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“Every man dies. But not every man really lives.”William Wallace
William Wallace was a warrior. He was a man who not only spoke those words, but lived them. When you look at his story, it isn’t one of constant triumph, comfort, or safety. It’s a life filled with betrayal, pain, suffering, and sacrifice.
He had an incredibly hard and unjust life. But it was a great life. Even though his life wasn’t easy, it was one that was lived in the truest sense of the word. Moments of pain, fear, and uncertainty are often when we feel most alive. It’s where we learn the most and grow the most.
Although we go through periods that seem unbearable, there is always a reason. That is of course, if we choose to find it.
We’re all going to experience our fair share of pain and suffering, that’s just how life is. Instead of wishing we were somewhere else or someone else, appreciate it. Learn from it. And find a purpose to the struggle.
This article identifies 5 tough life situations that many would put in the “curse” column, but I argue that they hold more benefit to us than any triumph or amount of success. Read on to find out why. Read the rest of this entry »
Life is like water. Like water shaped the majestic scenery that is the Grand Canyon, life will shape each of us in it’s own unique way. Ray Lewis didn’t have an easy life, sometimes he didn’t make it any better through his own actions, but he took the gifts he was given and made the absolute most out of them that he possibly could. Something that you can’t say for 99.9% of the people in this world.
Everyone can teach us something, there aren’t many – if any – exceptions to this. In Ray Lewis we have a guy who has an understanding that the clock of life is always ticking. He’s a guy who truly realizes that pure hard work is one of the few things that can change our status in life.
I didn’t know it until recently, but he’s also a guy that we can all learn a lot from. The following are a few examples of this.
The internet and our book shelves are packed with information about ‘what successful people do’. But what about what they did?
What’d they do when they weren’t successful that brought them to their current stature? Sure, we can learn a lot from successful people. But I think we can learn a hell of a lot more from what got them there, than where they’re at now.
It’s true in any area of life, with success comes laziness. The guy who was grinding, getting up at 5 or 4 am had hunger. The guy who can go where he wants, when he wants, in any vehicle he wants, doesn’t have that same hunger. He does less, but makes more.
We look at the life of the uber successful and we think, man I’d love to have his life. But what about the risks he took to get there? What about the missed birthday’s, parties, and endless hours of work at a dream that he – and quite often only he – believed in?
The difference between the 10 things that successful people do, and the 10 things that successful people did, is sacrifice. What they did to get here is stuff that 99.999% of us don’t want to do. We don’t want to miss out. We don’t want to risk. We’re scared of both and we won’t achieve the success that they eventually achieve which allowed them to do what they want, when they want.
And so, here are the 10 things successful people did to get where they are now.
1. They didn’t accept their excuses.
We all have excuses. We sleep in because we feel ‘our bodies need the extra rest’. We go out for drinks when we should be tending to our dream or our mission, because we feel like we ‘need some fun’. We stop on rep 6 when we could have done 7 because, well, ‘what’s one rep?’.
You don’t have time to be both happy and mediocre. ~ Seth Godin
So, what are you doing everyday to make your life a happier, and more extraordinary one?
Here’s an idea of some simple things that I do pretty much every day. They’re things or practices that help me focus, inspire me, give me energy, make me happy or even help me recover faster. Some you may like and incorporate into your routine. Others you might not. Either way let me know some of the things you do daily that you find help your progress.
the 5 am wake-up
Sometimes it’s 6 am, but there’s something invigorating about getting up a couple of hours before the sun rises. Read the rest of this entry »
