Chris 'Fantastic' Powell

Demand Results Over Reasons

Chris "Fantastic" Powell

We challenge you to demand results, not reasons, and to lead your life with standards that excuses cannot survive

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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. Demand a result, not a reason. There comes a point in every person's life when they must make a decision that defines who they are and who they're becoming. And that decision is this. Will I settle for reasons or will I demand results? You see, reasons are easy. Reasons slide right into your daily life without knocking. I'm tired, I'm busy, I'll do it tomorrow. These things take time. My situation is different. We dress them up, we justify them, we polish them so that we can live with them. But results, results require a version of you that excuses cannot survive. When you demand a result, you send a message, a signal, not just to your mind, not just to your habits, but to your entire life that you're no longer accepting the minimum. You're no longer flirting with potential. You're stepping into purpose. When you demand a result, you stop operating like a volunteer in your own life. You become the CEO of your effort, the captain of your consistency, and the architect of your future. Reasons keep you explaining, but results keep you evolving. And here's the truth many people never face. Every result you don't have is sitting behind a reason you decided to use, and it's not the universe working against you. It's just a reason you believed instead of the result you were capable of. But when you flip the switch, when you tell yourself no more reasons, give me results, everything changes. Your discipline sharpens, your planning becomes intentional, your energy gets real focused, your heart beats with purpose, your actions grow teeth, your commitment becomes louder than your doubt. Because demanding a result doesn't mean life will suddenly get easy, it means that you get stronger than the obstacles that used to stop you. It means you do it tired, you do it unsure, you do it scared, you do it when no one's cheering, you do it when the old you whispers, just give up. You don't. Why? Because you mature into someone who understands this principle. Results don't come from wishing, they come from working. Results don't come from wanting, they come from deciding. Results don't come from trying, they come from demanding. And when you demand something from your life, your life starts delivering things you once thought were out of reach. This is the mindset of champions, this is the attitude of leaders, this is the engine of success. So today, not tomorrow and not next week, raise your standard. Set the expectation, draw the line, tell your excuses they're fired. Then show up like a person who refuses to negotiate their goals. Because when you demand a result, you become the kind of person who gets one. Make it happen. I'm Chris Fantastic Powell. Thank you for listening. For books, ebooks, or audiobooks, visit ChrisFantasticPowell.com or find them on Amazon.