Nothing worth doing comes free of charge.

This is for all the leaders out there who have purposely taken the long, hard road and have chosen not to take an easy path. I admire the many leaders whom I have had the pleasure to work with, over the years, whom have tackled their mountain or stumbling blocks. For some it can be education for others, a language barrier. For many others it is simply the thing that we avoid most due to the difficulty associated with facing your fears head on. Everyone has a barrier or obstacle that will hinder you from time to time. It's time to be true to ourselves and call it what it is. This is your beast; yet it was made to be conquered.

The ascent, looking up at your mountain as you make your way from the bottom, when everything including gravity is falling on top of you, pushing you down. You know it would be easier to just head back down or change course. You know that you could stop at any time, but there something better at the top of that mountain and it’s worth the fight.

Not all days are going to feel good, but you know that. Every action will not prove beneficial; You’ve lived it. That light at the end of the tunnel can look awfully small, but with each step, you’re making a conscious decision to leave yesterday behind; to seek something better.

You know why you’re here, why you’ve been getting up at 5AM. The sacrifices you’ve made is because you wanted more; You expect it out of yourself. Simply getting by isn’t for you, its for somebody else. Yeah you feel tired, but it means nothing because at the end of the day you will either succeed or you won’t. Then it won’t matter how tired you were.

Words like “IF” or “MAYBE” , They are insignificant. They are signs of weakness. If you want something, you’ll get it or you’ll die trying. The failures along the way, they have made you stronger. The wrong turns; They’ve made you wiser. Remember, nothing has just fallen into your hands; you’ve taken the world by storm. Don’t let your haters distract you from what you were set out to do. People will say that you can’t or that you won’t, because they don’t really know what you are capable of; But they will.      

You’ve learned to move through discomfort and pain, step by step. All you can think about now is being on top of that mountain and it has become an obsession. You waste no time feeling sorry for yourself. That simply distracts from your goal. When it hurts the most, you press the hardest. Your body does not control your mind; your mind controls your body. The higher you ascend, the more momentum you build. Every new step builds off the one before it. Every breath brings you closer to you overcoming your mountain, you can feel it now.

Don’t stop now. You’ve given everything for this, leaning on nothing but the faith you have in yourself. All the blood, sweat, tears; They’ve allowed you to create your foundation. Now it’s time to overcome this beast and build your empire