I was at the store listening to this and the part about your mom being the only person truly on your corner almost made me bawl… I’m over here looking for attention and seeking validation from people who have made it clear they don’t value me in their life, meanwhile my mom can’t even get a text back because I get annoyed she’s always texting. This video really helped change my perspective, hopefully I’m able to change my identity and become a better man.

I feel lucky to have never had a problem with limiting beliefs. I’ve always been confident that I’ll achieve my goals. Not in a cringy positive affirmations way, but as in I know that I will somehow find a way; there’s no alternative

Hamza, listen to me. *This is the most important video you've ever released.* You need to find a way to deliver this information to as many guys as possible.

This is talked about in "Atomic Habits" and its true. Identity is the deepest layer of habits. If you believe yourself to be healthy you will try to maintain it. Once you get enough evidence for being healthy you start believing more in your identity.

Hamza is basically a talking book, this is why reading is great, he read so many useful things and applied in his life. More I read more I realize that majority of his words come from the books he reads, so if anyone hasn't started reading yet, do it NOW.

Incredible advice. Blown away at how proficient you've become at teaching. You explain things in a very personable way but still account for people who might see what your saying in a different view and try to make them understand. Forever grateful for you brother.

Bro I'm literally having a breakdown, this makes so much sense, it's the truth to self improvement, this alone is the best advice I heard from all my life, thanks Hamza ❤

I feel blessed to know english. This is the most important knowledge you can have in this world. Without it I wouldn’t even know about all the self improvement thing. I am grateful to my parents who forced me to learn it from the young age. Very few people I know are aware of this and I’m thinking of starting making videos in my native language so i can reach this information to more people

I came back a year later to prove to anyone watching this yes, this works. It took me a while to get into it because of how much trauma I felt at the time, but once I cured myself, I changed entirely. It's as if I can get whatever I want. A tip id like to give is everyone that's reading this rn, go and grab a notepad, write down all your habits (good and the bad) And see what you currently identify as. Then write the habits of the person you want to be and also make the identity for them. Write down what you identify as and put it on a wall so you can see It everyday. And within a couple of months you'll see the progress (even If you're not trying) because now it becomes subconscious. Imagine when it's conscious.

I will leave a comment to remember when I started believing in my identity and staying consistent with my progress.

This is honestly the best advice you have gave me in months. Im currently in a down phase because im ill and I think you just saved me Thank you so much Hamza

As a woman who grew up without a strong father figure in the home I need to hear your advice. Thank you for spending time to make these videos and to sit and think about how you feel in these topics.

The two most POWERFUL WARRIORS are CONSISTENCY and TIME

Hi Hamza bro, it's the guy who got featured in the video you posted about a week ago, about how you said you weren't self made.I took the time to be introspective about why I assumed that parents weren't in the equation of your success in life and realized that its because I assumed they weren't in mine as well..... My Hamza Contest entry was about how I grew up in a traumatic household which as a result caused me to resent my parents for a while just like you did for a short period of time and wasn't ever grateful for anything they did for me, Just like your Dad did the hard work to leave Pakistan to give you a life in the UK, My Dad left Algeria to give me a better life in the UAE. and just yesterday I went back to them after 5 months of being away from them and told them how I haven't entirely been aware of how much they've sacrificed for me to live a better life and tried so hard to hold back tears and I couldn't loool, it was so beautiful, fulfilling and healing. Gonna try and level up my skill in Gratitude towards my parents which I think was on -1 for most of my childhood lmao. Just wanted to let you know and thank you bro for taking the time to respond, Feels like i have taken a huge step to forgiving them, Much love man keep changing young men's lives and building top tier father figures

Rewatched this video after some time. At some point you brought up a teacher saying something and that this forms a believe about you. I just realized that in like 3rd grade my teacher told me that I was lazy... I am telling you this affected me right until today. Now that I know about it I will change it. I am going to be a productive man from now on, I'll get shit done, whether I feel like it or not!!

The most important thing above all else is how you view yourself. With a bad self image or identity that doesn't serve your goals you won't really go anywhere. This is true for every mental illness and for every problem you have. Your identity even determines how satisfied you are with your life. You may be rich you may be poor but if you don't have a positive mindset and a positive self image you won't be happy. Last 2 weeks I've been feeling like I'm going crazy because I couldn't be consistent and my mental health was getting worse and worse. What's missing is the correct identity. Thank you Hamza

This is very important advice, when I started nofap I went 220+ days on my first try, and the only reason I was able to do it is because I believed that I’m drastically superior to the average guys when it comes to discipline and self control, that mentality if you manage to apply to any area in your life, it would literally make you unstoppable unstoppable, others won’t be able to compete with you because fundamentally they’re not competing against a normal guy like them, in reality they’re competing with a tier-one guy in that given field

I'm 19 y/o female and I had eating disorder too. Thankyou for helping me improve.

Something that helps me is to say to myself “YOU are so disciplined” rather than “I am”. My brain recognises this as more important because it’s as if it has come from someone else - if I say it to myself about myself I don’t take it seriously enough. But if I imagine a loved one saying it, or someone from my past memories and undoing that conditioning that was originally there (you are so messy), with them identifying something positive about myself instead. If feel like this sinks in a bit deeper than just telling myself “I am…”

Hamza you are a mind reader I was struggling with consistency at the gym and this popped up

I am a woman and I know that the majority of your viewers are male but Hamza you are really working wonders and teaching so much to men and women! This video really helped me. Currently telling myself I am disciplined … thanks Hamza

22:45 I had to pause here because this resonated with me so much I'm kinda hold back tears a little. My entire life I have been conditioned to believe other people's beliefs about myself. I remember clearly when I was a kid being told I was the naughty one compared to my brother. My older sister literally compared me with Kane and Able (its a bible story, kane is the bad guy) and said that i was Kane and my brother was able when I was a kid. I've been told by my own family so many times that I'm every bad and they don't even realise the extent this has harmed me. I feel like this is primarily the pain I had especially during my teenage years and sometimes i felt like i was going insane. The anger i felt was immense i can remember how it feels. because even when I was literally being the example of a good kid, even when i was consistent with my homework for example 'oh you don't do enough homework', 'you don't do enough chores' or 'I make the house messy' or 'I don't help around the house enough' What made it worse is they're not angels themselves, they're far from perfect people yet they go about that they're and if something bad has happened it has to have been me. I took the blame for EVERYTHING. It really messes with your head too because i genuinely couldn't tell anymore, like im i just inherently bad? Maybe they're right and i can't tell right from wrong myself? It's really painful When they're literally being the very thing they have quoted me as nobody is calling them out, no one is getting shouted at. I'm not calling myself perfect either, nobody is, however it seemed to be fine when they do it and not okay when it's me and they always seemed to hunt for my own imperfections. I don't even want to go into having autism because school basically conditioned me to believe that I can't be normal like everyone else and I'm not capable of doing normal people things. 28:28 I never thought about it in that way holy shit.

absolute fucking gem this probably the best video ever created by hamza

I've needed to hear this for the longest time. I keep finding myself trying to blame something else. My thoughts are constantly trying to convince me that it's not my fault, and that it's someone else's. "I hang out with my girlfriend for too long so I don't have time to meditate'', ''My family isn't supporting every action I take so that's why I keep giving up'', it's thought like these that keep me from progressing in my self-improvement. I always tell myself to be responsible but now that I really take a good look at my actions and thought patterns I am not really doing that. I've been lazy, I keep doing shit that I don't wanna do. I promise myself that ''today im gonna get *all* my habits checked!'' but then I keep doing the same shit I did yesterday, and the day before, and the day before. Chasing after a non-existent tomorrow. I believed that I have to wait for things to change. But the reality is, the only thing that i've been waiting for is the realization that nothing will change if I don't. Thank you Hamza, for giving me hope when I feel down and for always pushing me back on the right path when I deviate. You're like a big brother to me and I appreciate everything you do. You deserve every bit of success you have. Have a good day or night whoever is reading this. And remember, **it's always your fault** even when you don't think so. Taking responsibility is better than blaming an external factor.

I can relate to this, changing your self image changes the game. I used to relapse on Nofap so many fucking times and never knew why I couldn't just stop it. Then I saw Hamza's self-image video (the one about Psycho-Cybernetics) as well as 1stman's vid on NoFap. The premise became clear to me: don't try to stop fapping, stop 'being' a fapper. It's the 'I'm trying to stop smoking' vs 'I don't smoke' mentality. Applicable to all things on this journey. Thanks for reminding me about this, Hamza, you a real one homie

This I feel is the most important video you have ever made Hamza. This spoke to me on a level that no other content creator has done. I do have a fucking victim complex and I do want certain things to be out of my control so that I have an excuse to not do the things I should be doing. Thank you for calling me out so I can change my perception of myself and live a better life. So my future self will be proud of the work I’ve put in for him. So my future children will be born with loving parents and in a household that has been created by my hard work. Im going to see myself as an Adonis who conquers all aspects of life and remind myself of that fact as much as I can. Thank you brother.

You can’t believe how much this advice have helped me

The things you said about "not holding negative beliefs about yourself" makes so much sense to me now. I've held this mindset for a few years now that "negative feelings cost me energy". Like being angry, sad, depressed, etc. to me is super tiring and I don't want to be tired all day, so I don't think about these kinds of things and only hold onto positive stuff.

Hamza. Get this on the main channel. Get people clipping this. Get it viral. This is golden information, this is the kind of stuff that improves generations of men. Love bro

Guys I can't believe this shit actually works, I struggled with getting consistent with meditation and gratitude journaling and after listening to this video, I talked to myself in the mirror and started saying " I AM THE DISCIPLINED PRESON ON THIS PLANET" continuously, Now it's been consistently 2 weeks consistently meditating and gratitude journaling THANK YOU HAMZA FOR CHANGING MY LIFEE

I've been researching on how to improve my consistency and this is far the best video I've watched

I'm a woman, retired stripper from magic city. And this resonates With me so deeply. I have been struggling with healing trauma, and therefore staying consistent. At 5:30 That triggered a memory of my dad Calling me a hoe at 17 years old, because I got with a new guy after a 4 year relationship. Every since then that is how I viewed myself. A fire truck accident is what took me out the strip club game. And I could not understand why I could not feel and do "normal girl" things..... Thank you

This video gives me vibes of "Atomic Habits" book. This is great book and I love the way Hamza is breaking this concept down. I've experienced two months of consistent self-improvement, but after this two moths my bad habits started to sneak in again. After I read this book, it completely changed the way I perceived my goals. Thank you Hamza!

This video couldn’t have been uploaded at a better time. I’ve been struggling recently in my journey and this video has really helped thanks bro

shame i’ve just found your 2nd channel today but may god bless the work you’re doin brother this video hit home hard

This is so essential. I just had a retreat with 25 college students to study identity, and how the messages from our culture conflict with truth. We specifically looked at Christian identity, but your message here still fits. That's why throughout time, people have prayed, repeated, the Psalms over and over again. It's intentional identity formation. It's choosing what will dictate your identity, and thus, your future.

This one was it. This video is exactly what I needed to hear and I will rewatch it many times. This is exactly what I’ve been struggling with and it’s amazing how you’ve created this just now. Thank you, keep leading from the front, and keep doing the hard work even when you don’t feel like it, it’s worth it and has an impact that definitely goes beyond yourself.

Wow. Chick here ✋🏻[I love the clarity of this channel] I came to the same conclusion today. It's not that I was incapable of the habits/tools I needed to make my goals happen. It was that I identified myself as "a mess". "A person who can't maintain the progress". It's not true. That was where I was, not who I was. I did the work I needed to. I got the help I needed (praise God). And now, I'm revisiting so many tools & habits thanks to this channel's motivation. Y'all, keep up the good work 👍🏻🎉

Hey man. I just want to thank you for all the people youve helped in your time. Thanks for everything, youre truly a gem

This is single handily the most impactful video for my journey of self-improvement. Thanks a lot, Hamza I'll appreciate your informative videos.

This is the kind of learning that I needed all those years ago, and am forever grateful for hearing this. Everything makes sense to me now, so best to get to it before I begin to regret it anymore.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK THE LONG FORM CONTENT

Thank you for sharing about your binge eating history. i’ve struggled with this too and never really figured out how to overcome it. thank you for enlightening us, you’re a blessing to mankind ❤

2:42 self image incongruency makes everything you try to do feel like an “upstream battle” 5:29 your identity will always reign power over the real world changes that you aim to make 9:27 Self image is like an elastic band, you always snap back to it 29:55 self image is a baseline, so you don’t need to constantly muster up willpower

Amazing message brother, having limiting beliefs is literally like putting chains on yourself. The Sky is the limit we can literally always reinvent ourselves and change our identity, no matter how old you are as long as you are breathing you can change your life brothers

Wow, this is one of the most valuable and important video of Hamza to this date. From the bottom of my heart, I am grateful for the work that you do, Hamza.

i've gotten stuck in this loop for quite some time, something snapped the other day, idk what it was but i just started seeing things from a positive view point and i haven't felt this good in so many years, i hope everyone get's the life that they always dreamed of, keep going you can do this, the only person that's stopping the progress is yourself.

This is how I quit smoking poppers (weed and cigarettes) from a 6+ year long addiction. I am now 107 days sober going strong with absolutely no desire to go back. It's entirely in the mindset, I couldn't even handle 24 hours without getting high, it was everything to me and the only thing I could look forward to as much as I hated it and how it made me feel. The limited beliefs,self hate/neglect and negative self talk kept me in the same spot. Smoking was my comfort place as much as it was destroying me mentally, physically, spiritually and socially. I knew I needed to change but I was holding onto who I was because I was scared of change I didn't believe I could change. I had no self esteem, my anxiety over took me and my depression was my identity. Since I quit with various youtubers, working on my self talk, changing habits/routine and the things I consumed on a daily basis I've made a lot of progress and continue to be the best version of myself even when it feels like I'm not going anywhere. I remind myself who I was and how it felt and it motivates me to stay clean and keep pushing forward. I am only human and I still make mistakes. I forgive myself and let it go because I know what it feels like to hold on to so much and it doesn't feel good nor benefit my life.

This is such valuable advice because it's so foundational to self-improvement. I never realized just how vital identity is to our behaviour, but now I know what to focus on. Thanks for this video, Hamza. I'm going to absorb and implement this ASAP.

It's me, Mark Thanks Hamza. I'll go apply this

Thankyou for the input Hazama.... verry glad to see your back!

I have so much gratitude for you brother. You’re the one that has helped changed me in a better way, this video is something I needed to hear. Thank you.

I’ve heard this soo many times but it never clicked. I had a crazy lsd experience that completely changed my self image and all t the right habits happened effortlessly

You are gem bro.literally you are a life saver....Great Salute for Your Work towards youth...

This is GOLD! I am definitely implementing it right away. Thank you Hamza, many blessings!!!

Amazing video. I have been watching you for almost a year, and I know all the good things I should do, but this is exactly what I`ve been strugling with.

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz is an excellent book on the power of beliefs and how to change them for anyone wanting to dive deeper with this :)

im impressed by how he can speak for 30min without stuttering or any cuts great mental focus ❤

It's been long since one of your videos awakened a strong mindset shift in me. This one is definitely one of those videos again. Thank you for literally changing our lives man

I swear I love ur second channel so much. It’s like a realtalk that hits.

Yo Hamza, this video reminded me of that scene from 'The Pursuit of Happyness', when Will Smith' s character says to his son "You'll never be good at Basketball, cos I never was". He then realises what he said and tells his son "Dont ever let anybody ever tell you, you can't do something, not even me" - I will definetly try and replicate this scene with my kids (when I have them).

I have been practicing affirmations for 3 months by righting every morning and it improved my life like I said I am an athlete and I started training 6 times a week and dieting I said I am the best student and my grades started going up right everyday what you wanna be and see how your beliefs changes .

this is the best you've done so far Hamza, please post more about identity on the main channel more people need to hear this. love from Jordan

This video is so powerfull. Even the structure and the transitions to the topics are great. Everything. I am so thankfull for all of your words and that you make this videos. I really wish you all the best from my heart.

The part where you said “it’s you and your mum against the world so why would you put yourself at a handicap?” made me tear the fk up. I’m glad and very grateful to have an actual family that loves, supports, and cares for me - fuck a lot would kill to be in my spot. Don’t waste your time with pointless sexcapades with girls, going out clubbing until you get batshit drunk, or grind for 24 hours on a videogame for that next hit of dopamine expecting an achievement in real life because I know I did and the lows of such an extremely dopamine-dependent life sucked so fucking much - spend your precious time on your fucking family cuz you don’t know how much time they have left in this world. Thank you, Hamza. “Think of all who’s counting on you, got they hopes up.” - COTIS in Up and Away.

I was preaching this for a while on reddit before I deleted it. I started effortlessly losing fat once I saw myself as a man who has a perfect body.

Haven’t watched fully but relating so much already.God bless Hamza.

This just change my life for ever. I love you man♥️

The Book ,, Atomics Habbits by James Clear,, is a lifechanger. I learned so much already. The goal isn´t to read this book, it is to become a reader. The goal isn´t to work out, it is to become a athelete. I am shure Hamza has already read that book

I’ve realised that I’m the second person who’s comfortable not taking responsibility for the things that happen and I tend to blame it on other things like school or my environment. This is something that I definitely would like to change and this video has really helped me, especially as my mum used to tell me all the time ‘ it’s your mind you need change how you think’ this video reiterated that message so thank you❤

Love you man. You're advice is literally life changing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge👌🏼

By far the most insightful video I've watched on KZfaq and anywhere else for that matter.. thank you Hamza! May the Force be with you!!

You took me to when I was 11-12 year old when I had that mindset, man I came to USA when I was 13 and start making friends with stupid people I start seen myself like them. Thank you I found your channel yesterday and this is life changing. Nobody teach me how to ride bike I had a bike with 3 wheels when I was 6-7 and I was tired of the 2 wheels and brake them with a rock literally cause in my how they didn’t want me to give me the tools, they were scare but I wasn’t I wanted to learn and I fell a couple time (still have the marks) I was going to give up but I told my self if it’s not now when I trie again I’m going to hurt my self again so keep pushing and I learn in like 2-3 days. It was another way that I saw my self but growing up you know they make you believe that you shit and it is what it’s. It’s a fucking lie feel like you use to feel when you were kid that’s were the power resides

These long format unfiltered videos are the only reason I am still on YT

I just wanna say Thank you soooooooo much Hamza from the core of my heart for making this video... This video just hit me on a much deeper level..

Man I needed this more then I would’ve ever known

I believe I am Addonis. I am not a gamer. I am a hard worker. I am an athlete. Thank you Hamza for making making me realise this

This video truly made me realize that the reason I am constantly skipping the gym or stop going to the gym after a period of time is really because I don’t see myself as someone who gets in shape through workout. I always saw myself as someone who gets in shape doing boxing and kickboxing because I trained a lot of martial arts as a kid and teenager. I am 32 years old now and constantly struggling with going to the gym since three frickin years. This video now makes me belief that I should quit the gym and start training martial arts again because that’s just who I am

Thank you. I really needed this.

THANK YOU HAMZA!!!!!!

Pausing the video a bit before 25:55 I was thinking about how good my life could be if I only thought in ways that made me better. And my first gut reaction was a feeling of abnormality because "that would be too good". That, right there, is my old identity trying to come up, he wants me to be a nerd, a loser. But I don't want to be that. Massive lightbulb just then, thanks for the video!

It's hard to stay disciplined without the guidance of religion

Hamza im watching this vid in tears, im s happy that i found ur youtube chanel

Glad to a throwback to old content, Coming a long way is great but I feel like not shutting the door on the past helps us not forget what we’ve overcome

Hamza i just want to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you. thank you for everything you’ve shared with all of us, i truly don’t think you understand the difference you’ve made in our lives. it’s unreal.

Guys there are two books which talk about this in depth (the power of your own thoughts and beliefs) which are in my opinion must reads for anyone on self improvement they are called 1. Outwitting the devil by Napoleon hill And 2. The four agreements by Don Miguel ruiz I am telling you guys these books accompanied by this video will change the way you think exponentially!!

I needed this ❤️🙏🏾

Thank you Hamza. This is one of the most valuable videos I've watched in a while.

Okay, I'll try this for a month straight and see what happens (gonna edit it at the end of each day) Day 1: 222 affirmations Honestly surprised by the results, did lots of hard work i usually wouldnt do and did all my habts. Sadly relapsed on porn so ill make getting rid of that mentality my focus with these for now Day 2: 10 Jeffrey day, gotta get that grind back Day 3: 200 Good day, spent too much screen time cuz weekend but im feeling some small improvements Day 4: 69 Ok day, great meditation but habits falling a lil especially at end of day Day 5: 50 Def falling down in self improvement so need to rebound and get more affirmations done, atleast did lots of work. Also doesnt feel like im getting any meaningfull improvements for now Day 6: 50 Very simlar to last day but i had lots of stuff stacked so its fine, i sometimes see changes in my thinking cuz of this tho. I have a idea to put like really strong im better than everyone thoughts into me so it balances my shy ish character into the perfect zone Day 7: 53 So its been 1 week, i do feel some improvements but i think im not doing it well enough to really get the true benefits Day 8: 50 Still struggling, gonna really put affirmations on strong tomorrow Day 9, 50 Well that didnt work Day 10, 63 mornings got a lil better Day 11, 70 Great work out, ate pretty clean, relapsed but not to porn atleast Day 0: not counting So, a few things changed. First of all, i decided to read psycho cybernetics because i never finished a self improvement book before and i think this one can help me read it self if that makes sense. Because of that i am resetting my streak and aim for 21. I decided not to count the affirmations cuz it just makes me feel forced to only do it when i have my counter up instead of all the time. Also i wont be updating daily but only when someting changes. Well thats it bye

You aren’t wrong as a wrestler when I was in high school everyone else on my team would cry and complain about cutting weight when I had the mindset of never struggling to cut weight. I believed literally I’d lose 10 lbs in a day barely doing anything and still eating throughout the day. All my teammates would be mad cuz they couldn’t do the same 💀 not only that but I changed my sleep with my own belief. I used to sleep 10-14 hours after work and now I’m down to 5-8 hours easily without an alarm. The identity of oneself is a very powerful concept and ngl I still have work to do

Thanks for this so much Hamza. Legend❤️

This is exactly what I needed Hamza! This entire year I've been working on building an online business and working on self-improvement. I had months that felt like I was on it 110% but eventually the consistency stopped leading to so many frustrations because I wasn't sure why I was so unmotivated. I look forward to applying this information and seeing what results I get! God bless you ❤

This is the best advice I have ever heard. When I look back at all my successes in life, the 6 months prior to achieving them I went through a positive identity change. I have a wife and a child because after my last breakup (4 yr LTR) I used to sit against my bedroom wall and repeat over and over in my brain "thank you for my beautiful wife and children". The way you talk about "forcing" things into you brain I see as planting identity seeds. Thanks for this unfiltered channel, best channel on youtube by far at the moment.

1% better every single day. It's a constant uphill walk you've got to keep chipping away the grind never stops! You're quality of life just improves along the journey!

Amazing vid hamza reading living unteathed currently atm and listening to this before I go to sleep great vid

18 years old and this is my last year in school I’m thankful that I found your channel thank you for helping us I owe you my future success

This is actually a BILLION DOLLAR advice. I remember 2 years back, being really sick, high fever, been in bed since morning. But I knew, no matter what, I HAD to go to the gym in the evening. No matter the weakness, no matter the temperature, I was driven to workout that evening. And boy did I crush that workout! One of the best workouts I ever had in my fitness journey. Appreciate you Hamza. This is life changing!

To stay consistent, you need to be consistent.

Thanks for the reminder bro, needed it!

Thank you for the powerful message Hamza, this is my first day of self improvement and I hope....no.... I know I will do it. I will really keep this in my mind Hamza. Thank you tons.