The winner is the one who refuses to give up

How many of you know someone who has given up on their dream? How many of you know why they gave up? The difference between you and the greats is that they have failed more than you and refused to give up, so why would you give up because you fail a few times or even once, I know some of you have given up because you've failed ONE time, because you were scared to fail again. Get used to rejection, and you will never be scared of it again. Don't be afraid to just go out there and fail, did you think it would be easy? Well guess what, no one got to where they were without brick walls, or failures along the way, no matter how good your ideas are, or how much work you put into it, there will always be those dream killers, there will always be those people who say it can't be done, there will always people people telling you, that you can't do it. But the only one who can prove them right or wrong is you. The only one holding you back, is yourself, any brick walls that come your way, you just have to ask yourself, are you willing to go through, up, down, or around that brick wall? Or are you going to let it stop you, these brick walls only exist for one reason, and that's to signify how bad you want something. Nothing great has ever been accomplished over night, it comes from hard work every single day, and getting past brick wall after brick wall, after brick wall. You can always point the finger and blame something else, or someone else that's the easy way, you have to accept that you are the one who ultimately shapes your reality. So what are you going to do now?

How bad do you really want it?

How bad do you really want to reach your dreams? How much time are you willing to invest in yourself and in your dream? Are you willing to say no to party's? Are you willing to say no to your friends? How much time to you actually spend working on your dream? If you aren't spending hours a day, if you aren't saying no to that party, if you aren't saying yes to time commitment for yourself, then how do you expect to accomplish your dreams? How do you expect to be successful when you won't even invest a few hours a day on yourself? Most of you say you want to be successful but you don't want it that bad. You'd rather go out and party you'd rather play games, most of you would rather sleep than work towards your dream. So how can you expect to achieve your dream when you're out partying, when you're sleeping, when you're playing games more than you're spending time working on your dream, does that really make sense? Just like the great speaker ET says. "As soon as you want to be successful, as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful". When you can't breath you don't care about a party, you don't care about going to hangout, you don't care about playing games, the only thing you're trying to do is breathe, so when are you going to create that mindset to work on your dreams, and goals as bad as you want to breathe?

Change your belief system

Once you believe who are you, once you believe that you are something, you actually embody that feeling, that's how powerful your mind is. You don't become what you want, or what you think about, unless you truly believe that you are already that person, or that you believe you truly will become that person. If you can put yourself in a mind state where you believe that you are already what you want to become it will do wonderful things for you, you will act differently, you will talk differently, you will be more confident, you will become that person. It's amazing the power of your mind. So if you believe that you're already that professional basketball player, that you're already that actor/actress, that your already that singer, that you're already that rapper, that you're already whatever it is that you want to become, won't you act differently? If you lost your memory and someone told you you were a professional basketball player, how do you think you would act, compared to if you were told you were a teacher. It is necessary to change your beliefs about yourself if you want to live your dream, it's not always easy, but that's why very few do it! And you can do it! I believe in you, if you're still reading this I know something about you, I know you're a survivor, I know that you're ready for change, that you're ready to change your belief system, that you're a winner!

Overcoming pain

Life isn't always easy, sometimes you have to go through things that are painful, that you don't want to go through. But that's what builds character, that's what makes you strong, that's what makes you who  you are. How do you think you gain experience? How do you think you become strong? How do you think you build character. People misunderstand pain, they look at it as a bad thing, it's not bad it's good. Stop running from your pain and face your pain head on! Pain creates the prize. Stop drinking to get away from the pain, stop getting high to get away from the pain, how are you going to grow, how are you going to learn if you are running from your pain, if you are avoiding the pain, that will only make it worse. I challenge you to FEEL the pain, to FEEL the emotions you have, don't run or hide from them, don't avoid them. It won't be easy, if it were everyone would do it, but if you can just get through your pain, you will be successful.

Find reasons that empower you

Find those reasons that keep you going when life knocks you down. What are you going to do, and what is going to keep you in the game, when life hits you on the blind side. If you can find at least 5 reasons why you're doing what you're doing, that are strong enough, they will keep you going through ANYTHING that life throws at you. You have to find at least 5 reasons that will keep you going why are you doing what you're doing, and this is so important, this is key. In fact I encourage you to find 10 reasons that will keep you going, they have to be strong reasons. When people lie to you, when they betray you, when they say they will be for you and aren't, when you want to give up yourself, when life knocks you down, and keeps you on your knees, and all you want to do is give up, and all of this is going to happen. What reasons can you call on, can you reach out to, can you remember, that you can use, that will make you get back up. When things happen to you that you weren't expecting, when you're struggling to keep going, when it seems like there is no hope left, what are the reasons that will keep you strong, that will keep you going, when you want to give up? Find those reasons, that will calm you, that will bring you back UP, that will keep you strong, find them out, and write them down, and that is so important!

The power of failing

Failure is very powerful, without failure you could not succeed. When you fail you really have two choices. You can either sit there do nothing about it and give up, or you can grow, learn, and get back up and keep going. Each time you fail just means that you are one step closer to success! Everyone that has achieved their biggest dreams, everyone that has worked for their goals anyone that works hard has failed, They failed their way to success, and that's the difference between them, and you. They have failed more, they didn't fail once or a few times, and say this is too hard I failed i'm done. No they got back up, they kept going, sometimes they were happy to fail! They grew from it, and you can to! Don't give up just because you fail, keep going. The winner is the one that refuses to give up!