Why We Quit on Big Dreams (and How to Stop)

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Brendon Burchard

Education, Business, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	We've got to realize that the only judgment in our lives about our ultimate capabilities
0:07.1	potential really does come from within. It is your internal valuation of your self-worth
0:14.0	and your capabilities that drives most of your life if you're conscious, if you do your
0:18.8	self-improvement, your personal development work, your study of philosophy.
0:23.0	Otherwise, you start letting everyone else drive you and your life's agenda isn't even your own.
0:29.1	And so you veer off course. Beware of judgment. Beware of letting it knock down your persistence and your belief in yourself.
0:41.2	This aware of letting it knock down your persistence and your belief in yourself. This day's topic is about resolve, but most importantly, why most people lack it.
0:51.3	You know, you set that big goal, that big dream and you're so committed to it you resolve that
0:56.6	you're going to achieve it and you feel that internal will and spirit to chase it despite the
1:02.9	hardships of life but so many people quit they lack that internal strength of persistence
1:10.4	why well i think it's pretty straightforward.
1:14.3	For me, at least, after coaching people one-on-one for 20 years, I see the same thing.
1:20.4	I mean, I even see it in my own industry, you know. I work literally with life coaches every day,
1:26.7	coaching and mentoring them. Some of you know I even certify
1:30.1	the top coaches in the world through our certified high performance coaching program.
1:35.0	If you haven't heard about it, please someday visit growthday.com forward slash C-H-P-C. That stands for certified high-performance coaching. So growth-day.com for slash C-H-P-C. Lots of people say, I'm going to be a coach one day, and they don't do it. Lots of people say, I'm going to lose weight one day. They don't do it. Lots of people say, I'm going to be amazing in my marriage and they don't do it. What's happening?
2:02.0	Why don't we chase those bigger dreams?
2:04.5	Six reasons.
2:05.7	Number one, judgment.
2:08.9	Other people's opinions and judgments against us stall us out.
2:15.2	Why?
2:16.2	Because our ego's desire to belong, to be accepted, to receive the
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