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IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE HARD | Marcus A. Taylor
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King supers, fresh for everyone, fuel restrictions apply. Sometimes it just gets hard. Let's be honest, it just gets hard, and you want to quit. You just want to check out. And I think in those moments that we've got to not only remember why we started, but we've got to get really clear on the anti-vision. And that anti-vision is what you do not want. I think we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. It is diligence and dedication and determination that separates the all-time greats from the one hit wonders. Do you want to do this thing one time? Or do you want to be notorious for winning over and over and over again? I know you're tired. I know you're ready to quit. I know what it feels like to be exasperated. Then you can't even see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. And if it showed up, you would ignore it. I know what that feels like. I need you to wake up in this new day, in this moment, and seize. The opportunity you are alive for a reason. Someday, at some point in your life, you're going to be able to look back and say, "Man, I'm so glad I didn't quit." And not only you, but somebody else is waiting to walk up to you in your near future and say, "I was watching you the whole time." It doesn't matter how broken, how weary and devastating you are right now. That pain will not last forever. At some point, it was a time. And when it does, discipline, resilience, fight, passion, power. So keep going because it's all worth it. You're going to be fully persuaded about anything. Persuade yourself to keep going. And the more that you influence you, you will influence the love. So keep going until you have won some small victory for humanity. I'm going to give you four rules that if you can obey, if you can make these rules a command, that I believe not only will the pain subside, but perhaps transformation could take place on the inside. Rule number one, there are no more zero days. And what is a zero day? A zero day is when you don't do a single solitary thing towards whatever your dream or goal is in his life. So I want you to make a conscious decision that there will be no more zero days. I'm not saying you've got to kill yourself, but the point I'm trying to make is that you need to promise yourself that your new program, your new system will be a life lived of no more zero days. This means that when the day is over and you look up and it's 1158 at night, you did something, no more zero days. And I don't care if it was one pusher, one sitter, one page of the book, you feel me? But just make a decision that there will be no more zero days. Let me tell you something you already know, there are enough people who have not believed in you. There are enough people who have walked away from you. There are enough people who told you you don't have what it takes. You don't measure up, you will not finish. Don't be the weapon that is formed against you. There are enough people that are counting you out. There are enough people that are saying you can't finish. Do not join them. Somebody somewhere believes in you, even if they're not close to you. Somebody is rooting for you to keep going. Somebody is hoping that you don't quit. They are believing that you will be the difference maker, the game changer in your family. Everybody wants to come back, but nobody wants to sit back. You can't have a comeback without a setback. You are going to experience loss. You are going to have seasons in your life when you're not going to understand why and how you got when you are. I don't care if it's one more push-up or one more sit-up or one more page in the book. Not today, present self. This one's for future me. I don't want to win one time. I don't want to be noticed one time. I don't want to make history one time. I want to do it over and over and over again. Do it again no matter how hard it was. No matter how much you cry and you sweat and you plan to do it again. Show me your habits and I will show you your future. It is what we do, the joy. It is what we do every single day that determines the measure of significance that we can deliver this life. The reason why we didn't win is because you gave up too soon. You took the exit too quickly. You are on the freeway to freedom. You are en route. You are following the instructions. You are following the coaching. Is the man that stays on the freeway in the middle of a traffic jam and does an exit that reaches the point of destiny? But if you get blessed to see another day, then you better scorch the earth with that beautiful light. Try harder. Reach higher. Run faster. Stand taller. Because you got more left in you. If we're honest, let's be honest today. You got more left in you. There's always another way, another approach, a different perspective, another angle that you can try, not just harder, but you can try differently. We all have those moments that we want to quit. We want to go into our world where we don't see the end game. And the target is not here. And we want to travel down the road with least resistance. Because it's in our nature to be attracted to what was convenient. What is familiar, what is important. But if you're listening to it, then you're already walking in a competitive advantage. Because you have hunger, you have anxiety. To listen to something that's going to personally develop you, and get you to the place that you've never been. It's so if you can hear my voice. It's time to stretch. It's time to press. It's your time. It's your turn. To reach higher, to leap farther, to run faster, to try again. I know you think it's over. You're exasperated. There's more left in that tank. Don't let anybody tell you you don't have what it takes. There is more left in your tank. Keep striving. If you quit, go back, dust yourself off, and try one more time. An official message from Medicare. 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