Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott - I WON'T BE DEFEATED

Episode Date: November 10, 2022

Become a Member for ad-free listening, video versions and exclusive content: https://benlionelscott.com/subscribe — This episode is spoken by Eric Thomas, Les Brown, Nick Vujicic. You can see more of Eric Thomas at instagram.com/etthehiphoppreacher, Les Brown at instagram.com/thelesbrown, Nick Vujicic at instagram.com/nickvujicic. The music is Interstellar Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. You can see more of Hans Zimmer at instagram.com/hanszimmer.

Light is going to beat you upside your head. Light will strip you to the floor. You will cry. It's okay. It's a part of the deal. The real challenge of growth comes when you get knocked down. You're laying on the mat, gasping, and you don't know what you're going to do. How you handle it, that's where the growth takes place.

If somebody came and knocked you down, They ain't nothing you can do about it. But if I come back a week later, you're still on the ground. We got a problem. And some of you, you say, it ain't my fault. You're right. The way you were born, what happened to you is not your fault. But do on it, you're still on the ground after 20 years.

If you get knocked down, there's nothing you can do about it. But getting back up has every single thing to do with you. I just need you to identify what your pain is, and then I need you to ask yourself what you're going to do about it. You have a choice how you respond. respond to your pain. You are not the only person that's been through a divorce, boo. Get over it.

You're not the first one. You won't be the last one. You can turn that divorce into something. You're not the first one to lose your promotion and get fired. You're not the first one. You're not the first one they let go off. You won't be the last one. The question is what you're going to do about it.

You have a choice to either give up or keep going. Give up or get up. You have to save your own life. nobody's going to be able to save it for you so we have to do what we have to do no matter what it is you're going to have to be your own hero so you can stop waiting for it

you can stop wishing for it and you can get on with the rest of your life I love myself but nothing not to be trapped in the same doggone spot for the rest of my life I'm not stupid I see what's going on but I don't want to focus on that because if I put my energy into something negative

automatically my body's going to respond and I'm going to start doing negative That's the way the body is designed. You talk negative and your body does negative. You talk negative, you get diseases. You talk negative, mentally certain things happen. I'm not stupid. I know how to talk negative.

But I've come to realize that when you think optimistically and you speak positively, you can speak those things which are not as though they work. You can say certain things out your mouth and make it happen. You want affirmation to look yourself in the mirror and say, I think I can. I think I can. I know I can do whatever it takes. You're your biggest driver.

You see, the fight's not over if you've been knocked down. It's only over if you quit. All I'm saying is don't quit. I didn't say don't rest. I didn't say don't recover. I said don't quit. Mentally, you ain't got to take off. Mentally, you can stay connected.

And some of you are not successful, because every single time you run up against a trial, every time you run up against a tribulation, you stop. You stop and you give it up to ease. I need effort from you. I need you to match whatever effort the enemy is putting up. Match the doggone efforts. At the end of pay is your millions.

At the end of pain is your reward. At the end of pay is your productivity. At the end of pay is your promise. So stop crying about it and use your energy to get through it. You got to look at life when life gosh you die. This is all you got. Is this is? I was born in the truth.

Shaped in the dark molded by the dark. I will break you. You recycle your pain. You use your pain. Pain is temporary. Pain is your friend. Pain is going to take you to the next level. No pain, no gain.

I want you to feel that pain going through your body. And as pain leads your body, guess what's going to take its place? Success. Recycle your pain. You can decide the shape of your body. The shape, the form, you can decide the product that comes from your pain. I cannot stop what happens to me, but I can dictate how unsparned.

But if you do, you will be broke. And I'm not here because I'm the best. I'm here because they tried to break me and they could. I invested too much to quit. I made too many sacrifices to give up. So when life happens, I don't just sit there and cry. I buck back. I buck back.

Average people live off talent. Phenomenal people live off efforts. Life don't whip your blood. Life is going to bully you. Stop whining. Stop crying. Nobody cares. Let it hit you.

But don't let it punk you. And I'm telling you right now, don't give up. I'm telling you right now, don't give in, get through it. I don't care if you sick. I don't care what you're going through. If you're not dead, he ain't through with you yet. As long as you're waking up, you're still in the game. As long as you alive, you can still make it.

You have it as long as that breath in your nostrils, you're still in the game. You still can win. Now get your butt up. And you will promise me that from this day forward, you will not be defeated.