The Hard Truth About Getting the Life You Want in 2026

So I'm currently filming this video at 10 o'clock on December 31st, 2025. New Year's is about 2 hours away and it's about to be 2026. So I wanted to sit down and film this video for those of you who are interested in how to make 2026 the best year of your entire life. Now, this is a topic that there's so many ways I could go with this, but what I really want to talk about specifically is just figuring out what it is that you want out of life. That's the first step because Everyone wants different things, and that's the key thing, because you have all these people saying you should do this, you should do that, and I don't believe in that type of thinking, right? So it just depends on the first thing is what do you want, and it's being crystal clear on that. So a lot of people, I get a lot of messages, DMs, people stop me, um, and they ask, hey, how do I, you know, get financial freedom? How do I live the life that you have? We have freedom, you have, you know, cars, whatever, you have like your perceived dream life, right? And I want to just talk about commitment to start this off because first thing you have to do is figure out, okay, you got one life, so how do you want to live it? There's so many different ways you can live your life. You could go be a nomad, you could go be a business exec, you could go do all these different things, a humanitarian. You have to figure out, okay, I got one life while I'm here, what is the life that I want to live? Now, if you guys are watching this video, that probably means you've been following me, maybe even seeing my stuff, or you're just somewhat interested in entrepreneurship, making money, and just ultimately having freedom to live the lifestyle that you want. And so your question may just be like, I just want to get rich. Because I remember when I was younger, it's like I just wanted to be rich. Like when people ask me, what do I want out of life? It was, I just want to be rich. I didn't have this grand scheme of like, oh, I want to help the children. Like, no, I'll be straight up with you guys. I just wanted to get rich. And I saw everyone around me you know, working these jobs that were good-paying jobs, making $100,000, $200,000, $300,000. And I saw that, I'm like, that's not what I want. And so for some of you, it's gonna be easier to figure out what you don't want than what you want. So if you just sit here for a second and just write down what is the life that you don't want, because if you start thinking that way, it's way easier to figure out. It's way easier for your mind to process a negative than it is a positive. So just sit there and reflect like, What is a life that you do not want? Well, you probably don't wanna be obese. You probably don't wanna struggle financially. You probably don't wanna have bad relationships, you know, and all of this stuff. You probably don't wanna have a bad personal life, right? And so all of this stuff goes into, it's like, okay, so that's what I don't want. And then you can kind of start figuring out, okay, what do I want? Well, what's the opposite of what I just said? Okay, well, financial freedom. I probably wanna be in shape. I probably wanna have good relationships. And how do you start? And in this video, I'm mainly going to talk about as it relates to entrepreneurship and financial freedom, because I believe that is the most actionable, you know, step that you guys can take and something that I could potentially, you know, shed light on and help with. So you just have to figure out, okay, is the life that I live right now good? And for me, the number one thing that got me to take massive risk when I was 18, 19, and I was investing every dollar I had, I was investing money I didn't have into masterminds, into mentorship, into coaching, into all this stuff. The reason I was able to do that is I didn't have fear. So many people walk this earth with so much fear around them. They're scared of everything. They're scared of potentially missing rent. What if I don't get this job? What if I don't go to this school? They are scared of everything. And for me, what helped me get over fear is that I was already living my worst nightmare. I already lived a life that I hated when I was 18, 19. I had no money when I was broke. I hated my life. I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. I didn't like my life. A lot of these goals and this ambition, when you see all these people who have achieved a lot, it doesn't come from happy, positive, you know, goals. A lot of times it comes from dark places, and I'm no different. I absolutely hated my finances. I didn't like where I lived. I didn't like where I drove. And so I just looked around at my life and I'm like, I hate this. So when it came to taking risk, It wasn't difficult for me because I'm like, at least if I do this, there's a chance that I get what I want. Because if I go down the path I'm currently going, I'm guaranteed to fail. I'm guaranteed to fail. And I want you guys to think of that for a second because I think it's an important mindset shift that could really help a lot of people. It's just look at your current reality, and if you don't like it, just look at where you're headed. Like, what does 10 years from now look like if you don't change anything? Right? And that should scare you. And so for me, that made it so easy to take risks. It made it so easy to invest money I didn't have. Guys, I've been broke. I've driven Uber. I've had a 380 credit score. I've had negative $80K in credit card debt. I've slept on the floor of an apartment with 6 people in a 3-bedroom apartment. Guys, I've been through it. And the number one thing that got me through all of that was at least if I'm going this path, it's very uncertain, it's very scary to most people, at least there's a chance that I can get what I want. 'Cause I know for a fact, if I just went the traditional route of college, school, and I went that way, I would for sure not live the life that I want. And so for me, when I sat down and really thought about what's the life that I wanna live, that is what made me fully committed. And I think the reason most people do not get what they want outta life is 'cause they're not fully committed. They're half in, they're half out. They don't know what they want. So the first thing I challenge every single person watching this is get obsessed about getting crystal clear on what you want. Because if you're not crystal clear on what you want and you're thinking, I might want this, but I might want that, I'm like, you're screwed because you can't commit. And you need to commit at an early age. Like, I started in entrepreneurship when I was 19. And it took me 6 years to make my first million dollars, right? That was already a long time. And so you guys need to start as soon as possible. Don't keep delaying. You don't want to be 30 years old not knowing what you want. Start whatever age it is. Start now. If you're 50, start now. Cool, the best time was 20 years ago. But if that's not possible, you can't go back in time, so start now. Get crystal clear on what you want. And this is the number one reason people don't have the life that they want is they don't even know. How are you gonna get something that you don't even know you for sure want, right? Because I'll tell you this, once you have full commitment, it's very freeing because you know that I'm either gonna get this goal or I'm just gonna die trying. And it is very much get rich or die trying. That was very much my mantra over and over again, is I, you know, especially through the hard times, I was just like, I'm either gonna get rich or I'm gonna die trying. Like, I'm not gonna quit. I'm not gonna give up. I'm not gonna settle for an average life, right? I get one life. You get one life. We all get one life. So how do you wanna live it? And for me, it's just like, well, when I'm on my deathbed, I wanna respect the risks that I took, the person that I became. And I wasn't gonna do any of that by following the safe path, by doing what everyone said I ought to do, right? Everyone tells me like, oh, my parents are forcing me to go to college. Guys, My parents did too, but I still didn't go. Did they like that decision? No, but I didn't care 'cause I knew what I wanted. I knew I wanted to be rich and I knew that that wasn't the best route for me. I didn't wanna make 100, 200, 300 grand a year. I wanted to make that a day, right? And that's still my goal. It's like, I just wanna achieve my full potential, which I don't even know what that is. So hopefully if you guys get anything out of this, it's really just that the number one thing is get clear on what you want. 'Cause once you know what you want, committing to it is hard. But once you commit to it, you feel very free. You feel very free because you know that I'm either gonna get this thing or I'm gonna spend my entire life trying. And hey, even if I don't get it at the end of my life, it'll be one hell of a story. You know, and that's the way I've always thought through things. It's like, I'm just gonna go. And at least I get to respect myself that I went for it. What I couldn't do, personally, is I couldn't go through my life wondering what if. What if I did this? What if I did this thing? I couldn't do that. So for me, I would much rather have just go, go, go at it, even if I failed at everything. And at the end of my life being, man, I gave it 100%. Like, I couldn't have tried harder. Because what a lot of people do is they live their life and they live it with regret. And a few years go by, and when they're on their deathbed, they're thinking, man, I really played it safe. You know, I could have been so great. You know, I held myself back and, you know, I never wanted that. I saw people live that and, you know, everyone's different. You know, some people don't have this massive ambition and that's cool with them and they're not gonna look back on their life like that. So you need to ask yourself when you're on your deathbed, what is gonna cause regrets? Everyone's different. Not everyone is gonna regret not going for it, you know, in business or, you know, anything like that. That's not for everyone. But for me, that was true. So you need to figure out for yourself what's true for you. What's true that when you're 80, 90 years old on your deathbed, what are you gonna be looking back on wishing you did different? You know? And that's the frame that I think you can make a lot of judgment from. I don't know what you wanna do and you have to figure that out. Everyone's different. And so I'm not gonna give you some blanket advice of like, you should do this. It's like, no. Figure out what you want to live, you know, in your one existence, your one spin around this earth. What life do you want to live while you're here? And then once you figure that out, the only way to get it is to fully commit. And most people, they figure out what they want, but then they never fully commit and they never get what they want. That's why you see people who are very dumb but fully committed, very successful. And you see people who are super smart but they're not fully committed, not that successful. And so going into 2026, guys, I want you to sit down with a notepad and figure out crystal clear what you don't want. And then once you figure out what you don't want, you're going to be able to easily figure out what you want. And just think of when you're on your deathbed, what are the regrets you would have of the risks that you, you know, if you didn't take the risk that you're about to, you know, this year, next year, just throughout your life. And you just have to ask yourself, can I live with that? And it's very freeing. Once you figure it out, guys, it's very freeing. It really is. 'Cause even through the really hard times, and I've had a lot of them, I just didn't have that fear. I was just like, well, I got, I'm 22, I'm broke as shit, but hey, I got 70 more years of this. I'm sure I'll figure it out. And that's where self-belief comes from. So you also have to be working hard, you know. So I don't want to make this video too long. You know, I've already been rambling. I just wanted to sit down and do a real raw video of what I think could help a lot of you guys, what's helped me. And it's just that, guys. It's figuring out, being crystal clear on what I want, and literally just doing whatever it takes in my right— in my mind to go and get it. Because I very much adopted the mindset very early on is I'm either gonna get rich I'm gonna die in the process. And that was my mindset. It still is, you know. I'm just a fan of just going for it and just doing cool stuff. Like, I just think when you have so much potential and you just settle for this average life, like, I don't know. I just don't think that's courageous. And I think God rewards the courageous. And so I want to be remembered of living a courageous life. And I don't even care about being remembered by other people. I just want to be able to say that I lived a courageous life. I don't want to be on my deathbed saying I played it safe. I didn't take any risks. I had an okay life, whatever, whatever. No, I want to be like, I really put it all out there. And man, it was a hell of a ride. Hell of a story. Because when you look at a lot of people's lives, guys, it's I went to school, I had this job, I worked that job, I paid my bills, you know, raised some kids, then I died. I'm not saying kids aren't important. I'm not saying that. But there's a lot of aspects to life. Kids, just one of them, right? And I wanna have it all. I wanna have great finances. I wanna be incredible shape, incredible relationships, incredible family, right? I want it all. Like we got one life. Why would I not? Why would you guys not want it all, right? 'Cause everyone here, we got one life, guys. Why are you not going for everything? Why are you playing it so scared? I just don't understand, right? I don't understand all the conversations I'm in. People are just so scared. It's like, for so many conversations, like your life right now should, is like as bad as it gets for some people, right? But they're still terrified of the unknown. And I'll end with this, is like if you guys are in a rut right now, you guys are broke and you guys just don't know what to do. The beautiful thing about that is you have nothing to lose. You're already as low as it gets, right? So take big bets, take big risks. It can't really get worse if you're dead broke. It doesn't get much worse than that, right? And so it's like, when you're broke like that, when I was broke like that, I just thought to myself, I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. So guys, if that's you, hopefully this gives you guys some encouragement. If you guys have some— any questions, you guys want to ever talk, shoot me a message on Instagram. You can text the number down below. Guys, I love doing content like this. I'm going to start doing a lot more content going into 2026. So guys, that's it for this video. I've just been, you know, rambling a little bit, but I just wanted to sit down right before New Year's and talk about this because I really think it could help a lot of you out.