SuccessfulMindset

I love this video excerpt from “Rocky Balboa” - there’s so much truth in it. Watch it and then read on for my thoughts…

It really isn’t how hard you can hit in life, because no matter how hard you hit, someone or something can always hit back harder.  It’s when the unexpected setbacks in life come that we are truly tested. 

Will we give up, or will we press on? 

Will we continue to do what we know is right regardless of the circumstances, or will we succumb to mediocrity and always wonder how things might have been had we stayed the course? 

Will we take ownership of where we are in life, or will we continually maintain a position of weakness and blame someone else for where we find ourselves?

The bottom line is that those people who are successful in life don’t make excuses…they simply put their head down and move forward regardless of what’s going on around them.  They eliminate distractions and they become disciplined at doing the daily things that move them forward toward their goal.  And it’s that discipline that sets them apart from everyone else.

I strive to be as disciplined as possible at focusing on the daily activities I must accomplish in order to be successful - and sometimes it’s really, really hard!  There are days I feel like doing nothing at all, and other where I’m superman and can’t be stopped!  It’s finding that consistency of effort, in whatever you do, that will allow you to move on to greatness and success.  It’s not easy, but it’s a worthy journey.

And when setbacks come, when you haven’t been consistent as long as you should have been, when the task of getting the momentum and drive back up seems overwhelming…what do you do?  Do you stay down with a stunned look on your face hoping the ref hurries his count to 10?  Or do you pick yourself up off the mat and decide to go one more round?

Fighters fight.  Winners Win.

Who do you strive to be every day?

To your success,
Steve