BRICK BY BRICK. DAY BY DAY. A WIN IS A WIN. - Powerful Motivational Speech Video

Never overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. Just because you can see the fear, pain or failures doesn't mean they don't have them. They're just as scared, just as overwhelmed and just as anxious about failing as you are. They're not unbeatable. They're human, just like you. You see, the way that you become unstoppable is by refusing to stop. It's not a quality that you develop in a week or a month or by reading or listening to something inspiring. It's a habit of mind and character that you develop by practicing the quality of persistence over and over in every circumstance until it locks in and becomes a permanent part of your character. Hey y'all, look, at the end of the day, you gotta go get up and go get it, point blank, period. I don't know what you're waiting on, the perfect opportunity, the perfect time. Ain't no such thing as the perfect time. Get that out your head. Ain't no such thing as the perfect time. The time is right now when you're blowing it. You know how many people would kill to have your opportunity and you just letting it slip away? Why are you acting like you deserve this? You don't deserve this. People want what you got. You playing with your food. You keep playing with your food, someone's gonna come up and eat off your plate. That's really gonna hurt. You'll wake up one day though, for better or for worse. Didn't you say you were gonna lock in this summer? What happened? It's already been like pretty much two and a half months. I'm sure that may have hit home a little bit too hard for some of you, but don't forget the passage of time stops for no one. So try your damnedest to capitalize on it when you know that you can't. The last thing you want to do is fast forward five years, 10 years, however many years to think to yourself, oh crap, I probably should have spent those years doing something a little bit different. Whoops. You have to be willing to outwork everybody in the world. Do it and do it and do it. That's the hack. The hack is to f***ing suck. Not having success is not an option. I have to succeed. It's basically a matter of existence, a survival of my family. I call it the rocky cut scene and almost every successful person that I have ever encountered has gone through not a month or a year, but many years of doing work without reward where they have to do things that other people find boring and they have to sacrifice things that everyone finds interesting that most people want to do during that entire season of their life. And they basically sacrifice a season of other things that they would prefer to do to do stuff that they would not prefer to do because of the one thing they want most. So keep climbing, keep showing up. And when you're finally at the top, let your quiet endurance speak louder than words ever could. This is it. This moment, that is it. No need jumping in the past, no need looking for anything in the future. You will not get more than you have right now. It's just here. When you feel as though you cannot go one step further, when your body is tired and all you want to do is drop everything and give up. Remember that this moment precisely is the moment the weak fall and the strong prevail. To find meaning in life is a responsibility. It's not a present, it's not a gift, it's not fortune, it's not chance, it's not random. It's a responsibility. Every single thing that happens to you in your life, you either look and find meaning in it or you don't look and you don't find any meaning in it and it will just be suffering to you. The thing about life is that it's not a thing. Life is a series of moments. The problem is that most of us are too busy to notice these moments as they come. We are not present, we are preoccupied. Marcus Aurelius contrasts this with the person who is able to be like the rock that the waves crash against but eventually fall still. That's what presence is. Slowing down, being where your feet are, being in the moment. Greatness, happiness, contentment, these things are what life can be only if we choose to experience them, only if we slow down, only if we show up and stay in the moment. Performance without a purpose is one hell of a skill to have. No one there cheering you on, no race to prepare for, no finish line, no glory, no nothing and yet you still perform. You're doing the right thing. You're doing everything necessary for your vision, for your dreams, for your goals. You're a good person, you work hard but it just seems like you can't win, like you can't catch a break. Bad thing after bad thing happens but if you just keep believing in the vision, if you do not give up, if you are optimistic about every single situation, eventually you will catch a break. Eventually everything will start going your way. Yes, you will get out of this. You're getting out of this. I don't know who told you differently, you're getting out of this but right now you got to go through this to get out of this, to grow out of this, to help everyone else who is going through this. That's why you're going through this. Focus on the courage, the strength, the power, the ambition, the might, the light that you have to get through this. Focus on placing your attention on what is the good in what I'm going through. If you're avoiding the thing you're afraid to do, let your heart lead the way. So easy to live life stuck in our heads but that's where the negative voice and fear live. We overthink everything and we believe in the worst case scenario but have you heard the voice of your heart? It's pure, it's loving, it's vibrant. That's because there is no space for fear in your heart. It only speaks of what's best for you. When you let your heart lead the way, fear becomes nothing and you become everything. If you don't know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself. It is tedious, it is painful, it is lonely because it is a game of just moving the ball down the field inch by inch by inch. It's not glamorous, it's lonely. As you start changing, everything around you starts changing, people around you start, like it just it's not even fun in the beginning. And so you'd either have to have an incredible amount of hope or a ridiculous amount of inspiration and delusion or you have to be in so much pain that the alternative to continuing this pain that you're in is to try something different because it's the only thing that might be slightly less painful than what you're doing. Sometimes you just have to let time do its thing. It's hard sitting in uncertainty but clarity often comes from experience, not thinking and speculating. It's okay to feel lost. You're not falling behind, living life wrong or missing out on anything. Life wouldn't be the adventure that it is if you already knew everything. So don't give up now. Only a matter of choice you choose your fate, not your circumstances. So will you choose to be remembered as someone who simply did not have it in them? Who wasn't strong enough to get it done? Or will you choose to prevail and inspire the generations that will come after you? They are counting on you. The choice is yours. So start policing up here. Watch what you're thinking. Start thinking more positive thoughts. I can do it. I'm gonna do it. I don't care how I feel. I'm getting this thing done because when you change your thoughts, those thoughts change the actions that you take and those actions that you take start to create a life that you love. We have two primary choices in life. We can either accept conditions as they exist or we can take the responsibility to change them. See a lot of people want to exempt themselves from taking responsibility. All they want to do is talk about the problem. Every time you see them they'll tell you their story over and over and over and over again. No, no. You want to take responsibility for your life. I got me here. I can get me out of this and I'm getting out. I'm not going to be a volunteer victim. Desire to me is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want. So when I'm unhappy about something, I look for what is the underlying desire that I have that's not being fulfilled. It's okay to have desires. You're a biological creature and you're part on this earth. You have to do something. You have to have desires. You have a mission. But don't have too many. Don't pick them up unconsciously. Don't pick them up randomly. Don't have thousands of them. Pick your one overwhelming desire and it's okay to suffer over that one. But on all the others, you want to let them go so you can be calm and peaceful and relaxed. Everything can become possible if you find a way to translate what is in the mind into action because this transformation makes things come to earth. Everything we have available nowadays on this earth started somewhere here by someone. Your laziness, your lack of discipline, it doesn't just affect you. You see, whether you realize it or not, there are people that depend on you and more importantly, there are people that will depend on who you could become. Who you decide to be matters. When you haven't developed the mental fortitude and the mental strength to deal with difficult situations and a truly difficult situation arrives and you're too wrapped up in your own problems to help anyone else, that affects them. If you are not going to do it for yourself, do it for the people that depend on you to be the best you. All winners have lost. All winners have got depressed. All winners have been heartbroken. All winners have been disappointed and confused, frustrated and angry. But they can't move forward. That's the only reason they're winners. Nobody has just winning all the time. Nobody. Everything's going to be okay. Everything you're worried about is going to be okay. That too, whatever it is, that also is going to be fine. But to give up and think that there is that you are a lost case, there are no lost cases. Unless you give yourself up, then it is lost. You get to decide if I'm going to be rich, poor, mediocre, plentiful, happy, sad. You have a decision to make. Well, it happens small until it happens big. The reinvention occurs in the micro actions that you're taking every single day. The tiny little things that perhaps no one even notices that are creating muscle memory around new behaviors. Tiny little things repeated over time is what produces dramatic change. And it's like this curve. It's like this very slow curve. And everyone wants to talk about the pivot moment when it goes skyward. But the truth is the real work is in the drudgery and the difficult anonymous work of shoveling ---- every single day. Don't leave before the take that as a lesson in persistence. Whatever it is that you're pursuing to achieve or create or express in the world, I think a lot of people back out before that happened. If I told you that you're only six months away, six months away from the life you've always dreamt of, the health you've always dreamt of, the income, the lifestyle or the body of work you've always dreamt of. What if I told you that your success was guaranteed and that the person you've always dreamt of becoming was only six months away? There's just one condition, though. For that time, you have to show up each and every day and do all the things you and I both know you should be doing. How would you show up each day? If success were guaranteed and it was only six months away, what would you do differently? We all have a good idea of what we need to do. Yet so few of us take action. You know what your perfect six months would look like. You already know who you want to be. Go be that person. Stop waiting for someone or something to come along and give you the permission to start living your own life. Life goes on. Whatever happened in your past that continues to weigh on your mind, it doesn't matter. And you may say, well, certainly it matters. It drastically changed my life. It has thrown me off course and now I am dazed and confused. How could you say it doesn't matter? And to that I say, you are still in pursuit of legacy. You are still on the journey to achieve everything that you dream of. And today is just as good as any other to take a step in the right direction. In other words, circumstances do not affect your ability to choose what you do next. It is up to you to continue forward or remain stagnant. And that will never change. You cannot control all of the external circumstances in your life, but you can control how you feel about those circumstances in your life. And once you recognize that taking control of your emotions and not allowing your emotions to control you, taking the allows you to be the master of your faith. Take responsibility for your actions. Apologize when you're wrong and acknowledge how you treat others when you're anxious, angry, or upset. Regardless of what happens in life, you still have control over how you respond. Everything you say and do is a choice. Blaming others is easy. Show a little patience because the only thing you have control over is yourself. Turn your feelings off when it comes down to you wanting to be better. What that means is when that wrong plot goes off, your feelings got to go away. If you want to achieve greatness, your feelings have to go away. People change when they hurt enough they have to. When they see enough they're inspired to. When they learn enough that they want to and when they receive enough that they're able to. Those are the four times that people change. It's like when it says good is the enemy of great, the comfort zone is the enemy of courage, right? Comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there. Tell yourself the truth. Just be honest with yourself. All of us tell ourselves stories to avoid the things we don't want to do and to justify the things that we want to do. And you can get pretty good at believing your own story. You know when you have time and you're pretending you don't. You know when you can do something you don't want to do but you pretend you can't. Deep down every single one of us knows when it's real and when it's bullshit and you might be really good at convincing other people but you cannot truly convince yourself because although you may be able to justify it for a moment, you might be able to convince yourself for a moment. There still always exists that deep-rooted sense of shame of desiring to be a certain version of yourself and knowing damn well that you are choosing not to be that. Why would you limit yourself from experiencing that? Why? Because you're scared. You're afraid. You don't know how it's going to work out. It doesn't feel good. Perfectly fine. But I've come to understand. I've come to realize that the beauty of life isn't in pursuing happiness. It's in pursuing experiences. It's understanding that it's multidisciplinary. It's multilateral. It's not just one emotion. So I'm not in the business of pursuing happiness. I'm in the business of pursuing life and life comes in different forms at different seasons. Universities change and the life itself is but what we deem it. What he means is that things are going to happen. You are going to have experiences in life. Almost all of the important impacts of how those experiences change you are going to be the story that you tell yourself about what that experience means. You know the framing that you place around the present moment largely determines your experience of it and this is where having confidence in yourself an undeniable stack of proof that you can deal with whatever is put in front of you is super important. And I always say no one's coming to save you. What I mean is they're not coming to save you from yourself. If you don't learn how to push yourself out of bed and out the door. If you don't learn how to hold yourself to a standard that's higher than your excuses you will always procrastinate. You will always feel anxious and you will always succumb to some sort of thing that's easier in the moment instead of pushing yourself to do the thing that's hard that helps you become the best version of you. I'm telling you this is the secret to everything. Learn how to do things that are hard. Learn how to do things that you hate because when you learn how to hold yourself to a higher standard you my friend are unstoppable because you will not stop yourself. You deserve exactly what you're choosing to settle for. You are in control of what you accept. You are in control of what you allow in your life. Nobody, nothing, no situation can control your life without your permission. Right when we say a goal a dream or aspirate we put it out there as if it's always going to be smooth sailing. Right as if no opposition is going to be present. As if no challenge is going to be. That's why you create habits. That's why you create routines. You don't just do it for the great times. You do it when all hell is breaking loose. The difference between successful people and non-successful people is here. You have to change this. So if you had a place in your life and you ain't happy with it you have to change some things but you have to make a conscientious decision that you're going to change and it's not dependent on anybody else. It don't matter what your mama think. It don't matter what your co-workers think. It don't matter what your siblings think. It don't matter. They have nothing to do with it. This decision is yours and yours alone. The heart of confidence is action. It's the willingness to try and all you need is to know that if you try you're not going to die. You're just going to learn something and when you learn something it removes a little bit of the insecurity so that it makes it slightly easier to try again. So you can't fix the problem if you don't know where it's coming from and so you think and think and think about all your problems and the more and more you think about them the bigger they become. You go down this rabbit hole of why things are the way they are. Why am I sad? And usually the rabbit hole ends with it's not my fault. It's because of my parents, my teacher, my friends, my boss. Now what? What good does knowing who's fault it is do for you? Nothing. Right now you don't know if what you're telling yourself is the actual cold-hearted truth or just an excuse. So if you want to fix your problems move first think and analyze after. What can one man do except forgive his best? If you fail you try again. If you win you try again and get back. So as long as you maintain and you stay consistent you'll forever be a winner and a champion and the people who love you in their eyes because they support you nevertheless as long as To find your identity, to discover who you are, you must be with yourself. Isolate your mind, observe your thoughts, ask yourself questions, explore your imagination and with time not only will you find yourself but you will find what brings you life. You will find purpose, something to chase and now you have yourself as well as a grand adventure. The thing that's so interesting about being alive is that you're all in. No matter what you do you're all in. This is going to kill you. So I think you might as well play the most magnificent game you can while you're waiting because do you have anything better to do? Why not pick the best thing possible that you could do because you're more powerful than you think, way more powerful than you think. I mean God only knows what you are in the final analysis. You're blind to your own weaknesses but you're also blind to your own strengths. How far could you take that if you stopped wasting time and if you stopped lying and if you oriented yourself to the highest possible good that you could conceive of and you committed to that? How much good could you do? Well I would say why don't you When you're empty you can fill yourself up with whatever you'd like. In fact it's probably best that you're empty. It makes it easier to be reborn. Do you think I can be reborn? Don't just stand there. You still have work to do. You are not ready. I know. Like everyone else you want to learn the way to win but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of time. The most beautiful things and the authentic road and building what's for you and who you are and why you're here on this earth takes time and that means you have to become okay with the empty space inside that you really want to fill with urgency because really it's not empty. It's just in its infancy. What is for you is in its infancy. It's not empty. Guess what? You're going to a new level. New levels, new devils. I just want you to know that it's worth it. When you climb to a new level in your life, you do face new devils, new challenges, even shocking setbacks that take place or people that let you down as you climb. That's okay as long as you know they're coming. I want you to know that fighting off those new devils is worth it and you become stronger every single time you do it. Most of the learning in life comes from experience. People say, well, do you learn more when you win or when you lose from failures or successes? I learned a lot from both and you know why? They're unique experiences. Let me tell you where I've never learned anything. Treading water, doing nothing. There's nothing worse than taking another journey around this earth exactly the same way, exactly the same experiences. Life doesn't give us what we would like, what we wish for. It doesn't even always give us what we dream for. It'll give us what we're willing to fight for and these devils are coming and I'm not going to let that person derail my dream, my vision, my life or me getting to know who I'm fully capable of being. What's it going to take for something within you to change? There comes a time when you need to stop scrolling on Instagram for the answers and just go turn yourself into a better person. You know, someone out there wants it really bad and all the work they're putting in right now hasn't paid off at all, but they are winning. They're more inspired by the pain of their own run than they are by watching someone else's on social media. They're not concerned with generating the perfect excuse because they're too busy generating the evidence that they are the person they claim to be. That somebody will be something undeniable and I hope that somebody is you. You won't. It's a leap of faith. That's all it is, Miles. A leap of faith. We knew that this was not going to be an easy path. We knew that 99% of people who are trying to obtain what we're trying to obtain don't make it and it's for this very reason. So we really shouldn't be surprised. We are right where we need to be. We are facing the difficulties that we need to be facing. All we must do is remain strong. We must maintain our faith in God. We must continue to make an honest effort. We must continue to put our best foot forward. We do not need to win this war today. We do not need to build Rome by tomorrow. We must strengthen our own kingdom within, strengthen our energy, become closer to our origin, and there will be no external force that could ever contend with us. Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine. Then the face will know you as we know you. The man. Darkness is a powerful ally. If you know how to be friendly, you will not break the rock tonight, or tomorrow, or the next day, or perhaps ever. You said to break the rock. I said to try to break the rock. But evil is as eternal as this rock. Even if you break the rock, there will be pebbles. Break the pebbles, there will be sand, and evil remains. You cannot chase that, no matter how much you train. Accept what you cannot change. It is not your burden to bear. Life is meant to be lived with others. It is too hard to do it alone. Trust the pace of your process. You might feel like you're behind, like it's taking longer than it should. But who told you it has to happen now? This season is preparing you. It's asking you to slow down and let go of the things that are outside of your control. The things you're waiting for are happening in ways that you can't even see yet. So just be here. What's meant for you won't miss you, but you have to be ready when it arrives. The reason that so many of you continue to feel miserable every single day is because you cannot come to terms with the fact that life is hard. That life is suffering. The reason life never meets your expectations is because you have the wrong expectations. You expect it to be comfortable. You expect it to be easy. It's going to be like that 5% of the time, but 95% of the time, it's difficult. It's challenging. It's a struggle. So long as you continue to sit around waiting for life to be sunshine and rainbows, waiting for it to be easy, waiting to catch a break, you're going to be miserable. What you should do instead is accept the challenges of life and take them head on. Decide once and for all that yes, life is hard, but I'm going to be harder. Well, the truth is, you know, sometimes I do get a little scared, you know. When I'm in that ring and I'm really getting hit on, my arms hurt so much I can't even lift them. And I say, God, I wish this guy would hit me on the chin so I don't feel nothing anymore. Then there's another side that comes out that isn't so scared. It's another side that like wants to take more, wants to go that one more round. Because going that one more round when you don't think you can, this makes all the difference in your life. You know what I mean? Let's cut the fluff. Most of you watching this are asleep. You think you're awake because you're busy. You go through the motions, check the boxes, and convince yourself that someday you'll have the life you want. But let me tell you something. You're lying to yourself. The truth is brutal, but here it is. You're not losing because of a lack of talent, intelligence, or luck. You're losing because you're soft. Because every single day, you choose comfort over discipline. Right now, someone out there is grinding harder than you. They're doing the work you avoid. They're building the skills you ignore. They're turning the dreams you only talk about into reality. And while you're making excuses, they're making progress. This world doesn't care about your excuses. It doesn't care about your potential. It cares about what you do. If you're not willing to outwork the man who lives to work, don't expect to win. This isn't just a wake-up call. It's a challenge. Do you have the guts to face yourself and admit that you're not doing enough? Because until you do, nothing will change. Here's the first hard truth. You are where you deserve to be. If you're broke, struggling, or stuck, it's because of the choices you've made. I know that stings, but until you take responsibility, you'll stay exactly where you are. The second truth. There's no such thing as good enough. The moment you settle, you lose. The moment you say, this is fine, someone hungrier, tougher, and more focused will take what you left on the table. And here's the third truth. No one is coming to save you. Stop waiting for the perfect opportunity, the perfect timing, or someone to open a door for you. The only person who can change your life is you. You want to succeed? Then stop complaining about how hard it is. Life's hard for everyone. What separates the winners from the losers is how they respond. Winners take the pain and turn it into power. Losers let it break them. So ask yourself, are you fighting for your future or are you just surviving? Because if you're not fighting, you're already losing. Let's talk about why most people fail. It's not because they lack talent. It's not even because they're lazy. It's because they can't handle the truth about themselves. Most people spend their lives running from failure, from discomfort, and most importantly from responsibility. They blame their circumstances, their upbringing, or other people. They hide behind distractions like Netflix, social media, or endless planning instead of doing. But here's what you need to understand. Everything you want is on the other side of pain. Growth doesn't happen in comfort zones. Success doesn't come from wishing for it. It comes from sacrificing for it. Think about this. Every time you hit snooze, skip a workout, or procrastinate, you're building a habit. And that habit is teaching your brain that it's okay to quit. The more you quit, the easier it gets. And before you know it, quitting becomes your default setting. You want to know why you're failing. Look at your habits. Look at how you spend your time. Look at the excuses you make. That's where failure starts. But here's the good news. If failure is a choice, so is success. You can flip the script anytime you want, but it starts with owning your actions. No one else can do that for you. Let me make this simple. Winning is a game of consistency, not perfection. Stop waiting to feel ready, inspired, or motivated. Those feelings are fleeting. What lasts is discipline. Here's the formula. One. Commit. Decide right now that you're done with excuses. Burn the bridges to your old habits and make a plan that scares you. If it doesn't scare you, it's not big enough. Two. Simplify. Cut the nonsense from your life. If it doesn't move you closer to your goals, it's a distraction. Three. Outwork everyone. Don't just show up. Show up early. Stay late. Put in the hours that others won't. Success doesn't care how you feel. It only cares about what you produce. Four. Fail forward. Stop being afraid of mistakes. Every failure is a lesson. Every setback is an opportunity to grow. You don't need luck. You don't need talent. What you need is grit. The willingness to do the work, day after day, when no one's watching, when no one's clapping, and when nothing seems to be working. That's how you win. Listen to me. The life you want is not waiting for you. It's not sitting there, ready to fall into your lap. You have to go out and take it. But here's the thing. Most people don't realize. Time is running out. Every second you waste is a second you'll never get back. Every day you put off the work is a day someone else pulls ahead. Stop pretending you have all the time in the world. You don't. The clock is ticking, and the only question is, are you going to take action, or are you going to let it slip away? This is your moment. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Right now. If you had to do it all over again, would you make the same choices? A choice. We can't run from where we are. Our destiny chooses us. Fate. Destiny. These words get thrown around like they're some kind of magic. Like the universe has already laid out a perfect plan for your life, and all you have to do is wait for it to unfold. But let me tell you something. That's not how it works. Destiny isn't something that's handed to you. Fate isn't some predetermined path that's just waiting for you to stumble onto it. If you think it is, you'll spend your whole life waiting, hoping, wondering why things aren't happening for you. That's not destiny. That's passivity. And there's a big difference between the two. Your destiny, your real destiny, is out there. It exists. But it's not waiting for you. It's waiting on you. Waiting for you to step up. Waiting for you to take the first step. Waiting for you to stop hoping that life will hand you something and start creating it for yourself. Here's the truth, and it might be hard to hear. The universe doesn't care about your dreams. It doesn't owe you anything. It's not going to put success, meaning, or purpose into your hands just because you want it badly enough. If you want to chase your destiny, you have to be willing to fight for it. You have to be willing to bleed for it. You have to be willing to go to war with yourself for it. And yes, I said with yourself. Because that's where the real battle is. It's not the world that's stopping you. It's not the obstacles, the competition, or the circumstances. It's you. It's the voice in your head that tells you, you're not good enough. You can't do this. You're going to fail. It's the fear that keeps you small. The doubt that keeps you frozen. The excuses that keep you from taking the risks you know you need to take. But here's the thing about fate. It's not fixed. It's not rigid. It bends to those who are willing to act. It's forged by those who refuse to accept the life that's been handed to them. Who refuse to settle for less than what they're capable of. Fate doesn't decide your future. You do. And let's be honest. Chasing your destiny is terrifying. It's uncomfortable. It's messy. Because to chase your dreams, to go after the life you want, you have to let go of the life you already have. You have to be willing to step into the unknown. To take risks. To fail. Not once. Not twice. But over and over again. That's the price of destiny. That's the cost of greatness. Most people aren't willing to pay that price. Most people look at their dreams and think, that would be nice. But they're not willing to sacrifice for it. They're not willing to risk their comfort, their security, their ego. And so they stay where they are. They settle. They let their dreams die inside of them. Slowly. Quietly. Until they convince themselves that they never really wanted them in the first place. But not you. Not if you're still listening. Because if you're still here, there's something inside you that refuses to settle. There's something inside you that knows you're meant for more. There's something inside you that's willing to fight for it. No matter how hard it gets. No matter how many times you stumble. No matter how much it hurts. And let me tell you. It will hurt. Chasing your destiny will break you. It will push you to your limits. It will force you to confront every fear. Every insecurity. Every weakness you have. But that's the point. Because destiny isn't just about what you achieve. It's about who you become in the process. It's about the strength you build. The resilience you forge. The person you create through the struggle. You have to understand something. The version of you that's sitting here right now. The version of you that's safe. That's scared. That's comfortable. That version of you cannot achieve your destiny. It's not capable of it. If you want to claim your fate, you have to let that version of yourself die. You have to shed the old you. The weak you. The you that's been holding yourself back. And that's hard. It's painful. Because growth is painful. Change is painful. But you know what's even more painful? Regret. Looking back on your life and realizing that you let fear win. Realizing that you had a chance to create something incredible. And you didn't take it. Realizing that you let the life you could have had slip through your fingers. Because you were too afraid to reach for it. Don't let that be your story. Don't let fear, doubt, or comfort keep you from chasing your dreams. Because your destiny is out there. And yes, it's going to take everything you have to reach it. But isn't that the point? Isn't that what makes it worth it? Fate doesn't favor the passive. It doesn't reward the ones who sit and wait. Fate favors the bold. The ones who step into the fire. The ones who take risks. The ones who fail and rise and fail again. Because they know that every failure is a step closer to their dreams. So what are you waiting for? Stop waiting for permission. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Stop waiting for someone to tell you that you're ready. You'll never be ready. The stars will never align. The perfect time will never come. Your destiny isn't a gift. It's a challenge. It's a test. And the question is, are you willing to face it? Are you willing to do what it takes? No matter how long it takes. No matter how hard it gets. No matter how many times you fall. Because if you are, you're willing to step into the unknown. To fight for your dreams. To claim your fate. Then there's nothing in this world that can stop you. Not the obstacles. Not the failures. Not the doubts. The only thing standing between you and your destiny is you. So stop waiting. Start moving. And don't stop until the life you've dreamed of is the life you're living. Your fate is yours to claim. So claim it. In the shadows of our grief, hearts heavy with loss and minds burdened by the weight of the world, we confront the stark reality of our existence. Pain, sorrow and despair are unavoidable companions on this journey called life. These emotions, though often unwelcome, are intrinsic to our human experience. They remind us of the depth of our love. The significance of our connections and the fragility of our existence. But even in our darkest hours, there is a flicker of light. A reminder that we are not alone. Each tear shed, each sigh of anguish is a testament to our shared humanity. We are bound together by our struggles and it is in our collective suffering that we find the strength to endure. This shared journey, while fraught with challenges, also offers us the opportunity to grow, to learn and to find deeper meaning in our lives. Life is fragile and its beauty is often fleeting. We are reminded of this when we lose those we love, when our dreams are shattered and when we face the harshest trials. It is easy to feel overwhelmed, to succumb to the crushing weight of hopelessness. Yet it is precisely in these moments that we must remember the resilience of the human spirit. Our capacity to adapt, to persevere and to find hope, even in the bleakest of times, is what defines us as human beings. We may stumble and we may fall but we rise again. We carry the memories of those we have lost within us and their spirit fuels our determination to press on. Their dreams become our dreams, their hopes our hopes. We honour them by living fully, even as we carry the ache of their absence. It is through this living, through our actions and our choices, that we keep their legacy alive. We must remember that every step forward, no matter how small, is a testament to their enduring influence on our lives. The road ahead may be long and arduous and there will be times when we feel we cannot go on. But let us find solace in the quiet strength that resides within us. Let us draw courage from the love and support of those around us. In our grief we discover the depths of our compassion, the breadth of our empathy and the power of our unity. Together we can face any challenge, overcome any obstacle and find a way to move forward. As we navigate this difficult path, let us hold on to the belief that despite the sorrow, there is still beauty to be found. In the laughter of a child, the warmth of a friend's embrace and the gentle touch of a sunrise, we find glimpses of the hope that sustains us. These moments, though fleeting, remind us that life is still worth living, that there is still joy to be experienced and that we are capable of finding happiness even in the midst of our pain. Life is a mosaic of joy and sorrow, each piece integral to the whole. Though we may be consumed by sadness, let us not lose sight of the moments that bring us light. Let us remember that even in the darkest night, the stars still shine. These stars, symbols of hope and guidance, remind us that there is always a way forward, always a path to follow, even when it seems hidden by the shadows of our grief. So let us move forward with a quiet determination, honouring our pain while embracing the possibility of healing. Let us live not just for ourselves, but for those who can no longer do so. In our shared journey, we will find strength, we will find purpose and we will find a way to carry on. Each day is an opportunity to honour their memory, to live in a way that reflects their values in their dreams and to make a positive impact on the world around us. In our pursuit of healing, let us also be kind to ourselves. Grief is not a linear process, it ebbs and flows and it takes time. Allow yourself to feel, to mourn and to heal at your own pace. Surround yourself with those who understand, who support you and who can offer you comfort. Remember that it is okay to seek help, to lean on others and to find solace in community. As we continue this journey together, let us remember that we are not defined by our losses, but by how we choose to respond to them. We have the power to transform our pain into something meaningful, to use our experiences to help others and to create a legacy of resilience and hope. In this way, we honour the past, embrace the present and look forward to a future filled with possibility. If you leave things the way they are now, you will regret it for the rest of your life. You've got to truly believe in yourself. It's hard, you know, there's a lot of ups and a lot of downs. There's a lot of people telling you that it's not going to happen. There's a lot of people telling you that it is going to happen when they have no reason to. It's really all about how much trust you have in yourself. You've got to have a vision, you've got to have something you want to do with this and you've got to be willing to work for it. Most people will doubt you at the beginning, including yourself, but that will all change if you keep putting in the work. Yes, you'll make mistakes, but there's no substitute for effort. That's something that nobody can take away from you. It's hard to count somebody out that never quits and that's you. They don't see it yet and you might not either, but soon you will. Stick with it until you figure it out. Nobody is coming to save you. Nobody is going to come save you. There'll be people that will help you, there'll be people on your path that give you counsel, give you advice, but there's nobody that's going to come save you. The brilliance of life is you're going to have to figure it out on your own. You're going to have to learn the hard lessons. You're going to have to have your heart broken. You're going to have to lose money. You're going to have to have the sickness and the illness. You're going to have to have these experiences to really callous yourself in life and learn how to get down on your own because there's nobody that's going to come save you. Whatever it is that you were born to do in greatness, you can still get there. Even if you end up putting, put on pause, if your dreams look like they're interrupted, if the journey to excellence looks like it got cut off, there will always be a secondary path and when the path opens up, you have to be willing to open up yourself to accepting it. You know what you want for your future, but you kind of want it. It means you want it, but only if it's not too difficult or if it's not an inconvenience. So the question is not do you want it? The question is how bad do you want it? We got to quit looking for the reasons we can't and we got to start looking for the reasons we can't. Anybody can make anything work, bro. It's just what are you willing to do? And the answer needs to be anything because it's that hard. You have to be willing to do whatever the takes to get what it is you're trying to create and that means anything. We'll get to this point and then I'll be happy. I'll get to this point and then I'll do this. There's always like that thinking of the future as a point of rest or a point of achievement. Don't let life slip you by because you're so focused on the future, but don't obsess your whole life about that because you'll miss out on what's happening right in front of you because at the end of the day, life is incredibly short. This is it. You only get this one life and it's going by pretty fast. You don't want to mess around. There should be a sense of urgency, I think, in your life. That's how I try to live my life with a sense of urgency that every day is kind of precious and matters and you're not going to get a second chance at this. Stop taking things so seriously. No one is getting out of this game alive, literally. In three generations, no one will even remember your name and if that doesn't give you liberation to just drop your problems and find some joy, I don't know what will. Life is inherently ridiculous and guaranteed to end sooner or later, so you might as well enjoy the ride. Master consistency. Become loyal to your path. Continue to remain focused on your destination or refuse to be distracted. Isolate your mind. Surround yourself with things that align with your vision and your vision only. Utilize every minute of your day to cover more ground, bringing you closer to success. You may be asking how to achieve this mindset, but my question to you is, why would you choose otherwise? Why would you choose to be inconsistent? Challenging somebody today, you gifted, you talented, you got it going on, but you do not demand of yourself more than your boss demands of you. Your boss give you a check and you jotty on the spot. Your boss give you a check, you right there on time, but when you have to be on time for yourself, when you have to do something for yourself, you fall short. I'm just telling you, if you don't do more for you, at least do what you was willing to do for them. I'm telling you, if you can't do it for yourself, find that same tenacity that you found to give them what they asked for, to give you what you asked for. You owe you, don't nobody else owe you. You may not have had the year you wanted so far, but maybe you're having the year that you need. Grow, learn to be alone and find peace with your darkest thoughts. Maybe this year, although not what you wanted, is exactly what you needed to prepare you for better things to come. Remember, it's all part of the journey, so just stay the course. You do not believe that you will be rewarded for your struggles or the discomfort that you tolerate in efforts to stay loyal to your path, but you must know that if you try your hardest at anything, you will find success. You cannot lose. If you really want to be transformed, you have to live an intentional life. Most people don't lead their life, they accept their life. And when you accept your life, you are living on things that are not worthy of your time and effort and energy. To go uphill, you have to be intentional. Nobody ever went uphill by accident. You've never read a book on accidental achievements. You have to be intentional with what you do and who you are.