Stay The Course

Stay The Course

In the midst of changes that get into our life, sometimes we do slip off the course , it happens.  A few things ed to this slip but more often, the biggest culprit is our own thinking.  Let us watch our thoughts, no matter how resilient we are, life can steer off course within a matter of seconds, IF we are NOT careful.  Regardless, we got to try to Stay The Course💷💴💵

C'mon, CHANGE brings CHALLENGES.  No one hands us our DREAM LIFE on a silver platter.  It just DOESN'T work that way.  It can be a real struggle and likely we will encounter opposition along the way.  Years back, I made HUGE changes in my life, working through personal issues and leaving my home country.  CHANGE is a process.  Deciding to CHANGE our life is the first step, doing it is the second, and the third is to Stay The Course📙📘📗

So what do we do in the midst of CHANGES in our life?  Primero, from my personal experience, try to RESIST THE URGE TO CHANGE THE NEXT ADRENALINE RUSH.  Building the life we want takes time and it's NO longer about quick thrills that give you an ADRENALINE RUSH.  We do all like the buzz of something NEW and EXCITING but after a while, the 'DRUG WEARS OFF' and we're back to FEELING ORDINARY again❌❌❌

Now, here's a tough one.  FILTER OUT all possible distractions.  That is crucial enough.  It's time to streamline your thoughts and actions.  It calls for FOCUS.  Look for that ENERGY leaks in your life.  Anything that's draining your ENERGY needs to be examined.  Start with your home and office.  How tidy is it?  Do you hoard things?  When was the last time you cleared your closet✅✅✅

In your COMPASS in LIFE, you got to learn from others BUT do your own thing.  Usually, CHANGES involves gaining new knowledge and skills.  You need to learn from those who are doing WHAT you want to do.  BUT, once you gain the basic skills and knowledge, you need to put your own stamp on it.  Stay true to yourself for if you start to copy others, you will lose that creativity.  To STAY THE COURSE is not a steep mountain to climb❗❗❗

Stay The Course, If You Have To

Stay The Course, If You Have To

Our journey in life is no different from the planned course of a ship going out to the high seas or even that flight plan of any aircraft.  And the rule of thumb has always been to Stay The Course, If You Have To.  To reinforce these words, what this tells us is that, by default, stick it out to your planned course or flight plan UNLESS it is really warranted💎💎💎

And tracksters may not be seafarers or pilots BUT they are as disciplined as they can be.   Throughout their rigid regimen of trainings, to STAY THE COURSE is nothing short of their mantra because even that slightest misstep will disqualify them from that elbow-to-elbow race.  In life, nothing is worth keeping is ever going to be so easily attained.  In fact, the moment you step out in faith to take the steps required towards the achievement of a worthwhile goal, things are going to hit the fan📌📌📌

The obvious reason for this is because it is the universe's way of testing our level of commitment AS IF the universe wants to ascertain precisely how much are we willing to endure before that SELF-DOUBT  creeps in.  BTW, HOW much rejection will we face off boldly without losing momentum?  HOW many times will we sit at home alone and frustrated when all our best laid plans come crashing down❓❓❓

BTW, what is our threshold for suffering?  I hope everyone agrees that we must be willing to peel back that facade of INDESTRUCTIBILITY and authentically surrender himself to the successful manifestation in life [at all costs].  As life is tough, we got to be precise, laser-focused and single-minded in our planning prior to even kickstarting the attempt to commence a 'journey'.  If there is a given, RISK it is but that's when mitigation kicks in❗❗❗

Once we have done our 'PREP WORK', the next step is for us to take a PULSE CHECK, a READINESS CHECK akin to that tough task of an air traffic controller whose instructons to incoming and outgoing aircraft can MAKE or BREAK things.  Once we're ready to give it a GO, we got to ask ourselves if we are EMOTIONALLY READY as well for the possibility of failure, regardless of its remoteness?  An ounce of SELF-AWARENESS can prevent a ton of problems and likely, that will egg you to STAY THE COURSE, IF YOU HAVE TO✅✅✅

Will You OR Won't You ?

 Will You OR Won't You ?

Good morning and have a weekend keeping our families shielded from this pandemic.  Oh, I love this 'stairway to heaven' because behind the caricature, it shows us the obvious, that is, how we humans can turn simple things that compleXXX.  This should be just akin to tossing a coin, simply a heads or tail thing but because of our propensity to complicate things, the more we get befuddled.

We could nothing but one task on hand or we could be having ten, eleven tasks all in one go.  But does that matter ?  At the end of the day, it is simply getting things done but if you want to be tough to yourself, then take that 'staircase' decision-making and I'll bet.  You will likely vacillate between 'I want to do it' versus BUT 'How do I do it?'.

Fact of life is, there are many corners to turn along the way and your decision at those crossroads can just either veer you away from the path or it assures that you will 'stay the course'.  To 'stay the course', it seems like a no-brainer but it's not.  A lot of us get off-tracked in those junctions but the challenge here is that you won't be aware that you are already off-tracked, not until you get hit by the consequences of that 'off-track' decision.  By that time, it's just too late in the day to change course.

So, how can we avert getting off-tracked? We might sing the usual hossanah like getting your priorities right BUT isn't it almost all of us do have our respective priorities ?  Yet we still end off-tracked.  So, what's the trick in here ?  Everything is hidden in the 5-letter trick spelled which is F-O-C-U-S.  That's all.  Looks simple BUT it's not.  Why ?  Because getting focused to your priorities needs you to beckon all your self-discipline and consistency.  Worse, you got to shield yourself from all distractions in this very disruptive topsy-turvy world.

And while eagles stand out as they are proven to have the best excellent long-distance vision, we humans shouldn't harp on our vision as an excuse because that just doesn't matter.  What matters is our F-O-C-U-S.  As long as it doesn't get snapped or distracted, you remain glued to your priorities and that helps you to 'stay the course'.

Yes dude, you got it.  You got the grits to grind and get focused but until you hit the finish line and reap the honors you deserve, even when you 'stay the course', you gotta eke it out, dude.  It won't be a 'walk in the park'.  You got to earn your spurs and 'kick and kick your ass damn hard' till you deliver the goods.  Get tough on you because you can do it.