Look at all that you have done to get exactly
where you are right now, review all your
accomplishments, all of the many many
things that you had to learn to be standing
where you are standing Today. Try to allow
yourself to remember the commitment that
you made to this original plan. Remember the
certainty that you felt or conversely,
the uncertainty that you felt.
Have you stopped recently to give yourself
the credit that you deserve?
Probably not, Most of us haven’t.
We seem to get so caught up in our daily schedules
and habits,our challenges and our regrets that we
haven’t left much room in our lives to review our
successes or even more sadly to challenge ourselves
and set a new direction.
So, Where exactly does that leave us?
With discontent, which starts to grow
and we allow it to grow.
This is a self fulfilling prophecy, as they say and it is.
let’s look at this again:
We set our course, We Train, We Learn, We Accomplish
But ever so soon we forget about the accomplishments
because we have DIS.
We begin to feel stuck, we lack excitement, drive
and we lack what we used to have: Passion.
We Quit our Own Team.
Why is it that we are afraid to set a new course?
When you started your original path, you probably
had less then than you do now, you probably knew
far less than you do now, you probably even made
more mistakes back then than you do now.
So, What exactly is holding us back?
Passion for certain or even if you can’t muster up
passion, how about just plain good old, Excitement?
When was the last time you allowed
yourself to get excited about something?
Be Honest.
The other major component in setting a new and exciting course,
is a PLAN. Pure and simple. What’s your plan? what do you want to
accomplish, when & How. Those are the key ingredients to a PLAN.
The other important component and many people overlook this,
is leadership. Until you have your feet squarely on the ground
and are moving consistently in the direction that you want to go,
you need to surround yourself with like ‘visioned’ people that are
Already doing what you want to do and accomplishing what it is
that you want to accomplish.
This is not an over simplification, this is the reality. I am in the
business of guiding people towards new destinations, towards
taking Action on their own personal challenges that they have
allowed to collect dust for far too long.
I have to say that over half of the people who come to me have
convinced themselves that change would be far too difficult, far
too complicated. Well, it’s NOT.
If you actually took a minute to peel away all of the complications
or excuses that you have built around your new desire, you will see
a few things almost immediately:
A) You have spent far more time complicating
your vision than executing it.
B) You simply never worked out a PLAN, so of
course the road ahead is really broad and
vague and impossible.
Right?
Do yourself a favor, because you know as
well as I do that ‘Tomorrow never comes’.
Take Action. Make A Plan. Find A Leader.
You are in the perfect place to affect change, You always have been.
Now is the time to realize how and what you had to do to get where
you are today, acknowledge how much more capable you are today
and SET YOUR SAILS!
The only person standing in my way is ME.
The only real critic I have is ME.
DON’T QUIT YOUR OWN TEAM!!
- Ernie
