Overcoming Stress: The Journey to Personal Success

Success demands confidence and belief, not acceptance of a stagnant life.

### Overcoming Stress and Embracing Success: A Personal Journey
* 😓 Reflecting on the struggles of 2009, the overwhelming stress from bills, mortgage payments, and constant calls from bill collectors felt like **"hanging on by a thread"** during a tumultuous time.
* 💪 Despite the challenges, the experience became a **defining moment**, shaping **resilience and determination**, ultimately leading to **personal growth**.
* 🚫 Many individuals remain stagnant, accepting welfare as a metaphor for a **lack of passion and unwillingness to change their circumstances**.
* 🔧 Stress can be compared to a machine that breaks down when not properly maintained; **loosening the tight bolts and adding oil** allows it to function smoothly.
* 🏌 Life, much like a golf swing, requires a **relaxed grip to achieve success**; tightening your hold can **diminish your potential and hinder progress**.
* 🔥 Depression, likened to a wildfire, can **perpetuate itself** and is not alleviated by further negative feelings; it thrives in an environment of **shared misery**.
* 🚶 The path to success is often solitary, requiring **unwavering belief and confidence**, as many will offer **misguided advice motivated by their own insecurities**.
* 🌟 Ultimately, your journey toward success is yours alone, and it is essential to **remain steadfast in your pursuit**, despite the obstacles and naysayers you may encounter.

the cancers out there that will stop stop this from happening: stress, depression, and not believing in what you are, your confidence. Those three things will destroy any dream. Depression is like a wildfire; once it comes inside, it just grows forever, guys. Uncurable by more depression. You can't put those fires out with more depression. And oh, by the way, the path of depression has met with hundreds of people that will support that depression. So yeah, man, I'm depressed too, man. Yeah, it's okay, you know. I know how it is. And they sit around and they [ __ ] about their lives, and somehow they find some contentment because they're not the only one. Well, the path of success is very lonely. Very few people are down that path. Only you and your belief and your confidence can make that journey. Along the way, you're going to meet a lot of people. They're going to give you wrong advice. They're not going to want you to succeed because in your success, it's a shining star of their failure, and they don't want that.

but they don't want to get off the couch and make it happen either. They just want to keep on accepting the welfare check, and the welfare check, guys, isn't an actual government check coming to you. It's a metaphor for not having passion behind what you're doing in life, giving up on life, accepting the current situation as the best it can be. The stress, guys, is like a machine with the nuts and bolts too tight and not oiled right. It will break itself down; it can't keep functioning. When you loosen up the bolts, oil it, it's lubricated, it works wonderfully. A golf swing, my dad always says, a metaphor of life, and if he's watching this, he's probably laughing right now. If you grab that club too tight, the amount of club head speed is reduced. If you loosen up your grip in life, guys, you can generate faster club head speed, creating greater velocity on the ball, greater distance of success, and the shot in your life and what you're going for. If you're freaking out and you're

stressed out like I was in 2009 with all these taxpayers and everybody calling in and the bill collectors and then mortgage payments and then all these other things and you know electricity bills and they're gonna shut this power off so there's a oh my god what am I gonna do uh hanging on by a thread hanging on my thread test it to the ultimate degree I stayed alive I kept fighting I look back on that hour now as my finest if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be the person I am now.

Greg Plitt - Depression and Stress

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The Dangers of Stress, Depression, and Lack of Confidence

Stress, depression, and low self-belief can sabotage dreams and success.

Depression is likened to a wildfire, growing uncontrollably and finding support from others in a similar state.

The path to success is lonely and challenging, with many people offering wrong advice and resenting your progress.

Many people accept their current situation and lack passion, metaphorically relying on a "welfare check" instead of making changes.

Stress can build up and become overwhelming, but loosening up and finding balance can lead to better functioning.

A relaxed grip in life, much like in a golf swing, can generate greater success and distance in achieving one's goals.

The speaker reflects on a challenging time in 2009, dealing with overwhelming financial pressures from taxpayers, bill collectors, and mortgage payments.

Despite the stress and fear of losing power, they fought to stay afloat and ultimately emerged stronger.

This difficult period is now seen as a pivotal moment in shaping their character and resilience.