25. Mental Toughness Is Not Optional
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In this episode of The Realists, I discuss the coronavirus pandemic and how people are reacting to it. I also talk about the self-development crisis in America and how it s affecting our mental toughness.
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told my teacher dumb bitch i'm gonna get millions watch this in the project living
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spoke it till existence mold changed to 50 got mold cost than did it i only weigh 180 but my
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watch cost 250 what's up guys this is andy frisella and this is the show for the realists
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say goodbye to the lies the fakeness and delusions of modern society and right now there's a ton of
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and welcome to motherfucking reality guys i have a whole lot i want to talk about today it's going
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to be a very uh important show before i get to the important part of the show i'm going to get to the
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most important part of the show which is the housekeeping section the housekeeping section
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produce this show and uh you know we want to get the message out there so you guys are been amazing
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about this and so i'm not like trying to say you aren't doing a good job i'm just asking let's step
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it up a little bit you know right now we're in a time of uncertainty where people need some leadership
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and they also need some laughs and they need some things to think about other than this fucking
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coronavirus let's be honest so uh do us a solid share the show anyway that was housekeeping now
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for the main event guys the truth is uh you know i haven't said much on social media recently
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because i'm pouring more into the podcast i've realized um that i enjoy doing this i enjoy doing
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the podcast because uh it allows me to say what i want to say in just a more transparent unfiltered
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manner and with more context and so i've been very quiet on social media other than me pointing out
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exactly what was happening on literally the very first day this was happening uh and and i was right
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what i said what happened has happened and i'm going to remind everybody of that until the day i die
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because i got blasted pretty hard for it but that's neither here nor there what i'm getting at
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is that you know i've been thinking for the last 10 or 12 years we've had a pretty stable situation
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in america for sure and sometimes the world and if you're old enough and not all of you are
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you can remember other things that have happened before and the 2008 economic crash
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um you know if you're a little older than 1980s inflation if you're a little older than that
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uh like vaughn you probably remember the 1970s energy crisis right we've been through a lot as
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as a country okay but not recently they're not the last 10 or 12 years we've had it pretty good
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and that's showing and how people are reacting to this whole scenario of this virus and this pandemic
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and to be honest it's pretty disappointing from my point of view and so i want to get into that
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and talk about something that's related to that topic you know the self-development narrative
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for the last decade or so which you hear me sarcastically criticize a lot
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has said the same things over and over again i feel like it's like
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the people who don't have shit to say are just saying the same shit that other people are saying
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they're telling you to meditate they're saying be kind they're giving you these positive sayings that
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you know if you really break them down they're meaningless okay and there's nothing wrong with that
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i don't think being positive is wrong if it's what you enjoy and the content you like to consume
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perfect but getting through hard times like this takes more than that a lot more
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it requires mental toughness which isn't popular to talk about because some people think that if you
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are to have mental toughness it means that you're cold it means that you're calloused it means that
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you know you're not a nice person it doesn't come across as something that people aspire to be
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because they feel like they have to trade their goodness to become tough and you don't okay
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mother teresa was one of the toughest people on the planet jesus is one of the toughest people that
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ever lived all right and you have to start thinking about mental toughness like that it doesn't mean
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you're sacrificing your goodness to become some hardened cynical or uncaring human it means you keep it
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real and you do the right thing no matter what it is that you said you're going to do and on top of
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doing the right thing it means that you follow through on what you say you're going to do
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regardless of what the circumstances are right now we have this virus and we have all these reasons to
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not do anything we're being told to stay home we're being told by the media as i addressed in a
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previous episode to recover and heal and don't get too ambitious during this time because that could
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really fuck you up right that's the world that we live in but guys i would like you to consider
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something i would like you to consider this being mentally tough becoming mentally tough is not optional
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to you having a successful a happy and a fulfilling life there are constantly going to be things that
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come across your presence and your perspective that are going to literally fuck up your entire world and
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if you can't handle those things you are going to live a life of ups and downs and chaos and feel
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completely out of control all the time mental toughness is not optional and this crisis has
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brought this to the forefront we can show you right now why mentally tough people are excelling and why
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not only are they excelling but why it's the right thing to do all right people around you they
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desperately need you to step up and be a leader your family your co-workers your bosses even the people
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above and below you are hungry for leadership okay right now we live in a world where everybody plays
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business that means they go out they get a business card they get a title they want to be a ceo and
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you know when things are good that's fine you can play business but the truth is is that in a crisis
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in times of uncertainty in times of pain in times of frustration in times of anger are the times that
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you literally prove whether you're an actual ceo or whether you're a fucking clown that's the truth
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if you only lead during good times you're essentially a worthless leader leadership is much more
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important in times like this than it is when times are good all right and this positivity that the people
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need right now is not the sweet syrupy fluffy care bear positivity it's the strong positivity it's the
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tough positivity okay one of the things about this crisis that's so great is that it's waking people
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up that life is not a playground it is not this idealistic playhouse that we all live in it's a
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fucking battleground and if you don't have a mentally tough perspective about going to battle every single
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day and winning these little wars that are your days you are going to have trouble dealing with
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crisis situations all right leadership has to be strong leadership is the right thing leadership is
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what we need and leadership is not you are enough that's not what it is okay you're not going to inspire
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anybody with self-care bath bombs and fucking positive affirmations in the morning positivity is a great
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thing but right now in times of frustration in times of stress you have to show people through your
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actions what it looks like to be gritty and self-reliant and someone who takes care of business no matter
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what the fuck is going on okay you've got to show some confidence you've got to show some swag you've
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got to show that you are a fucking badass who's not going to let situations crumble you and by doing so
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you now have a scenario where other people are looking to you and they're feeling hopeful all right
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people right now i've heard it they're talking about trump and they're saying oh well you know he hasn't
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been empathetic enough is that really what the fuck you want like are we being real do you really want
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someone up there who's crying and saying oh i'm i'm so upset about this whole scenario this is fucking
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terrible or do you want someone that says hey you know what this fucking sucks but you know we got this
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we have a plan we're going to execute the plan we're americans fuck the virus and fuck anybody else who
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stands in the way of us getting better we're going to do our business and we're going to what do you want
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okay what do you want because i'm going to tell you all day i want the fucking second guy i want the
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guy who's going to stand up and say hey motherfuckers we're going to fucking push through this that's what
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you want too you may not like trump you may not like whatever's going on but you will like good
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leadership and being a good leader is reinforcing things in times of crisis and saying hey motherfuckers
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we're going to push through and we're not going to push through with feel-good bullshit we're going to push
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through with our elbow grease our grit our determination our toughness and we're going to
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make this shit happen that's the kind of leadership that's needed in crisis not this coddling fucking
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poor me shit that we're seeing everywhere okay mental toughness is needed to impose a sense of order
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and certainty that the society needs and not just society as in everybody your fucking society your
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community this crisis has no doubt created a lot of chaos for a lot of people and when chaos hits
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average people panic average people want a greater sense of order and certainty they want a greater sense
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of security that's why people right now are susceptible to governments becoming tyrannical and we hear this
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all on the news right now people are talking about how the government's overstepping their bounds
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how people shouldn't be forced to do x y and z and you know what the constitution of america backs those
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complaints it just does but the reason this is happening is because people want certainty and
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security so fucking bad and they're not willing to step up with the toughness they need to provide
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the sense of order and certainty that we should have in our communities and in our direct ecosystems
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that's our job that's our job that's the job of the people it's the job of each and every one of us
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to become mentally tough that doesn't mean you were born mentally tough that means you can become
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mentally tough and it's our job to take control of our lives and show the next generation and the
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people that are coming behind us what grit and confidence and perseverance looks like through
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our actions not a bunch of whiny cry fear and panicking bullshit we are failing and upholding our
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obligation to the people that look at us right now as a society that's a fact all right if you want to
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look at every leader through the history of time every fucking leader every king every queen every
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president every general every famous movement every single thing all of them all of them from trump
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to jesus from fucking hitler to fucking mother teresa all of them no matter what their causes are
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we can argue the causes all day no matter what their causes are they aren't passive they take control
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this is how things happen and it's our job to make the right things happen you want to help stop the
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spread of the panic stop quoting self-care memes and step the fuck up and do everything that you need to
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do stop sitting there and waiting for someone to come fix your problem stop sitting there
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complaining about shit that you can't do anything about and start working on developing and becoming
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someone who can handle crisis and set an example for the people that are going to come after you
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and i know this is a hard concept to understand because all of us think fuck people look at me as a
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leader that's kind of weird we all feel that way but the truth is you all lead people all of you you
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might lead one person or you might lead a hundred people or you might lead thousands of people but you
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all have influence and by succumbing to this weak mentality of the sheep herd you are failing your
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obligation to the people that look up to you ultimately guys mental toughness during this time means
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winning every single day of this pandemic it means that what you do during this quarantine is exactly what
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you would do any other normal day of your life while everyone else is panicking you have to stay
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productive while there's chaos all around you you still have to uphold your obligation to yourself
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and your family and everybody else that depends on you including the goals you set for yourself
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you still have to wake up every day and think about what kind of life do you want what goals do you set
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for yourself what goals do you have for your family what goals do you have for your career
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lots of people have let themselves off the hook right now because they don't have to go into work
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so are you like this or are you one of the people who's still taking the time to dream and think and
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visualize and focus every single day it's a rhetorical question I want you to think about it
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you have to still wake up every day and cultivate a sense of gratitude you think this crisis means you
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don't have things to be thankful for you're stuck at home but guess what at least you have a fucking
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home most of you aren't totally alone you got people in your house you have more time on your
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hands that's a fucking gift you need to continue to create positive energy during this crisis through
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your actions and you do that by exercising your gratitude every single day just as if it were a
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normal day that's going to help build your mental toughness you still have to identify the critical
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tasks that are going to move you forward on these visualizations and goals okay the key to success
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doesn't change just because we're in a fucking crisis completing critical tasks leads to the happiness
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the fulfillment and the success that's going to contribute to your confidence which is going to
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help you become more mentally tough I've told you guys about the power list literally for years it's
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episode 107 of the MFCEO project it's in this feed go back and listen to it and listen to how to use it
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specifically don't become like one of these people who hears half of it and does it half-assed
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and then you know wonders why it doesn't work you got to do it exactly as it says don't let your ego
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take control of your fucking actions and start thinking that you're even in a place to customize
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a tool like this okay do it as it says and you're going to start to see the benefits all right so why
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is this so important to think about right now why is it important to cultivate mental toughness during
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this pandemic it's because ultimately guys it's what's going to bring this situation to a point where it's not
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only better for you but it actually has made you happier the reality is people set goals and dreams
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when things are good when things are pleasant when everything's okay that's when people do all these
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things we're talking about but when things get hard and scary they fucking throw that shit out the window
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and start thinking about what's on Fox News or CNN and when they do this they realize they were actually
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lying to themselves in the first place because their actions are not backing up the promises they
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made to themselves so then they lose self-respect they lose self-esteem they lose momentum they lose
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confidence they lose belief in themselves and you can't be happy when you don't believe in yourself
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when you don't respect yourself this pandemic is the perfect time to prove when you make promises to
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yourself you keep them no matter what it's the perfect time to say I'm not going to let any of this
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unforeseen bullshit factors derail my goals and dreams I'm going to continue to work and I'm going to follow
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through on what I want and when you do that you begin to create the framework of mental toughness you
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create grit you create fortitude you create determination you create self-belief you create
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confidence and what that ultimately does guys is it makes you feel like a fucking badass and guess
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what happens you earn happiness you earn fulfillment as a result of keeping the promises you make to
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yourself if you can learn this and you can be happy during this coronavirus pandemic you can find happiness
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at any time in your life and that's something I think that you guys should all stop and really think
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about how much of your life how much of your happiness how much of your fulfillment is dictated
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by circumstantial situations that you have zero control over listen I know that most of us weren't ready
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for a crisis like this but the truth is nobody could have expected it and anybody who says
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they expected they're probably in on selling the motherfucking vaccine okay let's be real but when
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you actively cultivate mental toughness in life it prepares you for these ups and downs the good times
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and the bad okay you need to use this time to go hard after mental toughness if you do that on some
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level you'll be ready for anything the rest of your life you guys should be looking at this just like
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you would look at your career just like you would look at your spirituality just like you would look
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at your fitness you should look at your mental toughness the same and dedicate time every day
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to build this quality that is going to fulfill you and create situations for you to actually be happy
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whether life is clear and fucking blue skies and clear sailing or there's a fucking hurricane going on
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in society everywhere you look it shouldn't matter your happiness your discipline your mental toughness
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is dependent on you and what you do and how you keep your word to yourself practice that on a daily
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basis and you're going to see your life improve in many many different ways all right this crisis guys
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it's a fucking test man it is a huge test there is a bunch of people out there right now that are
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going to look back at this crisis and say fuck you know what my life was going great i had everything
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going and then the coronavirus came along and it just ruined my life okay that's going to be a lot of
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people okay so you're going to be one of those people you're going to be one of those people who's
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passive one of those people who gives into the circumstantial forces around you and just molds
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and bends their life to fit that circumstance or are you going to be one of the people who is active
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who's aggressive who takes control who does what they can do and what they have to do to set a great
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example not just for themselves but for their families their friends their communities their employees
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their bosses and literally everybody that has a 360 connection to you okay those are your choices
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and i'm going to tell you right now if you're the kind of person who can stop right now and say fuck
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my life is a shit show but what i'm going to do is i'm going to control the things i can control i'm
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going to control my diet i'm going to control what i can drink i'm going to control my workouts i'm going to
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control what i do on a daily basis and what i read what i put in my brain and you start developing
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these these mentalities about how to function properly in a progressive way while the rest of
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the world is in chaos let me tell you something you're going to become the most bulletproof
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motherfucker on the face of the fucking planet because no one will ever be able to fuck with you
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again because it doesn't matter what's going on outside of your brain outside of your body you're
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in control and that guys is peace of mind that is where happiness comes from that is where fulfillment
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comes from that is where infectious confidence comes from those are things you want those are things
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that will exponentially benefit your life so if you're not working on them right now start
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told my teacher dumb bitch i'm going to get millions watch this in the project living down spoke it till
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existed while i i'm from where you can't trust so welcome