Have you ever been put in a position where you didnโt think that you had the strength to carry on. You must never give up. You felt a sense of weakness.
You weren't clear about exactly what was necessary for you to get to where you needed to be. Never means under no circumstances do you give yourself permission to stop. I mean, it might cross your mind, you might be tempted, but you never give in to the temptation to quit.
All quitting is, is a temptation and you gave into it. There is always an upgrade tied to your pain. Your tears have not been cried in vain, your effort is not in vain.
So when you encounter a major setback, if you encounter a major roadblock say to yourself, wow something huge must be on the way. You didnโt understand why all of these things were pulling you down. You didnโt realize that you were all by yourself in this particular situation not realizing that you needed something to electrify your ideas to give you a sense of hope, to give you some recognition that work needed to be done.
Quitting first starts as a thought we all get that thought it comes across your mind, "Iโm tired" "I should quit" We all get those thoughts itโs not just you but in order to finish you got to be able to take those thoughts captive, you got to be able to talk yourself into it and stop talking yourself out of it. Man, "Iโm tired, I should quit" thatโs when you talk yourself out of quitting. Elevation requires patience and endurance because it often comes packaged in the form of pain as you get closer to your breakthrough it may begin to look like everything is falling apart.
This is the time that you must wake up and realize that giving up is not the option that you must take. You got to have that mindset that quitting is not an option. Give up?
Who me? Never. Stop?
Who me? Never! Thatโs for the next guy, thatโs for the next girl but not me, why?
Cause I donโt quit, that ainโt how I do it that ainโt how I roll. I never give up. You must understand that there will come a time in your life that circumstances are going to challenge you no matter what you do but you must never give up.
Donโt let the obstacles discourage you and make you believe that itโs not meant to be. Pursue when itโs hard, pursue even when it would make more sense to give up. Not you champ, you ainโt the one.
Not you kid, you ainโt the one to quit. Giving up is not what you do. You got the wrong one here baby until you believe that, until you feel that until you live that we got work to do.
You see, quitting is a mindset. Quitting is a mentality. If you quit enough, if you quit all the time you build a reputation of quitting.
And people get confidence in your track record and they will bet against you. He wonโt finish, she wonโt finish you know him, he always quits. But not you, we got to flip the script.
There is purpose within you but you must never give up. What they should say is you know him, he is relentless. You know her, she is relentless.
You know them, they are tenacious. Just because itโs hard doesnโt mean it canโt be done. Yes, youโre going to face some challenges but you are an overcomer.
So donโt you dare sit there and drown in self-pity. Yes, Iโm talking to you you might feel stuck, you might feel trapped but if you look for a solution I promise you will find it. I understand that itโs gonna get tiresome sometimes.
I understand youโre going to feel like quitting. I understand you want to give up and youโre going to want to say you donโt have it anymore but Iโm here to let you know that you got to rise up and you got to continue to push forward and you got to walk down that path and if you get down, get back up and if youโre feeling alone youโre not alone for very long. You have got to find the inner peace within you because it has yet to be awakened.
When you finish my friend you will be celebrated. When you finish my friend you will get your reward. Your prize is waiting on you, your fans are waiting on you, your respect is waiting on you, the admiration is waiting on you to finish.
The race is not given to the swift or the strong but those who endure to the end. You know itโs easy to smile and feel excited about your future. When everything is going the way you want it to go but your endurance is not tested on the mountain itโs tested in the valley.
So how do you handle dark moments? You are going to walk down this long path and this path is the unknown and a lot of people are not ready for the unknown. Many people are looking for the way out instead of looking for the way in.
When they turn you back and push you back and tell you that you canโt go on because you donโt have what it takes. When you start to feel empty inside when you're starting to feel that youโre drained, when you're starting to feel that you are depleted never give up. When we look at your tombstone my friend they gave the date you were born and theyโre gonna put the day you expired.
And the dash is what weโre talking about right now. The dash is what youโre gonna be known for, the dash is whatโs gonna be honoring you. Can I ask you right now, how hard are you working on your dash?
Your respect is in your dash. Your wealth is in your dash. Your dreams have to happen in your dash.
On your tombstone weโre gonna know what year you were born, weโre gonna know what year you expired but we gotta know whatโs in your dash. By how you live, weโre going to know whatโs in your dash by how you think. Weโre going to know whatโs in your dash by how you execute as long as thereโs breath in your body you got to work on your dash.
Faith moves mountains. Many people donโt have enough faith, many people donโt believe in themselves so you hold on to giving up. Donโt be that person, donโt be the one that wants to quit, donโt be the one that wants to say itโs over.
Itโs never over. If youโre living right now, if youโre walking above the ground it is not over. Are you willing to work for it?
Are you willing to fight for it? Are you willing to have people think that you have lost your mind because you refuse to quit? You canโt give up on your dream just because your journey is frustrating you.
I know the power of enduring, I know the power of following through, I know the power of persistence. Embrace the challenges, embrace the struggles, embrace the pain and rise above it. Carry on the torch with your head up, never looking down.
Right now, you got to get in shape physically and mentally for your moment, for your opportunity, for your window of opportunity is coming success requires your focus. Success requires your heart. Success requires your passion.
Never give up on your purpose. Never give up on your opportunities. Never give up on living your life.
Be strong each and every day. Your biggest problem, you might be thinking, well, I ainโt in first place, Iโm in last place. So, sometimes you just gotta finish and let that be your victory.
You can come back later and worry about what place you came in or what the score was. Sometimes the finish IS the victory. You got to understand that, you got to get that, you got to receive that because every year weโre going to get better, every year weโre going to build, every year weโre gonna stack success on top of one another.
I donโt care what your background is, I donโt care what your story is only you know your story, only you know your journey but you gotta make sure you understand how this thing is made. If you want to give up give up on quitting, give up on excuses, give up on I canโt, give up on trying and just go after it. Go hard, go strong, never give up, never quit.
This time is yours own it, live it, be it and hold on to it with everything you got. Youโve come too far to give up now. And as long as you never quit, as long as you never give up you got one fan in me and I will always clap for you because the victory goes to those who finish.
The victory goes to those who never give up.
