thought that was me at my 100% potential come to find out a few years later, I wasn't even near that. 106 pounds less, graduated Navy, still training. Went on to do all these other things. Looking back on that, that was me trying hard. That's why people got to understand what is in us, we have no idea until we start trying hard. And I mean really trying hard when you're obsessed with, hey, this is my new norm. My new norm is that, wow, this isn't always fun. It's not always meant to be fun. And that's when you know you're trying hard.

So you don't really know how to grind. Like you talk grind. Like I love it it like i go into the wave room and y'all playing like pop y'all playing biggie like y'all all in it like you like you like pop but you don't have the spirit of pop you like love pop you like listening to pop you like listen to biggie you like to talk about the grind but you don't really know what the grind's like i know what the grind is like i was homeless I ain't out of trash can now go on go on the internet right now I'm one of the number one speakers in the world I started from the bottom like you like listening to it and see

started from the bottom now yo what's your bottom what is your bottom when you've been worshiped since middle school you've been tall your whole life, big your whole life. They worship you so much now that you think it's about you. You don't even know what the grind look like. I'm from Detroit, homeless. Mama got pregnant with me at 17 years old. High school dropout. Took me 12 years to get a four-year degree. I'm coming now. It's in view. You finally made it to the big leagues and now you want to chill? Now you got the big head? Now you can't grind? You here now. You here now.

You finally made it. And this is where you break up? This is where you start chilling? This is where you get comfortable? You made it now. You made it now. You in the big leagues now. They watching you now.

This is where you make it permanent yeah I saw it I saw perfect perfect nope practice don't make perfect practice make permanence this permanent y'all this is permanent you can go wherever you want to go from here it does not take talent you don't have to be talented. You don't have to be talented, right? You don't have to be gifted. You don't have to be the quickest, the strongest. You don't have to be the most intelligent to get to where I am. That's what you got to do. You just got to grind though. You're grinding. You got to outgrind. So many of you heard me say this. Your father, listen to me, might own a

company. Your mama might be a millionaire. might come from privilege your daddy might hook you up with a car he might know people he might be able to get you a job but you will not outwork me and what you have to decide in your position in the NCAA you have to make a decision that nobody in this league in your position will outwork you I Will walk away with stuff I never heard before books I've never read before audios I've never seen before going to conferences that I've never gone hanging out with people that I've never hung Out with before this is nothing God. This is just a dessert There are those of you with phones and every new new phone that comes out, you get it.

Every upgrade, you get it. Every piece of software, you get it. You are upgrading your technology, and you've not upgraded yourself. Listen to me closely. 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, the doors start opening opportunities start happening Listen to me very closely. It's our dream. Nobody's gonna see it like you do it. It's your dream Nobody's gonna feel it like you feel it. It's your dream. Nobody's gonna be as dedicated to it as you are It's your dream and they don't have to understand and they don't have to like it and they don't have to do it It doesn't make a difference. It's your dream and you, my friend,

have been given the task to make it happen and you can't let anything stop you from doing what you were called to do. Many people ask, why do you rise? And I tell them this is why

I rise I rise for those that paved the way before me and gave me belief in the power if you see me as a giant and gave me belief in the power. If you see me as a giant,

it is only because I am standing on their shoulders. I rise because it is my will, my passion, my burning desire and I cannot stand still. I rise because I know that I have a legacy to fulfill.

I rise because this is my journey, not just a destination. I rise. Because I am the creation. I rise because every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year that goes by. Brings me closer to fulfilling my ultimate obligation. I rise because I lead an army of kings and queens and this is the dawning of a new day. I rise because we are many like grains of sand. I rise before I leave. But first, I must pave the way.

I rise because if anyone can do it, I know I can. I rise because people like Martin, Malcolm, Marcus Garvey, their life for the struggle. I rise because people like Rosie, Oprah, Harriet, and Coretta stood tall in the face of adversity. I rise because I have a dream.

I rise because I will see that dream fulfilled by any means necessary. I rise because I know that none but ourselves can free our minds from mental slavery. This is why I rise. Why do you rise? Yeah, I always wanted to be a commando ever since I was a little kid. And I heard that the SEALs were really tough and that the training was really tough. And then, you know, once you get in,

everyone makes a big deal out of buds that's but it's it's in the SEAL teams it's no big deal everyone goes through it you get cold you get wet whatever you do a bunch of push-ups and pull-ups and dips. Anyone that gets to the SEAL teams and does deployments overseas and has a real career, they're not talking about BUDS training. It just doesn't mean anything. I had a guy that was, you know, NCAA water polo team captain champion, and he quit. And I had a guy that was an Olympic ultimate gymnast, and he quit.

Just because someone's a good physical athlete, it doesn't mean that they're a good SEAL. Because being a good SEAL is a lot more than just being a good athlete. Being a good athlete is like the baseline and it's everything that you learn to do after that. A good leader, a guy that's tactically sound, a guy that makes good decisions, a guy that's good under pressure, a guy that doesn't ever give up on trying to accomplish a mission, those are the things that makes a good SEAL. So you're always learning and growing and I was always learning until the day I retired. Because it's not a boom this happened and everything changed. It's a constant addition of skill set and repetition of situations where you become competent at your job To that same young man that wants to be a CEO, you know the guys that want to be like Jocko one day

What do you tell that that 20 year old that sees this thing and says I want to go do that Well, first of all don't try and be like me be better than me Crush me make me look like a baby. That's what you do. And don't talk about it. Don't mull it over. Use your force of will to make it happen. As a human being, the strongest thing you've got is your force of will.

So take that force of will and make that happen. Your perspective can either become your prison or your passport. It can either arrest you or release you. In 1903, it was the Wright brothers that defied the laws of gravity. And if you know anything about gravity, gravity will pull you down and keep you down. It will stop you from flight. It will stop you in your tracks. If you believe in something, metaphorically speaking, gravity will hold you down.

It will hold you back. And it will dare you to fight. Your perspective can either bring your prison or your plane. I don't know about you, but today I made the decision to defy the laws of gravity. The first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft was designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near Keel Devil Hills, about four miles. I believe possibility is destiny and it is fear that keeps us arrested and apprehended by the spirit of impossibility. I'm gonna tell you this right now and nobody else is gonna tell you this. Impossible is a spirit and you've got to arrest that spirit or it will arrest you.

Impossibility is like a soda fountain. The easy way out. The path of least resistance because to say something is impossible. To give up. To cop out. To fill your cup of carbonated excuses. It tastes good, but it doesn't sit well. As it goes down into your system. To remove the two letters is the grit of existence.

The binding faith of hope to your chest. And letting your heart beat. You gotta rewrite the code, you gotta rewrite the script. Calling all reformers, I'm calling all innovators, I'm calling all game changers, I'm calling all world shakers, I'm calling all city shifters, I'm calling everybody that has an inkling of faith in themselves, I'm calling everybody that has an inkling of faith in themselves. I'm calling everybody You will inherit the future We got to rewrite the code in our soul because it's a matter of the soul it's a matter of the will

People that have a will to win are the ones who win. These are the people that see the future. These are the people that see not where the hockey puck is, but they see where the hockey puck is going. That's the type of person that we all need to evolve to become. I learned years ago that the difference between people that get things done and people that do not is sheer willpower. Out of all the motivational speeches you have heard how much of it have you retained and applied to your life? Because understanding the power and the difference between what is impossible and what is impossible and

what is possible, it all comes back to your perspective and your capacity. If your why is big enough, then your will will be powerful enough to persevere through the how. You're not looking for resources when you have a will. You become resourceful. And that's the difference between people that see this thing as possible and people that do not it comes down to one thing and that is your will so you don't want it bad enough you don't want it bad enough that's why

you can't get it done and so the how intimidates you and and and the what boxes you in we're more concerned about collaboration than character. I think we need to come back to a place where we're examining ourselves as an individual before a people. We make the people better when we deal with the person. You got to deal with the person. You got to deal with you. It's always going to be impossible to you if you don't see the power of your will and the power of your why. The official definition of self-discipline is the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses.

Also it's the ability to pursue what one thinks is right, despite temptations to abandon it. See, the problem with you is you rarely exercise your self-discipline muscle. You just go with the flow. No backbone whatsoever. And that's perfectly fine until you start whining and complaining about your lack of success. Whining and complaining about your lack of progress. Whining and complaining that you're not gaining any momentum and you can't seem to get ahead in life. See, self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts.

If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. So don't talk to me about your failures. Don't talk to me about your setbacks. Don't talk to me about the lack of success you are achieving because I'm that one. I'm that one that will tell you the exact reason why you are failing. You're failing because on a daily basis,

you fail to exercise your self-discipline failing because on a daily basis you failed to exercise your self-discipline muscle. On a daily basis you failed to sacrifice. You're failing because on a daily basis you failed to come up with the plan. On a daily basis you failed to get uncomfortable. You failed to push past your limits and you failed to believe in yourself. So this is the moment that you stop renting your problems. This is the moment you stop renting your issues. This is the moment that you stop renting your lack of focus. This is the moment that you stop renting your lack of self-discipline. It's time for you to take ownership. It's time for you to own the fact that you're the reason.

It's time for you to own the fact that you're the one that's exercising your lazy muscle. It's time for you to take ownership. It's time for you to own the fact that you're the reason. It's time for you to own the fact that you're the one that's exercising your lazy muscle. It's time for you to own the fact that you're the one that's exercising your do-nothing muscle. You're the one that's exercising your negative mindset muscle. You're the one that's exercising your no-willpower muscle. But that's okay. Because so many others, include myself, were once in the exact same place that you are right now.

And then we sat down and had a heart-to-heart conversation with ourselves. We self-assessed and took complete ownership for all of the lack of success that we were achieving. Then we made the decision to flip the switch and made the necessary changes to go into the kitchen of our lives and cook up a dish of massive success. And we quickly realized that a key ingredient is self-discipline. See, self-discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Self-discipline is the magic power that makes you virtually unstoppable. Self-discipline is the center of the universe for success. Self-discipline is doing within while you're doing without. And what that means is when your

friends are begging you to go hang out and you say no because you're way too busy grinding hard to put yourself in position to win in your game of life. I love this quote from the late, great Zig Ziglar. He says, when you do the things you ought to do, when you ought to do them, the day will come. When you can do the things that you want to do when you want to do them. See, without self-discipline, success is not possible. Period. So I need you to ask yourself, do you have the strength to say no when so many others say yes? I need you to ask yourself, do you have the strength to keep working

when so many of your friends are playing? I need you to ask yourself, do you have the strength to keep going when so many others are stopping? I need you to ask yourself, do you have the strength to keep fighting when so many others are throwing in the towel. Because if you can answer yes to all of those questions, you are well on your way to joining the 1% Club. You are well on

your way to living the life of your dreams. So now is the time for you to hit the gym of your life and start exercising your self-discipline muscle. No more talk. No more excuses. From this moment forward, it's all about massive execution. Will there be days that you don't feel like it? Yes. Will there be days that you want to stop?

Yes. Will there be days that you want to give up? Yes. Will there be days that you want to stop? Yes. Would it be days that you want to give up? Yes. Would it be days that you want to quit? Yes. Listen to me. Quitting is never an option. So get up and do it anyway.

Because when you push yourself to do and you get started, you will be amazed at how all of a sudden you have the energy you need to get it done. Sometimes you have to trick yourself and say, I'm just going to spend five minutes working on this project. You get started and all of a sudden, an hour later, you not only complete it, but you also feel an amazing sense of pride and accomplishment I want you to understand this you will not always be motivated to do something so you have to force yourself to be disciplined because those that are undisciplined allow moods, appetites, passions, and temptation to dominate their lives.

But that is no longer who you are. Because you are now officially part of the doers club. You are now officially part of the winners club. You are now officially part of the champions club. You are now officially part of the those with self-discipline club because you now understand that with self-discipline, all things are possible. You now understand that great leaders always have self-discipline. You now understand that great entrepreneurs always have self-discipline.

You now understand that great champions always have self-discipline. You now understand that great champions always have self-discipline. You now understand that great athletes always have self-discipline because they understand that self-discipline is about controlling your desires and impulses while staying focused on what needs to get done to achieve your goal. The late, great Kobe Bryant said, I don't understand lazy people. We don't speak the same language.

I don't understand you, and I don't want to understand you. See, Kobe understood that at the center of bringing any dream, any goal, or any success into fruition is a little thing we like to call self-discipline. How you will go from below average to average. From average to good. From good to great.

And from great to phenomenal. Yes, you. Ordinary you. You want to lose that weight. You want to get that six pack. You want to get that job promotion. You want to graduate from college with a bachelor's, a master's, or a PhD. You want to start that business.

You want to make that team. You want to become the best version of yourself. You have to remember, all success starts with self-discipline It starts with you Abraham Lincoln said Discipline is choosing between what you want now And what you want most You only have two options

Suffer the pain of discipline Or suffer the pain of regret the choice is yours The greatest Do you believe that Do you really believe in you some people may not have that opportunity to believe in themselves because all their lives

many things has kept them down the greatest I am the greatest the greatest of who you really are do you really know who you are? Can you identify yourself? Do you see yourself less? Or do you see yourself more?

Do you ultimately believe in you? Or do you let others control what you are? And what they think of you? This is not the time to look down on yourself. This is the time for you to look up, to see the greatest, to see the greatness within you. Your creation has meaning.

Something great brought you here. There was a purpose. And there's a purpose now. And that purpose is great. Because you exist in it. Greatness is within you. Greatness is a part of you but to be great you got to believe in it since the day you were born greatness was already there when

you had those hard times greatness was already there when nobody thought that you had what it took greatness existed hold on to that greatness believe in that greatness and give it everything you have within yourself. How many times have you said, I know I need to do better, but you don't? How many times have you got on a scale and weighed yourself, but you wasn't happy?

How many times have you pulled up those pants and they just didn't fit right? How many times have you said you could not stop eating a certain type of a food, but you kept doing it anyway? You see, my friends, that's an excuse. You're looking for a way out. You're trying to find an idea and saying, hey, it's okay for me to keep making this type of a mistake. It's okay for me to keep making this type of a mistake. It's okay for me to keep saying

the same thing over and over. It's okay for me to sound like a broken record with a hole in it. But nevertheless, I haven't put myself in a position to change. You know you can do it, but you just don't want to do it. You figure that, hey, I'll do it on another day. I'll do it tomorrow. I'll do it on this day. I'll do it on this day. I know, I know, I know, I know. You know that hey, I'll do it on another day. I'll do it tomorrow. I'll do it on this day I do it on this day. I know I know I know I know you know so much but you do so little Are you understanding that you cannot remain the same Do you understand that you're gonna have to continue to as I like to say evolve Evolving to me means a lot more than just changing change is good

without you changing for the right reasons are you in a certain position where you feel like you have to change yourself or change who you really are to please other people that's not the type of change I'm talking about I'm talking about for the greater good I'm talking about being able to have the right attitude and the right mindset and the right fortitude to make a difference in your life you can't keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and you're not getting anywhere you're not committed you're not doing the right things instead you keep doing the wrong things and you're not committed you're not doing the right things instead you keep doing the wrong things and you're looking for someone to rescue you

you're looking for someone to put you in a position to make you feel better it's not about me it's not about the other people it's about you it's about you making a difference and you making the necessary changes to get what you want out of your life the time is now you can't do it tomorrow you can't do it yesterday you got right now build on that find a solution to your problems don't depend on other people to change you don't depend on other people to change you don't depend on other people to evolve you being different as I've always said there's nothing wrong with being different stand out in the crowd don't be like everybody else don't feel that you got to belong to a group of people

for people to respect you if you don't like where you are then you must change what you do but not just change start evolving evolve into something that's unique become something great believe in yourself and understand that it takes work and it takes an idea and you have to understand that there's going to be some sacrifices that you must make so when are you going to make a change when are you going to finally realize that it's up to you what you need to be focusing on is a better life a better understanding a better you and if you're not willing to work on that if you're not willing to work on that, if you're not willing to change that, then how strong do you really think you will be in the rest of the life that you've been given?

This is why you're fighting right here. Listen, kid. There's going to be time in your life where people are going to try to rain on your parade. They're going to try to tell you what you can and what you can't do. But this is why you're fighting. You fight for them. You fight for all them nights you've watched your mother sit on the edge of that bed and cry almost every night Where you and your brother they couldn't do anything and it hurt you, you remember?

Listen, I don't want you to ever forget why you're doing what you're doing You gotta understand there's so much greatness that lives inside of you And if you just get through this and continue to fight There's greatness on the other side and i understand that you may be in the dark today but doesn't the beautiful roses of the field begin in the dark what you gonna do you gonna give up or you gonna keep going going what is it that stands behind that passion purpose desire that has you waking up every single day to go get what's yours because my faith is bigger than the size of a mustard seed and whatever it is that stands behind that passion purpose and desire that has you waking up every single day what is it

what is it that gives you unwavering conviction to go get what's yours to do what you want to do because there was a point of my time in my life where i didn't have a faith in myself where i didn't believe in myself then i began to pick myself up dust myself off so and I asked the question what is it that continues to drive you push you to continue to get up every single day after you've been knocked down you've been here before is it your daughter at home is it your mama because as I reminisce and watch my mama sit on the edge of that bed and cry every single night.

Are you back yet? Because whatever it is that does stand behind that passion, purpose, and desire that picks you up every single day. It better be strong. And I'm talking you will be knocked down a storm is coming you may be knocked down tomorrow. And nothing going to change if nothing changed changed so you have to take action and when i say take action you have to self-assess and say it is you versus you when you can look in a mirror and you can say to yourself i didn't study i woke up late when you

can say it's me versus me when you can get very comfortable being very uncomfortable. You begin to grow. You begin to grow. And you don't go to pointing fingers at nobody. Man, I remember. I was stripped of everything I owned. From apartments to cars. Everything I came in contact with I mean I was stripped of but all through through them storms them trials of them tribulations I began to soar like an eagle

see the eagle is one of the only birds that when a storm is coming, he doesn't fly away, but he flies into the storm. And he uses the pressures of the storm to soar. We're using very little energy to soar above the storm to rise to an atmosphere of peace and security. Don't you want to soar? How would you use the storm to rise, to elevate? How would you use a storm to soar above everybody that told you you couldn't do what you're doing? And what drives you because it don't matter how hard you go when you on a journey

to go get what's yours you will be knocked down and I hope it's the faith that gives you the unwavering conviction the courage the dedication what you sacrificing. Because being physically committed to the process without being emotionally attached to the outcomes is flying into the storm. storm and asking yourself what can I extract from this storm to soar to rise to an atmosphere of peace and security There's no such thing as overnight success.

When it comes to success, real self-made success, there's no such thing as luck. There's no such thing as someone who came out of nowhere. The people you see come out of nowhere and rise to the top, they came from somewhere and their rise took years. It took work, it took dedication, and it took perseverance. Malcolm Gladwell once wrote that to achieve greatness in any area, to become truly great in any area, you have to put in 10,000 hours of practice. No one is born a success. You must work your way there.

Most people aren't prepared to put in 10,000 seconds, let alone 10,000 hours. What about you? What about you? What about you? Are you willing to go to those extremes? Are you willing to do what most don't so you can have what most will never know? It must be an obsession. An obsession to be the best. The best you.

It's the pride of perfecting that thing you love. Coming back again and again. Win or lose. Succeed or fail. Showing up every day. Not just showing up every day, but showing up with passion. Showing up with intention. Intention to learn.

Intention to grow. Intention to get better. Intention to be the very best in your field. Intention to get so good, no one can ignore you. It's the ability to sacrifice all those things that offer you no future value so you can work toward the future that has value to you. It's the strength to follow your own path, no matter what happens. If you're a true winner, if you're really committed, 10,000 hours is nothing.

10,000 hours is a walk in the park. 10,000 hours is fun because it's not about how long it takes. It's about who you become, how skilled you become, how valuable you become, how many people you serve. People who are truly committed to what they do, those who are deeply passionate about what they do, they don't count the hours. They don't watch the clock. They get to work.

They love to work. And the only thing they measure is their growth. Are you that committed? and let him know that he has met his match, that nothing will be denied to one that won't be denied. You have to make it clear to your opponent that there is no quitting you. You have to make it known to him that no matter what he does, you serve a God greater than him, that there's a power on the inside of you that makes you unstoppable, that you are not scared to get in the ring to fight for what you want in life. The flesh of the warrior is mortal and vulnerable with weaknesses, but the mind and spirit inside

the champion is a savage force of undeniable will that's fierce and violent to anything that threatens its ambitions. Scarred and wounded, the warrior not deterred, he remains steadfast and unwavering, faith to the God that lives within him. Alone he fights, blinded by darkness, but still he moves forward. Outflanking every maneuver that hell attempts to conquer him with. He gets bolder and more aggressive with every step he takes toward greatness. Sucker punched by life,ife down to the mat several times But he stretches for the ropes

To climb out of the mouth of defeat His emotional jaw broke Exhausted with two black eyes Gasping for air Nothing left in the tank The enemy sure of victory till he heard him say I'm hurt, scarred You'll never ever break me

Hurt, scarred You'll never ever break me Hurt, scarred, you'll never ever break me I'm wounded but not broken I'm hurt, scarred, you'll never ever break me I'm wounded but not broken, wounded but not broken Wounded but not broken, got one shot, don't blow this Distractions, can't focus, my mask on, can't show this Too busy, got here glowing, that fan base keeps growing Momentum, can't slow slow it I'm Mozart composing

She posing with her hair dyed Fake friends and their twisted lies Contacts, blue eyes Plastic chicks with nine lives Three junkies just getting high Black ice, touch the sky Blinded by the sunrise I'm wounded but still alive

Sweet candles keep burning the world keeps on turning I'm seeking discernment my spirit keeps yearning school books with no learning Here star boy you earned it that fire from the furnace the world is yours and you earned it Cinebilly keep burning the world is yours and you earned it silly Billy keep burning the world is yours and you earned it I'm wounded but not broken got one shot don't blow this Distractions can't focus my mask on can't show this too busy I hear glowin that fan base keeps growing Momentum can't slow it. I'm Mozart

composing Rockstar smoking on Cuban cigars Flashing in those rental cars That ain't really who you are I hate you like my teeth Dead but not broken, wounded but not broken Rockstar, smokin' on Cuban cigars Flashing in those rental cars

That ain't really who you are I hate you like my teeth Dead but not broken, wounded but not broken Wounded but not broken, wounded but not broken This is Dr. Billy Allsbrooks, blessed and unstoppable Impact one billion people, daughter of motivation Welcome to the Louvre, And to God be the glory I'm on the other side of this speaker But even from here I can see your struggle

I can feel your pain I know what you're going through man Everybody done gave up on you Everybody's done written you off All the smart money in Vegas Betting against you That you can't you off all the smart money in Vegas betting against you that you can't get up off the mat that you will never overcome this you've been loyal you kept it real anytime anybody needed to you were there now

you're going through the struggle you're going through the trial you're going through the tribulation and you look up and you say where is everybody I know you feel alone I know you feel bitter I know you mad at the world but the question is how are you going to respond I am wounded but I'm not broken I am by myself but I'm not alone when I am weak I know my God is strong And I will not quit until I prove them all wrong As the walls close in and the light fades The dark choir singing in perverted ways Hell's opera, fire, the death of days

The blood of the lamb and his righteous ways I'm not afraid of struggling and fighting alone. I'm not afraid of traversing the dark alone. I'm not afraid to climb that mountain on my own. I'm not afraid to die. I've always been alone. Don't wake the savage.

Yes, the struggle is real. And no, life hasn't turned out the way you thought it would even when you worked hard and put the time in and did the right things still things didn't turn out the way you wanted them that one you thought was a soulmate was just an illusion that child promotion really wasn't a promotion it was a jail sentence I'm just keeping it real that family that you thought was family never really acted like family and those friends that you thought had your back are your biggest enemies now here's what we gonna do i'm gonna give you 24 hours

to mourn to cry it all out a pelt day so you do what you need to do for the next 24 hours to get all that stuff out and then i want you to answer this question how are you going to respond? I am wounded, but I am not broken. I am by myself, but I am not alone. When I am weak, I know my God is strong. And I will not quit until I prove them all wrong. Kisses of betrayal, the knife cuts. The blood runs red, the sharks lust. Emotional wounds,

scars, broken trust. We got different vibrations. Can't comprehend us. Romantic violence, flirting, making souls blush. Screams of chaos, gorgeous dreams being crushed. The blood runs red. The shark's

lust. They're about to wake that savage inside of us. Don't wake the savage. Now one day down the road, you're going to have to forgive these people that hurt you. But what I want you to do right now is to anchor this feeling, to channel all these emotions that you have on the inside, that betrayal, that anger, that bitterness. I want you to channel it. Now what the devil meant for harm, God will make good. See, there's a hidden energy, a hidden power, a secret locked in each and every trial and tribulation. And if you dig down and can find it, you can use it to go to that next level.

Now you can anchor this energy, the anger, the bitter, the frustration that's in this situation. You can anchor that with all your senses in such a way that you can tap back into it and use it whenever you want. Channel all of that energy that focuses into your things or gives, but never forget how this feels. So when you overcome, when you come off out of this, when you get back on top and you start wanting to get complacent, when you start wanting to take all days and start making shortcuts, remember how you feel right now. Go back into this moment so that you never lose what you're about to come back and seize. See, before this situation, you were good.

But to be great, to be unstoppable, to be invisible, you need to go through this. You need to learn the lessons in this moment. Seize this moment and capture every ounce of knowledge, wisdom, and power that resides in this situation. And what the devil meant for harm, God will make good. Wounded, but not broken. In a coma, but not dead. Don't wake the savage.

This is Dr. Billy Owls Brooks. And I am blessed and unstoppable. Impact one billion people. Motivational heart. So many people are waiting. You're waiting for things to be perfect. You're waiting for everyone to get themselves together. You're waiting for someone to invite you into the room you're waiting for someone to give you a seat at the table you're waiting for

someone to validate your gift you're waiting for someone to call your name you're waiting for someone to give you the opportunity you're waiting for everything to line up you're waiting for all the situations to come together perfectly and I'm telling you you cannot wait you got to start working right now depression is not waiting for you to get it together poverty is not waiting poverty is not waiting for the perfect moment for the convenient time to get on you no no no no no poverty will just roll up on you and disrupt your entire life fears not waiting stress is not waiting your bills are not waiting and if fear is not going to wait to attack you then you can't wait to attack it if stress is not waiting to attack you you can't wait to attack it if stress is not waiting to attack you you can't wait to

attack it whatever is in your life that's trying to bring you it is not waiting so you cannot wait you have got to step up now I'm telling you if you're waiting for your degree before you can build a legacy you're waiting for your father to tell you that he loves you before you can start building legacy. You mean you're waiting for there to be perfect peace in our country before you start building your legacy? You're waiting for everything to line up before you start working on your legacy?

No, you can't do that, you gotta start working now you gotta start building legacy now you gotta start taking care of things now you gotta get in your position now you gotta get your life together now you gotta take this thing seriously now you gotta start doing it now now is the time to start building your marriage. Now is the time to start teaching and investing in your kids. Now is the time to start piecing your money together and getting yourself out of debt. Now is the time to start pursuing something greater. Now is the time to start building the vision that God put in your heart.

Now is the time to start saving up for the home now is the time to start making those investments in yourself you cannot wait don't wait another day don't wait another minute don't wait another moment now is your time how long are you gonna complain about what you don't have how long are you gonna complain about who didn't do it and who didn't take care of you and who didn't call you and who don't like you and what they said and what they think, who cares what they think? Who cares what they said?

This is not about them, this is about me. This is about what God wants to do in me. This is about the legacy that he wants me to build. This is about the impact he wants me to make. Why am I going to put my legacy to the side in order to appease a person who don't know who I really am? you gotta get to a place where you recognize that I'm not just here passing time I'm not just here just having fun

but I'm here to build legacy I'm here to make things happen I'm here to change the world now is your time. Don't abort your mission out of frustration. When you are in the midst of a challenging situation, your mind will tell you that you are finished. Your mind will tell you that you may as well cut your losses now. Your mind will tell you that you are stuck and will probably be where you are right now for a long time.

But your thoughts cannot be trusted when your emotions are high. Your thoughts cannot be trusted when you have just experienced rejection. Being rejected does not mean that you are not smart enough or talented enough. Rejection is a part of your journey to success. So don't get stuck in your disappointment. appointment. Instead of focusing on how unfair your situation is, I'm challenging you to use your frustration to push you harder. I want you to know that you are not finished. You see, your trials and your difficult moments are just a part of your process. Your discomfort is actually helping you to transition

into a stronger and a wiser version of yourself. And for someone who is listening right now, you are feeling discouraged. You're feeling discouraged because of what you've lost. But I want you to know that what you have left is all you need to rebuild. I'm going to say that that again what you have left is all you need to rebuild your brokenness signifies a new beginning this is a new beginning. This is a new beginning for you. So this is not the time for you to slack off. This is not the time for you to go to your unhealthy coping mechanism, whatever that is for you. This is not the time for you to go into your room, turn off the lights, and pull the covers over your head.

This is the time for you to go into warrior mode. The dreams that you have are not going to fall into your lap. We all want that. We all want the easy route. We all want it to happen fast. But the truth is that you've got to be willing to fight for what you want. And sometimes the person that you have to check is yourself. Yes, you heard that correctly. You have to check yourself because your dreams cannot become a reality without you. You have to be confident in you.

You have to believe that you have what it takes. You have to declutter your mind. You have to make sure that you are managing yourself wisely. That you are making the right decisions. You have to make sure that you keep the promises that you have made to yourself. You have to envision what you want and refuse to let go until you get it. So what is going to enable you to finish? Well, there's a lot that goes into achieving your goals, so I don't want to make it sound like it's simple, but I can tell you this.

Without extreme focus and tenacity, you will do a whole lot of starting, but very little finishing so take note of this finishing requires focus and you might even have to repeat that to yourself finishing requires focus it's easy to become distracted especially with all of the chaos that's going on in the world right now. But you have work to do. And so it's important that you keep your focus in the right place. It's important that you keep working towards crossing the finish line. The easiest way to sink into a state of depression is to become consumed by your problems. There is a difference between being aware of your problems and being consumed by them. So if your problems are all that you seem to think about, your focus is in the wrong place.

It's going to be up to you to recognize when it's time to shift your focus. And so whenever your mind tries to take you to a place that pulls you into a state of despair, you got to shift your focus. When you entertain negative thoughts, it's like being in quicksand. Before you even realize it, you can go from having a simple negative thought to feeling discouraged. And this doesn't take a long time. It can happen in a matter of minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for listening. Kindly support the movement of this podcast by supporting us or subscribing to our premium content for more exclusive stuff. When you do so, you also get a shout out in our next episode. Thank you.