The fruit of everything good in life begins with a challenge.
Everything worthwhile is uphill.
Your dreams are there. Your hopes are there.
Most people, they don't lead their life they accept their life.
Here's the issue most people they have uphill hopes
but they have downhill habits. And you can't go uphill with downhill habits.
It's pretty easy to get the mindset
that there's nothing you can do about it. That you're overwhelmed.
That you can't change the world. Well you know what you can change?
You can change you. You can change your world.
And if you change your world and you make yourself better
and you make your part of the world better the rest of the world will follow.
Good intentions are overrated.
I know so many people "I'm going to do that, yes."
"I think that's a good idea." "I think I'm gonna do that someday."
So good intentions are the most overrated phrase in the world.
Nothing happens until you've got good actions. And it's not going to come to you
and it's gonna fall in your lap and it's not gonna be something that
"oh my gosh!" "It just was so simple!"
It's always going to be difficult. Look, I'd love to sugarcoat this thing for you.
I'd love to tell you, look you can go out here and get rich
do a couple of things that ain't happening.
You gotta get real doggish. You gotta get down right
funky if you wanna make it. Most of you won't be successful
because when you're studying and you get tired
you quit. Weakness haunts us all.
The times we could've done more. They eat at your self-esteem.
They rob you of your self-respect. They diminish your belief
in your potential. The true art of a full life
is to minimize those moments when your weak thoughts win the battle
and maximize your ability to rise and grind.
Most of you say you want to be successful but you don't want it bad
you just kinda want it. You don't want it badder than you wanna party.
You don't want it as much as you wanna be cool. And I'm here to tell you today
if you're going to be successful rise and grind.
If you're going to have it get your butt up and make it happen.
And sometimes, if you're gonna be successful it's not how smart you are
it's not how strong you are it's how much you can outlast stuff.
Success is not a comfortable procedure. It is a very uncomfortable thing to attempt.
So you gotta get comfortable being uncomfortable
if you ever wanna be successful.
Start putting some pressure on. Put some pressure on yourself.
Get out here and get about it. Don't cry to give up
cry to keep going. Don't cry to quit.
You already in pain you already hurt
get a reward from it. Some of y'all,
you're not getting close to the vision. You said the vision and your mama said
something about it so you backed off.
You said something about the vision and somebody tried to kill you
and you backed off. Are you hearing what I'm trying to tell you?
I'm telling you that you got to be possessed with the vision.
You want to make your dream come true? You got to stay focused.
Some people would rather get even than get ahead. Stay focused on where you want to go.
I just kept on doing what I was supposed to do. So you've got to work on it.
When other folks are having a good time you've got to have the strength of character
to concentrate to read
to digest information. To be able at any moment
to sacrifice what you are
for what you will become. You have to give it everything you got.
No more tv. No more parties.
No more playing. What you need to be doing is studying.
While they were golfing, I was studying. While they were shooting hoops, I was studying.
While they were playing games and sitting up and eating and joking
in the restaurant I was studying.
You have to put your everything your everything
your mind your energy, your effort
your discipline nothing is gonna jump out the fire
if you don't throw something in there it's not gonna happen.
I gotta commit my very being to this thing. I gotta breathe it
I gotta eat it I gotta sleep it.
You gotta begin with the end in mind. So whatever your dream or your goal is
you gotta wake up every day to it. You gotta go to bed with it.
You gotta read stuff. The music you listen to
everything you do gotta pour into that dream.
You gotta stay focused on your dream. Don't allow anyone to pull you off the game plan.
When they're having fun you grind.
When they're chilling you work your ass off.
When they're getting lit you put in more work.
And when they're wishing for a better lifestyle you'll be living it.