Keeping it fresh

It seems to be that every time I have free time between clients, I am inspired to write SOMETHING in relevance to today in some form or fashion. Today's post comes from a conversation I had with a struggling client early as hell in the A.M. The topic is about motivation.

There are going to be two driving forces in your success. That is:

Goal setting

Motivation

Now the question is, which is more important? If you had to pick one to keep consistently what would it be?

I hope the answer is obvious to you!

What good are your goals if you aren't motivated enough to accomplish them? Forget goal setting if that's the case. Save the paper you are going to waste writing down all of your goals down on to. The trees shouldn't have to suffer because you haven't found out by now what lights a fire under your ass and gets you going!

In my time as a professional , a practitioner and an entrepreneur, I NEVER set a goal.

I just did it. It was that simple.

On the other hand, I have driven into overdrive by motivation. I was bothering the hell out of EVERY single business owner I knew to constantly pick their brains for ideas and inspiration.

I was constantly reading about success and how to achieve it though numerous venues of my choosing. I even dabbled in eastern philosophy to understand the act of doing on a spiritual level!

But the biggest single fire that was lit under my ass to do something was this:

When I announced to my friends at the time that I wanted to start my own business they flat out told me I couldn't do it. I wasn't educated enough for that. I will fail. I have no clue what I'm doing.

And you know what? They were right about all of that except for one part.

I did NOT fail.

I didn't have a damn clue what I was doing, but I also didn't give a damn to have a clue. I just did it. No matter what, I was motivated in so many different ways that I could not be stopped by anyone or anything but myself.

Don't worry about your goals because if you're driven and motivated enough, then your goals are going to be a reality whether you want them to be or not. It doesn't matter when your mind is right.

Bruce Lee said ,

" the only knowledge is self knowledge. The only help is self help. "

You have got to find that fire that is gonna burn your ass into  blaze until you get moving and you need to find it now! A book, a YouTube video, a magazine or a movie. I don't care because it doesn't matter what it is, you just need to find it. Once you find it, find it again. Keep it fresh and don't let it grow stale on you. Get your ass motivated and get your ass going!

Take care and train hard,

Sean