Achieving any level of success rule #1: You make the conditions, take charge; don’t wait on things to be right because they won’t.
My wife and I were at the mall the other day and we happened to be looking for running shoes. Anyhow, a couple
came next to us and started looking at shoes when she said something that just irked me.
She said, “Hey honey, we can get you these shoes when it starts getting hot because in the summer you can start working out. The weather will be perfect and it will be a good time for you to lose weight.”
The couple was obese. But what caught my attention was the fact that this individual was relying on the conditions of the weather to dictate his health. It baffled me because in my mind I would think if you deem your health valuable then you would not wait on perfect conditions; you would make them. You would take charge!
I tell you this because the same thought process is how many people approach their life. They leave there life (the good or bad) up to mere chance, crossing of the fingers, and hoping things will get better. They wait on the conditions to be right before they make a move. They wait till’ they have more free time to get that project complete; they wait till’ they have more energy to get that thing done; they live in the one day world – one day it will be great when I can finally…..
The irony is when this type of person sees others around them succeeding, they result to saying, Wow I wish that were me, they are so lucky!… Everything always seems to come to others and not me. Truth is, it’s not luck, and it’s not chance. It’s about taking charge of your life.
My coach used to tell me proper prior planning prevents poor performance so we made a point to properly prepare. For us, preparation involved intense 2x day 2 hour long practices, crucial cardio, weight training, bounding, sprints, various plyometrics, and more running. Practice was not always fun, in fact, on many occasions it was very confrontational and competitive.
It didn’t matter, all of what we went through paled in comparison to standing on that winner’s podium. In fact, the struggle is the last thing you remember when you press on, but when you QUIT the struggle is the main excuse people attribute to their demise.
My drive home point is to not wait on life’s conditions, make your own conditions. Is there something you want to do? What will it take? What is required of you? What steps do you need to take? Get your plan together and then execute. It’s that simple. If you want to change your life, then change your life. Start working out now if you want to lose weight, don’t wait for the summer. The magic is to Take charge of your LIFE.
“You make the conditions, take charge; don’t wait on things to be right because they won’t.”
~ Jason Bell
