Success Step III - You Must Commit!

Now that you’ve decided to be successful no matter what and you’ve got a plan that you’re going to follow no matter what, it’s time you get going with Success Step III.

But before you do I must warn you. This step is without a doubt the hardest, most difficult of all the steps involved in the Success program.

This step will test your strengths and expose your weaknesses. This step will separate the corn from the shaft. No, I don’t mean to discourage you. No, I don’t mean to intimidate you. I do believe however in being up front.

Enough said, let’s get going!

“Success Step III – You Must Commit!”

It doesn’t matter at what stage of your life you are right now; if ever you want to be successful, you must commit; AKA: YOU MUST TAKE ACTION!

Going about success with an attitude of “I’ll do it later” or “tomorrow is time enough” will never get you there. That's a promise I give to you in writing.

So what do you do if you happen to be one of those procrastinating individuals? How are you going to go about making sure you commit yourself to your goal every single minute or every single day?

I’ll tell you how I do it. That’s right, I said “do” not did. There was a time when yours truly wasn’t always committed to the dream of being successful. I had an attitude of “Not right now; a little later.” Sitting in my favorite couch watching a no good for nothing show I had the hardest time to “get going”. Everything I did, I approached that way; you know: later.

Yet, day after day I complained bricks out the wall that my life sucked. Why wasn’t I able to get ahead? Why couldn’t I “make it”? I wasn’t dumb, I was physically strong. Why oh why oh why?

One day while repeating my favorite “Yeh, yeh, tomorrow!” thing; my wife stood in the kitchen washing dishes. Looking at her standing there I realized that the life I had promised my wife 15 years earlier and the life that I had given her were thousands of miles apart.

I had promised a life of bounty. Instead, I gave her a life of debt and struggle and daily hard work.

At that very moment I made up my mind that it wasn’t yet too late to make good on my promise. That was only five years ago. Today our lives are nowhere near where they used to be.

Now I look at my wife and I gleam from pure ecstasy. I made good on my promise because I committed to get of my butt (sorry) and do something about the situation I was in. Because I was committed to becoming successful, I was not only able to get rid of our debts, I was able to build a life of luxury at the same time.

It wasn’t easy. I most definitely had my days of wanting to sleep in just a bit longer. I certainly wasn’t always in the best of moods. And I absolutely had my setbacks. But I stuck it out because I committed to myself that I was going to change our lives no matter what.

Like I said earlier, this step isn’t easy. There are going to be days that you’re feeling blue, a bit lazy perhaps or a little under the weather. You ARE going to get them, count on it.

Find something that will be your driving force (your children, your current lifestyle, your empty bank account) to keep you motivated and you WILL be able to find new strength, new courage and a new attitude. Find that driving force and you WILL be able to commit yourself to your desire to be successful no matter what.

The day you commit that you are going to be successful no matter what is the day you are starting to be successful. Believe it. I know; been there done that!


Best Wishes;

Lode


Next issue: Success Step IV - Stay tuned.