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0:00Let me tell you the truth,
0:02that no one else has the guts to tell
0:04you right now because they are too busy
0:06trying to [music] sell you comfort.
0:08They are too busy trying to sell you the
0:10shortcut,
0:11the hack, the easy way out. But you and
0:14I,
0:15we both [music] know the truth. Deep
0:17down in your gut,
0:19at 2:00 a.m. when the house is quiet and
0:22you are staring at the ceiling,
0:23you know it. You are wasting your life.
0:26Not all of it, but enough of it to
0:29matter. You are negotiating with your
0:31potential. You are making deals with
0:33your laziness.
0:34>> [music]
0:34>> You are telling yourself that you have
0:36time, that 2026 is a long way off, that
0:40you'll start next Monday, next month,
0:42next year. But look at the calendar.
0:45Look how fast the last 6 months
0:47vanished. They disappeared in a blink.
0:49And what do you have to show for them?
0:51If you continue doing [music] exactly
0:53what you are doing right now, if you
0:55keep waking up at the same time,
0:57>> [music]
0:57>> thinking the same thoughts, scrolling
1:00through the same screens, seeking the
1:01same cheap dopamine, where will you be
1:04when 2026 [music]
1:05actually arrives?
1:07I'll tell you exactly where you'll be.
1:09>> [music]
1:09>> You will be older. You will be more
1:11tired. And you will be filled with a
1:13poison called regret. Most people
1:15underestimate what is happening to them.
1:17>> [music]
1:18>> They think they are standing still, but
1:20in this life, there is no standing
1:22still.
1:23You are either climbing or you are
1:25sliding. You are either growing or you
1:28are decaying.
1:29>> [music]
1:29>> And right now, if you are waiting for a
1:31sign, if you are waiting for motivation
1:34to strike you like lightning, you are
1:36decaying. [music]
1:37Motivation is a myth. It is a feeling.
1:40It is the wind. It comes and it goes. If
1:42you build your house on the wind, it
1:44will collapse. You don't need
1:46motivation. You need a decision. There
1:48is a version of you
1:50>> [music]
1:50>> that is unstoppable.
1:52A version of you that commands respect
1:54when you walk into a room.
1:55>> [music]
1:56>> Not because you demanded
1:58but because your energy radiates
1:59discipline.
2:00>> [music]
2:00>> A version of you that doesn't need an
2:02alarm clock because your purpose wakes
2:04you up. A version of you that is
2:06physically dangerous, mentally
2:08bulletproof, and spiritually grounded.
2:11That version of you is waiting.
2:13But that version of you is demanding a
2:15sacrifice.
2:17The cost of your new life is your
2:18[music] old one. You cannot bring your
2:20excuses, your victimhood, and your
2:23comfort [music] zone into 2026. They are
2:26too heavy. You have to drop them.
2:28>> [music]
2:28>> So, how do we do it? How do we actually
2:31shift from average to exceptional? From
2:34lost to lethal? It starts with the
2:36mirror test. You have to stop running
2:39from the truth.
2:41We live in a world of noise.
2:43We are addicted to distraction [music]
2:45because silence is terrifying.
2:48Why?
2:49Because in the silence you hear your own
2:51thoughts.
2:52In [music] the silence you realize that
2:54you are not where you are supposed to
2:55be.
2:56I want you to go into a room
2:58>> [music]
2:58>> by yourself and shut the door.
3:01No phone, no music, no podcast, just
3:05you. And I want you to look at yourself.
3:08Not the image you post on social media,
3:10not the mask [music] you wear for your
3:12boss or your family.
3:13I mean the real you. The one who knows
3:16every time you quit. The one who knows
3:18every time you took the easy path. You
3:21have to admit that you are the problem.
3:24David Goggins talks about this. The idea
3:27that you have to own your failures. You
3:29have to look in that mirror and say, "I
3:31am lazy. I am unfocused. [music] I am
3:34living at 40% of my capacity." This
3:36isn't about self-hate. It's about
3:38self-respect.
3:39>> [music]
3:39>> You cannot fix what you will not face.
3:41You cannot change a reality that you are
3:43busy denying. Most people run from pain.
3:47>> [music]
3:47>> They feel a little bit of discomfort,
3:49a a bit of resistance,
3:51and they retreat.
3:53>> [music]
3:53>> They go back to the couch.
3:55They go back to the safe job.
3:57They go back to the toxic relationship
3:59because [music] it's familiar. But, I am
4:01telling you
4:02pain is not a stop sign.
4:04Pain is the doorway. The path to
4:06becoming unstoppable
4:08is the hard path. It [music] is the path
4:10of most resistance.
4:12Jim Rohn said it best, "Don't wish it
4:14were easier. Wish you were better. Don't
4:17wish for fewer problems. [music] Wish
4:19for more skills." The reason you feel
4:21weak is because you have avoided the
4:23weight.
4:24You have spent your life looking for the
4:26path of least resistance and it has made
4:28you soft. You need to understand that
4:30your brain is designed to keep you safe,
4:32not to keep you happy. It is designed to
4:35conserve energy. It is designed to keep
4:37you in the cave safe from the tiger.
4:40But, there are no tigers anymore.
4:42>> [music]
4:42>> The only thing hunting you today is your
4:44own mediocrity. When your brain says,
4:46"I'm tired." it is lying to you.
4:49>> [music]
4:49>> That is just a governor mechanism.
4:52It's a safety switch.
4:54>> [music]
4:54>> You have so much more in the tank.
4:56But, you will never find it
4:58if you stop the moment you feel
5:00discomfort.
5:01You have to callus your mind.
5:03You have to do things that suck.
5:05You have to do them every single day
5:08until the difficulty becomes your new
5:09[music] normal. And let's talk about
5:11time.
5:13Let's talk about the next 6 months.
5:15[music]
5:156 months is going to pass whether you
5:18work or not.
5:19The time is going to go by.
5:21The question is, what are you trading
5:23your life for?
5:24>> [music]
5:25>> You can transform your entire existence
5:27in 6 months.
5:29I'm not selling you a dream. [music] I'm
5:31telling you how biology and psychology
5:33work. If you dedicate the next 180 days
5:36to [music] a singular focus, if you cut
5:38out the noise, if you stop negotiating
5:41with yourself, you won't even recognize
5:43the person looking back at you. But, you
5:45have to stop announcing your moves.
5:47[music] This is where most people fail.
5:50They get a burst of excitement. [music]
5:53They write down a goal.
5:55And then they run out and tell the
5:56world, "I'm going to get in shape.
5:59I'm going to start that business. I'm
6:00going to change."
6:02>> [music]
6:02>> And what happens? You get a little hit
6:04of dopamine just from saying it. You get
6:07the applause [music] before you've done
6:08the work.
6:10And your brain, your primitive brain,
6:13it thinks you've already accomplished
6:15it. So you lose the hunger. Shut your
6:17mouth. Work in silence.
6:19>> [music]
6:20>> Denzel Washington said it, "Privacy is
6:22power. You don't need an audience to
6:24grow. In fact, you grow faster in the
6:27dark.
6:28You grow faster when no one is watching.
6:30Let them assume you've fallen off. Let
6:33them think you're losing.
6:34Let them wonder where you went.
6:36Disappear for a while. Disappear [music]
6:39into your craft.
6:41Disappear into the gym.
6:43Disappear into the books.
6:45Stop explaining yourself to people who
6:48are determined to misunderstand you.
6:50Stop trying to prove your worth to
6:52people who don't have the capacity to
6:53see it. Your results will do the
6:56talking. [music]
6:57When you learn to act as if nothing
6:59bothers you, when you learn to detach
7:01your emotions from [music] the opinions
7:03of others, you become dangerous. You
7:06become unstoppable because now you are
7:09not working for their validation. You
7:11are working for your own standard.
7:13[music] And let's be clear about what
7:15that standard is. It is consistency. It
7:18is boring. It is repetitive. It is
7:20unsexy. [music]
7:21Everyone wants to highlight reel, but no
7:23one wants to practice. Everyone wants to
7:26view from the top of the mountain, but
7:27no one wants to climb in the freezing
7:29cold. You have to fall in love with the
7:31boredom.
7:31>> [music]
7:32>> You have to fall in love with the
7:33repetition.
7:35Napoleon Hill taught us that
7:37self-discipline [music]
7:38is the master key to riches.
7:40Not just financial riches, but richness
7:43of life.
7:44You have to force yourself to be
7:46consistent [music]
7:47until your nervous system rewires
7:49itself. You see,
7:50>> [music]
7:51>> habits are just pathways in the brain.
7:53Right now,
7:54you have highways built for laziness.
7:56>> [music]
7:57>> You have super highways built for
7:58procrastination. When you feel stressed,
8:01your brain automatically takes the
8:02highway to check phone or eat junk food
8:04or compliment me.
8:06>> [music]
8:06>> You have to take a machete and hack a
8:08new path through the jungle.
8:10And at [music] first, it is going to be
8:12brutal. Every step will be a fight. Your
8:15mind will scream. Your body will ache.
8:18You will come up with a thousand logical
8:19reasons to quit. I'll start tomorrow. It
8:22doesn't matter. I deserve a break. Do
8:25not listen. You are the captain of this
8:27ship,
8:28>> [music]
8:28>> not your feelings.
8:30Feelings are great servants, but
8:32terrible masters.
8:33>> [music]
8:33>> If you only work when you feel like it,
8:36you will never build anything of value.
8:38>> [music]
8:38>> You have to learn to perform without
8:40purpose, to perform without applause, to
8:43perform simply because you said you
8:44would. [music]
8:45This brings us to the morning. How you
8:47start your day is how you live your
8:49life. If you win the morning, you win
8:52the day. If you lose the morning, you
8:54are chasing the day. Most of you are
8:56starting your day in defeat.
8:58>> [music]
8:58>> The alarm goes off and you hit snooze.
9:01You have just lost the first battle of
9:03the day.
9:04You have just told your subconscious
9:05mind that your comfort is more important
9:07than your goals. Then you roll over and
9:09look at your phone. You flood your brain
9:12with other people's lives, other
9:14people's problems, other people's
9:16agendas. You are reacting before you
9:18have even created. Wake up early.
9:21I don't care if
9:24it's 4:00 a.m. or 6:00 a.m., but beat
9:26the There is a magic in the early hours.
9:29The world is quiet.
9:31The energy is still. That is your time.
9:33[music]
9:34That is the time to sharpen your sword.
9:37Jim Rohn said, "The pain of discipline
9:39weighs ounces,
9:41but the pain of regret weighs tons.
9:42[music]
9:43When you wake up early, it hurts for a
9:45minute.
9:47The bed is warm, the floor is cold, but
9:49when you get up,
9:51when you wash your face, when you do the
9:53work while the rest of the world is
9:54unconscious, you [music] feel a surge of
9:57power. You feel a sense of victory that
10:00carries you through the rest of the day.
10:02You are building a cookie jar of
10:03triumph. Every time you do something
10:05hard, you put a cookie in the jar. You
10:08put a memory of strength in the bank.
10:10So, when [music] life gets hard, and it
10:12will get hard, you can reach into that
10:14jar and remind yourself, "I have been
10:16here before. I have suffered before. I
10:18have survived before. I can do this."
10:21But, you have to start.
10:22>> You are waiting for the perfect plan.
10:24>> [music]
10:25>> There is no perfect plan.
10:27The plan is to move.
10:29The plan [music] is to act. Action cures
10:32fear.
10:33Action creates momentum. You are
10:35standing on the edge of a cliff,
10:37terrified [music] to jump, waiting for a
10:39parachute. Need to understand the
10:40concept of flow. The psychologists tell
10:43us that the happiest moments in our
10:44lives are not when we are passive,
10:46relaxing, or doing nothing. The happiest
10:48moments are when our body or mind is
10:50stretched to its limits in a voluntary
10:52effort to accomplish something difficult
10:55and worthwhile. We are built for
10:57struggle.
10:58We are built for challenge. A life of
11:00ease is a slow death. Look at the
11:02successful [music] people you admire.
11:04Look at the athletes, the visionaries,
11:06the leaders. Do you think they are
11:08lucky? Do you think they just stumbled
11:10upon greatness? No, they built it. Brick
11:14by brick, rejection by rejection,
11:16failure by failure. They understood that
11:18failure is not the opposite of success.
11:21It is part of success.
11:23You are so afraid of failing that you
11:25are afraid to [music] try.
11:26But, failure is just data.
11:29Failure is just the world telling you,
11:30"Not this way. Try [music] a different
11:33angle. If you want to be unstoppable in
11:352026,
11:37you have to change your relationship
11:38with failure. You have to seek it out.
11:42>> [music]
11:42>> You have to be willing to look stupid.
11:44You have to be willing to be a beginner.
11:47The ego loves to protect you from
11:49looking foolish. [music]
11:50The ego wants you to stay in the lane
11:52where you are already good.
11:54Where you are already comfortable. Kill
11:57the ego.
11:58>> [music]
11:58>> The ego is the enemy. The ego will keep
12:01you small. Ask yourself,
12:04what would you attempt
12:05if you knew you could [music] not fail.
12:07Now, go do that thing
12:09and accept that you probably will fail
12:11at first and that it won't kill [music]
12:13you. It will make you stronger. You need
12:16to develop grit. Grit is passion
12:20and perseverance for long-term [music]
12:21goals.
12:23It is having stamina.
12:25It is sticking with your future day in
12:27and day out.
12:29Not just for the week, [music]
12:30not just for the month, but for years.
12:34It is living life like it's a marathon,
12:36>> [music]
12:36>> not a sprint.
12:38Talent is overrated.
12:40We are obsessed with talent, [music] but
12:42talent without grit is just unmet
12:44potential.
12:46Talent is what you have naturally. Skill
12:48is what you build with hours and hours
12:50of beating on your craft. [music]
12:52Effort counts twice.
12:54Talent times effort equals skill.
12:56>> [music]
12:56>> Skill times effort equals achievement.
12:59You might not be the smartest person in
13:00the room. [music] You might not be the
13:02most talented. You might not be the most
13:05privileged, but you can be the hardest
13:07working. You can be the most consistent.
13:10You can be the one who refuses to go
13:12away.
13:13And there is a spiritual component to
13:15this
13:16>> [music]
13:16>> when you focus on yourself.
13:19When you truly commit to your own
13:21growth,
13:22everything else falls into place.
13:25This [music] isn't selfish. It is
13:26essential.
13:28You cannot pour from an empty cup.
13:30You cannot help the world if you are
13:32broken. [music]
13:33When you start to vibrate
13:36at a higher frequency, when you start to
13:38demand excellence from yourself,
13:40you will notice
13:42>> [music]
13:42>> that certain people start to fade out of
13:44your life.
13:46Let them go.
13:47This is the hardest part for many of
13:49you.
13:49>> [music]
13:50>> You are holding on to dead weight.
13:52You are holding on to friends
13:54>> [music]
13:54>> who anchor you to the past. You are
13:56holding on to relationships that drain
13:59your spirit.
14:00>> [music]
14:00>> You are afraid to be alone.
14:03But you must learn to walk alone. The
14:05eagle flies alone. The crow flies in a
14:08flock. If you want to soar, you have to
14:10be willing to leave the flock. You have
14:12to be willing to be misunderstood.
14:14[music]
14:14They will say you changed. Good. You are
14:17supposed to change. You are not a rock.
14:20You are a living, breathing, evolving
14:22human being. Tell them, [music]
14:24"Yes, I have changed. I am no longer
14:27available for things that make me feel
14:28[music] small.
14:30I am no longer available for mediocrity.
14:32I am on a mission. [music]
14:34And this mission, it requires energy.
14:37You have to guard your energy like it is
14:39gold,
14:40because it is.
14:42Everything is vying for your attention.
14:44>> [music]
14:44>> The news, the social media algorithms,
14:46the drama, the gossip.
14:48They are all energy vampires. They
14:50[music] suck the life out of you and
14:52leave you drained, anxious, and
14:53paralyzed. You need to build a fortress
14:56around your mind. Stoicism teaches us
14:59this.
15:00You cannot control what happens in the
15:02world. You cannot control the economy.
15:05You cannot control the weather. You
15:07cannot control what people say about
15:08you. But you can control your own mind.
15:11You can control your own response. You
15:13can control your own will.
15:15>> [music]
15:15>> If you tie your happiness to external
15:17things,
15:19to the number in your bank account,
15:20>> [music]
15:21>> to the number of likes on a screen, you
15:23will always be a slave.
15:25But if you tie your happiness to your
15:27own character, to your own discipline,
15:30to your own integrity,
15:32then you are free. Nothing can touch
15:34you. Imagine being able to walk through
15:37a storm
15:38and not get wet. Imagine being able to
15:40stand in the middle of chaos
15:42and remain [music] completely calm. That
15:45is power. That is what it means to be
15:47unstoppable. It means that no matter
15:50what life throws at you, [music]
15:51divorce, bankruptcy, illness, betrayal,
15:54you have an inner core that cannot be
15:56broken. You have a why that is stronger
15:59than any how.
16:01You have to find that why. Why are you
16:03doing this?
16:04>> [music]
16:04>> And don't tell me to make money. Money
16:06is a byproduct. Money is nice, but it
16:08won't wake you up at 4:00 a.m. [music]
16:10when your bones ache. Your why has to be
16:12deeper. Is it for your children?
16:15Is it to break a generational curse of
16:17poverty and addiction?
16:19Is it [music] to prove to yourself that
16:20you are not who they said you were?
16:22Is it to honor the potential that God
16:24placed inside of you?
16:26You need a why that makes you cry.
16:28You need a why that burns in your chest.
16:31Because when the motivation fades,
16:32[music]
16:33and it will fade, your why will carry
16:36you. Your why will push you through the
16:38wall. And you have to stop waiting for
16:40permission. You are waiting for someone
16:42to pick you. You are waiting for someone
16:45to discover you. You are waiting for the
16:47world to give you the green light. The
16:49light is never going to turn green. You
16:51have to smash the pedal and go. You have
16:54to pick yourself. You have to validate
16:56yourself. In 2026,
16:59the world will belong to the
17:00self-starters. It will belong to the
17:02people who didn't [music] wait. It will
17:04belong to the people who built their own
17:06doors when the world slammed them shut.
17:09But you have to start with the small
17:10things. You want to change the world?
17:12>> [music]
17:13>> Go make your bed.
17:15You want to build an empire?
17:17Go do the dishes.
17:19You want to be a leader? Go lead
17:20yourself.
17:22If you cannot be faithful in the small
17:24[music] things, you will never be
17:26trusted with the big things. How you do
17:28anything is how you do everything. You
17:31think you can be lazy in your private
17:32life and effective in your public life.
17:35It doesn't work that way.
17:37It is all connected. Every time you walk
17:40past a piece of trash [music] and don't
17:41pick it up, you are training yourself to
17:44accept mediocrity. Every time you leave
17:46a task unfinished, you are training
17:49yourself to be a quitter. Excellence is
17:51a habit. It is a way of operating. It is
17:54a standard that you hold yourself to
17:56even when no one is looking, especially
17:58when no one is looking.
18:00So, here is the challenge.
18:02>> [music]
18:02>> For the next 7 days, I want you to
18:03become unrecognizable.
18:05I want you to go to war with your old
18:07[music] self.
18:09I want you to wake up earlier than you
18:11ever have. I want you to drink water,
18:13not sugar.
18:14I want you to move your body until it
18:16fails. I want you to read books that
18:18expand your mind,
18:20>> [music]
18:20>> not fill it with garbage. I want you to
18:22experience what it feels like to be in
18:24control.
18:26It will be hard. Your body will rebel.
18:29Your mind will try to trick you. But, if
18:32you can do it for 7 days,
18:34just 7 days, you will prove something to
18:37yourself. You will prove that you are
18:39not your habits. You are not your past.
18:42You are the creator of your future. And
18:44once you taste that power, once you feel
18:47the momentum building, you won't want to
18:49stop. You will realize that the only
18:51thing that was ever stopping you was
18:53you. But, listen to me closely because
18:56this is where the danger lies. Starting
18:59is easy. [music] Everyone starts in
19:00January. Everyone starts on Monday. The
19:03gyms are packed in January and [music]
19:05empty in February. The hard part is the
19:08middle.
19:09The hard part is the messy middle
19:11where the excitement [music] has worn
19:13off, but the results haven't shown up
19:15yet.
19:16This is the valley of despair.
19:18This is where dreams go to die.
19:20You will work hard for weeks
19:22>> [music]
19:22>> and look in the mirror and see no
19:23change. You will hustle for months and
19:26see no money. [music]
19:28You will practice for years and see no
19:30applause.
19:31This is the test.
19:33>> [music]
19:33>> Life is testing you.
19:34It is asking, "How bad do you want it?
19:37Are you just a tourist
19:39or are you a soldier?"
19:40A tourist leaves when it rains. A
19:43soldier fights in the storm.
19:44>> [music]
19:45>> You have to learn to love the plateau.
19:47You have to learn to love the grind. You
19:49have to understand that the bamboo tree
19:51grows underground for 5 years before it
19:53ever breaks the surface.
19:55For 5 years you water it, you fertilize
19:58it, and you see nothing. Nothing.
20:01But then, in 6 weeks, it grows 90 ft.
20:05Did it grow 90 ft in 6 weeks? No. It
20:08grew 90 ft in 5 years and 6 weeks. You
20:11are in the underground phase right now.
20:13[music]
20:14You are building the root system. If you
20:16stop watering now
20:18because you don't see the leaves
20:20>> [music]
20:20>> you kill the tree.
20:22You kill the dream. You have to have
20:24faith.
20:25Not blind faith
20:27but faith based on the laws of the
20:29universe.
20:30>> [music]
20:30>> If you plant
20:31you will harvest. If you sow you will
20:34reap. But you cannot plant today and
20:37harvest tomorrow.
20:38You have [music] to wait for the season.
20:40Patience.
20:41Aggressive patience. Be aggressive in
20:43your actions, but patient with your
20:45results. [music] Move with urgency every
20:48single day, but understand that
20:51greatness takes time. Napoleon Hill
20:53talked about the hidden guide.
20:55He said that every adversity carries
20:57with it [music] the seed of an
20:58equivalent benefit. Every failure has a
21:01gift wrapped inside it.
21:02>> [music]
21:03>> When you lose a job it's a gift. It's
21:06forcing you to find a better path. When
21:08you lose a relationship,
21:10>> [music]
21:10>> it's a gift. It's teaching you to love
21:12yourself. When you hit rock bottom,
21:15it's the greatest gift of all because
21:17rock bottom is a solid foundation. You
21:20can build a skyscraper [music] on rock
21:21bottom. You can't build anything on
21:24quicksand. So, stop cursing your
21:26struggles. Embrace them. [music] They
21:28are the fire that is forging you. They
21:30are the resistance that is building your
21:31muscle. You want to be unstoppable, then
21:34you must become unbreakable. You must
21:36become the kind of person who can take a
21:38hit
21:39and keep moving forward. The kind of
21:41person who can look at the worst case
21:43scenario and say, "Is that all you got?"
21:46And that resilience, that ability to
21:48look at the storm and smile, brings us
21:50to the most dangerous weapon in your
21:52arsenal. The weapon that Napoleon Hill
21:54whispered about. The weapon that the
21:56Stoics mastered. The weapon that makes
21:58you truly untouchable. It is the art of
22:00detachment. You need to learn
22:04to act as if nothing bothers you. And I
22:07don't mean pretending.
22:08I don't mean suppressing your emotions
22:11until you explode. I mean reaching a
22:13level of mental elevation
22:16where the petty drama,
22:18the gossip, the disrespect, and the
22:20noise of the world simply cannot reach
22:22you. Imagine you are a skyscraper.
22:25The wind blows, the rain falls, the
22:27people on the street yell and scream.
22:29Does the skyscraper care?
22:31Does the skyscraper bend down to argue
22:33with the ants?
22:34No. It stands. It pierces the clouds.
22:39It stays focused on its purpose,
22:41reaching the sky. Most of you are
22:43leaking energy. You are bleeding out
22:44your potential because you are reacting
22:46to everything. [music]
22:47Someone cuts you off in traffic, you get
22:50angry. A co-worker makes a snide
22:52comment, you replay it in your head for
22:543 hours. You didn't get the likes you
22:57wanted on a post, you feel worthless.
23:00You are a slave to the external. To be
23:02unstoppable
23:04in 2026,
23:06you must build an inner citadel.
23:07>> [music]
23:08>> You must decide that your peace is too
23:10expensive to be bought by cheap people.
23:13Mark Manson talks about the subtle art
23:15>> [music]
23:16>> of choosing what you care about. You
23:18have a limited amount of cares to give
23:19in a day. If you give them to your
23:21haters,
23:23if you give them to the news,
23:24>> [music]
23:25>> if you give them to things you cannot
23:26control, you have nothing left for your
23:29dreams. [music]
23:30You have to reach a point where praise
23:31and criticism feel the exact same to
23:33you. If you need their praise to feel
23:36good, you will need their [music]
23:36criticism to feel bad. You are handing
23:39them the remote control to your
23:40emotions.
23:41Take the batteries out. [music] When you
23:43stop reacting, you start commanding.
23:46People get confused when they can't
23:48trigger you. They get confused when they
23:51throw their chaos at you and it
23:53dissolves [music]
23:53into your calm. That is power. That is
23:56the definition of unstoppable. It means
23:59nothing outside of you can stop what is
24:01happening inside of you. But to maintain
24:04this state, to protect this fortress,
24:07>> [music]
24:07>> you are going to have to make the
24:09hardest decision of your life.
24:11You are going to have to audit your
24:13circle. Jim Rohn told us decades ago,
24:16you are the average of the five people
24:19you spend [music] the most time with. It
24:21is a cliché
24:23because it is true.
24:24But I want you to look deeper. It's not
24:27just about who you are with. It's about
24:29who you are becoming because of who you
24:31are with. Look around you right now.
24:34Look at your friends. Look at the people
24:36you [music] text every day. Are they
24:38talking about ideas or are they talking
24:41about people? Are they building their
24:43future or are they drinking away their
24:45present? Are they fueling your fire or
24:48are they pissing on it?
24:50>> This is brutal. [music]
24:51I know.
24:53You have history with these people.
24:55You have memories, but you cannot hang
24:58out with chickens [music]
25:00and expect to soar with eagles.
25:02Chickens look down at the ground.
25:04Eagles look at the horizon. If you try
25:07to fly while you are tethered to people
25:09who love the ground, you will crash.
25:12There is a concept called crabs in a
25:13bucket. If you put one crab in a bucket,
25:17it can crawl out. But if you put a bunch
25:19of crabs in, the moment one starts to
25:21climb, the others will pull it back
25:22down. They don't want you to escape.
25:25Your growth highlights their stagnation.
25:27Your discipline highlights their
25:29laziness.
25:30>> [music]
25:30>> So, when you start this journey,
25:33when you start waking up at 4:00 a.m.,
25:35when you start saying no to the happy
25:37hour so you can work on your side
25:39hustle,
25:40they will attack you.
25:42They will say,
25:43>> [music]
25:43>> "You've changed." They will say, "You
25:46think you're better than us."
25:47>> [music]
25:48>> And you have to have the courage to say,
25:50in your heart, "I am becoming better,
25:53>> [music]
25:53>> and you should be, too."
25:54You might have to walk alone for a
25:56while, and that is scary. The biological
25:59imperative is to belong. To be [music]
26:01cast out of the tribe meant death for
26:03our ancestors. But today, solitude is
26:06not death. Solitude is the laboratory of
26:09greatness. In that solitude, you will
26:11find flow. We live in an economy of
26:14distraction. Your attention is the most
26:16valuable commodity on Earth.
26:18Trillion-dollar companies are fighting a
26:20war for your eyeballs. They have hired
26:22the smartest psychologists in the world
26:24to engineer algorithms that hack your
26:26dopamine receptors. They want you
26:28scrolling. They want you clicking. They
26:30want you addicted. If you cannot control
26:32your attention, you cannot control your
26:34life.
26:35To be unstoppable, you must become a
26:37master of deep work.
26:39You must learn to enter the flow state.
26:42This is that magical zone
26:44>> [music]
26:44>> where time disappears, where the world
26:47fades away,
26:48and it is just [music] you and the task.
26:51This is where masterpieces are painted.
26:54This is where businesses are built. This
26:56is where the impossible becomes
26:57possible. But you can't get into flow if
27:00you are checking your notifications
27:02every 6 [music] minutes. You can't get
27:04into flow if your brain is fragmented.
27:07You need to build a wall around your
27:09work. Turn the phone off. Not on silent,
27:13off. Put it in another room. Lock the
27:15door. Tell the world you are dead for
27:17the next 4 hours.
27:19>> [music]
27:19>> When you do this, when you sit in the
27:21chair and refuse to move until the work
27:23is done,
27:24>> [music]
27:25>> you trigger a level of cognitive
27:26performance that most people will never
27:28experience. You start to connect dots
27:32that others can't [music] see. You start
27:34to produce at a level that looks like
27:36magic to the outside world. They will
27:38call you a genius. [music]
27:39They will call you lucky. But you will
27:41know the truth. You just learned how to
27:43focus in a world that has forgotten how.
27:46And as you build this focus, as you
27:49build this discipline, we have to talk
27:51about the fuel. We have to talk about
27:54money.
27:55Not in a greedy way, but in a realistic
27:57way. Jim Rohn taught the 12 rules of the
28:00rich. And the most important one is
28:02this.
28:02>> [music]
28:03>> Profits are better than wages. Wages
28:05make you a living. Profits make you a
28:07fortune. But it's not just about the
28:09fortune. It's about the freedom. If you
28:11are trading your time for money,
28:13>> [music]
28:13>> you are capped.
28:15You only have 24 hours in a day.
28:18You are selling the most precious
28:19resource you have.
28:21Your life for a currency that they print
28:23out of thin air.
28:24To be unstoppable in 2026, [music]
28:27you have to shift your mindset from
28:29earner to owner. You have to stop
28:31working for money
28:32and start making money work for you.
28:35This is the difference between being
28:36busy and being productive.
28:39You need to build assets.
28:41An asset is anything that feeds you
28:42while you sleep.
28:44A business,
28:45an investment, a piece of intellectual
28:48property. You need to use your 9-5 to
28:50fund your 5-9.
28:52Use your job as an investor. Take that
28:55capital and build your escape tunnel.
28:58Don't buy the liability to impress the
29:00people we talked about earlier. Don't
29:02buy the car to look like you made it. Be
29:04the person who drives a beat-up Honda
29:06but owns the parking lot. This requires
29:08[music]
29:10delayed gratification.
29:12It requires you to live a few years of
29:13your life [music] like most people
29:14won't. So, you can spend the rest of
29:16your life like most people can't.
29:19It is a temporal gain. The temporal
29:21motivation theory explains [music] that
29:24we naturally choose the immediate reward
29:27over the long-term gain. We want the
29:29pizza now, not the abs later.
29:32We want the Netflix now, not the
29:35financial freedom in 5 years.
29:38You have to hack this equation. You
29:40[music] have to fall in love with the
29:42vision of your future self.
29:44You have to love that person more than
29:46you love your current comfort. And this
29:48brings us to the internal dialogue, the
29:51voice in your head. Sports psychologists
29:54and elite coaches like Gilbert Enoka,
29:56who work with the All Blacks, talk about
29:58mental skills. [music]
30:00They talk about the ability to perform
30:01under pressure. When the pressure hits,
30:04when the fatigue sets in,
30:07what do you say to yourself? Most people
30:09[music]
30:09have a victim living in their head.
30:12This is too hard.
30:13Why is this happening to me?
30:15I can't do this.
30:17You [music] need to evict the victim and
30:19install a warrior.
30:21You need to develop self-efficacy. This
30:23is the scientific term for confidence.
30:25[music]
30:26It's the belief that you can execute the
30:28actions required to deal with
30:29prospective situations. But here is the
30:32catch. You cannot think your way into
30:35self-efficacy. You have to act your way
30:38into it.
30:39Confidence is memory. Confidence is
30:41looking back at your own history and
30:43seeing a trail of victories. That is why
30:46the small habits matter. That is why
30:48making your bed matters. That is why the
30:51cold shower matters. You are stacking
30:53evidence. When you are in the trenches
30:56and you want to quit, you need to be
30:58able to pull up the file in your brain
31:00that says evidence of badassery. You
31:02need to look at what you have already
31:04survived. And when you fail, because you
31:07will fail, you need to adopt the growth
31:09mindset. Carol Dweck gave us this gift.
31:14The fixed mindset [music] says, "I am
31:16not good at this."
31:18The growth mindset says, "I am not good
31:20at this
31:21>> [music]
31:21>> yet."
31:22That three-letter word is a portal.
31:25Yet. It means the story isn't over.
31:28It means your current limitations are
31:30not your permanent address.
31:32They are just a temporary parking spot.
31:35Neuroplasticity proves [music] that your
31:36brain is soft. It is moldable. You can
31:39literally rewire the physical structure
31:41of your brain by changing how you think
31:44and what you do. You are not a tree. You
31:47are not stuck.
31:48If you don't like where you are, move.
31:51If you don't like who you are, change.
31:53But you have to stop waiting for the
31:55feeling to arrive. We talked about this,
31:57[music] but I need to go deeper. There
32:00is a concept called the
32:01action-motivation loop.
32:03>> [music]
32:03>> Most people think it goes
32:04motivation-action.
32:06They wait to feel motivated to act, but
32:08that is wrong. It goes
32:10action-motivation. You act first.
32:13The motivation [music] comes after the
32:15action.
32:16You don't feel like going to the gym?
32:18You go anyway.
32:20And guess what?
32:2210 minutes into the workout, suddenly
32:23you feel like working out.
32:25The motion [music]
32:26creates the emotion. You have to be the
32:29spark.
32:30You have to be the ignition.
32:32And you have to treat your life
32:33>> [music]
32:34>> with the seriousness of an elite
32:36athlete. Look at the file on mental
32:39training of elite athletes. [music]
32:41They don't leave their mindset to
32:42chance. They visualize. They rehearse.
32:46They breathe. You need to visualize your
32:482026.
32:50I don't mean a vision board with
32:51pictures of Lamborghinis.
32:53I mean I want you to close your eyes and
32:55feel the texture of the reality you are
32:57building. See yourself waking up in that
33:00future. What does the air smell like?
33:02How does your body feel? Who is lying
33:05next to you? What is the first thing you
33:07do? The brain does not [music] know the
33:09difference between a vivid visualization
33:11and reality.
33:13If you replay this movie in your mind
33:15every single day, your reticular
33:17activating system, [music]
33:19the filter in your brain, will start to
33:21look for ways to make it true. It
33:23[music] will filter out the noise and
33:25highlight the opportunities.
33:27But you have to do the work in the dark.
33:30There is a shadow side to this. There is
33:32a price.
33:34As you climb this mountain,
33:36>> [music]
33:36>> the air gets thinner. The pressure gets
33:38higher.
33:40You will have days where you question
33:41your sanity. [music]
33:42You will have days where you cry in your
33:44car. That is the price of admission. If
33:47it were easy, everyone would be a
33:49millionaire. If it were easy, everyone
33:52would have a six-pack.
33:53>> [music]
33:53>> The rarity of the achievement is what
33:56gives it value. You are chasing a
33:58unicorn life. Do not expect it to come
34:00with a donkey workload. You have to
34:03embrace the concept of amor fati.
34:05>> [music]
34:05>> Love of fate. Whatever happens, fired?
34:09Good. Opportunity to [music] start that
34:11business. You get dumped?
34:14Good.
34:15Opportunity to find someone who actually
34:17deserves [music] you.
34:19You get injured?
34:20Good. Opportunity to train your mind
34:23while your body heals.
34:25Turn every obstacle into fuel.
34:27This is the alchemy of the unstoppable.
34:30You take the lead of life and you turn
34:32it into gold [music]
34:33and you must do it with urgency.
34:35I want you to think about your death.
34:38Memento mori. [music]
34:40Remember you must die.
34:42This isn't morbid. It is the only thing
34:44that matters. You are going to die.
34:47It might be in 50 years. It might be in
34:5050 minutes. [music] You do not know.
34:52Stop living like you have a thousand
34:54years. Stop acting like you can just do
34:56it later. There is no later. There is
34:59only now. This breath,
35:01>> [music]
35:01>> this moment, this decision. Imagine you
35:04are 90 years old
35:06sitting on your porch
35:08looking back at your life.
35:10You are holding the script of the movie
35:11you just lived.
35:13Are you proud of it?
35:14Or are you screaming at the screen
35:17begging the main character to stand up
35:19begging them to take the risk begging
35:22them to kiss the girl start the business
35:25book the flight. You are writing that
35:27movie right now.
35:29The pen is in your hand. Don't let the
35:31ink run dry.
35:33Don't let the pages be filled with safe
35:34[music] and comfortable and boring.
35:36Write a thriller.
35:38Write an adventure.
35:40Write a legend. Make 2026 the year the
35:43plot twisted. Make 2026 the year the
35:46hero finally woke up. You have the
35:48tools. [music]
35:49You have the philosophy.
35:51You have the science. The research on
35:53grit tells us that it is not the
35:55smartest who win
35:56but the ones who stick with their future
35:59day in and day out. The research on
36:01self-efficacy
36:03tells us that you can build the belief.
36:05The wisdom of the Stoics
36:07tells us that you can control your mind.
36:09So, what is missing? Only one thing.
36:12Your decision.
36:14Not a wish.
36:15Not a hope.
36:17>> [music]
36:17>> A decision.
36:18The Latin root of the word decision
36:21means to cut [music] off. It means you
36:23cut off any other possibility.
36:25You cut off the retreat.
36:27>> [music]
36:27>> You burn the boats.
36:29You are either going to take this island
36:31or you are going to die on the sand.
36:33There is no going back to the old you.
36:36That person is dead.
36:38We buried them in 2025.
36:40I want you to take a breath.
36:42A deep breath. [music]
36:44Feel the oxygen in your lungs. That is a
36:46gift. That is life knowing you are not
36:49done yet. Now look at your hands.
36:50[music]
36:51These hands can build. These hands can
36:54destroy. These hands can mold the clay
36:56of your existence into anything you
36:58want. But you have to move them. The
37:00knowledge I have given you is useless
37:02without execution. Insight without
37:05action is just entertainment. I don't
37:07want you to be entertained. I want you
37:09to be transformed. So here is the
37:11contract
37:12>> [music]
37:12>> for the next year. You are going to
37:14commit to the process.
37:17You are going to detach from the result.
37:19>> [music]
37:19>> And fall in love with the ritual. You
37:22are going to show up on the days you
37:24feel like a lion.
37:25And you are going to show up on the days
37:27you feel like a mouse.
37:29>> [music]
37:30>> Because the mouse needs to eat, too. You
37:32are going to stop negotiating with
37:34yourself.
37:35When the alarm goes off,
37:37the debate is over. The vote was cast
37:40the night before.
37:41You just execute.
37:43You are going to be a ghost. [music]
37:45You are going to build in silence.
37:48You are going to let them sleep while
37:50you grind. You are going to let them
37:52party while you work.
37:54>> [music]
37:54>> You are going to let them dream while
37:56you do. And when they ask you,
37:59"Why do you work so hard? Why are you so
38:01intense? Why can't you just relax?" You
38:05look them in the eye
38:06with zero emotion. And you say,
38:09"Because I am not here to participate. I
38:12am here to dominate." This is not
38:14arrogance. This is alignment. This is
38:17you finally agreeing with the potential
38:19that God placed inside you. But wait.
38:21[music]
38:22There is one final trap.
38:25One final enemy
38:28that will [music] try to snatch this
38:29victory from you right at the finish
38:31line. It is the enemy of good enough.
38:34You will make some progress.
38:36>> [music]
38:36>> You will lose 10 lb. You will make a
38:38little more money.
38:40You will feel a little better, and your
38:42brain will say,
38:43"Okay, we're good. We can relax now.
38:47We earned a break." That is the kiss of
38:49[music] death. Good is the enemy of
38:51great. Comfort is the enemy of growth.
38:54When you start to win, that is when you
38:56must press harder. When you get to the
38:58top of the hill, you don't sit down.
39:01>> [music]
39:01>> You look for the next mountain. You have
39:03to become addicted to the ascent.
39:05Gilbert Enoka taught the All Blacks to
39:07sweep the [music] sheds. Even the
39:09captains, the superstars, the best
39:12players in the world, after the game,
39:14they pick up a broom, and they clean the
39:16locker room. Why? Because you are never
39:18too big to do the small [music] things.
39:22Humility is the anchor of greatness.
39:25If [music] you lose your humility,
39:27you lose your edge. The moment you think
39:30you have arrived, you have started your
39:32descent. [music]
39:33Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Stay humble.
39:37You are an eternal student. The world is
39:40your classroom. Pain is your teacher.
39:43Failure is your textbook, and 2026
39:472026 is your graduation. But, the test
39:50is happening right now.
39:52The test is not in a year. The test is
39:54when this video ends.
39:56What will you do? Will you click on the
39:58next video?
39:59Will you scroll down to the comments?
40:01Will you check your notifications?
40:04Or, will you close the screen, [music]
40:05stand up, and start? The distance
40:08between your dreams and your reality is
40:11called action. The bridge is being built
40:13as you walk on it. Do not look down.
40:16Look forward. [music]
40:17The unstoppable version of you is
40:19standing at the finish line waiting for
40:21you to catch up. They are looking at
40:23their watch. They are tapping their
40:25foot. They are saying, "What took you so
40:28long?"
40:29Don't keep them waiting.
40:31Let me tell you one last story before
40:33you [music] go. A story about the
40:35Chinese bamboo tree.
40:37I mentioned it before,
40:40but you didn't hear me. You heard the
40:42words, but you didn't feel the lesson.
40:45You have to water it for 5 years. 5
40:48years of darkness.
40:49>> [music]
40:49>> 5 years of faith.
40:51You are in the dark right now. I know
40:54it. You feel buried, but you are not
40:56buried.
40:57>> [music]
40:57>> You are planted. There is a difference.
41:00When you are buried, you are dead. When
41:02you are planted, you are preparing to
41:05rise. The dirt you are feeling, the
41:07pressure, the darkness, that is
41:10necessary. That is the soil. If you
41:13didn't have the dirt, you couldn't have
41:15the roots.
41:15>> [music]
41:16>> And if you don't have the roots, you
41:17can't handle the fruits. You are being
41:20prepared for a harvest that you cannot
41:22even imagine. But you have to stay in
41:24the dirt.
41:25>> [music]
41:25>> You have to stay in the process. Do not
41:27dig yourself up to see if you are
41:29growing. That kills the seed. Trust the
41:31process.
41:33Trust the timing.
41:34>> [music]
41:35>> And know this,
41:37when you finally break through the soil,
41:39when you finally show the world who you
41:41really are,
41:43>> [music]
41:43>> it won't be a quiet entrance. It will be
41:46an explosion.
41:48You will grow 90 [music] ft in 6 weeks.
41:51You will surpass everyone who doubted
41:53you.
41:54Everyone who laughed at you. Everyone
41:56who left you. And they will [music] ask,
41:59"How did you do it? How did you get so
42:01lucky?" And you will just smile because
42:04you know about the 5 years. You know
42:07about the 4:00 a.m.'s. You know about
42:09the tears. You know about the dirt.
42:12>> [music]
42:12>> You are unstoppable not because you
42:15don't fail,
42:16but because you don't stop. So, are you
42:19ready to be planted? Are you ready to
42:21endure the dark? Are you ready to rise?
42:242026 is calling. Answer the call. And
42:27once you rise, once you break the
42:29surface, you enter a new phase, a phase
42:32that very few people ever talk about
42:34because very few people ever reach it.
42:36This is the phase of a

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