New Hustle

Inspiring, more impressive how motivational one minute can be.  The message is plain and simple -- everybody get’s knocked down, what determines where we go when the unfortunate situations occur determine the character and fortitude of our selves.

In a race to the finish, often times it’s not the one with the most talent, but the one with the most heart that gets the gold.  Just watched The Matrix trilogy on TV, probably my 85th time.  It’s the ability of the heart to force the mind to direct the body to perform amazing feats and accomplish anything -- if it’s wanted, or for better words of the heart -- loved badly enough.

To stay at the top of our game, we can expect to be knocked down -- it’s the only way we can dig in and find that renewed determination to succeed.  No matter how far we’ve fallen, or what we should have done -- all that matters is the present and what we do from here on out.

Taken straight from the Nike YouTube site:

From Lance Armstrong on his bike, to a six-year-old in China learning martial arts, movement is the universal language that connects us all. It’s a language of beauty, drama, tragedy and triumph. And the road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure.

“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at. Everybody gets knocked down, how quick are you going to get up?”

Nuff said, awesome commercial.  Enjoy, share, show some love.

“Success builds character, failure reveals it” -Dave Checkett

‘Perseverance of a rebel’

I think failure is the most underrated element that will be necessary for the millennial generations’ growth. The culturally accepted thinking is to learn from others mistakes so you don’t go down the same path – I just don’t think all of us grasp this for one reason or another.

Here’s the thing – while there are many self-motivated, prototype “A” personalities that seemingly know what they want with their life and let nothing stand in there way – there’s a lot more that aren’t.

I used to wonder why I couldn’t just flip the ’study’ switch and engross myself in material that bored me to death.

I’ve failed, I’ve failed and I’ve failed – and I realize now – this is why I will succeed beyond anything anybody would ever expect from me.

I’ve come to realize, we’re all very different people. How one person learns is so different from another – and this is why failure is an essential ingredient in the recipe of the next generation’s success.

We will only fail so many times before we finally realize we’re holding ourselves back from realizing our ideal self – maximizing all of our potential for the empowerment of our generation.

If you can take nothing else from failing, remember:

No matter how hard you have fallen, how many times you have fallen or how many people you have disappointed – you have walked on ground that the average individual wouldn’t even think about running on. For this reason – you, and you alone, know the depths of the emotional pain associated with your failure. For this reason – you, and you alone, can relate to and help others who fell just as hard. For this reason – you, and you alone, can be the light for the rest of the world to see that it is possible to get up, dust your shoulders off, keep your head high – and be that much more determined to succeed.

So take heart – no matter your situation – no matter the degree of your failure (believe me when I say I’ve been to some really dark places) – you can overcome.

To quote a law of attraction practioner, Bob Proctor:

We fall to learn to rise and succeed … Failing is the natural ingredient of each personal growth. It will make you respect yourself because you will experience the hardships of personal growth in a way, average people would not dare.