Are you standing at the starting line waiting to start your next self-improvement project? What will it take for you to get started? Do you need a gun shut to have the impetus, the initiative, the reason to actually get off the line and begin a new diet, exercise program, meditation program, continuing-ed course, job search, counseling or coaching series, or simply get out of a situation or relationship that isn't working and figure out how to creat a one that does?
If so, you may never do so.
No one is going to shoot the gun and signal that the time is right. And no one is going to hold the gun to your head.
You must start the race on your own–even if you are the only one running it.
With the finish line clearly in mind (a picture of the goal you want to achieve), you must begin. And you must not stop until you cross that line.
Of course, you can get a coach, counselor, or friend to help you prepare for the race. To help you get in shape, figure out how to get in the right mindset, make sure you have all the right tools to get to the finish line.
This person, however, can’t make you take the first step or the last or any of the steps in between. That’s up to you.
Are you ready? Will you take a step off the line today? Will you become one of the few people in the world who are starters–and also finishers?
Let me know.
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