#370 - HIATUS; *Success, & *Financial Freedom - How Bad, DoYou Want It? ..

Life throws curveballs that force us to adapt our routines and test how committed we are to our goals. When my schedule shifted from starting at 4AM to 9AM, I had to completely reimagine my approach to productivity, success, and personal growth.

• Shifting from a 4AM to 9AM start time requires completely rethinking my established routine
• True commitment means wanting success more than wanting to complain about obstacles
• Forced adaptation can lead to new strengths and unexpected growth opportunities
• Being unstoppable means finding different paths to the same goals when circumstances change
• Always Moving Forward (AMF) remains the guiding philosophy even when the path changes
• Success requires flexibility to reorganize priorities and schedules when life demands it

If you're facing unexpected changes to your routine, remember that your commitment to your goals matters more than your attachment to a specific method. How badly do you want it?

Chapters

• 0:00 How Bad Do You Want It?
• 0:33 Facing Schedule Changes
• 1:52 Finding Ways to Win
• 3:38 Adapting and Moving Forward
• 5:04 Closing Thoughts

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

How bad do you want it? You know, ever since the army and for multiple of these videos, I've always said about how I get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and I'm fired up and motivated and how I think my morning routine is more important than my first meal of the day. My morning routine means absolutely everything to me. It's like a clockwork at science, but due to recent events, my schedule has to change. So's like a clockwork, it's science, but due to recent events, my schedule has to change. So I am freaking out, I'm hating it, I'm not happy, but how bad do I want it? How bad do I want to be better in life, to be more successful, to be able to exercise. I'm basically, due to certain circumstances, having to start instead of about four o'clock in the morning. I got to start around like nine o'clock in the morning now. So it's a different problem, different situation and different solutions. So instead of um you know I don't like to try to memorize and work on comedy and writing, uh, first thing in the morning, because I like to kind of be awake, I like to have my mind settled and rested and stuff. But guess what? I just got to do it because I want it so bad. You know I don't have time anymore to work on the stock market because between like 8 to 9-ish and stuff, I'm busy doing something else now. It because, between like eight to nine ish and stuff, I'm busy doing something else now. And, um, uh, you know, I think if you really want something, you'll always find a way. And you know, when you're put in different situations and you're you're forced to think differently, beautiful things can come from that and, um, beautiful things can come from that. I'm not having too much beauty coming to me right now in any of these situations, but I am starting to think a little bit differently. That's the conclusion that I came to recently, which is how bad do I really want it? How bad do I really want to do stand-up comedy professionally? How bad do I want to make a living? Okay, day trading on the stock market. You can study earlier, you can stay up later. You have different ways of making accomplishments and making these things.

Speaker 1: 2:23

Right now, my morning schedule until further notice will not be changing and I absolutely hate it, but I want it. I want my success. I want my relaxation, my freedom, my peace, more than I want to complain. So I'm going to change things around start rehearsing at five o'clock in the morning, start working out at six. I'm going to completely change around my schedule because I cannot be stopped and I always believe in one of my favorite phrases, which is AMF always moving forward. You always got to move forward. You know and you know I've had a hiatus lately as a result of my schedule changing.

Speaker 1: 3:06

I had to, unfortunately, take some time away from the podcast and reassess a lot of different things, because everything is completely different now and I can't stop saying how much I truly hate it but even more than my dislike of not having things the way that I want them, the way that I'm so regimented to have things be so strong first thing in the morning. He's so strong first thing in the morning. All right, I'm not a late starter. I like starting hard and fast and early in the morning. So Now I'm just going to have to move things around and I know it'll work out for the best.

Speaker 1: 3:59

And should there ever be a time when my schedule changes and I go back to my mornings, I'm going to be even better Because I would have evolved through being able to be a strong starter. You ever watch like a boxer and they come out really strong and stuff like that. Well, this, if this was like a boxing match or a comedy show, this considered this like new evolution in my timetable, right, as far as, like my day goes, you know my middle act. All right, I'm a strong finisher, I'm a strong starter, but I'm just going to have to change things around and I know, when you force yourself to think differently and when you're unstoppable, right, you will find a way to win and ultimately, I think that's what it's all about. I think the best way to be unstoppable is to always move forward and always find a way to win.

Speaker 1: 4:59

So, how bad do I want it? I want it more than I want to complain. So I'm going to get up in the morning, I'm going to change around my schedule of stuff that I do at night. I'm going to do in the morning because I have time to do it before I start work later in the day, around like 9 am now, and I'm just going to learn how to trade a different kind of stock, something that I can pay attention to after hours or after hours trading and stuff like that, and I'm going to make it happen because this is my life and it's important to me that I succeed. It's my duty, it's my duty, it's my obligation, it's my purpose. So, with that being mentioned, I hope you all have a beautiful rest of your day. This has been Joel Dunn. Check me out. Peace.