Is your "why" big enough?

Why is it that some fill their days with massive activity that produces results while others do just enough to get by? Some are satisfied with getting their 40 in and heading for the couch. If a promotion comes their way, they simply reply, " I don't want the responsibility."

Micheal Burt said many people die with unfulfilled potential still in them. I believe some do it because they are selfish. Some do it because the alternative seems too difficult. Some have let an event in their life hold them back. In the end, they are all just excuses.

When your "why" is just accumulating stuff, it is easy to quit. You can't be stopped when your "why" goes from survival, stuff or status, to making a difference in the lives of those around you. The moment you want to quit, you remember your goals are so much bigger than you. Take a minute today and write down things that are important to you and pull that list out everytime you start to get discouraged.

How much is too much?

When is enough, enough? When do you have all you need and nothing more? I was sitting with some friends and this topic was discussed. It really made me think. At what point are you in a position to help someone else. Maybe that is the real question.

If you are only focused on material things, it may be when you get a certain house, car or an amount of money saved. It may be when you achieve a certain status in your community or the space you occupy. These goals are so limiting.

When your focus is on how you can impact the lives of those around you, then that suddenly changes the equation. It is hard to help someone from a position of weakness and despair. If you are struggling to make ends meet, it is difficult to help your brother or sister in need. It is not ours anyway. We are just here to be a good steward of what we have been given.

Act vs. React

I woke up this morning to a lot of reaction on social media. There are protests and protests of the protests. Whatever is going on is not working. If it were working, people would be coming together. There is a wedge being driven between people. Every person reacts to situations with the value system within them. Everything has become a reaction.

Social media has brought people together in some ways but divided us in more ways.  I had a sixth-grade teacher wisely say, "Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it and right is right even if no one is doing it."

It doesn't make something right because a lot of people do it. This is one major flaw social media has on our society. The loudest voice directs the thoughts, not the correct voice. Go out today and love everyone! Treat everyone fairly, honestly and respectfully. See people for who they are, not what they look like.

Create your own market!

This weekend many watched Conner McGregor be defeated by Floyd Mayweather. Was he really defeated or did they both win? The minimum payout for Mayweather was $100 million and for McGregor, it was $30 million. The most interesting thing was that McGregor is not a boxer and he was challenging a boxer with a record of 49-0.

He could have just waited for his next MMA fight and stayed in his lane. His total career earnings in MMA are $9,542,000. He made 3 times more in this one boxing match than in his entire career previously. He created a new market! Sure, he had haters. You always do when you stick your neck out.

Don't place limits on yourself! Try new things! Think bigger! Don't be afraid to fail. Sometimes in failing, you realize a whole new level of winning!

Mindset!

Everything starts with your mindset! If you think you're not good enough, you won't be.  If you think you are small, you will be small. Your mindset creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Every success or failure starts in your mind.

If you want to start winning, you have to think it first! Think bigger! What is the worst thing that can happen? You don't hit your goal? Don't let the fear of failure keep you from starting. Stop overthinking and just act!

Massive Action!

Why do you think most people fail to go beyond average? Is it the economy? Is it the government? Is it the way you were raised? Is it because you weren't taught the necessary skills to win?

I could keep going, but hopefully, you are starting to get the picture. When you blame something or someone else for where you are in life, you are already wrong! The number one reason is that you have not taken enough action.

Massive action means to go all in! It means you are prepared to achieve your goal no matter what. You are going to push through rejection. External circumstances are not going to get in your way. They just don't factor in your decision process. You are going to outwork anyone around you. That is when you will truly start to win.

Front Runner

In the book Shoedog, Phil Knight says, "Front Runners always work the hardest and risk the most." You can't excel from the back of the pack. You have to be first. That means you have to try things that are unproven. You have to be willing to fail in order to succeed.

Fail fast! Get back up and keep going. You can't win from a position of comfort. You have to get uncomfortable before you start to grow. If you wait for everything to be perfect before you move, you will lose. Running in the front is difficult, but the view is better.