Can't Hurt Me

Ditch the victim’s mentality forever

Repetition will callous your mind

If you do your job to the best of your ability, this will hurt

Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done

just because you believe something doesn’t make it true

I had a damn good excuse too

we all make habitual, self-limiting choices

Motivation changes exactly nobody

The bad hand that was my life was mine, and mine alone to fix

So I sought out pain, fell in love with suffering, and eventually transformed myself from the weakest piece of shit on the planet into the hardest man God ever created

you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability

What you said is true for most people, but not 100 percent. There will always be the 1 percent of us who are willing to put in the work to defy the odds

anybody can become a totally different person and achieve what so-called experts like him claim is impossible

but it takes a lot of heart, will, and an armored mind

But it is up to you to equip yourself for the battle ahead

Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability

hold yourself accountable, push past pain, learn to love what you fear, relish failure

Human beings change through study, habit, and stories

the evolutionary algorithm, one that obliterates barriers, glimmers with glory, and delivers lasting peace

It’s time to go to war with yourself

Fight or flight can be a great tool when you’re in danger because it amps you up to battle through or sprint from trouble, but it’s no way to live

Look, everybody learns in a different way and we’re gonna figure out how you learn

That I needed to solve the same problems over and over again in a different way to learn, and she knew that took time

I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance

Give your pain shape. Absorb its power, because you are about to flip that shit

You will use your story, this list of excuses, these very good reasons why you shouldn’t amount to a damn thing, to fuel your ultimate success

Malcolm X became my prophet of choice

None of this shit is gonna cut it! No more taking the easy way out! It’s time to grow the fuck up!

It’s on you

Merry fucking Christmas. Nobody is coming to save your ass!

Nobody! It’s up to you!

get loud, and get real. I set goals, wrote them on Post-It notes, and tagged them to what I now call the Accountability Mirror, because each day I’d hold myself accountable to the goals I’d set

Shave your head every morning!

Wash all dishes!

that negativity you’re feeling is your internal desire for change, but change doesn’t come easy

I was raw because that was the only way to get myself right

there was no denying the truth, and I delivered it hard

I had to own it in the raw because the only way we can change is to be real with ourselves

Tell yourself that you need to get your ass to work because you’re falling behind in life!

The dirty mirror that you see every day is going to tell you the truth every time, so why are you still lying to yourself?

Tell yourself the truth! That you’ve wasted enough time, and that you have other dreams that will take courage to realize

Call yourself out!

Nobody likes to hear the hard truth. Individually and as a culture, we avoid what we need to hear most

If any of that shit is stopping you from excelling in life, I’ve got some news. You are stopping you!

You are giving up instead of getting hard! Tell the truth about the real reasons for your limitations and you will turn that negativity, which is real, into jet fuel

There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That’s why it’s okay to be cruel to yourself as long as you realize you’re doing it to become better. We all need thicker skin to improve in life

we need to shift our present and open up our future

being liked and acting cool were a waste of my time

Mind you, the rest of my progress could not be described as a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it metamorphosis

the only reason I didn’t become just another statistic is because, at the last possible moment, I got to work

I woke up before dawn and started going to the YMCA most mornings at 5 a.m. before school to hit the weights. I ran all the damn time

One night I ran thirteen miles

I owned that fucking street

I brainwashed myself into craving discomfort

facing myself, motivated me to fight through uncomfortable experiences, and, as a result, I became tougher

being tough and resilient helped me meet my goals

Nothing was as hard for me as learning

I had to read a text book and write each page down in my notebook. Then do it again a second and third time

I developed an obsession for learning

Living with purpose changed everything for me

studying and working out gave my mind so much energy that hate flaked from my soul like used-up snake skin

I looked at the people who were making me feel uncomfortable and realized how uncomfortable they were in their own skin

when you have no confidence it becomes easy to value other people’s opinions

Because if I was gonna kick their ass in life, and I was, I had way too much shit to do. Each insult or dismissive gesture became more fuel for the engine revving inside me

It came from personal accountability which brought me self respect, and self respect will always light a way forward

Don’t massage your ego. This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!

Own it! It’s okay to be unkind with yourself in these moments because we need thicker skin to improve in life

you need to be truthful with yourself about where you are and the necessary steps it will take to achieve those goals, day by day. Each step, each necessary point of self-improvement, should be written as its own note

Whatever your goal, you’ll need to hold yourself accountable for the small steps it will take to get there

Self-improvement takes dedication and self-discipline

The dirty mirror you see every day is going to reveal the truth. Stop ignoring it