Morning Motivator – Are You Wasting All that Sacrifice?

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."
- George Sheehan 

I realize that I ask this frequently, in variations, of my readers, yet I ask again… "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?" 

For me, this is the MOST IMPORTANT question you can ask of yourself.  The reality that we all face is one of SACRIFICE for choices we made in the past.  Relationships, careers choices, education, these all AFFECT our present standing.  These CHOICES have created our current life… but not our FUTURE life! 

Your FUTURE life – the one filled with happiness, success, family and love – is STILL a choice you can make today.  Sure, you may need to correct paths with career, education, relationships, etc; however, all those SITUATIONS can be changed.  You have the ABILITY to be the person you have VISUALIZED in your mind so vividly for all these years… if you are willing to make NEW sacrifices to get there. 

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
Facing the reality that you may not be in the place you have sought after is always DIFFICULT.  We are flooded with emotions of EMBARRASSMENT, FAILURE, IGNORANCE and even SHAME.  We ask ourselves, "If I am so awesome, why have I not achieved more?" 

Quite honestly, you are selling yourself a little short.  You, like me, are likely a PERFECTIONIST with a slight in toleration regarding "waiting for success."  You have ACHIEVED much more than you are giving yourself credit for… YET if you are not satisfied, it is time to make a POSITIVE CHANGE in your life. 

Clearly VISUALIZE the life you want, the person you seek to become, and identify the SACRIFICES you need to consider to achieve your "perfect vision of self."  Are you WILLING to make those changes, experience those pains, in order to become the person you DREAM to become? 

It would seem, to me, a waste to experience all the other pain and sacrifice, to SETTLE for anything less… 

Cheers,
Zach

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