Aubrey Marcus Speaks The Hard Truth - It Is Your Fault

Aubrey Marcus, Founder and CEO of Onnit shares a motivating story about the power of ownership. Everything that has happened to you in life is your fault, own it, do hard shit, achieve your goals.

People are shouting from every corner that it’s not your fault. That you were born this way. Parents, genetics, privilege. It’s not your fault. Stay right where you are, because you couldn’t change if you tried. And maybe you’ll be tempted to believe them. Because it’s hard. And no one else will ever know how hard it is but you. So you take a prescription to numb the pain of denying who you really are -- and you run out the clock.

Or... one day you just wake up and say it is my fault. It’s all my fault. I am responsible for who I am. I am powerful. I am the hero of my story. I can write my destiny with spartan red, and come home with my shield or on it.

To make that leap you only need one skill. Forgiveness. Because the thing that keeps us from stepping up, and stepping into our power is the idea that we are supposed to be perfect. No one is fucking perfect. And that’s perfect. You’ve screwed up before and you’ll screw up again. It’s why we’re here. You are going to fail, and fall short, and let others down. It will be your fault. So you take responsibility and forgive yourself.

Because it will also be all your fault when you get up. When you bounce back from rock bottom, when you prove the doubters wrong, when you do something that only you knew was possible. That glimmer of a dream, that ember of truth, the vision you didn’t dare look at for long out of fear that once you saw it you might want it so bad that if you failed to get it you couldn’t breathe.

That thing is possible. You can do it. You already know the way--you just have to do it. Go hero, go.
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[monkeyfishfrog_]

I'm not being a hater, I usually love aubreys insights and good intention to help others. But here I feel like the context got shifted. From my own experience, whenever people told me that it's NOT my fault, those people were coming from a compassionate, understanding standpoint and not meaning "stay where you are and don't improve yourself." In fact, I could only improve myself, when I started to understand the different factors and causes that made me the person I am. And seeing what a big impact the social environment I grew up in, had on the destructive parts of my behavior, helped me to find out what external factors influenced me subconsciously in a negative way. And if you never really face your subconscious, it will rule your life and that's not a matter of fault in you but a matter of responsibility to unravel your subconscious. And in that process of unraveling and healing, forgiveness is also part of it, which aubrey said perfectly in the video. I just wish he would have tried to understand the helpful perspective of why some people say "it's not your fault"

[AldwynAltuneyMediaQueen]

Great video! Impressive - love the visuals in the video edit :)

[nickutesch]

Holy shit how did it take me so long to find you? That's the real shit that keeps me going, knowing there are other achievers out there that already did something monumental that changes lives. Thank you brother.

[cherizar]

Aubrey - really excellent use of 2 minutes! Everything you said is so so good and real. Thanks for the encouragement today. Glad i found you
Take care
🤗

[akselbattal]

I am definitely half of the views on this video since simply soccer showed this video I have watched it every morning !!

[jasonjbeasley]

🙏bless u Marcus . I needed that talk this morning, was ruminating on bullshit, so ty ✌️

[too]

2:05 Thanks Aubrey for showing me your favoirite mountains :) good selection, good music background I create mountain slideshows during my free time.

[zachroetker]

The bond is powerful.. thank you my angel with an anus !! Love the friendly metaphysical pokes.. a lil A.watts still alive !!
Love and gratitude!!

[edenshel]

I just want to know if you made it to the end of the rope line, or not? :) Beautiful truth, thank you.

[Zervive]

This is very helpful, thanks, Aubrey!

[mannygallegos]

You were ONNIT on this video my brother!

[parkerthibault]

Anyone have the link to the song? It'd be pretty great for working out or something.

[joelcastanon]

Its NOT always your fault, its all about the circunstances around us ..i understand that's the way people make money out of others..but that's NOT my fault neither

[AlSynyster]

"Go hero, go" lol. What if I'm the villain?!

[toddmyers]

Amazing message! We all need more self accountability and forgiveness to become better and raise our awareness.

[jordanwilliams]

I love how you made such a strong, impactful point without being crazy, in your face. You were just frank and to the point, thank you.

[Michaelvarez]

It is not always your fault. People change, plans change. You may change out of your environment. There's a difference between taking fault and taking responsibility and credit. You're only human. A lot of things that happen to you are out of your control but you still have some control so don't worry.

[kiekko]

You are already perfect, there’s nothing to achieve.
The ego is just an illusion, the real self is no-self. ✌️

[natureswayglasspa]

Thank You THRICE... Nothing, AbsolutE KNO-thing, happens To us. It's Three Us, it's FREE US, ... Every Nothing Happens FOR Us. . .
Ignorance begs repeat of the cycle...fluid acceptance, abundant awareness, this is Our Truth. Owning my shitty self is How I stopped giving my power away "2" my "shitty self." And most aptly, allowed the recognition, my self ain't Shitty!, Just Me_Self.

[sheridancopley]

Lovely. Makes my hair stand on end. Pure inspiration