Let Them Hate You - DENZEL WASHINGTON INSPIRED MOTIVATION

let them hate you let them doubt you talk about you and criticize you let them say whatever they want because here's a reality you need to embrace you will never live a life of true greatness if you're focused on making everyone around you happy you weren't born to please people you were born to live your truth Chase your vision and build the life you want the world is full of people who will never understand you people who can't see your vision and people who will resent you for daring to dream big but here's the kicker

none of that is your concern their hate it's their problem their negativity it's their burden to carry and their opinions they don't Define you nor do they determine your success too often often we waste time and energy trying to win over people who are committed to misunderstanding us but the more you chase after their approval the more you'll lose sight of your own path let them hate you let them be uncomfortable with your ambition your dreams your success because the truth is people will hate on what they don't understand people fear what they can't control

and when you step outside of the box they've put you in when you Dare To Dream bigger than their comfort zones allow they'll try to pull you back down it's not about you it's about them it's about their fear their insecurity their unwillingness to push beyond the boundaries of their own lives because think about it if you're out there working towards something that makes you feel alive if you're chasing after something that sets your soul on fire then naturally you're going to make some people uncomfortable you're going to challenge the norm you're going to remind

them of what they're not doing what they've given up on or what they never had the courage to pursue in the first place it's human nature to project people who aren't happy with their own lives will try to drag others down people who have settled for Less will criticize those who refuse to settle and people who don't believe in themselves will never believe in you either but again that's their problem not yours let them hate you because in reality their hate is just noise it's a distraction meant to test your focus to see if you're

serious about your journey and trust me you'll face distractions you'll face roadblocks you'll face people who will tell you no people who will laugh at your dreams people who will try to make you feel small for daring to think big but that's when you have to dig deeper stand taller and push forward even harder you see greatness doesn't come from avoiding criticism greatness comes from Standing Tall in the face of it every person who has ever achieved anything remarkable has been criticized they've been laughed at doubted ridiculed and yes hated but they didn't let that

stop them instead they used that hate as fuel they let the criticism drive them let the doubt motivate them and they kept pushing kept grinding kept climbing until they reached the top take Thomas Edison for example the man invented the light bulb something that fundamentally changed the course of human history but do you know how many times he failed over 1,000 over 1,000 times he faced failure over 1,000 times people told him it wasn't possible that he was wasting his time but did he stop no he kept going because he believed in his vision and

he knew that the only opinion that mattered was his own eventually he succeeded and guess what those same people who doubted him they're forgotten but Edison he's remembered as one of the greatest inventors of all time time now think about someone like Oprah Winfrey she's one of the most successful influential and respected figures in the world today but her journey wasn't easy she faced rejection after rejection was told she didn't have the right look the right voice the right background she faced criticism from every angle but instead of letting that break her she used it

as fuel she stayed focused she stayed determined and she built an Empire that has inspired millions of people worldwide or look at Michael Jordan he's often regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time but even he faced hate in high school he was cut from the varsity basketball team imagine that a player of Jordan's caliber being told he wasn't good enough but instead of giving up he turned that rejection into fuel he worked harder pushed himself beyond what anyone thought possible and went on to become a legend these examples aren't just isolated incidents they're

proof that the path to Greatness is never free of criticism never free of hate in fact the bigger your dreams the louder the critics will become and that's okay because every ounce of hate is just another opportunity for you to prove them wrong let them hate you because their hate has no power over you unless you give it power it only affects you if you allow it to the moment you start internalizing their opinions the moment you start letting their words dictate your actions you've lost but if you can stand tall if you can keep

pushing forward with your eyes on the prize then their hate becomes irrelevant one of the greatest lessons you can learn in life is that other people's opinions don't matter what matters is how you see yourself how you believe in your own abilities and how committed you are to your journey the most successful people in the world aren't those who have avoided criticism they're the ones who have learned to rise above it when people doubt you it's not a reflection of your capabilities it's a reflection of theirs when people criticize your dreams it's because they don't

have the courage to chase their own and when people hate on your success it's because they're not willing to put in the work to achieve their own so let them hate you let them criticize doubt and gossip because at the end of the day their words won't build your dreams their negativity won't put food on your table and their opinions won't determine your success only you can do that but here's the best part when you succeed when you rise above the hate and prove them wrong those same people who doubted you who criticized you who

tried to tear you down they'll come around they'll try to jump on your bandwagon they'll say they always believed in you but by then you won't even care because you'll know that their opinions were never the source of your validation in the first place in the end your journey is your own it's not about proving them wrong it's about proving yourself right it's about knowing deep down that you have what it takes regardless of what anyone else says it's about staying focused staying hungry and staying committed to your goals no matter how much noise surrounds

you so the next time someone tells you that you can't that you're not enough that you won't make it smile because you know something they don't their hate doesn't stop you their doubt doesn't slow you down if anything it fuels you it drives you to work harder push further and Rise higher let them hate you let them talk let them criticize and then go out there and show them just how Unstoppable you are show them that no matter what they say you're going to keep Rising keep climbing and keep chasing after your dreams because in

the end the only opinion that matters is your own [Music]