You Gotta Keep Moving
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over
if you just sit there."
- Will Rogers
(1879-1935)
American Humorist
Few people are able to achieve one of their dreams in their
life time. Yet, William Penn Adair
"Will" Rogers, born on November 4, 1879, got several in the short 55
years her had to work with. Will Rogers
was a comic, actor, stage performer, newspaper columnist, radio personality,
political voice and aviator. How was
Rogers able to fulfill so many different dreams? It was because to him it was one dream - the
dream of living his life, his way. And
he did it well.
Many
times when I have asked people what they want to do in life, they feel like
they need to pick one and let the other dreams go. That is not the case. You can do all you want to do and be all you
want to be, you only have to be willing to exchange what you have for what you
want. Here are four things that you must
be willing to exchange (not give up) to achieve your dreams.
Be Willing to Exchange Your Time
There is no possession in your
life that is more dear and costly than your time. Once you spend it you can never get it
back. Each time you give your time to
something, the payment is non-refundable.
Here is the tricky part, you have no choice but to spend it. Seconds pass by no matter what you do. Minutes turn to hours and hours turn to days
and they are gone, never to be taken back.
The choice you do have is what you spend that time on. Will it be sitting and wishing for a better
life or actively pursuing that better life?
Will you spend your time hoping for greatness or spend it on being
great? It is all up to you, but you must
choose - that you have no choice on.
Be Willing to Exchange Your Talents
Success does not just happen out
of nowhere. Will Rogers was able to do
so much because he had the talent, the will to learn more and the belief that
nothing can stop him. Find your strength
- what you do better than anyone else - and build on it. Don't believe the lie that you have no
talent. Everyone has things they are
strong in. It will always be the thing
you love to do the most and feel the must fulfilled by doing. Once you find it, work at it with all that is
in you. Build it up and become the best
there is. Don't worry about the money
you will earn, the job you will have or the way you must market it. All that comes, but first you have the have
the goods - your talent.
Be Willing to Exchange Your Self-Centeredness
We live in a time where people
think of "me" first. They are
not willing to give of themselves, go without or sacrifice, even for their
success. Here is something that every
success-minded person must accept: Life is not about you. True success comes by what you can do for
others, never because of what they can do for you. Napoleon Hill, one of the top authorities on
success that ever lived, said, "Great achievement is usually born of great
sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." Self is a very small universe and those who
are trapped there never get very far in life.
It is those who live for the betterment of others who achieve their
dreams and more.
Be Willing to Exchange Your Desire to Compromise
Study the lives of successful
people, be that Will Rogers or anyone, and you will see that they had a goal
and nothing was going to deter them from it.
When people are willing to compromise the excellent for the good or the
difficult for the easy, they never achieve the fullness of their dreams. Know what you want. See it clearly and build a passion for
it. Then, never allow anything to weaken
or distract you from its full attainment.
It will take hard work, long hours and difficult choices to achieve the
success you seek, however, it is worth every bit and more. After all, it is your dreams that you are
achieving and that is a great thing indeed.
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