Where am I and how did I get here?

By this point in your life if you haven't asked yourself "where am I and how did I get here?" ... you probably should!

For most of us, where we are today isn't the result of a conscious decision twenty years ago.  For example, declaring that you "want to be the world's greatest sports writer!"  And then taking methodical steps to achieve your goal.  Truthfully, that would be the ideal situation.  And some people are able to do that.

But let's be real ... most of us don't realize what that one thing, what that one passion is that is burning inside of us.  Most of us have many interests.  It just that either one doesn't stand out or we decide to hedge our bets; we pursue a few, or many interests.  We dilute our passion and eventually what evolves is:

• A career 
• A lifestyle choice
• Poor nutrition - high cholesterol
• Poor physical health
• Lacking spirituality
• Too few zeroes in your bank account
• (add your own item here) 

And when you ask the question "where am I and how did I get here?"  you need only look in the mirror.  The reason you are who you are ... the reason you are where you are is because of the guy or girl in the mirror.  Still being honest, we would love to blame others (I have), but it is the guy or girl in the mirror who made the choices that got us to this point today.  It's also the guy or girl in the mirror that will make the choices that get you to where you are going to be in twenty years.

If you want to be a different person in five, ten or twenty years it's up to you!  Even if you still aren't sure who or what you want to be, but you know aren't happy with who/what you are today just start heading in the opposite direction.  You can seek the help/guidance/ideas/knowledge along the way that you need to become someone that you aren't today!  There are many resources available to you (some for FREE) so you have no excuse.  Start your quest today!

Good luck and God Bless!

So you gave 110% ... now what?

You have a difficult task or project in front of you and you had to give 110% to get it done and not let any of your other responsibilities slip through the cracks.  And you know what you did it, but now what?


Theoretically you can't ever give more than 100% of what you are capable of.  But you've just proven to yourself and the world around you that you can do more than you thought you could ... or at least more than what you usually do!


Let's say you give 110% again for a few days/weeks ... that becomes your new norm!  Your 110% now becomes your 100%! You've proven you can do it and even worse ... now people are expecting it from you!


Keep it up and after a few years of always giving a 110% and creating new levels of 100% (a.k.a. what you are capable of) and you are producing 200% or 300% ... or 500% of what you use to produce!


BE CAREFUL!  The converse is true too.  If you usually give 100%, but you decide that you are going to ease up a bit and only give 90% for a few days then that becomes your new 100%.  Do this for a few years and you never have to worry about anyone expecting anything from you but your ability to breathe and eat.  Surely you don't want people thinking that you are only capable of breathing and eating ... do you?


Start giving 110% today.  Start growing, start improving, start impressing others.  You will be amazed at what you can achieve!


Have a great day!

YOU ARE NEVER READY! OR ARE YOU?

If there was one thing that moving day taught me it was that "you are never ready!"  But that's okay, no one ever is!

Regardless of the time and effort that you put into the event "you are never ready!"  You spend hours on 'experts' blogs; you comb through books and magazines articles; you talk to friends, colleagues, mentors.  But you are still not ready.

You've run through all of the possible scenarios (that you could think of) and planned for every potential roadblock (read catastrophe) ... but you aren't ready!  Or are you?

No matter how much research you put into planning, no matter how many experts you seek guidance from, no matter how many contingency plans you have ...there will always be a scenario that you couldn't have possibly foreseen!

What do you do?  YOU GO ANYWAY!  YOU PULL THE TRIGGER!  YOU LAUNCH!  YOU HAVE TO!

Everyone's expertise is based on their experience, what they've learned from other's experiences and what they've read in 'history' books (magazines, blogs, websites, real books).  No one can predict with certainty the future 100% of the time.  So once you have put in a substantial amount of effort and the timing "feels right" you launch, you go, you pull the trigger!

After recently getting married to my gorgeous wife, we consolidated two homes into one.  The events were about three weeks apart.  We researched and planned for the first event, we learned from it, we corrected our plans for the second event.  While it all went pretty smoothly there were still hiccups.  We were very blessed, there weren't any catastrophes, but there were hiccups.  It's going to happen.

So pull the trigger ... do your research/due diligence ... but pull the trigger!