Don't ever give up on a dream due to the amount of time it will take to achieve it. The time will pass anyway."
Copyright © 2001 Russ Ebsen
A drop in the bucket
Each day gives us a fresh start a new outlook and a clean slate. Take a moment every morning to review your goals. If you don't have your goals written down GET ON IT! It has been said the goals are dreams with deadlines... don't kid yourself people, without clear written goals you will soon find yourself drifting along with no destination in sight. Once you have established your goal you need to review it daily and decide what action you can take to help bring it that little bit closer. So often we get overwhelmed with the enormity of tasks that we just end up doing nothing and our buckets remain empty. I remember when my goals seemed an eternity away but as my friend Cara always says "we just have to keep moving forward". I find myself in a position now that allows for reflection on what a huge impact every small action had on my own personal & professional buckets. Now I don't and will never claim to perfect but I can tell you that over the course of 12 years I have gone from a diet of slurpees, microwave popcorn and cigarettes to a balanced life of health and fitness with a true passion to inspire change in others. I am quite sure my mother-in-law was horrified with my habits when I first entered her son's life. The reason for this confession you ask? I want you to understand that all these changes didn't occur overnight and I struggled with many of the same issues that each of you are faced with today. I changed my life by staying focused on where I wanted to be, taking steps in the direction I wanted to go. I also opened myself up to new experiences, learned a little (ok a lot!) more, surrounded myself with positive energy and welcomed new personalities into my life. I worked with people who inspired me to be better, pushed me to step outside of what was comfortable and grow as an individual. Today water is my drink of choice, popcorn is no longer considered a balanced meal and smoking is a thing of the past. My bucket is overflowing, and it is all because of the many drops of progress I made every day, every hour, every workout, every meal.
So now I have many buckets lined up... each of them containing another goal, another dream. Start today and do something that will put that first drop in your own bucket and you will be realizing success before you know it.
-LC
Copyright © 2001 Russ Ebsen
A drop in the bucket
Each day gives us a fresh start a new outlook and a clean slate. Take a moment every morning to review your goals. If you don't have your goals written down GET ON IT! It has been said the goals are dreams with deadlines... don't kid yourself people, without clear written goals you will soon find yourself drifting along with no destination in sight. Once you have established your goal you need to review it daily and decide what action you can take to help bring it that little bit closer. So often we get overwhelmed with the enormity of tasks that we just end up doing nothing and our buckets remain empty. I remember when my goals seemed an eternity away but as my friend Cara always says "we just have to keep moving forward". I find myself in a position now that allows for reflection on what a huge impact every small action had on my own personal & professional buckets. Now I don't and will never claim to perfect but I can tell you that over the course of 12 years I have gone from a diet of slurpees, microwave popcorn and cigarettes to a balanced life of health and fitness with a true passion to inspire change in others. I am quite sure my mother-in-law was horrified with my habits when I first entered her son's life. The reason for this confession you ask? I want you to understand that all these changes didn't occur overnight and I struggled with many of the same issues that each of you are faced with today. I changed my life by staying focused on where I wanted to be, taking steps in the direction I wanted to go. I also opened myself up to new experiences, learned a little (ok a lot!) more, surrounded myself with positive energy and welcomed new personalities into my life. I worked with people who inspired me to be better, pushed me to step outside of what was comfortable and grow as an individual. Today water is my drink of choice, popcorn is no longer considered a balanced meal and smoking is a thing of the past. My bucket is overflowing, and it is all because of the many drops of progress I made every day, every hour, every workout, every meal.
So now I have many buckets lined up... each of them containing another goal, another dream. Start today and do something that will put that first drop in your own bucket and you will be realizing success before you know it.
-LC
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