Motivation Manifesto Part Three

1. We Shall Meet Life With Full Presence and Power.
2. We Shall Reclaim Our Agenda.
3. We Shall Defeat Our Demons.
4. We Shall Advance With Abandon.
5. We Shall Practice Joy And Gratitude.
6. We Shall Not Break Our Integrity.
7. We Shall Inspire Greatness.
8. We Shall Slow Time.

As we gain greater presence and purpose in life, we become more attuned to our vitality and strength. We also become more aware of the profound ways in which we limit ourselves. We come to realize that our thoughts, more so than our circumstances, sabotage our freedom and success. We are the ones who allow our insecurities and fears to grow into the tidal waves of worry that wash our dreams away. We are the ones who constantly delay our own progress, quitting just as the hour demands courageous action. We are the ones separating ourselves from others so that we needn’t risk real connection or so that we can feel better than them.

None of us want to look in the mirror and realize that the person looking back is the cause of such frustration. We would rather smile at the reflection and be proud of its courage. We want to see ourselves as free and motivated masters of our own lives. Yet a quick glance into our own tired eyes often reveals a knowledge that we are standing in our own way. These are difficult days when we realize our internal demons are beating us. Those days must come to an end!

Greatness belongs to those who have mastered their internal world. We are all plagued by doubt, but the great nevertheless find faith and begin. We all feel like delaying action, but the great march on. These few are not lucky; they are simply more intentional and more practiced at defeating their own internal demons. That is why they have so much vitality, motivation, and confidence – enlightenment comes from those who free themselves from self-oppression.

Let us choose to make that our aim, and once and for all root out that which holds us back in life. We deserve to be free from all those stirrings within us that compromise our magnificence. For this, let us declare: We Shall Defeat Our Demons.
-Brendon Burchard

“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.”
-William I. H. Boetcker

“People can change, learn, and grow, and it’s better to face your demons instead of perpetually running away from them.”
-Jessica Roth

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet to them.”
-Phyllis Bottome

“We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons fear, and hatred, and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph.”
-Unknown

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
–Moliere

“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”
-Roger Crawford

“It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the whole world.”
-Joseph Campbell