Go Get Some: Andrew Tate Motivation

Sometimes you just need a kick in butt to get going. The grind is hard I know so you have to find inspiration wherever you can. I find Andrew Tate’s harsh truth to be freeing. He did a video beginning of 2026 that I still go back to frequently when I get discouraged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=azZzdQEg4t0 

I warn you though, it’s a long one.

“This year is going to be a transformative year. There will be energy in the universe. Energy that you can grab and transform into the building blocks required to improve your life in all realms. But none of it's going to matter unless you're prepared for it. None of it's going to matter unless you're doing due diligence on yourself. 

You should only spend your time doing what you are good at. This is an extremely important concept not many of you understand. There's two primary ways you get to make money. You either give up your time or you give up your money. Now, if you become a specialist in something, your time is amplified. If you're a doctor, your time is worth more than if you're a cleaner. Why? Not everybody is a doctor. Anyone can clean.

With money, it can also come down to how much you know and how well you know how

to amplify your money. It's true. But to a degree, you need a specialization…….

Imagine you wanted to be completely self-sufficient and you had to make your own clothes and grow your own food and build your own house. Now imagine you were a very talented musician, but because you want to be self-sufficient, you don't have time to play piano because you have to build your own house, make your own clothes, and grow your own food. And you may have a few spare minutes in the day to play some piano. Whereas if you only play piano all the time because it's what you're good at so that you earn enough money that you can pay someone else to build your house, buy your clothes, now you get to become rich cuz it amplifies the value of your time. 

If you want to be good at something, then you need to identify, well, what am I good at? Let me focus on that, which increases the value of your time so you make as much

money as possible. Conor McGregor was a good fighter. So he focused on fighting.

When he wanted to launch a whiskey brand, he then uses the money and

notoriety he had obtained from the only thing he is good at and hired people to

deal with distilleries to deal with starting an international alcohol brand

distribution.

Imagine instead he said, "I want to do a whiskey brand all by myself" and wanted

to build his own distillery, make his own whiskey, and drive it around in

trucks trying to deliver it to pubs. You don't get rich that way ever. Then

what you should be doing is doubling down on that thing, making as much money

as possible, and finding someone else to do that for you. You may ask yourself, well, how do I then find people who I can trust to do the other things that I can't do?” 

I think this point is key. I think you have to both be a specialist and generalist. Like a T. Know something super super well, be an expert on one thing, this is the leg of the T. But you should also know a bunch of things generally. The top of the T. Knowledge is power. 

“This comes back to the sofa store and learning how to manage people and manage relationships and not be a little social autist. Sitting on a chair all day will make you autistic. Nobody's going to like you. To be likable and trustable and relatable. You're going to learn that the hard way most often. But this is an extremely important concept I want many of you to understand. If you're making three grand a month from a pet store and that's what you're good at, you need to spend your time getting that

three grand a month up to 10 grand a month. 

Not sitting there gambling the three grand a month trying to catch a lick because you saw shiny object with a once in a generation, god knows when it's ever going to come again. Because what crypto is doing is it's brain draining and there's people now who are forgetting the thing they are actually talented in to just sit and chase imaginary gains in a minus some gain and most of you are going to lose. 

I make a lot of money with lots of things. I make a lot of money with property. I make a load of money because I can talk on a microphone and you will listen to me. I have a coffee shop. I have a car wash. I do everything. So, I'm not against money. What I am against is the idea of people not prepared to sit down and do actual genuine work. This obsession with shiny objects, this easy come, easy go, fast. 

The truth about life is that there is no easy way out. There is no shortcut home. It's rocky. It's round 10. It's a slugfest. It's broken eye sockets and it's swinging. That's all life is ever going to be at the top. Even with money, it's the same for me. It's still jail.

It's still court. It's still problems. I can only deal with them because of my poor man lessons. 

I went to jail in Romania. The  gypsies who tried to pick on me. Not knowing I grew up in Luton. I'll fight all 10 of you right now. And they learned better. If I had caught a 10 million lick at  16, how would I have survived in jail? 

Being poor saved me. Being poor saved me. And my brand has only ever been telling you that life is hard  as a man. It's never happy. It's never smiles and rainbows.

And the ones who do are not going to end up happier than you. You have to wake up, realize life is do the right thing even though you don't feel like doing it. Dedicate yourself. Grind out brutal, terrible, hard labor. And if you do it the way you're supposed to do it, the lessons you will learn along the way makes money worth having.” 

“There's no point having money if when you walk into the club, nobody gives a hoot who you are and nobody respects you. What's the point in money then? You see it all the time in Miami now. These crypto kids spending their 400 grand on bottles in a night. Who cares? Cuz we don't give a damn about how much money you have. We care about the quality of your character as a man. 

How good are you in a firefight? You don't want a Ferrari before you can handle it.

Trust me, you're going to hit a tree. Ask yourself, do you deserve millions of dollars? You know you don't deserve it. And God knows you don't deserve it. And if he gave it to you, it would be a punishment. God only gives you what you're ready for. 

And on the rare occasions he gives you something you're not ready for, you're going to regret it. You know, I wasn't even rich till I was 27. And I think back and I thank God I wasn't rich when I was because if I got rich before 27, I wouldn't be strong like I am now. And that's worth more than being rich.”

Money is important, especially in America these days. But it’s just one element of a man’s life. We all know folks who are super wealthy but are unhealthy, weak or worse, uninteresting. I see a lot of this in Silicon Valley. Tate is correct that you need to have the whole package, health, wealth and respect. To get respect from others, you have to have accomplished something hard, to have interesting experiences and stories. Interesting hobbies. And maybe more importantly, being physically and mentally strong. As Tate’s friend Justin Waller said: “I believe the true definition of a man is a person who can hold a baby and slit a throat on the same day.” Probably something to that. 

“And I wouldn't have the lessons that I say to you on all these emergency meetings. And that's worth more than being rich. I like all the lessons I had when I was poor because I have the poor man's lessons and the rich man's money. So if God's decided you need some more of the poor man's lessons, then that is a blessing. So ask yourself a question.

If you were honest, do you want a 1% chance of making it today or do you want a 100% chance you're going to pull it off in 3 years from now? The intelligent people would say, "Well, three years of working, learning lessons along the way, plus a guaranteed success, I'll take the three years." 

But most of you, if offered that chance, you would take the instant gamble bet. You want the hard work and you want the difficulty. Life is a neverending series of tests and battles. 80-year war and there is battle to win every single day. The best thing you can do is prepare for the future battle because you can be sure as you are that the sun will rise that a battle will come. Tomorrow's problems are guaranteed. But if you do not fix today's problems, you do not earn tomorrow's problems because problems in and of themselves are a blessing. 

There is nothing worse than living in the eternal still, the ether of insignificance where you have no problems. It is stagnation which is destructive for the male soul. Is perhaps the most destructive thing. You don't want that life. You must change your attitude towards problems and see them as a blessing. If you do not get to enjoy today's problems and solve them, you're going to have no problems tomorrow. 

And I guarantee you that the life you dream of with no problems doesn't exist. Because if you ever do find that life, it is torturous. And if life is perfect all the time, you don't appreciate anything. I actually think one of the worst lives you can have is a life where everything goes right all of the time. If you're spoiled to that degree, especially as a man, as soon as you reach any kind of difficulty, you're going to crumble. And I do not pray for an easy life. I pray for a difficult life with difficult challenges to solve and being strong enough to handle them.

If you really want an exceptional life and to do exceptional things, you can't only hope for the positive exceptional. The only reason you appreciate being rich is because you were poor. If you were born rich, you don't appreciate it. Only reason you appreciate being in good health is because you were once sick. If you've never experienced sickness, you don't know what health is. I don't believe that God will ever put you in a position where you get to tell the entire world how masculinity and how a rigid mental model and how an iron mind works without ever being tested.”

There is no light without darkness. Contrast is important and sadly you only appreciate something when you lose it. Nothing good comes without struggle and pain. The more important the mission the harder it is. The bigger the dream, the bigger the struggle. Nothing worthwhile is easy. This is the way it is. The sooner you understand this, the better off you will be.