If you want to achieve greatness, it’s up to you. So many of us have dreams we’ve let go dormant, and goals we haven’t followed through with. Why? This is something I question and ponder so frequently, because I’ve also experienced this within my own life. If we have a dream placed on our heart or a big goal that is incredibly important to us—why do we often come up short? It’s not that we don’t care and it’s not that we don’t really want it. But, do we want it bad enough, and do we care enough? That’s where discipline comes in. I’ll admit I haven’t always been as disciplined as I needed to be. I’ve had wonderful intentions, but I’ve lacked with discipline. And as I’ve learned, discipline is what leads to execution.
Whatever you want to do in this life, you’re going to have to work hard for it. Working hard isn’t even enough though I don’t think. We’ve got to have an unwavering belief in ourselves. We’ve got to have discipline beyond measure. This usually isn’t glamorous. It’s the early mornings and the late nights. It’s saying no to certain things so you can say yes to other things that allow you to keep, keep, keep, keeping on toward what you’re meant to do in this world. It’s going further—in all ways and in all things in life. To me, going further is simple. It’s moving forward, and onward, and upward. Sometimes this means gigantic leaps and sometimes this means baby steps, but regardless it is forward motion. It’s never being mediocre and it’s never remaining stagnant.
So to pursue our dreams and goals, to really get to where we want to go—we must be ALL IN. It’s not enough to want it, we have to take the necessary action to do it. What excuses are you making for your inaction? I also ask myself this question, and the reality is there are no excuses I’ve found that are acceptable answers. We live our life like we have all of the time in the world, when the reality is we do not know how long we have on this Earth. This is why it is absolutely paramount that we go forth with our dreams RIGHT NOW—not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, and not next year.
So the choice is yours, really. Are you going to go ALL in? Are you going to really live your life to the fullest? Pursue your purpose, dreams, and goals? I believe you owe it to yourself and you owe it to the world. I’ve realized that my words are my art. This is my purpose. What’s yours? When I think about all of the people I can possibly impact and help, I can’t NOT start going further. I can’t NOT write my weekly blog posts, post on my social media accounts, record podcast episodes, and write my book (and books). I can’t NOT get my words out into the world! This “WHY” is propelling me onward and upward. What will you do with your one and precious life? What art do you have to share with the world?