DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT THIS - Powerful Motivational Speech Compilation

August 17, 2026

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"Do You Actually Want This?"

The central question of this motivational compilation is deceptively simple: do you actually want what you say you want? The speakers argue that the difference between people who achieve their goals and those who don't comes down to one thing—the honest answer to that question. If you genuinely want something, almost nothing can stop you. If you don't really want it, almost anything will become an excuse.

The Want Power Test

The episode's core idea is that most people never ask themselves with real seriousness what they actually want. Instead, they fill the gap with distractions: addictions, hobbies, dopamine chasing, and the scripts other people gave them—graduate, get a job, get married, retire, die. One speaker puts it bluntly: "Somebody told you to just graduate high school, graduate college, get a job, want that job the rest of your life. Have kids, get married and die." Without knowing what you truly want, you default to whatever path is easiest or most expected.

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What you'll learn

1 Timestamped Outline
2 (02:17) **The Central Question: Do You Actually Want This?** - The episode opens with the core thesis: if you truly want something, nothing can stop you; if you don't, every obstacle becomes an excuse.
3 (03:05) **Non-Negotiable Outcomes and Identity Alignment** - A speaker describes believing success was "inevitable" and "non-negotiable," treating choices as mere steps in an inevitable process.
4 (03:36) **Using Jealousy to Discover What You Want** - A practical tool for uncovering genuine desire: ask who you're jealous of, not just who inspires you.
5 (04:15) **The Unasked Question: What Do You Actually Want?** - A critique of the default life script and a call to identify what you believe you were "destined to do."
6 (05:01) **Want Power vs. Willpower** - Introducing "want power" as the X-factor that determines whether you'll persist when things get hard.
7 (06:06) **The Business Test: Would You Buy Your Own Product?** - A pragmatic check: if you wouldn't want what you're creating, you're building on shaky ground.

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Show Notes

How bad do you want it? Do you ACTUALLY want to do this? If you actually want it, nothing and nobody will stop you or get in your way. If you don't? You'll let any excuse, any distraction knock you off course from achieving your ultimate goal. Everything starts with a single question. DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT THIS?

Speakers

Jocko Willink

@JockoPodcastOfficial

Dr. Joe Dispenza

@drjoedispenza

Mark Mathews

https://www.instagram.com/markmathewssurf/?hl=en

Dr. John Delony

https://www.instagram.com/johndelony/

Russ

@russ

Gary Vaynerchuk