We all should. We all should be reaching for our dreams, making moves and laying the groundwork that will build the foundation for the career and lifestyle we TRULY WANT TO HAVE. NO EXCUSES. NO B.S. You have one life to live and our time here on earth is not some practice or recital, it’s the one shot we’ve got to give it all we’ve got in the quest to be everything we have always dreamed of being and are remarkably destined to do. Because the brutal reality is this: If you do not do what you truly love doing and are so extremely passionate about, someone else will, someone else will pick up the life you were destined to live, and YOU will fall into a life that was not truly meant for you, nor was it ever what you really wanted.
I have great talks about this subject all the time with a good friend of mine. My friend manages a very young and dynamic sales staff. He has a good amount of employees over 19 retail stores in the territory that he is responsible for. He understands that a good majority of his staff are simply passing through, part timers making some cash and gaining some experience as they make their way through college and hopefully onto something they truly want to be and do. Him and I are about the same age and share the same passion for the work we do (we are actually in the same industry) and the lives we lead. My friend recently confessed that he feels no limits in regards to what he is capable of doing, in what he is capable of becoming. I agree with him. He’s young, sharp, intelligent and motivated. But what sets him apart from those who say they want more, but focus more on complaining through the words “I wish” and “I should have”, my friend will actually do and be. He lives a life of true enthusiasm, passion and influence.
All of this being said, do not think for one second that his journey has been or will be easy. He’s worked hard to get where he is, and will work even harder to get to where he wants to go. He’s married with two very young children, a nice new home, and like most of us, many bills and responsibilities to pay for. But his remarkably positive attitude and energy will make all of what he wants a reality. See for many, once they are in a role of extreme responsibility, such as marriage, kids, house, bills to pay and so on, they feel the dire need for security. They realize that the “safe” bet, the safe place, would be to stay in the job they are in and ensure an assured income. I mean really, who has the time to go after what they really want? Who has time to write that business plan when the kitchen needs renovations? Who has time to meet with potential customers who may be interested in purchasing our most prized invention when the kids need to be taken to daycare and the boss wants that report on his desk ASAP? Who has the time to go for what they truly want in life? Who has the time to be what they have always wanted to be? Who has the time? Knowing very well that our time here on earth is the only time we will ever have here.
Crazy thought eh? Let me repeat that part one more time for you. Who has the time to go for what they truly want in life? Who has the time to be what they have always wanted to be? Who has that time? Knowing very well that our time here on earth is the only time we will ever, EVER have here.
Why would we live and be any other way? Next time you are doing something you do not love nor are passionate about……get up, walk and leave…….and then go do something that fuels you so do deep that you never stop doing it.
