WHEN IT GETS HARD – Morning Motivation *must hear* Inspirational Speech
this storm will pass and when it does if
you are still standing you will be
stronger for it don’t quit you are
already hurting why stop now you have
already come this far why give in when
it gets hard
why don’t say why me say try me you want
the hard times you want the pain you
want resistance because if there is
resistance you are growing you are
developing stop wishing it was easier
which you were better if you think you
are the only guy doing an extra hour
after practice you are wrong when you
are doing an extra hour there is a guy
doing an extra two hours on the other
side of the world think beyond your team
your competition isn’t the guy in the
gym your competition is in Japan Spain
Russia your competition isn’t always in
front of you it is easy to be a big fish
in a small pond it is time to think
outside of your circle and compete with
the best of the best
compete with the guys who are getting
more work than you you can convince
yourself you work hard when you compare
yourself to someone in class or someone
on the team or your brother or your
sister but how does your work ethic look
when you compare yourself to a Kobe
Bryant or a Michael Jordan don’t stop
because of failures don’t quit because
it is getting harmed success comes at a
price and you must be willing to pay it
I think you just have to toughen up
playing it simple I think that’s like
just like first of all you have to tell
yourself it’s like it’s hard in the
beginning and you have to just fight
through it because that’s what else do
you gonna do like if you keep crying he
complaining about things not happening
to you then you’re not using that time
to actually make the small things happen
because everything starts off small
there’s no like a to see you have to go
to be first
everything starts small it’s like you
have to be grateful for what what you
can get plain and simple
like be grateful for what you have
because that’s like we’re lucky even be
here being grateful and being present
that the power of being present and and
and like really really being beholder
that the gratitude of what you have the
people see the 30% they don’t see the
70% of not making it or not getting what
you want how you say what you’re gonna
do you’re what you’re going to say the
problem with social media right now is
that you’re comparing yourself to people
that have like this large success and
you’re like I want to play there but you
first have to go with what you have in
front of you and make that meaningful
and that’s why I always say like when
I’m performing I’m trying to be as
present as I can and I don’t want to
think about anyone outside of these four
walls I really want to think about
everyone here and whether it’s like a
smaller show a bigger show like these
people are here for me and I’m here for
them and that’s all that matters and you
do that enough times it’s it’s like in
the end you it will grow without you
even realizing it and if it doesn’t if
you’re just happy with those people then
then it’s okay you know like that’s all
that’s like purpose like at the end of
the day you know it’s like if it’s
meaningful to you it doesn’t matter how
many more people there so I think people
really need to find their passion
working hard can’t be the purpose of our
lives and it can be something you would
do when you love it
but it actually creates a lot of stress
and at the end of the day when you
really look at your life and facing
death in maybe maybe measured in
hundreds of days as I once did I felt
working hard was not on my priority list
at all if anything I regretted working
too hard
it’s just reversing the priority because
family isn’t going to take all of your
time if I if one just puts that at a
higher priority I think the number of
hours at work maybe 20% less it’s not
down dramatically but but now I feel
much more gratifying that every day I
feel like my my life is more meaningful
people’s values are what they are as
much as I have come out and realized my
life can’t be just about work there are
many who will not have that death driven
epiphany so they won’t realize it and
and so it is important for them to find
the new beginning
all the kids should be encouraged to
really do what they love it’s really
important for us not to let the current
prejudices or or beliefs of these these
are the good job doctors lawyers
engineers these are the good jobs or
many of these jobs will be gone too
within each area certain jobs will open
up certain jobs will close down
do you guy that work hard at it right I
think that’s going to be have a higher
bar than ever before
so that self motivation I think needs to
be there also I think you got to be
doing something you love to do I don’t
think anyone can be amazing unless
they’re doing what they love those two
are really combined you know I think
there was a a book by Malcolm Gladwell
where he talked about the the 10,000
hour rule and that really continues to
be true so it’s got to be that 10,000
hours plus something you’re deeply
passionate about you got to have an open
mind I think if you start with any
prejudice that Chinese companies are
just copycats or Silicon Valley people
just don’t work hard then I think you
have blinders on and and don’t look at
the whole picture and and and I think
another important thing is meet a lot of
people who are smarter than you and ask
them questions and pay attention and and
follow up and and validate and check the
things that you learn if you feel the
whole world can be your teacher and your
learning asking questions keeping an
open mind that I think probably is what
I have done
[Music]
be brave because no one remembers a
coward be brave be bold be courageous
take risks take chances take
opportunities grab life with both hands
take the bull by the horns and live we
all know that we have one chance at life
so why not say I’m all-in why not risk
everything to live the life you are
capable of the world wants the best
version of you the world wants to see
what you are capable of and it wants to
see what impact you can make on the
world so why are you denying the world
of your gifts and talents why are you
hiding in the shadows of other great
people you just need to decide decide to
step up to the plate decide to step out
of the shadow decide to let go of the
fear you have decide to be great because
you are capable either somebody is in
the midst of adversity or just came out
of adversity or it won’t be long before
they head into adversity so you need to
be prepared either way and so we all go
through adversity opposition I think
that’s the thing that that makes us all
in common as people right no matter if
you’re from London Atlanta Florida
California New York like we’re all going
to go through something at some point or
phase in our life right and as cliche as
it sounds when a quote says it’s never
about what happens to us about how you
respond to it
that’s very true right but in the same
sense I think what’s most important is
when we go through something what’s the
perspective that we have of it right
because for most people when you go
through something the person’s natural
perspective is okay what did I lose
right what happened to me like I took a
loss right people never look at it and
say okay man tell me what did you gain
right even though I know it hurt you
didn’t want to go through it
but look at it in a way to where you can
say what’s the lesson in this right what
would you say life is trying to teach
you from dealing with this and so when I
went through it my perspective was okay
what can I extract from it to apply to
other areas and aspects of my life that
I feel can help other people and I
firmly believe the quicker you can shift
your perspective from yourself to others
when you’re in the midst of adversity
the quicker you’ll get through it
right Martin Luther King has a quote
that says life’s most persistent and
urgent question is what are you doing to
help other people I’m not telling you
not to say man I’m going through this in
his heart I’m not saying that I’m saying
when you go through it look at it step
back from the picture and say okay I’m
dealing with this nine out of ten times
there’s somebody else that’s either
dealt with it are they gonna deal with
something similar to this and if I deal
with it in the right way I can use it to
add value to lives of other people
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this too shall pass right the reason I
would say that is like I said I champion
diversity all right we know what to do
when things go right but the next time
it gets tough the next time you question
your purpose the next time you question
your existence your mission if you’re
supposed to be doing what you’re doing
and it gets tough and challenging just
whisper to you so this too shall pass
this too shall pass
