Accepting personal responsibility.



"Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else."

-Les Brown

 

We could come up with all the excuses in the world to why we are not where we want to be in life, but that is all they are, excuses.  When we, as humans, make excuses, we often blame other people for our own failures or shortcomings.  Just because Billy Bob didn't meet you at the gym like he said he would, doesn't mean you get to just go home and take a rest day.  Best of luck!  Keep that smile on, my friends.

Creating your own inner strength.

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

-Norman Vincent Peale

 

Do you believe in yourself?  Do you truly believe in what you are fighting for?  If you do not, how can you expect to find that drive deep inside you?  When times get hard and you begin to truly be tested, how will you fight through?  If you know without a shadow of a doubt that you are doing what you are meant to do, I can promise you that when times get hard you will have the inner strength to fight through and become successful, become happy.  Remember why you are fighting the fight.  Best of luck, and keep that smile on.

An emotional attachment.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -  they must be felt with the heart."

-Helen Keller

 

So today is short, sweet, and to the point.  Every dream, every goal, everything we strive for needs an emotional attachment.  I personally believe that the stronger the attachment, the better.  When you are setting small stepping stone goals, and you hit them, the drive and motivation that will come from that will blow your mind.  When you have this attachment it also helps for a much better personal evaluation of where you are in life, and where you are going.  Feel good about what you are doing.  Enjoy life, and most importantly... keep that smile on!!

Creating good habits.

"Successful people are those with successful habits."

-Brian Tracy

 

"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, that constantly, daily, express our character."

-Stephen Covey 

 

Habits.  This is a subject I like to talk about often.  In one word it describes what I mean when I talk about "daily" as one of the seven D's.  So I was surfing the web learning about how habits are formed.  One of the most common statements I found was that it takes 21 days to form a habit.  Now whether this number is super accurate or not, I don't really care.  Here is my challenge to you: Go find out!  Take the next 21 days and focus on one small daily action that will help you get one step closer to your dreams!  You do not have to make it some huge task that will take you hours and hours to finish each day.  Something small.  Reread yesterdays post, that may be that one small thing that could help you out.  Just go try something!  Best of luck, my friends!

Treat every day as if it were the last.

"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."

-Wayne Dyer

 

"Every man dies - Not every man really lives"

-William Ross Wallace

 

I remember several months ago, maybe even a year ago, I decided to try something.  I decided I would wake up every single day and verbally ask myself if I wanted to have a good day or a bad day.  Now this may seem completely ridiculous, but it worked.  Now yes, while going through life we are going to have things happen to us that are just completely out of our control.  This is a fact, but it is also a fact that we get to decide how we are going to respond to any given situation.  I honestly have no idea why in the world I stopped doing this...  I guess I just got lazy.  I promise you it will help when life starts to seem blah and we start to just go through the motions.  Life is good, enjoy it.  Live every day as if it were your last.  Best of luck, friends.

Better know what you're fighting for.

"They say before you start a war, you better know what you're fighting for."

-The Cab

 

Why do people quit?  It seems like we can become so passionate about something and then a week later we throw in the white towel and call it quits.  Why???  Well I truly believe it is because we either forget why we are here in the first place or we never had a strong enough "why" to begin with.  Yes it is true that we as people in the 21st century get super lazy, but we can beat that as long as we have a strong enough "why."

 

Today I want you to take two minutes out of your day and ask yourself "why?"  Why do I get up everyday and go to school/work?  Why do I go to the gym or workout every day?  Why do I come home from school dead tired and still stay up another two hours studying?  If you can continue to answer these types of questions and continue to keep that passion burning inside, you will never quit.  I can promise you that.  Best of luck, my friends.

Losing sight of what is most important.

Wow...It has been awhile... I apologize for going MIA for so long.  I let life get the best of me.  I got so busy and slowly lost sight of what was most important.  Don't let this happen to you!  Luckily I am surrounded by some amazing friends and family who have helped me get right back on track.

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

-Helen Keller

 

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

-Andre Gide

 

This second quote is so great, it really illustrates what I started to get caught up in the last several weeks.  I got so busy and started spending so much time on what I needed to get done now that I never stopped to take two minutes out of my day to remember the big picture.  Your homework/challenge today: please take just those two minutes and remember why you are doing what you are doing.  Remember what that big picture is all about.  Best of luck my friends.  It is good to be back.  See you tomorrow!