Episode Transcript

What’s up, guys? So today I’m gonna talk about grit. This is important, because really it’s the new year.

It’s 2025, couple things about that. Everybody tries to start fresh on the New Year, and whoever you were at the end of the last season is going to be who you are today. The guy that you chose to be, or the person you chose to be yesterday is going to be who you are today. And you can only build off of what you did yesterday. So but that’s not the point of what I want to talk about.

I want to talk about just last year, because last year was a huge, huge year for me. Personally, I’ve talked a lot about this with Andrew, and we’ve talked about a lot how it’s been one of the best years of our lives, but also the hardest years of our lives. And there’s times looking back over some of the period of last year where it felt like we grew like 10-20, years in moments, and it was honestly a couple months. And the reason why is because the iterations, the iterations of, oh, we gotta ship stuff. Okay, cool, learn ship. Cool learn ship. Cool, learn, improve ship, all of that.

And I’m saying that because when you’re in seasons like that that are stretching you and breaking you, those are going to be some of the most important seasons and timelines in your life. Those are going to be some of the most important moments in your life to really hone in to do what you need to do in order to move forward. And what I said at the beginning of this is you only build off the person in the man or woman that you were yesterday. Directly applies to this, because if you’re not gonna take advantage of the season where you get broken right?

And I’m talking about like everything you’re doing does not work your current level and your current wisdom, your current intuition, your current decision making process, and even sometimes the amount of character you have, because you’re tempted to break character, and to break your character, to be dishonorable, to do something that you know really violates your principles and morals. It’s those moments that actually allow you to grow and improve and become radically changed for the next season.

And it’s so interesting because so many of us want to avoid those moments. So many of us want to just avoid that process, and as a result, we stay in the failure, because in order to be the person that you need to be tomorrow to accomplish your dreams or goals means that you gotta change, and oftentime, change is going to come through hardship. It’s going to come through that refining fire. It’s going to come through that heat and pressure on your life that’s really needed to help you break the cycles and out of your current stage, and then to be able to overcome what is coming next and overcome the obstacles that you’re currently facing.

If the you of yesterday, was able to actually be where you want to be at the end of your life, you would already be there. For instance, if the me of today is what’s going to get me where I need to go, there’s not going to be much change left. But I know that’s not the case. I know there’s gonna be a lot more change in my life down the road. I know there’s gonna be a lot more problems, not problems really opportunities, but a lot more pressure to really break a lot more pressure to help change.

The best times in mine and Andrew’s life within business, the best times within our lives have constantly been really based around hardship when we’ve been strapped for cash. It’s forced us to be creative. When we’ve had more than we know what to do with and we’ve bit more than we can chew. It’s forced us to change and grow. And I want to be a type of person, personally, who doesn’t need pressure to grow, but will do it automatically. I’m not talking about just run to applied pressure, but my dad used to always say you can learn the easy way or the hard way, and learning the easy way will facilitate you moving quicker.

Sometimes you need hardship and pressure, though, to really, to really help you break out of hard spots, old mentalities and old mindsets and things like that, and to get you to change. However, if you really have a soft heart and a humble heart and have a position of humility, you can change, and you can really grow and move forward to become the person that you want to be in life. And I think it’s really cool, because all the opportunities that come our way, and I’m not talking about, like hardship, I’m not just talking about, you know, everything’s fine and dandy.

And it’s interesting how when I say opportunities, most people think easy, most people think simple, most people think enjoyable, whereas really, the true opportunities in life are where there’s hardship. The true opportunities in life are where there’s actual challenges and obstacles that are bigger than the current us can currently conquer and handle. And so there’s growth in front of us, and there’s change in front of us.

And when those opportunities come, those are the best times in our lives. Personally, that’s been the best time in mine and Andrew ‘s life. And I’m saying all of this because as you go through that stuff, there’s one thing that you need in order to really make it through grit. Cool. You’re not turning back. You’re just gonna hold on for dear life and keep fighting, keep swinging and keep getting back up when you get knocked down.

Anyways, guys, I’m out of time, so I’ll catch you later. Peace.