In this third installment of our 4-part series, B-Hawk unpacks what it truly means to own your assignment, when the hype disappears, when the weight gets real, and when your soul starts asking for what’s real. This is the episode for those carrying responsibilities no one claps for. The moments where you’re bleeding but still showing up.
Because owning the assignment isn’t about perfection, it’s about presence. And some of the most powerful growth happens not when life feels easy, but when you keep showing up anyway.
This one’s for the quiet warriors. The leaders in the shadows. The ones who carry legacy over likes.
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Episode Transcript
There's a moment and it comes for all of us where
inspiration isn't enough, wherevision boards, hype songs and
even your five-year plan can'tcarry the weight anymore.
That's the moment you have tomake a decision Not to chase the
assignment, not to admire it,but to own it, because you don't
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really own something untilyou've bled for it, until you've
carried it when you were tired,until you've chosen it even
when it stopped choosing you.
Owning the assignment doesn'tmean posting a quote about it.
It doesn't mean you got therole or the promotion.
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It means you accept what comeswith it the pressure, the quiet,
the wait.
It means, when stuff gets real,you don't ghost the
responsibility.
You double down on the reasonwhy it matters, because here's
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the truth no one really wants totalk about.
Eventually, every one of us isgoing to run into a moment
that's bigger than yourconfidence and louder than your
brand, a moment where the worlddoesn't care how successful you
are, how many followers you'vegot, how impressive your resume
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looks.
Life will hit you in a way thatno amount of noise can fix
noise can fix.
And in that moment you fall toyour knees, not because you're
soft, but because your soul istired of pretending, because
somewhere deep inside you'll becrying out for something that's
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actually real.
That's when the truth shows up.
The money doesn't hug back thecar you're driving.
It can't drive you out of thatkind of pain.
And the attention doesn't fixwhat's bleeding underneath.
In that moment, when everythingyou thought mattered doesn't,
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you'll look around and realizethis isn't about doing more,
it's about becoming more.
See, this is where ownershipreally begins, not when it's
shiny, not when it's trending,but when it's heavy, when you've
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got every reason to walk away,but you stay rooted because you
know deep down this is yours tocarry.
That doesn't mean you have tocarry it perfectly.
It means you don't drop it justbecause it stopped being
convenient.
And if you're in that moment,right now, if you're broken,
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bleeding and questioningeverything, I want you to hear
me clearly You're not brokenbeyond repair, you're not
failing, you're just beingrefined.
That pressure you feel it's notpunishment, it's preparation.
Pressure you feel it's notpunishment, it's preparation.
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The weight you feel today isshaping the version of you that
can carry tomorrow's victory.
So say it out loud right nowthis is my assignment and I'm
going to own it, not because Ihave all the answers, but
because I'm done, running fromthe parts of my life that
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actually matter.
You don't need more applause.
You need more agreement withyour purpose.
You don't need everyone tounderstand the assignment.
You just need to be the onebold enough to say this is mine
and I'm owning every part of it.
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