Hannah HammondFounder & CEO, HB Capital & The Firm RE · CEO of HB Capital | Helping CRE Developers & Investors Fund Deals Nationwide | Host of The Hannah Hammond Show

Your PAIN can drive you to be BETTER.. don't use it as an excuse to keep failing.

Name: Your PAIN can drive you to be BETTER.. don't use it as an excuse to keep failing.
Uploaded: 2025-07-11T01:55:21+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Hannah Hammond
Description: A short YouTube conversation between an unnamed speaker and Hannah Hammond about motivation. The unnamed speaker recommends listing people who doubted or…

11 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube conversation between an unnamed speaker and Hannah Hammond about motivation. The unnamed speaker recommends listing people who doubted or hurt you and using that as daily fuel to avoid letting 'haters' win. Hannah Hammond contrasts pursuing excellence (often driven by pain) with pursuing fulfillment, noting that pain can motivate major achievements but isn't the only source of motivation.

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This is going to sound crazy, but how do you get motivated? I tell them to just make a list of everyone who hurt you. Everyone who talks shit. Everyone said you couldn't do it. Look at that list every day. Because if you don't work hard, that means the haters win. Or worse, if you don't accomplish the goals that they said you couldn't accomplish. They weren't hating. Maybe they were just correct. Maybe it was just a fair assessment of your capability. Sometimes that extra hate can push you to another level. It's not the only fuel you want to run off.
I have something to say about that. This is like the pursuit of excellence versus the pursuit of fulfillment. Usually the lack of fulfillment. Some pain drives the pursuit of excellence. That's why most big success stories, they have some deep rooted pain inside of them that has driven that.