In this motivational monologue, Aaron Doughty explains how to increase personal energy and passion by redefining one’s self‑identity, consciously shaping thoughts, and practicing presence. He argues that defining yourself as an energetic, passionate person creates a feedback loop where thoughts generate positive emotions, which in turn reinforce the identity. He suggests incremental belief shifts—starting with small affirmations like “I have more energy today than yesterday”—to gradually ingrain the new self‑concept. Gratitude is highlighted as a tool that aligns thoughts with feelings of abundance, further boosting energy. As a practical pick‑me‑up, Doughty recommends juicing nutrient‑rich vegetables and fruits (carrots, kale, spinach, celery, apples) for natural phytonutrients, enzymes, and antioxidants that provide sustained energy without crashes. Finally, he advises making everyday activities an end in themselves by staying fully present, which not only enhances enjoyment but also attracts opportunities. The video concludes with a call to comment, like, and subscribe.
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You ever wonder how you can have more energy or feel more passion in your life? Or do you feel tired a lot? What if I told you that you could take small steps that would affect your energy levels and how much passion you feel in your life? So one thing I get asked a lot by people is they say, hey, yo Aaron, why do you have so much energy? And I say, well, it's because I always just known that I have a lot of energy. I believe that however we define ourselves in life tends to be how we act or how the kind of experience that we have. And I've always defined myself as having a lot of energy. So the one thing that I would say could be the most powerful thing if you're trying to have more energy or trying to understand how you you can be more passionate about what you're doing is to understand and to define yourself as somebody that has a lot of passion or somebody that has a lot of energy. And the way that you go about this is you understand first off the correlation between how you think in correlation to how you feel. If you look at this, what you'll notice is when you think thoughts that are good, when you feel good about yourself or you think you're thinking in terms with how you choose to feel or how you choose to be, you'll notice that you feel good. There is an intimate correlation between how we think to how we feel, and understanding that, that, and understanding what a belief is. What a belief is, is a thought that we keep thinking. It's a thought that we think consistently and that we then begin to relate to. So we relate to whatever we're thinking about. So it's understanding how our thoughts create our emotions and how if we do that repeatedly, we begin to ingrain it into our personality. So I have always defined myself as somebody with a lot of energy, and because of that, I have a lot of momentum to where now I just have a lot of energy. So I'd say the most important thing that you can do towards giving yourself more energy is to be more consciously aware of the thoughts that you're thinking and to become more consciously aware of how you can then choose the thoughts that you think to be in alignment with how you choose to feel. If you want to have more energy, start thinking in terms of what would the version of myself that has a lot of energy be thinking? You'd be thinking, I have more energy. And if you want to do this slowly, you can do that because sometimes it's easier to believe it if it's gradual versus going from someone that's always lethargic to saying, I have a lot of energy. It might not be believable, but if you say, I have more energy today than I did yesterday. You'll see that you can do that and you can begin to relate to that thought in a different way. And if you do this consistently enough, you'll begin to ingrain it in a part of your personality. You'll begin to literally become a different person, but it's not becoming not who you are. It's becoming more of who you are, because then having more passion, having more life and light is something that everyone wants. Everyone wants to grow, to experience more, and to feel passionate about what they're doing. So I would say I encourage you to define yourself differently. Define yourself as somebody who has a lot of passion. And you can do this in any area of your life. You can be aware of how you think about whatever it is. If it's money, if it's being passionate about a relationship, whatever it is, if you think differently about it and you begin to think in a more— that's why gratitude is such a powerful thing is because gratitude gives you a certain feeling. And normally in order to feel gratitude, you have to be thinking the thoughts that are in alignment with that feeling. And the more that you do that, the more you cultivate that feeling until it becomes part of a relationship. You then have that relationship to whatever it is. If you feel abundant, abundance will be reflected back to you. That's how it works. That's how we create our reality with the thoughts that we're thinking. And there's a lot of science and physics coming out showing and proving that what we think affects our external environment. So I'd say the most important thing is understanding how you're defining yourself and to relate to your environment in a different way. The next one is something you might say, 'Oh, that sounds all well and good, but what if I do want to pick me up?' There's nothing wrong with that. I would say that the best pick-me-up though is juicing, and I made a little bit of juice earlier today. and there's not much left because I've already been drinking it. But I put in it carrots, kale, spinach, celery, some other apples, other stuff as well. But juicing is such a powerful thing to do because it has a lot of natural phytonutrients in it, and phytonutrients have a lot of energy. There's living enzymes in there that help with energy levels, and it also is a good detox. It detoxifies the body, it's got a lot of antioxidants in it, so it's got a whole bunch of benefits. But if you want a pick-me-up that doesn't have a crash like Red Bull or something that makes you feel really good for 30, 45 minutes, or even an hour or two, and then you crash for 2 or 3 hours, I recommend juicing. Takes a little bit of work having to put it into the juicer, or it's sometimes a little bit more expensive if you go to Whole Foods every day and get one. They're sometimes $7 or $8 each, but it's worth it, and it's definitely a good investment if you want to buy your own vegetables and juice yourself. So I'd say that the next thing that's very powerful to do is to juice if you do find yourself eating that pick-me-up. So the final thing that I want to say is if you want to have more passion in your life, understand that the things that you're doing, you can become more present with them, and it means making whatever you're doing an end in itself instead of a means to an end. So for example, If you were to do the dishes, you're doing the dishes normally to get the dishes done. It's an end in it. It's a means to an end, but you would actually enjoy it more if you would make the act of doing the dishes an end in itself, meaning that you're aware, you're present while you're doing whatever you're doing. And I know it's a cheesy example, but it's an example that we can apply in our own life because many people are doing jobs that they don't necessarily enjoy doing, or they find themselves doing things that they would be doing differently if they had a choice. So the most powerful way to get to a new state or get to a new place is towards feeling the energy now, feeling like you're already where you want to be and taking action in that direction. So the idea is if you're at a job you don't prefer, be more present while you're there. Embody, be so present in what you're doing, making it an end in yourself, and you'll find yourself enjoying it more. And the irony is that as you enjoy it more, you begin to attract into your life, more circumstances and more opportunities because you're proving you're being more present with who you are and what you're doing. And there's more of a chance of somebody coming up to you and noticing how present and how in the moment you are and how passionate you are about your doing that they might offer you a job, or it could be a number of different things, but the idea is to make whatever you're doing in life an end in itself and you'll find that you have more energy. You'll feel better about yourself and you'll understand how your thoughts correlate to your— how you feel and understand that you can redefine yourself towards being a different person or being more of who you prefer to be. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video today. Feel free to comment or like or subscribe below and on the next video I shall see you. Have a great day.
