Ever play the blame game? Did you win? hahahaha… I would argue to always blame yourself and you really can win EVERY time…
It’s called taking responsibility – placing blame never helped anyone do anything! EVER… Is life fair? Do bad things happen to good people? Do businesses fail? Do stocks go up and down at the wrong times!! ?? YES… Why fight it…. the only answer out there for you is summed up here: DO YOUR BEST all the time! ALL THE TIME.
I heard a great story over 13 years ago and I will never forget it….
The speaker is asking a crowd about running a 6 minute mile and who can do it… only a few raise their hands and the rest – sweat – just thinking about it…
Speaker continues and asks the crowd about running a 6 minute mile with a reward of $1,000,000 and almost everyone raises their hands because they want that $1,000,000 reward for running a simple 6 minute mile.
Speaker narrates the start of the run and how it’s so easy!!! I mean – $1,000,000 — you can pay off all your bills, house, car – get a boat… etc… WOW – $1,000,000 !!!!!! WooooHoooo!!!!
Speaker narrates the 2nd lap and it’s starting to wear on ya… I mean…. you haven’t done this in a while… or ever… hahahaha… Whew… BUT $1,000,000!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!! I am gonna get what I always wanted — I am gonna tour around Europe…. I am gonna be a ROCK star!!!
Speaker narrates the end of the 3rd lap – start of the 4th lap…. WOW… your lungs are on fire… your legs are part of the jello family… you are starting to get sick… and your hands go up in the air halfway around the last lap and you say out loud!!! $1,000,000!!!!! ….. WHO NEEDS IT????? WHO TALKED ME INTO THIS THING ANYWAY?? I mean – you were happy before without a lot of money…. Macy’s can wait to get paid… Your house is still there…. RIGHT???
CRAZY right??? Does this mentality fit into your life or someone’s life that you know? ………… The truth is… you never had the $1,000,000 to begin with… it’s not like you won the Superbowl ring and then someone took it away… YOU never had it to lose… It’s EASY to throw in the towel when you haven’t accomplished something first…it’s just like all your goals and dreams… all your life… you have let them slip away because they weren’t tangible…. weren’t real enough…. the reward wasn’t real enough or BIG enough…
Now… here is something to think about…. what if it was your family on the line? What if you HAD to perform in order to save them? Is that a big enough WHY? A big enough REWARD? The truth is —- that’s happening every day out there. People are living lives of quiet desperation and literally can’t see their way out of it. Isn’t it time to make some changes? Inspire others to do something more!!?? It’s inside all of us to have massive success… We just have to get OUT of our OWN way long enough to let it happen!
