Your 'Feelings' Are Killing Your Dreams

The Dad Edge Podcast

Larry Hagner

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

How many times have you told yourself, 'I'll start when I feel more motivated?'

Stop lying to yourself. Motivation is a myth.

It's fleeting, unreliable.

If you're waiting for it, you're wasting your life.

This episode dismantles the motivation myth and reveals the true driver of action: DISCIPLINE.

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Larry Hagner cuts through the noise and delivers the hard truth:

Motivation is a lie; discipline is the only truth.
Successful men don't rely on feelings; they rely on action.
Small, daily wins create unstoppable momentum.
Your "why" is your fuel.
The 3-step process to discover a purpose that makes quitting impossible.

Here's why this works:

Studies show that discipline is a stronger predictor of success than motivation.
Small wins release dopamine, creating a positive feedback loop that fuels further action.
A strong "why" activates the brain's prefrontal cortex, enhancing focus and persistence.

This episode is a challenge: write down one thing you've been avoiding, and do it for just five minutes today. Stop waiting for motivation; start taking control of your life.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example
0:21.2	that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change
0:27.6	relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their
0:33.6	grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention,
0:40.3	passion, purpose, and direction.
0:43.7	We are the Dad Edge,
0:45.9	and we're here to change the game.
0:47.8	We're here to change the game.
1:12.6	I don't know. What's up, gentlemen? Welcome to April 2025. I've got a series plan for you guys every Friday in the month of April and it's overcoming.
1:18.3	I'm just not motivated, which by the way, if you're saying that to yourself, please find another excuse. After hearing all four of these Friday shows in the month of April, there will not be an excuse to be found as it relates to motivation.
1:26.4	So over this month, we are going to be talking
1:29.2	all things motivation as it relates to us as men, husbands, and fathers. So this first episode,
1:36.0	it's going to be why motivation is a lie, okay? And what actually really drives action. Make sure you
1:43.2	guys tune in next week because I'm going to be talking about why motivation
1:47.6	is a myth in fatherhood and why your kids actually need to see your consistency and not
1:53.1	your excuses.
1:54.6	Week three, we're going to be talking about how motivation won't save your marriage.
1:58.8	Only intentional action will.
2:01.6	And I'll be having,
2:05.8	I'll be sharing some insights with you on that one as well. And then finally, the last Friday and April, we are going to talk about how we build an unstoppable mindset where you don't feel motivated,
2:10.6	but you take action anyway because you lean into discipline. So all that is coming in the month of
2:14.8	April. So without further ado, let's just dive right into why is it that we always wait to
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