SPARTAN SERIES #195: “PROGRESS HAPPENS WHEN YOU CONSISTENTLY DO THE THINGS YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD BE DOING—EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT MOTIVATED—KEEP GOING!”

This story begins each morning. We wake up, we put our feet on the cold floor and head for the bathroom. Each step is accompanied by a series of things hitting our brains that must be done. We have bought into the concept that we can only get better one day at a time. We have incorporated the urgency required to advance and the fear that we will waste a day and our PROGRESS will stall out. I personally, have my day planned and all I can think about is beginning the grind, plowing through the workout and assessing my PROGRESS. After training I retreat to my business, phone calls, emails, texxt messages and meetings to push the company forward. Each of these endeavors requires herculean discipline to meet the daily goals and the eventual mission accomplishment

On the flip side, there are days when doing all that is required is seemingly insurmountable if no absolutely impossible. Too little sleep. A lack of proper planning. Emotional baggage and internal strife. Physical soreness or a nagging injury. A recent setback in training or business. All of these can render us ineffective and damaged so that no PROGRESS is realized. It is here that men are made. A quote I got this week says, “All of us reaches a point where we either go forward or we quit. We have to accept the reality that if we quite we will never finish or get what we are after.”—My advice to all of us is, “STAY THIRSTY MY FRIEND!” Let the harsh decisions we face motivate us to press on when it seems easier to just quit. One more little proverbial saying that I used with me and my sons who did tons of Judo, “VICTORY BELONGS TO HIM WHO GETS UP—-ONE MORE TIME!”

BOTTOM LINE: Get up! Make your bed. Plan your day and do the things daily that gets you closer to the thing you want more than anything else. PROGRESS only happens when you consistently daily do the little things to make it so….SO GO MAKE IT SO—-TODAY!

BUT IN CHOOSING YOU MUST NEVER STOP. LIFE IS SOOOO DAILY! DO NOT NEGLECT THE THINGS THAT ARE A MUST TO SUCCEED. QUITTING GUARANTEES YOUR FAILURE….SO DON’T QUIT!