the hardest things bring the greatest rewards sometimes the easiest path isn't the one we're meant to take deep down you know it don't you the things that are hard the real sacrifices they carry a weight a feeling you can't shake choosing the harder path the one nobody else wants is where the journey toward greatness begins now ask yourself how many times have you turned away because something felt too tough how often have you chosen Comfort over challenge avoided discomfort because the other path demanded more but here's a truth few accept the best things in life
come at a price and it's not paid in money or possessions the cost is sweat time and sometimes tears greatness asks what are you willing to sacrifice are you ready to step out of the ordinary and pay the price that greatness demands because this isn't about someone else's path this is about blazing your own trail it's hard it feels like nobody understands then you're probably doing something right the hardest choices the sacrifices that hurt the most those are the ones that truly matter so are you ready to choose the path less taken are you willing
to be more than what's expected when you face the hard choice and push forward You're Building resilience you're conditioning yourself to handle adversity each time you choose what's hard over what's easy you're choosing growth over stagnation and that's how you get stronger that's how you prove to yourself that you're capable of more than anyone thought including yourself but why is it so tempting to avoid the Hard Road because Comfort is seductive sacrifice is the fire that shapes you and though it may burn it transforms you into the person you need to become true sacrifice means
understanding that what you're giving up today is Paving the way for something better tomorrow is an act of self-respect an acknowledgement that your goals deserve nothing less than everything you have when you're willing to sacrifice to truly Embrace discomfort that's when you become unstoppable that's when your potential is unlocked now let's bring it closer to home think about your own life your dreams your goals are you really ready to sacrifice are you prepared to give up Comfort let go of the things that hold you back and face the unknown to reach your potential this isn't
a question with an easy answer sacrifice isn't something you decide to do just once it's a choice you make every day it's waking up and choosing discipline over excuses it's staying on your path even when others turn back so ask yourself what are you willing to give up to reach your goals what Comfort what distraction what what safy net are you ready to leave behind the question isn't about what you want it's about what you're willing to give up to make it happen the path to Greatness is long and the cost is high it's going
to take everything you've got be honest with yourself success isn't reserved for the lucky or the privileged it's for the resilient the ones willing to push through the pain face their fears and go after what they want with everything they have and if that's you if you're truly ready to make sacrifices then start today start trading what's easy for what's meaning remember success is built on daily choices it's not a single moment of [Music] Bravery if you're prepared to give up comfort for something more then you're already closer to achieving your dreams than you realize
embracing sacrifice doesn't happen overnight it's a habit a mindset that takes time to build you have to train yourself to see discomfort as part of the journey like an athlete trains their body you have to train your mind to push through obstacles each time you push yourself a little further each time you choose discipline over convenience You're Building resilience think of sacrifice as a muscle the more you work it the stronger it gets just like an athlete trains their body to handle physical stress you need to train your mind to welcome challenges it's choosing the
path that feels hard because that's where growth happens it's committing to your goals on the days you'd rather quit discipline is the foundation of sacrifice without it the journey becomes scattered and the vision Fades but with discipline each small action Builds on the last every day you stay on track you're investing in the person you want to become create routines that challenge you routines that push you beyond what's comfortable whether it's training work or learning something new each small Choice builds a foundation of sacrifice and here's the truth the pain doesn't necessarily get easier but
your ability to handle it grows sacrifice isn't about erasing pain it's about training yourself to endure it with each day you'll find strength you didn't know you had each challenge you face each decision you make to keep pushing forward brings you closer to becoming the person capable of achieving greatness the more you practice the stronger you become because sacrifice discipline and resilience are the keys to unlocking the potential you have within and each time you choose what's hard you're moving one step closer to becoming who you're meant to be when it's all said and done
the hardest things in life are what Define us the sacrifices the struggles the sleepless nights they're all building something within you that no easy path ever could when you embrace the pain of sacrifice you're creating a future you'll be proud of you're proving to yourself that you're capable of anything but remember this isn't about anyone else this journey this part it's yours it's about becoming the best version of yourself and the only way to reach that version is through sacrifice so ask yourself again what are you willing to give up what are you ready to
let go of in order to gain something greater because in the end the rewards aren't just about success or achievements they're about knowing that you gave everything you had that you didn't settle and that you chose the path of growth over Comfort Embrace The Hard Road Chase The Challenge and let every sacrifice bring you closer to the greatness you know you're capable of the strength to face [Music] discomfort we live in a world that's constantly trying to sell us Comfort everywhere you look there's a promise of ease shortcuts quick fixes instant gratification we're told that
the path of least resistance is the one we should take that anything worth having should come without struggle but but I'm here to tell you that's a lie Comfort convenience and ease these are not the things that build a strong fulfilled life in fact they're often the very things that keep us stuck growth doesn't happen in Comfort strength isn't built when everything is going smoothly you don't become the person you're meant to be by avoiding challenges by sidest stepping obstacles by staying in the safe familiar spaces growth happens when you face the discomfort when you
lean into it when you choose to show up even when everything inside you is telling you to turn back we're conditioned to believe that discomfort is a sign that something is wrong that we're on the wrong path but discomfort is a signal it's telling you that you're moving beyond your limits that you're stretching that you're pushing yourself into new territory and that's where the magic happens that's where transformation begins if you look at anyone who's ever achieved anything meaningful you'll find that they all have one thing in common they chose to embrace [Music] discomfort they
understood that the hard moments the ones that test you the ones that make you doubt yourself the ones that make you question everything those are the moments that shape you those are the moments that build resilience but here's the thing most people never tap into their true potential because they avoid those moments they choose Comfort or over challenge they choose safety over risk and in doing so they settle for a life that's smaller than the one they're capable of living they settle for routine for mediocrity for a version of themselves that never has to struggle
but also never gets to grow we have to stop seeing discomfort as the enemy we have to stop treating struggle as something to escape from we need to start seeing it for what it really is an [Music] opportunity a chance to prove to ourselves what we're made of a chance to step up and show that we're not afraid of the work that we're not afraid of the pain that comes with pushing past our limits life isn't meant to be easy it's meant to challenge you to test you to push you and every time time you
face that challenge every time you push through that discomfort you're building a new level of resilience you're becoming someone who can handle whatever life throws at them you're becoming unbreakable here's what the world needs to hear right now it's okay to be uncomfortable it's okay to struggle it's okay to feel like you're out of your depth that's where real life happens that's where you find out who you really are it's not in the moments when everything is going well it's in the moments when you're facing the storm when you feel like quitting when you don't
know if you have what it takes but you keep going anyway we're so used to avoiding discomfort that we've forgotten how to endure it we've forgotten that it's part of the process and as a result we've become fragile we give up at the first sign of difficulty we Retreat when things don't go as [Music] planned and we wonder why we don't grow why we don't change why we don't become the people we want to be but here's the truth you cannot grow without discomfort you cannot become stronger without struggle you cannot achieve anything of real
value if you're always running from the hard parts of life [Music] you have to be willing to face it to stand in the fire to know that even when it's painful even when it's uncertain you're becoming stronger you're becoming someone who doesn't just survive but thrives we need resilience more than ever we need people who are willing to endure who are willing to take the hard path not because it's easy but because it's worth it we need people who are willing to show up day after day even when they're tired even when they're discouraged even
when it feels like nothing is changing because they know that it's in those moments that they are building something real it's easy to quit when things get tough it's easy to run when the pressure builds but what if instead of running from discomfort you decided to run toward it what if you saw it as the gateway to your own potential What If instead of letting it defeat you you let it be the thing that forges you into someone who can't be [Music] broken because here's the thing life is going to be hard whether you choose
to lean into discomfort or not the difference is when you embrace it when you choose to see it as an opportunity instead of an obstacle you gain control over your own growth the cost of wasting time time it's the most valuable resource we have yet it's the one we treat the most casually we let it slip through our fingers like it's infinite like we have all the time in the world to do the things we want to become the person we aspire to be to live the life we imagine for ourselves but deep down we
know that's not true we know time is running out and every second we waste is a second we'll never get back we tell ourselves we'll start tomorrow we'll get to it later we make excuses convincing ourselves that we need more time more preparation more energy we wait for the right moment the right opportunity the right feeling and before we know it days turn into weeks weeks into months and months into years and we look back wondering where the time went wondering why we haven't made progress the truth is time doesn't wait it doesn't pause for
us to get ready it moves forward relentlessly whether we're using it or wasting it and the more we hesitate the more we procrastinate the more we let fear or doubt hold us back the more we allow life to pass Us by you see we act as if we're guaranteed tomorrow as if we're guaranteed the next hour but nothing is guaranteed we assume that the opportunities we have now will still be there later we think we can afford to wait that there's no urgency but the reality is the only thing we're guaranteed is [Music] now this
moment this chance to do something with our lives to take action to make a decision to move forward the clock is always ticking and while you're sitting there contemplating wondering if you're ready wondering if you're good enough your time is slipping away and that's the harsh reality time wasted is time you'll never get back you can't reclaim it you can't buy it back once it's gone it's gone we spend so much time planning thinking overthinking we're waiting for the perfect conditions the perfect mood the perfect set of circumstances we tell ourselves once everything lines up
then I'll start but life doesn't work like that there's no perfect moment there's no Flawless plan there's only action imperfect messy but necessary action because the longer you wait for Perfection the more time you waste we have to stop waiting for permission we have to stop seeking validation from others hoping someone will tell us we're ready that it's our time no one is coming to save you no one is going to hand you your dreams you have to go out and take [Applause] it you have to make the decision that now is the time that
you're done waiting done making excuses if you want to change your life if you want to achieve something if you want to be something more than you are right now you have to act you have to take that first step even if it's small even if it's uncertain because action no matter how small builds momentum and momentum is what drives change the problem isn't that we we don't know what to do deep down most of us know exactly what we need to do to move forward the problem is that we're scared to do it we're
afraid of failure afraid of judgment afraid of getting it wrong but here's the [Music] thing the fear of failure is costing you more than failure ever could the time you spend avoiding action the time you spend stuck in fear is time you'll never get back as ask yourself how much longer are you willing to wait how much longer are you willing to let fear dictate your life how much time have you already lost and how much more are you willing to give away before you decide enough is enough the great tragedy isn't that we fail
it's that we don't even try we let opportunities pass by cuz we think there will always be more time more chances but life doesn't owe you opportunities it doesn't owe you time you have to make the most of what you have right now today and yes it will be uncomfortable yes it will be hard but discomfort is where growth happens it's where change begins we often wait for motivation thinking we need to feel inspired before we take action but motivation is fickle it's not always going to be there when you need [Music] it what you
need is discipline the discipline to act regardless of how you feel the discipline to start even when you're uncertain even when you're tired even when you're scared because discipline not motivation is what will carry you forward discipline is what turns intentions into reality the reality is life is shorter than we think we have less time than we assume and one day you're going to look back and you're going to wish you'd take an action sooner you're going to wish you hadn't let fear stop you you're going to wish you had hav wasted time waiting for
the perfect moment so what's stopping you what's holding you back because I promise you there is no later there is no better time there is only now if you want something go after it you want to know what's so dope about you you've never given up after all the stuff youve been through you still here I don't think you realize how amazing that is people would have been giving up if they was in your shoes but you didn't and you should congratulate yourself for that because that means blessings are coming your way and do time
this is a reminder just to tell you you're doing amazing yo we got to keep on going and not many people can do that so and keep doing what you're doing man you're doing amazing truthfully talk is cheap action is expensive action is always going to cost you something right are you willing to pay the cost more importantly are you willing to accept the cost it's sad that most people will never find any level of satisfaction in today because the only thing keeping them going is the thought of escaping the present if Friday afternoon is
the only thing you look forward to your life is painful because there's a lot of time between Fridays and when Friday finally arrives it passes pretty quick when the only thing keeping you healthy and mindful is the thought of tearing it all down as a reward your own demise is your priority and that does not end well if your life does not consist of achievement and overcoming on a daily basis you have a problem to solve but in my mind there is no question of your capability to solve that problem you've always got to put
purpose first and you may not know what your purpose is I can tell you this people go hey man I want to I want to find my purpose and I have to remind him that purpose is not something that is lost and therefore you're not just going to find it you have to develop your purpose and the place you start is putting off pleasure and putting off desires and focusing on purpose and Duty first life isn't fair at all at all so what are you going to do about it I knew that no one was
comeing back to help me no Miracle me to be somebody special all my situations were on me now it's solely on me it was on me and that's the thing you have to realize everything you do you may have some support you may not but it's on you you have to make the decision whether you want to be a badass or whether you want just want to be mediocre and everything's okay on the other side of your discomfort is where your real true Journey Begins you know you've decided oh this is my walk you know
this is the way I stand oh when I stop this is how I stop and this is what I do and this is what I do with my hand and when I take my first step this is what I do right that's not really who you are that's choreographed and that is practice and that is what you've decided is the coolest way from your point of view but the minute that you trip and fall and if you really want to know who you are it's how you get back up when you get back up cuz
you have no cool on you then right you're getting up in shame or you're getting up in Pride whatever it is that's who you really are part of life is about getting hurt about failing and getting back up and dealing with adversity and setbacks and realizing that what you thought was a short path is actually going to be the long path to success and you're going to have to take that Journey if you really want it this might come as a surprise to you but you are a marage from a distance you look like someone
who's driven someone who's going places with ambition but the second you get up close you realize that there's nothing there no action no consistency and no discipline you tell yourself that today is the day that you'll finally take some action yet the moment reality hits that all vanishes and you wonder why you always feel so stuck if you want to make progress towards your goals you need to gain a substance and the way you do that is by taking action start with an action that you'll take tomorrow just one and once you do that you're
going to do it the next day and then the day after that and once you've done that enough times you're going to add another action that you are going to do consistently and you're going to repeat that process over and over and over again eventually you'll transition from a mirage into something solid you will become real someone with true substance someone who when they says that they will do something actually gets it done and once you get to that point your goals will follow here's the thing with success every time there's success you have to
be prepared for the darkness so anytime something happens good to you you have to sort sort of now look out for what's going to Anchor that because you can't have Sunshine without Darkness a lot of times when people get the success and don't know that the darkness is coming that's when you see them trip and fall but you've gone to the Mountaintop you can look at it it's almost like a algorithm it's like when they win that big trophy something happens if they don't shake it off quick they can't get back into the [Music] game
you know I think we all have dreams I think we all have a vision of ourselves living this type of life but some people will never do anything close to taking even steps towards that dream what the [ __ ] is holding you back at the end of the day you are Al loone in this world you were alone you could lose everybody and still be here who and what the hell is holding you back it is just you and your ignorance to go and figure out what it takes to go and do what you're
supposed to do so that you can get to those dreams so that those Visions become reality and you just get off about the thought now imagine that was really your life imagine that was really what you felt every single day you got to see it breathe it you got to be it you simply just don't want it bad enough get the to work just remember you are still becoming okay one day you will look back at this version of you knowing that you are doing your very best just give yourself time I don't think it's
meant to be easy now there's pain but it'll pass just like everything else and since you know pain your heart is stronger your soul understands more you could live because there are moments when you couldn't it's not important that you become a good fighter in this world and it's not important that you become a good spiritual guide in this world it's important that you find a way to live a pleasant life and in the best case support other people that they also find the same this is what it's about no matter in which form you
put it and which from cultural background you put it the main idea is if you don't find this way of reducing the suffering of your surrounding your suffering won't stop you learn things painfully when you learn something painfully a part of you has to die that's the pain you know when a dream is shattered for example a huge part of you that that constituted that dream maybe even the biological substrate of that dream has to be stripped away and and burned life is a constant process of death and rebirth and to participate in that fully
is to allow yourself to be Redeemed by it and so the good is that process of death and rebirth voluntarily undertaken it's like you're not as good as you could be so you let that part of you die and if someone comes along and says you know there's some dead wood here man it needs to be burned off you think well that stuff's still a bit alive when that burns it's going to hurt it's like yeah well no kidding but maybe the thing that emerges in its place is something better and I think this is
the secret of human beings this is what we're like comes to your growth when it comes to becoming the best version of yourself when it comes to you changing certain things you have to view it as a process and you have to give yourself Grace to grow through it and to go through that process and part of the process is making mistakes part of the process is having bad days part of the process is having setbacks right and mess ups in the journey right and that's why awareness is so important you have to be aware
of when you do mess up or when you do have a bad day or you do make a mistake you have to be aware of it so that you can catch yourself and reflect on it so you can learn from it and grow from it right cuz then right there it's not a hindrance then it's an opportunity and it's a lesson that helps push you even further where do you want to go what do you want to do what do you want to see what do you want to be what do you want to have
what do you want to share what projects would you like to support what would you like to be known for what skills would you like to learn some extraordinary things you'd like to do ordinary things you'd like to do right silly little things you'd like to do very important things you'd like to do decide decide on all that stuff and write it down write it down write it down that's how simple this stuff is and at your own private list if it's really private you know on your list put some stuff in code where nobody
can understand it if this list decide what you want and write it down make a [Music] list if a tree falls in a forest but nobody sees it or hears it fall did it fall the same goes for doing work if you do work you don't tell anybody about the work you do and nobody sees the work you do then does the work get done in their minds from their perspective no for you you might be thinking I'm over here working my butt off why do people not understand what's going on and it's because you
probably are a phenomenal executor but you're not yet a phenomenal advocator the process of finding yourself begins first with UNF finding sorting through all you're not but thought you were digging past the opinions that Define you past the labels masks and words underneath the love you've been given or the love that's been withheld past the self-preserving lies to the secrets you never tell it will feel first like a funeral like who you are is being ripped away but eventually you'll find that mourning is just another word for making space stay with the discomfort be open
to the change clear out the Clutter until nothing much remains and once your home is clean your Twisted knots Unwound and losing all you thought you were you might finally be found is us right now zoomed in right here's a day or here's an hour or here's a minute but as we zoom out it looks like this now those events are just situations that happen but they don't mean anything until we add perspective to it perspective determines how I experience a situation how is it we both experience the same thing but we don't actually experience
it the same way this is what perspective does so why am I saying this nothing is really good nothing is really bad until you say it is this is how you eliminate suffering in your life this is how you eliminate the heartache the struggle the adversity this is how you get rid of it or how you move through it it's through you consciously shifting your pers perspective because when I consciously shift my perspective now I'm determining how I experience this the best piece of advice that I ever received is that you are what you think
about everything that you think about you become you become what you think about thoughts lead to actions actions lead to behaviors behaviors leads to Lifestyle Lifestyle determines your destiny so everything begins in the mind if you can control and wield your mind you can very much determine your your destiny and you decide and you commit and you determine your mindset and you wield it you can become successful [Music]