Daily Motivations - YOU PROMISED YOURSELF YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Episode Date: April 3, 2026

This powertul motivational speech by Daily Motivations is about the promise you made to yourself-the decision to change your life and become better. It focuses on discipline, consistency, accountabil...ity, and the mindset required to follow through when motivation fades. Real change comes from daily action, stronger habits, and the ability to stay committed even when it gets difficult. If you're serious about self-improvement and building a better life, this is your reminder to stay focused, stay disciplined, and prove to yourself that you meant it.Instagram - @daily_motivationsorgFacebook- @daily_motivationsorg

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Starting point is 00:00:41 And you've been suffocating, holding on to an old version of you that's ready to die off. So you're shedding, you're releasing, and you're building a new and better version of you. I think some people get stronger after failure and some people collapse. The difference between the two is the level of commitment that they made to themselves along the journey. I think it's simple. One's committed, one hasn't. One says, come hell or high water, we're going to figure this out. One's exercising from the energy of courage, from the energy of faith.
Starting point is 00:01:11 The other one's coming from fear. It's coming from doubt. It's coming from lack. So when we look at it and say, yes, this knocked me down. Yes, I went backwards. But if I still have oxygen in my lungs, I'm not done yet. I'm telling you from firsthand example of my life. I've been knocked down.
Starting point is 00:01:29 Wonder how am I going to make ends meet? What am I going to do? But I made it commitment. to myself, while we're here, we're going to figure this out. So when they're at my funeral, you know what they can say? He gave everything that he had to try to figure it out. It's a trial by fire. You have to keep ongoing through isolation, through loneliness, with nothing but the faith you have when you look in the mirror every morning and remind yourself that it will all be worth it one day. And I love that. But you have to remember that it's going to be cringe.
Starting point is 00:01:54 Because you're going to show up in certain ways that frankly aren't validated, you're going to lack the accolades. It's going to lack the permission you get given later. down the line to act as that person. But fuck that. Fuck waiting for the accolades. You don't get past that cringe point by waiting for it to pass. You just have to run head first into it. That's the only way. The only way out is through. A version of you that doesn't ask for permission, a version of you that takes action and follows through and has an unwavering desire to build themselves into the best that they can be. This isn't a new chapter of you. This is a whole new So again, everything in your life is not happening to you, it's happening for you.
Starting point is 00:02:38 When you don't skip over that. So you've just got to know the distinction. Everything is just how you relate to it. There's no good at that. It happens. It's life. When you make a choice and say come hell of high water, I'm going to be this. Then you should not be surprised when you are that.
Starting point is 00:03:05 And I gave my soul to this gang. There's nothing more I could give. nothing, but I'm telling you it goes by fast. And if you don't give it, you're all, you're going to regret it. I love what I do. And it's as simple as that. What does love feel like for you? What does love feel like?
Starting point is 00:03:37 I think I'd describe it as a beautiful journey. You know, it has its ups and downs. Things are never perfect. But through love, you continue to persevere. And you move for them. You move for them. Through that storm, beautiful sun emerges. Right? And inevitably another storm comes.
Starting point is 00:03:58 And guess what? You ride that one out too. So I think love is a certain determination and persistence to go through the good times and the bad times with the someone or something that you truly love. You know, I had a summer where I played basketball where I was like 10 or 11 years old. And I scored not a free throw, not a nothing, not a lucky shot, not a breakaway lay up zero points. And I remember crying about it, being upset about it. And my father's gave me a hug and say, listen, whether you score zero or score 60, I'm going to love you no matter what.
Starting point is 00:04:33 Now, that is the most important thing that you can say to a child. Because from the later, I was like, okay, it gives me all the confidence in the world to fail. I have the security there. But to hell with that, I'm scoring 60. There's a choice that we have to make as people as individuals. If you want to be great at something, it's a choice. that you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft.
Starting point is 00:05:00 But you have to make a choice. And what I mean by that is there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. I had a purpose. I wanted to be one of the best basketball players that ever play. And anything else that was outside of that lane, I didn't have time for.
Starting point is 00:05:16 So everything I saw, whether it was TV shows, whether it was books I read, people I talked to, everything was done to try to try to. to learn how to become a better basketball player, everything. So when you have that point of view, it literally the world becomes your library. The Mamba mentality simply means trying to be the best version of yourself. That's what the mentality means.
Starting point is 00:05:42 It means every day, you know, you're trying to become better. And it's a constant quest. It's an infinite quest. I want to be one of the best basketball players who've ever played. Okay, how do I get there? And every decision I made in my life was centered around the process of helping me eventually get there. Like you're always going after, always going after, always going after. And if there's a challenge that ensues, oh, good, I want to see how I stack up to that.
Starting point is 00:06:09 So I had that purpose. Once I had that purpose, every decision that I made is centered around that purpose. I think the best way to prove your value is to work, is to learn, is to absorb, to be a sponge. You always want to outwork your potential. As hard as you believe you can work, you can work harder than that. So we go after, we go after. What I've learned is to always keep going. Always.
Starting point is 00:06:40 You know, there's been times, particularly early in my career where you just feel like this is the end. But what I've come to find out is that, you know, no matter what happens, the storm eventually ends. And when the storm does end, you want to make sure that you're ready. And I gave my soul to this game, man There's nothing more I can give Nothing
Starting point is 00:07:00 You guys know that You know, if you do the work You work hard enough, dreams come true You know that, we all know that But hopefully what you get is the understanding That Those times when you get up early and you work hard Those times that you stay up late
Starting point is 00:07:15 And you work hard Those times where you don't feel like working You're too tired, you don't want to push yourself But you do it anyway that is actually the dream. That's the dream. It's not the destination. It's the journey.
Starting point is 00:07:30 Every kid, every person has the ability to put one foot in front of the other, right? So like if you're saying, okay, I'm going to climb Mount Everest. You're at the bottom of the mountain and you look up and you're going, I'm not going to climb Mount Everest, right? But if you break it down into sections and you're just one foot in front of the other, one step at a time, next thing you know, you're at the top of the mountain. It's like as a kid, I said, I want to be the best ever. right and now you go through your life and everything you do is try to be the best ever be the best ever be the best ever
Starting point is 00:07:58 and as you get older you start understanding that those things are very superficial things right and everybody has a different opinion about it no matter what you do i can win 20 championships there's always an opinion on who's the best everybody has different opinions and so i started really kind of understand it maybe that's not the important thing maybe the important thing is to you know how do we as a team grow how do I help my teammates be better? So that was the first change for me. And then as I got older still, it became more about how are you inspiring others, right, to find themselves.
Starting point is 00:08:33 That is the ultimate championship. How do you use your passion and use that to inspire somebody else to create their passion? And then how can they pass that on to the next person? That is true success. The lesson I cherish the most is how important it is to love what you do. Always seek out things you love and always work hard once you find it. You can't stop people from trying to limit your dreams, but you can stop it from becoming a reality.
Starting point is 00:09:02 Our mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it's time I say goodbye. And that's okay. You ask for my hustle. I gave you my heart. This is what we talk about all the time. You know, you have a bump in the road, you fall, you get back up. And you go after it again, right? That's what we do. Never allowed my fear to limit me. I'll figure out how to get past it. I think the most, the thing that you should be afraid of most
Starting point is 00:09:45 would probably be being alone. And I've been on my own since I can remember. So you went for permission? You want me to go under you and you ask some permission? you when you ask some permission. But I'm not listening to nobody. You see, I do better when I listen to me. You know, I had to convince myself that I'm going to make it.
Starting point is 00:10:10 A lot of people probably think I was born, Phyllis. I might project that energy, but it's not true. I was scared of the dark as a child. It shifted me. It's either when you get hurt that badly, you do you fear, and soon sure you'll become a bit insensitive and you'll start to approach the problems instead of running. I never ran from anything because I never had nobody to go do.
Starting point is 00:10:31 I've always had that where I'm going. Home to get me? I've experienced anxiety and angst of all kinds. The difference is I refuse to allow myself to grow comfortable in all those fears. Comfort I learned is a dream killer. It saps our ambition, blinds our vision, promotes complacency. The number one thing most people are comfortable with is fear. There's going to be points that if you're not.
Starting point is 00:11:01 are going to mistake my confidence for arrogance because I've had to, they don't understand the process I went through And how much I had to believe in myself in order to make these things happen. I kind of I feel like you can will yourself into a good space Things that are meant to happen will and you believe in yourself enough you can help yourself learn No matter how much you feel like you're prepared for something it never happens when your time like when you think You're ready like it's supposed to have it always happens when it's supposed to happen I think it's supposed to happen I think it's supposed to happen I think it's very I think if you do things on other people's terms that it's just wrong for your life. If I had to be different in order to make it happen, I wouldn't be doing me and it wouldn't be the right thing.
Starting point is 00:11:42 Well, when you're in life-threatening situations, it makes you a little more conscious of death. You know, and the more that you're aware of your fate, the higher probability you have a chance to live. Ask someone if they're living in a constant state of fear. And they'll probably say, of course not. That's just pride talking though. Fear dominates most people's lives. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of loneliness. I don't think there's anything shameful about experience in fear.
Starting point is 00:12:20 A little bit of paranoia is actually extremely helpful. There are a lot of real dangers out there. A lot of people with bad intentions. Being aware of those possibilities makes it easier to avoid them. What you cannot do is become complacent with any of those fears. If you feel lost, you can't spend your life of life. avoiding intimacy and love, something I've struggled with. If you fear failure, you can't start taking risk.
Starting point is 00:12:46 If you fear the unknown, you can't stop trying new experiences. You see what I'm saying? We got some people that have just decided not to try. They're more comfortable in a tent with nothing on their schedule every day. Some of them make the decision to just get the tent. And feel no pressure to make it or no pressure to do anything. You know what I mean? And that's just, I don't, I can't comprehend the thinking. Like, you know, my thought process is so different from them that I can't relate to it.
Starting point is 00:13:22 When I say get rich a diet, trying in a literal fashion, I think they took it where I meant I'm determined I'm going to make it or I'm putting everything on the line here. It is not death. A man should fear, said the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. But he should fear never beginning to live. Some people They have the The trait of Like let's say the person They're across the street
Starting point is 00:13:46 They look at you They don't like you Across the street Some people feel The need to go across the street To say why I'm a good person I don't give up Now I'm gonna say you crazy
Starting point is 00:13:55 You know I'll be thinking When they say that Yeah I'm crazy I be thinking yep I was crazy enough To believe What the fuck I was saying Going happen
Starting point is 00:14:04 It was going to happen And that's why I was persistent Enough and consistent enough To exist now being persistent, right? The only thing that separates people with passion. Having the ability to focus on something, on the work on it,
Starting point is 00:14:18 will allow you to work hard enough to be good enough at it. That's to Kobe Bryant, right? He outworked those people. You're like, you know, fly people in the league perform according to their paycheck. So they're like, I ain't getting that money. Let them do it. I think the things you go out to make who you are.
Starting point is 00:14:33 I don't regret those things. Well, I think ambition is a part of a person's character, there isn't a learned behavior. You know, so I'll always be looking forward to move to the next level where there's different opportunities open up for me. I'll explore myself. I can't put a limit to how far I can actually go.
Starting point is 00:14:57 Get rich or die trying, right? And the process, because that's already what I'm feeling like I'm going to do. In the process, it's the greatest thing is to watch me because either I'm going to get rich or I'm going to die in the process. And then if I die in the process, I was doing what I wanted to do. I can trace the roots of my own sense of fearlessness back to one specific effect. The death of my mother. That's a special kind of fear, one that is hard to describe.
Starting point is 00:15:30 I didn't communicate well with the loss of my mom. I actually never really spoke to anybody. She was everything. She was like, my mother and my father. My mom met me at 15. So it felt like the only real option would be to actually hustle at that point from her, I believe. I don't think she would agree with me going in that direction of hustle. I don't think she wanted that for me.
Starting point is 00:15:59 You know, but the other part, the music and everything else that happened, I think she'd be really proud of me. Losing my mother was the most significant thing that ever happened. to me. Even in middle age, I could still feel her loss. But through her death, my mother managed to give me a rare gift to see the fearlessness. I don't mind losing. I just like to lose at my experience. Let it be my fault. If I'm losing based on someone else's decision to do it, I'm furious about it. Yeah. Because I'm like, I could have learned it and made better judgment myself than to just allow that to happen. I got instincts. A lot of people will gauge a level of intelligence
Starting point is 00:16:41 by you have an associate's bachelor's or a master's degree, but a lot of those people retain information long enough to pass midterms and never use it. I also came to understand another important truth. I wasn't comfortable being scared. That may seem like an obvious thing to say, but I think it's actually what makes me unique. Most people are extremely comfortable with their fears. Afraid of flying?
Starting point is 00:17:03 Stay off of planes. Afraid of failure? Well, then don't even drop. A lot of people lived their entire lives that way. Not me. I hated being scared. I hated looking over my shoulder. To me, hiding would have almost been worse than getting shot. In some ways, the physical player I endured was my friend. It pushed me further than most people are willing to go.
Starting point is 00:17:26 See, because the guy at the school yard doesn't want to fight always leads to the black eye. The moment did you show people that you're not willing to fight, they want to fight. You change the feelings. You want to feel like you're afraid all the time. Or do you start to become the aggressive, you know what? You ain't got to find me because I'm looking for you. And then it changes everything. Try to treadmill with no music.
Starting point is 00:17:54 See how long you do that. Because you'll be in your head so much and you hear yourself breathing. You ain't going to do it as long as you usually do it. And you can put the music on and just go. It takes your mind off of it. even do the work. When fear interrupts your routine, or makes you rethink it in any way, it's gotten its hooks deep into you and will hold you back forever.
Starting point is 00:18:21 Cowers died many times before their death, both Shakespeare. Devaliant, never taste of deathboat puns. I wasn't trying to go out like a coward. The best way to get past the fear that's holding you back is first to acknowledge it and then come up with a plan to get past it. So that's what I did. I accepted that I was afraid. I feel like I can't change.
Starting point is 00:18:47 That's that I'm misunderstood. You know, my confidence is mistaken for arrogance, constantly. You know, people don't actually understand my intentions a lot of times. Because what I've offered is myself. So there's artists out there that can beat me at doing different things, but not at being me. Can't anybody beat me at being that? The fight within.
Starting point is 00:19:19 A reminder to keep going. You've heard it before, maybe too many times. Life is a fight. But I don't mean that in some cliche bumper sticker way. I mean it in the way that only someone who's been pushed to the edge can understand. I mean it. In the way that life itself sometimes feels like it's conspiring against you. When the weight on your chest feels unbearable.
Starting point is 00:19:53 When every step you take feels like it's only leading you deeper into the darkness. But the thing about the fight, about this life, is that it's not meant to be easy. It's not supposed to feel like a victory lap. Because when you're in the thick of it, when you've hit your lowest point, that's when you are at your most powerful. There's a strange paradox in life. The moment you feel like you've got nothing left, that's often when your breakthrough is right around the corner. And I'm not saying that to offer you false hope. I'm saying it because this life is about resilience.
Starting point is 00:20:41 It's about enduring the storm. Not because you know for sure the sun is coming, but because there's nothing else left, but to fight. There will be days when everything feels heavy, too heavy to carry. There will be moments when you're convinced that you can't keep going, that you're done, that maybe, just maybe.
Starting point is 00:21:04 This time life has beaten you. I've been there. And so have you. if you're being honest with yourself. And in those moments, we have a choice. We can give in to the darkness, or we can keep moving however slowly, however painfully. Think about it.
Starting point is 00:21:29 What has quitting ever gotten anyone? Comfort, number peace, not even close. The only thing giving up guarantees is that the battle will remain unfinished, that the thing you most want will stay deep. just out of reach. You know, this life we're living, it's short. It feels long when we're in it, struggling. It feels endless when we're at rock bottom. But if you look at the grand scheme of things, at the time we've been given, it's a blink, a flash, and it's over. And I think about that often,
Starting point is 00:22:16 about how we're all running against the clock, fighting to make something of ourselves, fighting to matter, to leave something behind. But here's the truth. Your fight isn't just about legacy or success or material things. It's about surviving the hardest moments and choosing to stand back up when life throws you down. There's a saying that it's always darkest before the dawn. At the worst moments, the toughest battles, are always right before something gives. But that dawn, it's not promised, is it?
Starting point is 00:23:04 Sometimes it feels like it'll never come. Sometimes it feels like the night stretches out endlessly, like there's no light in sight. But I'll tell you this. I have seen people hit what looked like their absolute rock bottom, and I have watched them rise. The point is, no matter how dark it feels, no matter how lost you are,
Starting point is 00:23:45 there's always something on the other side. Maybe it's not the life-changing event you were hoping for. Maybe it's not the perfect sunrise. But it's progress. It's growth. It's the chance to be a little stronger, a little tougher, a little more ready for the next battle. The key is to keep pushing through the dark. To fight for that dawn even when you can't see it.
Starting point is 00:24:15 Even when you doubt, it'll ever come. Because that's the human spirit. That's the fire in the sun. inside you that refuses to be snuffed out. And maybe, just maybe, that's what this whole thing is about. Not about winning, but about enduring. I'm not going to stand here and tell you that the road ahead is easy. It's not. It's brutal. Life is unfair. It doesn't care if you're ready or not. It doesn't care if you're tired, if you're on your last breath. It will keep coming at you, with everything it has, but you, you have something life doesn't, you have choice,
Starting point is 00:25:05 you have resilience, you have the ability to keep fighting even when the odds are stacked against you. And that's what will make the difference. So the next time you feel like giving up, the next time it feels like it's all too much, remember that it's in those moments, the darkest ones, that you're closest to breaking through. Remember that this life, this short, unforgiving life, is yours to fight for it. Don't quit before the dawn. Don't stop before you see the other side.
Starting point is 00:25:44 It's coming. It always is. Keep fighting. You owe that to yourself. How true it was when Goethe wrote. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.
Starting point is 00:26:09 If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. A person hears only what they understand. Knowing is not enough. We must apply. Willing is not enough. We must do.
Starting point is 00:26:33 Nobody has all the answers, but the answers will come to you if you're available. I think you need to make time to accept the answers and to figure out the answers. Life is a challenge, life is hard, it's not easy, but the message is that you got to keep moving forward, you got to keep getting up, and pretty soon people look at you, God, they're so successful, they're lucky. No, they work hard. the answers will come. Only thing separating you from a dream is putting it on paper, writing it down, having the plan, and taking action. That is the only difference.
Starting point is 00:27:19 Us as humans, our human nature wants to be lazy. We want to do as less as possible, but have as fun as possible with most pleasure and avoid pain. We're that simple. But then we overcomplicated things with the systems and all this other stuff. So just acknowledge that, write it down, have the plan, and be the person to decide your schedule and what you want to do rather than someone else. giving you a task that you're working and helping them build their future more than you building your own future Remain focused you are in the process of building a legacy your potential is not even close to being met It's all there waiting for you but you have to remain focused and I know how bad you want it
Starting point is 00:27:55 You have a gut feeling that is telling you this is not it don't ignore it is there because it is your purpose and far too many people get distracted and end up wandering down a different path don't let that be you and it's not not hard. This is a beautiful process. Invite failure. Be excited for challenges. Get lost a little bit because when you find your way back, I promise you you will be more knowledgeable, more disciplined, and more focused. It's fearful. It's fearful. You know, life gets more and more difficult as we get older. We think it gets easier. It does it. It gets more competent and layered. I've always said that life is kind of like from one to 40. It's all about addition. And from 40, on it's about subtraction. You have to say, you know what? How do I make myself happy? What is it going to do?
Starting point is 00:28:44 Like, I try to make everyone happy. Now, what is the thing that's going to make me happy? But in doing that, you may have to change your life drastically. And that takes a lot of guts. But it's going to be worth it, you know, because sometimes we follow a path that wasn't the right path and you don't, oh, how do I turn around? It's not easy. The real win is the process. It's not the trophy at the end of the day. It's not the awards. It's not the glory. The win is that you put in the work when you didn't want to.
Starting point is 00:29:20 When nobody was watching, you did it for you. That's the biggest win you can ask for. Never give up. As humans, we tend to define people by their choices, by their actions. But then what motivates their actions? Well, often it's how they feel. And in what motivates how they feel about certain things, it's their perception of what's valuable and what's not.
Starting point is 00:29:42 And so that's kind of how I drilled down to this idea that essentially what we are is just an aggregation of what we choose to value in this world. Because everything else will flow from that. Her biggest battle isn't with the competition. It's with yourself. It's in those moments when you hesitate. Let excuses win and allow distractions to derail your progress. The real competition is in the choices you make every day. Every decision either brings you closer to your potential or keeps you stuck.
Starting point is 00:30:18 Master the discipline within and nothing out there can stop you because the only person standing in your way is you. You can't afford not to face this fear, not to face what's holding you back, not to face this thing that you're so afraid of. Your future is way too important. It's way too important, way too important. We need you. We need that out of you. We need you to face that fear to grow out of this stage. In the end, you realize it's just you.
Starting point is 00:30:48 No one is coming to save you. No one can understand you at the depth you want them to. No one can lift you up other than yourself. No one can be there for you all the time, and no one else can overcome the thoughts that are weighing you down. It was always you, and it will always ever be just you. I don't think you realize just how limited time you have on the Earth. A hundred years if you're lucky.
Starting point is 00:31:13 And even then, it's such, gamble because you never truly know what's going to happen. So this is why every single day matters. Every single moment matters. So you should be living every moment to the fullest. You should be really working on yourself, working towards your dreams, working towards your goals, working towards whatever it is that you want, because this is your one shot, so make it count. And if you do that, if you really put in the work, you put 100% of your effort in, you could achieve everything that you want to achieve, but nothing is guaranteed. So at least try your best, because if you try your best, you have the best shot at succeeding.
Starting point is 00:31:49 You must assume that you already are what you want to be and then live by faith in this assumption. Living from the end means that you call the things which do not exist as if they did. It will chase after you if you can place into your imagination what it is that you would like to attract and begin to feel it. That which you feel yourself to be, you are.
Starting point is 00:32:27 And you are given that which you are. So assume the feeling that would be yours. Were you already in possession of your wish? And your wish must be realized. What if works both ways? What if we fail? What do we don't? And then you put a goal in your mind.
Starting point is 00:33:07 How are you going to feel, man, when you accomplish this goal? How to use all this negative that was making me weak and horrible as a person? This might be exactly what I need. The darkness is exactly what I need. It's how you look at your situation. What is can make you give up? What is can make you freak out? or what is can make you step forward.
Starting point is 00:33:43 As human beings, we are meant to grow. And when you stop growing, your soul and your heart and your spirit dies. But as you move through life, it is unavoidable to face things that are challenging, face disappointment, face things that are just absolutely heartbreaking. We start off with a masterpiece and we start off with the basic goodness. But it's like that still small voice inside. It's still and small. It can easily be drowned out.
Starting point is 00:34:15 And the idea is to be still in note and to realize that we were wired for success, but it's how we relate to our experience that determines whether we're chipping away or we're kind of burying that sense of wholeness that we're born with. People are stunningly accepting of anything if they actually believe that's the purest form of it.
Starting point is 00:34:44 People accept you. People accept everything. Just be you. And what we don't know is, you know, what's in your heart? Like, what is the fire that stirs you, that you wake up, say, I will do this even when I don't feel like it. I will do whatever it takes to overcome my temptation for mediocrisy, my temptation for excuses, my temptation for reasons and circumstances,
Starting point is 00:35:12 to hold me back, I won't allow those to be in my lane. And if you have that within me, you'll achieve whatever you choose. When you start to get into the pattern and the habit of spinning thoughts about what's coming, you will lose the battle with your mind, your health will tank, your mood will tank, your relationships will tank, your outlook will tank. it all begins with making a decision that you're not going to allow that in your mind. That is the one thing that you can control. Just that we forget it.
Starting point is 00:35:48 We don't look inside. We're looking outside. And so unless we're still and we think about it, and we understand that I was born with this masterpiece. No one can give it to me or take it away. It's an inside job. Whether you're coming from a place of scarcity, or I would say survival mode or coming from growth mode,
Starting point is 00:36:07 which has to do with, yes, I can't, yes to life. And I have the capacity and the responsibility to make it different or to make it, make it better. If you're interested, you come up with stories, excuses, reasons and circumstances why you can't or why you want. If you're committed, those go out the window. You just do whatever it takes. And when it comes to the, you know, the columns that come up every day,
Starting point is 00:36:30 I mean, it's like weather. It's sun-filled-able. It's painting. It's hailing. It's Haley. It's windy. It's, that's life. I truly think that if you complain, it's literally the second you start the sentence is a step back in a non-winning way. It's just that.
Starting point is 00:36:49 Like, I don't care what you want. You can have anything you want. It's just important for people to understand that complaining has no value. Let your actions dictate instead of sitting there and feeling like you're not in control. The one thing, some people say they're chasing happiness.
Starting point is 00:37:07 And of course, Victor Franco said happiness cannot be pursued. It has to ensue. So you do things that make you happy. So I say people want peace of mind and people just want to be happy. I would say, or they don't want to suffer less. So the way I look at it is I can alleviate a little suffering or eliminate suffering completely. When we can open our heart and see other people's suffering and helps us to connect and have more compassion, can't have compassion without suffering.
Starting point is 00:37:35 Worrying is not helping. It's hurting. Our minds are like boats. And if a boat isn't anchored, it will go with a current and drift away. And the current right now everywhere is extraordinarily negative. You need things to anchor you in the positive thought that this is going to pass.
Starting point is 00:38:00 This is temporary. I'm going to get through this. And when I do, I'm going to go do this thing that I care about. So many people have so much potential, and it seems like they're standing on the edge of it instead of leaping into it. And what's the difference between somebody says, yes, I want it, I believe I can have it, I believe I could do it. But then there's another voice that they listen to more that says, but you're not smart enough, but you're not good enough. But what if you fail? What if he succeeds?
Starting point is 00:38:29 So there's voices in our head that Musrael have not learned how to rule. Just pay attention to you. If you have the belief that regardless of what happens in your external world, you can navigate towards the success that you want. That's a belief. And beliefs are the lens by which we actually see the world and by which we behave. And so if you want to change your results, don't focus on changing your behaviors. Change you to focus on the beliefs that drive your behavior. But you've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
Starting point is 00:39:01 So can you handle the truth? there's a question and if you can't if you see that then you can say well if I'm going to change I'm going to have to figure out how to deal with that discomfort until the point that I can see what I need to see then I can change it just continuing to make mistakes learn from mistakes but the mistakes are viewed as feedback not as I'm a failure it's just an event not who we are

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