Arise Now

Why is it so important to get up early? Some of you don't want it that's why you ain't got it. I don't sleep when I'm tired,I sleep when I'm done. The average millionairewakes up at 4 AM So it started off 4 o'clock in the morningI would start, I start with my cardio then I'd have breakfast and then I wouldgo to the gym and then I go to work. Some of you all have no ideawhat 4 AM looks like. Why would you not wake up at 4:30? Because you're too busy sleeping in I'm pretty sure I wake upearlier than all of you. We don't sleep when we're tired,we sleep when we are done. Too busy hitting the snoozebutton multiple times. Excuses sound best tothe person that's making them up. And if we can really be honest some of you all don't even goto bed until it's about 4 AM if you can get up beforethe rest of the world is awake, right Before the enemy is awake you get so much done,you're so much more productive. Stop feeling sorry for yourself,wake your ass up. And they ask me,why are you up so early? Take responsibilityto make your life happy.

 Awaken the beast inside Wake up at 4 AM So I begin to tell myselfthere must be a reason. When you have something to do,when you have someone to love when you have somethingto look forward to, you get up in the morning. See people who have something to lookforward to, don't need an alarm clock because they have a reason for being. If you want to have oneof the best lives in the world which is you live on your terms? You have to pay your dues to get there. You've decided that you're not goingto allow your circumstances to define you. 

 If you want more freedom in your life,you have to have more discipline. If you do what is easyyour life will be hard but if you do what is hard your life will be easy. You decided that you're not goingto go through life being a whiner being a complainer that you're going to take responsibilityfor what it is that you want to create the greatest ability that God has givenhumankind above the animals is the ability to choose. I'm not going to sit here and tell you life is going to be Ron HowardHappy Days everyday it's not going to be that way. Matter of fact, it's probablygoing to be the opposite You see the enemy is going to throw everythinghe has in his toolbox at you. 

Now he can't stop you himself but his objectiveis to get you to stop you. This message is for the struggle For all those going throughtrials and tribulations. People in this world are going to fool you disappoint you turn their back on you the closest around youare going to give up on you. And when things hit the faneverybody is gonna run you gonna look aroundand you will be all alone. I'm just keeping it real with you because somebody out thereneeds to hear what I'm saying. This ain't no motivational video man this is life. This ain't no game to me and I knowwhat you're going through And I going to speak lifeinto you, right now. Nothing, listen to me nothing can stop you God will never leave you nor forsake you and that is all you need. There's a power inside of you that you can only discoverwhen you are truly alone. Just as the waves on a beachshore come in and out people will do the samerelationships are like music and you should nevermake music with anybody who doesn't understand,appreciate and value your lyrics. Sometimes, you just gotto let these people go you got to know your worth. Sometimes you just gotto let these people go. You got to stop chasing peoplewho don't appreciate you. Sometimes in this life champion, you gotta remind the worldjust who you are And you don't do this by tellingthem with your mouth You tell them with your actions You make your actions speak loudand proud to who you are. Don't let the world convince youthat you're nobody. You're somebody whojust don't know it yet. 

You hear what I'm saying champion, I'm speaking to the champion in you Rise champion I'm here to talk to you about I'm here to talk to youabout compromising your life when are you going to stopcompromising your life for what everybody else wants you to do? It is your life. Stop trying to sit thereand trying to impress everybody. Stop trying to be everybody's friend,stop trying to make everybody's day. If you want to do that then you shouldgive out lollipops and candy. But that's not what life is made of,that's not what life is about. Your life is about takingfull advantage of your happiness and it's just that it is your happiness. Stop compromising your lifefor other people. Do not let anybody tell you what, where, whyyou should love or like something just go out there and do it. Stop compromising your life for people whoreally don't care if you succeed or fail. And that's a fact. You have to be willing to stepoutside of your comfort zone go out there and tackle obstacles,goals that you want to achieve not your mom, not your dad not your girlfriend, not your brothersand sisters, not your kids. You got to do what you want. You will not be a good father,you will not be a good husband you will not be a good wifeif you are unable to love yourself. You have the same 24 hoursthat the billionaire has. 

You have the same 24 hoursthat the bum has. What are you going to do with your time? Enough is enough, man! I'm sick and tired of it. Stop compromising who you arefor everybody else I am no longer shy, broken, weak because you gave me belief. You can achieve anything you want because now you believe it. I am no longer a sheepliving in disbelief. This belief that I'm not great,that I'm not strong that I'm not worthy of this greatness. I'm amazing, I'm phenomenal,I'm capable of all things so are you. Often times, we like everyone indicatingwhat's valuable in our lives. it's because of you, I now see the light. You're a double force of nature I even control my own destiny I hold the pen that writes my own story. I come to you vulnerable,you give me armour that makes me invincible. You're no longer allowed to ask why why me? you now say try me this wisdom shall set you free. Free from the chains that hold yourimagination, your greatness captive. Anything you put in front of meI shall break down, I shall destroy you have the powerbestowed upon you, to be great. You now have no excuse not to be great not to be amazing you own the gift ofgreatness in your heart when adversity hits you, get back up. You're no longer weak,you're no longer misguided. Shy, broken, lost, vulnerable you are confident, you are focused,you are strong you are invincible. Now you have the power and this is why I come to you. Most people don't reach theirdream not because of failure most people don't live theirdream because they give up you see it's not the failure that stops us but that most stoppedat their first failure. Those who succeed don't stop at one failure they don't stop at ten failures they don't stop at a hundredor a thousand or a million they say "this is my goal, and I willdo whatever it takes to achieve it I will learn the lessons from any failures I will learn faster, I will workharder, I will work smarter and I will not quituntil my dream is a reality" That's the difference betweensuccess and failure. Failure is a massive part ofbeing able to be successful You have to get comfortable with failure,you have to actually seek failure failure is where all of the lessons are you know, when you go tothe gym and you work out you're actually seeking failure, you want to take your musclesto the point where you get to failure because that's where the adaptation is, that's where growth is. Successful people fail a lot, they fail a whole lot morethan they succeed. They extract the lessons from the failure, and they use that the energy and they use the wisdom to comearound to the next phase of success. Gotta take a shot, you have to liveat the edge of your capabilities you gotta live where you'realmost certain you're gonna fail the reason for practice,practice is controlled failure you're getting to your limit, gettingto your limit, getting to your limit you can't lift that, you can't do that until you get to the point that all ofa sudden your body makes the adjustment and then you can do it. Failure actually helps you to recognize the areaswhere you need to evolve.

 So fail early, fail often, fail forward. Failure makes winners stronger, failure makes winners hungrier but it makes most give up it makes most feel worthless. Winners don't enjoy failure but they would never let failure stop them. Next time you encounter failure you got to remember every greatthing on this planet is here because the creator learned what did work but learned more from what did not work. When we are kids, we don't stop at failure when we first learn to ride a bike,it's failure after failure we get knocked down time after time but we get up and push forward, It's so we'll achieve ourgoal of riding the bike but then, we get old andmost of us get weak we are too soft to get back on the bike. We come up with excuses it must not be for me! No, you just soft no, you just lazy. Tell yourself the truth get back on the bike learn why you fail and make sure you don't fall again make sure you are strongerfor having the lesson. You know it's alwaysa little bit frustrating to me when people have a negativerelationship with failure. Fail early, fail often, fail forward. Sometimes your life won't turn outhow you plan it. It turns out how you work for it. How you wake up and you chasethat dream every single morning. It's what you give your timeand your energy to that takes you to the next level. You see... I witnessed the death of my mother. The death of my grandfather. The incarceration of my father. And still I stood. Because when I walked in thoseprojects, I realized one thing I realized this, that my dreamnever lived down there. I realized that everythingI ever dreamed of lives in the sky and I must jumpevery single day. To go reclaim what's mine. And that's royalty.