This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

by Kevin Hart

Like a river, you are meant to be continuously moving and flowing. Sometimes very slowly, sometimes very rapidly.

If you’re not just a little dissatisfied, you’ll never push past your familiar limits and do bigger, better things.

Every time you try something that’s a little more challenging or something different, and you succeed, your brain dumps out a bunch of chemicals that make you feel pleasure.

Dissatisfaction keeps you at your edge—and that’s where you feel the most alive.

Happiness is knowing that you can do more. Happiness is knowing that you haven’t reached your limit, that you’re capable of more.

Nonreactivity is remaining centered in the eye of the storm.

Nonreactivity keeps you centered, in control, and on track.

To truly succeed, you have to be your own power source. Waiting for energy and motivation from the outside is a loser’s strategy.

Your future rests on no one else’s shoulders but your own. So learn to carry a bigger load, and you’ll have a bigger life.

Eagerly soak up knowledge from people around you and those who are better at what you’re trying to do.

You gotta listen. You can’t be afraid to learn. Be a sponge and soak up information.

You want people to be there for you and help you if and when you’re on your way down. So while you’re on your way up, treat everybody with fucking respect.

Freakin this… 💯

Nobody can define your prize but you. Only you can know what it is you want to achieve and how you want to feel.

One of the biggest things that takes people’s eyes off their prize is comparison.

Where you look is where you’re going to go.

It takes time to learn and pivot after each attempt.

Your ability to succeed and accomplish your goals is directly dependent on your ability to deal with adversity and time.

If you love the game, that means that you love the fight. If you love the fight, you love the constant triumph over your own mind. You gotta beat yourself—that’s who you’re boxing.

Other people’s opinions of you—positive or negative—don’t mean shit.

Freakin this… 💯