Excuses

You've heard them.  I have heard all of them.  They come, like locusts, to devour our will to teach, to grow, to be the best of who we can be.  Yes, I'm talking about excuses.  There are as many excuses in this world as their are trees, as much rationalization as there is air.  Someone can tell you why they cant do something before they even know what they are doing and TRULY believe it.  Why??  Because for some, it is better to have never tried. It is better to have never failed than grow from failure.  Fear of failure shouldn't stop you from ever trying.  You lose 100% of the time when you don't try, don't give effort, don't extend yourself outside of the comfort zone.

   Blogging is about feeling and getting good information out to others.  Well, there is no one i know better than i know myself.  I am not perfect by any stretch.  I have many many faults and have made more than my fair share of mistakes but through those mistakes, i have learned and grown and stayed positive.  Heck yes i am afraid of failure.  I am a business owner, i am an athlete(loose term), i am a significant other.  I am like you all.  I am scared daily that my business's will fail, that a workout or a competition will beat me, or that i am not enough for my significant other.  This is a daily fear and I know others feel the same.  But, what i can tell you is that that fear doesn't consume me.  It doesn't stop me from taking a leap, doing some different marketing, or trying the most difficult workouts out there, or try every day to be the best boyfriend i can be.

The fear pushes me.  I don't make the excuses because the more you say you cant, the more you believe it.  In college, i was worried every day that i would lose my starting job.  Every day for 3 years.  It didn't mean i wouldn't try, it meant i would try harder, be smarter.  After college, i entered the workforce and started an outside sales division for a minor league baseball team.  I had no idea what i was doing but my fear of not doing the best drove me to learn and excel.  This is a pattern that goes through today.

No, this isn't about me.  This isn't a hug fest to tell me how good i am which if you ask the person closest to me, she will say i dont think that much of myself.  This is about you.  This is about putting aside the excuses and the cants.  Its not about no fear but it IS about utilizing that fear to exceed your own expectations.  Let it drive you, let it push you, let is be your fire, your fuel.  Let yourself be afraid of what you dont know and then smash through that fear.  There is nothing that cannot be accomplished in this world.  We have the power of choice at our disposal.  CHOICE!  We can choose the outcome.  Nothing is set in stone, nothing is dictated for us. 

What about destiny?  Fate?  I respect your opinion on this, i really do.  But, i do not believe in anything that takes away my free will of choice.  Respect that.  It is a given right of the human race and it is not to be taken lightly.  We can do, be,want who ever we want to be!  do not waste that on excuses.  Do not waste the best you and never leave square one because failure scares you.  Have fear but let it be your FIRE!!  Step out of your bubble and RISE ABOVE.