HOW BAD DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SUCCEED IN
LIFE?
by Doug Firebaugh, contributed to BoB by Aileen
- Princess Unit, Dream Achievers Region
Question. How bad do you really want to succeed in life?
Think about it... how bad? A little? A lot?
Another question - Are you willing to fight for it?
Are you willing to go the distance like you never have
before, and bring out that fight in you that has been beaten down for so
long?
Do you realize the only fight you have with Success is
yourself? That's it. (CLUE!!)
Remember this - ALL Defeat comes from within.
Period. No exceptions.
The only person who can stop you from becoming
successful is YOU. YOU FIGHT YOU all day long with untruths about yourself
that attracts failure and mediocrity like a magnet on steroids.
The words you say.
The thoughts you think.
The words others say and you believe - your past which you cling to -
and the excuses you have embraced.
But yet you want more out of life.
You know what FIGHT stands for?
Forcing Inside Garbage<to> Honor Truth.
The truth about you, the truth about what your Creator
wants for your life. The truth about the greatness inside of you and the
Fight that is starving to Pummel mediocrity and failure to smithereens -
it's there, you know it is - it's just dormant.
Increase the size of the fight in you and face the truth
about yourself. There is a Bigger YOU inside that can create a destiny and
future that's staggering if you let it, and let the Fighting Spirit in you
refuse to give up or be denied.
He did.
He came home, slammed the books down on the table, ran
upstairs, slammed the door and broke down and cried. It was his 10th
grade year. His mother came in, and said, "Son...what's
wrong?" Through a 15 year's old broken heart, he said-" I got
cut. I didn't make the team. Said I was too
small"
With incredible wisdom, the mother said, " Son,
it's not the size of the person in the game. It's the size of the game
in the person." She left.
It clicked. In a huge way. Like nothing had ever
before.
The next morning It started. He got up at 4:30 am and
started practicing, every morning, every evening, every day, every week,
every month. Relentless, non-stop. His Fight had Ignited. He would not
be denied. Through the snow, rain, sleet, ice, wind, hail, He kept
practicing - gave up movies and things that he did before. The Fight
kept getting bigger. And bigger. And Bigger.
And he kept saying, "It's not the size of the
player in the game, but the size of the game in the player." Over
and Over and Over. And then it came around again. The Season. He tried
out with a focus so strong that it intimidated even the coach. His Fight
was at Peak Force. And he made the team. The next year he made the team. And he went on to Explode the fight in him
to where no one dared to stop him.
His name? Michael Jordan.
What's the size of your game?
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