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Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott

WHEN LIFE GETS HARD

Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott

Ben Lionel Scott

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 684 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 26 August 2023

ā±ļø 8 minutes

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Summary

Become a Member for ad-free listening, video versions and exclusive content: https://benlionelscott.com/subscribe — Amidst immense struggles, when life feels its hardest, the pivotal choice arises: to crumble or rise. Adversity defines us; a relentless spirit can transform darkness into triumph. You're the author of your path, either defeated by challenges or empowered to conquer them. Spoken by Jocko Willink. You can see more of Jocko Willink at instagram.com/jockowillink. The music is Darkness of Light by Secession Studios. You can see more of Secession Studios at thesecession.bandcamp.com.

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0:00.0

Some of you right now, you're in the worst pain you've ever been in. Your marriage is falling

0:07.8

apart. Your family is falling apart. That sickness in your life is getting worse. You've failed over

0:16.7

and over and over again. And you don't know what you're gonna do now and you reach a point

0:23.6

where you're not sure how you can possibly get out of this mess and it's not one thing that

0:28.8

breaks you it's everything it's everything you've been through all the years before

0:33.8

compounding together and just to find out that the things are never going to stop

0:41.2

coming at you that finally brings you to the point that you say I'm not sure if I want to get

0:47.8

up out of bed today if all I'm going to face is another fight and this is the point that can either make you or break you.

0:59.3

This moment right here can become your biggest turning point for the better, or the moment you lose everything.

1:11.2

The choice is yours of what it becomes.

1:14.3

You choose the outcome by your choices.

1:17.3

Do you give up or do you get up?

1:19.6

When you're in that hole and surrounded by darkness, you have to remember, this is not the end for you. You can still

1:33.7

change your circumstances. It doesn't matter what's happened, how much pain you've endured,

1:40.0

who's betrayed you, what's gone wrong? The only thing that matters right now is what are you going to do about it?

1:49.9

Things are always going to go wrong in life.

1:53.3

That's a part of it.

1:54.6

But you have to become more powerful to be able to push through those battles. Things won't get easier, so you gotta get stronger.

2:04.6

You have to find the reasons that make it worth fighting for,

2:09.6

because if you can find a why, you can get through anyhow.

2:12.6

If you're doing it for a car or a house, you will quit.

2:16.6

But if you're doing it for your family, if you're doing it for a car or a house, you will quit. But if you're doing it for your family, if you're doing it for your spouse, if you're doing it for what it represents about you, you can make it through anything.

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