I know it's been a while and to be honest I can probably list a million and one reasons why I haven't been able to write anything in a while. Funny enough, it is not for the lack of something to write but I have been struggling with the issue of what is relevant to people and what can I write that would have the most impact. I decided today to go with something that I have been struggling with recently and I am hoping that a few of you can relate to it but above all that a handful of you would take something out of it that would encourage you and motivate you to continue pressing forward and looking and marching towards that goal that you want to achieve.
Recently, I launched a new venture with a friend and even though the road was anything but smooth, we still did it and broke so many barriers that were placed on us to actually see our dream come true. We faced every obstacle and problem and found a solution and continued to move forward. There were days that we were totally discouraged and days that we really felt like quitting. The funniest thing of all for me was, for every victory we thought we had, there were a million and one issues coming quickly behind to make that victory seem inconsequential.
Recently, it seems like i have been stuck in a rut and it seems like the venture would never break through to the next level and it seems for every strategy we try, it fails to yield the desired result and it actually was frustrating me for a while. Until recently, I sat down and begin to say to myself, in spite of every obstacle, every doubting Thomas, every negative thought or negative comment and people's disbelief, we still launched so then, what is the problem?
Truth is the problem is me, I have built up a limitation in my mind that the venture would not succeed and because of that, I am not as committed to it as I should be. Truth is whether I like it or not, if it is going to fail, it would fail but I need to stay committed and work hard at it to not fail, so that even if it does fail, it won't be because I did not work hard, keep at it, commit to it and do everything that I was supposed to do. let it fail because of external factors that I had no control over and really and truly could not find a solution to. I need to continue to believe as I have always believed that distractions would always exists, nay sayers would always exists, my negative thoughts and doubts would always exist but what matters most is how I rise above all this. Once I allow these things to defeat me in my mind then no matter what I would be defeated. Truth is the only reason I would not succeed is I have already accepted in my mind that I would not succeed, as a man thinks in his heart so is he....uhmm
So what is it that you are working towards? That exam, that Job interview, that business venture, that weight goal, that financial goal; you would only fail if you have made up your mind that you cannot succeed. The only limitation we can never overcome is the one we place on ourselves.
Experience has taught me that the moment I believe I can do it, I suddenly have strength and most times I can think clearer and begin to see solutions to the problem. Taking that limitation off my mind, begins to open up possibilities, opportunities and solutions and how to overcome a problem.
The battle always has to be fought and won in the mind first...As a man thinks in his heart so is he.
