top of page
THE DARKEST PLACE YOU CAN BE
There’s a difference between struggling and stalling.
Pain, suffering, hardship—those things will break most people. But at least when you’re fighting through pain, you’re still moving.
What most people don’t realize is that the worst thing that can happen to you isn’t suffering.
It’s stopping.
It’s waking up one day and realizing you don’t feel anything.
No hunger. No fire. No ambition. Nothing pushing you forward, nothing dragging you down. Just floating. Existing.
I’ve been there.
I’ve lived through actual hardship—things that tested me, pushed me, backed me into a corner and made me either fight or fold.
But that’s not what rock bottom was.
Rock bottom was when I had no direction.
And I remember it like it was yesterday.
Fifteen or sixteen years old. Lying on my bed. Blank ceiling. Blank mind. Nothing happening.
I wasn’t sad. I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t even anxious. I just wasn’t anything.
And I knew it was wrong.
That’s what made it worse.
I knew I was better than this. I knew I had more in me. I knew I could become something.
But I wasn’t.
And that realization that I was standing completely still…
That was the lowest I’ve ever been.
WHAT MOST MEN NEVER REALIZE
Most guys will go their entire lives without ever understanding why they feel empty.
They’ll wake up, go through their routines, kill time, do what they have to do—but never ask what the hell they’re even working toward.
They’re not in pain.
They’re not suffering.
They’re just floating.
They don’t even realize they’re in a cage because the bars aren’t visible.
And if something doesn’t shake them awake, they’ll stay there forever.
I don’t say that to be dramatic. I say it because I’ve seen it.
Men wasting years.
Men wasting potential.
Not because they aren’t capable. Not because they don’t have something inside them.
But because they never started.
THE TRUTH ABOUT BEING STUCK
People think rock bottom is a single moment.
A big, dramatic scene where everything shatters, and you realize this is it.
That’s not how it works.
Most of the time, you don’t even realize you’re at rock bottom until you’ve been sitting there for months. Maybe years.
Because being stuck doesn’t feel like hitting a wall.
It feels like slow decay.
One week turns into one month.
One month turns into a year.
And before you know it, you’re looking back at wasted time you’ll never get back.
You tell yourself you’ll figure things out soon.
That you’ll start moving when the time is right.
That you just need to wait until you’re ready.
And that’s the biggest lie of all.
Because if you wait until you’re ready…
You will never move.
THE HARDEST CHOICE YOU’LL EVER MAKE
I had two options.
1. Keep drifting.
Keep living at half capacity. Keep wasting time, thinking I’d eventually “find” my purpose like it was just going to land in my lap.
2. Make a decision.
Decide that even if I didn’t have it all figured out, even if I didn’t know exactly where I was going, I would start moving anyway.
And once you understand that those are the only two choices, the decision is easy.
Because if you stand still, you lose.
Period.
There is no neutral.
There is no pause button.
There is no “figuring it out” without movement.
You either burn forward or you rot where you stand.
So I made a choice.
And the second I did, everything changed.
WHY I’M STILL HERE
I could’ve stayed in that bed.
I could’ve kept waking up every day, feeling like nothing mattered.
I could’ve wasted years waiting for the “right moment” to get my crap together.
But I didn’t.
Because I knew one thing:
Nothing was going to change unless I changed.
Nobody was going to hand me a mission.
Nobody was going to drag me into success.
Nobody was going to make me care.
That was on me.
Please understand and listen closely.
You are the only person responsible for whether you stay weak or become something.
Accept that, and you stop waiting.
You start moving.
And you never stop again.
ACTIONABLE STEP #1:
The Fire Test
Right now—this second—stop reading.
Look around the room. Take stock of your entire life in this moment.
Does it light a fire in your chest? Does it make you hungry to push forward?
Or does it feel lifeless?
If it feels dead, if you feel dead, if you know you’ve been coasting—say it out loud.
Right now. Out loud.
“I am standing still, and if I don’t move, I will decay.”
Acknowledge it. Make it real. Because until you do, you won’t take what comes next seriously.
It’ll feel silly. I know.
Just do it. Trust me. I won’t know the difference…
But you will. Say those words, acknowledge your situation.
WAKE UP TO REALITY.
Then move on.
THE FIRST STEP IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST
There’s a reason most people never change.
It’s not because they don’t want to.
It’s not because they don’t have potential.
It’s because the first step feels impossible.
THE WEIGHT OF INERTIA
I don’t think people understand how powerful inertia is.
When you’ve been standing still for long enough, when you’ve let time pass without making any real moves, when your mind has spent years learning that “this is just how things are”—
It doesn’t matter how much you want to change.
You still won’t.
Not because you can’t. Not because you don’t have the ability.
But because standing still is easier.
That’s what people don’t get.
Failure isn’t some big, dramatic crash.
It’s a slow, gradual process of getting used to not moving.
And once you get used to it?
Your brain fights like hell to keep you there.
I remember what that felt like.
That first day I told myself, Enough. I’m done wasting time. I’m going to do something.
You know what grand action I took?
What great event took place?
I just sat there.
Because suddenly, everything that was easy before felt impossible.
The simplest action, the tiniest step forward—it felt like trying to shove a freight train with my bare hands.
Not because it was actually that hard.
But because I was fighting against inertia.
And inertia always feels heavier than it actually is.
WHY MOST PEOPLE NEVER ESCAPE
Most people never break out of that first wall.
They think they’re waiting for motivation.
They think they just need to get in the right headspace.
They think if they just wait long enough, the switch will flip, and they’ll start moving.
It won’t.
That moment isn’t coming.
There is no perfect headspace.
There is no sudden surge of motivation.
There is no magic day where everything clicks.
There’s just the choice.
And that choice feels impossible because it has to.
That’s how the game works.
Your brain has been wired to resist change. It’s fighting for its life to keep you in the comfort of standing still.
That’s why most people don’t start.
Not because they aren’t capable.
Not because they don’t want it badly enough.
Not because they don’t know what to do.
But because the first step is the most unnatural thing you’ll ever do.
WHAT TAKING THE FIRST STEP ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
People think that when you finally decide to change, it’s supposed to feel powerful.
That once you make the choice, you’ll be locked in, unstoppable, moving at full speed.
That’s not what it looks like.
Like, at all.
When I finally moved, when I finally made the choice to stop existing and start doing something—
It felt pathetic.
It felt weak.
It felt like I wasn’t doing enough.
It felt like I was already failing.
Because momentum wasn’t there yet.
I was still stuck in the mental patterns of the person I had been.
And when you’re still stuck in those patterns?
The first reps, the first moves, the first signs of effort—they don’t feel like they’re doing anything.
You don’t feel powerful.
You don’t feel strong.
You don’t feel like a new person.
You feel like the same weak, drifting version of yourself—just slightly more tired.
And that’s where most people quit.
Because they expect it to feel good right away.
And when it doesn’t…
They decide it’s not working.
But that’s not how strength works.
THE TRUTH ABOUT MOMENTUM
The first step is never powerful.
It’s weak. It’s shaky. It’s ugly.
But it’s still a step.
And once you take it…
Momentum starts stacking.
Not in an instant. Not overnight.
But little by little, every time you push through the resistance, every time you override the part of your brain telling you to stop—
You become something different.
You wake up one day and realize it’s getting easier.
You realize you’re stronger than you were a month ago.
You realize you don’t have to fight yourself to get moving anymore.
Because suddenly, moving is just what you do.
And when that shift happens, you become dangerous.
Cause guess what.
You don’t need motivation.
You don’t need inspiration.
You don’t need the perfect moment.
You just execute.
WHY THIS WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE
People think once they “get disciplined,” once they start seeing progress, once they hit a certain level of strength—
They’ll never struggle with this again.
WRONG.
Every new level, every new challenge, every time you push past what you thought you could handle—
You hit that first step all over again.
The same resistance. The same feeling of standing still. The same battle against inertia.
Only difference now is…
You know the game.
You know that if you just take one weak, unimpressive step forward, everything will start moving again.
You don’t waste time waiting.
You don’t hesitate.
You don’t freeze.
You just start.
Because you’ve done it before.
And once you’ve done it once?
You can do it again. And again. And again.
Until stopping isn’t even an option anymore.
ACTIONABLE STEP #2:
Do One Thing You've Been Putting Off
Right now, pick one thing you’ve been avoiding.
Something so small and simple that it almost feels stupid.
Send that email. Do those push-ups. Make that phone call. Pick up that book. Doesn’t matter what—just make a move.
Doesn’t have to be life-changing. The only goal is movement.
Once you’ve done it, move on.
Again… I won’t know the difference.
Do it, or don’t. Only you know.
It’s only you.
THE PENDULUM OF STRENGTH & WEAKNESS
Most people don’t lose because they never started.
They lose because they keep falling back.
They push forward, they make progress, they build momentum—then, without even realizing it, they slip.
One bad day turns into a bad week.
One missed workout turns into a month off.
One compromise turns into back at square one.
Sound familiar?
It should.
Does to me. Like PTSD. Gunshots, bro.
Because this is the fight that never ends.
Welcome to Vietnam.
WHY CONSISTENCY IS SO HARD
You think once you start moving, the problem is solved.
That after you push past that first wall, after you break free from inertia, after you start actually executing, the rest will just fall into place.
But here’s the truth:
Momentum doesn’t care about your past wins.
The second you stop pushing forward? It stops with you.
The fire you built? It starts going out.
Not all at once. Not in some obvious way that slaps you in the face.
It happens slowly.
You skip one thing. No big deal.
You let one thing slide. You tell yourself you’ll fix it tomorrow.
You take one small step back, thinking you can just jump back in whenever you want.
And then?
You wake up one day, and you’re back at zero.
Just like that.
WHY WINNING FEELS TEMPORARY
You ever wonder why the times when you’re at your absolute best never seem to last?
You wake up one day locked in, unstoppable, executing at a level you didn’t even know you were capable of.
Then a few weeks go by. Maybe a few months.
And before you even realize it—you’re back in the same patterns that made you weak before.
This is why most men never evolve.
Because they don’t realize that every time they level up, the fight starts over.
Every time they hit a new standard, every time they push past an old limit, every time they break through—
The pendulum swings back.
And it doesn’t stop swinging until you FORCE it to.
THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY YOU KEEP FALLING BACK
This is where most people go wrong.
They think failure happens in a single moment.
That there’s one decision, one mistake, one big crash that sends them spiraling.
But that’s not how it works.
Failure isn’t loud.
It’s quiet.
It’s subtle.
It creeps in slowly—in ways you don’t even notice.
One skipped rep.
One snoozed alarm.
One compromise that feels like nothing in the moment.
And that’s exactly how weakness wins.
Because when it happens slowly, you don’t fight back.
It doesn’t feel like you’re giving up.
It doesn’t feel like you’re falling off.
It just feels like life happening.
Until one day, you look around—and realize you’ve been losing for weeks.
WHAT IT TAKES TO BREAK THE CYCLE
You don’t stop the pendulum by wishing it would stay put.
You stop it by grabbing it with both hands and holding it in place.
That means:
1. No coasting. The second you think you can “relax” because you’re on a roll, you’ve already lost.
2. No autopilot. The moment you stop actively pushing forward, you start slipping back.
3. No negotiating with yourself. The instant you give yourself an easy out, you take it—whether you meant to or not.
Please trust that, you WILL take the easy out if it’s given.
And once you realize that, you stop thinking, I just need to get to the next level and then I’m good.
Because there is no “next level” where the work stops.
There’s just building a level so solid that it never collapses.
WHAT A PERMANENT FOUNDATION LOOKS LIKE
When you’ve played this game long enough, you start seeing the difference between temporary effort and permanent wiring.
The guys who keep falling off? They never internalized the habits.
The discipline they built? It was a temporary grind. Something they had to force every single day.
And when something is forced, it’s fragile.
The minute life throws something at you—stress, exhaustion, distractions—it cracks.
But the guys who never fall back?
They aren’t relying on motivation.
They aren’t relying on “getting in the zone.”
They just are who they are.
Because they didn’t just train their bodies.
They trained their default settings.
THE MOMENT IT ALL CHANGES
The second you stop seeing this as a “back and forth” battle—
The second you stop thinking of success as a streak that might end—
The second you stop worrying about whether you’ll be able to stay consistent—
Everything changes.
No longer is it about staying motivated.
It’s not about pushing through slumps.
It’s not about “getting back on track.”
It’s just WHO YOU ARE now.
And when you reach that point?
The pendulum stops swinging.
Because there’s nothing left to swing back to.
ACTIONABLE STEP #3:
Cut One Thing That Makes You Weak
Right now—this second—find one thing in your life that drags you down.
It could be a habit. A distraction. A person.
Something that slows your momentum, pulls you off track, makes it easy for you to slip back into weakness.
Decide, right now, that it’s done.
Block the website. Delete the app. Cut off the contact. Remove it from your environment.
Make it IMPOSSIBLE to go back. Then move on.
Stop giving yourself the short end of the stick.
Take action. FOR ONCE.
It is so much more liberating than you could ever imagine.
THE LIES THAT KEEP YOU WEAK
The truth hurts.
That’s why most people avoid it.
Instead, they tell themselves stories. They build up excuses, they bend reality, they twist their own thinking—all so they don’t have to face what’s real.
Worst part is…
They don’t even realize they’re doing it.
These lies? They aren’t obvious. They aren’t dramatic. They don’t sound like excuses when you say them out loud.
They sound reasonable.
That’s what makes them dangerous.
And if you don’t burn them out of your head, they will keep you weak for life.
THE LIES YOU'VE BEEN SOLD
I’ll give them to you straight.
“I just need to get in the right mindset.”
“I should be kinder to myself.”
“Balance is important.”
“Weakness is okay.”
“Nice people can be trusted.”
Five simple sentences.
Each one sounds like wisdom.
Each one is complete garbage.
LIE #1: "I just need to get in the right mindset."
You don’t need a new mindset.
You need to stop being soft.
You ever notice how people love to say, “I just need to get in the right headspace” before they do something?
It’s a cop-out.
They’re telling themselves, I can’t start yet. I have to wait until my mind feels perfect.
And the truth is, that day never comes.
If you wait for clarity, motivation, or some magical alignment of thoughts before you take action, you will die waiting.
The “right mindset” doesn’t hit you like a lightning bolt. It doesn’t appear out of thin air.
It is built through action.
You don’t feel strong before you act strong. You ACT strong, and strength follows.
You don’t feel disciplined before you start executing. You EXECUTE, and discipline is forged.
You don’t wait to “feel ready.” You start when you aren’t.
And that’s what makes you different from 99% of people.
LIE #2: "I should be kinder to myself."
No. You shouldn’t.
You know who says this the most?
People who already go easy on themselves.
You think real killers, real winners, real war-forged men sit around worrying about whether they’re being nice enough to themselves?
You think guys who get things done stop in the middle of a tough moment and say, “Maybe I should cut myself some slack”?
NO.
They know there’s a job to do. And it doesn’t matter how they feel about it.
This whole idea that you need to be softer on yourself, take more breaks, be more forgiving—
That’s modern weakness talking.
That’s the comfort-driven mindset of people who never achieve anything.
And if you buy into it, if you start babying yourself, if you start making excuses under the disguise of “self-care”—
You are done.
You are a weak man walking.
And you will never, ever win.
Please understand:
Never.
Save yourself that pain, brother.
LIE #3: "Balance is important."
You hear this one all the time.
“You’ve got to find a work-life balance.”
“Don’t push too hard, you need to enjoy life too.”
Let me ask you something.
You ever see a man at the top of his game who got there by staying balanced?
Did Michael Jordan “balance” his training with leisure time?
Did David Goggins take weekends off to rest his precious soul?
Did Arnold Schwarzenegger build his physique by making sure he had equal parts gym time and Netflix time?
NO.
Because balance is for people who don’t want it badly enough.
The people who win?
They go all in.
They work when other people stop.
They push when other people pull back.
They sacrifice when other people make excuses.
When they get to the top, please trust me—
They don’t look back and regret one second of it.
LIE #4: "Weakness is okay."
I hear this one constantly.
“It’s okay to be weak.”
“It’s okay to struggle.”
“It’s okay to fail.”
And sure—in the moment, maybe.
If you’re weak right now, fine.
If you’re struggling right now, fine.
If you’re failing right now, fine.
But what’s not fine is letting it stay that way.
If you’re weak and you aren’t actively doing something about it, then you are choosing to stay weak.
THAT is absolutely, positively…
NOT okay.
A man should feel shame in weakness.
A man should feel disgusted when he’s not living at full capacity.
A man should hate the idea of being soft.
Because weak men get eaten alive.
By the world. By stronger men. By life itself.
LIE #5: "Nice people can be trusted."
This one took me a long time to figure out.
We’re all taught to trust the nice guy.
The guy who’s always polite. The guy who never gets too aggressive. The guy who’s always smiling, always agreeable, always “just trying to keep the peace.”
But let me tell you something.
Nice guys lie.
They lie because they don’t want confrontation.
They lie because they’re scared of being disliked.
They lie because they would rather be SEEN as good than actually do good.
You know who you can actually trust?
The guy who tells you the truth.
Even when it’s hard.
Even when it hurts.
Even when you don’t want to hear it.
That guy, like him or not…
He’s real.
And he’s the only kind of person worth keeping around.
YES, I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.
AND THAT’S THE POINT.
You might’ve noticed something.
I’ve said many of the same things over and over again in different ways.
Why?
Because this is what matters.
Because this is what keeps people weak.
And if you don’t hear it a hundred times, if you don’t drill it into your skull, if you don’t make it a fundamental part of the way you think—
It will kill you.
Not instantly. Not dramatically.
But slowly.
One excuse at a time.
One compromise at a time.
One weak thought at a time.
And before you know it?
You’ve wasted your entire life.
That’s why I repeat it. That’s why I hammer it in.
Because this IS life or death.
And if you don’t take it seriously, brother…
You’ve already lost.
ACTIONABLE STEP #4:
Write Your Weakness Obituary
Get a piece of paper. Right now.
Write down every lie you’ve believed that has kept you from becoming what you’re supposed to be.
Then write this:
“Today, this version of me dies. The weak version. The version that makes excuses, that waits, that listens to lies. He is dead. And he is NEVER coming back.”
Then destroy the paper. Burn it, tear it, whatever. Make it symbolic.
Then move on.
Yes yes it sounds funny. Like a soap opera. Dramatic.
Well, my friend, we live in dramatic times.
I was dramatically lost.
Safe to assume you are or were at one point too.
Do the dang exercise. Trust me, one day… you will thank yourself.
THE WAR NEVER ENDS (BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING)
You ever hear someone say, “One day, it’ll all get easier”?
That’s a lie.
A comforting lie, sure. One that keeps weak men from completely unraveling.
But still a lie.
It never gets easier.
The battles just change. The challenges evolve. The resistance adapts.
Every single time you think you’ve finally “made it,” life throws a new level of hell at you.
And most people never figure this out.
They think if they just push hard enough, if they just make it past this one last hurdle, if they just grind a little longer—
They’ll reach some mythical place where they can finally relax.
WRONG.
The second you stop fighting, you start losing.
And that’s exactly why most people…
Well, lose.
WHY MOST MEN PEAK EARLY AND ROT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES
You ever see a guy who had his best years behind him?
A guy who used to be on top—used to be strong, used to be a Chad, used to be unstoppable—but isn’t anymore?
That’s because he thought the war was over.
Maybe he hit a big goal. Maybe he got the job, the money, the body, the respect.
And instead of realizing that this just meant he unlocked a new level of war, he thought:
"I did it. I can relax now."
And the second that thought took hold?
It was over.
He let up. He coasted. He started telling himself he’d “earned” some rest.
And at first it wasn’t obvious.
He still looked like the same guy. Still acted like the same guy.
But the momentum was already dying.
One small compromise at a time.
One tiny, almost invisible step backward at a time.
And then, a year later? Five years later?
He’s just another guy with old stories about how great he used to be.
That is what happens when you think the war ends.
THE MYTH OF "MAINTAINING" SUCCESS
People think once they get to a certain level, they can just maintain it.
Stay fit without pushing their body.
Stay sharp without feeding their mind.
Stay successful without staying ruthless.
That’s not how this works.
You don’t get to keep something just because you built it once.
You don’t get to coast and expect to hold on to what took years of fire and suffering to forge.
Because the second you stop pushing forward, you don’t just stand still.
You decay.
Soon enough, believe me when I say this:
That version of you that you fought so hard to create—he’s gone.
Replaced by something softer, weaker, duller.
And then?
It’s a long, slow slide back into being exactly like the people you swore you’d never become.
Like the former YOU, you swore you’d never become.
THE MEN WHO NEVER LOSE
You ever wonder why some guys stay killers for life?
Why they never seem to slow down, never seem to fall off, never seem to lose their edge even after decades?
It’s not because they’re built different.
It’s not because they have some freak level of motivation the rest of the world doesn’t.
They didn’t save more Andrew Tate clips than you.
(Trust me, they didn’t.)
It’s because they know the war never ends.
And instead of trying to escape it, they embrace it.
They don’t resist the fact that there’s always another level to climb.
They don’t complain when things get harder.
They don’t sit around waiting for the day they can “finally take it easy.”
Because they know that day doesn’t exist.
And once you accept that?
You stop fighting the process.
You stop looking for some imaginary end point where you get to let go and relax.
INSTEAD…
You just become the guy who thrives in the war.
WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY A GIFT
This might sound like a brutal reality.
A lifetime of pushing, suffering, grinding, and refusing to slow down.
But here’s the part no one tells you:
This is the best possible way to live.
Because what’s the alternative?
What happens to men who stop pushing?
They fade.
They grow soft.
They start making excuses instead of moves.
And next thing they know, they’re just watching other men win while they sit in the stands, telling themselves they “used to be” that guy.
That is the real nightmare.
Not a life of war. Not a life of challenge.
But a life where you stopped being dangerous.
Where you lost your fire.
Where you let yourself become average.
And once you see that?
You stop wishing for things to get easier.
You stop looking for comfort.
You take pride in the fight.
Because the fight is what keeps you alive.
ACTIONABLE STEP #5:
Pick Your Next War
You don’t just "work hard."
You fight for something.
Right now, choose a real mission—
Something bigger than yourself that will keep you moving even when you don’t feel like it.
It could be your body. Your business. A skill. A level of success you want to reach.
But it has to be clear.
Take your time and be specific.
Then write it down.
Make it official.
Then move on.
YOUR LEGACY & WHY THIS ALL MATTERS
At some point, you have to ask yourself:
What’s the point?
If the war never ends, if the fight is lifelong, if there’s no finish line where you get to sit back and enjoy the view—
Then why fight at all?
Weak men love this question. They ask it with defeat in their voice. Like it justifies quitting. Like the fact that the work never stops means they shouldn’t start.
They say things like:
"Well, what’s the point of grinding so hard if you can never relax?"
"What’s the point of making money if you’re just going to die one day?"
"What’s the point of pushing yourself if there’s always another level?"
And this is the difference between the ones who build legacies and the ones who watch from the sidelines.
Because the ones who actually get it—
They don’t see this as a reason to quit.
They see it as a reason to go even harder.
Because the point isn’t to arrive.
The point is to build something that will last.
BUILT DIFFERENT.
BUILDING SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF
Most people go through life as if they were never here at all.
They make no impact.
They leave nothing behind.
They come and go like ghosts—unnoticed, unimportant, forgettable.
And if you’re okay with that, then fine.
Quit now. Settle for mediocrity. Be like the rest of them.
If you’re GENUINELY okay with that…
I’m happy for you. That’s not sarcastic. Genuinely, I am.
But if you’re still here, still reading, still taking real steps to change your life—then you already know that’s not an option for you.
Because if you push hard enough, if you fight well enough, if you refuse to stop—
You don’t just change yourself.
You change the world around you.
You leave a mark.
You FORCE people to notice.
You create something that keeps moving forward long after you’re gone.
And if you don’t understand how powerful that is, you will never last.
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.
Here’s the truth.
You don’t do this just for you.
You might start that way. You might start because you want to be strong, to be sharp, to be better than you were yesterday.
But at a certain point, you realize—
This is bigger than you.
Because if you truly commit to the fight, if you become the absolute best version of yourself, if you set the standard that most people are too weak to hold—
You give others permission to do the same.
You force everyone around you to step up.
You change the entire culture of every room you walk into.
You want to know what true leadership looks like?
It’s not telling people what to do.
It’s not trying to convince people to be better.
It’s not hoping others will follow.
It’s becoming UNDENIABLE.
It’s walking into a room and instantly raising the bar—just by being there.
It’s holding yourself to such a brutal standard that everyone around you either levels up or gets left behind.
And if you don’t see the value in that, you’re thinking too small.
WHAT STRIKER SOLUTIONS & THE GROWTH ARSENAL REPRESENT
I didn’t build this because I wanted to make money.
I didn’t build this because I wanted a “business.”
I mean, I did, but.
I built THIS because I know exactly what it’s like to have a mind built for more but no clear path forward.
I know what it’s like to feel the fire inside you but have no clue how to channel it.
I know what it’s like to be surrounded by people who don’t get it—who settle, who accept mediocrity, who think there’s something wrong with wanting more.
And I refuse to let the people who actually want to win waste years figuring it out on their own.
Because everything I’ve built—every skill I’ve developed, every mindset shift I’ve gone through, every brutal lesson I’ve learned the hard way—
It’s all here.
For the ones who are ready to take it.
For the ones who refuse to settle.
For the ones who see the world for what it is—a battlefield—and would rather die fighting than live comfortably as nothing.
WHAT YOU DO NEXT
You don’t read this and “feel motivated.”
You don’t close this page and go back to your same old patterns.
You don’t treat this like just another piece of content that hypes you up for five minutes before you forget about it.
You take this, and you move.
You use it. You build. You refuse to go back to the weak version of yourself that would rather just “exist” than ACTUALLY LIVE.
That version of you…
He’s dead.
And if he ever tries to come back, if he ever whispers in your ear that maybe you should slow down, that maybe you should take it easy, that maybe you should be comfortable for once—
Kill him again.
Because the only men worth remembering are the ones who never stop.
The ones who embody the fire and never let it die.
The ones who know this is what they were built for.
If that’s you?
Then the war has already been won.
Tell me (really, tell yourself)—
WHO ARE YOU?
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
This isn’t the kind of thing you read once and forget about.
This is something you come back to.
Over and over.
Every time you feel yourself slipping.
Every time you need to remember who you are.
Every time you need to burn away the weak parts of yourself and start fresh.
Because if you do this right…
You won’t need another wake-up call.
You won’t need another reminder of what you’re built for.
You will just BE it.
Do you understand?
Once that happens,
The fire never dies.
Ever.
ACTIONABLE STEP #6:
Make the Move That Changes Everything
This is it.
This is where you prove that this wasn’t just another thing you read that made you feel something for five minutes before you went back to being the same person.
Right now, make the move you’ve been scared to make.
Quit the job.
Start the business.
Book the flight.
Sign up for the fight.
Make the investment.
Have the hard conversation.
Do the thing that forces your life to change.
No more “thinking about it.” No more one day.
You do it today.
RIGHT NOW.
Then you don’t look back.
~Trey Gutierrez
bottom of page