We don’t really want to change do we?
Habits? work? laziness? What can truly explain why we lack the initiative to make progress in certain aspects of our lives. We all want to be healthy and successful but no one really wants to put in the work to make it happen. We are gung ho about the end product and insist it’s what we want but our actions indicate we are not interested whatsoever in making any type of change.
As lame as it sounds those teachers were right back in the day. Figure out what you want to be and then create a road map (the means) to ensure you end up accomplishing what you have set out to do. For example, you want to be a dentist… then you better do well in high school, go-to University then onto medical school, following the logical steps will get you to your destination. You want to be a successful entrepreneur? well then you should create a business plan outlining exactly what you are setting out to do. What your product is, who your ideal client is, how much you will earn in the first 5 years, start up costs, competitors, financing and other obstacles. After doing all the work and figuring out your business idea is a sound investment all you really have to do is carry out the plan you have created for yourself.
What’s the point of having a goal if you know you aren’t going to work for it? Or merely give up at the first obstacle you face. This is the problem I am seeing more and more all the time, people say they want something but their actions indicate otherwise. Some how we need to find a way to make our dreams and aspirations in-sync with our everyday actions.
This future mentality of being rich in the future or being healthy tomorrow is hindering us now! Start living in a manner that a professional would or an healthy person does. If you do not carry out any of the characteristics of a successful professional or a active individual, you will never become one. If you find yourself saying you are going to lose weight or make your first million but find yourself doing nothing about it on a day to day basis, you might as well forget it because you are merely dreaming.
A dream starts turning into reality once action is taken.
Short-term sacrifice = long-term happiness. Most cannot make the connection between the two, much less make the decision to follow through with what needs to be done to achieve their “goals”.
Love ya Vinnie