Take On the Day by Living Like a Warrior

Today's topic was inspired by William Branham, former Navy SEAL, who joined me inside of episode 109 that came out earlier this week.

William Branham is a super incredible guy with a totally just motivating, inspiring, and totally entertaining story about his years spent as a Navy SEAL, the most elite branch of military on the planet.

The thing that struck me about William's story and the story of really the Navy SEALs is this warrior mindset going into the day, ready to crush it, to conquer the day each and every day.

And that mindset is what had me thinking, wow, you know, if we could all start applying that type of mindset to our everyday lives, well, then you know what?

We'd be capable of doing so much more.

Because think of it like this.

Instead of you waking up in the morning thinking to yourself, oh gosh, I hope everything goes okay today.

I hope there's no problems.

Instead, imagine waking up in the morning, opening your eyes, and understanding and knowing today, there are going to be challenges.

There's going to be obstacles that I have to endure.

It's going to be hard.

It's going to be difficult, but that's okay because I'm ready for it.

I'm prepared.

I'm a warrior.

And that is where today I am helping to encourage you to start waking up as a warrior, living life with the mindset of a warrior, where you're ready to take on the day every day by conquering the day, overcoming the obstacles, and letting the challenges only propel you forward in life.

So if you're ready, let's get on to today's episode helping you to live life like a warrior.

What I'm about to share with you isn't going to stop bad things from happening.

And when they do happen, it's not going to make them hurt any less.

But what I do hope it's going to do is somewhere deep down inside of you, spark something that's going to light a fire in you the next time something does happen, that's going to give you the fighting chance, that's going to give you the edge over your competition.

Because the next time hard times strike, I want you to be ready for it.

In essence, what I'm about to do is hopefully awaken the warrior that's already inside of you.

What does this even mean?

This talk about living life like a warrior.

By definition, a warrior is one who is experienced in battle and conflict.

Now, I understand that maybe you're not actually getting ready to go into battle each morning that you wake up, but let's rethink this.

Let's rethink this conflict and battle as the struggles that we all endure every day in our life.

Because the truth of the matter is, sometimes life kind of feels like a battle.

Matter of fact, you may feel like you're smack dab inside of World War III when you walk into your house.

And that's what this is about.

This is about helping you to overcome those battles, those world wars that are raging in your life.

When I think of a warrior, I think of somebody strong, full of metal armor, a sword in hand, somebody large, the big, massive physique.

I think of a football player coming out of the tunnel onto the field.

What do you picture when you think of a warrior?

If picturing somebody similar, well then we're on the same page.

But when I really think about who is a warrior, I think of it deeper than just the physical physique of the person.

I think of it more as their mindset.

This idea that they are going into battle, not to fight, but to win.

Losing is not even a consideration.

They've got the mindset that winning is the only option because they know they're capable of it.

They're strong, they're courageous, they got the swagger, they got the attitude because they're a winner.

They are the winning team.

And they know without a shadow of a doubt that they got this.

Now, the tricky part is that if you don't already have that type of personality, is trying to acquire it.

And it might take a little bit of time, I understand.

Because at this point in your life, you may very well be beaten down.

You've had so many things happen that you feel like you can't have anything good happen for all the bad that fills up your day.

I get it.

I totally understand where you're coming from.

But please don't give up on life.

Please don't let yourself be beaten down so much that you give up on hope for a better day, for good things to happen.

Sometimes it just takes something we hear, maybe this podcast today, to light a spark inside of you that says, you know what?

I am made for more.

I am capable.

I am a warrior.

So I need to stop letting life beat me down.

And it's time for me to take on the day like I'm walking on to the battlefield.

That's what this is all about.

I want you to get lit up inside that you are no longer the weak person that you think you are, that everybody else has it better than you.

Everybody else is stronger than you, more capable than you.

Forget all about that.

You are the star of the show.

You are leading this team.

I'm telling you, you're capable of it, and you are capable of so much more than you give yourself credit for.

And talking about this mindset of a warrior, this mindset that I want you to adopt in your own life, a warrior doesn't fear what he's about to face.

No, he charges at it headfirst, knowing that he's about to crush his competition.

He doesn't overthink the situation ahead of him.

He just reacts.

He relies on his instincts.

He doesn't reconsider his choices.

He just reacts to them and makes sure that whatever he does, whatever decision he makes, that he follows through with it.

If a warrior makes a decision, you better bet he's gonna fight with everything he's got to make it be the right decision.

Think about ways in which you can apply this same type of mindset to your life today.

What decisions have you made this morning that you started to regret?

That you started to think, wow, maybe that was the wrong choice.

Forget all about it.

You made a choice based on what you were thinking at that time, which I believe was the right decision.

You just gotta fight to make it be the right decision sometimes.

I get it.

I'm included.

We want things to be easy.

We don't want to have to fight every day.

We want things to just happen easy for us.

But sometimes, I'm telling you, life is a battlefield.

And if you don't go onto that field with the mindset of a warrior, you're gonna get beaten, chewed up, spit out, and put on the sideline of life.

And I don't know about you, but I'm tired of living on the sideline.

I wanna be on that field.

I want to be catching the winning pass.

I wanna be scoring the touchdowns in life.

What about you?

You feel me?

Are you ready to start scoring your own touchdowns?

Then you gotta start walking onto the field with the swagger, with the attitude, with the pride, with the confidence that you are a warrior and you are capable and that this life is your life to live, and there ain't no other way about it.

Ain't nobody gonna stop you, ain't nothing gonna get you down.

The other thing about a warrior is that he fights with grace.

He fights with intention.

A warrior doesn't enter the battlefield swinging his sword around haphazardly, hoping that it hits somebody.

No, he enters the battlefield with a plan, with intention.

He saves his strength to be sure that when he swings that sword, it's swung with strength and determination.

He hits his target because he knows what he's doing.

Think about ways in which you can adopt that for your everyday life.

Are you going into the day haphazardly?

Do you have a plan when you walk out the door?

Do you have goals and a to-do list of things that before the day is done, these things must be accomplished?

If not, maybe you need to start living with intention.

Start crossing those items off that list like you're swinging a sword at your enemy, like a warrior handles his to-do list.

Now, here's the truth of the matter.

Even if you go into the day with the mindset of a warrior, even if you've got on your armor, you've got your sword, you're ready for battle.

The truth is, you're gonna get knocked down.

Even the biggest, toughest, most fiercest warriors, they get knocked down.

They get trampled on, they get their face smashed into the ground.

And at times they feel like it's over.

I'm done.

But you know what separates a warrior from everyone else?

It's because deep down inside of them, there's that spark that I talked about earlier.

And that spark reminds them it ain't over till it's over.

And they get back up.

Can you relate?

You ever had life knock you to your knees?

Had life knock you flat on your face and had you wishing it was over?

Because there's no way you could continue on with life after what just happened to you.

You're picking up what I'm putting down.

But like the warrior, I'm gonna encourage you to remember that you too are a warrior, that you're in battle, you're in the war.

And even though you get knocked down, that doesn't mean you have to stay down.

Matter of fact, I believe that when we get knocked down, when we get punched in the face, when we feel like it's over, that's when we're actually growing.

Because that's when we get our scars.

That's where we get our wounds, our battle wounds, our battle scars.

They're not a signal of what was weak.

No, they're a signal of our strength, of what we've been through, what we're able to overcome, where we've been and where we're going.

Those are our battle wounds, our scars.

Whether it's a broken heart, whether it's a body that's failed you by becoming disabled, whether it's your mind that feels lost at sea, whatever it is, I'm here to tell you, you can take it back.

This life is your life to live.

This day is your day to thrive, and this moment is your moment to shine.

Because you are a warrior.

Even if you don't feel like it right now, I'm telling you, you are a warrior.

And this life is your war to battle in.

And this life is your war, and you are the winner, because you are meant to win the day every day by waking up with intention to take on the day every day, living life like a warrior.

If at any point you feel like, man, I don't feel like a warrior today.

I want to be, but I just don't.

Well, that's when I would encourage you to be sure you're doing life with people who encourage you.

Check out episode 108.

That's where I talk about living life with your tribe.

Or, if nothing else, reach out to me.

That's what I do for my coaching clients.

I'm not just there helping them with their business, helping them turn their life's greatest challenges into their greatest opportunities.

But more than that, I'm helping them with everyday life, encouraging them that they are a warrior, that they are going to conquer life.

They are going to take on the day every day because they are a warrior.

Sometimes we just need a little bit of encouragement.

And if you need that encouragement, please reach out to me.

My contact information is inside of the show notes.

Or you can always just go straight to the website, and that's just simply the name of the podcast www.thelowdown with kevinlow.com, where you can find all of my contact information right there.

Again, this is your life to live, and you were made to thrive, but it doesn't come easy.

So enter the day with the mindset of a warrior, and I guarantee you, you will win the day every day by taking on the day with the mindset of a warrior.