Morning Motivator – My BIG Trip

"Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

This afternoon, I am leaving for an ADVENTURE in Scotland. This is the FIRST life changing adventure of my adulthood and I wanted to share some of the thoughts I have had over the past weeks.

My mind has been wrapped around the IDEA of adventure and what it entails. What DEFINES an adventure? LONG distances to travel? High RISK? FOREIGN languages? I suggest, yes… and no.

Amazingly, we often OVERLOOK the adventures we are able to take part in daily. The adventure of CHALLENGING our own belief systems. The adventure of OVERCOMING our own internal misconceptions. The adventure of BREAKING THROUGH our "bad habits" and implementing the SUCCESS patterns we know we SHOULD be doing.

Are these ADVENTURES? SURE! They all REQUIRE a great deal of travel – from the successes we have achieved prior to the successes we plan to see in our future. They all require HIGH RISK – we must risk our comforts and confidences to find the ACHIEVEMENTS we have yet to discover. They all REQUIRE a FOREIGN language – as we commonly do not know the words to use or are afraid of them because of what they represent… such as additional "education, extra hours at the office or setting goals with commitments." We may not UNDERSTAND what all of those truly mean… but isn't that the FUN of an ADVENTURE?

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
As you seek to shape your world, don't overlook the adventures of today that will lead you to the adventures of tomorrow. In order to make the trips around the world, you must first take the success trips around "your world."

I wish you all a wonderful weekend and expect to have a delayed process in the Morning Motivator publications next week. Expect interruptions… and know that there are GREAT pictures to come!!

As part of my CONTINUED commitment to accountability, today is my weight check in: 227.5lbs, Last Monday: 226.0lbs, Delta: +1.5lbs (22.5lbs to go!)

Cheers,
Zach

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