Why is it that we stop when we’re so close to the top? So close to achieving what we have always wanted to accomplish? Why is it that the last stretch of the journey is always the hardest? Same could be asked as to why it is that only a small percentage of us are high performers and high achievers. Because the reality is that when the going gets tough, the tougher it will only get and only the mentally strong will prevail. So how do we mere mortals become mentally fit and solid? How do we practice and build a foundation so deep, that we enable ourselves to endure the toughest, dirtiest challenges that life and the journey onto success throw at us?
Don’t stop.
Don’t stop wanting, don’t stop moving, don’t stop trying and do not stop experiencing. Its so true the words that have been said a million times before, “what does not kill me only makes me stronger.” The sad reality is, for many, if we do not like the way something feels or is, we give up, change it up and move onto something else. Losing sight of why we set out to do that very thing in the first place. That may explain why so many goals to lose weight and to get in shape are left aside never to be attempted seriously again. Why so many budding entrepreneurs give up hope while they are literally three feet from gold, for fear that their idea and vision is merely a delusion. Why what we dreamed and hoped for as children, have been shot down so much as we grow older that we forget those hopes and dreams that we were once so passionate and confident of.
Sad as this all may seem and as true as this all very much is, it is in NO WAY the end nor the final word. Forget that. Forget the stats, forget the truth, the REALITY is life is what you make of it. You stop, you slow down, you’re bound to not get to where you want to be. You lose sight, you lose focus, you lose faith, you’re bound NOT to achieve what you would die just to accomplish. Do not stop now. Do not stop ever. When you accomplish what you have set out to achieve, do not stop even then. Keep moving, keep wanting more and keep doing more. You’re only as good as what you did yesterday, and in our world today, what you did yesterday, means nothing today. The best of the best know this – they keep setting their goals higher and they keep moving the bar higher. They realize that complacency is killer. And I agree with this entirely.
Think about it. You’re 80 pounds overweight. You lose it ALL in 1 year flat. Instead of just losing it and going about your old ways, you decide to add muscle to this rejuvenated body of yours. In addition to this, you start educating yourself about organic foods and nutritional supplements. From there you decide that wellness is an industry where you would like to stake a career for yourself. Pushing even higher, you decide to personally train people in your spare time. You don’t stop. You don’t even know how to stop at this point. The fuel to accomplish more and be more has gotten the better of you in a VERY healthy and champion-like way. You know your areas of great interest and purpose and you choose on a daily basis to exceed those dreams and goals within those areas that you have set forth for yourself. By doing this for yourself, you make the world a better place by positively influencing all those around you.
Think about all of this. Think about the power of action and think about the mindset of those you admire the most. They never stop moving and they never stop growing. They simply do not stop. Now nor ever.
