Feb. 26, 2025
894. Obstacles Exist To Test Your BIGNESS!
Obstacles aren’t the problem—they’re the test. The real test of your bigness is whether you push forward regardless of what’s in your way. It’s a scientific fact that your mind can’t hold two opposing thoughts at the same time. So what’s it gonna be today—credits or debits? Success or failure? The choice is yours, and you only get one.
Let’s go. Keep it simple. Keep it moving. Never settle. Stay tough.
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Keep it simple. Keep it moving. Never settle. Stay tough.
Transcript
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Man, I got something powerful for you today, and this is something that's going to challenge how you think, how you act, and how you see the obstacles in your life.
00:00:11.730 --> 00:00:14.339
And this one comes from my random reading this morning.
00:00:14.429 --> 00:00:20.789
Orison Sweat Marden book, M-A-R-D-E-N, is how you spell his name, how to get what you want.
00:00:21.074 --> 00:00:22.184
Very old book.
00:00:22.364 --> 00:00:27.554
And Marden I think, was the founder of Success Magazine that we know today.
00:00:28.274 --> 00:00:39.613
Um, and I, I just, uh, he's probably one of my, well, he is one of my favorite authors, a lot of old books that he, that he's written, and they're, they're big books.
00:00:41.054 --> 00:00:45.613
So this one, uh, like I said, this one comes from how to get what you Want.
00:00:47.024 --> 00:00:49.994
And I really, really need you to hear this one.
00:00:50.503 --> 00:00:58.994
So let me read to you what he writes the scientific fact that the mind cannot contain at the same moment opposite thoughts or emotions.
00:00:59.024 --> 00:01:03.314
It makes us absolute masters of our fate.
00:01:04.245 --> 00:01:05.234
Lemme say that again.
00:01:06.075 --> 00:01:13.215
It is a scientific fact that your mind cannot hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:20.444
That means you and only you control what occupies your mind.
00:01:21.614 --> 00:01:24.825
This is what makes you the absolute master.
00:01:24.825 --> 00:01:28.243
Absolute means nothing else done.
00:01:28.905 --> 00:01:31.424
Absolute master of your fate.
00:01:31.905 --> 00:01:34.814
He goes on to say, to live upward or downward.
00:01:35.234 --> 00:01:40.183
To be a success or a failure is simply a matter of choice.
00:01:41.444 --> 00:01:47.594
It depends on the suggestions we assimilate and the kinds of thoughts that we prefer.
00:01:48.394 --> 00:01:49.685
Now, think about that for a second.
00:01:50.885 --> 00:01:54.605
It all depends on what you allow in your mind.
00:01:55.894 --> 00:01:58.174
Are you constantly considering failure?
00:01:59.174 --> 00:02:00.704
Are you consuming negativity?
00:02:01.304 --> 00:02:08.474
Are you letting doubt and fear and excuses take up space rent free in your head?
00:02:09.555 --> 00:02:12.495
Or are you choosing to focus on success?
00:02:13.305 --> 00:02:20.144
See, Marden says that it's natural to dream about what you could do if only you didn't have the struggles, right?
00:02:20.144 --> 00:02:24.615
We get on the, oh, if only bus, if only I didn't have the struggles.
00:02:24.824 --> 00:02:26.713
If only I didn't have the disappointments.
00:02:26.894 --> 00:02:35.533
If only I didn't have the heartaches, the trials, the troubles, man, if life was just smooth sailing, I could make all this happen.
00:02:35.745 --> 00:02:36.403
It's bullshit.
00:02:37.663 --> 00:02:38.625
Here's where it flips.
00:02:39.104 --> 00:02:41.413
He says, the real test of your bigness.
00:02:41.413 --> 00:02:42.194
I love this.
00:02:42.495 --> 00:02:56.745
The test of your bigness is whether you will fulfill your ambition regardless of the obstacles, regardless of the things that seem to stand in your way, regardless of the setbacks, the failures, and the uncertainty.
00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:04.625
See, see, today you have a choice, but you can only pick one, and that's a blessing.
00:03:06.229 --> 00:03:10.969
Because science tells us we can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:03:11.930 --> 00:03:17.479
So if that's the case, you can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:03:19.009 --> 00:03:21.289
Which one do you choose your choice?
00:03:21.289 --> 00:03:22.159
Nobody else's.
00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.069
Which one do you choose to focus on today?
00:03:25.889 --> 00:03:27.508
Credits or debits?
00:03:28.843 --> 00:03:31.334
See, debits are the things that drain you.
00:03:32.144 --> 00:03:35.713
These are the unexpecteds, these are the setbacks.
00:03:35.984 --> 00:03:37.634
These are the embarrassing moments.
00:03:37.873 --> 00:03:40.274
These are the circumstances you didn't see coming.
00:03:40.634 --> 00:03:45.854
These are the unfairness, the backstabbing, the blind sides, all of these things.
00:03:45.935 --> 00:03:50.164
It's the kind of stuff that makes you say, man, if only this wasn't happening.
00:03:50.935 --> 00:03:54.235
Credits are the things that add value to your life.
00:03:54.294 --> 00:03:55.194
See, you have a choice.
00:03:55.194 --> 00:04:00.384
Debits or credits, debits, all the discouragement, disappointments.
00:04:01.944 --> 00:04:07.254
Thises dismisses credits, the things that are adding value to your life.
00:04:07.314 --> 00:04:15.604
These are the pluses, these are all the opportunities that are swirling around you, but you're never gonna see'em, and you've had 'em the whole time.
00:04:15.604 --> 00:04:16.569
You just don't see 'em.
00:04:17.598 --> 00:04:23.584
Because if all you're doing is staring at the debits, that's all you're ever gonna get.
00:04:24.543 --> 00:04:25.684
So let me ask you something.
00:04:27.274 --> 00:04:28.714
Do you have a grand plan?
00:04:29.374 --> 00:04:32.584
I didn't just say a plan, a grand plan.
00:04:32.584 --> 00:04:33.874
Love that analogy.
00:04:34.233 --> 00:04:46.324
Something that's so big that stretches you, it's so far out there that in your, I mean, from where you're standing right now, bro, your mind is like, bro, no way.
00:04:48.184 --> 00:04:49.744
But there's just something in there.
00:04:49.744 --> 00:04:50.343
It says.
00:04:52.774 --> 00:04:53.973
I could see myself doing it.
00:04:54.949 --> 00:05:04.504
Or are you just looking at your present circumstances and convincing and convicting yourself that it's not possible?
00:05:05.053 --> 00:05:08.714
Are you letting your past failures dictate what's possible today?
00:05:09.733 --> 00:05:13.574
Because remember, it's a scientific fact.
00:05:14.218 --> 00:05:16.858
That you can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:21.718
And if that's the case, then why in the hell would you focus on failure?
00:05:22.608 --> 00:05:24.529
Why not fix your thoughts on success?
00:05:25.428 --> 00:05:26.178
Lemme tell you something.
00:05:26.178 --> 00:05:28.399
You were overwhelmed with credits today.
00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:41.000
But you're stuck looking at the debits, the lack of resources, the lack of support, your age, your education, where you live, your bank account, your job title.
00:05:41.899 --> 00:05:47.238
And you're gonna miss out on every single opportunity that fits into your Grand Life plan.
00:05:48.408 --> 00:05:57.858
You're gonna see 'em, and then you're gonna discredit them because you're too busy counting the debits instead of stacking the credits.
00:05:58.619 --> 00:06:01.048
And before you say anything, lemme tell you something.
00:06:01.528 --> 00:06:08.249
No one or no thing is standing in your way except you.
00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.869
Your focus determines your direction.
00:06:12.658 --> 00:06:15.689
So as we wrap up today, let me ask you this, which ones it gonna be?
00:06:16.769 --> 00:06:17.999
Because you only get one.
00:06:19.678 --> 00:06:20.548
You only get one.
00:06:21.733 --> 00:06:22.663
Don't bitch about it.
00:06:22.994 --> 00:06:24.733
Nobody one can donate it to you.
00:06:24.824 --> 00:06:25.574
It's your choice.
00:06:26.774 --> 00:06:31.124
You only get one thought to focus on today, one or the other.
00:06:32.113 --> 00:06:35.803
Are you gonna choose the obstacles or the opportunities?
00:06:36.713 --> 00:06:38.663
' cause lemme tell you something about obstacles.
00:06:39.353 --> 00:06:40.613
They're supposed to be there.
00:06:41.213 --> 00:06:44.519
They exist for one reason to test your bigness.
00:06:45.494 --> 00:06:47.444
And I need you to hear me and hear me well.
00:06:48.194 --> 00:06:56.593
. You're too down big to let this small situation, temporary situation, take you down.
00:06:57.494 --> 00:06:58.144
So let's go.
00:06:58.293 --> 00:06:58.923
Keep it simple.
00:06:58.923 --> 00:06:59.494
Keep it moving.
00:06:59.494 --> 00:07:00.064
Never settle.
00:07:00.064 --> 00:07:00.634
Stay tough.
00:07:00.634 --> 00:07:01.084
Peace.
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.400
Man, I got something powerful for you today, and this is something that's going to challenge how you think, how you act, and how you see the obstacles in your life.
00:00:11.730 --> 00:00:14.339
And this one comes from my random reading this morning.
00:00:14.429 --> 00:00:20.789
Orison Sweat Marden book, M-A-R-D-E-N, is how you spell his name, how to get what you want.
00:00:21.074 --> 00:00:22.184
Very old book.
00:00:22.364 --> 00:00:27.554
And Marden I think, was the founder of Success Magazine that we know today.
00:00:28.274 --> 00:00:39.613
Um, and I, I just, uh, he's probably one of my, well, he is one of my favorite authors, a lot of old books that he, that he's written, and they're, they're big books.
00:00:41.054 --> 00:00:45.613
So this one, uh, like I said, this one comes from how to get what you Want.
00:00:47.024 --> 00:00:49.994
And I really, really need you to hear this one.
00:00:50.503 --> 00:00:58.994
So let me read to you what he writes the scientific fact that the mind cannot contain at the same moment opposite thoughts or emotions.
00:00:59.024 --> 00:01:03.314
It makes us absolute masters of our fate.
00:01:04.245 --> 00:01:05.234
Lemme say that again.
00:01:06.075 --> 00:01:13.215
It is a scientific fact that your mind cannot hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:20.444
That means you and only you control what occupies your mind.
00:01:21.614 --> 00:01:24.825
This is what makes you the absolute master.
00:01:24.825 --> 00:01:28.243
Absolute means nothing else done.
00:01:28.905 --> 00:01:31.424
Absolute master of your fate.
00:01:31.905 --> 00:01:34.814
He goes on to say, to live upward or downward.
00:01:35.234 --> 00:01:40.183
To be a success or a failure is simply a matter of choice.
00:01:41.444 --> 00:01:47.594
It depends on the suggestions we assimilate and the kinds of thoughts that we prefer.
00:01:48.394 --> 00:01:49.685
Now, think about that for a second.
00:01:50.885 --> 00:01:54.605
It all depends on what you allow in your mind.
00:01:55.894 --> 00:01:58.174
Are you constantly considering failure?
00:01:59.174 --> 00:02:00.704
Are you consuming negativity?
00:02:01.304 --> 00:02:08.474
Are you letting doubt and fear and excuses take up space rent free in your head?
00:02:09.555 --> 00:02:12.495
Or are you choosing to focus on success?
00:02:13.305 --> 00:02:20.144
See, Marden says that it's natural to dream about what you could do if only you didn't have the struggles, right?
00:02:20.144 --> 00:02:24.615
We get on the, oh, if only bus, if only I didn't have the struggles.
00:02:24.824 --> 00:02:26.713
If only I didn't have the disappointments.
00:02:26.894 --> 00:02:35.533
If only I didn't have the heartaches, the trials, the troubles, man, if life was just smooth sailing, I could make all this happen.
00:02:35.745 --> 00:02:36.403
It's bullshit.
00:02:37.663 --> 00:02:38.625
Here's where it flips.
00:02:39.104 --> 00:02:41.413
He says, the real test of your bigness.
00:02:41.413 --> 00:02:42.194
I love this.
00:02:42.495 --> 00:02:56.745
The test of your bigness is whether you will fulfill your ambition regardless of the obstacles, regardless of the things that seem to stand in your way, regardless of the setbacks, the failures, and the uncertainty.
00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:04.625
See, see, today you have a choice, but you can only pick one, and that's a blessing.
00:03:06.229 --> 00:03:10.969
Because science tells us we can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:03:11.930 --> 00:03:17.479
So if that's the case, you can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:03:19.009 --> 00:03:21.289
Which one do you choose your choice?
00:03:21.289 --> 00:03:22.159
Nobody else's.
00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.069
Which one do you choose to focus on today?
00:03:25.889 --> 00:03:27.508
Credits or debits?
00:03:28.843 --> 00:03:31.334
See, debits are the things that drain you.
00:03:32.144 --> 00:03:35.713
These are the unexpecteds, these are the setbacks.
00:03:35.984 --> 00:03:37.634
These are the embarrassing moments.
00:03:37.873 --> 00:03:40.274
These are the circumstances you didn't see coming.
00:03:40.634 --> 00:03:45.854
These are the unfairness, the backstabbing, the blind sides, all of these things.
00:03:45.935 --> 00:03:50.164
It's the kind of stuff that makes you say, man, if only this wasn't happening.
00:03:50.935 --> 00:03:54.235
Credits are the things that add value to your life.
00:03:54.294 --> 00:03:55.194
See, you have a choice.
00:03:55.194 --> 00:04:00.384
Debits or credits, debits, all the discouragement, disappointments.
00:04:01.944 --> 00:04:07.254
Thises dismisses credits, the things that are adding value to your life.
00:04:07.314 --> 00:04:15.604
These are the pluses, these are all the opportunities that are swirling around you, but you're never gonna see'em, and you've had 'em the whole time.
00:04:15.604 --> 00:04:16.569
You just don't see 'em.
00:04:17.598 --> 00:04:23.584
Because if all you're doing is staring at the debits, that's all you're ever gonna get.
00:04:24.543 --> 00:04:25.684
So let me ask you something.
00:04:27.274 --> 00:04:28.714
Do you have a grand plan?
00:04:29.374 --> 00:04:32.584
I didn't just say a plan, a grand plan.
00:04:32.584 --> 00:04:33.874
Love that analogy.
00:04:34.233 --> 00:04:46.324
Something that's so big that stretches you, it's so far out there that in your, I mean, from where you're standing right now, bro, your mind is like, bro, no way.
00:04:48.184 --> 00:04:49.744
But there's just something in there.
00:04:49.744 --> 00:04:50.343
It says.
00:04:52.774 --> 00:04:53.973
I could see myself doing it.
00:04:54.949 --> 00:05:04.504
Or are you just looking at your present circumstances and convincing and convicting yourself that it's not possible?
00:05:05.053 --> 00:05:08.714
Are you letting your past failures dictate what's possible today?
00:05:09.733 --> 00:05:13.574
Because remember, it's a scientific fact.
00:05:14.218 --> 00:05:16.858
That you can't hold two opposing thoughts at the same time.
00:05:17.579 --> 00:05:21.718
And if that's the case, then why in the hell would you focus on failure?
00:05:22.608 --> 00:05:24.529
Why not fix your thoughts on success?
00:05:25.428 --> 00:05:26.178
Lemme tell you something.
00:05:26.178 --> 00:05:28.399
You were overwhelmed with credits today.
00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:41.000
But you're stuck looking at the debits, the lack of resources, the lack of support, your age, your education, where you live, your bank account, your job title.
00:05:41.899 --> 00:05:47.238
And you're gonna miss out on every single opportunity that fits into your Grand Life plan.
00:05:48.408 --> 00:05:57.858
You're gonna see 'em, and then you're gonna discredit them because you're too busy counting the debits instead of stacking the credits.
00:05:58.619 --> 00:06:01.048
And before you say anything, lemme tell you something.
00:06:01.528 --> 00:06:08.249
No one or no thing is standing in your way except you.
00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.869
Your focus determines your direction.
00:06:12.658 --> 00:06:15.689
So as we wrap up today, let me ask you this, which ones it gonna be?
00:06:16.769 --> 00:06:17.999
Because you only get one.
00:06:19.678 --> 00:06:20.548
You only get one.
00:06:21.733 --> 00:06:22.663
Don't bitch about it.
00:06:22.994 --> 00:06:24.733
Nobody one can donate it to you.
00:06:24.824 --> 00:06:25.574
It's your choice.
00:06:26.774 --> 00:06:31.124
You only get one thought to focus on today, one or the other.
00:06:32.113 --> 00:06:35.803
Are you gonna choose the obstacles or the opportunities?
00:06:36.713 --> 00:06:38.663
' cause lemme tell you something about obstacles.
00:06:39.353 --> 00:06:40.613
They're supposed to be there.
00:06:41.213 --> 00:06:44.519
They exist for one reason to test your bigness.
00:06:45.494 --> 00:06:47.444
And I need you to hear me and hear me well.
00:06:48.194 --> 00:06:56.593
. You're too down big to let this small situation, temporary situation, take you down.
00:06:57.494 --> 00:06:58.144
So let's go.
00:06:58.293 --> 00:06:58.923
Keep it simple.
00:06:58.923 --> 00:06:59.494
Keep it moving.
00:06:59.494 --> 00:07:00.064
Never settle.
00:07:00.064 --> 00:07:00.634
Stay tough.
00:07:00.634 --> 00:07:01.084
Peace.