Daily Motivations - SHOW THEM HOW HUNGRY YOU ARE...2024 IS COMING

Episode Date: December 20, 2023

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And your character is an accumulation of your thoughts, your habits, and your priorities on a day-to-day basis. Because those three things determine the choices you make. And the choices you make, make you who you are. What the caterpillar calls death, the world calls a butterfly. And that's just so. In the pursuit of the person that we're supposed to become, those dreams, those ambitions, that elevated mentality, that version of who we're supposed to be, we must let an old version of us die. See, a caterpillar with wings can't fly. It must change its body. It must let its wings expand. It must go through a metamorphosis, a process of preparation so that the transformation

into a butterfly is possible and is painful and you'll feel confined and it will be uncomfortable. But all of that is necessary so that when the day comes, you can spread your wings and show the world how beautiful you are. There will come a test. One that's more challenging than all the rest. A test that will come a test, one that's more challenging than all the rest. A test that will come up and reoccur daily until you face it. It will stand there and wait for you to stand with both feet, ten toes down and say, I'm not running this time.

You see, inside of every one of us, there's a history of bumps and bruises and blows that we've taken that have left us with fears. That if I get too close to the fire, I'll burn. If I fight too hard, I can lose. I can be embarrassed. I can lose it all. If I go all in, if I burn the boats and try to take the island, what if I get there and I find I'm on an island by myself? Welcome to Daily Motivation, where you get there and i find i'm on an island by myself welcome to daily motivation where you get motivated and inspired you see a hidden coward wants to come out inside of all of

us but you have to remember you have to fight that fear that if you're the first to ever take island, then the island is yours. Champions find a way to make it happen. No matter how long it takes, they find a way. Don't be ashamed to say you're nervous, but find a way to get over it. You thought you was just going to have a dream and a goal and you were just going to wake up and just walk into the sunset. It don't work like that. You have a dream and then life punks you. Life punks you and say, do you really want this? It's a part of it, but I paid too much. My greatest moments didn't come from my greatest moments. My greatest moments came from my greatest defeats. Because it was during my defeat that I had to find a way to get back up.

Your job in life, my job in life, is to step out of our comfort zone. It is to step out of our comfort zone because we know that staying in our comfort zone is going to hurt. It's going to create a lot of regret. It's going to create a lot of missed experiences a lot of missed opportunities a lot of missed love a lot of missed finance take a step every day in the direction that you want to be in because what that creates is a habit you've got a reverse engineer your life you've got that's part of the process and that's what's gonna mold you into the person that can sustain everything that you're trying to build. If it came to you overnight, you wouldn't know what to do with it.

If it came to you through some trial and tribulation, you're going to understand the work it takes to maintain it. And it's going to stay. Without risk, there's no reward. It doesn't work any other way. The hardest thing in life, guys, isn't doing this stuff, isn't going past your current levels of comfort, hitting new levels, that's not the hard part of life. The hard part of life is when you don't have the time to do this anymore, and you didn't achieve everything you wanted to do, and you look back on your life

knowing there were pockets throughout your existence where you could have applied yourself now all that's left is you in a self-arrest self-parallel state thinking wow i could have been great and there won't be anything to stop you. The ground won't restrict you. You'll have the freedom to go wherever you please. Share the message that you're meant to share. But you must go through that prerequisite of a transformation. Letting the old you die so that the new you can come forward. Life is not here to make you suffer. This life is here to make you understand what is your potential.

But in this lifetime, there is something else for you to achieve. Discover your potential. Maybe there is something bigger that you can become. There's never the right time. The stars are never going to align. You have to just decide, I'm making a change, and do it.

And roll the dice and bet on yourself. It's the only way to do it. Almost like the only way to learn how to swim is to jump in the water and figure it out on the fly. Sun don't stop for nobody, man. Sun don't stop. Sun gonna be up in the morning regardless. The sun is gonna be up in the morning regardless.

Regardless of how I can feel, the sun is gonna shine in the morning. And at nighttime, the moon gonna be there. And you gonna look up, these days and keep going back there can be no growth without goals if you are going in the precise right direction regardless of how quickly or slowly you're always making progress if you're not going in the right direction very quickly you can actually push yourself further away from the goal to the ultimate one you do not rise to the level of your goals you fall to the level of your systems never make a decision when you're in the valley always remember that never make a life decision

when you're in the valley because oftentimes when we're at our lowest we go through adversity opposition when something is tough we make a permanent decision over temporary condition. Never make a permanent decision when you're in the valley. There is no one on this earth who is like you. You're the only person who can do what you do, who has lived your life, has internalized your experience. And that song in your heart belongs to you and you alone. And hold that very dear because it's precious and every voice is worth hearing. So whatever story you have, whatever you want to say, keep it close and hold it dear and stay true and you'll be fine.

Bruised, marked and scarred. But if you've scarred, it means you've healed. Because scars don't come where there is a wound stand and fight again take the test of a man take the test of a woman and pass That happiness and success is available for every last one of you.

But I'm going to tell you what you're going to have to do. You're going to change your mindset. If you're planning on being successful, you have to change this here. The difference between successful people and non-successful people is right here it ain't no difference it ain't none i ain't got no more than none of y'all got god gave me the same thing he gave y'all but you have got to change your mindset if you want to become the best version of who you are supposed to be, risk is required. Period. But always look at it in terms of, do I love what I do? Do I know what I'm doing? If opposition and adversity happens, will I still believe in what I'm doing?

Can you be committed to the process of what you're doing without being emotionally attached to the results of what you're doing? Can you be committed to it in the midst of opposition, in the midst of adversity? Because if you can be committed to it in the midst of opposition, in the midst of adversity, now you can believe in it. So when it goes wrong and it doesn't play in your favor, you can still believe in what you're doing and you're not going to run. Love what you're doing. Know what you're doing. But above all, believe in what you're doing, man. Practice makes improvement. You can always better your best. You can always go beyond anything that you have ever done. You'll never hit a state of perfection. You're always better your best. You can always go beyond anything that you have ever done. You'll never hit a state of perfection.

You're always bigger than what you do. And so all you're looking for are new breakthroughs through practice and practice and practice. You'll get better and better and better. You've become a drifter in life. In other words, you are like a rudderless ship. You are not going under your own power. You are letting the currents of life, of circumstance, of the opposition, determine how you feel, how you think, what you experience.

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flexibility, nutrition, and mindset, we've got you covered. Inside, you'll find expertly crafted workout routines, personalized meal plans, motivation tips, and strategies tailored to help you reach your fitness dreams. We also tackle common challenges women encounter on their fitness journeys, offering advice on balancing exercise with life's demands and breaking free from societal norms. Don't miss out on this incredible deal of 50% off. Get your ebook now before it's too late. I think it's believing in the 85 year old version of you, who's exactly who you want to be. And then ruthlessly looking at the discrepancy between the pittance of a human that you are now compared to that man or that woman and then step by step breaking down the many differences and starting on the first

one and pulling the thread the idea that self-love is holding yourself to a higher standard than anyone else does you believing in you more than anybody else does. No matter what tragedy we go through, we are still great. We are still magnificent. We are still significant. You must remember who you are and whose you are. Don't allow the tragedy that happened around you be the reason you quit believing that you could do

great things. We are more than what happens to us. We are. Move on. Straight up, move on. Forget them.

Lay hold of it. You lay hold of it. And when that thing tells you to quit, you look at it in his eye and say, I ain't going nowhere. I will break you before you break me. You will not defeat me you will not destroy me some of you are so ignorant you've been through so much hell you gonna quit now

you should have quit 10 years ago you should have been quick you don't quit now it's the 10th round you got two more to go and when you get to success it's not about skill when you get to success, it's not about skill. When you get to a certain level of success, it's about stamina. It's about stamina. It's about you won't break me. You can't take me. I fought too long. I fought too hard. As life unfolds, life comes at you with so much.

There's going to be certain seasons in life to where you're in a season of just enduring. You just got to endure right now, right? Whatever you're going through, sometimes you're in that season of, man, it's time to endure. Those things are necessary so you can become a different version of yourself and you can grow and learn from these experiences. So one day you can go back when somebody else is going through something and you can share them. But in terms of you framing acceptance as saying that I am comfortable with who I am and I cannot be better and I must be satisfied with that is the biggest embodiment of failure that I can imagine. There's a

difference between saying I am good enough and I am good. So you could say I am good enough for my current state based on the work that I've put into it, but I could be better. You can accept that the work that you have done has created the outcome that you've created, but you do not need to accept that the outcome that you've created is the end-all be-all and the last outcome that you need to have. But deep down you know that something more is for you.

And that's the risk. And as scary as it can be, as terrifying as the leap may seem. That risk, the edge of where you are and where you can go is where life begins. That space is where you feel alive. That voice that's calling out from inside of you, it may not be the voice of encouragement. It may be the voice that says, stay where you are. We're comfortable here. And it will give you every reason and sell you every clause of why it makes more sense to stay. And the place where you can go,

the version of you that awaits, it won't say a word. Can you sustain the failure, the opposition, and the challenges? Because the one thing I can guarantee, you're going to get hit with opposition and adversity, Doc. I don't care how cute you are. I don't care how strong you are. I don't care how nice you are.

It's coming to see you. I don't care how grand your dreams and your goals are. It's coming to see you. I don't care how nice of a person you are. It's coming to see you. I don't care how grand your dreams and your goals are, it's coming to see you. I don't care how nice of a person you are, it's coming to see you. I don't care how motivated you are, it's coming to see you. That's why I said adversity causes some cats to break. And other cats to break records. There are those who will depend upon you.

So make the promise that I will truly live. All I can tell you is this. That the promise to live is the promise to be great. You need to make the promise. What's the promise, you ask? The promise is that you will live. You won't just exist, but you will truly live. You will begin to enjoy the moment you are in. Be present.

Wherever you are, be present in this very moment. You cannot simply dream about a future without taking care of the responsibilities of now. What is your final destination? Now, I think we're all created for purpose. And I think probably we have within us a sense of destiny. What we are to become is a result of what we do today. And so often I think we focus on the future and we miss the present. Take care of today. Here's what I know. You take care of today.

Put enough todays together. And you will discover your destiny. Whether it's adversity, whether it's suffering, whether it's pain, if you choose to run towards it, who you become on the other side of it is a newer, higher, more transcendent version of you. You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You're able to say to yourself, I've lived through this hard. I can take the next thing that comes along.

You must do the thing you cannot do. It is the thing that we cannot do and because it is that we must do that the work you do now is the planting of the seeds that will germinate that will grow in the darkness when no one else is watching. When you're isolated and alone, those seeds are developing. Forget the fact that they are buried. They are only hidden to those on the outside. You're going to have such a period in your life where it seems like it's not working. You're going to have doubts.

You're going to have a lot of trials and tribulations and challenges. And everybody has what's called a turn back moment. You always have a moment in your life where the direction you're going, you will have to make a decision to keep going or you turn back. The sad thing is the average person turns back. But think about this. If you're going somewhere and you turn back you can never get there but the time is now man and what i mean by that is we can no longer put off what should be done today till tomorrow

we can't no longer put off what should be done, should have been done yesterday until tomorrow. The time is now. The time is now to go for it. The time is now to stop selling for less. The time is now to get the most out of your life. The time is now to start that dream. The time is now to start that idea. The time is now to set standards and stand by them. The time is now to start that idea. The time is now to set standards and stand by them.

The time is now in your life. Once fear is acted upon, the death of fear is certain. If you had six months to live, what would you do differently? Would you have the same job? Would you be worried about things that you're worried about right now? Would you have the same relationships? Would you have the same job? Would you be worried about things that you're worried about right now? Would you have the same relationships? Would you have the same people in your life? When no one sees those hours, those countless moments,

when you're grinding, when it's just you, but God and you. And you've got to trust that God gave you the ability and the opportunity and the desire to be more so you can serve more. So you might as well keep watering that dream every day. And sometimes the water that you give your dream are the tears of frustration because you haven't had it yet.

Stay that hungry, stay that mad, stay that frustrated, but put that fuel in the tank of purpose and drive yourself to the next level. Because when you live an easy life, your life is really hard. When you do hard things, your life becomes easy. How much adversity can you handle and still keep making good decisions, still keep putting one foot in front of the other, still keep leading people that you're meant to lead? And if you can crank up that thermostat by intentionally doing hard things, running towards pain, doing that one more set, one more rep, one more step, one more sales call, one more knock on the door, one more thing, one more degree than everybody else. All it takes is that one extra

degree consistently compounded over time. you become a savage of a human. Never rely on tomorrow to bail you out because it can't and it won't. That's why you need to make every day a masterpiece. That's why every moment matters. So today, you got it in your hand. Grab it. Do it right now. If you do it now, you're preparing for tomorrow. If you don't do it now, tomorrow, you're going to try to just been god showing you a preview of a coming attraction he has for you the problem with your imagination is you tell it to the wrong people The problem with your imagination is you tell it to the wrong people.

As a matter of conscious experience, the reality of your life is always now. And I think that this is a liberating truth about the nature of the human mind. Probably nothing more important to understand about your mind than that, if you want to be happy in this world. The past is a memory. It's a thought arising in the present. The future is merely anticipated. It is another thought arising now. What we truly have is this moment.

At the end of the day, everything that we do starts and ends with our attitude. How we perform, how we function, how we get along with others, it all starts with attitude. Now, the beautiful thing about attitude is there's only one person that gets to decide our attitude, and that's, of course, ourselves. It's changing the conversation in your own head. It's recognizing your greatness. It's recognizing the great things you were put on this earth to do. It's not the fact that you are unblemished.

It's the fact that you are unbothered by that loss and you go back to the drawing board and find out what does it take to win again that takes real greatness you have a rematch clause in your life for a reason that's why every day is a new day it's a rematch against everything that has ever defeated you, and you get to go back at it. You don't make it. No one makes it. Every day, you have to be trying to do better. Make sure that you approach life with a learned perspective.

You're a better person than you were the day before, and whatever you're trying to do, whatever it is that you're doing, you're trying to do better every day. That's just that day. The next day, you got to go back to work. You can decide that you're going to stand up to life. You can decide that I'm going to live each day as if it were my last. You have the power to make that decision. You can decide I'm going to work on myself and develop myself. I'm going to empower me. And all myself. I'm going to empower me. And all of these things that are happening to me right now, they're just temporary inconveniences.

They're not stronger than I am. I'm in charge here. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure, that it is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us, and that your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. All of the time that you have spent being humble, being quiet, being meek in the corner of the room has not been noble. It has not been an act of valor. It has been an act of cowardice. Believing that you are not worthy of stepping into the spotlight, that you are not worthy of sharing your voice, of encouraging,

of uplifting, of being the example of excellence that may just inspire the person next to you. That positive self-talk about who you are will make you become that person, that person that other people will see. I have to believe that I'm great. I have to believe that I'm capable. I have to believe that I can win. And if I do those things, we can make that happen. The man or woman the arena has been waiting for and your name is being called and echoed from the foundations of the earth with a plan from God to enable you to win. All you have to do is stay in the fight. It's never been about your record. It's about how much you're accounted on.

All you have to do is stay in the fight. We manage to never really connect with the present moment and find fulfillment there because we are continually hoping to become happy in the future. And the future never arrives. It is always now. However much you feel you need to plan for the future to anticipate it, to mitigate risks, the reality of your life is now. Even when we think we're in the present moment, we are in very subtle ways, always looking over its shoulder, anticipating what's coming next. We're always solving a

problem and it's possible to simply drop your problem if only for a moment and enjoy whatever is true of your life in the present. The things that influence us the most, the things that affect the way you think and feel and live your life and the actions you take and the results you get, most of what controls us are invisible forces. Invisible forces and the most powerful of forces of all are human emotion, anger, rage, love, passion, compassion. Those will change you more and they're invisible, but they determine the quality of your life. Overcoming the negative conversation,

that inner dialogue that's going on all the time, all the time, even when you don't want it to be there. You can't stop yourself right now from thinking. You can't do it, it's going on. And so learning how to empower yourself, part of doing that is standing up to yourself. You've got to stand up inside yourself sometimes and say, shut up!

That's why you've got to learn to make a conscious, deliberate, determined effort to stand up inside yourself. Working on yourself, watching that inner dialogue, it will determine the quality of your life. Playing small does not only affect you. Why do you play small? Why do you choose to remain silent when you know you were meant to speak up? Stop looking at the enemy and thinking that the challenges that you face, that there's a glass ceiling, that there's someone holding you back. And remember that you were born for greatness.

And that you have a record of all of your own. You've defeated bigger challenges than this. This one just happens to be the newest one. Don't let your fear outweigh your faith. If you can just keep believing when nothing in you is working, when all your external forces have given way, if you can just manage to somehow keep hoping, just hope. You ain't even really got to believe. All you got to do is hope.

Whatever you are, whatever you're doing, do it with everything that you have. Develop the habit of giving more than what you're paid for. Develop the habit of setting standards that others will be measured by. Someone said, do not go where the path may lead, but go where there's no path and leave a trail. There are too many of us that are waiting for right situations to produce. What I'm asking you is, yeah, you went through a hard season and yeah, another one might be up ahead, but what are you producing in the middle? අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අති Thank you. piano plays softly There's going to come a moment in your life when you realize that all the dreams that you've had were too small.

It's because you played it safe. You thought it was okay to just believe that you're going to have some success. Some is not enough. Champions are broken. People look at champions and try and find something that that champion has that they don't have. And he's like, but it's not that at all.

They lack something everyone else has, which is an off button. They just don't stop. Maybe your path in life is harder right now because your calling is so much higher. I would rather you set your sights not on the moon, but on the stars, because in the process of shooting for the stars, you will hit the moon, guaranteed. But in the process of shooting for the moon, you might completely miss it and hit nothing. The real message is we all started from nowhere.

I mean, we all had bullsh** jobs. We all felt like losers. But through time and effort, you build a stronger human. You build a stronger body. You build a stronger mind. You build accomplishments and will and momentum. And then you look back and you go, Hey man, I'm not washing tables anymore. Not when all is available, not when all your gifts haven't been

exposed and explored. And so you can discover what you were made for. To succeed, you must fail in failure and in suffering. All the answers are in there. All the answers to all the test questions. The test is your life. I need to visit it. Visit suffering one hour a day. Visit your past failures one hour a day. The relationship with it is the answers are in there.

The world is a lesser place if you do not reveal from within yourself what you have to reveal. And the fact that the world is a lesser place actually turns out not to be trivial. Like if you aren't everything you could be, more people will die. More people will suffer. More evil will be unconstrained. More tyranny will reign.

More chaos will remain chaotic and dangerous. All of that. One of the most damaging things that any human can do is set low standards and then achieve those standards. The ultimate in compensation for human beings, to have more control over your own destiny. There's so many people that are in that starting point. What do I, I don't know what to do. What should I do?

You're going to have to figure it out one foot in front of the other. You have to find a thing and keep working at it and get better at it. Go deep into the dungeon of my soul to say, okay, what is making you a quitter? What is making you a weak man? What is making you afraid? That's why I kept on quitting and going back to start or not knowing how to get through hard times. I think we can all agree we all want more. We have dreams, we have goals. We've got to ask ourselves ask ourselves first more what and that starts i think by going on answering that question what do i value the most and it goes i wish for the world to realize all of their dreams so that they can realize they

don't make them complete and he's talking about that most people's dreams are very like external like champions like they want to win a medal they want a trophy want a nice car and all the stuff then you get it and when you have everything you realize this isn't what i wanted i don't feel complete right now we must become everything that we were intended to be the day that god gave you breath because with that breath you have to use it to go out and grab something and as long as you're believing as long grab something. And as long as you're believing, as long as you're breathing, as long as you're achieving, keep going forward. Go past your doubt, go past the dream until you have to dream again. Constantly rewrite your book every day of your life. These are conversations I have with myself. and I say it everywhere I go, the most important conversation when you have it yourself. You live with it every single day, but most of our conversations are not the right ones.

But failure is the most information rich data stream on planet Earth, but to accurately assess the data and figure out what it's telling you about why you failed to some extent or why it was more inefficient than it needs to be, you have to be willing to stare nakedly at your own inadequacies, take responsibility for the outcome, not make it somebody else's

fault or the economy's fault or whatever any external force you're making it an external problem you're never going to be able to learn the lesson you need to learn in order to improve your behavior so that you can then execute better and make more progress moving forwards at higher standards in your fitness, in your ability to orate, to speak. Enough with setting low standards and hitting those standards and being proud of yourself. Like, fuck, man. Let's get to it. Stop saying, I've got to wait for good things to happen to me.

And I said, I'm going to ride. I'm going to fight. I'm going to work. I'm going to press towards. That if you want to find peace with yourself, self-understanding, self-knowledge, self-esteem, all of these things are gonna be found only through sacrifice, getting uncomfortable, reevaluating what your normal is, and putting yourself in situations

that you don't wanna do. Yep, they decide to change, to not to change those circumstances, whatever they might be. As long as you have, you have to have that desire, the will to change those circumstances. That's your start right there. Have the will, the desire to change it. There's your starting point. Sometimes life will happen to you and you won't have time to say no.

You won't have time to think that you can't do it. The only time you will have is to act, to take the leap of faith and believe that everything is going to be all right. Take that leap of faith. Trust yourself and know within yourself that everything's going to be all right. අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි අපි I'm going to die never even trying to reach your full potential. Hopelessness is a state of mind. Don't live your entire life hopeless and unfulfilled. Go to your dream and if you never make it, if you die before you get to your dream, die going to your dream. At least you will finish this world, not just setting, saying, man, if only. There are no if-onlys. There is, what are we going to do now?

There comes a time in every man's walk in his development, in his dreams and aspiration where he has to realize that there are limitations. That is not a negative, that is not a line in the sand that you can't cross, but it's a barrier. And when you come across that barrier, you have two choices. I am either blocked in or I'm locked in by that, or I step over it with authority saying that will not be the line that stops me in life. Some call that the Mendoza line. That's the average line. That's someone who doesn't go for greatness. But if you ever dare to

be more, you got to be willing to cross that line. You see, the line is there as a measuring stick of what makes a man or a woman great. It's the measuring stick that tells you whether or not you have enough within you to be able to overcome everything that comes up against you. You can't be who you used to be and who you're going to be at the same time, right? At a certain point, you got to sacrifice something. Every next level of our lives demands a new version of us. You're trying to accomplish new goals, new dreams, and new aspirations. But you're operating from an old place mentally. And so when you say, is your software updated?

What I'm referring to is knowledge base, environment, people, things you're trying to accomplish. Is it updated? You can't be comfortable with yourself if you don't know who yourself is. And you can't know who yourself is if you don't stop looking at how everybody around you is and start looking at what makes you comfortable and what makes you uniquely you. So the thing that I would tell people, man, that's in transition, that's in pursuit, don't postpone your joy, don't postpone your happiness, and don't postpone your peace. If you're not where you want to be, if you haven't accomplished the things that you seek to accomplish, if you haven't got the things done that you're trying to get done. Because oftentimes we look at it like, man, if I get here, it'd be great, it'd be all good. You end up postponing your joy, your happiness, and your peace, right? Which I feel is a big mistake. Enjoy the moment

and all that it entails, the totality of it. Enjoy all that comes with it because I can guarantee you there's always lessons present. Whether we capture them is another thing, but it's always lessons that's present. Greatness is a desire. It's a desire to overcome everything that ever tried to stop you. And the only way for you to ever get there, the only way for you to become great, is for you to find out what it takes for you to not quit. Is it in you?

Is it in you every morning when you get out of bed? Is it in you when there's a quota hanging over your head? But you gotta step over the line with authority. You've got to face the reality of who you are. You've got to face the reality of what you are. And nobody's going to tell you that like you yourself will tell you that. And if you are not a person that you are comfortable being alone with, that is the one person in this universe that you have full power, full right, and full responsibility to change. You know, sometimes we're sailing through life basking in moments of triumph and happiness when all of a sudden things change the turbulent winds of adversity strike your world seems to crumble right

around you your dreams seem to fly away the setbacks failures and challenges that you face seem to threaten your spirit and to break it how are you going to respond it is in these moments of adversity that your best self can be revealed your resilience can shine the brightest Are you tired yet? But some of you need to get tired. You need to be tired of what's going on in your life. Get tired of your habits. Get tired of your results. Get tired of the actions that you're putting in every day.

You got to change, man, or nothing changes. Excuses sound best to the person that's making them up. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. It's game on. It's focus. It's go season. You got a problem with your life. You got a problem with your environment. Do something about it. If you want it, go get it. Maybe it's my fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn't.

Maybe I made you think my highlights started at the free throw line and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game winner. That my game was built on flash and not fire. Maybe I destroyed the game. Or maybe you're just making excuses these challenges that you face they're gonna do their best to take you down

do not let them stand up dig in line up those problems and confront them face them fight them do not let them bring you down.

In fact, let those challenges raise you up. Let them elevate you. Will I be honest with who I am? Will I pass the test of time? Will I stand here and with who I am? Will I pass the test of time? Will I stand here and show that I am more than just a reflection of an image that others have projected upon me? Will you live up to your expectations, your potential, and show them that you're made of something more than glass. Thanks for listening.

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