The Truth About Dark Motivation | ReWire 1862
The Hardcore Closer Podcast
Ryan Stewman
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
The last time I got out of prison, I was coming out with no money.
All of my money was gone.
Assets, too.
I got a "Dear John" letter in prison.
I had set up my wife for success in my mortgage business where she wouldn't have to stress about money.
She had a good paying job and I had rental assets to keep her afloat.
She ran off with the landscaper and sold all my shit.
Burned through all my savings.
Ground zero never hurt so bad. A wasteland of despair and emotional, spiritual, mental, and financial damage.
I had to rebuild all over again.
By myself as I had many times before in my life.
But I used dark motivation to do so.
And here's what I know........sometimes our enemies are sent to be our motivation, but over time, as you level up in your life, your motivations will change.
They'll become lighter at every level of accomplishment and success you attain.
Don't allow yourself to continue to be surrounded by those who you use as motivation.
Dark motivation creates more darkness through intention.
This is why its important to stay surrounded by good people, with good intentions.
As you become more successful, people will want to be your friend, but don't be too quick to take them in; that's not your job.
Take time to get to know them.
Learn what they're about.
Insulate yourself with high-vibrational people with killer intuition.
Over the course of your life, you'll see what drives you and motivates you will change in every season.
It could be wanting a new house, new friends, more business, a bigger company, or a better relationship with your family and loved ones.
Whatever it is, use light motivation over darkness. That which you use to motivate yourself manifests.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rewire podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm your host, Ryan Stumann, |
| 0:03.7 | and I'm here to rewire your mind for success. |
| 0:07.3 | You were put on this planet for success. |
| 0:09.8 | You were created to succeed, |
| 0:11.7 | but the force of average is after you every single day, |
| 0:14.8 | my brothers and sisters, |
| 0:16.0 | and this podcast is the one thing that's designed |
| 0:18.9 | to help you fight the force of average and excel in every |
| 0:22.1 | area of your life. We're glad that you're here. People have often asked me over the years, |
| 0:27.2 | Ryan, well, what motivates you? And honestly, that's changed over the years. My favorite part of |
| 0:32.9 | motivation was when I had the dark motivation, that deep dark motivation. |
| 0:38.3 | Guys, when I came out of prison, I lost my wife to the landscaper, the dude that, |
| 0:45.3 | that he had a successful landscape in business, but like literally the dude that his company mowed the yards of my rental properties |
| 0:52.3 | that I procured with my wife and now I'm getting out |
| 0:56.6 | of prison. No wife, no money, nobody to rely on. Dark ass place. Dark ass place. And guys, |
| 1:06.0 | ain't no joke. It's hard. Hard to get laid when you ain't got no money, no car, you're divorced, fresh out of prison. |
| 1:12.5 | That's not what women look for on a dating resume. |
| 1:16.5 | And I had this dark motivation that I just need to fucking win. |
| 1:20.5 | I just need to win and prove to anybody who ever doubted me, ex-wife included, landscape |
| 1:25.7 | guy included, they doubted the wrong motherfucker and I'm |
| 1:29.5 | going to win no matter what. And I was motivated in that dark fucking way for a decade, a decade. |
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