In previous posts, I described the concepts of success, how it was a state of mind, how doing what you wanted and how that made you happy was key. Let me make one thing clear, being a lazy shit and pretending that bad things are what you want to do is not the same thing. I am not one to judge those around me. But if you waste your life being “happy” with destroying yourself than you have to set your head straight. I look at New Years Resolutions as a major concern, ask yourself this, how many actual resolutions have you or anyone you know have actually been fulfilled. Every person out there decides at one point to get healthy, to quit something bad for them or to lead an overall better life for their own sake. But they fail to do so because of one major problem. Lack of commitment, lack of motivation and lack of discipline. Leading a healthy lifestyle is hard and it takes time. But without the  initial input you simply cant succeed in what you want to do.

The classic example is fitness. Being fit is a way of life yet people don’t seem to grasp that. The amount of people that commit to going to the gym or being more physically active at the start of the year, then a few weeks later decide that that was enough, is too damn high. Then for some unknown reason they seem to think its ok to go out party, drink excessively, do a  shit tonne of drugs and just be ok with the shit that they are left with.  This applies to everything. If you choose to do something that TRULY makes you happy…then why waste away at failing to be proactive about it. If you want something that is meant for you then it is up to you to go out and get it. Your mum or dad is going to love you regardless of whether you have a million dollars or ten dollars in your pocket,  whether you weigh 100kg or 40 kg, they’re not going to care at all. It is up to you and you alone to seek out what you want and walk that path. Every second, minute and day that passes you miss out on a bunch of opportunities to meet your goal. Yet we as a modern day people decide that its ok to waste away, convincing ourselves that were having the time of our lives.

We don’t know shit, and it is up to you to go out and experience everything. For the most part our paths come across a variety of obstacles that we can either choose to overcome or to just forfeit ourselves to. Whether we just choose to give up or stop caring is different amongst everyone but for the most part we think were doing all we can. The truth is that there are two things can make you great. Besides the obvious talent, Hard Work and Dedication are keys to success. If you commit to yourself and to your goals, the path will be clear. But we choose to trample on other peoples dreams and don’t even try at our own just to avoid disappointment.

Watching  NFL teams train is a major source of inspiration for myself. The amount of hard work that each individual has to apply  to even make it is ridiculous. But it is proof that for those who try their absolute hardest and believe in what they are doing, then they succeed, maybe not the first time, but in time they can get to were they want to go. Persistence supersedes talent, luck and genetics there can be no true success without it. This is true in all walks of life. And it is up to you to stop fucking around and start realising that without the latter you will never get to were you want to go.