Embracing Difficulty: The Path to Personal Growth

The difficult path breeds growth; embrace challenges to transform into a stronger version of yourself.

### Embrace Difficulty: The Path to Personal Growth and Success
* 💪 "Go and take what you want. **Stop waiting on it.**" The speaker emphasizes the importance of **actively pursuing one's goals** rather than waiting for opportunities to come.
* 🧠 They reflect on their struggles with mental resilience and the need to **overcome psychological barriers** to achieve **personal growth**.
* 🏋 Drawing parallels between physical training and mental effort, they highlight that just as **muscles grow stronger through resistance**, so does the mind through **facing challenges**.
* 🔥 The speaker encourages viewers to change their mindset about difficulty, stating that "**when it is difficult, that is your green flag**," signaling that they are on the right path.
* 🚀 They assert that success requires effort, which many people are **unwilling to invest**, but those who are ready to **work hard can achieve anything**.
* 💥 The idea of "**committing psychological suicide**" is introduced as a necessary step to let go of the old self that equates **difficulty with failure**.
* 🌱 By embracing challenges and continuously pushing through them, individuals can **shed their old selves** and develop **new skills, habits, and traits** essential for growth.
* ❤ The speaker concludes with a passionate reminder to **choose the difficult path daily**, as it is **essential for transformation and success**.

go and take what you want. Stop waiting on it. Stop waiting for it to be handed to you. Go out and get it. I see this massive problem with today's society, and this held me back for so long, and it was the fact that, you know, I understood that it was going to take effort for me to get to where I wanted to be in life, and for this journey that I'm traveling, it was going to take effort. But I couldn't seem to push through the difficult mental blocks that I had, and the problem was I wasn't willing to commit psychological suicide. I would go in the gym all the time, and I was able to train hard, right? Because I was able to see myself get a pump. I was able to see the progress that I was going to be made, the progress that was going to be made. It was foreshadowed to me. But what I struggled with was the mental resilience that it took to move forward in my mind, and I think that that's a

huge epidemic today, right? It's the same way that when you're lifting weights and it burns, you're breaking down muscle tissue, and that is what builds back new muscle tissue after you've recovered. It's the same thing with cardio. When you're running and you've reached your the brink of physical exhaustion and your lungs start to burn and you're breathing super heavy, that burning sensation in your lungs is the signal for adaptivity. That next time you'll be able to get to that point and your lungs won't burn. That's why we say always train harder than you did before and you will continue to make progress. But where we get stumped is when that comes to the brain. When you sit down and you put effort into something, when you put effort into personal developing your mind, it's difficult and we've been taught that if we reach a threshold of resistance that that's not good. How do we not understand that when our brain gives us resistance, it's the signal for

adaptivity. If I sit down at my computer and I struggle to work for six hours and it starts to be difficult, I start to lose my attention span. I start to lose my focus. That is the signal for adaptivity that next time I might be able to focus for seven hours before I lose my productivity. I may be able to sit down and write for two hours straight. It's when you're starting out, you sit there, your brain procrastinates, the world tells you that you have ADHD and you just need to pop Adderall and Ritalin and Vyvanse, but you don't need that. You need to train your mind. You need to commit psychological suicide. I'm putting this short video up for you guys today because I've become infatuated with the fact that I felt like I lost so many years of my life just because I didn't understand this simple principle. I was focusing on all these goals. I wanted to get a Ram TRX. I wanted all these things, right? But I was focused on

the goal, and I wasn't focused on the effort. I wasn't focused on. I fantasized about the goal, and I didn't fantasize about the effort. But the current version of you, if you don't like where you are, you have to fantasize about the effort and not the end result. Because if you fantasize about the next time that you sit down and you try to work, the next time that you sit down and you try to put in effort, the next time that you face a difficult scenario, a difficult set of choices, if you fantasize about that difficulty and about proving to yourself every single time that you can put in the effort, that you can put in the work, that you are worth the outcome, the work will instill the worth inside of you. The one thing that I was missing for so long, and I am by no means perfect. I struggle every single day, but I have become obsessed, obsessed with those moments when I'm faced with a difficult choice and I have resistance, and it's not easy.

and instead of like the old me that I killed, the old me would have thought, This is difficult, so that means what I'm doing is wrong. That is not true, brother. When it is difficult, that is your green flag. That is the sign that the path you are traveling is correct. Every single time you travel the path of least resistance, it leads to destruction. The path of least resistance leads to destruction, and society has taught us, school has taught us, the education system, the media has taught us that when something gives pushback, that when something doesn't feel right, that it is not for you. That is the lie that you are being sold. The reason all of these things are difficult, the reason success is looked at and respected, is because people understand the effort that it's to get there, and a lot of people are not willing to put in that effort. But you are. You are. Go and take what is yours. Go and take what you know is yours. There is no more feeling sorry for yourself, waiting for someone to give you

permission. You have a brain. You are a conscious human being. You are allowed to go out and take what you want, so long that you worked for it, and you are worthy of getting it. If you put in the right amount of effort, you can achieve anything in this life, and no one can stop you. But first, you must commit psychological suicide of the version of you who thinks that difficulty equals the wrong path. Difficulty equals the right path you should strive for every single day. How many difficult scenarios, how many difficult situations can I be put in and overcome them? That will equate to your growth. That is your answer. Stop scrolling, stop searching, stop listening. If you abide by that one principle every single day, no one can stop you. You will continue to make progress for the rest of your life exponentially with no plateau. If you search for the difficult and you work through it with intensity, not just by going through the motions but with intensity, you can achieve anything that you put your mind to. But you must first kill off your old self. The reason it is

difficult is because that is the old you dying, and as you level up, there will be new levels that the current you is not great at, and you'll have to kill off that version of yourself to get better every single time. It's like shedding new skin to become a new person, to become a person who embodies new habits, new traits, new abilities, and new skills. You must shed and psychologically kill the old version of yourself. That is the only way to make rapid progress in this life. Short aggression talk for you guys today. I was doing my cardio, and I was in there for like 2 hours this morning, just getting it all out. I woke up this morning in such a negative state, and I'm coming on here because I needed this. I needed this when I was younger; I need this now. I constantly reinforced this in myself, and this is the biggest situation that is destroying men in today's society, is that we have been taught that the difficult path is the

wrong path, and I won't. I won't let it happen anymore. I will not let it happen, happen in myself and the people around me and my clients. I won't let it happen with any of my subscribers, any of my viewers, because I [ __ ] love every single one of you boys. Choose the difficult path every single day and commit psychological suicide. Be okay with the old version of you dying off so that the new version of you can be born. I love you boys. Stay aggressive.

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Success requires effort and commitment, but many struggle with mental resilience.

Physical challenges, like lifting weights and cardio, provide clear progress and adaptation, but mental development is often overlooked.

Resistance in the brain should be seen as a signal for growth, just like physical exhaustion is for the body.

Struggling to focus for long periods is a signal for adaptivity, and training the mind is more effective than relying on medication.

Focusing on the effort rather than the end goal is crucial for personal growth and productivity.

Fantasizing about facing difficult scenarios and proving one's worth through effort can lead to a stronger sense of self-worth and resilience.

Embracing Difficulty as a Path to Success

Difficulty is a green flag, indicating that you are on the right path, contrary to the common belief that it signals something wrong.

The effort required to overcome challenges is what makes success valuable and respected.

By committing to face difficult situations and working through them with intensity, you can achieve anything you desire and continue to make exponential progress in life.

Personal growth requires letting go of the old version of yourself to make room for new habits, traits, and skills.

This process of psychological transformation is essential for rapid progress in life.

The speaker emphasizes the need for a difficult path and constant reinforcement to overcome negativity and achieve personal development.

Choosing the Difficult Path for Personal Growth

The speaker is determined to avoid negative patterns in themselves and others, expressing love for their audience.

They encourage choosing the difficult path daily and embracing personal transformation.

The message emphasizes the importance of letting go of the old self to make way for a new version.