Goals and dreams are an interesting thing. They’re easy to set, hard to stick to, and
even harder to attain. I've set many, many goals in my life and I've achieved a lot of them—I've gotten a college education,
landed a great job, lost a lot of weight and built a healthy body, just to name
a few. But in the scheme of things, none
of these goals were particularly huge, or even really that hard to attain; a little
bit of hard work reaped some great rewards.
And now here I sit with a goal in front of me that’s so huge it seems
unattainable. It’s downright terrifying!
But you know what? I've also want it more than I've ever wanted anything
else. I want it so bad I can taste it. I’m
willing to work harder than I ever have, to dig deep and push through, to
sacrifice. I want it so bad I can walk
away from donuts at work (I freaking love donuts) and push through the
millionth burpee my trainer is making us do on any given night.
I’m scared. I’m
scared of failing, but not trying is scarier than trying and failing. But I want it. I want it so bad I can taste
it. I’m hooked on the lifestyle and the
idea; I’m hooked on the sweat and the hunger for the dream. And that’s what it takes to succeed. You need
to have hunger, you need to have dedication, and you need to have persistence. Look
in the dictionary—dedication comes before persistence, which comes before
success. You can’t have one without the other.
Dream big. Work
hard. Visualize what you want and then
go out and grab it. No dream is too big,
no goal is unattainable. As I've said before, small steps lead to huge victories. Go get it!
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