WHAT IF YOU WERE NOT AFRAID TO TRY?

How many more things would you be willing to pursue? How many more avenues would be opened up for you to explore?

We are bombarded with success stories, personal highlight reels and the never ending Bro stories of how to accomplish things without a narration of the dues that were paid.

What is not shown is the work. Because all things require it, some more than others…And if it is actually mentioned it is but background noise compared to the outcome. 

And the “work” is always a grind, with ups and downs, doubts and flaws…It is not a beautiful thing on its own. It is messy, untidy and hard to quantify. 

But the outcome? Easy, here is my bank account, a topless selfie, or a result I got from an event…All I did was “X” and look at me now…I am perfect.  

Nothing comes easy. There is no getting around doing the actual thing day in and day out (for years) that is required to win. 

Setting goals is great, but without follow through it means nothing at all. A dump of dopamine, a grandiose vision of a potential future...

"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

One day at a time. One brick in the foundation, and on to the next one.

Not being good at something sucks. But it is a precursor to putting yourself in a position to remodel, reinvigorate and ultimately become what you want. 

Failure is in the eyes of the beholder, not the peasants who judge and shout from the sidelines. 

Accepting that failure is a possibility is a step on the path to success, relentlessly not accepting failure as an outcome is the only way that it will not become a reality. 

Nothing is given and everything is earned. 

If it matters to you, then pursue it with a full heart and be indiscriminately aggressive about not letting the negative voices cloud your vision.

There will always be a fear of failure, there will always be an internal dialogue of self delusion. The further you go, the harder it is, but you are now conditioned to the work, calloused against the missteps and pitfalls that continue to show up. 

Stay the course or plot a new one that fits the parameters of your desire. But keep going. 

Don’t quit, and don’t set goals that will never be acted upon. Because whether you put it on social, tell your friends, or keep it to yourself…Setting goals but never even acting upon them is failure.

Don’t be afraid of failure. But instead, fear the trap of settling for failure as an inevitable outcome of the audacious goals you have never actually tried for. 

Whether they are ever fully realized or not is irrelevant. Failure is not trying, failure is settling for your current set of circumstances and dreaming of change. 

Set goals that mean something, do the work that is required to achieve them. And build the trust in yourself to know you are capable of always showing up through any storm. 

Josh