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Just Do It

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Just Do ItJust do it.

You have been putting it off for too long and it’s been creating a lot of unnecessary stress for you.

Just do it.

Take a deep breath, get still. Visualize the worst case scenario. After doing that, see yourself in your mind’s eye being stronger, operating from a place of integrity and personal power as you release every negative habit, situation and person in your life. Stop the craziness now.

Just do it.

If you don’t do it now, you will regret it. If you don’t do it now, you will look back at life one day and ask yourself, ‘What took me so long? Why did I waste so much valuable time?’ If you don’t do it now, it will continue to take its toll on you mentally, emotionally, financially and physically. The cost is too high.

Just do it.

You are dying inside. You are unhappy, you are miserable and you can’t take it anymore.

Just do it.

It’s time to be courageous enough to live your truth. Make the move to express a part of yourself that you have been suppressing; that part of yourself that you have kept in the closet and now wants to get out. It’s time for the authentic you to come forth. Take your stand in the world and do, for once in your life, that which gives your life and your heart the greatest sense of freedom, fulfillment and purpose.

Just do it.

You have greatness within you.

~Les Brown

You Reap What You Sow

If that doesn’t inspire you to take action I’m not sure anything will. Les Brown was born in an abandoned building with a twin brother and adopted by the sweet giving, Ms Mamie Brown. All the odds were stacked against him but he didn’t care. He had a dream and a goal and now he’s one of the most recognized names in the world of personal development and motivational speaking.

Les could’ve let his circumstances hold him back, but instead he used them as a driving force to make life better for him and everyone around him.

Change is hard. Taking risks is scary. Stepping outside of that comfort zone isn’t easy. But that comfort zone probably isn’t that comfortable either. I’d even venture to bet that you’re in the comfort zone you’re in because of how someone told you to live your life. And/or you’re living your life to make someone else happy while you drown in misery.

Only you know what it is that you want and need to do that’s going to improve your life. It’s either an action that adds something or someone to improve your life or an action that eliminates something, or someone, from your life. Either way…

…JUST DO IT!

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Know Your Limits and Live Within Them

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No-limitsThere are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. ~Bruce Lee

You might think that that quote from Bruce Lee is quite contrary to the title of this.

And it is.

So let me explain.

Swimming to the Cliff

It was the July 4 weekend in 1994 and I was enjoying the holiday with one of my friends and his family on Lake Powell. It’s on the border of Arizona and Utah. It’s a beautiful place, and if you’ve never been there, I highly suggest you get it on your bucket list and place it near the top.

Lake Powell is a beautiful lake with 1200 miles of rugged shoreline made up of beaches, cliffs and rock formations surrounded by water. Since I’m not one that’s much for laying on the beach, it didn’t take much to talk me into swimming out to the rock formation staring at and tempting us to come out and jump off of her.

I’m always up for a good adrenaline rush.

So we start swimming out to this formation and about half way there I start to get winded.

Not a good feeling.

It must’ve been written all over my face too because it was enough for my friend’s grandpa to notice and keep my calm. I wasn’t in a panic yet, but the feeling of no-way-out was starting to come over me. His grandpa just told me to take my time and stay calm.

Great advice.

Keep YOUR Pace

You see, it wasn’t that I was swimming to someplace that I shouldn’t have been. What got me in trouble was trying to keep up with two superior swimmers. That and we were swimming at an altitude around 5,000 feet. That makes a difference too. But once I calmed downed and started swimming at a pace I was comfortable with, I didn’t have any problems at all. And no, I didn’t swim back to shore. We started out for the formation and that’s where we were going. I’m glad we did too because it was a blast jumping off of it. Then after we got done jumping I swam back at my nice slow pace with no problems.

This is just one example of learning my limits.

Don’t Let Limits Stop You

See, when I discovered my swimming limits, I didn’t let that stop me. I couldn’t because I would’ve sunk like a rock to the bottom and drown. I just adjusted what I was doing to my abilities and continued on.

Limits play a part in every aspect of our lives.

If you eat beyond your limits you get fat.

If you drink beyond your limits you get intoxicated and pay the price for the next day… or two.

If you exercise beyond your bodies capabilities you may injure your muscles and hinder progress.

If you spend more money than you have you’ll bury yourself in debt.

If you drive your car too fast you’ll lose control and crash.

Everything and Everyone has Limits

The key to progressing in life is knowing, recognizing and moving beyond your limits. You have to know what your limits are and recognize the limits that you can’t get beyond. Like dunking a basketball. If you can’t dunk one now, and you’re 20 years old or older, you’re probably never going to dunk a basketball. But if you just started an exercise program and you can only go 20 minutes, if you keep at it, next week you’ll probably be able to exercise for 30 minutes.

Do you see what I’m saying here?

Don’t just give up because something is hard. And NEVER let anyone else IMPOSE their limits on you. If they don’t believe in themselves… fine. But you can’t let anyone tell you what you are and are not capable of. You have to at least try. And if you listen to your conscience, you’ll know what limits are set and what limits are you can expand.

Now go start living a kick ass life.