People do things based on their hierarchy of their values. You never have time/money for things that rank lowest on your value scale, but you always have time/money for whatever ranks highest. It’s interesting to me that some people will say they want something, but won’t do what it takes to get there. Recently, I spoke with a woman that said she wanted to get started in a business for herself to make more money. She was excited about starting, but didn’t have the start up money. Week after week she told me she was almost ready but it just kept dragging out longer and longer. It was always something new going on and always some golden excuse as to why she couldn’t get started. Every week she would say she would have it by next Saturday, then when Saturday would come, it was back to next Saturday. Before long a few months had passed and she was no better off than she was before. The business really wasn’t on her list of priorities. It wasn’t high on her hierarchy of values. A few days ago she came back to me said, “I’m sorry I really want to get started, but I just don’t have time or the money.” She always seemed to have money to go out on the town, see great movies, buy cool stuff and spend time partying, but never had the time/money to actually do something worthwhile for her future – especially building a business for herself. Her priorities were completely screwed up. I mean – Here she was telling me how much she needed a change in her life, but she wasn’t willing to do what it took to get there. The scariest thought here is this: This woman can literally fast forward her life 1-3-5 years… and guess what???? NOTHING will be different and she will always be broke wanting more! WOW – always wanting more but having no self discipline to do anything about it. NO BELIEF. NO POWER. NO HOPE.
If you want to do something great, it has to be high on your hierarchy of values and become a priority. You have to find your unbreakable “WHY”. The reason you will never ever quit till you get where you need to be! Otherwise, you’ll never get there —- WORSE yet…. you will never start.
One of the world’s most untold tragic failures is the belief of limitations to our ability to accomplish something. That we are incapable of rising above our environment or circumstances. I truly believe it’s largely responsible for the poverty and many of the problems of our world today. How is it possible to rise above and accomplish something when you believe you cannot do it?
The other day my buddy was driving down the road and noticed his car wasn’t giving all of its power. Something was holding it back. He looked around and pulled over to see what was going on… only to realize that he was driving with the emergency brake on.
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