Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott - I'VE COME TOO FAR TO QUIT

Episode Date: June 6, 2023

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Life happens. The unexpected, the uncalled for, the unintentional. We've been damaged emotionally, damaged spiritually. You're going to lose loved ones. You're going to get fired. Your house going to get foreclosed on. Somebody going to give you a notice. The bank going to lose your money. Somebody going to steal something from you. Your car going to break down.

All that's going to happen. If you saw it, you ain't going to win. I'm sorry because the devil is busy. The devil going to throw hardship your weight. He testing you too. This ain't fitting to be easy. Life is not getting ready to be easy for you. You can stop hoping for that.

You got to get doggedly tough, period. You know, they seen you a notice when the weather storm went up, hurricane coming. Everybody got evacuated. In order to be successful, sometimes you can't evacuate. You got to boil up the windows. You got to stay and protect what's yours. You can't quit now.

I don't care if you don't have the money and you don't have the help and you don't have the family for it and you don't have the friends for it. You cannot quit. You might have to make adjustments. You might have to find another way. You might have to learn new things.

You might not move as quick. You might not have as much, but you cannot quit. If I was going to quit, I would have quit a long time ago. I've come too far for that now. I will not be defeated. And I've made up in my mind

that I will get. get a reward for the pain that I go through. No matter the price, you can get through this, as you bigger than this, you're better than this, you're tougher than this, and when you get you the other side,

you're going to be better, you're going to be bigger, you're going to be bolder. A person's character is not judged when they ride the wave of success. When everyone chanced their name and you want to be their friend, no, your character is put to the test

when your back is against the wall. Somebody told you it was over. Somebody sent you home. Somebody told you you'll never be a doctor. They sent you home, you fail. Never give up. You don't give up on me. You don't quit on me.

You man up. You warm it up. You get your life back. When you come up or here's that thing, I'll do that thing, and you can't do it when you get there. You got to already make up your mind before you get to cancer. You got to already make up in your mind before you get to that exam and pass that exam. You got a make up in your mind when you're talking to your husband, when you're talking to your wife, when you talk to that sickness.

You got to look at it before you. We can get to it, so don't you ever give up. Failure has made me who I am today. Failure gives you two choices. You stay down or you get up. Well, I'm up, and I am fired up because I have figured it up. And I can stay down or I can get my ass up, and I'm into getting up business. You're not going to die in this trial.

You're going to make it. In fact, you're going to be better. When life knocks your butt down, I need you to get back up, and I need you to go heavy. Uncertainty creeps in, I need you to get up and get right back on the thing that knocked you off, and I need you to go heavy on it. When something doesn't turn out the way you wanted to turn out, I need you to attack the very thing that didn't turn out the way that you wanted to turn out, and I need you to go heavy on it. You don't judge a person by where they stand in times of comfort and convenience. You judge them by where they stand in times of challenge and controversy. When you work for something, it gives you a different type of attachment to it.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. That's why cats can give up so easy. They ain't got nothing invested. But when a cat work for something, when a cat been sacrificed for something, where you're going to have a cold day in hell before you take it from them? Because they value it different. When people die, or people get sick, or something happens in your life, if all you're doing it for is a car and a house, that can stop you.

But if you're doing it for your mom, for your siblings, for your family, for your community, nothing can stop you. You cannot be broken. When you have an intrinsic goal, when you're doing it because you value it, when you're doing it because you can, When you're doing it because it represents who you are. When it's internal, no mountain, no child, no tribulation, nothing can stop you. And no matter what you've walked through, no matter how broken your life is right now,

no matter how many times you've failed, there's a power within you that's stronger than whatever's going on around you. So I'm not retreating, I'm not running, I don't care what the odds are, I'll get it done or die trying. I worked too hard to get here in order to give up now. I put in too many hours, too much sweat, too much blood, too much tears. I worked my ass off to get here. I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to win. I got here, not because I'm the strongest, not because I'm the fastest, not because I'm the best,

but I kept fighting and fighting and fighting. And I just made up in my mind, I'm going to get through this. You are not going to stop me. I got too far. I've come too far to give up now. Regardless of what happens to you in life, regardless of the adversity, regardless of the opposition, regardless of the trials, and tribulations, nothing can stop you.

The only thing that can stop you is you. You won't affirmation look yourself in the mirror and say, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I know I can. Do whatever it takes. You're your biggest driver. You know how many times I wanted to just give up? How many times I've thought about ending it? Life is hard.

Easy. It's not an option. But it's worth. fighting. It's worth believing. It's worth giving yourself a chance. It's worth mustering yourself up, standing up inside yourself. It's worth fighting relentlessly, never giving up. It's worth fighting a good fight. It's worth being around motivated, positive people. It's worth being up-tempo. It's easy to have faith and feel good when you're feeling good and you have no pain and your bills of pain and you've got a clean bill of health from the doctor, it's easy to be motivated then.

But when that's not the situation, it's hard. When you look in the mirror, you don't see the person that you once saw. It's hard. I know it's hard, but do it hard. It's necessary that you take charge, that you begin to stand up inside of yourself, that you dry your tears and you're not given the luxury feeling sorry for yourself, that you've got to get in a fighting mode. You can't surrender.

You can't be a chump. You've got to fight back. You've got to stand up and start. So, wait a minute, what is I need to do? You've got to make yourself move even if it hurts. Many people have been written off and said, this one won't survive. And they did. It's possible.

You've got to believe in your heart of hearts that it's possible that you can beat this. Your belief, your faith, your drive, your determination, your persistence, your perseverance, your spirit, greater is he that is in you. And what's out here in this world? So you've got to decide, you've got to say, it's possible that I can beat this, and it's necessary that I do this. In spite of the pain and the conditions,

you've got to mobilize your mind and your spirit. There's nothing as powerful. It's a made-up mind. I'm not through yet. I've got to work. I have an assignment that's incomplete. I'm not through yet. I'm not going out like this.

I'm going to fight. And when you do, when you give it the best that you can, when you keep on trying, you're seeking, you're asking, you're knocking, something happens. The universe opens up for you. There's certain things in your life that you cannot afford to quit on. I'm in Times Square right now. I look around, I see all these companies.

And the first thought that comes to my mind, is that they didn't quit because I know anything that's big, one start off is small. I know they hit challenges, roadblocks, obstacles, rejection. People probably looked

at them crazy, but they didn't quit. In your life, when times get hard, when setbacks come, that should let you know that you're on the right track. The journey is about progression, not perfection.

It's not going to be perfect. If the peak is worth reaching, the calm is going to be hard. I know, I know, I know you're ready to give up. I know I feel you. You're ready to give in. You're like, I've never gone through this before. Or maybe you're at the darkest point in your life

and you're ready to give up. You're at a point in your life where you feel like it's do or die. You're going through so much pain. You're going through so much agony. You're ready to give up. You're ready to quit. Listen to me very carefully.

You are a warrior, and it's time for you to fight. Look, that test might not go away. That pain may not go away. That fight might not go away. You are a warrior. It's time for you not to back up, not to give up, not to give in. Stop letting stuff derail you. Stop getting stuck.

Every time life don't go your way, stop getting stuck, stop, stop quitting, stop giving up. Keep fighting in the midst of the struggle. Keep fighting. Keep thinking positive. Keep going. You only lose when you quit. Remember what makes you different from the weak. The difference between the weak and the strong is that when the strong have no more left,

they fight, they fight, they fight the weak, they quit, they give up, they give in, and there's nothing weak about you. So I need you to fight your way through it. I'm a fucking fight. When I'm laying in a hospital bed with tubes and needles, stills. sticking out my ass will I continue to fight yes when I'm laying dead on this motherfucking floor will I continue to fight yes why do you do I can't help my in step I'm a fight and that's what fight is too