Wake Up and Conquer Your Day: 30-Minute Morning Motivation

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1:05But if you're striving for something important, if you're trying to make real change, if there's something in your life that you are absolutely hell-bent to make happen, you have got to understand that you're going to be fighting against something. People are going to be pushing back against you and it is going to be your ability to hold true to that vision that's going to determine whether you can pull it off. And as Victor Hugo said, you have enemies? Good. It means you stood up for something at some point in your life. And that's what people miss. They somehow want to get through this unscathed. They somehow hope that with this grand change that they want to make, the people just fall in love, that they see your vision, that they fall in line behind you and that they want you to lead them. That's not the way that people work. Getting the vision already puts you in an incredibly rare group of people. Being able to see something that other people can't see, that is the role of a visionary is literally to interpret the world that other people don't even know exists and bring it

2:07into fruition and get people excited about it, get them to fall in line. But understand, when you build an army, you will have an opposing force. But as Mark Twain said, keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. People always do that. But the really great ones, they make you believe that you too can become great. And that's the kind of person that you want to surround yourself with. You want to surround yourself with people that believe in you. You want to surround yourself with people even when they can't see it. They can see you. Even when they don't understand what you're trying to build, they believe in you and they're willing to get in line and they're willing to meet that opposing force and when you're able to galvanize people around your idea and push it forward and pay for them the world not as it is but as it could be. That's when you can make change. But you can't be afraid to piss people off. You have to know that they're coming for you and you have to be willing to fight.

3:08Because if you're not willing to fight, you might as well sit down now. So if you're going to be one of the few that stands up, you've got to stand up prepared for war. Some of you going to sleep and you don't deserve to be, you don't deserve rest. You lazy, you don't deserve rest, rest is for people who work. You ain't doing nothing. Every day you chillin'. You need to know your why and my why wakes me up every single morning. You don't get it. Listen to me very closely. You can write everything down if you want to. Be brave enough to write every one of your goals down. But I'm going to tell you something. Life's going to hit you in your mouth and you got to do me a huge favor. Your why has to be greater than that knocked out. At the end of your feelings is nothing but at the end of every principle is a promise. Find a man who's diligent at what he does and he's your stand before kings and not

4:12mean men. Every day you say no to your dreams, you might be pushing your dreams back a whole six months. That one single day, that one day you didn't get up. You could have pushed your stuff back. I don't know how long. The first level to success in life, listen to me, the very first level, the very first level is you seeing it. Like it's clear to you. Like you know exactly what you want. You know exactly when you want it. Listen to me, you know exactly what it tastes like. You know what it looks like. You know what it smells like. Before you really blow up, blow up and you get success, you literally have it in the palm of your hand without having it. I didn't come here to make friends. I don't even get to respect him. I know why. I better not respect for myself. I'm not one that can beat me.

5:13I'm never going to beat you. I'm a baby. I can't close the door. I'm telling you right now. I'm telling you right now because I care about you. I'm telling you right now because I've been there. I've done that. You've been in it for three years and you bought the quick. You've been doing it for five years and it doesn't look like you think you put all your money in it. You put all your time in it. People look at it like you've cried five years you've invested. Oh, you put your butt in it's a quick now. And the problem with some of y'all is you want some wires to support your dream. If it's my time, this is my moment. Tomorrow, tomorrow, hang those things tomorrow. What does your dream look like? What does this smell like? What does it taste like? If you wanted to have it, meet your butt up and make it happen. If you wanted to have it, ride and ride.

6:14And right now, I need you to listen because we are going to go from A to Z and I dare you. Yes, you. To make a choice and choose to change. The courage into a man broken into a boomer, confusion into clarity, desperation into domination, endangered into exceptional, failure into first class, give up into go get him, hopeless into hungry. Now, I got to say it like less brown. You got to be hungry. And what that means is your classroom has to be like your favorite place to eat. You got to eat it. You got to drink it. You got to see the success. You got to live the success. You got to breathe the success. And you got this. And that's why you made the decision to change, introverted into influence.

7:15Jacked up into Joe dropping, knocked out into knowledge itself, last place into the leader of the pack, minor into major, no chance at the next level, out of touch into outstanding. This is just a reminder of how powerful words can be as it relates to our mindset. So I need you to cue that negativity and speak that positivity into existence because those that can weather the storm, those that can fight through the adversity, those that can push through the problems of putting themselves in a position to prosper and win us like you understand. And that's why you chose to turn pain into passion, power and purpose. Quidditch mentality and the quality lifestyle. With bread into redemption, sadness and a superstar status, terrible into terrific, unlikely into upper bound, vindictive into victory. We can send to winning formula, extra into extraordinary. I know, I know they start with E but they pronounce we're an ex so we gonna make it work. Yarning into yes, you can. And finally, from zero into Zynormous.

8:20And that's how you go to the next level and win, not only in the classroom, but in every aspect of your life. Every morning when you're feeding the floor, tell yourself today is today. Today is the day I will be at my peak. Today is the day I will set my life up to win. Set my future up for success. Today is the day I plant seeds that will grow into greatness in my future. Today I will give my all every minute, every moment with everyone I encounter. To live a great life, you gotta get your mornings right. Don't just wander out of bed and throw yourself aimlessly into the drama of this world. Set your foundation for a strong day which will lead to better habits and in time a better life. And up with purpose and develop a routine that works for you.

9:20Work out. Get your body moving. Create a habit that builds a strong body and a strong mind. Be grateful. Spend at least a few minutes in appreciation for all the things you do have and for all the opportunities that are coming your way today. Thank you. Thank you for this day. Thank you, I'm alive. Thank you, I'm healthy. Thank you for my family. Thank you for my drive, my passion. Thank you for the opportunities coming my way today. I am ready. Set your goals and intentions for the day. No one will reach their most sought after destination if they don't know where that place is. What are you going to accomplish today? What miracles are you going to create today? Write them down. Believe you can do it and get to work. Start your day with power and intention. You will live your life with strength and direction. This is my day.

10:21I control how I react to everything today. Today I will plant seeds for my future. Today I am alive. Today I am grateful. Today I look for the good. Today I notice opportunities. Today I execute. This lies what you walk from this day. Believe great things are coming. Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters. That's why trade pros trust fiber cement, party backer board to keep tile firmly in place, resist cracking and help block moisture. Chosen over 40 million kitchens and bathrooms, party backer board, what the best build on. Shop now at participating home depot, lows and floor into core stores. For more information visit jameshardy.com slashhardybacker. This is Angus Maximus. This partner has one part of a pound of hot. Suzy cooked to water Angus feet.

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12:25What example will I set? How will I treat others? Do not let your dreams go up and smoke. You have opportunity this day to make it your greatest day ever. Even if nothing comes this day, your attitude will be better than any other day. And that alone will lead to great things. You just keep doing it every day. Growing and evolving, giving you all and you will achieve great things. I guarantee you the best day of your life. That day is today. Today is your chance to become who you were designed to become. To do better. To be better. Today will be the greatest day of my life. Today I am on purpose. Show me a successful person that aimlessly gets out of bed or wonders out into the crazy world and succeeds at a high level. They don't exist. Get yourself together in the morning. Get up early. There's a reason why so many people get up earlier than the rest. No one can bother them.

13:27The early hours of the morning are the best time to think without distraction. To create. To set goals. And to clear your mind of any doubt or negativity. Do what works for you. Just build a strong foundation early in the morning. A strong foundation that will lead to a strong life. The first thing I do when I get up each morning is say thank you. Nothing in this world will get you in a stronger, clearer state of mind than starting your day with gratitude. It's not for every now and then. It's for every single day. Gratitude is not for weirdos. It's for winners. Successful people are grateful people. Stay away from social media and news. There's plenty of time to fry your brain for the rest of the day. The morning is time to clear your mind of crap and power it up with positive, powerful

14:29thoughts. If it works for you, get in some information. Develop the mindset and believe of a winner. Stand like you already have it. Believe like you will get it. Know that it will come if you keep working toward it. If you keep finding out how you can get it. Prepare your meals for the day. Your body is your temple. Don't get stuck and have to feed it garbage. Your temple deserves solid foundations. Strong food, strong body, strong mind, strong mind, strong human. Today will be the greatest day of my life. Today I am on purpose. Those who live great lives know the power of the morning. The power of creating strong habits in the morning. A morning routine that will set you up for a breakable day.

15:33Wake up. Most of us are not really living. Ask yourself the question, can you thoroughly recall and remember the last seven days of your life? Did you do anything worthwhile? Did you make anything significant happen? Did you stretch, grow, were you uncomfortable, new situations, did you gain something? Were you expanding yourself, your life and your being? Or were you holding yourself back? Because you are the only one who can tap your ultimate potential. You are the only person that can make your exact visions come to life. Your life is yours. No matter how much you have been conditioned to think or believe that you need to do this staff and the other, that this is the right path, that this is what people are supposed to do, you are supposed to walk your path. The only thing that you are supposed to do is walk your own path. You are wrong to success. What your gut, what your heart is telling you, because it was given to you and nobody

16:35else. But if you did nothing towards that in the last seven days, what's to say that you will in the next time? And if you didn't change anything in the past year, what's it going to take for you to wake up and do it this morning? You need to spark something within you. You need to start a huge flame so the whole world can see whatever it is that you have to offer. It's time to take matters into your own hands. It is your responsibility to bring up the best in you. And in order to do that, you got to wake up. This is my time. You understand me? You don't matter. What you tried to do, you couldn't destroy me. I'm still standing. I'm still strong. I'm not always real here. Whatever it is that you're lacking, whatever you say you're missing, whatever it is that you're trying to reach out for, create it within yourself. If you could only understand what I'm saying here, that's the first step of getting it

17:39into your life of attracting it. You're nothing to something. You've probably heard all the stories about all the crates and how they've been it. But what about your story? What about your gift and contribution to the universe? What are you going to do for yourself and the people around you? What effect are you leaving behind you? Another average in mediocre life? Or something to remember? My God! The sun rises. Did you see it? Did you feel it? The light comes up on the day that is yours.

18:43Did you see it? Or were you sleeping? See it's time to wake up. It's time to wake up and feel the dream that is in your heart. It's time to wake up before the sun rises and see the light shine on your dream. It's time to wake up and see the sun rise to see the light shine on the thing in your life that you're called to do. Because that sun is rising whether you're awake or whether you're not. So it's time to wake up. It's time to wake up. It's time to let the energy fill your body that you go into your day, that you go into this thing that you're about to do right now and you do it with the best of everything you've got.

19:44Everything you've got. This time. This time is not going to be like last time. This time you're not going to do it with half the effort, with 75% of the effort. This time you're not going to get to the finish line and rest. This time you're going to go through that finish line. This time is your time to finish what it is that you have started. This time because there is no more time that is guaranteed in your life than this time. There may not be a next time. There may not even be one. So this time do it. Just do it. Just get it done. Just get it done.

20:49It's time to take action and get it done. As Theodore Vail noted, real difficulties can be overcome. It's only the imaginary ones that are overcome. The reason that I love that is because it is the powerful reminder. At the end of the day, you're choosing what to believe. At the end of the day, all those things in your head that seem like you could never get over them. You've made them up. You've decided to obsessively focus on those things. And as Oprah said, what we dwell on is who we become. And think about that for a second. Think about today. Just audit your thoughts. What did you spend your time thinking on? Did you obsessively think about the way that things could go? Kitchen and bathroom professionals know what goes behind the tile matters.

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22:51All the myriad ways that you need to protect yourself. And that's how it feels. In the moment, you think I'm just planning for the worst case scenario. I'm thinking through all the ways that something could go wrong so that I can be prepared for it. Not understanding that what you're doing is focusing on all the ways that it could go wrong. They're imagined futures. They are not real. And in that like a race car driver goes where the eyes go. You will go where your thoughts go. You will become your thoughts. So instead of boxing yourself in and thinking only about all the different ways as something could be bad, could break, could fall to pieces. Think about all the things that you could do if you take the action. All the myriad ways that things could come to your aid and work out for the better. Obsessively think on that and let failure be a total fucking surprise in that. You will take the actions that you need to be successful. But first, you've got to train yourself to obsess over all the ways your life could go right.

23:56From there, you'll act. To me, the reason that people say that knowledge's power is for one simple reason. As you accumulate it, it gives you the ability to do more. You literally become capable of more. You're able to bring knowledge into your life to literally transform what you're able to manifest in the world. And at the end of the day, the very definition of power for me is the ability to close your eyes and imagine a world and then open them and make that world come true. But the thing that holds people back is their own ego. And as Epictetus said, one cannot learn what they think they already know. And that's the danger. That's how people get themselves into trouble. It feels so good to know something. It feels like as you're collecting this information and becoming more powerful, you just want to focus on that.

24:57You want to sink into that feeling. You want to see yourself in the mirror as somebody capable of somebody who's capable of more today than they were yesterday. And in that truth, because you are, but in that truth is a trap. And the trap is to begin to feel that you know something, to think of yourself as a master. That's why as Socrates said, the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Because that's how you're going to get really powerful. That's how you're going to open yourself up to that knowledge to bring it into your world. And even as you grow more powerful, even as you grow more capable, you're always looking for the ways that you're wrong. You're always looking for that next piece of information. You are always focused on how you can get better and you really open yourself with the humility that most people cannot bring into their world. They cannot accept any vision of themselves as anything other than a master.

26:02But the master is the one who's trapped. The master is the one who calcifies. The master is the one so brittle they break. But the student, the student is always willing to learn. The student is looking for that opportunity. The student is trying to be around people that know more than they know so that they can learn so that they can become more powerful so that they can close their eyes. Imagine a world and then open their eyes and make that world come true. And at the end of the day, that should be the sole aim of your life is to have something that you want to bring to this world that you are going to be relentless about acquiring the skills that are going to allow you to do that. The only way that you're going to be able to get there is to drop your ego and recognize there's power in knowing nothing when your pursuit is to learn everything.

27:03I've enjoyed convincing you that you're nothing. You're never going to be nothing. You came from nothing and you'll never get out. You'll never be loved. You'll never be happy. You'll never be blessed. You'll never be free. You'll never get yourself together. You will never be nothing. I've been showing and attacking him. As long as you stay over there and this stays over here, everything will be alright. But the moment you try to break away from where you came from and take over new territory, that's when all hell breaks loose in your life. What you frightened and start with you, go back in your family. That devil's been in that territory for a long time. He doesn't want to leave the region. That devil isn't interested in you. He's interested in your territory. He's interested in your region. He's after your turf. He's after your stuff. There's something that you have that he wants and he doesn't care about you.

28:06He said, I can use her. I can use a pig. I can use a goat. I can use a dog. I can use her sister. I can use his brother. I can use somebody close to them. It's so like somebody else in here has some lion voices. Push him in your ear, tell him what you can't do it. What you can't be and what you can't have. And if you don't do it with me, it can't be done. That devil is alive. You need to abort every voice that said. You can't do it. You can't have it. You can't be it. You'll never get up. You'll never suffer. The devil is alive. A poor, dead thing. Push it out. Or it ain't going to be no only for your fate dancing around. Or no other. I'm a bitch. I'm a kick you in your eye. I'll fight like a wild animal. I didn't come this far to let you take my stuff. You have accepted some things as normal and adjusted your way of life to accommodate

29:07something that was never meant to be. If you don't possess what's yours, the enemy will possess your life. See when you start running from one thing, you're going to keep running from everything. That's why you need to stop running and face whatever you got to face and deal with whatever you got to deal with. Because if you run from favor, you're going to run from the serpent, you're going to run from the lords, you're going to run from life, you're going to run from responsibility, you're going to run, run, run, run, run. Where are you going to stop running? This is a marching legion of enemies that are coming against you to bring you down. You think I'm a roll over and play dead? Why you take over my stuff that devil in the rock? I will fight you, not only no fancy fight. I mean, I'll crawl and kick and scratch and bite your nose.

30:11I'll fight you when he got the message was in there and I's not less with you. When he got the message of your sister, not even after you. But I came to serve notice on the devil and they, it stops right here and long to fight for the territory. Somebody who's in a fight, give God a praise right now. And as long as you were a spectator, the devil was alright with that. But the moment you start raining your health and wash up in dust, all hell breaks loose. Do you hear what I'm saying? Do you hear what I'm saying to you? You gotta hear this. You mean you just gonna sit there and let the enemy take your stuff?

31:13You do recognize you're in a fight. See because most church people don't know that they're in a fight. They've been saved but their mentality is so carnal that they just think stuff happens. Nothing just happens. Everything came from somewhere. Everything had a genesis. Everything had a beginning. It didn't just happen that they were sent against you. It was sent against you. I don't care what the doctor says, what the nurse says, what the bookkeeper says. They're come. I don't care what you read in the Wall Street Journal about the economy. The devil is alive. That spirit was sent. And you sit in my bed with your breast up self. I can like well, then whatever happens happens. The devil is alive. The devil is alive. You have accepted some things as normal and adjusted your way of life to accommodate something that was never meant to be.

32:18You mean you just gonna sit there and let the enemy take your stuff? Take your life, take your family, take your son, take your daughter, take your brain. Get you, just go lay back and let him have your job, have your influence, have your business. You just go hand in over without a fight. You're not gonna fight a nothing. You're not gonna spare your warfare. You're not gonna fight in the spirit. You're not gonna go into the end. You're just gonna let it in the head. You're a territory. You better fight for your territory. I don't get what it is. Your legs, your arms, your toes, your kids, your company, your finances. I don't get what it is. You gotta fight for your territory. You have to fight to keep your eyesight. You have to fight to keep your energy. You have to fight to keep your movement. I mean, you have to fight for stuff that you used to take from where to. God, do you hear what I'm saying? I'm gonna tell you I will fight.

33:19Don't you think for one minute that I won't fight? Don't you think I won't fight? Just come on, 12. Don't mean I won't fight. David was a boy when he killed the lion. Don't let the fat fool you out. I'm fat but I'll fight. I'm grayheaded but I'm fat. I'm a woman but I'll fight. I'm an old man but I'll fight you right now. Yeah, oh my God, I mean I'll fight you right now.