Motivation, What's Your Excuse?

"Motivation, What's Your Excuse?"

When you want to succeed as bad as you breathe, THEN you will be successful! It doesn't mean much to simply wish for your dreams to come true. It takes tons of dedication, discipline and hard work to turn those dreams to realities. Taking action over and over again strengthens your will, nurtures the seed, and establishes a solid foundation for the new habit to grow. Taking action is being alive! It's taking the risk to go out and express your dreams. No matter what happens to you, failure is an inside job --you don't actually fail until you give up on yourself. If you want to fins success in this world, you should ALWAYS be looking to build on the common threads that you  share with others. To become successful, it is also important to clarify your goals. Goals thus enable you to chart a course to your destination--fulfilling your purpose. By keeping your goals top-of-mind, you allocate your time and energy to the courses of action that support achievement of your purpose and vision....rather than squandering these precious resources on less relevant activities.  In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved in it. Goals encourage us to focus. The trick to clarifying your goals is to set them high. A goal needs to be something that you have to stretch or go the "extra mile" to attain. Write down of print down goals and post them where you will see them everyday. Achieving smaller goals will help your confidence in setting and attain larger goals.  Remember, to go where you've never been, sometimes you have to do things you've never done! 

Develop Winning Traits to Take You to the Top

"Develop Winning Traits to Take You

 to the Top"

• Focus. Identify a handful of key goals you'd like to achieve over the next 12 months. A goal is a dream with a deadline. Get a picture of who you are on the inside- strong, healthy, successful- so God can bring it to pass on the outside. The only way to get better is to surround yourself with better people. Major moves never come from minor thinking. Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. Only two things will consume you every day of your life: your goals and your obstacles. Read, study, and learn  about everything important in your life. Understand yourself in order to better understand others. Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of knowing you did your best to become the best you that you were capable of being. Achievement demands discipline. 

• Be Consistent. The best way to create change is by practicing new behavior regularly and frequently. Ask yourself, "What is the most important habit I need to develop (or eliminate) to reach my goal?" And then practice it regularly. Some succeed because they are destined to, while others succeed because they are determined to. Visualize your success then begin to work towards it! The distance between who you are and who you wish to become is separated only by your words and actions. Do your best, one shot at a time...then, move on. The only way to learn anything throughly is by starting at the bottom, (except when learning how to swim). You are not defeated when you lose, you are defeated when you quit. Develop the courage to move on, even when everyone around you is telling you its ok to give up. Be diligent. Don't quit because of hardships, discomfort, or uncertainty. 

• Keep Going. As you achieve each goal, add a new one. Once your new habit becomes an old one, focus on the next habit you want to develop to reach your goals. "Learning" always comes before "earning". Get a mentor, mentors can help you get to your destination faster. Find people you can learn from. Don't run away from a challenge, instead run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. Always try your best, even if you fail....Keep trying! God sees your work, your passion and persistence. Face your shortcomings. Success is found in overcoming yourself. Don't be controlled by weaknesses. 

• Be Accountable. Take ownership of your success by taking the responsibility to see it through completion. Practice loving everything and everyone all the time, but only hang in places and with people who lift you up. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is A LOT of hard work and dedication. Decide what you desire to have out of life, and plan it. If you believe that you can do it, don't lose your passion! The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret. Take accountability. Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail! As much as you may be a dreamer, be a chaser! 

To be tested is good.

 The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Positivity is a way of life.

 Those who don't practice it won't understand this.