Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
Great leaders in life or business who want to be a success,must think clearly, make smart choices, and stay focused on their goals. Its takes practicle thinking to grow, lead, and succeed by using common sense and taking action.
Chris 'Fantastic' Powell
EVERYTHING IS DONE FOR YOU NOT TO YOU
Why is it the hardest moments are often the ones that build the strongest parts of us, and how a single mindset shift—done for you, not to you—can turn setbacks into structure
Life is waiting for you each day, and you have to prepare for each challenge along the way toward success. It's not simple, but it can be done. Welcome to my common sense motivation episodes. I'm Chris FantasticPow. Everything is done for you, not to you. This is a lesson of life. Let me slow down for a moment and really talk to you because it just isn't a message, it's a truth that has carried me through storms and it can carry you too. I know what it feels like to think the world is against you, to wake up and wonder why certain doors close, why certain people walk away, and why your plans didn't turn out the way you envisioned. And in those moments is easy to say life is being unfair, life is punishing me, life is happening to me. But I need you to hear me clearly. Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you. Every challenge, every setback, every detour, it's not a punishment, it's appropriation. It's not meant to destroy you, it's designed to develop you. Think about the greatest lessons you've learned in your life. Did they come wrapped in comfort or do they come in hardship? Did you grow when everything was smooth or did you grow when you had to claw your way through doubt, through rejection, through pain? The struggle has always been your greatest teacher. Life uses storms to strengthen your roots. It uses delays to build your patience. It uses obstacles to sharpen your character. You don't discover who you really are in the sunshine, you discover it in the rain. Let me make it personal. There were times when I thought certain losses would break me, times I thought I would never recover, but looking back, those losses were the very things that shaped me into the man I am today. The pain was not here to crush me, it was here to carve me, to remove what I need so I could carry what I was meant to. And that's exactly what life is doing with you. The heartbreak you went through is preparing you to love more wisely, more deeply, with greater strength. The opportunity you didn't get is because something bigger is waiting for you that requires you to be more prepared than you are right now. The people who left, they were never meant to carry the weight of your destiny anyway. What feels like rejection is often protection. What feels like delay is often divine timing. What feels like loss is often a lesson that's worth more than what you thought you were losing. And here's the key. Instead of asking why it's happening to me, start asking what is it doing for me? What is it teaching me? What is it preparing me for? That shift in perspective changes everything. When you believe life is against you, you live better. But when you believe life is for you, you live better. Listen, life is not random, it's intentional. You're not here by accident. Your struggles are not wasted. Every single thing you've gone through has been part of the construction project called you. You are being built, you're being refined, you're being prepared for something bigger. The mountain you're climbing right now, it's not blocking your path. It is your path. The weight you're carrying isn't here to crush you, it's here to build your muscle. And the storm you're facing isn't here to drown you, it's here to teach you how to sell. So don't quit. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you're crushed or unlucky or forgotten. You are none of those things. You are chosen, you are prepared, and you are equipped with what's ahead. Everything in your life, the good, the bad, the easy, the hard is part of a bigger design. And when you step back and look at the masterpiece, you'll see it's always been done for you, never to you. So hold your head high, wipe the tears if you have to, square your shoulders, and keep moving. Because life isn't trying to break you, life is trying to build you. Make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. For books, ebooks, or audiobooks, visit ChrisFantasticPowell dot com or find them on Amazon. Thank you for listening.